Document:

Exhibit

Exhibit 4.3

ELEMENT SOLUTIONS INC

 
____________________________________ 
FORM OF INDENTURE 
Dated as of                     , 20     
 
 ____________________________________ 
[NAME OF TRUSTEE] 
Trustee 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
	
								
	 
	 
	 
	  
	 
	  
	page
	 

	ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
	  
	 
	 

	 
	 
	Section 1.1.
	  
	Definitions.
	  
	6
	 

	 
	 
	Section 1.2.
	  
	Other Definitions.
	  
	8
	  

	 
	 
	Section 1.3.
	  
	Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
	  
	8
	  

	 
	 
	Section 1.4.
	  
	Rules of Construction.
	  
	9
	  

	ARTICLE II. THE SECURITIES
	  
	9
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.1.
	  
	Issuable in Series.
	  
	9
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.2.
	  
	Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.
	  
	9
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.3.
	  
	Execution and Authentication.
	  
	11
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.4.
	  
	Registrar and Paying Agent.
	  
	11
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.5.
	  
	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
	  
	12
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.6.
	  
	Securityholder Lists.
	  
	12
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.7.
	  
	Transfer and Exchange.
	  
	12
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.8.
	  
	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
	  
	12
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.9.
	  
	Outstanding Securities.
	  
	13
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.10.
	  
	Treasury Securities.
	  
	13
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.11.
	  
	Temporary Securities.
	  
	13
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.12.
	  
	Cancellation.
	  
	13
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.13.
	  
	Defaulted Interest.
	  
	13
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.14.
	  
	Global Securities.
	  
	14
	  

	 
	 
	Section 2.15.
	  
	CUSIP Numbers.
	  
	14
	  

	ARTICLE III. REDEMPTION
	  
	14
	  

	 
	 
	Section 3.1.
	  
	Notice to Trustee.
	  
	14
	  

	 
	 
	Section 3.2.
	  
	Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.
	  
	14
	  

	 
	 
	Section 3.3.
	  
	Notice of Redemption.
	  
	14
	  

	 
	 
	Section 3.4.
	  
	Effect of Notice of Redemption.
	  
	14
	  

	 
	 
	Section 3.5.
	  
	Deposit of Redemption Price.
	  
	14
	  

	 
	 
	Section 3.6.
	  
	Securities Redeemed in Part.
	  
	14
	  

	ARTICLE IV. COVENANTS
	  
	16
	  

	 
	 
	Section 4.1.
	  
	Payment of Principal and Interest.
	  
	16
	  

	 
	 
	Section 4.2.
	  
	SEC Reports.
	  
	16
	  

	 
	 
	Section 4.3.
	  
	Compliance Certificate.
	  
	16
	  

	 
	 
	Section 4.4.
	  
	Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
	  
	16
	  

	 
	 
	Section 4.5.
	  
	Corporate Existence.
	  
	16
	  

	ARTICLE V. SUCCESSORS
	  
	17
	  

	 
	 
	Section 5.1.
	  
	When Company May Merge, Etc.
	  
	17
	  

	 
	 
	Section 5.2.
	  
	Successor Corporation Substituted.
	  
	17
	  

	ARTICLE VI. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	 
	17
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.1.
	  
	Events of Default.
	  
	17
	 

	 
	 
	Section 6.2.
	 
	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
	 
	18
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.3.
	  
	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
	  
	18
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.4.
	  
	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
	  
	19
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.5.
	  
	Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
	  
	19
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.6.
	  
	Application of Money Collected.
	  
	19
	 

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	Section 6.7.
	 
	Limitation on Suits.
	 
	19
	 

	 
	 
	Section 6.8.
	 
	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.
	 
	20
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.9.
	  
	Restoration of Rights and Remedies.
	  
	20
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.10.
	  
	Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
	  
	20
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.11.
	  
	Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
	  
	20
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.12.
	  
	Control by Holders.
	  
	20
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.13.
	  
	Waiver of Past Defaults.
	  
	21
	 

	 
	  
	Section 6.14.
	  
	Undertaking for Costs.
	  
	21
	 

	ARTICLE VII. TRUSTEE
	 
	21
	 

	 
	  
	Section 7.1.
	  
	Duties of Trustee.
	  
	21
	 

	 
	  
	Section 7.2.
	  
	Rights of Trustee.
	  
	22
	 

	 
	  
	Section 7.3.
	  
	Individual Rights of Trustee.
	  
	22
	 

	 
	  
	Section 7.4.
	  
	Trustee’s Disclaimer.
	  
	23
	 

	 
	  
	Section 7.5.
	  
	Notice of Defaults.
	  
	23
	 

	 
	  
	Section 7.6.
	  
	Reports by Trustee to Holders.
	  
	23
	 

	 
	  
	Section 7.7.
	  
	Compensation and Indemnity.
	  
	23
	 

	 
	 
	Section 7.8.
	 
	Replacement of Trustee.
	 
	23
	 

	 
	 
	Section 7.9.
	 
	Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.
	 
	24
	 

	 
	  
	Section 7.10.
	  
	Eligibility; Disqualification.
	  
	24
	 

	 
	  
	Section 7.11.
	  
	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.
	  
	24
	 

	ARTICLE VIII. SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE
	 
	24
	 

	 
	  
	Section 8.1.
	  
	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
	  
	25
	 

	 
	  
	Section 8.2.
	  
	Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.
	  
	25
	 

	 
	 
	Section 8.3.
	 
	Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.
	 
	26
	 

	 
	 
	Section 8.4.
	 
	Covenant Defeasance.
	 
	26
	 

	 
	  
	Section 8.5.
	  
	Repayment to Company.
	  
	27
	 

	 
	  
	Section 8.6.
	  
	Reinstatement.
	  
	27
	 

	ARTICLE IX. AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS
	 
	27
	 

	 
	  
	Section 9.1.
	  
	Without Consent of Holders.
	  
	27
	 

	 
	 
	Section 9.2.
	 
	With Consent of Holders.
	 
	27
	 

	 
	 
	Section 9.3.
	 
	Limitations.
	 
	28
	 

	 
	  
	Section 9.4.
	  
	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.
	  
	28
	 

	 
	  
	Section 9.5.
	  
	Revocation and Effect of Consents.
	  
	28
	 

	 
	  
	Section 9.6.
	  
	Notation on or Exchange of Securities.
	  
	28
	 

	 
	  
	Section 9.7.
	  
	Trustee Protected.
	  
	28
	 

	ARTICLE X. MISCELLANEOUS
	  
	29
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.1.
	  
	Trust Indenture Act Controls.
	  
	29
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.2.
	  
	Notices.
	  
	29
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.3.
	  
	Communication by Holders with Other Holders.
	  
	30
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.4.
	  
	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.
	  
	30
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.5.
	  
	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.
	  
	30
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.6.
	  
	Rules by Trustee and Agents.
	  
	30
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.7.
	  
	Legal Holidays.
	  
	30
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.8.
	  
	No Recourse Against Others.
	  
	30
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.9.
	  
	Counterparts.
	  
	31
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.10.
	  
	Governing Laws.
	  
	31
	  

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	Section 10.11.
	  
	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.
	  
	31
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.12.
	  
	Successors.
	  
	31
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.13.
	  
	Severability.
	  
	31
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.14.
	  
	Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.
	  
	31
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.15.
	  
	Securities in a Foreign Currency.
	  
	31
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.16.
	  
	Judgment Currency.
	  
	31
	  

	 
	  
	Section 10.17.
	  
	Force Majeure.
	  
	32
	  

	ARTICLE XI. SINKING FUNDS
	  
	32
	  

	 
	  
	Section 11.1.
	  
	Applicability of Article.
	  
	32
	  

	 
	  
	Section 11.2.
	  
	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
	  
	32
	  

	 
	  
	Section 11.3.
	  
	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
	  
	32
	  

	ARTICLE XII. SUBORDINATION
	 
	32
	 

	 
	 
	Section 12.1
	 
	Additional Subordination Terms.
	 
	33
	 

 
 

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Element Solutions Inc
Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended and 
Indenture, dated as of                     , 20     
 	
			
	 
	 
	 

	§ 310(a)(1)
	 
	7.10

	(a)(2)
	 
	7.10

	(a)(3)
	 
	Not Applicable

	(a)(4)
	 
	Not Applicable

	(a)(5)
	 
	7.10

	(b)
	 
	7.10

	§ 311(a)
	 
	7.11

	(b)
	 
	7.11

	(c)
	 
	Not Applicable

	§ 312(a)
	 
	2.6

	(b)
	 
	10.3

	(c)
	 
	10.3

	§ 313(a)
	 
	7.6

	(b)(1)
	 
	7.6

	(b)(2)
	 
	7.6

	(c)(1)
	 
	7.6

	(d)
	 
	7.6

	§ 314(a)
	 
	4.2, 10.5

	(b)
	 
	Not Applicable

	(c)(1)
	 
	10.4

	(c)(2)
	 
	10.4

	(c)(3)
	 
	Not Applicable

	(d)
	 
	Not Applicable

	(e)
	 
	10.5

	(f)
	 
	Not Applicable

	§ 315(a)
	 
	7.1

	(b)
	 
	7.5

	(c)
	 
	7.1

	(d)
	 
	7.1

	(e)
	 
	6.14

	§ 316(a)
	 
	2.10

	(a)(1)(A)
	 
	6.12

	(a)(1)(B)
	 
	6.13

	(b)
	 
	6.8

	§ 317(a)(1)
	 
	6.3

	(a)(2)
	 
	6.4

	(b)
	 
	2.5

	§ 318(a)
	 
	10.1

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

 

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Form of Indenture dated as of                     , 20      between Element Solutions Inc, a Delaware company (“Company”), as issuer, and [            ], a national baking association, as trustee (“Trustee”). 
Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture. 
ARTICLE I. 
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE 
Section 1.1. Definitions. 
“Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified herein or therein and which are owing to such Holders. 
“Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by agreement or otherwise. 
“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent. 
“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof. 
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors or pursuant to authorization by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of the certificate and delivered to the Trustee. 
“Business Day” means, unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York (or in connection with any payment, the place of payment) on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close. 
“Capital Stock” means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock. 
“Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it and thereafter means the successor. 
“Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by an Officer. 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business related to this Indenture shall be principally administered. 
“Default” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default. 
“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depositary for such Series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such Series. 
“Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2. 
“Dollars” and “$” means the currency of The United States of America. 
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
“Foreign Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of The United States of America. 
“Foreign Government Obligations” means, with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the government that issued or caused to be issued such 

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currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof. 
“GAAP” means (1) generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America which are in effect as of the date of determination or (2) if elected by the Company by written notice to the Trustee in connection with the delivery of financial statements and information, the accounting standards and interpretations (“IFRS”) adopted by the International Accounting Standards Board, as in effect on the first date of the period for which the Company is making such election; provided, that (a) any such election once made shall be irrevocable, (b) all financial statements and reports required to be provided after such election pursuant to this Indenture shall be prepared on the basis of IFRS, (c) from and after such election, all determinations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with IFRS, (d) in connection with the delivery of financial statements (x) for any of its first three financial quarters of any financial year, it shall restate its consolidated interim financial statements for such interim financial period and the comparable period in the prior year to the extent previously prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect as of the date of determination and (y) for delivery of audited annual financial information, it shall provide consolidated historical financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS for the prior most recent fiscal year to the extent previously prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect as of the date of determination. 
“Global Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee. 
“Holder” or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered. 

“Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder. 
“interest” with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity. 
“Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise. 
“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, member, partner, Treasurer or Secretary of the Company. 
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any Officer. 
“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company. 
“person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, limited liability company, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof. 
“principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security. 
“Responsible Officer” means any officer of the Trustee in its Corporate Trust Office having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject. 
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
“Securities” means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. 
“Series” or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof. 
“Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or interest is due and payable. 

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“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified 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; and
 (2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which 
(a) 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 
(b) such person is a general partner or otherwise controls such entity.
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended and as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended. 
“Trustee” means the person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series. 
“U.S. Government Obligations” means securities which are direct obligations of, or guaranteed by, The United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a 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 U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt. 
Section 1.2. Other Definitions. 
 
	
			
	TERM
	  
	DEFINED IN
SECTION

	“Bankruptcy Law”
	  
	6.1

	“Custodian”
	  
	6.1

	“Event of Default”
	  
	6.1

	“Judgment Currency”
	  
	10.16

	“Legal Holiday”
	  
	10.7

	“mandatory sinking fund payment”
	  
	11.1

	“Market Exchange Rate”
	  
	10.15

	“New York Banking Day”
	  
	10.16

	“Notice Agent”
	  
	2.4

	“optional sinking fund payment”
	  
	11.1

	“Paying Agent”
	  
	2.4

	“Registrar”
	  
	2.4

	“Required Currency”
	  
	10.16

	“successor person”
	  
	5.1

Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. 
 
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings: 
“Commission” means the SEC. 

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“indenture securities” means the Securities. 
“indenture security holder” means a Securityholder. 
“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture. 
“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee. 
“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities. 
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined. 
Section 1.4. Rules of Construction. 
Unless the context otherwise requires: 
(a) 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; and 
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions. 
ARTICLE II. 
THE SECURITIES 
Section 2.1. Issuable in Series. 
The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officer’s Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. 
Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities. 
At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.24) by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, and set forth or determined in the manner provided in a Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate: 
2.2.1. the title (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series) and ranking (including the terms of any subordination provisions) of the Series; 
2.2.2. the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued; 
2.2.3. any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6); 
2.2.4. the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable; 
2.2.5. the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date; 

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2.2.6. the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, where the Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered, and the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means; 
2.2.7. if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company; 
2.2.8. the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 
2.2.9. the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations; 
2.2.10. if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable; 
2.2.11. the forms of the Securities of the Series and whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities; 
2.2.12. if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2; 
2.2.13. the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency; 
2.2.14. the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be made; 
2.2.15. if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined; 
2.2.16. the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index; 
2.2.17. the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series; 
2.2.18. any addition to, deletion of or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2; 
2.2.19. any addition to, deletion of or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series; 
2.2.20. any Depositaries, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed herein; 
2.2.21. the provisions, if any, relating to conversion or exchange of any Securities of such Series, including if applicable, the conversion or exchange price, the conversion or exchange period, provisions as to whether conversion or exchange will be mandatory, at the option of the Holders thereof or at the option of the Company, the events requiring an adjustment of the conversion price or exchange price and provisions affecting conversion or exchange if such Series of Securities are redeemed; and 
2.2.22. any other terms of the Series (which may supplement, modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series), including any terms that may be required under applicable law or regulations or advisable in connection with the marketing of Securities of that Series. 
All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate referred to above. 

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Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication. 
An Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. 
If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid. 
A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual or facsimile signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture. 
The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. 
The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8. 
Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officer’s Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4. 
The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not be taken lawfully; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or vice-presidents or a committee of Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities. 
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company. 
Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent. 
The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be delivered (“Notice Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands. 
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional notice agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Notice Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional notice agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Notice Agent” includes any additional notice agent. The Company or any of its Affiliates may serve as Registrar or Paying Agent. 
The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Notice Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Notice Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued. 

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Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. 
 
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Securities. 
Section 2.6. Securityholder Lists. 
The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list, in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of Securityholders of each Series of Securities. 
Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange. 
Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6). 
Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part. 
Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. 
 
If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. 
If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity bond as may be required by each of them to hold itself and any of its agents harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding. 
In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security. 
Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith. 
Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder. 

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The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities. 
Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities. 
The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding. 
If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser. 
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue. 
The Company may purchase or otherwise acquire the Securities, whether by open market purchases, negotiated transactions or otherwise. A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Security. 
In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2. 
Section 2.10. Treasury Securities. 
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, Securities of a Series owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. 
Section 2.11. Temporary Securities. 
Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon receipt of a Company Order shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities. 
Section 2.12. Cancellation. 
The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall destroy such canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act and the Trustee) and deliver a certificate of such cancellation to the Company upon written request of the Company. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 
Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest. 
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 10 days before the special record date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the special record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner. 
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2.14.1. Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities. 
2.14.2. Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary registered as a clearing agency under the Exchange Act within 90 days of such event or (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms. 
Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary. 
2.14.3. Legend. Any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form: 
“This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.” 
2.14.4. Acts of Holders. The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture. 
2.14.5. Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof. 
2.14.6. Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in Section 2.14.4, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary or by the applicable procedures of such Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture. 
Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers. 
The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. 
ARTICLE III. 
REDEMPTION 
Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee. 
The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such 

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Securities, it shall notify the Trustee in writing of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 15 days before the redemption date. 
Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed. 
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate, including by lot or other method, unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements, subject, in the case of Global Securities, to the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and the authorized integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption. 
Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption. 
Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, at least 15 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed. 
The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state: 
(a) the redemption date; 
(b) the redemption price; 
(c) the name and address of the Paying Agent; 
(d) if any Securities are being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Securities to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date and upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Security shall be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Security; 
(e) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; 
(f) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date unless the Company defaults in the deposit of the redemption price; 
(g) the CUSIP number, if any; and 
(h) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed. 
At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense, provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least three days (unless a shorter time shall be acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the notice date, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice. 
Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption. 
 
Once notice of redemption is mailed as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. Except as otherwise provided in the supplemental indenture, Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate for a Series, a notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date. 
Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price. 
On or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date. 
Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part. 

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Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered. 
ARTICLE IV. 
COVENANTS 
Section 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest. 
The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. On or before 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the applicable payment date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of each Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. 
Section 4.2. SEC Reports. 
To the extent any Securities of a Series are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA § 314(a). Reports, information and documents filed with the SEC via the EDGAR system will be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee as of the time of such filing via EDGAR for purposes of this Section 4.2. 
Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.2 are for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive or actual notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). 
 
Section 4.3. Compliance Certificate. 
To the extent any Securities of a Series are outstanding, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officer’s Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his/her knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which the Officer may have knowledge). 
The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, within 30 Business Days of any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. 
Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. 
The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted. 
Section 4.5. Corporate Existence. 
Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and rights (charter and statutory); provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders. 

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ARTICLE V. 
SUCCESSORS 
Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc. 
The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a “successor person”) unless: 
 
(a) the Company is the surviving corporation or the successor person (if other than the Company) is a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes the Company’s obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture; and 
(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing. 
The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officer’s Certificate to the foregoing effect and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed transaction and any supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture. 
Notwithstanding the above, any Subsidiary of the Company may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties to the Company. Neither an Officer’s Certificate nor an Opinion of Counsel shall be required to be delivered in connection therewith. 
Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted. 
Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, conveyance or other disposition (other than a lease) shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities. 
ARTICLE VI. 
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES 
Section 6.1. Events of Default. 
“Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officer’s Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default: 
(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the 30th day of such period); or 
(b) default in the payment of principal of any Security of that Series at its Maturity; or 
 
(c) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than defaults pursuant to paragraphs (a) or (b) above or pursuant to a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or 
(d) the Company pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: 
(i) commences a voluntary case, 
(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case, 
(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property, 
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(v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or 
(e) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: 
(i) is for relief against the Company in an involuntary case, 
(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or for all or substantially all of its property, or 
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company, 
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or 
(f) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.18. 
The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. 
Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment. 
If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(d) or (e)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. Such acceleration will not be effective until the earlier of (1) the acceleration of indebtedness under the Company’s senior secured credit facilities or (2) five Business Days after receipt by the Company of written notice of such acceleration, at which time the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Securities of that Series will become due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. 
At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal and interest, if any, of Securities of that Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13. 
No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee. 
The Company covenants that if 
(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or 
(b) default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or 
(c) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, if any, when and as due by the terms of a Security, 
then, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and any overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. 
If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated. 

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If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy. 
Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 
In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, 
(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and 
(b) to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same, 
and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7. 
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. 
Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities. 
 
All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. 
Section 6.6. Application of Money Collected. 
Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money or property on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid: 
First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7; and 
Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and 
Third: To the Company. 
Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits. 
No Holder of any Security of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless 
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(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder; 
(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by the Trustee in compliance with such request; 
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and 
 
(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series; 
it being understood, intended and expressly covenanted by the Holder of every Security with every other Holder and the Trustee that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders of the applicable Series. 
Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest. 
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Maturity of such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 
Section 6.9. Restoration of Rights and Remedies. 
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. 
Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative. 
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in Section 2.8, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not, to the extent permitted by law, prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver. 
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be. 
Section 6.12. Control by Holders. 
The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that 
(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, 
(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, 
(c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability, and 

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(d) prior to taking any action as directed under this Section 6.12, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. 
Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults. 
The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon. 
Section 6.14. Undertaking for Costs. 
All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the Maturity of such Security, including the Stated Maturity expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date). 
ARTICLE VII. 
TRUSTEE 
Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee. 
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs. 
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default: 
(i) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others. 
(ii) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; however, in the case of any such Officer’s Certificates or Opinions of Counsel which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to determine whether or not they conform to the form requirements of this Indenture. 
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own bad faith, its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that: 
(i) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section. 
(ii) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. 
(iii) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series in accordance with Section 6.12. 
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(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in performing such duty or exercising such right or power. 
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 
(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if adequate indemnity against such risk is not assured to the Trustee in its satisfaction. 
(h) The Paying Agent, the Registrar and any authenticating agent shall be entitled to the protections and immunities as are set forth in paragraphs (e), (f) and (g) of this Section and in Section 7.2, each with respect to the Trustee. 
Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee. 
(a) The Trustee may rely on and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. 
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate 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. 
(c) The Trustee may act through agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care. No Depositary shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depositary. 
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, provided that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute bad faith, willful misconduct or negligence. 
(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder without bad faith, willful misconduct or negligence, and in reliance thereon. 
 
(f) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders of Securities unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction. 
(g) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit. 
(h) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities generally or the Securities of a particular Series and this Indenture. 
(i) In no event shall the Trustee be liable to any person for special, punitive, indirect, consequential or incidental loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage. 
(j) The permissive right of the Trustee to take the actions permitted by this Indenture shall not be construed as an obligation or duty to do so. 
Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee. 
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11. 

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The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, it shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, and it shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its authentication. 
Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults. 
If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest on any Security of any Series, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its corporate trust committee or a committee of its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series. 
Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders. 
Within 60 days after [            ] in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar, a brief report dated as of such [            ], in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA § 313. 
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each national securities exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when Securities of any Series are listed on any national securities exchange. 
Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity. 
The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for its services as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree upon in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel. 
The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee (including the cost of defending itself) against any cost, expense or liability, including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee) incurred by it except as set forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent. The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder, unless and to the extent that the Company is materially prejudiced thereby. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have one separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee. 
The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through bad faith, willful misconduct or negligence. 
To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Securities of that Series. 
 
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(d) or (e) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law. 
The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture. 
Section 7.8. Replacement of Trustee. 
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section. 
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may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if: 
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10; 
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law; 
(c) a Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or 
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting. 
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. 
If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it for actions taken or omitted to be taken in accordance with its rights, powers and duties under this Indenture prior to such replacement. 
Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc. 
If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee, subject to Section 7.10. 
Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. 
This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b). 
Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. 
The Trustee is subject to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated. 
ARTICLE VIII. 
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE 
Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture. 
This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when 
(a) either 
(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or 
(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation 
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(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or 
(3) have been called for redemption or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or 
(4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as applicable; 
and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be; 
(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and 
(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. 
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive. 
Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification. 
(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Sections 8.3 or 8.4. 
(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders. 
(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Order any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held under this Indenture. 
Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series. 
Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2.20, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of any Series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, execute instruments acknowledging the same), except as to: 
(a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series; 
(b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and 
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provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied: 
(d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such sinking fund payments are due; 
(e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; 
(f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date; 
(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred; 
(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and 
(i) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with. 
Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance. 
Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2.20 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company may omit to comply with respect to the Securities of any Series with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.20 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default with respect to such Series under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event specified in a supplemental indenture for such Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.18 and designated as an Event of Default shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied: 
(a) With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or investment bank expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal of and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund payments in respect of the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal and such sinking fund payments are due; 
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(c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; 
(d) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and covenant defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and covenant defeasance had not occurred; 
(e) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and 
(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the covenant defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with. 
Section 8.5. Repayment to Company. 
Subject to applicable abandoned property law, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person. 
Section 8.6. Reinstatement. 
If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money deposited with respect to Securities of any Series in accordance with Section 8.1 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series and under the Securities of such Series shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.1; provided, however, that if the Company has made any payment of principal of or interest on or any Additional Amounts with respect to any Securities because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent. 
ARTICLE IX. 
AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS 
Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders. 
The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder: 
(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; 
(b) to comply with Article V; 
(c) to provide for certificated securities in addition to or in place of uncertificated securities; 
(d) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder; 
(e) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture; 
(f) to add covenants for the benefit of the Securityholders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;
(g) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or 
(h) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA. 
Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders. 
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(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series. 
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver. 
Section 9.3. Limitations. 
Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not: 
(a) reduce the principal amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver; 
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security; 
(c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation; 
(d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof; 
(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration); 
(f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security; 
(g) make any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13 or 9.3 (this sentence); or 
(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security, provided that such redemption is made at the Company’s option. 
 
Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. 
Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as then in effect. 
Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of Consents. 
Until an amendment is set forth in a supplemental indenture or a waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date of the supplemental indenture or the date the waiver becomes effective. 
Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (h) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security. 
Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities. 
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver. 
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In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both complying with Section 10.4. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures upon delivery of such an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel or both, except that the Trustee need not sign any supplemental indenture that adversely affects its rights. 
ARTICLE X. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls. 
If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control. 
Section 10.2. Notices. 
  
Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other, or by a Holder to the Company or the Trustee, is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail: 
if to the Company: 
Element Solutions Inc
500 East Broward Boulevard, Suite 1860
Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33394
Attention: General Counsel 
Telephone: (561) 207-9600 
with a copy to: 
[_________]
Attention: [Name]
Telephone: [            ]
if to the Trustee: 
[            ] 
Attention: [            ] 
Telephone: [            ] 
with a copy to: 
[            ] 
Attention: [            ] 
Telephone: [            ] 
The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. 
All notices and communications (other than those sent to Securityholders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by facsimile or e-mail; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery
Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series. 
If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it. 
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In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee agrees to accept and act upon notice, instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods. If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Security, where this Indenture or any Security provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Security (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given to the Depositary for such Security (or its designee) pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary. 
Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders. 
Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c). 
Section 10.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. 
Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee: 
(a) an Officer’s Certificate stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and 
(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. 
Section 10.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. 
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and shall include: 
(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition; 
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 
 
Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents. 
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions. 
Section 10.7. Legal Holidays. 
Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. 
Section 10.8. No Recourse Against Others. 
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of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities. 
Section 10.9. Counterparts. 
This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
Section 10.10. Governing Laws. 
THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES, INCLUDING ANY CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PRINCIPLES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT ANY LEGAL ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING AGAINST IT WITH RESPECT TO ITS OBLIGATIONS, LIABILITIES OR ANY OTHER MATTER ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE OR THE SECURITIES MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY NEW YORK STATE OR U.S. FEDERAL COURT SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE CITY OF NEW YORK AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS AND SUBMITS TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF EACH SUCH COURT IN PERSONAM, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WITH RESPECT TO ANY SUCH ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTIES, ASSETS AND REVENUES.  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO 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 SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. 
This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture. 
Section 10.12. Successors. 
All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor. 
 
Section 10.13. Severability. 
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
Section 10.14. 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 hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. 
Section 10.15. Securities in a Foreign Currency. 
Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated more than one currency, then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be determined by converting any such other currency into a currency that is designated upon issuance of any particular Series of Securities. 

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All decisions and determinations provided for in the preceding paragraph shall, in the absence of manifest error, to the extent permitted by law, be conclusive for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Trustee and all Holders. 
Section 10.16. Judgment Currency. 
Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officer's Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, the Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Trustee could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close. 
Section 10.17. Force Majeure. 
In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable best efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances. 
ARTICLE XI. 
SINKING FUNDS 
Section 11.1. Applicability of Article. 
The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series if so provided by the terms of such Securities pursuant to Section 2.2 and except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture. 
The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series. 
Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities. 
 
The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been repurchased by the Company or redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the Trustee begins the process of selecting Securities for redemption, 

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and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company. 
Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund. 
Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officer’s Certificate in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6. 
ARTICLE XII.
SUBORDINATION
Section 12.1. Additional Subordination Terms.
Pursuant to Section 2.2, a supplemental indenture hereto pursuant to which Securities are issued or a Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate in which the terms of the Securities are set forth may set forth subordination provisions and terms.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written. 
 
	
			
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO third AMENDED AND RESTATED 
CREDIT AGREEMENT 

This Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated as of July 29, 2019, is made by and among GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED, a Delaware corporation (the “Company” and a “Borrower”), GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, a California corporation (“GCC” and a “Borrower”), GILC INCORPORATED, a California corporation (“GILC” and a “Borrower”, and together with the Company and GCC, collectively the “Borrowers”), each of the Guarantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement (as defined below)) signatory hereto, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States (“Bank of America”), in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and each of the Lenders signatory hereto.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, each of the Borrowers, Bank of America, as Administrative Agent, and the Lenders from time to time party thereto have entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 31, 2018 (as amended, modified, supplemented, restated, or amended and restated, from time to time the “Existing Credit Agreement,” and the Existing Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment, the “Credit Agreement”); capitalized terms used in this Amendment not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given thereto in the Credit Agreement), pursuant to which the Lenders have made available to the Borrowers a term loan facility and a revolving credit facility, including a letter of credit subfacility and a swing line loan subfacility; and

WHEREAS, each of the Guarantors has entered into a Guaranty pursuant to which it has guaranteed certain or all of the obligations of the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; and

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to amend the Existing Credit Agreement to restructure the required Consolidated Leverage Ratio levels and curtained defined terms related thereto; and

 

WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders are willing to amend the Existing Credit Agreement as set forth below on the terms and conditions contained in this Amendment;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and further valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.Amendments to Credit Agreement.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein:

(a)The definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement shall be amended so that, after giving effect to this Amendment, “Consolidated EBITDA” shall read in its entirety as set forth below:

““Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any Subject Period, for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (excluding, however, any Project Debt Entity), an amount equal to Consolidated Net Income for such period plus Consolidated Tax Expenses for such period and the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (a) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, (b) depreciation and amortization expense for 

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such period, (c) any non-cash charges for such period including, but not limited to, (i) non-cash expenses related to stock and equity options, (ii) non-cash expenses related to an Acquisition, and (iii) non-cash impairment charges (excluding any such non-cash charges that represent the accrual of, or reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any future period), (d) one-time, non-recurring cash fees and expenses, not to exceed $10,000,000 for all Acquisitions, related to cost savings, restructuring, severance, integration, or consolidation related to an Acquisition, and to include without limitation advisory, legal, financing, and consulting fees related to an Acquisition, incurred during such Subject Period in connection with the signing a definitive agreement, and (e) any write-downs associated with the Tappan Zee, I35 and PA500 construction projects for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020 in an amount not to exceed $68,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that all components of Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall include or exclude, as the case may be, without duplication, on the same basis and in a manner consistent with the foregoing provisions of this definition, such components of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(n) other than Construction JV Investments arising in the Ordinary Course of Business consummated during such period or any business or assets that have been Disposed of after the first day of such period and prior to the end of such period, in each case as determined on a pro forma basis, in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.” 

(b)Section 7.12(b) of the Credit Agreement (Consolidated Leverage Ratio) shall be amended so that, after giving effect to this Amendment, Section 7.12(b) shall read in its entirety as set forth below:

“(b)Consolidated Leverage Ratio.  Permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be greater than (i) for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020, 3.25 to 1.00; and (ii) for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2020 and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter, 3.00 to 1.00; provided that during any Collateral Release Period, the Company shall not permit the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter to be greater than 2.50 to 1.00; provided, however, for each of the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending after any Acquisition permitted hereunder with total cash consideration in excess of $100,000,000 occurs (excluding, however, the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020), the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of each such fiscal quarter shall not exceed 3.50 to 1.00.”

(c)Section 7.02 of the Credit Agreement (Investments) shall be amended by deleting the word “and” at the end of subsection (m), creating a new subsection (n), moving current subsection (n) to a new subsection (o), so that, after giving effect to this Amendment, Sections 7.12(m), (n) and (o) shall read in their entirety as set forth below:

“(m)to the extent constituting Investments, Contingent Acquisition Obligations in respect of any Acquisition, Investment or Disposition otherwise permitted hereunder; 

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(n)during the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020, new cash Investments in the Tappan Zee, I4 and PA500 construction projects in an aggregate amount not to exceed $75,000,000; and

(o)Investments not otherwise permitted under clauses (a) through (n) above in an amount not to exceed $35,000,000 at any time outstanding.”

(d)Amendment to Exhibit D.  Exhibit D (Form of Compliance Certificate) to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety in the form of Exhibit D attached hereto.

2.Applicable Rate.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the definition of “Applicable Rate” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement, from the date hereof to the first Business Day immediately following the date of delivery of the Compliance Certificate for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2020, Pricing Level 6 shall apply.

3.Effectiveness; Conditions Precedent.  This Amendment and the amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement provided in Section 1 hereof shall be effective as of the date first written above upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:

(a)the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by each Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and the Required Lenders; and

(b)(i) the Amendment Fee (as defined in that certain Engagement Letter – Amendment to the Senior Credit Facility, dated as of July 22, 2019, between the Company and Bank of America) shall have been received by the Administrative Agent for each Lender executing this Amendment by 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on July 25, 2019 for the account of such Lender, paid to the Administrative Agent, equal to 0.10% (10.0 bps) multiplied by each such Lender’s aggregate outstanding loans and unused commitments as of the date hereof immediately prior to giving effect to the Amendment; (ii) any fees as may have been agreed to separately in writing shall have been received by the applicable Arrangers and Lenders; and (iii) all other reasonable fees and expenses incurred or payable in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent) that have been requested to be paid on or before the date hereof shall have been paid in full.

4.Representations and Warranties.  In order to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, the Borrowers represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:

(a)The representations and warranties made by the Borrowers in Article V of the Credit Agreement and in each of the other Loan Documents to which it is a party are, in each case, true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date;

(b)The Persons appearing as Guarantors on the signature pages to this Amendment constitute all Persons who are required to be Guarantors pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including without limitation all Persons who became Subsidiaries or were otherwise required to become Guarantors after the Closing Date and prior to 

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the date hereof, except as explicitly noted in Section 6.14(e) of the Credit Agreement, and each of such Persons has become and remains a party to a Guaranty as a Guarantor;

(c)This Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Borrowers and the Guarantors and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such parties, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting the rights of creditors, and subject to equitable principles of general application; and

(d)After giving effect to this Amendment, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; and no default or event of default under the Permitted Notes Documents exists, or would result from the effectiveness of this Amendment.

5.Consent of the Guarantors.  Each of the Guarantors hereby consents, acknowledges and agrees to the amendments set forth herein and hereby confirms and ratifies in all respects the Guaranty to which such Guarantor is a party (including without limitation the continuation of such Guarantor’s payment and performance obligations thereunder upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment and the amendments and consents contemplated hereby) and the enforceability of such Guaranty against such Guarantor in accordance with its terms.

6.Entire Agreement.  This Amendment, together with all the Loan Documents (collectively, the “Relevant Documents”), sets forth the entire understanding and agreement of the parties hereto in relation to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior negotiations and agreements among the parties relating to such subject matter.  No promise, condition, representation or warranty, express or implied, not set forth in the Relevant Documents shall bind any party hereto, and no such party has relied on any such promise, condition, representation or warranty.  Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that, except as otherwise expressly stated in the Relevant Documents, no representations, warranties or commitments, express or implied, have been made by any party to the other in relation to the subject matter hereof or thereof.  None of the terms or conditions of this Amendment may be changed, modified, waived or canceled orally or otherwise, except in writing and in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement.

7.Full Force and Effect of Credit Agreement.  Except as hereby specifically amended, waived, modified or supplemented, the Credit Agreement is hereby confirmed and ratified in all respects and shall be and remain in full force and effect according to its respective terms.

8.Counterparts.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, facsimile or other electronic transmission (including .pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.

9.Governing Law.  This Amendment shall in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts executed and to be performed entirely within such State, and shall be further subject to the provisions of Sections 10.14 and 10.15 of the Credit Agreement.

10.Enforceability.  Should any one or more of the provisions of this Amendment be determined to be illegal or unenforceable as to one or more of the parties hereto, all other provisions nevertheless shall remain effective and binding on the parties hereto.

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11.References.  All references in any of the Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” shall mean the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

12.Successors and Assigns.  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and each of the Guarantors and Lenders, and their respective successors, legal representatives, and assignees to the extent such assignees are permitted assignees as provided in Section 10.06 of the Credit Agreement.

13.No Novation.  Neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment nor the consummation of any other transaction contemplated hereunder is intended to constitute a novation of the Credit Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents or any obligations thereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this instrument to be made, executed and delivered by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

BORROWERS:

 

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED

 

By:_/s/ Jigisha Desai_____________________

Name:     Jigisha Desai

Title:     Senior Vice President and CFO

By:_/s/ Kenneth B Olson__________________

Name:     Kenneth B Olson

Title:     VP and Treasurer

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

 

By:_/s/ Jigisha Desai_____________________

Name:     Jigisha Desai

Title:     Senior Vice President and CFO     

 

 

By:_/s/ Kenneth B Olson__________________

Name:     Kenneth B Olson

Title:     VP and Treasurer

GILC INCORPORATED 

 

By:_/s/ Jigisha Desai_____________________

Name:     Jigisha Desai

Title:     Senior Vice President and CFO     

 

 

By:_/s/ Kenneth B Olson__________________

Name:     Kenneth B Olson

Title:     VP and Treasurer

Granite Construction Incorporated

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GUARANTORS:

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED

 

By:_/s/ Jigisha Desai_____________________

Name:Jigisha Desai

Title:     Senior Vice President and CFO

 

 

By:_/s/ Kenneth B Olson__________________

Name:  Kenneth B Olson

Title:    VP and Treasurer

 

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

 

By:_/s/ Jigisha Desai_____________________

Name:  Jigisha Desai

Title:    Senior Vice President and CFO

 

 

By:_/s/ Kenneth B Olson__________________

Name:  Kenneth B Olson

Title:    VP and Treasurer

 

 

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION NORTHEAST, 

INC.

 

By:_/s/ Jigisha Desai_____________________

Name: Jigisha Desai

Title:     Senior Vice President and CFO

 

By:_/s/ Kenneth B Olson__________________

Name:  Kenneth B Olson

Title:    VP and Treasurer

 

 

Granite Construction Incorporated

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INTERMOUNTAIN SLURRY SEAL, INC.

 

By:_/s/ Kathleen Schreckengost____________

Name:  Kathleen Schreckengost

Title:    V.P. and Treasurer

 

 

By:_/s/ Darren S. Beevor_________________

Name:  Darren S. Beevor

Title:    V.P. and Controller

 

 

GILC INCORPORATED

 

By:_/s/ Jigisha Desai_____________________

Name:  Jigisha Desai

Title:      Senior Vice President and CFO

 

By:_/s/ Kenneth B Olson__________________

Name:  Kenneth B Olson

Title:    VP and Treasurer

 

KENNY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

 

By:_/s/ Jigisha Desai_____________________

Name:  Jigisha Desai

Title:      Senior Vice President and CFO

 

By:_/s/ Kenneth B Olson__________________

Name:  Kenneth B Olson

Title:    VP and Treasurer

 

LAYNE CHRISTENSEN COMPANY

 

By:_/s/ Jigisha Desai_____________________

Name: Jigisha Desai

Title:     Senior Vice President and CFO

 

By:_/s/ Kenneth B Olson__________________

Name:  Kenneth B Olson

Title:VP and Treasurer

Granite Construction Incorporated

Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., 

as Administrative Agent 

 

 

By:_/s/ Bridgett J. Manduck Mowry_________

Name:  Bridgett J. Manduk Mowry 

Title:Vice President 

Granite Construction Incorporated

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LENDERS:

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender, Swing 

Line Lender and L/C Issuer

 

 

By:_/s/ Mukesh Singh____________________

Name:  Mukesh Singh

Title:Director 

Granite Construction Incorporated

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BANK OF THE WEST

 

 

By:_/s/ Adriana Collins_________________

Name:  Adriana Collins

Title:Director

Granite Construction Incorporated

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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

By:_/s/ Jeff Benedix_____________________

Name:  Jeff Benedix

Title:    Vice President

 

Granite Construction Incorporated

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bmo harris bank, n.a.

 

 

By:_/s/ Mike Gift_____________________

Name:  Mike Gift

Title:    Director

Granite Construction Incorporated

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COMPASS BANK

 

 

By:_/s/ Aaron Loyd____________________

Name:  Aaron Loyd

Title:    Director

 

Granite Construction Incorporated

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HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

By:_/s/ Tyler J. Mei__________________

Name:  Tyler J. Mei

Title:     Vice President

 

Granite Construction Incorporated

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branch banking and trust company

 

 

By:_/s/ Vicount P. Cornwall_____________

Name:  Vicount P. Cornwall

Title:     Senior Vice President

 

Granite Construction Incorporated

Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

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COMERICA BANK

 

 

By:_/s/ Mark Skrzynski________________

Name:  Mark Skrzynski

Title:    Vice President

 

 

Granite Construction Incorporated

Amendment No. 1 to Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

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EXHIBIT D

TO

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

form of COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

Financial Statement Date:              , 20__

	
To:
	
Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned refers to that certain Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2018 (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified in writing from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Granite Construction Incorporated, a Delaware corporation (the “Company” and a “Borrower”), Granite Construction Company, a California corporation (“GCC” and a “Borrower”), and GILC Incorporated, a California corporation (“GILC” and a “Borrower”, and together with Company and GCC, collectively, the “Borrowers”), the financial institutions from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Lenders”) and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer (the “Administrative Agent”). Unless otherwise defined herein, each capitalized term used herein has the meaning assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement.

The undersigned Responsible Officer of the Company hereby certifies, on behalf of the Company and not individually, as of the date hereof that s/he holds the office of ________________ with the Company, that, as such, s/he is authorized to execute and deliver this Certificate to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and that:

1.Attached hereto or posted on the Company’s website or posted on the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission at www.sec.gov is:

(a)a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of the fiscal year ended [_______________, 20__] (the “Subject Fiscal Year”), and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the Subject Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with GAAP and are not subject to any qualifications or exceptions as to the scope of the audit nor to any qualifications and exceptions that are not reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders; or

(b)an SEC Form 10-K for the Company (excluding the exhibits thereto) relating to the fiscal year ended [___________, 20__]; or

(c)a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of the fiscal quarter ended [_______________, 201_] (the “Subject Fiscal Quarter”), and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the Subject Fiscal Quarter and for the portion of the Company’s fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the 

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corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Company as fairly presenting the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes; or

(d)an SEC Form 10-Q for the Company (excluding the exhibits thereto) relating to the fiscal quarter ended [___________, 20__].

2.The financial statements referred to in Paragraph 1 fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position and the results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

3.The undersigned has reviewed and is familiar with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents and has made, or has caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.

4.To the best of the undersigned’s knowledge, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have, during such period, observed, performed and/or satisfied and/or have caused to be observed, performed and/or satisfied all of their respective covenants and other agreements contained in the Loan Documents to which they are a party, and have satisfied every condition in the Loan Documents to which they are a party to be observed, performed and/or satisfied by them, and the undersigned has no knowledge of any condition, event or occurrence, which constitutes a Default or Event of Default, except as set forth below:

[Describe below (or in a separate attachment to this Certificate) the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 4 above by listing, in detail and with reference to specific sections of the Credit Agreement, the nature of the condition, event or occurrence, the period during which it has existed and the actions that the Company has taken, is taking or proposes to take with respect to such condition, event or occurrence.]

5.The financial covenant and other compliance analyses and information set forth on Schedule 1 attached hereto are true, complete and accurate on and as of the date of this Certificate.

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The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in Schedule 1 hereto, are made and delivered, and the financial statements referenced above are made or posted, as applicable, this ___ day of _______, 20__, pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement.

GRANITE CONSTRUCTION INCORPORATED

 

By:  

Name:  

Title:  

 

		
	
 
	
 

Check for distribution to PUBLIC and Private side Lenders1

 

	
	 

	
1 
	
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Schedule 1

to Compliance Certificate

1.Indebtedness - Other Indebtedness.  Section 7.03(h)

A.Indebtedness of a Loan Party and/or, upon and after the consummation of the Project Lowercase Acquisition, the Target and its Subsidiaries, in each case, comprised solely of (in each case, excluding Indebtedness incurred, assumed or existing pursuant to or as a result of the Permitted Lowercase Acquisition):

 

	
 
	
(i) 
	
the outstanding principal amount of unsecured obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money and all obligations evidenced by bonds (other than performance, surety and appeal bonds), debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments:  $____________________

 

	
 
	
(ii) 
	
Attributable Indebtedness in respect of capital leases and Synthetic Lease Obligations:  $____________________

 

	
 
	
(iii)
	
Contingent Acquisition Obligations in respect of any Acquisition or Investment otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement:  $____________________

 

	
 
	
(iv)
	
without duplication, Guarantee Obligations with respect to Indebtedness of the types specified in the immediately preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii):  $____________________

 

provided that none of the foregoing includes Indebtedness of any co-joint venturer in any Joint Venture to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party that has been assumed by the Company or any Subsidiary if such Indebtedness was not originally incurred by such co-joint venturer in connection with (and relates solely to) the subject Joint Venture:

	
 
	
B.
	
(A)(i) plus (A)(ii) plus (A)(iii) plus (A)(iv) to the extent subject to amortization or prepayment at maturity prior to the Maturity Date:  $

Requirement:The amount in (B) may not exceed $150,000,000.

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2.Restricted Payments.  Section 7.07(e)

	
 
	
A.
	
The aggregate amount of shares of the Company’s capital stock, or warrants, rights or options to acquire any such shares for cash, purchased, redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company: $

Requirement: If the Consolidated Leverage Ratio on a pro forma basis is (i) greater than 2.00 to 1.00, the amount in (A) may not exceed $125,000,000, or (ii) if immediately before and immediately after giving pro forma effect to such purchase, redemption or acquisition, the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than 2.00 to 1.00, in an unlimited amount.

3.Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio.  Section 7.12(a)

	
 
	
A.
	
Consolidated EBITDA for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries ((A)(i) plus (A)(ii) plus (A)(iii) plus (A)(iv) plus (A)(v) plus (A)(vi)) 2: $

	
 
	
(i)
	
Net income, on a consolidated basis, of Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding any Project Debt Entity) from continuing operations, excluding extraordinary items and excluding gains and losses from Dispositions plus Consolidated Tax Expenses for such period and the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income for such Subject Period:  $

	
 
	
(ii)
	
Consolidated Interest Expense for such Subject Period to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:  $

	
 
	
(iii)
	
Depreciation and amortization expense for such Subject Period to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:  $

	
 
	
(iv)
	
Non-cash charges for such period including, but not limited to, (i) non-cash expenses related to stock and equity options, (ii) non-cash expenses related to an Acquisition, and (iii) non-cash impairment charges (excluding any such non-cash charges that represent the accrual of, or reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any future period) for such Subject Period to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:       $

	
 
	
(v)
	
One-time, non-recurring cash fees and expenses, not to exceed $10,000,000 for all Acquisitions, related to cost savings, restructuring, severance, integration, or consolidation related to an Acquisition, and to 

	
	 

	
2 
	
 All components of Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall include or exclude, as the case may be, without duplication, such components of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to any Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(n) of the Credit Agreement other than Construction JV Investments arising in the Ordinary Course of Business consummated during such period or any business or assets that have been Disposed of after the first day of such period and prior to the end of such period, in each case as determined on a pro forma basis, in accordance with Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

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include without limitation advisory, legal, financing, and consulting fees related to an Acquisition, incurred during such Subject Period in connection with the signing a definitive agreement: $

	
 
	
(vi)
	
Any write-downs associated with the Tappan Zee, I35 and PA500 construction projects for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020 in an amount not to exceed $68,000,000 in the aggregate: $

	
 
	
B.
	
Consolidated Interest Expense for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries ((B)(i) plus (B)(ii)): $

	
 
	
(i)
	
All interest, premium payments, fees, charges and related expenses of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries in connection with borrowed money (including capitalized interest) or in connection with the deferred purchase price of assets, in each case to the extent treated as interest in accordance with GAAP (excluding such amounts in respect of Project Debt): $

	
 
	
(ii)
	
The portion of rent expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to such Subject Period under capital leases that is treated as interest in accordance with GAAP and the portion of Synthetic Lease Obligations payable by the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to such Subject Period that would be treated as interest in accordance with GAAP if such lease were treated as a capital lease under GAAP (excluding such amounts in respect of Project Debt): $

C.Ratio of (A) to (B): to 1.00

	
 
	
Requirement:
	
The ratio in (C) (i.e., the ratio of (A) to (B)) may not be less than 4.00 to 1.00 as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company.

4.Maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio.  Section 7.12(b)

	
 
	
A.
	
Consolidated Funded Indebtedness for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries ((A)(i) plus (A)(ii) plus (A)(iii)): $

	
 
	
(i)
	
On a consolidated basis, the outstanding principal amount of all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including Obligations under the Credit Agreement) and all obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments of Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (not including Project Debt): 

$

	
 
	
(ii)
	
Attributable Indebtedness in respect of capital leases, Synthetic Lease Obligations and sale-leaseback transactions of Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (not including Project Debt): $

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(iii)
	
Without duplication, Guarantee Obligations with respect to Indebtedness of the types specified in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii) of Persons other than the Company or any Subsidiary:  $____________________

	
 
	
B.
	
Consolidated EBITDA for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (line (3)(A) above): $

C.Ratio of (A) to (B): to 1.00

Requirement:  The ratio in (C) (i.e., the ratio of (A) to (B)) may not exceed, as of the last day of the fiscal quarters of the Company ending June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020, 3.25 to 1.00; and (ii) for the fiscal quarter of the Company ending June 30, 2020 and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter, 3.00 to 1.00; provided that during any Collateral Release Period, the ratio in (C) may not exceed, as of the last day of such fiscal quarter, 2.50 to 1.00; provided, however, for each of the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending after any Acquisition permitted hereunder with total cash consideration in excess of $100,000,000 occurs (excluding, however, the four consecutive fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2019, September 30, 2019, December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020), the Consolidated Leverage Ratio as of the last day of each such fiscal quarter shall not exceed 3.50 to 1.00.

Applicable Rate:  Pricing Level ____

		
	
Pricing Level
	
Consolidated Leverage Ratio

	
1
	
Less than 0.50 to 1.00

	
2
	
Greater than or equal to 0.50 to 1.00 but less than 1.00 to 1.00

	
3
	
Greater than or equal to 1.00 to 1.00 but less than 1.50 to 1.00

	
4
	
Greater than or equal to 1.50 to 1.00 but less than 2.00 to 1.00

	
5
	
Greater than or equal to 2.00 to 1.00 but less than 2.50  to 1.00

	
6
	
Greater than or equal to 2.50 to 1.00

 

5.Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.  For purposes of determining whether the Company may request a Collateral Release:

	
 
	
A.
	
Consolidated EBITDA for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (line (3)(A) above):  $

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B.
	
Consolidated Fixed Charges for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries ((B)(i) plus (B)(ii) plus (B)(iii) plus (B)(iv) plus (B)(v)):  $

	
 
	
(i)
	
Consolidated Interest Expense for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (line 3(B) above):  $

	
 
	
(ii)
	
The aggregate amount of Federal, state, local and foreign taxes paid in cash by the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries:  $

	
 
	
(iii)
	
The aggregate principal amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments of Consolidated Funded Indebtedness (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding all payments in respect of revolving Indebtedness and prepayments in respect of all Indebtedness) for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries:  $

	
 
	
(iv)
	
the lesser amount of (x) the aggregate amount of all capital expenditures for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries and (y) $37,500,000:
$

	
 
	
(v)
	
The aggregate amount of all Restricted Payments made in cash for the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries:  $

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