Document:

Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2007

 Exhibit 4.1 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 HD SUPPLY, INC. 
 as Issuer 
 and 
 the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties hereto 
 and 
 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 
 as
Trustee 
  
  
 INDENTURE 
 DATED AS OF August 30, 2007

  
  
 12.0% SENIOR CASH PAY NOTES DUE 2014 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION 
  

					
	 Section 101.
	  	 Definitions
	  	1
	 Section 102.
	  	 Other Definitions
	  	44
	 Section 103.
	  	 Rules of Construction
	  	45
	 Section 104.
	  	 Incorporation by Reference of TIA
	  	46
	 Section 105.
	  	 Conflict with TIA
	  	46
	 Section 106.
	  	 Compliance Certificates and Opinions
	  	46
	 Section 107.
	  	 Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
	  	47
	 Section 108.
	  	 Acts of Noteholders; Record Dates
	  	47
	 Section 109.
	  	 Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company
	  	50
	 Section 110.
	  	 Notices to Holders; Waiver
	  	51
	 Section 111.
	  	 Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
	  	51
	 Section 112.
	  	 Successors and Assigns
	  	51
	 Section 113.
	  	 Separability Clause
	  	51
	 Section 114.
	  	 Benefits of Indenture
	  	51
	 Section 115.
	  	 Governing Law
	  	51
	 Section 116.
	  	 Legal Holidays
	  	52
	 Section 117.
	  	 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators and Stockholders
	  	52
	 Section 118.
	  	 Exhibits and Schedules
	  	52
	 Section 119.
	  	 Counterparts
	  	52
	
	ARTICLE II
	
	NOTE FORMS
			
	 Section 201.
	  	 Forms Generally
	  	52
	 Section 202.
	  	 Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
	  	54
	 Section 203.
	  	 Restrictive and Global Note Legends
	  	55
	
	ARTICLE III
	
	THE NOTES
			
	 Section 301.
	  	 Title and Terms
	  	58
	 Section 302.
	  	 Denominations
	  	58
	 Section 303.
	  	 Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating
	  	59
	 Section 304.
	  	 Temporary Notes
	  	59

  

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	 Section 305.
	  	 Registrar and Paying Agent
	  	60
	 Section 306.
	  	 Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes
	  	61
	 Section 307.
	  	 Payment of Interest Rights Preserved
	  	62
	 Section 308.
	  	 Persons Deemed Owners
	  	63
	 Section 309.
	  	 Cancellation
	  	63
	 Section 310.
	  	 Computation of Interest
	  	63
	 Section 311.
	  	 CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc
	  	63
	 Section 312.
	  	 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes
	  	63
	 Section 313.
	  	 Special Transfer Provisions
	  	65
	 Section 314.
	  	 Payment of Additional Interest
	  	68
	
	ARTICLE IV
	
	COVENANTS
			
	 Section 401.
	  	 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
	  	68
	 Section 402.
	  	 Maintenance of Office or Agency
	  	69
	 Section 403.
	  	 Money for Payments to Be Held in Trust
	  	69
	 Section 404.
	  	 [Reserved.]
	  	70
	 Section 405.
	  	 Reports and Other Information
	  	70
	 Section 406.
	  	 Statement as to Default
	  	73
	 Section 407.
	  	 Limitation on Indebtedness
	  	73
	 Section 408.
	  	 [Reserved]
	  	77
	 Section 409.
	  	 Limitation on Restricted Payments
	  	77
	 Section 410.
	  	 Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries
	  	82
	 Section 411.
	  	 Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock
	  	84
	 Section 412.
	  	 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates
	  	87
	 Section 413.
	  	 Limitation on Liens
	  	89
	 Section 414.
	  	 Future Subsidiary Guarantors
	  	89
	 Section 415.
	  	 Purchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control
	  	90
	
	ARTICLE V
	
	SUCCESSORS
			
	 Section 501.
	  	 When the Company May Merge, etc
	  	91
	 Section 502.
	  	 Successor Company Substituted
	  	92
	
	ARTICLE VI
	
	REMEDIES
			
	 Section 601.
	  	 Events of Default
	  	93
	 Section 602.
	  	 Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
	  	95
	 Section 603.
	  	 Other Remedies; Collection Suit by Trustee
	  	95

  

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	 Section 604.
	  	 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
	  	95
	 Section 605.
	  	 Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes
	  	96
	 Section 606.
	  	 Application of Money Collected
	  	96
	 Section 607.
	  	 Limitation on Suits
	  	96
	 Section 608.
	  	 Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest
	  	97
	 Section 609.
	  	 Restoration of Rights and Remedies
	  	97
	 Section 610.
	  	 Rights and Remedies Cumulative
	  	97
	 Section 611.
	  	 Delay or Omission Not Waiver
	  	97
	 Section 612.
	  	 Control by Holders
	  	98
	 Section 613.
	  	 Waiver of Past Defaults
	  	98
	 Section 614.
	  	 Undertaking for Costs
	  	99
	 Section 615.
	  	 Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws
	  	99
	
	ARTICLE VII
	
	THE TRUSTEE
			
	 Section 701.
	  	 Certain Duties and Responsibilities
	  	99
	 Section 702.
	  	 Notice of Defaults
	  	100
	 Section 703.
	  	 Certain Rights of Trustee
	  	100
	 Section 704.
	  	 Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes
	  	101
	 Section 705.
	  	 May Hold Notes
	  	101
	 Section 706.
	  	 Money Held in Trust
	  	102
	 Section 707.
	  	 Compensation and Reimbursement
	  	102
	 Section 708.
	  	 Conflicting Interests
	  	102
	 Section 709.
	  	 Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
	  	102
	 Section 710.
	  	 Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
	  	103
	 Section 711.
	  	 Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
	  	104
	 Section 712.
	  	 Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
	  	104
	 Section 713.
	  	 Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
	  	104
	 Section 714.
	  	 Appointment of Authenticating Agent
	  	105
	
	ARTICLE VIII
	
	HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY
			
	 Section 801.
	  	 The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
	  	105
	 Section 802.
	  	 Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
	  	105
	 Section 803.
	  	 Reports by Trustee
	  	106
	
	ARTICLE IX
	
	AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR WAIVER
			
	 Section 901.
	  	 Without Consent of Holders
	  	106

  

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	 Section 902.
	  	 With Consent of Holders
	  	107
	 Section 903.
	  	 Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers
	  	108
	 Section 904.
	  	 Revocation and Effect of Consents
	  	108
	 Section 905.
	  	 Conformity with TIA
	  	108
	 Section 906.
	  	 Notation on or Exchange of Notes
	  	108
	
	ARTICLE X
	
	REDEMPTION OF NOTES
			
	 Section 1001.
	  	 Right of Redemption
	  	109
	 Section 1002.
	  	 Applicability of Article
	  	111
	 Section 1003.
	  	 Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
	  	111
	 Section 1004.
	  	 Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be Redeemed
	  	111
	 Section 1005.
	  	 Notice of Redemption
	  	111
	 Section 1006.
	  	 Deposit of Redemption Price
	  	112
	 Section 1007.
	  	 Notes Payable on Redemption Date
	  	112
	 Section 1008.
	  	 [Reserved.]
	  	113
	 Section 1009.
	  	 Notes Redeemed in Part
	  	113
	
	ARTICLE XI
	
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
			
	 Section 1101.
	  	 Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
	  	113
	 Section 1102.
	  	 Application of Trust Money
	  	115
	
	ARTICLE XII
	
	DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE
			
	 Section 1201.
	  	 The Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	115
	 Section 1202.
	  	 Defeasance and Discharge
	  	115
	 Section 1203.
	  	 Covenant Defeasance
	  	116
	 Section 1204.
	  	 Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
	  	116
	 Section 1205.
	  	Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions	  	117
	 Section 1206.
	  	 Reinstatement
	  	118
	 Section 1207.
	  	 Repayment to the Company
	  	118
	
	ARTICLE XIII
	
	SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
			
	 Section 1301.
	  	 Guarantees Generally
	  	119

  

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	 Section 1302.
	  	 Continuing Guarantees
	  	121
	 Section 1303.
	  	 Release of Subsidiary Guarantees
	  	121
	 Section 1304.
	  	 [Reserved]
	  	122
	 Section 1305.
	  	 Waiver of Subrogation
	  	122
	 Section 1306.
	  	 Notation Not Required
	  	122
	 Section 1307.
	  	 Successors and Assigns of Subsidiary Guarantors
	  	122
	 Section 1308.
	  	 Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees
	  	122
	 Section 1309.
	  	 Notices
	  	123

  

			
	Exhibit A        	  	Form of Initial Note
	Exhibit B	  	Form of Exchange Note
	Exhibit C	  	Form of Certificate of Beneficial Ownership
	Exhibit D	  	Form of Regulation S Certificate
	Exhibit E	  	Form of Supplemental Indenture in Respect of Subsidiary Guarantee
	Exhibit F	  	Form of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investors

  

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 Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310 through 318 
 inclusive of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939: 
  

			
	 Trust Indenture Act Section
	  	 Indenture Section

	 § 310(a)(1)
	  	709
	           (a)(2)
	  	709
	           (a)(3)
	  	Not Applicable
	           (a)(4)
	  	Not Applicable
	           (b)
	  	708
	 § 311(a)
	  	713
	           (b)
	  	713
	           (b)(2)
	  	803
	 § 312(a)
	  	801
		  	802
	           (b)
	  	802
	           (c)
	  	802
	 § 313(a)
	  	803
	           (b)
	  	803
	           (c)
	  	803
	           (d)
	  	803
	 § 314(a)
	  	405
	           (a)(4)
	  	106
		  	406
	           (b)
	  	Not Applicable
	           (c)(1)
	  	106
	           (c)(2)
	  	106
	           (c)(3)
	  	Not Applicable
	           (d)
	  	Not Applicable
	           (e)
	  	106
	 § 315(a)
	  	701
	           (b)
	  	702
		  	803
	           (c)
	  	701
	           (d)
	  	701
	           (d)(1)
	  	701
	           (d)(2)
	  	701
	           (d)(3)
	  	612
	           (e)
	  	614

  

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	 Trust Indenture Act Section
	  	 Indenture Section

	 § 316(a)
	  	612
		  	613
	           (a)(1)(A)
	  	602
		  	612
	           (a)(1)(B)
	  	613
	           (a)(2)
	  	Not Applicable
	           (b)
	  	608
	           (c)
	  	104
	 § 317(a)(1)
	  	603
	           (a)(2)
	  	604
	           (b)
	  	403
	 § 318(a)
	  	105

  
 This cross-reference table shall not for any purpose be deemed to be part of this Indenture. 
  

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 INDENTURE, dated as of August 30, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, this “Indenture”), among the Company (as defined herein), the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties hereto, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee. 
 RECITALS OF THE COMPANY 
 The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Notes. 
 All things necessary to make the
Original Notes, when executed and delivered by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company in
accordance with the terms of the Original Notes and this Indenture, have been done. 
 NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

 For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of
all Holders of the Notes, as follows: 
 ARTICLE I 
 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS  
 OF GENERAL APPLICATION 
 Section 101.    Definitions. 
 “Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person (i) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets
from such Person, in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to be Incurred on the date of the related
acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary. 
 “Acquisition” means the
acquisition by Holding Parent, directly and/or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates, of certain intellectual property and all of the outstanding capital stock of each of HD Supply and CND Holdings pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreement, dated June 19, 2007, as amended, by and between The Home Depot, Inc., THD Holdings, LLC, The Home Depot International, Inc., Homer TLC Inc. and Holding Parent. 
 “Acquisition Co.” means HDS Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc., a Delaware corporation. 

 “Additional Assets” means (i) any property or assets that replace the
property or assets that are the subject of an Asset Disposition; (ii) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) used or to be used by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise useful in a Related
Business (including any capital expenditures on any property or assets already so used); (iii) the Capital Stock of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such
Capital Stock by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; or (iv) Capital Stock of any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary acquired from a third party. 
 “Additional Notes” means any of the Company’s 12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014 issued under this Indenture in addition to the
Original Notes (other than any Notes issued pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 312(c), 312(d) or 1009). 
 “Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes
of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;
and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt, THD and its Affiliates will not be deemed to be Affiliates of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 “Asset Disposition” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted
Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares, or (in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary) to the extent required by applicable law), property or other assets (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a
“disposition”) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction), other than (i) a disposition to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor,
(ii) a disposition in the ordinary course of business, (iii) a disposition of Cash Equivalents, Investment Grade Securities or Temporary Cash Investments, (iv) the sale or discount (with or without recourse, and
on customary or commercially reasonable terms) of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, or the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable for notes receivable, (v) any Restricted Payment
Transaction, (vi) a disposition that is governed by Article V, (vii) any Financing Disposition, (viii) any “fee in lieu” or other disposition of assets to any governmental authority or agency that
continue in use by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets upon reasonable notice by paying a nominal fee, (ix) any exchange of property pursuant to or
intended to qualify under Section 1031 (or any successor section) of the Code, or any exchange of equipment to be leased, rented or otherwise used in a Related Business, (x) any financing transaction with respect to property built
or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including without limitation any sale/leaseback transaction or asset securitization, (xi) any disposition arising from foreclosure, condemnation or similar
action with respect to any property or other assets, or exercise of termination rights under any lease, license, concession or other agreement, or pursuant to buy/sell arrangements under any joint 

  

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venture or similar agreement or arrangement, (xii) any disposition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted
Subsidiary, (xiii) a disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was
acquired, or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), entered into in connection with such acquisition, (xiv) a disposition of not more than
5.0% of the outstanding Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary that has been approved by the Board of Directors, (xv) any disposition or series of related dispositions for aggregate consideration not to exceed $30.0 million,
(xvi) any Exempt Sale and Leaseback Transaction or (xvii) the abandonment or other disposition of patents, trademarks or other intellectual property that are, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, no longer economically
practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole. 
 “Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 714 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes of one or more series. 
 “Bain Capital” means Bain Capital, LLC. 
 “Bain Capital Investors” means, collectively, (i) Bain Capital, (ii) Bain Capital Partners Fund IX, L.P. and any legal successor thereto, and (iii) any Affiliate of
any Bain Capital Investor, but not including any portfolio company of any Bain Capital Investor. 
 “Bank Indebtedness”
means any and all amounts, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter incurred, payable under or in respect of any Credit Facility, including without limitation any principal, premium, interest (including interest accruing on or after the
filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations,
guarantees, other monetary obligations of any nature and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof. 
 “Board of
Directors” means, for any Person, the board of directors or other governing body of such Person or, if such Person does not have such a board of directors or other governing body and is owned or managed by a single entity, the Board of
Directors of such entity, or, in either case, any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such Board of Directors. Unless otherwise provided, “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 “Borrowing Base” means the sum of (1) 50% of the book value of Inventory of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and
(2) 80% of the book value of Receivables of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (in each case, determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal month of the Company for which internal consolidated financial statements
of the Company are available, and, in the case of any determination relating to any Incurrence of Indebtedness, on a pro forma basis including (x) any property or assets of a type described above acquired since the end of such fiscal
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above being acquired in connection therewith). The Borrowing Base, as of any date of determination, shall not include Inventory, the acquisition of which
shall have been financed or refinanced by the Incurrence of Purchase Money Obligations pursuant to Section 407(b)(iv) to the extent such Purchase Money Obligations (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) shall then remain
outstanding pursuant to such clause (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to an Incurrence of Indebtedness and the application of proceeds therefrom). 
 “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City (or any other city in which a
Paying Agent maintains its office). 
 “Capital Markets Securities” means bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt
securities of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (other than the Notes). 
 “Capital Stock” of any Person means any
and all shares of, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

 “Capitalized Lease Obligation” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized
lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Stated Maturity of any Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under the related lease. 
 “Captive Insurance Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (or any
Subsidiary thereof). 
 “Carlyle” means Carlyle Investment Management, LLC. 
 “Carlyle Investors” means, collectively, (i) Carlyle, (ii) Carlyle Partners V, L. P. and any legal successor
thereto, and (iii) any Affiliate of any Carlyle Investor, but not including any portfolio company of any Carlyle Investor. 
 “Cash Equivalents” means any of the following: (a) money, (b) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America, a member state of The European Union or Canadian
government or any agency or instrumentality of any thereof, (c) time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of (i) any lender under a Senior Credit Agreement or any affiliate thereof,
(ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., SunTrust Banks, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Bank of America, N.A., Wachovia Bank, National Association, Scotiabank, The Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, or any of their respective
affiliates, or (iii) any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and the commercial paper of the holding company of which is rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the
equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency), (d) money market instruments, commercial paper or other short-term obligations
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S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another
nationally recognized rating agency), (e) investments in money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended,
(f) Canadian dollars, and (g) investments similar to any of the foregoing denominated in Canadian dollars or any other foreign currencies approved by the Board of Directors. 
 “CD&R” means Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc. 
 “CD&R Investors” means, collectively, (i) CD&R, (ii) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII, L.P.,
or any legal successor thereto, (iii) CD&R Parallel Fund VII, L.P., or any legal successor thereto, and (iv) any Affiliate of any CD&R Investor, but not including any portfolio company of any CD&R Investor.

 “Change of Control” means: 
 (i)      any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders or a Parent, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock
of the Company, provided that (x) so long as the Company is a Subsidiary of any Parent, no “person” shall be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting
Stock of the Company unless such “person” shall be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent and (y) any Voting Stock of which any Permitted Holder is
the “beneficial owner” shall not in any case be included in any Voting Stock of which any such “person” is the “beneficial owner”; or 
 (ii)      the Company merges or consolidates with or into, or sells or transfers (in one or a series of
related transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to, another Person (other than one or more Permitted Holders) and any “person” (as defined in clause (i) above), other than
one or more Permitted Holders or any Parent, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as so defined), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person in such merger or
consolidation, or the transferee Person in such sale or transfer of assets, as the case may be, provided that (x) so long as such surviving or transferee Person is a Subsidiary of a parent Person, no “person” shall be
deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person unless such “person” shall be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than
50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent Person and (y) any Voting Stock of which any Permitted Holder is the “beneficial owner” shall not in any case be included in any Voting Stock of which any such
“person” is the beneficial owner. 
  

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 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, the Transactions shall not constitute or give rise to a
“Change of Control.” 
 “Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor
securities clearing agency. 
 “Closing Date” means August 30, 2007. 
 “CND Holdings” means CND Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, formed by The Home Depot International, Inc. to hold all of the
capital stock of HD Supply Canada Inc., an Ontario corporation. 
 “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended. 
 “Commodities Agreement” means, in respect of a Person, any commodity futures contract, forward contract, option
or similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or beneficiary. 
 “Company” means (i) Acquisition Co. until its merger with HD Supply, and thereafter (ii) HD Supply and any successor in interest thereto. 
 “Company Request” and “Company Order” mean, respectively, a written request, order or consent signed in the name of
the Company by an Officer of the Company. 
 “Consolidated Coverage Ratio” as of any date of determination means the ratio
of (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Company are available
to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters (in each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), determined for each fiscal quarter (or portion thereof) of the four fiscal quarters ending prior to the Closing
Date, on a pro forma basis to give effect to the Acquisition and the Merger as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period); provided that 
 (1)      if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any
Indebtedness that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense
for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period (except that in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any
revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation shall be computed based on (A) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which such facility was
outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of such calculation),

  

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 (2)      if since the beginning of such period the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged any Indebtedness that is no longer outstanding on such date of determination (each, a “Discharge”) or if the
transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio involves a Discharge of Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently
repaid), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Discharge of such Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness, as if such
Discharge had occurred on the first day of such period, 
 (3)      if since the beginning of
such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have disposed of any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business (any such disposition, a “Sale”), the Consolidated EBITDA for
such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative)
attributable thereto for such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to (A) the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged with respect to the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Sale for such period (including but not limited to through
the assumption of such Indebtedness by another Person) plus (B) if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary
to the extent the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such Sale, 
 (4)      if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Person that thereby becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, or otherwise acquired any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business, including any such Investment or acquisition occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made
hereunder (any such Investment or acquisition, a “Purchase”), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any related
Indebtedness) as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period, and 
 (5)      if
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any Indebtedness or made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2), (3) or (4) above if made by the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Discharge, Sale or Purchase occurred on
the first day of such period. 
 For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other
transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged in
connection therewith, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including without limitation in respect of anticipated net cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith
by the Chief Financial Officer or an authorized Officer of the Company, provided that such net cost savings or synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being
given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement
applicable to such Indebtedness). If any Indebtedness bears, at the option of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, a rate of interest based on a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate or other fixed or floating rate, and
such Indebtedness is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated by applying such optional rate as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may designate. If any Indebtedness that is being given pro
forma effect was Incurred under a revolving credit facility, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on a Capitalized Lease
Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

 “Consolidated EBITDA” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus the following to the
extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income, without duplication: (i) provision for all taxes (whether or not paid, estimated or accrued) based on income, profits or capital (including penalties and interest, if any),
(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense, all items excluded from the definition of Consolidated Interest Expense pursuant to clause (iii) thereof (other than Special Purpose Financing Expense), any Special Purpose Financing Fees, and
(for purposes of the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio) any Special Purpose Financing Expense, (iii) depreciation, amortization (including but not limited to amortization of intangibles and amortization and write-off of financing costs)
and all other non-cash charges or non-cash losses, (iv) any expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Investment or Indebtedness permitted by this Indenture (whether or not consummated or incurred, and including any
non-consummated sale of Capital Stock to the extent the proceeds thereof were intended to be contributed to the equity capital of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), (v) the amount of any minority interest expense,
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respective Affiliates, (vii) the amount of net cost savings projected by the Company in good faith to be realized as a result of actions taken or
to be taken (calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (x) such cost
savings are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable, (y) such net cost savings are reasonably expected to be realized within 18 months of the date of calculation of Consolidated EBITDA as evidenced by an Officer’s
Certificate prepared as of the date for which Consolidated EBITDA is being calculated and (z) the aggregate amount of cost savings added pursuant to this clause (vii) shall not exceed $250.0 million for any four consecutive quarter
period (which adjustments may be incremental to (but not duplicative of) pro forma adjustments made pursuant to the proviso to the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio,” “Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio” or
“Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio”), (viii) the amount of loss on any Financing Disposition, and (ix) any costs or expenses pursuant to any management or employee stock option or other equity related plan, program
or arrangement, or other benefit plan, program or arrangement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Company or an issuance of Capital Stock of the Company
(other than Disqualified Stock) and excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 409(a)(3). 
 “Consolidated
Interest Expense” means, for any period, (i) the total interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, net of any interest income of the Company and
its Restricted Subsidiaries, including without limitation any such interest expense consisting of (a) interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations, (b) amortization of debt discount,
(c) interest in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person that has been Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, but only to the extent that such interest is actually paid by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(d) non-cash interest expense, (e) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation and (f) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and
bankers’ acceptance financing, plus (ii) Preferred Stock dividends paid in cash in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and minus
(iii) to the extent otherwise included in such interest expense referred to in clause (i) above, amortization or write-off of financing costs, Special Purpose Financing Expense, accretion or accrual of discounted liabilities
not constituting Indebtedness, expense resulting from discounting of Indebtedness in conjunction with recapitalization or purchase accounting, and any “additional interest” in respect of registration rights arrangements for any securities
(including the Notes), in each case under clauses (i) through (iii) as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made
or received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Interest Rate Agreements. 
 “Consolidated Net
Income” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends;
provided that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income: 
 (i)      any net income (loss) of any Person that is not the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, except that the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in
such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to
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 (ii)        solely for purposes of determining
the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 409(a)(3)(A), any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or
indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company by operation of the terms of such Restricted Subsidiary’s charter or any agreement, instrument,
judgment, decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (other than (x) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (y) restrictions
pursuant to the Notes, the Senior Subordinated Notes, this Indenture or the Senior Subordinated Indenture and (z) restrictions in effect on the Closing Date with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary and other restrictions with respect to
such Restricted Subsidiary that taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Noteholders than such restrictions in effect on the Closing Date), except that the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary
for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of any dividend or distribution that was or that could have been made by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Company or another Restricted
Subsidiary (subject, in the case of a dividend that could have been made to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause), 
 (iii)      any gain or loss realized upon (x) the sale, abandonment or other disposition of any asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to any
sale/leaseback transaction) that is not sold, abandoned or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) or (y) the disposal, abandonment or discontinuation of operations
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any income (loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations, 
 (iv)      any item classified or disclosed as an extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge (including fees, expenses and charges associated with the Transactions or any acquisition, merger or
consolidation after the Closing Date), 
 (v)       the cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principles, 
 (vi)      all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid
in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments, 
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 (viii)    any unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses
in respect of Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person, 
 (ix)      any non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards, 
 (x)       to the extent otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, any unrealized foreign currency
translation or transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, 
 (xi)      any non-cash charge, expense or other impact attributable to application of the purchase or
recapitalization method of accounting (including the total amount of depreciation and amortization, cost of sales or other non-cash expense resulting from the write-up of assets to the extent resulting from such purchase accounting adjustments),

 (xii)     any impairment charge or asset write-off, including any charge or write-off related to
intangible assets, long-lived assets or investments in debt and equity securities, and any amortization of intangibles, 
 (xiii)    any fees and expenses (or amortization thereof), and any charges or costs, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Disposition, issuance of Capital Stock, issuance, repayment or refinancing of
Indebtedness, or amendment or modification of any agreement or instrument relating to any Indebtedness (in each case, whether or not completed, and including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date), 
 (xiv)    any accruals and reserves established or adjusted within twelve months after the Closing Date that are
established as a result of the Transactions, and any changes as a result of adoption or modification of accounting policies, and 
 (xv)     to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed (or the Company has determined that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will be reimbursed by the insurer and such amount is not
denied by the applicable insurer in writing within 180 days and is reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction in any future calculation of Consolidated Net Income for any amount so added back to the extent not so
reimbursed within such 365 day period)), any expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 409(a)(3)(A) only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income, without duplication, any income consisting of dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other
transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, and any income consisting of return of capital, repayment or other proceeds from dispositions or repayments of Investments consisting of Restricted
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Consolidated Net Income and such related dividends, repayments, transfers, return of capital or other proceeds are applied by the Company to increase the
amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 409(a)(3)(C) or (D). 
 In addition, for purposes of
Section 409(a)(3)(A), Consolidated Net Income for any period ending on or prior to the Closing Date shall be determined based upon the net income (loss) reflected in the consolidated financial statements of the Company for such period;
and each Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary upon giving effect to the Transactions shall be deemed to be a Restricted Subsidiary, and the Transactions shall not constitute a sale or disposition under clause (iii) above, for purposes of such
determination. 
 “Consolidated Secured Indebtedness” means, at the date of determination thereof, an amount equal to the
Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of such date that in each case is then secured by Liens on property or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than property or assets held in a defeasance or similar trust or arrangement for
the benefit of the Indebtedness secured thereby). 
 “Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio” means, at the date of
determination thereof, the ratio of (x) Consolidated Secured Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any Incurrence or Discharge of Indebtedness on such date) to (y) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period
of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Company are available (determined for each fiscal quarter (or portion thereof) of the four fiscal
quarters ending prior to the Closing Date on a pro forma basis to give effect to the Acquisition and the Merger as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period), provided, that: 
 (i)       if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a
Sale, the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the
Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period; 
 (ii)      if since
the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made a Purchase (including any Purchase occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder),
Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and 
 (iii)     if since the beginning of such period any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or
consolidated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above if made
by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period.

  

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 For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other
transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including without limitation in respect of net anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other
transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by an Officer of the Company, provided that such net cost savings or synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable. 
 “Consolidated Tangible Assets” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets less the sum of the goodwill, net, and other
intangible assets, net, in each case reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which such a balance sheet is available,
determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and, in the case of any determination relating to any Incurrence of Indebtedness or any Investment, on a pro forma basis including any property or assets being acquired in connection
therewith). 
 “Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, at the date of determination thereof, an amount equal to
(1) the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date consisting of (without duplication) Indebtedness for borrowed money (including Purchase Money Obligations and
unreimbursed outstanding drawn amounts under funded letters of credit (other than letters of credit in respect of trade payables)), Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments,
Disqualified Stock and (in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor) Preferred Stock determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding items eliminated in Consolidation, and for the avoidance of
doubt, excluding Hedging Obligations), minus (2) the amount of Unrestricted Cash held by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case as of the most recent date with respect to which a balance sheet is available. 

“Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (x) Consolidated Total
Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any Incurrence or Discharge of Indebtedness on such date) to (y) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending
prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Company are available (determined, for each fiscal quarter (or portion thereof) of the four fiscal quarters ending prior to the Closing Date, on a pro forma
basis to give effect to the Acquisition and the Merger as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period), provided that: 
 (i)      if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a
Sale, the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the
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 (ii)      if since the beginning of such period the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made a Purchase (including any Purchase occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall
be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period; and 
 (iii)     if since the beginning of such period any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period
such Person shall have made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, Consolidated EBITDA for such
period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period. 
 For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including without
limitation in respect of net anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company provided that
such net cost savings or synergies are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable. 
 “Consolidation” means the
consolidation of the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Company in accordance with GAAP; provided that “Consolidation” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the
interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term “Consolidated” has a correlative meaning. For purposes of this Indenture for periods ending on or prior to
the Closing Date, references to the consolidated financial statements of the Company shall be to the combined or consolidated, as the case may be, financial statements of HD Supply (with Subsidiaries of HD Supply being deemed Subsidiaries of the
Company), as the context may require. 
 “Contingent Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such
Person guaranteeing any obligation that does not constitute Indebtedness (a “primary obligation”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person,
whether or not contingent, (1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (2) to advance or supply funds (a) for the purchase or payment of any such
primary obligation, or (b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or (3) to purchase property, securities or services
primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof. 
 “Contribution Amounts” means the aggregate amount of capital contributions applied by the Company to permit the Incurrence of
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 “Contribution Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the capital of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date (whether
through the issuance or sale of Capital Stock or otherwise); provided that such Contribution Indebtedness (a) is incurred within 180 days after the making of the related cash contribution and (b) is so designated as Contribution
Indebtedness pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on the date of Incurrence thereof. 
 “Corporate Trust Office” means
the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office on the Closing Date is located at 625 Marquette Avenue, MAC N9311-110, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate
Trust Services. 
 “Credit Facilities” means one or more of (i) the Senior Term Facility, (ii) the
Senior ABL Facility, (iii) the Senior Revolving Facility and (iv) any other facilities or arrangements designated by the Company, in each case with one or more banks or other lenders or institutions providing for
revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables, inventory or real estate financings (including without limitation through the sale of receivables, inventory, real estate and/or other assets to such institutions or to special purpose entities formed
to borrow from such institutions against such receivables, inventory, real estate and/or other assets or the creation of any Liens in respect of such receivables, inventory, real estate and/or other assets in favor of such institutions), letters of
credit or other Indebtedness, in each case, including all agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing, including but not limited to any notes and letters of credit issued
pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and other guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral documents, in each case as
the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original
banks, lenders or institutions or other banks, lenders or institutions or otherwise, and whether provided under any original Credit Facility or one or more other credit agreements, indentures, financing agreements or other Credit Facilities or
otherwise). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Credit Facility” shall include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby,
(ii) adding Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering
the terms and conditions thereof. 
 “Currency Agreement” means, in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract,
currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangements (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary. 
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 “Depositary” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.

 “Designated Noncash Consideration” means the Fair Market Value of noncash consideration received by the Company or one
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Disposition that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation. 
 “Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or any Parent that is issued for cash
(other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate of the Company. 
 “Designated Senior Indebtedness” means with respect to a Person (i) the Bank Indebtedness under or in respect of the Senior Credit Facilities and (ii) any other Senior
Indebtedness of such Person that, at the date of determination, has an aggregate principal amount equal to or under which, at the date of determination, the holders thereof are committed to lend up to, at least $25.0 million and is specifically
designated by such Person in an agreement or instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Indebtedness as “Designated Senior Indebtedness” for purposes of this Indenture. 
 “Disinterested Directors” means, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction, one or more members of the Board of Directors of the
Company, or one or more members of the Board of Directors of a Parent, having no material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such Affiliate Transaction. A member of any such Board of Directors shall not be deemed to have
such a financial interest by reason of such member’s holding Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent or any options, warrants or other rights in respect of such Capital Stock. 
 “Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock (other than Management Stock) that by its terms (or by the
terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the happening of any event (other than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms as a
“change of control,” or an Asset Disposition) (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified
Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change of control,” or an Asset
Disposition), in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the final Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided that Capital Stock issued to any employee benefit plan, or by any such plan to any employees of the Company or any Subsidiary,
shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased or otherwise acquired or retired in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations. 
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 “Equity Offering” means a sale of Capital Stock (x) that is a sale of
Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), or (y) proceeds of which in an amount equal to or exceeding the Redemption Amount are contributed to the equity capital of the Company. 
 “Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, or any successor securities clearing agency.

 “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
 “Exchange Notes” means any of the Company’s 12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014, containing terms substantially identical to the
Initial Notes and any Initial Additional Notes (and any Notes issued in respect of any of the foregoing Notes pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 312(c), 312(d) or 1009) (except that (i) such
Exchange Notes may omit terms with respect to transfer restrictions and may be registered under the Securities Act, and (ii) certain provisions relating to an increase in the stated rate of interest thereon may be eliminated), that are
issued and exchanged for (a) the Initial Notes, as provided for in a registration rights agreement relating to such Initial Notes and this Indenture (including any amendment or supplement hereto), or (b) such Initial
Additional Notes as may be provided in any registration rights agreement relating to such Additional Notes and this Indenture (including any amendment or supplement hereto). 
 “Excluded Contribution” means Net Cash Proceeds, or the Fair Market Value of property or assets, received by the Company as capital
contributions to the Company after the Closing Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock or Designated Preferred Stock) of the Company, in each case to the extent
designated as an Excluded Contribution pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate of the Company and not previously included in the calculation set forth in Section 409(a)(3)(B)(x) for purposes of determining whether a Restricted Payment
may be made. 
 “Exempt Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (a) in which
the sale or transfer of property occurs within 90 days of the acquisition of such property by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (b) that involves property with a book value of $20.0 million or less and is not part of a
series of related Sale and Leaseback Transactions involving property with an aggregate value in excess of such amount and entered into with a single Person or group of Persons. For purposes of the foregoing, “Sale and Leaseback
Transaction” means any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of real or personal property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or any such Subsidiary to such
Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary. 
 “Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the fair market value of such asset or property as determined in good
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 “Financing Disposition” means any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of,
or creation or incurrence of any Lien on, property or assets (a) by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity, or by any Special Purpose Subsidiary, in each case in connection with the Incurrence
by a Special Purpose Entity of Indebtedness, or obligations to make payments to the obligor on Indebtedness, which may be secured by a Lien in respect of such property or assets or (b) by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof to or in
favor of any Special Purpose Entity that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary. 
 “Foreign Subsidiary” means
(a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary and
(b) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that has no material assets other than securities or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof), and intellectual property relating to such Foreign Subsidiaries
(or Subsidiaries thereof) and other assets relating to an ownership interest in any such securities, Indebtedness, intellectual property or Subsidiaries. 
 “GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the Closing Date (for purposes of the definitions of the terms “Borrowing Base,”
“Consolidated Coverage Ratio,” “Consolidated EBITDA,” “Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Net Income,” “Consolidated Secured Indebtedness,” “Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio,”
“Consolidated Tangible Assets,” “Consolidated Total Indebtedness” and “Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio,” all defined terms in this Indenture to the extent used in or relating to any of the foregoing definitions, and
all ratios and computations based on any of the foregoing definitions) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Indenture), including those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of
the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession.
All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP. 
 “Guarantee” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person; provided that the term “Guarantee”
shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. 
 “Guarantor Subordinated Obligations” means, with respect to a Subsidiary Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter Incurred) that
is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement. 
 “HD Supply” means HD Supply, Inc., a Texas corporation. 
  

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 “Hedging Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to
any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodities Agreement. 
 “Holder” or “Noteholder”
means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register. 
 “Holding” means HDS Holding Corporation, a
Delaware corporation. 
 “Holding Parent” means HDS Investment Holding, Inc., a Delaware corporation formerly known as Pro
Acquisition Corporation, and any successor in interest thereto. 
 “Incur” means issue, assume, enter into any Guarantee
of, incur or otherwise become liable for; and the terms “Incurs,” “Incurred” and “Incurrence” shall have a correlative meaning; provided that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time
such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment
of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness. Any Indebtedness issued at a discount (including Indebtedness on which interest is payable through the issuance of additional Indebtedness)
shall be deemed Incurred at the time of original issuance of the Indebtedness at the initial accreted amount thereof. 
 “Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication): 
 (i) the principal of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money, 
 (ii) the principal of obligations of such
Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, 
 (iii) all reimbursement obligations of such
Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (the amount of such obligations being equal at any time to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such letters of credit, bankers’
acceptances or other instruments plus the aggregate amount of drawings thereunder that have not then been reimbursed), 
 (iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property (except Trade Payables), which purchase price is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in final service or taking final
delivery and title thereto, 
 (v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, 
 (vi) the redemption, repayment or other repurchase amount of such Person with respect to any Disqualified Stock of such Person or (if
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Company other than a Subsidiary Guarantor) any Preferred Stock of such Subsidiary, but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends (the amount of such
obligation to be equal at any time to the maximum fixed involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price for such Capital Stock, or if less (or if such Capital Stock has no such fixed price), to the involuntary redemption, repayment or
repurchase price therefor calculated in accordance with the terms thereof as if then redeemed, repaid or repurchased, and if such price is based upon or measured by the fair market value of such Capital Stock, such fair market value shall be as
determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or the board of directors or other governing body of the issuer of such Capital Stock), 
 (vii) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall
be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination (as determined in good faith by the Company) and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons, 
 (viii) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of other Persons, to the extent so Guaranteed by such Person, and 
 (ix) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net Hedging Obligations of such Person (the amount of any such obligation
to be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time); 
 provided that Indebtedness shall not include Contingent Obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business. 
 The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be determined as set forth above or otherwise provided in this Indenture, or otherwise shall equal the amount thereof that would appear as a liability on a
balance sheet of such Person (excluding any notes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Initial Additional Notes”
means the Additional Notes issued in an offering not registered under the Securities Act (and any Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 312(c), 312(d) or 1009). 

“Initial Notes” means any of the Company’s 12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes Due 2014 issued on the Closing Date (and any Notes
issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 312(c), 312(d) or 1009). 
 “interest,” with respect to the Notes, means interest on the Notes and, except for purposes of Article IX, additional or special interest pursuant to the terms of any Note. 
  

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 “Interest Payment Date” means, when used with respect to any Note and any installment
of interest thereon, the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which such installment of interest is due and payable, as set forth in such Note. 
 “Interest Rate Agreement” means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, future agreement, option agreement, swap agreement, cap agreement, collar agreement, hedge
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is party or a beneficiary. 
 “Inventory” means goods held for sale, lease or use by a Person in the ordinary course of business, net of any reserve for goods that have been segregated by such Person to be returned to the
applicable vendor for credit and net of any applicable unearned vendor rebates, as determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Investment” in any Person by any other Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (other than to customers, dealers, licensees, franchisees, suppliers, consultants, directors, officers
or employees of any Person in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others) to, or any purchase or
acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by, such Person. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 409 only, (i) “Investment” shall
include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to
(x) the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the
net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company) at the time of
such transfer and (iii) for purposes of Section 409(a)(3)(C) the amount resulting from the redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall be the Fair Market Value of the Investment in such
Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation (excluding the amount of such Investment then outstanding pursuant to clause (xv) or (xviii) of the definition of the term “Permitted Investments” or Sections 409(b)(vii)
or (xii) of this Indenture). Guarantees shall not be deemed to be Investments. The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced (at the Company’s option) by any dividend,
distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount or value received in respect of such Investment; provided, that to the extent that the amount of Restricted Payments outstanding at any time pursuant to
Section 409(a) is so reduced by any portion of any such amount or value that would otherwise be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, such portion of such amount or value shall not be so included for purposes of
calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to Section 409(a). 
  

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 “Investors” means (i) the CD&R Investors, the Bain Capital Investors
and the Carlyle Investors and (ii) any of their respective legal successors. 
 “Junior Capital” means,
collectively, any Indebtedness of any Parent or the Company that (i) is not secured by any asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full of the Notes on terms
reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (it being understood that subordination terms consistent with those contained in the Senior Subordinated Indenture are so satisfactory), (iii) has a final maturity date that is not earlier than, and
provides for no scheduled payments of principal prior to, the date that is 91 days after the maturity of the Notes (other than through conversion or exchange of any such Indebtedness for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company,
Capital Stock of any Parent or any other Junior Capital), (iv) has no mandatory redemption or prepayment obligations other than obligations that are subject to the prior payment in full in cash of the Notes and (v) does not
require the payment of cash interest until the date that is 91 days after the maturity of the Notes. 
 “Liabilities”
means, collectively, any and all claims, obligations, liabilities, causes of action, actions, suits, proceedings, investigations, judgments, decrees, losses, damages, fees, costs and expenses (including without limitation interest, penalties and
fees and disbursements of attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other professional advisors), in each case whether incurred, arising or existing with respect to third parties or otherwise at any time or from time to time. 
 “Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof). 
 “Management Advances” means (1) loans or advances
made to directors, officers, employees or consultants of any Parent, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) in respect of travel, entertainment or moving-related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business,
(y) in respect of moving-related expenses incurred in connection with any closing or consolidation of any facility, or (z) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (z)) not exceeding
$10.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at any time, (2) promissory notes of Management Investors acquired in connection with the issuance of Management Stock to such Management Investors, (3) Management Guarantees,
or (4) other Guarantees of borrowings by Management Investors in connection with the purchase of Management Stock, which Guarantees are permitted under Section 407. 
 “Management Agreements” means, collectively, (i) the Subscription Agreements, each dated as of the Closing Date, between
Holding Parent and each of the Investors party thereto, (ii) the Consulting Agreements, each dated as of the Closing Date, among Holding Parent, the Company and each of CD&R, Bain Capital and Carlyle, or Affiliates thereof,
respectively, (iii) the Indemnification Agreements, each dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, Holding Parent and each of (a) CD&R and each CD&R Investor, (b) Bain Capital and each Bain Capital
Investor, and (c) Carlyle and each Carlyle Investor, or Affiliates thereof, respectively, (iv) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among 

  

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Holding Parent and the Investors party thereto and any other Person party thereto from time to time, (v) the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of
the Closing Date, by and among Holding Parent and the Investors party thereto and any other Person party thereto from time to time and (vi) any other agreement primarily providing for indemnification and/or contribution for the benefit
of any Permitted Holder in respect of Liabilities resulting from, arising out of or in connection with, based upon or relating to (a) any management, consulting, financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or other
investment banking activities, (b) any offering of securities or other financing activity or arrangement of or by any Parent or any of its Subsidiaries or (c) any action or failure to act of or by any Parent or any of its
Subsidiaries (or any of their respective predecessors); in each case in clauses (i) through (vi) as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof
and of this Indenture so long as such amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification (x) does not increase the amount of fees payable under the Management Agreements by an amount greater than $20 million per calendar year or
(y) is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company. 
 “Management Guarantees” means guarantees (x) of up to an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any time of $25.0 million of borrowings by Management Investors in connection with their purchase of
Management Stock or (y) made on behalf of, or in respect of loans or advances made to, directors, officers, employees or consultants of any Parent, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) in respect of travel,
entertainment and moving-related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (2) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (2)) not exceeding $10.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at
any time. 
 “Management Indebtedness” means Indebtedness Incurred to any Management Investor to finance the repurchase or
other acquisition of Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) from any Management Investor, which repurchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock is permitted under
Section 409. 
 “Management Investors” means the officers, directors, employees and other members of the
management of any Parent, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or family members or relatives thereof (provided that, solely for purposes of the definition of “Permitted Holders,” such relatives shall include only
those Persons who are or become Management Investors in connection with estate planning for or inheritance from other Management Investors, as determined in good faith by the Company, which determination shall be conclusive), or trusts, partnerships
or limited liability companies for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors and legal representatives, who at any date beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of
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 “Management Stock” means Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent (including any
options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) held by any of the Management Investors. 
 “Material Subsidiary”
means any Restricted Subsidiary, other than one or more Restricted Subsidiaries designated by the Company that individually and in the aggregate (if considered a single Person) do not constitute a Significant Subsidiary. 
 “Merger” means the merger of Acquisition Co. with and into HD Supply , with HD Supply as the surviving corporation. 
 “Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors. 
 “Net Available Cash” from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received (including any cash payments received by way of deferred
payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations
relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of (i) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and
expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition (including as a consequence of any transfer of funds in
connection with the application thereof in accordance with Section 411), (ii) all payments made, and all installment payments required to be made, on any Indebtedness (x) that is secured by any assets
subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or (y) that must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the
proceeds from such Asset Disposition, including but not limited to any payments required to be made to increase borrowing availability under any revolving credit facility), (iii) all distributions and other payments required to be
made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition, or to any other Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets disposed of in such
Asset Disposition, (iv) any liabilities or obligations associated with the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained, indemnified or insured by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition,
including without limitation pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters, and liabilities relating to any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Disposition, and
(v) the amount of any purchase price or similar adjustment (x) claimed by any Person to be owed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, until such time as such claim shall have been settled or otherwise finally resolved,
or (y) paid or payable by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in either case in respect of such Asset Disposition. 
 “Net Cash Proceeds,” with respect to any issuance or sale of any securities or Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary by the Company or any Subsidiary, or any capital contribution, means the cash proceeds of such
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attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other
fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance, sale or contribution and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof. 
 “Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S. 
 “Notes” means the Initial Notes, any Exchange Notes, any Additional Notes and any notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 312(c), 312(d) or 1009.

 “Obligations” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest
accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses,
reimbursement obligations, Guarantees of such Indebtedness (or of Obligations in respect thereof), other monetary obligations of any nature and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof. 
 “Officer” means, with respect to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief
Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Controller, the Treasurer or the Secretary (a) of such Person or (b) if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, of such entity
(or any other individual designated as an “Officer” for the purposes of this Indenture by the Board of Directors). 
 “Officer’s Certificate” means, with respect to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, a certificate signed by one Officer of such Person. 
 “Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an
employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee. 
 “Original Notes” means the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes
issued in exchange therefor. 
 “Outstanding,” when used with respect to Notes means, as of the date of determination, all
Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except: 
 (i)      Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; 
 (ii)     Notes for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes,
provided that, if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and 
  

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 (iii)    Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have
been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture. 
 A Note does not cease to be Outstanding because the Company or any Affiliate
of the Company holds the Note, provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or
any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver, only Notes which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee
the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or an Affiliate of the Company. 
 “Parent” means any of Holding, Holding Parent and any Other Parent and any other Person that is a Subsidiary of Holding, Holding Parent or any Other Parent and of which the Company is a Subsidiary. As used herein,
“Other Parent” means a Person of which the Company becomes a Subsidiary after the Closing Date, provided that either (x) immediately after the Company first becomes a Subsidiary of such Person, more than 50% of the
Voting Stock of such Person shall be held by one or more Persons that held more than 50% of the Voting Stock of a Parent of the Company immediately prior to the Company first becoming such Subsidiary or (y) such Person shall be deemed
not to be an Other Parent for the purpose of determining whether a Change of Control shall have occurred by reason of the Company first becoming a Subsidiary of such Person. 
 “Parent Expenses” means (i) costs (including all professional fees and expenses) incurred by any Parent in connection with
its reporting obligations under, or in connection with compliance with, applicable laws or applicable rules of any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, the Senior Subordinated Indenture, this Indenture or any other
agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including in respect of any reports filed with respect to the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder, (ii) expenses incurred by any Parent in connection with the acquisition, development, maintenance, ownership, prosecution, protection and defense of its intellectual property and associated rights (including but not limited
to trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, patents, copyrights and similar rights, including registrations and registration or renewal applications in respect thereof; inventions, processes, designs, formulae, trade secrets, know-how,
confidential information, computer software, data and documentation, and any other intellectual property rights; and licenses of any of the foregoing) to the extent such intellectual property and associated rights relate to the business or
businesses of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, (iii) indemnification obligations of any Parent owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with any such
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operational expenses of any Parent incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (v) fees and expenses incurred by any Parent in connection
with any offering of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (w) which offering is not completed, or (x) where the net proceeds of such offering are intended to be received by or contributed or loaned to the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, or (y) in a prorated amount of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received, contributed or loaned, or (z) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such
offering so long as any Parent shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed. 
 “Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Notes on
behalf of the Company; provided that neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall act as Paying Agent for purposes of Section 1102 or Section 1205. The Trustee will initially act as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 “Permitted Holder” means any of the following: (i) any of the Investors; (ii) any of the
Management Investors and their respective Affiliates; (iii) any investment fund or vehicle managed or sponsored by CD&R, Bain Capital, Carlyle or any Affiliate thereof, and any Affiliate of or successor to any such investment fund or
vehicle; (iv) any limited or general partners of, or other investors in, any CD&R Investor, Bain Capital Investor or Carlyle Investor or any of their respective Affiliates, or any such investment fund or vehicle (as to any such
limited partner or other investor, solely to the extent of any Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent actually received by way of dividend or distribution from any such Investor, Affiliate, or investment fund or vehicle); and (v) any
Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Capital Stock of any Parent or the Company. In addition, any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act)
whose status as a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) constitutes or results in a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of
this Indenture, together with its Affiliates, shall thereafter constitute Permitted Holders. 
 “Permitted Investment”
means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in, or consisting of, any of the following: 
 (i)      (v) a Subsidiary Guarantor, (w) the Borrower, (x) a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Subsidiary Guarantor (and any Investment held by such Person that was not
acquired by such Person in contemplation of so becoming a Restricted Subsidiary), (y) by the Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors in Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors (provided that the amount invested pursuant to this clause
(y), together with the amount invested by the Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors in Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to clause (ii) of this definition of “Permitted Investment”, shall not exceed the greater of
$100.0 million and 2.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at any time outstanding) and (z) by a Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor in any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor; 
  

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 (ii)      another Person if as a result of such Investment
such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (and, in each case, any Investment held by such other Person that
was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such merger, consolidation or transfer); provided that the amount invested pursuant to this clause (ii) by the Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantors in Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary
Guarantors, together with the amount invested pursuant to clause (i)(y) of this definition of “Permitted Investment”, shall not exceed the greater of $100.0 million and 2.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets at any time outstanding;

 (iii)     Temporary Cash Investments, Investment Grade Securities or Cash Equivalents;

 (iv)     receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, if created or acquired in
the ordinary course of business; 
 (v)      any securities or other Investments received as
consideration in, or retained in connection with, sales or other dispositions of property or assets, including Asset Dispositions made in compliance with Section 411; 
 (vi)     securities or other Investments received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of
business and owing to, or of other claims asserted by, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement of any Lien, or in satisfaction of judgments, including in connection with any bankruptcy
proceeding or other reorganization of another Person; 
 (vii)    Investments in existence or made
pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on the Closing Date; 
 (viii)   Currency
Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements, Commodities Agreements and related Hedging Obligations, which obligations are Incurred in compliance with Section 407; 
 (ix)     pledges or deposits (x) with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the
ordinary course of business or (y) otherwise described in the definition of “Permitted Liens” or made in connection with Liens permitted under Section 413; 
 (x)      (1) Investments in or by any Special Purpose Subsidiary, or in connection with a Financing
Disposition (described in clause (a) of the definition thereof) by or to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Financing Disposition
or any related Indebtedness, or (2) any promissory note issued by the Company, or any Parent, provided that if such Parent receives cash from the relevant Special Purpose Entity in exchange for such note, an equal cash amount is contributed by
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 (xi)      bonds secured by assets leased to and operated by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that were issued in connection with the financing of such assets so long as the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets at any time by paying a nominal fee, canceling such bonds
and terminating the transaction; 
 (xii)     Notes and Senior Subordinated Notes; 
 (xiii)    any Investment to the extent made using Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), or
Capital Stock of any Parent or Junior Capital as consideration; 
 (xiv)    Management Advances;

 (xv)     Investments in Related Businesses in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to
exceed the greater of $125.0 million and 2.5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; 
 (xvi)    any
transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with Section 412(b) (except transactions described in clauses (i), (v) and (vi) of such paragraph), including any Investment
pursuant to any transaction described in clause (ii) of such paragraph (whether or not any Person party thereto is at any time an Affiliate of the Company); 
 (xvii)   any Investment by any Captive Insurance Subsidiary in connection with its provision of insurance to the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries, which Investment is made in the ordinary course of business of such Captive Insurance Subsidiary, or by reason of applicable law, rule, regulation or order, or that is required or approved by any regulatory authority
having jurisdiction over such Captive Insurance Subsidiary or its business, as applicable; and 
 (xviii)  other
Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the greater of $125.0 million and 2.5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets. 
 If any Investment pursuant to clause (xv) or (xviii) above, or to Section 409(b)(vii), as applicable, is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary and such Person thereafter becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (i) above and not to clause (xv) or (xviii) above or to Section 409(b)(vii), as applicable, for so long as such Person continues
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 “Permitted Liens” means: 
 (a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of
the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP; 
 (b) carriers’, warehousemen’s,
mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are bonded or that are
being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; 
 (c) pledges, deposits or Liens in connection with
workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security and other similar legislation or other insurance-related obligations (including, without limitation, pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under
insurance or self-insurance arrangements); 
 (d) pledges, deposits or Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders,
trade, government or other contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities, leases, licenses, statutory obligations, completion guarantees, surety, judgment, appeal or performance bonds, other similar bonds, instruments or
obligations, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; 
 (e) easements (including
reciprocal easement agreements), rights-of-way, building, zoning and similar restrictions, utility agreements, covenants, reservations, restrictions, encroachments, charges, and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or
subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; 
 (f) Liens existing on, or provided for under written arrangements existing on, the Closing Date, or (in the case of any such Liens
securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries existing or arising under written arrangements existing on the Closing Date) securing any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness so long as the Lien securing such
Refinancing Indebtedness is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or under such written arrangements could secure) the original
Indebtedness; 
 (g) (i) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other matters of
record that have been placed by any developer, landlord or other third party on property over which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has easement rights or on any leased property and subordination or similar agreements relating thereto and
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 (h) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect
thereof) consisting of Hedging Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations or Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred in compliance with Section 407; 
 (i) Liens arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall in good
faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review, which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally terminated, or if the period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired; 
 (j) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses to or from third parties; 
 (k) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect thereof) consisting of (1) Indebtedness
Incurred in compliance with Section 407(b)(i), Section 407(b)(iv), Section 407(b)(v), Section 407(b)(vii), Section 407(b)(viii) (other than Junior Capital) or Section 407(b)(ix)
or Section 407(b)(iii) (other than the Senior Subordinated Notes or Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of Indebtedness under the Senior Subordinated Notes or described in Section 407(a)), (2) Bank
Indebtedness incurred in compliance with Section 407(b)(xii), Section 407(b)(xiii) (provided that such liens do not extend to any property or assets that are not property being purchased with the proceeds of such
Indebtedness), Section 407(b)(xiv) or Section 407(b)(xv), (3) the Notes, (4) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that such liens do not extend to any
property or assets of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors), (5) Indebtedness or other obligations of any Special Purpose Entity, or (6) obligations in respect of Management Advances or Management
Guarantees; in each case including Liens securing any Guarantee of any thereof; 
 (1) Liens existing on property or assets
of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company (or at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquires such property or assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided, however, that such Liens are not created in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary (or such acquisition of such property or assets), and that such
Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which such Liens arose, could secure)
the obligations to which such Liens relate; 
 (m) Liens on Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an
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 (n) any encumbrance or restriction (including, but not limited to, put and call
agreements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement; 
 (o) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect thereof) consisting of Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness secured by, or securing any refinancing,
refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (in whole or in part) of any other obligation secured by, any other Permitted Liens (other than under clauses (q) or (r)), provided that any such new Lien is limited to all or part of the same
property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens
relate; 
 (p) Liens (1) arising by operation of law (or by agreement to the same effect) in the ordinary course
of business, (2) on property or assets under construction (and related rights) in favor of a contractor or developer or arising from progress or partial payments by a third party relating to such property or assets, (3) on
receivables (including related rights), (4) on cash set aside at the time of the Incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent that such cash or government securities
prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose, (5) securing or arising by reason of any netting or set-off arrangement entered into in the
ordinary course of banking or other trading activities (including in connection with purchase orders and other agreements with customers), (6) in favor of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than Liens on property or assets of the
Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor), (7) arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the
ordinary course of business, (8) on inventory or other goods and proceeds securing obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods,
(9) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts to permit satisfaction of overdraft, cash pooling or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (10) attaching to commodity trading or other brokerage
accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, (11) arising in connection with repurchase agreements permitted under Section 407 on assets that are the subject of such repurchase agreements or
(12) in favor of any Special Purpose Entity in connection with any Financing Disposition; 
 (q) other
Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, which obligations do not exceed $75.0 million at any time outstanding; and 
 (r) Liens securing Indebtedness (including Liens securing any Obligations in respect thereof) consisting of Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section 407, provided that on the date of the
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such Incurrence (or on the date of the initial borrowing of such Indebtedness after giving pro forma effect to the Incurrence of the entire committed amount
of such Indebtedness), the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio shall not exceed 3.75:1.00. 
 “Person” means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, limited liability company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. 
 “Place of Payment” means a city or any political subdivision thereof in which any Paying Agent appointed pursuant to
Article III is located. 
 “Predecessor Notes” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all
or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be
deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note. 
 “Preferred Stock” as applied to the
Capital Stock of any corporation means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that by its terms is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or
dissolution of such corporation, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such corporation. 
 “Purchase” has the
meaning set forth in paragraph (4) of the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio”. 
 “Purchase Money
Obligations” means any Indebtedness Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or
assets or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise. 
 “QIB” or
“Qualified Institutional Buyer” means a “qualified institutional buyer,” as that term is defined in Rule 144A. 
 “Rating Agencies” means, collectively, Moody’s and S&P, or, if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies,
as the case may be, selected by the Company which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be. 
 “Real Property” means land, buildings, structures and other improvements located thereon, fixtures attached thereto, and rights, privileges, easements and appurtenances related thereto, and related property interests.

  

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 “Receivable” means a right to receive payment pursuant to an arrangement with another
Person pursuant to which such other Person is obligated to pay, as determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 “Redemption
Date,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed or purchased, means the date fixed for such redemption or purchase by or pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes. 
 “Reference Date” means July 30, 2007. 
 “refinance” means refinance, refund, replace, renew, repay, modify, restate, defer, substitute, supplement, reissue, resell or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge mechanism); and
the terms “refinances,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” as used for any purpose in this Indenture shall have a correlative meaning. 
 “Refinancing Indebtedness” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to refinance any Indebtedness existing on the date of this Indenture or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture (including
Indebtedness of the Company that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary (to the extent permitted in this Indenture) and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary) including
Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that (1) (x) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations, the Refinancing Indebtedness shall
have a final Stated Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the final Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced (or if shorter, the Notes) and (y) if the Indebtedness
being refinanced is Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations in each case under the Senior Subordinated Notes or the Indebtedness was incurred pursuant to Section 407(b)(viii)(H), the Refinancing Indebtedness shall
be Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations, as applicable, (2) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that
is equal to or less than the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced, plus (y) fees,
underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness and (3) Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Subsidiary Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company, or a Subsidiary Guarantor that could not have been initially Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 407 or (y) Indebtedness of the
Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 
 “Regular Record Date” for
the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for that purpose in Section 301. 
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 “Regulation S Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit D. 
 “Related Business” means those businesses in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is
engaged on the date of this Indenture, or that are similar, related, complementary, incidental or ancillary thereto or extensions, developments or expansions thereof. 
 “Related Taxes” means (x) any taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp, property, consumption, franchise,
license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar taxes, charges or assessments (other than federal, state, foreign, provincial or local taxes measured by income, and federal, state, foreign, provincial or local
withholding imposed by any government or other taxing authority on payments made by any Parent other than to another Parent), required to be paid by any Parent by virtue of its being incorporated or having Capital Stock outstanding (but not by
virtue of owning stock or other equity interests of any corporation or other entity other than the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent), or being a holding company of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent, (y) any
taxes of a Parent attributable to (1) any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending on or prior to the Closing Date and incurred in connection with the Transactions, or (2) any Parent’s receipt of (or entitlement to) any payment in
connection with the Transactions, including any payment received after the Closing Date pursuant to any agreement related to the Transactions, or (z) any other federal, state, foreign, provincial or local taxes measured by income for
which any Parent is liable up to an amount not to exceed, with respect to federal taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Company and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated basis as if
the Company had filed a consolidated return on behalf of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code or an analogous provision of state, local or foreign law) of which it were the common parent, or with respect to state,
foreign, provincial or local taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Company and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a combined basis as if the Company had filed a combined return on behalf of an
affiliated group consisting only of the Company and its Subsidiaries (in each case, reduced by any such taxes paid directly by the Company or its Subsidiaries). 
 “Resale Restriction Termination Date” means, with respect to any Note, the date that is two years (or such other period as may hereafter be provided under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act or
any successor provision thereto as permitting the resale by non-affiliates of Restricted Securities without restriction) after the later of the original issue date in respect of such Note and the last date on which the Company or any Affiliate of
the Company was the owner of such Note (or any Predecessor Note thereto). 
 “Responsible Officer” when used with respect
to the Trustee means the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the president, any vice president or assistant vice president, the secretary, any
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assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller and any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily
performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and
familiarity with the particular subject. 
 “Restricted Payment Transaction” means any Restricted Payment permitted
pursuant to Section 409, any Permitted Payment, any Permitted Investment, or any transaction specifically excluded from the definition of the term “Restricted Payment” (including pursuant to the exception contained in
clause (i) and the parenthetical exclusions contained in clauses (ii) and (iii) of such definition). 
 “Restricted
Security” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, at its request, and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel
with respect to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security. 
 “Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the
Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary. 
 “Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act. 
 “Sale” has the meaning set forth in paragraph (3) of the definition of “Consolidated Coverage Ratio”. 
 “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission. 
 “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. 
 “Secured
Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien. 
 “Senior ABL Agreement” means the Credit Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to time; and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise
modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders
or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Senior ABL Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise). 
 “Senior ABL
Facility” means the collective reference to the Senior ABL Agreement, any Loan Documents (as defined therein), any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security
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and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified
from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and
whether provided under the original Senior ABL Agreement or one or more other credit agreements, indentures (including this Indenture and the Senior Subordinated Indenture) or financing agreements or otherwise). Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the term “Senior ABL Facility” shall include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries of the Company as
additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof. 
 “Senior Cash Flow Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company; the lenders party
thereto from time to time; and Merrill Lynch Capital Corporation, as administrative agent and collateral agent, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured,
replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Senior Cash
Flow Credit Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise). 
 “Senior Credit Agreements” means, collectively, the
Senior ABL Agreement and the Senior Cash Flow Credit Agreement. 
 “Senior Credit Facilities” means, collectively, the
Senior ABL Facility, the Senior Revolving Facility and the Senior Term Facility. 
 “Senior Indebtedness” means any
Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than, in the case of the Company, Subordinated Obligations and, in the case of any Subsidiary Guarantor, Guarantor Subordinated Obligations. 
 “Senior Revolving Facility” means the collective reference to the Senior Cash Flow Credit Agreement, the Revolving Credit Commitments,
the Revolving Loans, the Letters of Credit, any Loan Documents (each as defined in the Senior Cash Flow Credit Agreement), any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark
security agreement, mortgages, letter of credit applications and other guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral documents, and other instruments and documents, executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of
the foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in
part, whether with the original agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Senior Cash Flow Credit Agreement or one or more other credit agreements, indentures (including this Indenture and
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otherwise). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Senior Revolving Facility” shall include any agreement
(i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of
Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof. 
 “Senior Subordinated Indenture” means the Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2007, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors parties thereto from time to time and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee,
governing the 13.5% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2015 of the Company, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time. 
 “Senior Subordinated Notes” means the “Notes” as such term is defined in the Senior Subordinated Indenture. 
 “Senior Term Facility” means the collective reference to the Senior Cash Flow Credit Agreement, the Term Loan Commitments, the Term Loans, the Letters of Credit, any Loan Documents (each as defined in
the Senior Cash Flow Credit Agreement), any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages, letter of credit applications and other guarantees,
pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral documents, and other instruments and documents, executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or
otherwise, and whether provided under the original Senior Cash Flow Credit Agreement or one or more other credit agreements, indentures (including this Indenture and the Senior Subordinated Indenture) or financing agreements or otherwise). Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Senior Term Facility” shall include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding
Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and
conditions thereof. 
 “Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant
subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, as such Regulation is in effect on the Closing Date. 
 “Special Purpose Entity” means (x) any Special Purpose Subsidiary or (y) any other Person that is engaged in the business of (i) acquiring, selling,
collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time), other accounts and/or other receivables, and/or related assets and/or
(ii) acquiring, selling, leasing, financing or refinancing Real Property acquired after the Closing Date and/or related rights (including under leases and insurance policies) and/or assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of
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 “Special Purpose Financing” means any financing or refinancing of assets consisting of
or including Receivables and/or Real Property (in the case of Real Property, acquired after the Closing Date) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that have been transferred to a Special Purpose Entity or made subject to a Lien in a Financing
Disposition (including any financing or refinancing in respect of Capital Stock of a Special Purpose Subsidiary held by another Special Purpose Subsidiary). 
 “Special Purpose Financing Expense” means for any period, (a) the aggregate interest expense for such period on any Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary that is a Restricted
Subsidiary, which Indebtedness is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary (other than with respect to Special Purpose Financing Undertakings), and (b) Special Purpose Financing
Fees. 
 “Special Purpose Financing Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with
respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Special Purpose Financing. 
 “Special Purpose Financing Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, guarantees of performance and
(subject to clause (y) of the proviso below) other agreements and undertakings entered into or provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that the Company determines in good faith (which determination shall be
conclusive) are customary or otherwise necessary or advisable in connection with a Special Purpose Financing or a Financing Disposition; provided that (x) it is understood that Special Purpose Financing Undertakings may consist of
or include (i) reimbursement and other obligations in respect of notes, letters of credit, surety bonds and similar instruments provided for credit enhancement purposes, (ii) Hedging Obligations, or other obligations relating
to Interest Rate Agreements, Currency Agreements or Commodities Agreements entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, in respect of any Special Purpose Financing or Financing Disposition, or (iii) any Guarantee in respect
of customary recourse obligations (as determined in good faith by the Company) in connection with any collateralized mortgage-backed securitization or any other Special Purpose Financing or Financing Disposition in respect of Real Property,
including in respect of Liabilities in the event of any involuntary case commenced with the collusion of any Special Purpose Subsidiary or any Affiliate thereof, or any voluntary case commenced by any Special Purpose Subsidiary, under any applicable
Bankruptcy Law, and (y) subject to the preceding clause (x) any such other agreements and undertakings shall not include any Guarantee of Indebtedness of a Special Purpose Subsidiary by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is
not a Special Purpose Subsidiary. 
 “Special Purpose Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that (a) is
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jurisdiction from time to time) and other accounts and receivables (including any thereof constituting or evidenced by chattel paper, instruments or general
intangibles), all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and/or (ii) acquiring, selling, leasing, financing or refinancing Real Property acquired after the Closing Date
and/or related rights (including under leases and insurance policies) and/or assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of any such rights and/or assets), all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and/or other
assets relating thereto, and/or (iii) owning or holding Capital Stock of any Special Purpose Subsidiary and/or engaging in any financing or refinancing in respect thereof, and (y) any business or activities incidental or
related to such business, and (b) is designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Company. 
 “Special
Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307. 
 “S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors. 
 “Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the date specified in such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such Indebtedness is due and payable,
including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase or repayment of such Indebtedness at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency). 
 “Subordinated Obligations” means any Indebtedness of the Company (whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter
Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes pursuant to a written agreement. 
 “Subsidiary”
of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard
to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person or (ii) one or more Subsidiaries
of such Person. 
 “Subsidiary Guarantee” means any guarantee that may from time to time be entered into by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 414. 
 “Subsidiary Guarantor” means
any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that enters into a Subsidiary Guarantee. 
 “Successor Company” shall have the
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 “Supplemental Indenture” means a Supplemental Indenture, to be entered into
substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E. 
 “Tax Sharing Agreement” means the Tax Sharing Agreement,
dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, Holding and Holding Parent, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and of this Indenture. 
 “Temporary Cash Investments” means any of the following: (i) any investment in (x) direct obligations of the
United States of America, Canada, a member state of The European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in
that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any thereof or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America, Canada or a member state of The European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending
their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or obligations guaranteed by any of the
foregoing or (y) direct obligations of any foreign country recognized by the United States of America rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such
organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (ii) overnight bank deposits, and investments in time deposit accounts, certificates
of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and money market deposits (or, with respect to foreign banks, similar instruments) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition thereof issued by (x) any bank or other institutional
lender under a Credit Facility or any affiliate thereof, (y) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., SunTrust Banks, Inc., Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Bank of America, N.A., Wachovia Bank, National Association, Scotiabank, The
Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal, or any of their respective affiliates, or (z) a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof, Canada, any province thereof, or any foreign
country recognized by the United States of America having capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long term debt is rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1”
by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization) at the time such
Investment is made, (iii) repurchase obligations for underlying securities or instruments of the types described in clause (i) or (ii) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause
(ii) above, (iv) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 24 months after the date of acquisition, issued by a Person (other than that of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), with a rating at the time as of which
any Investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-2” (or higher) according to S&P (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or
Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (v) Investments in securities maturing not more than 24 months after the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any
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province of Canada, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority of any thereof, and rated at least “BBB-” by S&P or “Baa3” by
Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization),
(vi) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock (other than of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) having a rating of “A” or higher by S&P or “A2” or higher by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such
rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (vii) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the type
described in clauses (i)-(vi) above (which funds may also hold reasonable amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution), (viii) any money market deposit accounts issued or offered by a domestic commercial bank or a
commercial bank organized and located in a country recognized by the United States of America or Canada, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), or investments in money
market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 (or any successor rule) of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (ix) similar investments approved by the Board of Directors in the ordinary course of
business. 
 “TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-7bbbb) as in effect on the date of
this Indenture. 
 “THD” means The Home Depot, Inc., together with any assignee of, or successor by merger to, THD’s
rights and obligations under the Guarantee and Reimbursement Agreement dated as of the date hereof among THD, the Company, and each Other Guarantor (as defined therein) in favor of the Administrative Agent (as defined therein). 
 “Trade Payables” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors
created, assumed or guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services. 
 “Transactions” means, collectively, any or all of the following: (i) the Acquisition, (ii) the Merger, (iii) the entry into this Indenture and the Senior Subordinated Indenture, and the
offer and issuance of the Notes and the Senior Subordinated Notes, (iv) the entry into the Senior Credit Facilities and Incurrence of Indebtedness thereunder by one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (v) the entry
into and Incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities on the Closing Date, and (vi) all other transactions relating to any of the foregoing (including payment of fees and expenses related to any of the foregoing). 
 “Trustee” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means
the successor. 
 “Trust Officer” means a Responsible Officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its
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 “Unrestricted Cash” means cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments, other
than (i) as disclosed in the consolidated financial statements of the Company as a line item on the balance sheet as “restricted cash” and (ii) cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments of a Captive Insurance
Subsidiary to the extent such cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments are not permitted by applicable law or regulation to be dividended, distributed or otherwise transferred to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a
Captive Insurance Subsidiary. 
 “Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the
time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as designated by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below, and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the
Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property
of, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided that (A) such designation was made at or prior to the Closing Date, or (B) the
Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less or (C) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then either such designation would be permitted under Section 409. The
Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that immediately after giving effect to such designation (x) the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness
under Section 407(a) or (y) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than it was immediately prior to giving effect to such designation or (z) such Subsidiary shall be a Special Purpose Subsidiary with no
Indebtedness outstanding other than Indebtedness that can be Incurred (and upon such designation shall be deemed to be Incurred and outstanding) pursuant to Section 407(b). Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be
evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate of the Company certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing provisions. 
 “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security that is
(i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by
and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case under the preceding
clause (i) or (ii) is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any
U.S. Government Obligation that is specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government
Obligation that is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the
custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt. 
  

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 “Voting Stock” of an entity means all classes of Capital Stock of such entity then
outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors or all interests in such entity with the ability to control the management or actions of such entity. 
 “Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary” means as to any Person, any Domestic Subsidiary of such Person that is a Subsidiary of such Person,
and of which such Person owns, directly or indirectly through one or more Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiaries, all of the Capital Stock of such Domestic Subsidiary. 
 Section 102.     Other Definitions. 
  

			
	Term	 	 Defined in
 Section

		
	 “Act”
	 	  108
	 “Affiliate Transaction”
	 	  412
	 “Agent Members”
	 	  312
	 “Amendment”
	 	  410
	 “Applicable Premium”
	 	  1001
	 “Authentication Order”
	 	  303
	 “Bankruptcy Law”
	 	  601
	 “Certificate of Beneficial Ownership”
	 	  313
	 “Change of Control Offer”
	 	  415
	 “Covenant Defeasance”
	 	  1203
	 “Custodian”
	 	  601
	 “Defaulted Interest”
	 	  307
	 “Defeasance”
	 	  1202
	 “Defeased Notes”
	 	  1201
	 “Distribution Compliance Period”
	 	  201
	 “Event of Default”
	 	  601
	 “Excess Proceeds”
	 	  411
	 “Expiration Date”
	 	  108
	 “Global Notes”
	 	  201
	 “Initial Agreement”
	 	  410
	 “Initial Lien”
	 	  413
	 “Minimum Denomination”
	 	  302
	 “Note Register” and “Note Registrar”
	 	  305
	 “Notice of Default”
	 	  601
	 “Offer”
	 	  411
	 “Permanent Regulation S Global Notes”
	 	  201
	 “Permitted Payment”
	 	  409

  

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	Term	 	 Defined in
 Section

		
	 “Physical Notes”
	 	  201
	 “Private Placement Legend”
	 	  203
	 “Redemption Amount”
	 	  1001
	 “Redemption Price”
	 	  1001
	 “Refinancing Agreement”
	 	  410
	 “Refunding Capital Stock”
	 	  409
	 “Regular Record Date”
	 	  301
	 “Regulation S Global Notes”
	 	  201
	 “Regulation S Note Exchange Date”
	 	  313
	 “Regulation S Physical Notes”
	 	  201
	 “Reporting Date”
	 	  405
	 “Restricted Payment”
	 	  409
	 “Rule 144A Global Note”
	 	  201
	 “Rule 144A Physical Notes”
	 	  201
	 “Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations”
	 	  1301
	 “Successor Company”
	 	  501
	 “Temporary Regulation S Global Note”
	 	  201
	 “Treasury Capital Stock
	 	  409
	 “Treasury Rate”
	 	  1001

 Section 103.    Rules of Construction.  For all
purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires: 
 (1)  the terms defined in this Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in this Indenture; 
 (2)  “or” is not exclusive; 
 (3)  all accounting terms not otherwise defined
herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP; 
 (4)  the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; 
 (5)  all references to “$” or “dollars” shall refer to the lawful currency of the United
States of America; 
 (6)  the words “include,” “included” and
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 (7) words in the singular include the plural, and words in the plural include the
singular; 
 (8) references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute,
replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and 
 (9) any reference to a Section,
Article or clause refers to such Section, Article or clause of this Indenture. 
 Section 104.    Incorporation
by Reference of TIA.  Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which
are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Any terms incorporated by reference in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by any TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA, have the
meanings so assigned to them therein. The following TIA terms have the following meanings: 
 “indenture
securities” means the Notes. 
 “indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee”
means the Trustee. 
 “obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, and
any successor or other obligor on the indenture securities. 
 Section 105.    Conflict with
TIA.  If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the TIA that is required under the TIA to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture
modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed (i) to apply to this Indenture as so modified or (ii) to be excluded, as the case may be. 
 Section 106.    Compliance Certificates and Opinions.  Upon any application or request by the Company or by
any other obligor upon the Notes (including any Subsidiary Guarantor) to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or such other obligor (including any Subsidiary Guarantor), as the case may be, shall furnish
to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the TIA. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of one or more Officer’s Certificates, if to be given by an Officer, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be
given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the TIA and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any such request or application as to which the furnishing of any
Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular request or application, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished. 
  

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 Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in
this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 406) shall include: 
 (1) a statement that the
individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto; 
 (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; 
 (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him
or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and 
 (4) a
statement as to whether, in the opinion of such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with. 
 Section 107.    Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.  In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary
that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more
other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents. 
 Any certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such Officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations
with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an
Officer or Officers to the effect that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

 Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or
other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument. 
 Section 108.    Acts of Noteholders; Record Dates.  (a)  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or
taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall
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action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or
instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 701) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and any
other obligor upon the Notes, if made in the manner provided in this Section 108. 
 (b)      The
fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of
deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by an officer of a corporation or a member of a partnership or other legal entity other than an individual,
on behalf of such corporation or partnership or entity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such Person’s authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of
the person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient. 
 (c)      The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register. 
 (d)      Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange
therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done, suffered or omitted to be done by the Trustee, the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note. 

(e)      (i)      The Company may set any day as a record date for the
purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by
Holders of Notes, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next
paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such
Persons remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on such
record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall
automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such
action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in
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 (ii)      The Trustee may set any day as a record date for
the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to join in the giving or making of (A) any Notice of Default, (B) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 602,
(C) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 607(ii) or (D) any direction referred to in Section 612, in each case with respect to Notes. If any record date is set pursuant to this
paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided
that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled
and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set
pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Notes in
the manner set forth in Section 110. 
 (iii)      With respect to any record date
set pursuant to this Section 108, the party hereto that sets such record dates may designate any day as the “Expiration Date” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day;
provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the Company or the Trustee, whichever such party is not setting a record date pursuant to this Section 108(e) in
writing, and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 110, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this
Section 108, the party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as
provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date. 
 (iv)      Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the
principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. 
  

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 (v)      Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
a Holder, including the Depositary, that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this
Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and the Depositary, as the Holder of a Global Note, may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions
and customary practices. 
 (vi)      The Company may fix a record date for the purpose of
determining the persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by the Depositary entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand,
authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only
such persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization direction, notice consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization,
direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date. 
 Section 109.    Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company.  Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this
Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, 
 (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or by any
other obligor upon the Notes shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at 625 Marquette Avenue, MAC N9311-110, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55479, Attention: Corporate Trust
Services (telephone: (612) 667-2344; telecopier: (612) 667-9825) or at any other address furnished in writing to the Company by the Trustee, or 
 (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company at HD Supply, Inc., 3100 Cumberland Boulevard,
Suite 1480, Atlanta, GA 30339, Attention: General Counsel (telephone: (770) 852-9000; telecopier: (770) 852-9466); with copies to Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Steven J.
Slutzky, Esq. and Paul D. Brusiloff, Esq., (telephone: (212) 909-6000; telecopier: (212) 909-6836), or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. 
 (3) The Company or the Trustee, by notice to the other, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or
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 Section 110.    Notices to Holders; Waiver.  Where this
Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day
delivery, to each Holder affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it appears in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where
notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. 
 Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either
before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon
such waiver. 
 In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to
mail notice of any event as required by any provision of this Indenture, then such reasonable alternative method of notification as shall be made by the Company, which shall be described in writing and provided to the Trustee shall constitute a
sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder. 
 Section 111.    Effect of Headings and Table of
Contents.  The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 Section 112.    Successors and Assigns.  All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed
or not. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. 
 Section 113.    Separability Clause.  In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 
 Section 114.    Benefits of
Indenture.  Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable
right, remedy or claim under this Indenture. 
 Section 115.    Governing Law.  THIS INDENTURE AND
THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE
JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES. 
  

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 Section 116.    Legal Holidays.  In any case where any
Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of interest or principal and premium (if
any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated
Maturity, and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening period. 
 Section 117.    No
Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators and Stockholders.  No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall have any
liability for any obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each Noteholder, by
accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 
 Section 118.    Exhibits and Schedules.  All exhibits and schedules attached hereto are by this reference made a part hereof with the same effect as if herein set forth in full. 
 Section 119.    Counterparts.  This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which
shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 
 ARTICLE II 
 NOTE FORMS 
 Section 201.    Forms Generally.  (a) The Initial Notes and Initial Additional Notes that are not Exchange Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication relating thereto shall be
in substantially the forms set forth, or referenced, in this Article II and Exhibit A annexed hereto. The Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes that are not Initial Additional Notes, or that are issued in a registered offering
pursuant to the Securities Act, and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication relating thereto shall be in substantially the forms set forth, or referenced, in this Article II and Exhibit B annexed hereto. Each of Exhibits
A and B is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, notations, legends, endorsements, identifications and other variations as are
required or permitted by law, stock exchange rule or depositary rule or usage, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or other customary usage, or as may consistently herewith be determined by the Officers of the Company executing such
Notes, as evidenced by such execution (provided always that any such notation, legend, endorsement, identification or variation is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms
of the Notes set forth in Exhibits A and B are part of the terms of this Indenture. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note. 

 

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 Initial Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A shall,
unless the Company otherwise notifies the Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Rule 144A Global Note”) deposited
with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, for credit to an account of an Agent Member, and shall be duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of a
Rule 144A Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided. 
 Initial Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall,
unless the Company otherwise notifies the Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of one or more temporary global Notes in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Temporary Regulation S Global
Note”), except as otherwise permitted herein, deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee for the accounts of designated Agent Members holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream and shall be duly executed
by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. 
 Following the expiration of the distribution compliance period
set forth in Regulation S (the “Distribution Compliance Period”) with respect to any Temporary Regulation S Global Note, beneficial interests in such Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall be exchanged as provided in
Sections 312 and 313 for beneficial interests in one or more permanent global Notes in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (each, a “Permanent Regulation S Global Note” and, together with
the Temporary Regulation S Global Note, the “Regulation S Global Notes”). The Permanent Regulation S Global Notes shall be deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee for credit to the account of an
Agent Member and shall be duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Simultaneously with the authentication of a Permanent Regulation S Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the related Temporary
Regulation S Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made in the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as
hereinafter provided. 
 Subject to the limitations on the issuance of certificated Notes set forth in Sections 312 and
313, Initial Notes and any Initial Additional Notes issued pursuant to Section 305 in exchange for or upon transfer of beneficial interests (x) in a Rule 144A Global Note shall be in the form of permanent certificated
Notes substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the “Rule 144A Physical Notes”) or (y) in a Regulation S Global Note (if any), on or after the Regulation S Note Exchange Date with respect to such
Regulation S Global Note, shall be in the form of permanent certificated Notes substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto (the “Regulation S Physical Notes”), respectively, as hereinafter provided.

  

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 The Rule 144A Physical Notes and Regulation S Physical Notes shall be construed to include any
certificated Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306 or 1009, and the Rule 144A Global Notes and Regulation S Global Notes shall be construed to include any global Notes issued in respect
thereof pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306 or 1009. The Rule 144A Physical Notes and the Regulation S Physical Notes, together with any other certificated Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture, are
sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “Physical Notes.” The Rule 144A Global Notes and the Regulation S Global Notes, together with any other global Notes that are issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture, are
sometimes collectively referred to as the “Global Notes.” 
 Exchange Notes shall be issued substantially in the form set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, and, subject to Section 312(b), shall be in the form of one or more Global Notes. 
 Section 202.    Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.  The Notes will have endorsed thereon a Trustee’s certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:

 This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
  

			
	  

	  

	as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Officer

 Dated: 
  

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 If an appointment of an Authenticating Agent is made pursuant to Section 714, the Notes may
have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in substantially the following form: 
 This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 
  

			
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	
	  

	as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	As Authenticating Agent
		 	  

	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Officer

 Dated: 
 Section 203.    Restrictive and Global Note Legends.  Each Global Note and Physical Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the
following legend set forth below (the “Private Placement Legend”) on the face thereof until the Private Placement Legend is removed or not required in accordance with Section 313(4): 
 THIS NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR UNDER THE SECURITIES
LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD WITHIN THE UNITED STATES OR TO, OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, U.S. PERSONS EXCEPT AS SET FORTH BELOW. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE
SELLER OF THIS NOTE MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER OR ANOTHER EXEMPTION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 
 BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT), (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (C) IT IS AN
“INSTITUTIONAL” ACCREDITED INVESTOR (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3), OR (7) UNDER REGULATION D PROMULGATED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “ACCREDITED INVESTOR”) AND (2) AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT WITHIN
[TWO YEARS—FOR NOTES ISSUED PURSUANT TO RULE 144A][40 DAYS—FOR NOTES ISSUED IN OFFSHORE TRANSACTIONS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S] AFTER THE LATER OF THE DATE OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUANCE OF THIS NOTE AND THE DATE 

  

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ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OWNED SUCH NOTE, OFFER, RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS NOTE EXCEPT (A) (I) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY
SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (II) FOR SO LONG AS THIS NOTE IS ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN
COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (III) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR THAT IS ACQUIRING THE NOTES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE NOTES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR THE OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, AND THAT PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES (OR HAS FURNISHED
ON ITS BEHALF BY A U.S. BROKER-DEALER) TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS RELATING TO THE RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE (THE FORM OF WHICH LETTER CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE FOR THIS NOTE),
(IV) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (V) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF
AVAILABLE), (VI) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY SO REQUESTS), OR (VII) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER JURISDICTIONS. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE FURTHER AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS
NOTE IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE PURSUANT TO SUBCLAUSES (III) TO (VI) OF CLAUSE (A) ABOVE, THE HOLDER MUST, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND
THE COMPANY SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS EITHER OF THEM MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT. AS USED HEREIN, THE TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 
 Each Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note, shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof: 
 UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK 

  

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CORPORATION (“DTC”) TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED
IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN. 
 TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR
SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 312 AND 313 OF THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN). 
 Each Temporary Regulation S Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof: 
 BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS
ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT. 
 EXCEPT AS SPECIFIED IN THE
INDENTURE, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE WILL NOT BE EXCHANGEABLE FOR INTERESTS IN THE PERMANENT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR ANY OTHER NOTE REPRESENTING AN INTEREST IN THE NOTES REPRESENTED HEREBY WHICH DO
NOT CONTAIN A LEGEND CONTAINING RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER, UNTIL THE EXPIRATION OF THE “40 DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 903(b)(2) OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT). DURING SUCH 40 DAY DISTRIBUTION
COMPLIANCE PERIOD, BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTERESTS IN THIS TEMPORARY REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE MAY NOT BE SOLD, PLEDGED OR TRANSFERRED TO A U.S. PERSON OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF A U.S. PERSON. 
  

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 ARTICLE III 
 THE NOTES 
 Section 301.    Title and Terms.  The
aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this Indenture is not limited. The Initial Notes will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of up to $2,500.0 million. The Notes shall vote
and consent together on all matters as one class, and none of the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one another on any matter. Additional Notes (including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor) will vote
(or consent) as a class with the other Notes and otherwise be treated as Notes for all purposes of this Indenture. 
 The Notes shall be
known and designated as the “12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014” of the Company. The final Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be September 1, 2014. 
 Interest on the Outstanding principal amount of Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 in each year, commencing on March 1, 2008, to holders of record on the
immediately preceding February 15 and August 15, respectively (each such February 15 and August 15, a “Regular Record Date”). Interest on the Original Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest
has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from August 30, 2007, and interest on any Additional Notes (and Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor) will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most
recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid on such Additional Notes, from the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Additional Notes, or if the date of
issuance of such Additional Notes is an Interest Payment Date, from such date of issuance; provided that if any Note is surrendered for exchange on or after a record date for an Interest Payment Date that will occur on or after the date of
such exchange, interest on the Note received in exchange thereof will accrue from the date of such Interest Payment Date. 
 Interest on the
Outstanding principal amount of the Notes shall accrue at the rate of 12.0% per annum and shall be payable entirely in cash. 
 Payment
of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or such other office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose; provided, however, that at the
option of the Company payment of interest may be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated to the Company by the Person entitled thereto or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such
address shall appear in the Note Register. 
 Section 302.    Denominations.  The Notes shall be
issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and only in minimum denominations of $2,000 or, if greater at the Closing Date, the dollar equivalent of €1,000 rounded up to the nearest $1,000 (the “Minimum
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 Section 303.    Execution, Authentication and Delivery and
Dating.  The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one Officer thereof. The signature of any such Officer on the Notes may be manual or by facsimile. 
 Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was at any time an Officer of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding
that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such Notes. 
 At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication by manual signature of the Trustee; and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Initial Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,500.0 million, (ii) Additional Notes in one or more series from time to time for original issue in
aggregate principal amounts specified by the Company and (iii) Exchange Notes from time to time for issue in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes or Initial Additional Notes, in each case specified in clauses
(i) through (iii) above, upon a written order of the Company in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of the Company (an “Authentication Order”). Such Officer’s Certificate shall specify the amount
of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, the “CUSIP”, “ISIN”, “Common Code” or other similar identification numbers of such Notes, if any, whether the Notes are to be Initial
Notes, Additional Notes or Exchange Notes and whether the Notes are to be issued as one or more Global Notes or Physical Notes and such other information as the Company may include or the Trustee may reasonably request. 
 All Notes shall be dated the date of their authentication. 
 No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein
executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. 
 Section 304.    Temporary Notes.  Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and
upon receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. If
temporary Notes are issued, the Company will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary
Notes at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes the Company shall execute and upon receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as
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 Section 305.    Registrar and Paying Agent.  The Company shall
cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the
“Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. The Company may have one or more co-registrars. The term
“Note Registrar” includes any co-registrars. 
 The Company shall also maintain an office or agent within the United States
where Notes may be presented for payment; provided, however, that at the option of the Company payment of interest on a Note may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note
Register. The Company may have one or more additional paying agents, and the term “Paying Agent” shall include any additional Paying Agent. 
 The Company initially appoints the Trustee as “Note Registrar” and “Paying Agent” in connection with the Notes, until such time as it has resigned or a successor has been appointed. The Company may
change the Paying Agent or Note Registrar for any series of Notes without prior notice to the Holders of Notes. The Company may enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Note Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. Any
such agency agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any such agent. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain a Note Registrar
or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 707. The Company or any wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company may act as Paying Agent, Note Registrar
or transfer agent. 
 Upon surrender for transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, in compliance
with all applicable requirements of this Indenture and applicable law, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same series, of
any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount. 
 At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other
Notes of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall
execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. 
 All Notes
issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange. 
  

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 Every Note presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the
Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. 

No service charge shall be made for any registration, transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any transfer tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection therewith. 
 The Company shall not be required
(i) to issue, transfer or exchange any Note during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 Business Days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption (or purchase) of Notes selected for redemption (or purchase) under
Section 1004 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (ii) to transfer or exchange any Note so selected for redemption (or purchase) in whole or in part. 
 Section 306.    Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes.  If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Note
Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial
Code are met, such that the Holder (a) satisfies the Company and the Trustee that such Holder has provided notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Note Registrar has not registered a transfer prior to receiving such
notification, (b) makes such request to the Company or the Trustee prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “protected purchaser”) and
(c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the
Trustee, a Paying Agent and the Note Registrar from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. 
 In case any such
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note. 
 Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 306, 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 Note issued pursuant to this Section 306 in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed,
lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. 
  

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 The provisions of this Section 306 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 Notes. 
 Section 307.    Payment of Interest Rights Preserved.  Interest on any Note that is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in
whose name that Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest specified in Section 301. 
 Any interest on any Note that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted
Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election, as provided in clause
(1) or clause (2) below: 
 (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in
whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the
Trustee and Paying Agent in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or Paying Agent an amount of money equal
to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee or Paying Agent for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited
to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as provided in this clause (1). Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15
nor less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee and the Paying Agent of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special
Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder at such
Holder’s address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted
Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (2). 
 (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any
securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee and the Paying Agent of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause (2), such
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 Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 307, each Note delivered under this
Indenture upon transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, that were carried by such other Note. 
 Section 308.    Persons Deemed Owners.  The Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent
and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and (subject to Section 307) interest on, such
Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note be overdue, and none of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 

Section 309.    Cancellation.  All Notes surrendered for payment, redemption, transfer, exchange or
conversion shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and, if not already cancelled, shall be promptly cancelled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes
previously authenticated and delivered hereunder that the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee. No Notes shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any
Notes cancelled as provided in this Section 309, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures (subject to the
record retention requirements of the Exchange Act). 
 Section 310.    Computation of
Interest.  Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. 
 Section 311.    CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, etc.  The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use), and if so, the
Trustee may use the CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the
correctness or accuracy of such numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes; that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes; and that any redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. 
 Section 312.    Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes.  (a) Each Global
Note initially shall (i) be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Note or the nominee of such Depositary, in each case for credit to the account of an Agent Member, and (ii) be delivered to the Trustee as
custodian for such Depositary. Neither the Company nor any agent thereof shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Note, or for
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 Members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights
under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depositary, or its custodian, or under such Global Notes. The Depositary may be treated by the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and any agent of
any of them as the absolute owner of the Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee or any agent of any of them from giving effect
to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or impair, as between the Depositary and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial owner of any
Note. The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action that a Holder is entitled to take under this
Indenture or the Notes. 
 The Holder of any Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and
Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes. 
 (b)      Transfers of a Global Note shall be limited to transfers of such Global Note in whole, but, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, not in part, to the Depositary, its successors or their
respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in a Global Note may not be transferred or exchanged for Physical Notes unless (i) the Company has consented thereto in writing, or such transfer or exchange is made pursuant to the
next sentence, and (ii) such transfer or exchange is in accordance with the applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary and the provisions of Sections 305 and 313. Subject to the limitation on issuance of Physical
Notes set forth in Section 313(3), Physical Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in the relevant Global Note, if (i) the Depositary notifies the Company at any time
that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed within 120 days; (ii) the Depositary ceases to be registered as a “Clearing Agency” under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and a successor depositary is not appointed within 120 days; (iii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee that it elects to cause the issuance of Physical Notes; or (iv) an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to the Notes and the Trustee has received a written request from the Depositary to issue Physical Notes. 
 (c)      In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in any Global Note to beneficial owners for Physical Notes pursuant to
Section 312(b), the Note Registrar shall record on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred, and the
Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and principal amount of authorized denominations. 
 (d)      In connection with a transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to Section 312(b), the applicable Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered
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deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depositary, in exchange for its beneficial interest in the applicable Global Note, an equal aggregate
principal amount of Rule 144A Physical Notes (in the case of any Rule 144A Global Note) or Regulation S Physical Notes (in the case of any Regulation S Global Note), as the case may be, of authorized denominations. 
 (e)      The transfer and exchange of a Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be effected through the
Depositary, in accordance with this Indenture (including applicable restrictions on transfer set forth in Section 313) and the applicable rules and procedures therefor of the Depositary. Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes
that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in a different Global Note will, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, will
thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest. A transferor of a beneficial interest in a Global Note shall
deliver to the Note Registrar a written order given in accordance with the Depositary’s applicable rules and procedures containing information regarding the participant account of the Depositary to be credited with a beneficial interest in the
relevant Global Note or shall otherwise comply with the then applicable rules and procedures of the Depositary. Subject to Section 313, the Note Registrar shall, in accordance with such instructions, instruct the Depositary to credit to
the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in such Global Note and to debit the account of the Person making the transfer the beneficial interest in the Global Note being transferred. 
 (f)      Any Physical Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 312(b)
shall, unless such exchange is made on or after the Resale Restriction Termination Date applicable to such Note and except as otherwise provided in Section 203 and Section 313, bear the Private Placement Legend. 

(g)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, through the Restricted Period, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global
Note may be held only through designated Agent Members holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream unless delivery is made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Section 313. 
 Section 313.    Special Transfer Provisions. 
 (1)      Transfers to Non-U.S. Persons.  The following provisions shall apply with respect to the
registration of any proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted Security to any Non-U.S. Person: The Note Registrar shall register such transfer if it complies with all other applicable requirements of this Indenture (including
Section 305) and, 
 (a)      if (x) such transfer is after the
relevant Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to such Note or (y) the proposed transferor has delivered to the Note Registrar and the Company and the Trustee a Regulation S Certificate and, unless otherwise agreed by the
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 (b)      if the proposed transferor is or is acting through
an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the Note Registrar and the Company and the Trustee of (x) the certificate, opinion, certifications and other information, if any, required by clause
(a) above and (y) written instructions given in accordance with the procedures of the Note Registrar and of the Depositary; 
 whereupon
(i) the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and (if the transfer does not involve a transfer of any Outstanding Physical Note) a decrease in the principal amount of the relevant Global Note in an amount equal
to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the relevant Global Note to be transferred, and (ii) either (A) if the proposed transferee is or is acting through an Agent Member holding a beneficial interest in a
relevant Regulation S Global Note, the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and an increase in the principal amount of such Regulation S Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest
being so transferred or (B) otherwise the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount. 
 (2)      Transfers to QIBs.  The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any
proposed transfer of a Note that is a Restricted Security to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons): The Note Registrar shall register such transfer if it complies with all other applicable requirements of this Indenture (including
Section 305) and, 
 (a)      if such transfer is being made by a proposed
transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of such Note stating, or has otherwise certified to the Note Registrar and the Company and the Trustee in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A
to a transferee who has signed the certification provided for on the form of such Note stating, or has otherwise certified to Note Registrar and the Company and the Trustee in writing, that it is purchasing such Note for its own account or an
account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has
received such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the
exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and 
 (b)      if the proposed transferee
is an Agent Member, and the Note to be transferred consists of a Physical Note that after transfer is to be evidenced by an interest in a Global Note or consists of a beneficial interest in a Global Note that after the transfer is to be evidenced by
an interest in a different Global Note, upon receipt by the Note Registrar of written instructions given in accordance with the Depositary’s and the Note Registrar’s procedures, whereupon the Note Registrar shall reflect on its books and
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in such transferor Global Note to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Note so transferred or reflect on its books and records the date
and a decrease in the principal amount of such transferor Global Note, as the case may be. 
 (3)      Limitation on Issuance of Physical Notes.  No Physical Note shall be exchanged for a beneficial interest in any Global Note, except in accordance with Section 312 and this
Section 313. 
 A beneficial owner of an interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Note (and, in the case of any Additional
Notes for which no Temporary Regulation S Global Note is issued, any Regulation S Global Note) shall not be permitted to exchange such interest for a Physical Note (any such exchange being limited, in any case, to the circumstances set forth in
Section 312(b)) or (in the case of such interest in a Temporary Regulation S Global Note) an interest in a Permanent Regulation S Global Note until a date, which must be after the Distribution Compliance Date, on which the Company receives a
certificate of beneficial ownership substantially in the form of Exhibit C from such beneficial owner (a “Certificate of Beneficial Ownership”). Such date, as it relates to a Regulation S Global Note, is herein referred
to as the “Regulation S Note Exchange Date.” 
 (4)      Private Placement
Legend.  Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Note Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of
Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Note Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i) the requested transfer is after the relevant Resale Restriction Termination Date with respect to
such Notes, (ii) upon written request of the Company after there is delivered to the Note Registrar an opinion of counsel (which opinion and counsel are satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee) to the effect that neither such legend
nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act, (iii) with respect to a Regulation S Global Note (on or after the Regulation S Note Exchange Date with
respect to such Regulation S Global Note) or Regulation S Physical Note, in each case with the agreement of the Company, or (iv) such Notes are sold or exchanged pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

 (5)      Other Transfers.  The Note Registrar shall effect and register, upon receipt of a
written request from the Company to do so, a transfer not otherwise permitted by this Section 313, such registration to be done in accordance with the otherwise applicable provisions of this Section 313, upon the furnishing
by the proposed transferor or transferee of a written opinion of counsel (which opinion and counsel are satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee) to the effect that, and such other certifications or information as the Company or the Trustee may
require (including, in the case of a transfer to an Accredited Investor (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act), a certificate substantially in the form of
Exhibit F) to confirm that, the proposed transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 
  

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 A Note that is a Restricted Security may not be transferred other than as provided in this
Section 313. A beneficial interest in a Global Note that is a Restricted Security may not be exchanged for a beneficial interest in another Global Note other than through a transfer in compliance with this Section 313.

 (6)      General.  By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend,
each Holder of such a Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture. 
 The Note Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 312 or this
Section 313 (including all Notes received for transfer pursuant to this Section 313). The Company shall have the right to require the Note Registrar to deliver to the Company, at the Company’s expense, copies of all such
letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Note Registrar. 
 In connection with any transfer of any Note, the Trustee, the Note Registrar and the Company shall be entitled to receive, shall be under no duty to inquire into, may conclusively presume the correctness of, and shall be fully protected in
relying upon the certificates, opinions and other information referred to herein (or in the forms provided herein, attached hereto or to the Notes, or otherwise) received from any Holder and any transferee of any Note regarding the validity,
legality and due authorization of any such transfer, the eligibility of the transferee to receive such Note and any other facts and circumstances related to such transfer. 
 Section 314.    Payment of Additional Interest.  (a) Under certain circumstances the Company will be
obligated to pay certain additional amounts of interest to the Holders of certain Initial Notes, as more particularly set forth in such Initial Notes. 
 (b)      Under certain circumstances the Company may be obligated to pay certain additional amounts of interest to the Holders of certain Initial Additional Notes, as may be more
particularly set forth in such Initial Additional Notes. 
 (c)      Prior to any Interest Payment Date on
which any such additional interest is payable, the Company shall give notice to the Trustee of the amount of any additional interest due on such Interest Payment Date. 
 ARTICLE IV  
 COVENANTS 
 Section 401.    Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.  The Company shall duly and punctually pay the
principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes and this Indenture. Principal amount (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall be considered paid on the date due if the Company shall
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deposited with the applicable Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company) as of 12:00 p.m. New York City
time on the due date money in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal amount (and premium, if any) and interest then due in accordance with the terms of the Notes. 
 Section 402.    Maintenance of Office or Agency.  (a) The Company shall maintain in the United States an
office or agency where Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Notes may be surrendered for transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The
Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and of any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain such office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with
the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 
 (b)      The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all purposes and may from time to time rescind such
designations. 
 The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or its Agent, as such office or agency of the
Company in accordance with Section 305 hereof. 
 Section 403.    Money for Payments to Be Held in
Trust.  If the Company shall at any time act as Paying Agent, it shall, on or before 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, any of the Notes, segregate and hold in
trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided, and shall
promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 
 If the Company is not acting as Paying Agent, it shall, on or prior to
12:00 p.m., New York City time, on each due date of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on, any Notes, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay the principal (and premium, if any) or interest so becoming due, such sum to be
held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal, premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act. 
 If the Company is not acting as Paying Agent, the Company shall cause any Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an
instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 403, that such Paying Agent shall 
 (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Notes in trust for the benefit of the
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 (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the
Notes) in the making of any such payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest; 
 (3) at any time during the
continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent; and 
 (4) acknowledge, accept and agree to comply in all respects with the provisions of this Indenture and TIA relating to the duties, rights and liabilities of such Paying Agent. 
 The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company
Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent;
and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money. 
 Subject to any applicable abandoned property law, any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest
on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such
trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the
Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease. 
 Section 404.    [Reserved.] 
 Section 405.    Reports and Other Information. 
 So long as any Notes are Outstanding: 
 (a)      At any time prior to such time as the Company first becomes required to be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall furnish to the
Trustee: 
 (i)      within 105 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company
ending after the Closing Date, the consolidated financial statements of the Company for such year prepared in accordance with GAAP, together with a report thereon by the Company’s independent auditors, and a “Management’s Discussion
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(as in effect on the Closing Date) filed with the SEC by the Company (if the Company were required to prepare and file such form); it being understood that
the Company shall not be required to include (1) any consolidating financial information with respect to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Affiliate of the Company, or any separate financial statements or information for
the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other affiliate of the Company or (2) any adjustment that would be required by any SEC rule, regulation or interpretation, including but not limited to any “push down” accounting
adjustment (provided, however, that the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to include any “push down” adjustment but that the failure to do so will not be deemed to be a Default or an Event of Default);

 (ii)     within 60 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each
fiscal year of the Company (90 days in respect of the fiscal quarter ended July 29, 2007), the condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company for such quarter and the comparable period of the prior year prepared in accordance with
GAAP, together with a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” with respect to such financial statements substantially similar to that which would be included in a Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q (as in effect on the Closing Date) filed with the SEC by the Company (if the Company were required to prepare and file such form); it being understood that the Company shall not be required to include (1) any consolidating
financial information with respect to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other Affiliate of the Company, or any separate financial statements or information for the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any other affiliate of the Company,
(2) any adjustment that would be required by any SEC rule, regulation or interpretation, including but not limited to any “push down” accounting adjustment (provided, however, that the Company will use its
commercially reasonable efforts to include any “push down” adjustment but that the failure to do so will not be deemed to be a Default or an Event of Default), or (3) quarterly financial statements or other information with
respect to any fiscal quarter ended on or prior to the Closing Date, or any comparison to any such quarterly period in any such “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” (provided,
however, that the Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to include such quarterly financial statements and other information, and such comparisons to such quarterly periods, but that the failure to do so will not be deemed to
be a Default or an Event of Default); and 
 (iii)    information substantially similar to the
information that would be required to be included in a Current Report on Form 8-K (as in effect on the Closing Date) filed with the SEC by the Company (if the Company were required to prepare and file such form) pursuant to Item 1.03
(Bankruptcy or Receivership), 2.01 (Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets), 4.01 (Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountants), 4.02 (Non-Reliance on Previously Issued Financial Statements or a Related Audit Report or Completed
Interim Reviews) or 5.01 (Changes in Control of Registrant) of such form, within ten (10) days after the date of filing that would have been required for a current report on Form 8-K. 
  

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 In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, for so long as the Notes remain subject to
this paragraph (a), the Company will furnish to Holders thereof and prospective investors in such Notes, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) (as in effect on the Closing Date). 
 (b)      Substantially concurrently with the furnishing or making available to the Trustee of the information specified in
paragraph (a) above, the Company shall also (1) use its commercially reasonable efforts (i) to post copies of such reports on such website as may be then maintained by the Company, or (ii) to post copies of
such reports on a website (which may be nonpublic) to which access is given to Holders, prospective investors in the Notes (which prospective investors, prior to the registration of the Notes under the Securities Act, shall be limited to
“qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act that certify their status as such to the reasonable satisfaction of the Company), and securities analysts and market-making financial institutions
reasonably satisfactory to the Company, or (iii) otherwise to provide substantially comparable availability of such reports (as determined by the Company in good faith) (it being understood that, without limitation, making such reports
available on Bloomberg or another private electronic information service shall constitute substantially comparable availability), or (2) to the extent the Company determines in good faith that it cannot make such reports available in the
manner described in the preceding clause (1) after the use of its commercially reasonable efforts, furnish such reports to the Holders of the Notes, upon their request. 
 (c)      Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time following such time as the Company first becomes required to be
subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, notwithstanding that the Company may not be required to be or remain subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act,
the Company will file with the SEC (unless such filing is not permitted under the Exchange Act or by the SEC), so long as the Notes are Outstanding, the annual reports, information, documents and other reports that the Company is required to file
with the SEC pursuant to such Section 13(a) or 15(d) or would be so required to file if the Company were so subject. 
 (d)      If, at any time, any audited or reviewed financial statements or information required to be included in any such statement or filing pursuant to clauses (a) or (c) above are not reasonably
available on a timely basis as a result of the Company’s accountants not being “independent” (as defined pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder), the Company may, in lieu of making such filing
or transmitting or making available the financial statements or information, documents and reports so required to be filed, transmitted or made available, as the case may be, elect to make a filing on an alternative form or transmit or make
available unaudited or unreviewed financial statements or information substantially similar to such required audited or reviewed financial statements or information, provided that (i) the Company shall in any event be required to
make such filing and so transmit or make available, as applicable, such audited or reviewed financial statements or information no later than the first anniversary of the date on which the same was otherwise required pursuant to the preceding
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the Company makes such an election and such filing has not been made, or such information, documents and reports have not been transmitted or made available,
as the case may be, within 90 days after such Reporting Date, liquidated damages will accrue on the Notes at a rate of 0.50% per annum from the date that is 90 days after such Reporting Date to the earlier of (x) the date on which
such filing has been made, or such information, documents and reports have been transmitted or made available, as the case may be, and (y) the first anniversary of such Reporting Date (provided that not more than 0.50% per annum in
liquidated damages shall be payable for any period regardless of the number of such elections by the Company). 
 The Company will be deemed
to have satisfied the requirements of this covenant if any Parent, in the case of Section 405(a), furnishes or makes available information of the type otherwise so required, and in the case of Section 405(c), files and provides reports,
documents and information of the types otherwise so required, in each case within the applicable time periods, and the Company is not required to file or make available, as the case may be, such reports, documents and information separately under
the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (after giving effect to any exemptive relief) because of the filings by such Parent. 
 Section 406.    Statement as to Default.  The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the Closing Date, an Officer’s
Certificate to the effect that to the best knowledge of the signer thereof on behalf of the Company, the Company is or is not in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without
regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Company (through its own action or omission or through the action or omission of any Subsidiary Guarantor as applicable) shall be in default, specifying all such
defaults and the nature and status thereof of which such signer may have knowledge. To the extent required by the TIA, each Subsidiary Guarantor shall comply with TIA § 314(a)(4). The individual signing any certificate given by any Person
pursuant to this Section 406 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of such Person, in compliance with TIA § 314(a)(4). 
 Section 407.    Limitation on Indebtedness.  (a)  The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur any Indebtedness; provided,
however, that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness if on the date of the Incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the Incurrence thereof, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be equal to or greater
than 2.00 to 1.00, provided further that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness that may be Incurred pursuant to the foregoing by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors shall not exceed $300.0 million at any one
time outstanding. 
 (b)      Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may Incur the following Indebtedness: 
 (i)       Indebtedness Incurred
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limiting the foregoing), in each case, any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, in a maximum principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding
in the aggregate the amount equal to (A) $1,500.0 million plus (B) the greater of (x) $2,100.0 million and (y) an amount equal to (1) the Borrowing Base less (2) the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred by Special Purpose Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries and then outstanding pursuant to clause (ix) of this paragraph (b), plus (C) in the event of any refinancing of any
such Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing; 
 (ii)     Indebtedness (A) of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or (B) of the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owed to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be expressly subordinated in right of payment to all obligations
of the obligor with respect to the Notes and all Guarantees and provided further that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary to which such Indebtedness is owed, or other event, that results in
such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness (except to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) will be deemed, in each case, an Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the issuer
thereof not permitted by this clause (ii); 
 (iii)    Indebtedness represented by the Senior
Subordinated Notes issued on the Closing Date (or any Senior Subordinated Notes issued in respect thereof or in exchange therefore) and the Notes (other than any Additional Notes), any Indebtedness (other than the Indebtedness described in clause
(ii) above) outstanding on the Closing Date, and any Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness described in this clause (iii) or paragraph (a) above; 
 (iv)    Purchase Money Obligations and Capitalized Lease Obligations, and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect
thereto; provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Purchase Money Obligations Incurred to finance the acquisition of Capital Stock of any Person at any time outstanding pursuant to this clause shall not exceed an amount equal to
the greater of $150.0 million and 3.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; 
 (v)     Indebtedness
(A) supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to any Credit Facility in a principal amount not exceeding the face amount of such letter of credit or (B) consisting of accommodation guarantees for the benefit of trade
creditors of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; 
 (vi)     (A) Guarantees by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or any other obligation or liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in
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of any Lien granted by or applicable to such Person securing Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Indebtedness Incurred
by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in violation of this Section 407); 
 (vii)     Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) arising from the honoring of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds, provided that such Indebtedness
is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence, or (B) consisting of guarantees, indemnities, obligations in respect of earnouts or other purchase price adjustments, or similar obligations, Incurred in connection with the
acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or Person; 
 (viii)    Indebtedness of the Company or
any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of (A) letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments or obligations issued, or relating to liabilities or obligations incurred, in the ordinary course of business
(including those issued to governmental entities in connection with self-insurance under applicable workers’ compensation statutes), or (B) completion guarantees, surety, judgment, appeal or performance bonds, or other similar
bonds, instruments or obligations, provided, or relating to liabilities or obligations incurred, in the ordinary course of business, or (C) Hedging Obligations, entered into for bona fide hedging purposes, or (D) Management
Guarantees or Management Indebtedness, or (E) the financing of insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business, or (F) take-or-pay obligations under supply arrangements incurred in the ordinary course of business, or
(G) netting, overdraft protection and other arrangements arising under standard business terms of any bank at which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary maintains an overdraft, cash pooling or other similar facility or arrangement,
or (H) Junior Capital (in an amount not to exceed $100.0 million in the aggregate at any time outstanding); 
 (ix)      Indebtedness (A) of a Special Purpose Subsidiary secured by a Lien on all or part of the assets disposed of in, or otherwise Incurred in connection with, a Financing Disposition or
(B) otherwise Incurred in connection with a Special Purpose Financing; provided that (1) such Indebtedness is not recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary (other
than with respect to Special Purpose Financing Undertakings), (2) in the event such Indebtedness shall become recourse to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary (other than with respect to
Special Purpose Financing Undertakings), such Indebtedness will be deemed to be, and must be classified by the Company as, Incurred at such time (or at the time initially Incurred) under one or more of the other provisions of this Section 407
for so long as such Indebtedness shall be so recourse, and (3) in the event that at any time thereafter such Indebtedness shall comply with the provisions of the preceding subclause (1), the Company may classify such Indebtedness in
whole or in part as Incurred under this Section 407(b)(ix); 
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 (xi)       [Reserved]; 
 (xii)      Contribution Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto; 
 (xiii)     Indebtedness of (A) the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred to finance or
refinance, or otherwise Incurred in connection with, any acquisition of assets (including Capital Stock), business or Person, or any merger or consolidation of any Person with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or (B) any
Person that is acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including Indebtedness thereof Incurred in connection with any such acquisition, merger or consolidation), provided that on the date
of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, after giving effect thereto, either (1) the Company would have a Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio equal to or less than 7.25 to 1.00 or (2) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio
of the Company would equal or be less than the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company immediately prior to giving effect thereto; and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect to any such Indebtedness; 
 (xiv)     Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary Incurred as consideration in connection with
any acquisition of assets (including Capital Stock), business or Person, or any merger or consolidation of any Person with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, in an aggregate
principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding $100.0 million; and 
 (xv)      Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not exceeding an amount equal to the greater of $250.0 million and 5.0% of
Consolidated Tangible Assets. 
 (c)        For purposes of determining compliance with, and the
outstanding principal amount of any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to and in compliance with, this Section 407, (i) any other obligation of the obligor on such Indebtedness (or of any other Person who could have
Incurred such Indebtedness under this Section 407) arising under any Guarantee, Lien or letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or other similar instrument or obligation supporting such Indebtedness shall be disregarded to the extent
that such Guarantee, Lien or letter of credit, bankers’ acceptance or other similar instrument or obligation secures the principal amount of such Indebtedness; (ii) in the event that Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one
of the types of Indebtedness described in paragraph (b) above, the Company, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item of Indebtedness and may include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of such clauses (including in
part under one such clause and in part under another such clause); provided that any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (b)(iv) of this Section 407 as limited by the proviso thereto, or clause (xiv) of this
Section 407, shall, at the Company’s election, cease to be deemed Incurred or outstanding for purposes of such clause but shall be deemed Incurred for the purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 407 from and after
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Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of this Section 407 without reliance on such clause; and (iii) the amount of Indebtedness
issued at a price that is less than the principal amount thereof shall be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in accordance with GAAP. 
 (d)        For purposes of determining compliance with any dollar-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, the
dollar-equivalent principal amount of such Indebtedness Incurred pursuant thereto shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date that such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first
committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness, provided that (x) the dollar-equivalent principal amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange
rate in effect on the Closing Date, (y) if such Indebtedness is Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency (or in a different currency from such Indebtedness so being Incurred), and such refinancing would
cause the applicable dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long
as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed (i) the outstanding or committed principal amount (whichever is higher) of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus (ii) the aggregate amount of fees,
underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing and (z) the dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency and Incurred pursuant to a Senior
Credit Facility shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on, at the Company’s option, (i) the Closing Date, (ii) any date on which any of the respective commitments under such Senior
Credit Facility shall be reallocated between or among facilities or subfacilities thereunder, or on which such rate is otherwise calculated for any purpose thereunder, or (iii) the date of such Incurrence. The principal amount of any
Indebtedness Incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective
Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing. 
 Section 408.    [Reserved]. 
 Section 409.    Limitation on Restricted
Payments.  (a)  The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of its Capital Stock
(including any such payment in connection with any merger or consolidation to which the Company is a party) except (x) dividends or distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) and
(y) dividends or distributions payable to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (and, in the case of any such Restricted Subsidiary making such dividend or distribution, to other holders of its Capital Stock on no more than a pro
rata basis, measured by value), (ii) purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary (other than any acquisition of Capital
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voluntarily acquire or retire for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Subordinated Obligations
(other than a purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of
such acquisition or retirement) or (iv) make any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person (any such dividend, distribution, purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, other acquisition or retirement or Investment
being herein referred to as a “Restricted Payment”), if at the time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment and after giving effect thereto: 
 (1)        a Default shall have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);

 (2)        the Company could not Incur at least an additional $1.00 of
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 407(a); or 
 (3)        the aggregate amount
of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments (the amount so expended, if other than in cash, to be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a resolution of the
Board of Directors) declared or made subsequent to the Closing Date and then outstanding would exceed, without duplication, the sum of: 
     (A)        50% of the Consolidated Net Income accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) beginning on the Reference Date to the end of
the most recent fiscal quarter ending prior to the date of such Restricted Payment for which consolidated financial statements of the Company are available (or, in case such Consolidated Net Income shall be a negative number, 100% of such negative
number); 
     (B)        the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds and
the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of property or assets received (x) by the Company as capital contributions to the Company after the Closing Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted
Subsidiary) of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock or Designated Preferred Stock) after the Closing Date (other than Excluded Contributions and Contribution Amounts) or (y) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from
the issuance and sale by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date of Indebtedness that shall have been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock or Designated Preferred Stock)
or any Parent, plus the amount of any cash and the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of any property or assets, received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange; 
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distributions, interest payments, return of capital, repayments of Investments or other transfers of assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from
any Unrestricted Subsidiary, including dividends or other distributions related to dividends or other distributions made pursuant to clause (x) of the following paragraph (b), plus (ii) the aggregate amount resulting from the
redesignation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary (valued in each case as provided in the definition of “Investment”); and 
     (D)        in the case of any disposition or repayment of any Investment
constituting a Restricted Payment (without duplication of any amount deducted in calculating the amount of Investments at any time outstanding included in the amount of Restricted Payments or in the calculation of availability under
Section 409(b)), the aggregate amount of cash and the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Company) of any property or assets received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary with respect to all such dispositions and repayments.

 (b)        The provisions of Section 409(a) will not prohibit any of the following (each, a
“Permitted Payment”): 
 (i)         (x) any purchase,
redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Capital Stock of the Company (“Treasury Capital Stock”) or Subordinated Obligations made by exchange (including any such exchange pursuant to the exercise of a
conversion right or privilege in connection with which cash is paid in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares) for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent issuance or sale of, Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified
Stock and other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary) (“Refunding Capital Stock”) or a substantially concurrent capital contribution to the Company, in each case other than Excluded Contributions and Contribution
Amounts; provided that the Net Cash Proceeds from such issuance, sale or capital contribution shall be excluded in subsequent calculations under Section 409(a)(3)(B) and (y) if immediately prior to such acquisition or
retirement of such Treasury Capital Stock, dividends thereon were permitted pursuant to clause (xi) of this Section 409(b), dividends on such Refunding Capital Stock in an aggregate amount per annum not exceeding the aggregate
amount per annum of dividends so permitted on such Treasury Capital Stock; 
 (ii)        any purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Obligations (v) made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially
concurrent issuance or sale of, Indebtedness of the Company or Refinancing Indebtedness, in each case Incurred in compliance with Section 407 (provided that, in the case of any purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other
acquisition or retirement of the Senior Subordinated Notes or other Subordinated Obligations outstanding on the Closing Date or Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 407(b)(viii)(H), such Indebtedness or Refinancing Indebtedness
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Section 411, (x) following the occurrence of a Change of Control (or other similar event described therein as a “change of
control”), but only if the Company shall have complied with Section 415, and, if required, purchased all Notes tendered pursuant to the offer to repurchase all the Notes required thereby, prior to purchasing or repaying such
Subordinated Obligations (y) constituting Acquired Indebtedness or (z) constituting Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor that has been
subordinated pursuant to Section 407(b)(ii); 
 (iii)      any dividend paid within
60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such dividend would have complied with Section 409(a); 
 (iv)      Investments or other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed the amount of Excluded Contributions; 
 (v)       loans, advances, dividends or distributions by the Company to any Parent to permit any
Parent to repurchase or otherwise acquire its Capital Stock (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof), or payments by the Company to repurchase or otherwise acquire Capital Stock of any Parent or the Company (including any
options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof), in each case from Management Investors, such payments, loans, advances, dividends or distributions not to exceed an amount (net of repayments of any such loans or advances) equal to
(x) (1) $50.0 million, plus (2) $10.0 million multiplied by the number of calendar years that have commenced since the Closing Date, plus (y) the Net Cash Proceeds received by the Company since the
Closing Date from, or as a capital contribution from, the issuance or sale to Management Investors of Capital Stock (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof), to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are not included in any
calculation under Section 409(a)(3)(B)(x), plus (z) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or by any Parent and contributed to the Company) since the Closing Date
to the extent such cash proceeds are not included in any calculation under Section 409(a)(3)(A); provided that any cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary by any Management Investor in connection
with any repurchase or other acquisition of Capital Stock (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) from any Management Investor shall not constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 409 or any other
provision of this Indenture; 
 (vi)      the payment by the Company of, or loans, advances,
dividends or distributions by the Company to any Parent to pay, dividends on the common stock or equity of the Company or any Parent following a public offering of such common stock or equity in an amount not to exceed in any fiscal year 6.0% of the
aggregate gross proceeds received by the Company (whether directly, or indirectly through a contribution to common equity capital) in or from such public offering; 
 (vii)     Restricted Payments (including loans or advances) in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not
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 (viii)     loans, advances, dividends or distributions to any
Parent or other payments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) to satisfy or permit any Parent to satisfy obligations under the Management Agreements, (B) pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement, or (C) to
pay or permit any Parent to pay any Parent Expenses or any Related Taxes; 
 (ix)       payments by the Company, or loans, advances, dividends or distributions by the Company to any Parent to make payments, to holders of Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent in lieu of
issuance of fractional shares of such Capital Stock not to exceed $5.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at any time; 
 (x)        dividends or other distributions of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of Unrestricted Subsidiaries; 
 (xi)       (A) dividends on any Designated Preferred Stock of the Company issued after the
Closing Date, provided that at the time of such issuance and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be at least 2.00 to 1.00 and, in the case of cash dividends on Designated Preferred Stock,
such dividend shall for purposes of the determination of such Consolidated Coverage Ratio be deemed to constitute Consolidated Interest Expense, or (B) any dividend on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the
amount of dividends thereon permitted by clause (i) of this paragraph (b), provided that at the time of the declaration of such dividend and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis, the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be at
least 2.00 to 1.00 and, in the case of cash dividends on Refunding Capital Stock, such dividend shall for purposes of the determination of such Consolidated Coverage Ratio be deemed to constitute Consolidated Interest Expense, or
(C) loans, advances, dividends or distributions to any Parent to permit dividends on any Designated Preferred Stock of any Parent issued after the Closing Date, in an amount (net of repayments of any such loans or advances) not exceeding
the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company from the issuance or sale of such Designated Preferred Stock of such Parent; 
 (xii)      Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not exceeding the greater of $75.0 million and 1.5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets; 
 (xiii)     distributions or payments of Special Purpose Financing Fees; 
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 (xv)      dividends to holders of any class or series of
Disqualified Stock, or of any Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, Incurred in accordance with the terms of Section 407; 
 provided that
(A) in the case of clauses (i)(y), (iii), (vi), (ix) and (xi)(B), the net amount of any such Permitted Payment shall be included in subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted Payments, (B) in all cases other
than pursuant to clause (A) immediately above, the net amount of any such Permitted Payment shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of the amount of Restricted Payments and (C) solely with respect to clause (vii), no Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing at the time of any such Permitted Payment after giving effect thereto. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 409, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay any cash dividend or make any cash distribution on or in respect
of the Company’s Capital Stock or purchase for cash or otherwise acquire for cash any Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent, for the purpose of paying any cash dividend or making any cash distribution to, or acquiring Capital Stock of the
Company or any Parent for cash from, the Investors, or Guarantee any Indebtedness of any Affiliate of the Company for the purpose of paying such dividend, making such distribution or so acquiring such Capital Stock to or from the Investors, in each
case by means of utilization of the cumulative Restricted Payment credit provided by Section 409(a)(iii), or the exceptions provided by Section 409(b)(iii), (vii), (x) or (xii) or clause (xv) or (xviii) of the
definition of “Permitted Investments,” unless at the time and after giving effect to such payment, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of the Company would have been equal to or less than 6.0 to 1.0 and (y) such payment is otherwise
in compliance with this Section 409. 
 Section 410.    Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions
from Restricted Subsidiaries.  The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create or otherwise cause to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted
Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to the Company or, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, to a
Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) make any loans or advances to the Company or, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, to a Subsidiary Guarantor or (iii) transfer any of its property or assets to
the Company or, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, to a Subsidiary Guarantor (provided that dividend or liquidation priority between classes of Capital Stock, or subordination of any obligation
(including the application of any remedy bars thereto) to any other obligation, will not be deemed to constitute such an encumbrance or restriction), except any encumbrance or restriction: 
 (1)        pursuant to an agreement or instrument in effect at or entered into on the Closing
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 (2)        pursuant to any agreement or
instrument of a Person, or relating to Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person, which Person is acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or which agreement or instrument is assumed by the Company
or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition of assets from such Person, as in effect at the time of such acquisition, merger or consolidation (except to the extent that such Indebtedness was incurred to finance, or otherwise in
connection with, such acquisition, merger or consolidation); provided that for purposes of this clause (2), if a Person other than the Company is the Successor Company with respect thereto, any Subsidiary thereof or agreement or instrument of
such Person or any such Subsidiary shall be deemed acquired or assumed, as the case may be, by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, when such Person becomes such Successor Company; 
 (3)        pursuant to an agreement or instrument (a “Refinancing Agreement”)
effecting a refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to, or that otherwise extends, renews, refunds, refinances or replaces, an agreement or instrument referred to in clause (1) or (2) of this Section 410 or this clause
(3) (an “Initial Agreement”) or contained in any amendment, supplement or other modification to an Initial Agreement (an “Amendment”); provided, however, that the encumbrances and restrictions
contained in any such Refinancing Agreement or Amendment taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Initial Agreement or Initial Agreements to which such
Refinancing Agreement or Amendment relates (as determined in good faith by the Company); 
 (4)        (A) that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract, or the assignment or
transfer of any lease, license or other contract, (B) by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise
prohibited by this Indenture, (C) contained in mortgages, pledges or other security agreements securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent restricting the transfer of the property or assets subject thereto,
(D) pursuant to customary provisions restricting dispositions of real property interests set forth in any reciprocal easement agreements of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (E) pursuant to Purchase Money Obligations
that impose encumbrances or restrictions on the property or assets so acquired, (F) on cash or other deposits, net worth or inventory imposed by customers or suppliers under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business,
(G) pursuant to customary provisions contained in agreements and instruments entered into in the ordinary course of business (including but not limited to leases and licenses) or in joint venture and other similar agreements,
(H) that arises or is agreed to in the ordinary course of business and does not detract from the value of property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary,
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 (5)        with respect to a Restricted
Subsidiary (or any of its property or assets) imposed pursuant to an agreement entered into for the direct or indirect sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary (or the property or
assets that are subject to such restriction) pending the closing of such sale or disposition; 
 (6)        by reason of any applicable law, rule, regulation or order, or required by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their
businesses; or 
 (7)        pursuant to an agreement or instrument
(A) relating to any Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to the provisions of Section 407 (i) if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement or
instrument taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders of the Notes than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the Initial Agreements (as determined in good faith by the Company), or (ii) if such
encumbrances and restrictions are not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes than is customary in comparable financings (as determined in good faith by the Company) and either (x) the Company determines in good faith
that such encumbrance or restriction will not materially affect the Company’s ability to make principal or interest payments on the Notes or (y) such encumbrance or restriction applies only if a default occurs in respect of a
payment or financial covenant relating to such Indebtedness, (B) relating to any sale of receivables by or Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary or (C) relating to Indebtedness of or a Financing Disposition by or to or in
favor of any Special Purpose Entity. 
 Section 411.    Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary
Stock.  (a)  The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Asset Disposition unless 
 (i)         the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration (including by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any
liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition, as such fair market value shall be determined in good faith by the
Company, which determination shall be conclusive (including as to the value of all noncash consideration), 
 (ii)        in the case of any Asset Disposition (or series of related Asset Dispositions) having a fair market value of $25.0 million or more, at least 75.0% of the consideration therefor (excluding,
in the case of an Asset Disposition (or series of related Asset Dispositions), any consideration by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that are not Indebtedness) received
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 (iii)       an amount equal to 100% of the Net
Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by the Company (or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) as follows: 
     (A)        first, either (x) to the extent the Company elects (or is required by the terms of any Secured Indebtedness (other than
Subordinated Obligations), any Senior Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor), to prepay, repay or purchase any such Indebtedness or (in the case of
letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments) cash collateralize any such Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) within 450 days after the later of the date of
such Asset Disposition and the date of receipt of such Net Available Cash, or (y) to the extent that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary elects, to invest in Additional Assets (including by means of an investment in Additional
Assets by a Restricted Subsidiary with an amount equal to Net Available Cash received by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary) within 450 days from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition and the date of receipt of such Net Available
Cash, or, if such investment in Additional Assets is a project authorized by the Board of Directors that will take longer than such 450 days to complete, the period of time necessary to complete such project; 
     (B)        second, to the extent of the balance of such Net
Available Cash after application in accordance with clause (A) above (such balance, the “Excess Proceeds”), to make an offer to purchase Notes and (to the extent the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary elects, or is required
by the terms thereof) to purchase, redeem or repay any other Senior Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, pursuant and subject to Section 411(b) and Section 411(c) and the agreements governing such other
Indebtedness; and 
     (C)        third, to the extent
of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (A) and (B) above, to fund (to the extent consistent with any other applicable provision of this Indenture) any general corporate purpose (including but
not limited to the repurchase, repayment or other acquisition or retirement of any Subordinated Obligations); 
 provided, however, that in
connection with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (A)(x) or (B) above, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will retire such Indebtedness and will cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be
permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid, repaid or purchased. 
 Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions
of this Section 411, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any Net Available Cash or equivalent amount in accordance with this Section 411 except to the extent that the aggregate Net
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Section 411 exceeds $75.0 million. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and/or other Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary
validly tendered and not withdrawn (or otherwise subject to purchase, redemption or repayment) in connection with an offer pursuant to clause (B) above exceeds the Excess Proceeds, the Excess Proceeds will be apportioned between such Notes and
such other Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, with the portion of the Excess Proceeds payable in respect of such Notes to equal the lesser of (x) the Excess Proceeds amount multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of
which is the outstanding principal amount of such Notes and the denominator of which is the sum of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and the outstanding principal amount of the relevant other Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary, and (y) the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn. 
 For the purposes of clause
(ii) of paragraph (a) above, the following are deemed to be cash: (1) Temporary Cash Investments and Cash Equivalents, (2) the assumption of Indebtedness of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock of the Company)
or any Restricted Subsidiary and the release of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition, (3) Indebtedness of any
Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Disposition, to the extent that the Company and each other Restricted Subsidiary are released from any Guarantee of payment of the principal amount of such
Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition, (4) securities received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days,
(5) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (6) Additional Assets and (7) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in an Asset Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause, not to exceed an aggregate amount at any time outstanding equal to the
greater of $125.0 million and 2.5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

 (b)        In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of Notes pursuant to
Section 411(a)(iii)(B), the Company will be required to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to an offer by the Company for the Notes (the “Offer”) at a purchase price of 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and
unpaid interest to the date of purchase in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in Section 411(c). If the aggregate purchase price of the Notes tendered pursuant to the Offer is
less than the Net Available Cash allotted to the purchase of Notes, the remaining Net Available Cash will be available to the Company for use in accordance with Section 411(a)(iii)(B) (to repay other Indebtedness of the Company or a
Restricted Subsidiary) or Section 411(a)(iii)(C). The Company shall not be required to make an Offer for Notes pursuant to this Section 411 if the Net Available Cash available therefor (after application of the proceeds as provided
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with respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition). No Note will be repurchased in part if less than the Minimum Denomination in
original principal amount of such Note would be left outstanding. 
 (c)        The Company shall,
not later than 45 days after the Company becomes obligated to make an Offer pursuant to this Section 411, mail a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee stating: (1) that an Asset Disposition that requires the
purchase of a portion of the Notes has occurred and that such Holder has the right (subject to the prorating described below) to require the Company to purchase a portion of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the
principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase (subject to Section 307); (2) the circumstances and relevant facts and financial information regarding such Asset Disposition;
(3) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed; (4) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 411, that a
Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased; and (5) the amount of the Offer. If, upon the expiration of the period for which the Offer remains open, the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holder exceeds the
amount of the Offer, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of the Minimum Denomination or integral
multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof shall be purchased). 
 (d)        The Company will comply, to
the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 411. To the extent that the
provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 411, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this
Section 411 by virtue thereof. 
 Section 412.    Limitation on Transactions with
Affiliates.  (a)  The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into or conduct any transaction or series of related transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or
exchange of any property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company (an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million unless (i) the terms of such Affiliate
Transaction are not materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained at the time in a transaction with a Person who is not such an Affiliate and (ii) if such
Affiliate Transaction involves aggregate consideration in excess of $40.0 million, the terms of such Affiliate Transaction have been approved by a majority of the Board of Directors. For purposes of this Section 412(a), any Affiliate
Transaction shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements set forth in this Section 412(a) if (x) such Affiliate Transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors or (y) in the event there
are no Disinterested Directors, a fairness opinion is provided by a nationally recognized appraisal or investment banking firm with respect to such Affiliate Transaction. 
  

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 (b)        The provisions of Section 412(a) will not
apply to: 
 (i)         any Restricted Payment Transaction, 
 (ii)        (1) the entering into, maintaining or performance of any employment or
consulting contract, collective bargaining agreement, benefit plan, program or arrangement, related trust agreement or any other similar arrangement for or with any current or former employee, officer, director or consultant of or to the Company,
any Restricted Subsidiary or any Parent heretofore or hereafter entered into in the ordinary course of business, including vacation, health, insurance, deferred compensation, severance, retirement, savings or other similar plans, programs or
arrangements, (2) payments, compensation, performance of indemnification or contribution obligations, the making or cancellation of loans or any issuance, grant or award of stock, options, other equity-related interests or other
securities, to any such employees, officers, directors or consultants in the ordinary course of business, (3) the payment of reasonable fees to directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent (as determined in good
faith by the Company or such Subsidiary), (4) any transaction with an officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent in the ordinary course of business not involving more than $100,000 in any one case, or
(5) Management Advances and payments in respect thereof (or in reimbursement of any expenses referred to in the definition of such term), 
 (iii)       any transaction between or among any of the Company, one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, and/or one or more Special Purpose Entities, 
 (iv)       any transaction arising out of agreements or instruments in existence on the Closing Date
(other than any Tax Sharing Agreement or Management Agreement referred to in Section 412(b)(vii)), and any payments made pursuant thereto, 
 (v)        any transaction in the ordinary course of business on terms that are fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable determination of the Board
of Directors or senior management of the Company, or are not materially less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that could be obtained at the time in a transaction with a Person who is not an Affiliate of the
Company, 
 (vi)       any transaction in the ordinary course of business, or approved by
a majority of the Board of Directors, between the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Affiliate of the Company controlled by the Company that is a joint venture or similar entity, 
 (vii)      (1) the execution, delivery and performance of any Tax Sharing Agreement and any
Management Agreements, and (2) payments to CD&R, Bain Capital or Carlyle or any of their respective Affiliates (w) of any and all out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the Transactions, (x) for any
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pursuant to the Management Agreements, provided that payments under this clause (x) shall not exceed $7.5 million per calendar year,
(y) in connection with any acquisition, disposition, merger, recapitalization or similar transactions, which payments are made pursuant to the Management Agreements or are approved by a majority of the Board of Directors in good faith,
and (z) of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with such services or activities, 
 (viii)     the Transactions, all transactions in connection therewith (including but not limited to the financing thereof), and all fees and expenses paid or payable in connection with the Transactions, 

(ix)       any issuance or sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or
Junior Capital or any capital contribution to the Company; and 
 (x)        any
investment by any Investor in securities of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries so long as (i) such securities are being offered generally to other investors on the same or more favorable terms and (ii) such investment by all
Investors constitutes less than 5% of the proposed or outstanding issue amount of such class of securities. 
 Section 413.    Limitation on Liens.  The Company shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist any Lien (other than Permitted
Liens) on any of its property or assets (including Capital Stock of any other Person), whether owned on the date of this Indenture or thereafter acquired, securing any Indebtedness (the “Initial Lien”), unless contemporaneously
therewith effective provision is made to secure the Indebtedness due under this Indenture and the Notes or, in respect of Liens on any Restricted Subsidiary’s property or assets, any Subsidiary Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, equally
and ratably with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations) such obligation for so long as such obligation is so secured by such Initial Lien. Any such Lien thereby created in favor of
the Notes or any such Subsidiary Guarantee will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon (i) the release and discharge of the Initial Lien to which it relates, (ii) in the case of any such Lien in
favor of any such Subsidiary Guarantee, upon the termination and discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantee in accordance with the terms of Section 1303 or (iii) any sale, exchange or transfer (other than a transfer constituting
a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company that is governed by Section 501) to any Person not an Affiliate of the Company of the property or assets secured by such Initial Lien, or of all of the Capital Stock
held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in, or all or substantially all the assets of, any Restricted Subsidiary creating such Initial Lien. 
 Section 414.    Future Subsidiary Guarantors.  From and after the Closing Date, the Company will cause each Domestic Subsidiary that is a borrower under the Senior ABL
Facility or that guarantees (x) payment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under any Credit Facility and that is a Wholly Owned Domestic Subsidiary or (y) Capital Markets Securities, to execute and
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indenture or other instrument pursuant to which such Domestic Subsidiary will guarantee payment of the Notes, whereupon such Domestic Subsidiary will become
a Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes under this Indenture, provided, that any such guarantee described under clause (x) or (y) by a Person in effect at the time such Person is acquired by or merged or consolidated
with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (and not created with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition, merger or consolidation) shall not trigger an obligation to guarantee the Notes so long as the aggregate amount of guaranteed
indebtedness relying on this proviso, together with the aggregate amount of indebtedness incurred by Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Section 407(a) shall not exceed $300.0 million. In addition, the Company
may cause any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor so to guarantee payment of the Notes and become a Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 Section 415.    Purchase of Notes Upon a Change of Control.  (a)  Upon the occurrence after the Closing Date of a Change of Control, each Holder of Notes will have the right to require the
Company to repurchase all or any part of such Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant
Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date pursuant to Section 307); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes pursuant to this
Section 415 in the event that it has exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes as provided in Article X. 
 (b)  In the event that, at the time of such Change of Control, the terms of any Bank Indebtedness constituting Designated Senior Indebtedness restrict or prohibit the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this
Section 415, then prior to the mailing of the notice to Holders provided for in Section 415(c) but in any event not later than 30 days following the date the Company obtains actual knowledge of any Change of Control (unless
the Company has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as provided in Article X), the Company shall, or shall cause one or more of its Subsidiaries to, (i) repay in full all such Bank Indebtedness subject to such terms or
offer to repay in full all such Bank Indebtedness and repay the Bank Indebtedness of each lender who has accepted such offer or (ii) obtain the requisite consent under the agreements governing such Bank Indebtedness to permit the
repurchase of the Notes as provided for in Section 415(c). The Company shall first comply with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence before it shall be required to repurchase Notes pursuant to the provisions set forth in
this Section 415. The Company’s failure to comply with the provisions of this Section 415(b) or Section 415(c) shall constitute an Event of Default described in Section 601(iv) and not in
Section 601(ii). 
 (c)  Unless the Company has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as described in
Article X, the Company shall, not later than 30 days following the date the Company obtains actual knowledge of any Change of Control having occurred, mail a notice (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder with a
copy to the Trustee stating: (1) that a Change of Control has occurred or may occur and that such Holder has, or upon such occurrence will have, the right to require the Company to purchase such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in
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on the relevant interest payment date); (2) the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such
notice is mailed); (3) the instructions determined by the Company, consistent with this Section 415, that a Holder must follow in order to have its Notes purchased; and (4) if such notice is mailed prior to the
occurrence of a Change of Control, that such offer is conditioned on the occurrence of such Change of Control. No Note will be repurchased in part if less than the Minimum Denomination in original principal amount of such Note would be left
outstanding. 
 (d)  The Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party
makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in the Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Company and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not
withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. 
 (e)  The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of
Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 415. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict
with provisions of this Section 415, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 415 by virtue thereof. 
 ARTICLE V 
 SUCCESSORS

 Section 501.    When the Company May Merge, etc.  (a) The Company will not consolidate
with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless: 
 (i)        the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) will be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Company) will expressly assume all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and this Indenture by executing and delivering to the Trustee a supplemental indenture or one
or more other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; 
 (ii)       immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such
transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default will have occurred and be continuing; 
 (iii)      immediately after giving effect to such transaction, either (A) the Company (or, if applicable, the
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Ratio of the Company (or, if applicable, the Successor Company with respect thereto) would equal or exceed the Consolidated Coverage Ratio of the Company
immediately prior to giving effect to such transaction; 
 (iv)       each Subsidiary Guarantor (other
than (x) any Subsidiary Guarantor that will be released from its obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee in connection with such transaction and (y) any party to any such consolidation or merger) shall have delivered a
supplemental indenture or other document or instrument in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, confirming its Subsidiary Guarantee (other than any Subsidiary Guarantee that will be discharged or terminated in connection with such
transaction); and 
 (v)        the Company will have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that such consolidation, merger or transfer complies with the provisions described in this paragraph, provided that (x) in giving such opinion such counsel may rely on an
Officer’s Certificate as to compliance with the foregoing clauses (ii) and (iii) and as to any matters of fact, and (y) no Opinion of Counsel will be required for a consolidation, merger or transfer described in
Section 501(b). 
 Any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (or that is
deemed to be Incurred by any Restricted Subsidiary that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) as a result of any such transaction undertaken in compliance with this Section 501, and any Refinancing Indebtedness with respect thereto, shall be
deemed to have been Incurred in compliance with Section 407. 
 (b)        Clauses
(ii) and (iii) of Section 501(a) will not apply to any transaction in which the Company consolidates or merges with or into or transfers all or substantially all its properties and assets to (x) an Affiliate
incorporated or organized for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Company in another jurisdiction or changing its legal structure to a corporation or other entity or (y) a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company so long as
all assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction (other than Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary) are owned by such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately after the
consummation thereof. Section 501(a) will not apply to (1) any transaction in which any Restricted Subsidiary consolidates with, merges into or transfers all or part of its assets to the Company,
(2) reincorporation of the Company from Texas to Delaware in connection with the Transactions, or (3) the Transactions. 
 Section 502.    Successor Company Substituted.  Upon any transaction involving the Company in accordance with Section 501 in which the Company is not the Successor Company, the Successor
Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, and thereafter the predecessor Company shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, except that
the predecessor Company in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes. 
  

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 ARTICLE VI 
 REMEDIES 
 Section 601.    Events of Default.  An
“Event of Default” means the occurrence of the following: 
 (i)         a
default in any payment of interest on any Note when due, continued for a period of 30 days; 
 (ii)        a default in the payment of principal of any Note when due, whether at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or
otherwise; 
 (iii)       the failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under
Section 501(a); 
 (iv)       the failure by the Company to comply for 30 days after the
notice specified in the penultimate paragraph of this Section 601 with any of its obligations under Section 415 (other than a failure to purchase the Notes); 
 (v)        the failure by the Company to comply for 60 days after the notice specified in the penultimate
paragraph of this Section 601 with its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture; 
 (vi)       the failure by any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply for 45 days after the notice specified in the penultimate paragraph of this Section 601 with its obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee; 
 (vii)      the failure by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to pay any Indebtedness for
borrowed money (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) within any applicable grace period after final maturity or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, if the total
amount of such Indebtedness so unpaid or accelerated exceeds $100.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent; provided, that no Default or Event of Default will be deemed to occur with respect to any such Indebtedness that is paid or
otherwise acquired or retired (or for which such failure to pay or acceleration is waived or rescinded) within 20 Business Days after such failure to pay or such acceleration; 
 (viii)     the taking of any of the following actions by the Company or a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the
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     (B)  the consent to the entry of an order for relief
against it in an involuntary case; 
     (C)  the consent to the appointment of a Custodian
of it or for any substantial part of its property; or 
     (D)  the making of a general
assignment for the benefit of its creditors; 
 (ix)       a court of competent jurisdiction enters an
order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: 
     (A)  is for relief against the Company
or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case; 
     (B)  appoints a Custodian of the
Company or any Significant Subsidiary or for any substantial part of its property; or 
     (C)  orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or any Significant Subsidiary; 
 and the
order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; 
 (x)         the rendering of any
judgment or decree for the payment of money in an amount (net of any insurance or indemnity payments actually received in respect thereof prior to or within 90 days from the entry thereof, or to be received in respect thereof in the event any appeal
thereof shall be unsuccessful) in excess of $100.0 million or its foreign currency equivalent against the Company or a Significant Subsidiary, that is not discharged, or bonded or insured by a third Person, if such judgment or decree remains
outstanding for a period of 90 days following such judgment or decree and is not discharged, waived or stayed; or 
 (xi)        the failure of any Subsidiary Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof or of this
Indenture) or the denial or disaffirmation in writing by any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary of its obligations under this Indenture or its Subsidiary Guarantee, if such Default continues for 10 days. 
 The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is
effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body. 
 The term “Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code, or any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee,
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 However, a Default under clause (iv), (v) or (vi) will not constitute an Event of Default
until the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes notify the Company of the Default and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified in such clause after receipt of such notice. Such
notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a “Notice of Default.” When a Default or an Event of Default is cured, it ceases. 
 The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of
any Event of Default under clause (vii) or (x) and any event that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would become an Event of Default under clause (iv), (v) or (vi), its status and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto. 
 Section 602.    Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and
Annulment.  If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 601(viii) or Section 601(ix), with respect to the Company), occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company,
or the Holders of at least thirty percent (30%) in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee, in either case specifying in such notice the respective Event of Default and that such notice is a
“notice of acceleration,” may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon the effectiveness of such a declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately.

 Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Event of Default specified in Section 601(viii) or Section 601(ix), with
respect to the Company, occurs and is continuing, the principal of and accrued interest on all the Outstanding Notes will ipso facto become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any
Holder. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by notice to the Company and the Trustee may rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all
existing Events of Default have been cured or waived except non-payment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of such acceleration. No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereto.

 Section 603.    Other Remedies; Collection Suit by Trustee.  If an Event of Default occurs and
is continuing, the Trustee may, but is not obligated under this Section 603 to, pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or
this Indenture. If an Event of Default specified in Section 601(i) or 601(ii) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount
then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 707. 
 Section 604.    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.  The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee
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by law or applicable regulations, may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions,
and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make 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 its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 707. 
 No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan
of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding. 
 Section 605.    Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes.  All rights of action and claims under
this Indenture or the Notes may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes 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 Notes in respect of which such judgment has been recovered. 
 Section 606.    Application
of Money Collected.  Any money or property collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article VI 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 on
account of principal (or premium, if any) or interest, upon presentation of the Notes 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 707; 
 Second:  to the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid upon the Notes for principal (and premium, if any) and
interest, 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 Notes for principal (and premium, if any) and interest,
respectively; and 
 Third:  to the Company. 
 Section 607.    Limitation on Suits.  Subject to Section 608 hereof, no Holder may pursue any
remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless: 
 (i)        such Holder
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 (ii)        Holders of at least 30% in principal
amount of the Outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue the remedy; 
 (iii)       such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense; 
 (iv)       the Trustee has not complied with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request
and the offer of security or indemnity; and 
 (v)        the Holders of a majority
in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request within such 60-day period. 
 A Holder may not use this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of another Holder, to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture except in the manner herein provided and
for the equal and ratable benefit of all Holders. 
 Section 608.    Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive
Principal and Interest.  Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Note shall have the absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of and all (subject to Section 307)
interest on such Note on the respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment Dates expressed in such Note and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment Dates, and such
right shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder. 
 Section 609.    Restoration of Rights and
Remedies.  If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture or any Note 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 the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and the Holders shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, 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 610.    Rights and Remedies Cumulative.  No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other
right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or
employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy. 
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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 VI 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 612.    Control by Holders.  The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, provided that 
 (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and 
 (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction. 
 However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Section 701, that the
Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not
inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.
This Section 612 shall be in lieu of § 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA, and such § 316(a)(1)(A) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA. 
 Section 613.    Waiver of Past Defaults.  The Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Outstanding Notes may on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes waive any past Default hereunder and its consequences, except a Default 
 (1) in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Note (which may only be waived with the consent of each Holder of Notes affected), or 
 (2) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof that pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 902 cannot be modified or
amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected. 
 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 Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. In case of
any such waiver, the Company, any other obligor upon the Notes, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder and under the Notes, respectively. This paragraph of this Section 613 shall be
in lieu of § 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA and such § 316(a)(1)(B) of the TIA is hereby expressly excluded from this Indenture and the Notes, as permitted by the TIA. 
  

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 Section 614.    Undertaking for Costs.  All parties to this
Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by such Holder’s 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 the
Notes, 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. This Section 614 shall not apply
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 Notes, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the
payment of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Note on or after the respective Stated Maturity or Interest Payment Dates expressed in such Note. 
 Section 615.    Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws.  The Company agrees (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, or plead, or
in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury or other similar law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or
any portion of the principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on the Notes contemplated herein or in the Notes or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so)
hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and shall not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had
been enacted. 
 ARTICLE VII 
 THE TRUSTEE 
 Section 701.    Certain Duties and
Responsibilities.  (a) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default, 
 (1) the Trustee undertakes
to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and 
 (2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of
the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the form requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provision hereof are specifically
required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the form requirements of this Indenture, but need not verify the contents thereof. 
  

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 (b)        In case an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of
such person’s own affairs. 
 (c)        No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to
relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that (i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of Section 701(a);
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and (iii) the Trustee shall not be
liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 612. 
 (d)        No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its
duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. 
 (e)        Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the
conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 701 and Section 703. 
 Section 702.    Notice of Defaults.  If a Default occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the
Trustee must mail within 90 days after it occurs, to all Holders as their names and addresses appear in the Note Register, notice of such Default hereunder known to the Trustee unless such Default shall have been cured or waived; provided,
however, that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as a trust committee of Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders. 
 Section 703.    Certain Rights of Trustee.  Subject to the provisions of Section 701: 
 (1) the Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; 
 (2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order
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 (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable
that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, rely upon an Officer’s
Certificate of the Company; 
 (4) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the written 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 in good faith and in reliance thereon; 
 (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or
direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such
request or direction; 
 (6) 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, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document; and 
 (7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents
or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder. 
 Section 704.    Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes.  The recitals contained herein and in the Notes, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication,
shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of
the Notes, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Notes and perform its obligations hereunder and that the statements made by it in a Statement of Eligibility and
Qualification on Form T-1 supplied to the Company and any other obligor upon the Notes in connection with the registration of any Notes and any Subsidiary Guarantees issued hereunder are and will be true and accurate subject to the qualifications
set forth therein. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of the Notes or the proceeds thereof. 
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other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and, subject to Section 708 and Section 713, may otherwise deal with the
Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Note Registrar or such other agent. 
 Section 706.    Money Held in Trust.  Money held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee
shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company. 
 Section 707.    Compensation and Reimbursement.  The Company agrees, 
 (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by the Trustee hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express
trust); 
 (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance
as may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith; and 
 (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless
against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the Trustee’s part, arising out of or in connection with the administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending
itself against any claim or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. 
 The Company need not pay
for any settlement made without its consent. The provisions of this Section 707 shall survive the termination of this Indenture. 
 Section 708.    Conflicting Interests.  If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the TIA, the Trustee shall eliminate such interest, apply to the SEC for
permission to continue as Trustee with such conflict or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the TIA and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by the TIA, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a
conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Original Notes and Additional Notes, or a trustee under any other indenture between the Company and the Trustee. 
 Section 709.    Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.  There shall at all times be one (and only one)
Trustee hereunder. The Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the TIA to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law
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deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be
eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 709, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article VII. 
 Section 710.    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.  No resignation or removal of the Trustee
and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article VII shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 711. 

The Trustee may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required
by Section 711 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 The Trustee may be removed at any time by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, delivered to the
Trustee and to the Company. 
 If at any time: 
 (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 708 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Note for at least six months, or 
 (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 709 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the
Company or by any such Holder, or 
 (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged bankrupt or
insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation, 

then, in any such case, (A) the Company may remove the Trustee, or (B) subject to Section 614, any Holder who has been a bona fide
Holder of a Note for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. 
 If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, the Company
shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 711. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee
shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in
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applicable requirements of Section 711, become the successor Trustee and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.
If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 711, then, subject to Section 614, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a
Note for at least six months may, on behalf of itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee. 
 The Company shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of the Trustee and each appointment of a successor Trustee to all Holders in the
manner provided in Section 110. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee and the address of its Corporate Trust Office. 
 Section 711.    Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.  In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute,
acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act,
deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and
deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee
hereunder. 
 Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly
vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to above. 
 No successor Trustee shall
accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article VII. 
 Section 712.    Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.  Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any
corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee
hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article VII, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Notes shall
have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Notes so authenticated with the same effect
as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Notes. 
 Section 713.    Preferential Collection of
Claims Against the Company.  If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Notes), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the TIA regarding the collection of claims
against the Company (or any such other obligor) or realizing on certain property received by it in respect of such claims. 
  

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 Section 714.    Appointment of Authenticating Agent.  The
Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument in writing signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which instrument shall be promptly furnished to
the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication (or execution of a certificate of authentication) by the
Trustee includes authentication (or execution of a certificate of authentication) by such Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands. 
 ARTICLE VIII 
 HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS
BY 
 TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY 
 Section 801.    The Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.  The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee 
 (1) semi-annually, not more than 10 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of
the names and addresses of the Holders as of such Regular Record Date, and 
 (2) at such other times as the Trustee may
request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished; 
 provided, however, that if and to the extent and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note Registrar, no such list need be
furnished pursuant to this Section 801.  
 Section 802.    Preservation of Information;
Communications to Holders.  The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list, if any, furnished to the Trustee as provided in
Section 801 and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar; provided, however, that if and so long as the Trustee shall be the Note Registrar, the Note Register shall
satisfy the requirements relating to such list. None of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Trustee or any other Person shall be under any responsibility with regard to the accuracy of such list. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished
to it as provided in Section 801 upon receipt of a new list so furnished. 
 The rights of Holders to communicate with other
Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Notes, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the TIA. 
  

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 Every Holder of Notes, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that
neither the Company nor the Trustee, nor any agent of either of them, shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the TIA. 
 Section 803.    Reports by Trustee.  Within 60 days after each May 15, beginning with May 15, 2008,
the Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the TIA at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto for so long as any Notes remain
outstanding. A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee or any applicable listing agent with each stock exchange upon which any Notes are listed, with the SEC and with the Company. The
Company will notify the Trustee when any Notes are listed on any stock exchange. 
 ARTICLE IX 
 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR WAIVER 
 Section 901.    Without Consent of Holders.  Without the consent of the Holders of any Notes, the Company, the Trustee and (as applicable) each Subsidiary Guarantor may amend or supplement this
Indenture or the Notes, for any of the following purposes: 
 (1) to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or
inconsistency, 
 (2) to provide for the assumption by a Successor Company of the obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary
Guarantor under this Indenture, 
 (3) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes,

 (4) to add Guarantees with respect to the Notes, to secure the Notes, to confirm and evidence the release, termination or
discharge of any Guarantee or Lien with respect to or securing the Notes when such release, termination or discharge is provided for under this Indenture, 
 (5) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company, 
 (6) to provide for or confirm the issuance of Additional Notes or Exchange Notes, 
 (7) to increase the minimum denomination of the Notes to equal the dollar equivalent of €1,000 rounded up to the nearest $1,000
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 (8) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder
under the Notes or this Indenture, or 
 (9) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification
of this Indenture under the TIA or otherwise. 
 Section 902.    With Consent of Holders.  Subject
to Section 608, the Company, the Trustee and (if applicable) each Subsidiary Guarantor may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Notes with the written consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Notes (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes) and the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee
(including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes) may waive any existing Default or Event of Default or compliance by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes
or any Subsidiary Guarantee. 
 Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 902, without the consent of each Holder affected,
an amendment or waiver, including a waiver pursuant to Section 613, may not: 
 (i)        reduce the principal amount of the Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment or waiver; 
 (ii)       reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note; 
 (iii)      reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note; 
 (iv)      reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the date on which any Note may be redeemed as described in Section 1001; 
 (v)       make any Note payable in money other than that stated in such Note; 
 (vi)      impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest on such
Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes; or 
 (vii)     make any change in the amendment or waiver provisions described in this paragraph. 
 It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 902 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment,
supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. 
 After an amendment, supplement or waiver
under this Section 902 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Company to mail such notice, or any defect
therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any supplemental indenture or the effectiveness of any such amendment, supplement or waiver. 
  

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 Section 903.    Execution of Amendments, Supplements or
Waivers.  The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the
Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate
and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the execution of such amendment, supplement or waiver has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and that, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws now or hereinafter in effect affecting creditors’ rights or remedies generally and to general principles of equity (including standards of materiality, good faith, fair dealing
and reasonableness), whether considered in a proceeding at law or at equity, such amendment, supplement or waiver is a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms. 
 Section 904.    Revocation and Effect of Consents.  Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes
effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Note or any Note that evidences all or any part of the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent
is not made on any Note. Subject to the following paragraph of this Section 904, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to such Holder’s Note by written notice to the Trustee or the Company, received by the
Trustee or the Company, as the case may be, before the date on which the Trustee receives an Officer’s Certificate from the Company certifying that the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented (and not theretofore
revoked such consent) to the amendment, supplement or waiver. The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver as set forth in
Section 108. 
 After an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder of Notes, unless it makes
a change described in any of clauses (i) through (vii) of the second paragraph of Section 902. In that case, the amendment, supplement or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Note who has consented to it and every subsequent
Holder of such Note or any Note that evidences all or any part of the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note. 
 Section 905.    Conformity with TIA.  Every amendment or supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article IX shall conform to the requirements of the TIA as then in effect.

 Section 906.    Notation on or Exchange of Notes.  If an amendment, supplement or waiver
changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee shall (if required by the Company and in accordance with the specific direction of the Company) request the Holder of the Note to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee shall (if required by the Company and
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specific direction of the Company) place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the
Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Note shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the
validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver. 
 ARTICLE X 
 REDEMPTION OF NOTES 
 Section 1001.  Right of
Redemption.  (a)  The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole or in part, at any time and from time to time on and after September 1, 2011 and prior to maturity at the applicable redemption price
set forth below. Such redemption may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance with Section 1005. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and
the performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such redemption and notice may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions
precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control. The Notes will be so redeemable at the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the
relevant Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date pursuant to Section 307), if redeemed during the 12-month period
commencing on September 1 of the years set forth below: 
  

			
	 Redemption Period
	  	Price                        
	 2011
	  	106.000%
	 2012
	  	103.000%
	 2013 and thereafter
	  	100.000%

 (b)        In addition, at any time and from time to time
on or prior to September 1, 2010, the Company at its option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional Notes),
with funds in an equal aggregate amount (the “Redemption Amount”) not exceeding the aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 112.0%, plus
accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date pursuant to Section 307);
provided, however, that an aggregate principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65% of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such
redemption. 
 The Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in
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notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another
Person. Any such notice may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but
not limited to the completion of the related Equity Offering. 
 (c)        At any time prior to
September 1, 2011, Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a price (the “Redemption Price”) equal to 100% of the principal amount
thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date
pursuant to Section 307). Such redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance with Section 1005. The Company may provide in such notice that
payment of the Redemption Price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person. Any such redemption, purchase or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be
subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control. 
 “Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a Note at any Redemption Date, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of (A) the present value at
such Redemption Date of (1) the redemption price of such Note on September 1, 2011 (such redemption price being that described in Section 1001(a)), plus (2) all required remaining scheduled interest payments
due on such Note through such date (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal amount of such Note on such
Redemption Date. Calculation of the Applicable Premium will be made by the Company or on behalf of the Company by such Person as the Company shall designate; provided that such calculation shall not be a duty or obligation of the Trustee.

 “Treasury Rate” means, with respect to a Redemption Date, the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United
States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15(519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to such Redemption Date (or, if such
Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from such Redemption Date to September 1, 2011; provided, however, that if the period from the
Redemption Date to such date is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of
a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the Redemption Date to such date is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United
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 Section 1002.  Applicability of Article.  Redemption or purchase of
Notes as permitted by Section 1001 shall be made in accordance with this Article X. 
 Section 1003.  Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.  In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all of the Notes, the Company shall, at least two Business Days (but not more than
60 days, other than in the case of defeasance or satisfaction and discharge) prior to the date on which notice is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to Section 1005, notify the Trustee of such Redemption
Date and of the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed. 
 Section 1004.  Selection by Trustee of Notes to Be
Redeemed.  In the case of any partial redemption, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such other method as the
Trustee in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair and appropriate, although no Note with an original principal amount equal to or less than the Minimum Denomination will be redeemed in part. 
 The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. On and after the Redemption Date, interest will cease to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. 
 For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case
of any Note redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal of such Note that has been or is to be redeemed. 
 Section 1005.  Notice of Redemption.  Notice of redemption or purchase as provided in Section 1001 shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 days nor (other than
in the case of defeasance or satisfaction and discharge) more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed, at such Holder’s address appearing in the Note Register. 
 Any such notice shall state: 
 (1) the expected Redemption Date, 
 (2) the redemption price (or the formula by which the redemption price will be
determined), 
 (3) if less than all Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial
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 (4) that, on the Redemption Date, the redemption price will become due and payable upon
each such Note, and that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or the Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest thereon shall cease to accrue from and after said
date, and 
 (5) the place where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the redemption price. 
 In addition, if such redemption, purchase or notice is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, as permitted by Section 1001, such notice
shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase may not
occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the Redemption Date, or by the Redemption Date as so delayed. 
 The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such
redemption may be performed by another Person. 
 Notice of such redemption or purchase of Notes to be so redeemed or purchased at the
election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request (made to the Trustee at least 40 days (or such shorter period as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee) prior to the Redemption Date), by the Trustee in the name
and at the expense of the Company. Any such request will set forth the information to be stated in such notice, as provided by this Section 1005. 
 The notice if mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in
the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. 
 Section 1006.  Deposit of Redemption Price.  On or prior to 12:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Redemption Date, the
Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, the Company shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 403) an amount of money sufficient to pay the
redemption price of, and any accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Notes or portions thereof which are to be redeemed on that date. 
 Section 1007.  Notes Payable on Redemption Date.  Notice of redemption having been given as provided in this Article X, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable
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Agent is prohibited from paying the redemption price pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of such
Notes for redemption in accordance with such notice, such Notes shall be paid by the Company at the redemption price. Installments of interest whose Interest Payment Date is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such
Notes registered as such on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307. 
 On
and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and any accrued and unpaid interest on Notes called for redemption shall have been made available in accordance with Section 1006, the Notes (or the
portions thereof) called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the Holders of such Notes (or portions thereof) will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject to the last sentence of the preceding
paragraph, any accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes (or portions thereof) to the Redemption Date. If any Note (or portion thereof) called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if
any) shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Note (or portion thereof). 
 Section 1008.  [Reserved.] 
 Section 1009.  Notes Redeemed in Part.  Any
Note that is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at the Place of Payment (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized
denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered. 
 ARTICLE XI 
 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE 
 Section 1101.  Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.  This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of
further effect (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Notes herein expressly provided for), and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when 
 (i)      either 
 (a)        all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes
that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the
Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 403) have been cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or 
  

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 (b)        all such Notes not theretofore
cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation 
     (1)        have become due and payable, or 
     (2)        will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or 
     (3)        have been or are to be called for redemption within one year
under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, 
 (ii)         the Company has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the
Trustee money, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof, sufficient (without reinvestment) to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on such Notes not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal
(and premium, if any) and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes that have become due and payable), or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be (provided that if such redemption shall be pursuant to
Section 1001(c), (x) the amount of money or U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, that the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited shall be determined using an assumed Applicable Premium calculated
as of the date of such deposit, as calculated by the Company, and (y) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited additional money in trust on the Redemption Date, as required by Section 1006, as necessary to pay
the Applicable Premium as determined on such date); 
 (iii)        the Company has
paid or caused to be paid all other sums then payable hereunder by the Company; and 
 (iv)        the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each to the effect that all conditions precedent provided for in this
Section 1101 relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with, provided that any such counsel may rely on any Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact (including as to compliance with
the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii)). 
 Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the
Company to the Trustee under Section 707 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1101(ii), the obligations of the Trustee under Section 1102 shall survive. 
  

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 Section 1102.  Application of Trust Money.  Subject to the provisions of
the last paragraph of Section 403, all money and/or U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 1101 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with
the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes; but such
money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 
 ARTICLE XII 
 DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE 
 Section 1201.  The Company’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.  The Company may, at its option, at any time, elect to have terminated the obligations of the Company with respect to
Outstanding Notes and to have terminated all of the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors with respect to the Subsidiary Guarantees, in each case, as set forth in this Article XII, and elect to have either Section 1202 or
Section 1203 be applied to all of the Outstanding Notes (the “Defeased Notes”), upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in Section 1204. Either Section 1202 or Section 1203
may be applied to the Defeased Notes to any Redemption Date or the Stated Maturity of the Notes. 
 Section 1202.  Defeasance and Discharge.  Upon the Company’s exercise under Section 1201 of the option applicable to this Section 1202, the Company shall be deemed to have been
released and discharged from its obligations with respect to the Defeased Notes on the date the relevant conditions set forth in Section 1204 below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such
Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the Defeased Notes, which shall thereafter be deemed to be “Outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 1205
and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have satisfied all other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture insofar as
such Notes are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following, which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (a) the
rights of Holders of Defeased Notes to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1204 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on such Notes
when such payments are due, (b) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Defeased Notes under Sections 304, 305, 306, 402, and 403, (c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and
immunities of the Trustee hereunder, including the Trustee’s rights under Section 707, and (d) this Article XII. If the Company exercises its option under this Section 1202, payment of the Notes may
not be accelerated because of an Event of Default with respect thereto. Subject to compliance with this Article XII, the Company may, at its option and at any time, exercise its option under this Section 1202 notwithstanding the
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 Section 1203.  Covenant Defeasance.  Upon the Company’s exercise
under Section 1201 of the option applicable to this Section 1203, (a) the Company shall be released from its obligations under any covenant or provision contained in Section 405 and Sections 407
through 415, and the provisions of clauses (iii), (iv) and (v) of Section 501(a) shall not apply, and (b) the occurrence of any event specified in clause (iv), (v) (with respect to
Section 405 and Sections 407 through 415, inclusive), (vi), (vii), (viii) (with respect to Subsidiaries), (ix) (with respect to Subsidiaries), (x) or (xi) of Section 601 shall be deemed not
to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to the Defeased Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be
deemed not to be “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or Act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants or provisions, but shall continue to be deemed
“Outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Notes, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition
or limitation set forth in any such covenant or provision, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or provision or by reason of any reference in any such covenant or provision to any other
provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 601, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Outstanding Notes
shall be unaffected thereby. 
 Section 1204.  Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.  The
following shall be the conditions to application of either Section 1202 or Section 1203 to the Outstanding Notes: 
 (1) The Company shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee, in trust, money or U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof, in amounts as will be sufficient (without
reinvestment), to pay and discharge the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Defeased Notes to the Stated Maturity or relevant Redemption Date in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes (provided that if
such redemption shall be pursuant to Section 1001(c), (x) the amount of money or U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof that the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited shall be determined using an
assumed Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of such deposit, as calculated by the Company, and (y) the Company must irrevocably deposit or cause to be deposited additional money in trust on the Redemption Date, as required by
Section 1006, as necessary to pay the Applicable Premium as determined on such date); 
 (2) No Default or Event
of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; 
 (3) Such deposit shall not result in a
breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound; 
  

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 (4) In the case of an election under Section 1202, the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP or other counsel in the United States to the effect that (x) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue
Service a ruling or (y) since the Closing Date, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm to the effect that, the Holders of the
Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such 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 Defeasance had not occurred; provided that such Opinion of Counsel need not be delivered if all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that
have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306, and (ii) Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or
discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 403) not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable, will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or are to be called for
redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company; 
 (5) In the case of an election under Section 1203, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel from Debevoise & Plimpton LLP or other counsel in the United States to the
effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such 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 Covenant Defeasance had not occurred; and 
 (6) The Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each to the effect that all conditions precedent provided for in this Section 1204 relating to either the Defeasance under Section 1202 or the
Covenant Defeasance under Section 1203, as the case may be, have been complied with. In rendering such Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate as to compliance with the foregoing clauses (1), (2) and
(3) of this Section 1204 or as to any matters of fact. 
 Section 1205.  Deposited Money and U.S.
Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.  Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 403, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof)
deposited with the Trustee (or such other Person that would qualify to act as successor trustee under Article VII, collectively and solely for purposes of this Section 1205, the “Trustee”) pursuant to
Section 1204 in respect of the Defeased Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent as the
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Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other
funds except to the extent required by law. 
 The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee and its agents and hold them harmless against
any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1204, or the principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof, other than any such tax, fee or
other charge that by law is for the account of the Holders of the Defeased Notes. 
 Anything in this Article XII to the contrary
notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver to the Company from time to time, upon Company Request, any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1204 that, in the opinion of a nationally recognized accounting
or investment banking firm expressed in a written certification thereof to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. Subject to Article
VII, the Trustee shall not incur any liability to any Person by relying on such opinion. 
 Section 1206.  Reinstatement.  If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 1202 or 1203, as the case may be, by
reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Indenture, the Notes and the
Subsidiary Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 1202 or 1203, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money and
U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 1202 or 1203, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor makes any payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest
on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company or Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money and U.S. Government
Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent. 
 Section 1207.  Repayment to the Company.  Subject to any
applicable abandoned property laws, the Trustee shall pay to the Company upon Company Request any money held by it for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to money
must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another Person and all liability of the Trustee or Paying Agent with respect to such money shall thereupon cease. 
  

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 ARTICLE XIII 
 SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES 
 Section 1301.  Guarantees Generally. 
 (a)        Guarantee of Each Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Subsidiary Guarantor, as primary obligor and not
merely as surety, hereby jointly and severally, irrevocably and fully and unconditionally Guarantees, on an unsecured senior basis, the punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all monetary obligations
of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes, whether for principal of or interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise (all such obligations guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantors being herein called the “Subsidiary
Guaranteed Obligations”). 
 The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor will be limited to the maximum amount, as will, after
giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including but not limited to any Guarantee by it of any Bank Indebtedness) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of
any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Subsidiary Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor
under the Subsidiary Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law, or being void or unenforceable under any law relating to insolvency of debtors. 
 (b)        Further Agreements of Each Subsidiary Guarantor. (i) Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby
agrees that (to the fullest extent permitted by law) its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company or any other Subsidiary
Guarantor to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, any release of any other Subsidiary Guarantor, the
recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same, whether or not a notation concerning its Subsidiary Guarantee is made on any particular Note, or any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge or defense of a Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 (ii)        Each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby waives (to the fullest extent permitted by law) the benefit of diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a
proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that (except as otherwise provided in Section 1303) its Subsidiary Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in the Notes, this Indenture and this Subsidiary Guarantee. Such Subsidiary Guarantee is a guarantee of payment and not of collection. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees (to the fullest extent permitted by law) that, as
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of the obligations guaranteed by its Subsidiary Guarantee may be accelerated as and to the extent provided in Article VI for the purposes of such
Subsidiary Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantee, and (2) in the event of any acceleration of such
obligations as provided in Article VI, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Section 1301 for the purpose of such
Subsidiary Guarantee. Neither the Trustee nor any other Person shall have any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or to take any other steps under any security for the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations or against the Company or
any other Person or any property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee is entitled to demand payment and performance by any or all Subsidiary Guarantors of their obligations under their respective Subsidiary Guarantees or under this
Indenture. 
 (iii)       Until terminated in accordance with Section 1303,
each Subsidiary Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Company for liquidation or reorganization, should the Company become insolvent or make an assignment for the
benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Company’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at
any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on such Notes, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent
transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be
reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned. 
 (c)        Each Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Subsidiary Guarantee shall have the right to seek contribution from the Company or any non-paying Subsidiary
Guarantor that has also Guaranteed the relevant Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations in respect of which such payment or distribution is made, so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Subsidiary
Guarantees. 
 (d)        Each Subsidiary Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and
indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that its Subsidiary Guarantee, and the waiver set forth in Section 1305, are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. 
 (e)        Each Subsidiary Guarantor, pursuant to its Subsidiary Guarantee, also hereby agrees to pay any and
all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under its Subsidiary Guarantee. 
  

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 Section 1302.  Continuing Guarantees.  (a) Each Subsidiary
Guarantee shall be a continuing Guarantee and shall (i) subject to Section 1303, remain in full force and effect until payment in full of the principal amount of all Outstanding Notes (whether by payment at maturity,
purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition) and all other Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantor then due and owing, (ii) be binding upon such Subsidiary Guarantor and (iii) inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Trustee, the Holders and their permitted successors, transferees and assigns. 
 (b)        The obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment which would otherwise have
reduced or terminated the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder and under its Subsidiary Guarantee (whether such payment shall have been made by or on behalf of the Company or by or on behalf of a Subsidiary Guarantor) is rescinded or
reclaimed from any of the Holders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or reorganization of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. 
 Section 1303.  Release of Subsidiary Guarantees.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 1302, Subsidiary
Guarantees will be subject to termination and discharge under the circumstances described in this Section 1303. Any Subsidiary Guarantor will automatically and unconditionally be released from all obligations under its Subsidiary
Guarantee, and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon terminate and be discharged and of no further force or effect, (i) concurrently with any direct or indirect sale or disposition (by merger or otherwise) of any Subsidiary Guarantor
or any interest therein in accordance with the terms of this Indenture (including Section 411 and Section 501) by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, following which such Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) at any time that such Subsidiary Guarantor is released from all of its obligations under all of its Guarantees of payment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Senior
Credit Facilities and Capital Markets Securities and is not a borrower under the Senior ABL Facility (it being understood that a release subject to contingent reinstatement is still a release, and that if any such Guarantee is so reinstated, such
Subsidiary Guarantee shall also be reinstated to the extent that such Subsidiary Guarantor would then be required to provide a Subsidiary Guarantee pursuant to Section 414), (iii) upon the merger or consolidation of any
Subsidiary Guarantor with and into the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor that is the surviving Person in such merger or consolidation, or upon the liquidation of such Subsidiary Guarantor following the transfer of all of its assets to the
Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor (iv) concurrently with any Subsidiary Guarantor becoming an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (v) upon Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of the Company’s obligations, or satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture, or (vi) subject to Section 1301(b)(iii) and Section 1302(b), upon payment in full of the aggregate principal amount of all Notes then Outstanding and all other Subsidiary Guaranteed
Obligations then due and owing. In addition, the Company will have the right, upon 30 days’ notice to the Trustee, to cause any Subsidiary Guarantor that has not guaranteed payment of any Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
under the Senior Credit Facilities or Capital Markets Securities and is not a borrower under the Senior ABL Facility to be unconditionally released from all obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee, and such Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon
terminate and be discharged and of no further force or effect. 
  

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 Upon any such occurrence specified in this Section 1303, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably
requested by the Company in order to evidence such release, discharge and termination in respect of the applicable Subsidiary Guarantee. 
 Section 1304.  [Reserved]. 
 Section 1305.  Waiver of Subrogation.  Each
Subsidiary Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any claim or other rights that it may now or hereafter acquire against the Company that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of the Company’s obligations under the Notes
and this Indenture or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under its Subsidiary Guarantee and this Indenture, including any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or
remedy of any Holder of Notes against the Company, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or under contract, statute or common law, until this Indenture is discharged and all of the Notes are discharged and paid in full. If any
amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be deemed to have been paid to such Subsidiary Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in trust
for the benefit of, the Holders of the Notes, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Notes, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 Section 1306.  Notation Not Required.  Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required
to make a notation on the Notes to reflect any Subsidiary Guarantee or any release, termination or discharge thereof. 
 Section 1307.  Successors and Assigns of Subsidiary Guarantors.  All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each Subsidiary Guarantor shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether so
expressed or not. 
 Section 1308.  Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees.  The Company shall
cause each Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 414, and each Subsidiary of the Company that the Company causes to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 414,
to promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a Supplemental Indenture substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit D to this Indenture, or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, evidencing its Subsidiary
Guarantee on substantially the terms set forth in this Article XIII. Concurrently therewith, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee to the effect that such
Supplemental Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and that, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other laws now
or hereafter in effect affecting creditors’ rights or remedies generally and to general principles of equity (including standards of materiality, good faith, fair 

  

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dealing and reasonableness), whether considered in a proceeding at law or at equity, such Supplemental Indenture is a valid and binding agreement of such
Restricted Subsidiary, enforceable against such Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with its terms. 
 Section 1309.  Notices.  Notice to any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sufficient if addressed to such Subsidiary Guarantor care of the Company at the address, place and manner provided in
Section 109. 
  

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

					
	HDS ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Sanjay Banker

		 	Name:	 	Sanjay Banker
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

 [Senior Indenture] 

					
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Frank McDonald

		 	Name:	 	Frank McDonald
		 	Title:	 	Vice President

 [Senior Indenture] 

 EXHIBIT A 
 Form of Initial Note1 
 (FACE OF NOTE) 
 HDS ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY, INC. 
 (to be merged into HD Supply, Inc.) 
 12.0%
Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014 
  

					
	 CUSIP No.
 No.
                    
	 		  	 $

 HDS Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (and its successors and assigns) (the “Company”), promises to pay to
                                        ,
or registered assigns, the principal sum of $                    
([                    ] United States Dollars) [(or such lesser or greater amount as shall be outstanding hereunder from time to time in accordance
with Sections 301, 312 and 313, as applicable, of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof)]2 (the “Principal Amount”) on
September 1, 2014. 
 Interest on this Note shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year,
commencing March 1, 2008 (each, an “Interest Payment Date”), at the rate of 12.0% per annum, until the Principal Amount is paid or made available for payment. [Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to
which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Closing Date.]3 [Interest on this Note will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most recent date to which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if no such
interest has been paid, from [August 30, 2007]4.]5 
 Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid
or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest, which shall be the February 15 and August 15 (whether or not a Business Day) (a “Regular Record Date”), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any interest on the Notes that is
payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been

  

	1
	Insert any applicable legends from Article II. 

	2
	Insert only if Note is issued in global form. 

	3
	Include only for Original Notes. 

	4
	Insert the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of the applicable Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such Additional Notes is an Interest
Payment Date, such date of issuance. 

	5
	Include only for Additional Notes. 

 
such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election, to the Person in whose name the Notes (or one or more Predecessor
Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Notes not more than 15 days nor less than 10 days prior to
such Special Record Date, or at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully
provided in Section 307 of the Indenture. 
 The Holder of this Note is entitled to the benefits of the Exchange and Registration Rights
Agreement, dated August 30, 2007, among the Company and the Purchasers named therein (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). Until (i) this Note has been exchanged for an Exchange Security (as defined in the
Registration Rights Agreement) in an Exchange Offer (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement); (ii) a Shelf Registration Statement (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement) registering this Note under the Securities Act
has been declared or becomes effective and this Note has been sold or otherwise transferred by the holder thereof pursuant to and in a manner contemplated by such effective Shelf Registration Statement; (iii) this Note is sold pursuant
to Rule 144 under circumstances in which any legend borne by this Note relating to restrictions on transferability thereof, under the Securities Act or otherwise, is removed by the Company or pursuant to the Indenture referred to on the reverse
hereof; or (iv) this Note is eligible to be sold pursuant to paragraph (k) of Rule 144: From and including the date on which a Registration Default (as defined below) shall occur to but excluding the date on which such Registration
Default has been cured, additional interest will accrue on this Note until such time as all Registration Defaults have been cured at the rate of (a) prior to the 91st day of such period (for so long as such period is continuing), 0.25% per annum and (b) thereafter (so long as such
period is continuing), 0.50% per annum. Any such additional interest shall not exceed such respective rates for such respective periods, and shall not in any event exceed 0.50% per annum in the aggregate, regardless of the number of
Registration Defaults that shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such additional interest shall be paid in the same manner and on the same dates as interest payments in respect of this Note. Following the cure of all Registration Defaults, the
accrual of such additional interest will cease. A Registration Default under clause (iii) or (iv) below will be deemed cured upon consummation of the Exchange Offer in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed due to
a failure to consummate the Exchange Offer within the required time period. For purposes of the foregoing, each of the following events, as more particularly defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, is a “Registration Default”:
(i) the Exchange Registration Statement has not become effective or been declared effective on or before July 31, 2009; (ii) the Exchange Offer has not been consummated on or before August 30, 2009;
(iii) if a Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights Agreement is not declared effective by the SEC on or before the later of (x) July 31, 2009 or (y) 120 days after the date on which
the obligation to file the Shelf Registration Statement arises, or (iv) if any Shelf Registration Statement required by the Registration Rights Agreement is filed and declared effective, and during the period the Company and the
Guarantors are required to use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to remain effective, (1) the Company shall have suspended the 

  

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Shelf Registration Statement for more than 60 days in the aggregate in any consecutive twelve-month period and be continuing to suspend the availability of
the Shelf Registration Statement, or (2) the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective (other than by action of the Company pursuant to the second paragraph of Section 2(b) of the Registration Rights Agreement) without
being replaced within 90 days by a Shelf Registration Statement that is filed and declared effective.6 7 
 Interest on the Outstanding principal amount of Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on
March 1 and September 1 in each year, commencing on March 1, 2008, to holders of record on the immediately preceding February 15 and August 15, respectively (each such February 15 and August 15, a “Regular
Record Date”). Interest on the Original Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from August 30, 2007, and interest on any Additional Notes (and
Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor) will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid on such Additional Notes, from the Interest
Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such Additional Notes is an Interest Payment Date, from such date of issuance; provided that if any Note is surrendered for
exchange on or after a record date for an Interest Payment Date that will occur on or after the date of such exchange, interest on the Note received in exchange thereof will accrue from the date of such Interest Payment Date. 
 Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or such other
office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of interest may be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated to the Company
by the Person entitled thereto or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note Register. 
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall
not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
  

	6
	Include only for Initial Note when required by the Registration Rights Agreement. 

	7
	For an Initial Additional Note, add any similar provision, if any, as may be agreed by the Company with respect to additional interest on such Initial Additional Note.

  

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

			
	HDS ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 This is one of the Notes referred to in the within mentioned Indenture. 
  

	
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
	
	  

	 Authorized Officer

 Dated: 
  

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 (REVERSE OF NOTE) 
 This Note is one of the duly authorized issue of 12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014 of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued under an Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2007 (herein
called the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meanings assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, as issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, any other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Notes include those stated in
the Indenture and those made a part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect from time to time (the “TIA”). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the
Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. Additional Notes may be issued under the Indenture which will vote as a class with the Notes and otherwise be treated as Notes for purposes of the Indenture. 
 All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 This Note may hereafter be entitled to certain other senior Subsidiary Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is made to Article
XIII of the Indenture for terms relating to such Subsidiary Guarantees, including the release, termination and discharge thereof. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required to make any notation on this Note to reflect any
Subsidiary Guarantee or any such release, termination or discharge. 
 The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole
or in part, at any time and from time to time on and after September 1, 2011 and prior to maturity at the applicable redemption price set forth below. Such redemption may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s
registered address in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another
Person. Any such redemption and notice may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control. The Notes will be so redeemable at
the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the relevant Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to
receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date pursuant to Section 307 of the Indenture), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on September 1 of the years set forth below: 
  

			
	 Period
	  	 Redemption Price

		
	2011	  	106.000%
		
	2012	  	103.000%
		
	2013 and thereafter	  	100.000%

  

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 In addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to September 1, 2010, the Company at its
option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional Notes), with funds in an equal aggregate amount not exceeding the
aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 112.0%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date pursuant to Section 307 of the Indenture); provided, however, that an aggregate principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65% of
the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption. The Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture (but in no event more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity Offering). The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance
of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such notice may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s
discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to the completion of the related Equity Offering. 
 At any time prior to September 1, 2011, Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date pursuant to Section 307 of the Indenture). Such redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice
that payment of the Redemption Price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person. Any such redemption, purchase or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be
subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control. 
 The
Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence after the Closing Date of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101%
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plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of such repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes in the event it has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as described above. 

The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund. 
 The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon
compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 
 If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be affected
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or
in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of
the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to pursue any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not
less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy, such Holder or Holders shall have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss,
liability or expense, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for
60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

  

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 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly executed by the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
 The Notes shall be issuable only in fully
registered form without coupons, and only in denominations of the Minimum Denomination and any integral multiple of $1,000.00 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration, transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. 
 The Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose
name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and (subject to Section 307 of the Indenture) interest on, such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not this Note be overdue, and none of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Company, or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each
Noteholder, by accepting this Note, hereby waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 
 THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE
NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES, IF ANY. 
  

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 [FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER] 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 
 Insert Taxpayer Identification No. 
 (Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee) 

 

			
	  
	  	
	  
	  	

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

			
	  
	  	
	  
	  	

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

 Check One 
  

					
	 ̈	 	(a)	  	this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.
	
	or
			
	  ̈
	 	(b)	  	this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note and the
Indenture.

 If neither of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Note Registrar shall not be obligated to
register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 313 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied. 
  

					
	Date:	 	  
	 	
	  
	 	

  

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

					
	Signature Guarantee:	 	  
	  	

  
 Signatures must be
guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such
other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  

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 TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED. 
 The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole
investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule
144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A. 
  

									
	Dated:	 	  
	 		 	  
	 	
		 		 		 	NOTICE:  To be executed by an executive officer	 	

  

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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 
 If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or Section 415 of the Indenture, check the
box:   ̈. 
 If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 411 of the Indenture, state the amount below: 
 $                     
 Date:                                     

Your
Signature:                                     

 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) 
 Signature Guarantee: 
 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of
the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar
in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  

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 SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE 
 The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 
  

									
	 Amount of decreases
  
 in principal amount
  
 of this Global Note
	  	 Amount of increases
  
 in principal amount
  
 of this Global Note
	  	 Principal amount
  
 of this Global Note following
  
 such decreases or
increases
	  	 Signature
  
 of authorized officer
  
 of Trustee or Notes Custodian

	  	

  

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 EXHIBIT B 
 Form of Exchange Note8 
 (FACE OF NOTE) 
 HDS ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY, INC. 
 (to be merged into HD Supply, Inc.) 
 12.0%
Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014 
 CUSIP No. 

			
	No.                     	  	$             

 HDS Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the
State of Delaware (and its successors and assigns) (the “Company”), promises to pay to                     , or registered
assigns, the principal sum of $             ([            ] United States Dollars) [(or such lesser or greater amount as
shall be outstanding hereunder from time to time in accordance with Sections 301, 312 and 313, as applicable, of the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof)]9 (the “Principal Amount”) on                     , 2014. 
 Interest on this Note shall be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 of each year, commencing March 1, 2008 (each,
an “Interest Payment Date”), at the rate of 12.0% per annum, until the Principal Amount is paid or made available for payment. [Interest on this Note will accrue from the most recent date to which interest on this Note or any
of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Closing Date.]10 [Interest on this Note will accrue (or will be deemed to
have accrued) from the most recent date to which interest on this Note or any of its Predecessor Notes has been paid or duly provided for or, if no such interest has been paid, from [August 30, 2007]11.]12. 
 Interest on the Notes
shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall, as provided in the Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose
name this Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the February 15 and August 15 (whether or not a Business Day) (a “Regular Record
Date”), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any interest on the Notes that is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (“Defaulted Interest”) shall
forthwith cease to 
  

	8
	Insert any applicable legends from Article II. 

	9
	Insert only if Note is issued in global form. 

	10
	Include only for Original Notes. 

	11
	Insert the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of the applicable Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such Additional Notes is an Interest
Payment Date, such date of issuance. 

	12
	Include only for Additional Notes. 

 
be payable to the registered Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder; and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the
Company, at its election, to the Person in whose name the Notes (or one or more Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof
shall be given to Holders of Notes not more than 15 days nor less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be
listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in Section 307 of the Indenture. 
 Interest on the Outstanding principal amount of Notes will be payable semi-annually in arrears on March 1 and September 1 in each year, commencing on March 1, 2008, to holders of record on the immediately preceding
February 15 and August 15, respectively (each such February 15 and August 15, a “Regular Record Date”). Interest on the Original Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly
provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from August 30, 2007, and interest on any Additional Notes (and Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor) will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most recent date to which
interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid on such Additional Notes, from the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such Additional
Notes is an Interest Payment Date, from such date of issuance; provided that if any Note is surrendered for exchange on or after a record date for an Interest Payment Date that will occur on or after the date of such exchange, interest on the
Note received in exchange thereof will accrue from the date of such Interest Payment Date. 
 Payment of the principal of (and premium, if
any) and interest on this Note will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, or such other office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose; provided, however, that at the option of the Company, payment of
interest may be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated to the Company by the Person entitled thereto or by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note
Register. 
 Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall
for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place. 
 Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by
the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. 
  

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

			
	HDS ACQUISITION SUBSIDIARY, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

 This is one of the Notes referred to in the within mentioned Indenture. 
  

	
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
	  

	        Authorized Officer

 Dated: 
  

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 (REVERSE OF NOTE) 
 This Note is one of the duly authorized issue of 12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014 of the Company (herein called the “Notes”), issued under an Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2007 (herein
called the “Indenture,” which term shall have the meanings assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, as issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time parties thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Trustee (herein called the “Trustee,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and
immunities thereunder of the Company, any other obligor upon this Note, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The terms of the Notes include those stated in
the Indenture and those made a part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as in effect from time to time (the “TIA”). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the
Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such terms. Additional Notes may be issued under the Indenture which will vote as a class with the Notes and otherwise be treated as Notes for purposes of the Indenture. 
 All terms used in this Note that are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. 
 This Note may hereafter be entitled to certain other senior Subsidiary Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is made to Article
XIII of the Indenture for terms relating to such Subsidiary Guarantees, including the release, termination and discharge thereof. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be required to make any notation on this Note to reflect any
Subsidiary Guarantee or any such release, termination or discharge. 
 The Notes will be redeemable, at the Company’s option, in whole
or in part, at any time and from time to time on and after September 1, 2011 and prior to maturity at the applicable redemption price set forth below. Such redemption may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s
registered address in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and the performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another
Person. Any such redemption and notice may, in the Company’s discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control. The Notes will be so redeemable at
the following redemption prices (expressed as a percentage of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the relevant Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Regular Record Date to
receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date pursuant to Section 307 of the Indenture), if redeemed during the 12-month period commencing on September 1 of the years set forth below: 
  

			
	 Period
	 	 Redemption Price

		
	2011	 	106.000%
		
	2012	 	103.000%
		
	2013 and thereafter	 	100.000%

  

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 In addition, at any time and from time to time on or prior to September 1, 2010, the Company at its
option may redeem Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional Notes), with funds in an equal aggregate amount not exceeding the
aggregate proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage of principal amount thereof) of 112.0%, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of
record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date pursuant to Section 307 of the Indenture); provided, however, that an aggregate principal amount of Notes equal to at least 65% of
the original aggregate principal amount of Notes (including the principal amount of any Additional Notes) must remain outstanding after each such redemption. The Company may make such redemption upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each
Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture (but in no event more than 180 days after the completion of the related Equity Offering). The Company may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance
of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person. Any such notice may be given prior to the completion of the related Equity Offering, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Company’s
discretion, be subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to the completion of the related Equity Offering. 
 At any time prior to September 1, 2011, Notes may also be redeemed or purchased (by the Company or any other Person) in whole or in part, at the Company’s option, at a price equal to 100% of the principal
amount thereof plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, the Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment
Date pursuant to Section 307 of the Indenture). Such redemption or purchase may be made upon notice mailed by first-class mail to each Holder’s registered address in accordance with the Indenture. The Company may provide in such notice
that payment of the Redemption Price and performance of the Company’s obligations with respect to such redemption or purchase may be performed by another Person. Any such redemption, purchase or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be
subject to the satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, including but not limited to the occurrence of a Change of Control. 
 The
Indenture provides that, upon the occurrence after the Closing Date of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require that the Company repurchase all or any part of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101%
of the principal amount thereof 

  

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plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of such repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to
receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date); provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to repurchase Notes in the event it has exercised its right to redeem all the Notes as described above. 

The Notes will not be entitled to the benefit of a sinking fund. 
 The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of the entire indebtedness of this Note or certain restrictive covenants and certain Events of Default with respect to this Note, in each case upon
compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture. 
 If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall occur and be
continuing, the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. 
 The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes to be affected
under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified
percentages in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their
consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or
in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note. 
 As provided in and subject to the provisions of
the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to pursue any remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes, the Holders of not
less than 30% in principal amount of the Notes at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to pursue such remedy, such Holder or Holders shall have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss,
liability or expense, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Notes at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding for
60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of security or indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest
hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein. 
 No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the
Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.

  

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 As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this
Note is registrable in the Note Register, upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Company and the Note Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same
aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees. 
 The Notes shall be issuable only in fully
registered form without coupons, and only in denominations of the Minimum Denomination and any integral multiple of $1,000.00 in excess thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the Notes are
exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same. 
 No service charge shall be made for any such registration, transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith. 
 The Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and any agent of any of them may treat the Person in whose
name this Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of (and premium, if any), and (subject to Section 307 of the Indenture) interest on, such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or
not this Note be overdue, and none of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee, the Paying Agent nor any agent of any of them shall be affected by notice to the contrary. 
 No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall
have any liability for any obligation of the Company, or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture, the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each
Noteholder, by accepting this Note, hereby waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes. 
 THE INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE
NOTES) THE HOLDERS, AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR
THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES, IF ANY. 
  

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 [FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER] 
 FOR VALUE RECEIVED the undersigned holder hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto 
 Insert Taxpayer Identification No. 
 (Please print or typewrite name and address including zip code of assignee) 

 

			
	  
	  	
	  
	  	

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

			
	  
	  	

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

 Check One 
  

					
	 ̈	 	(a)	  	this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, provided by Rule 144A thereunder.
	
	or
			
	  ̈
	 	(b)	  	this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a) above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in this Note and the
Indenture.

 If neither of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or other Note Registrar shall not be obligated to
register this Note in the name of any Person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Section 313 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied. 
  

					
	Date:	 	  
	 	
	  
	 	

  

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

			
	Signature Guarantee:	 	  

 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the
requirements of the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the
Note Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  

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 TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a) ABOVE IS CHECKED. 
 The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole
investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule
144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A. 
  

									
	Dated:	 	  
	 		 	  
	 	
		 		 		 	NOTICE:  To be executed by an executive officer	 	

  

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 OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE 
 If you wish to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 411 or Section 415 of the Indenture, check the
box:   ̈. 
 If you wish to have a portion of this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to
Section 411 of the Indenture, state the amount below: 
 $                     
 Date:                                     

Your
Signature:                                     

 (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note) 
 Signature Guarantee: 
 Signatures must be guaranteed by an “eligible guarantor institution” meeting the requirements of
the Note Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (“STAMP”) or such other “signature guarantee program” as may be determined by the Note Registrar
in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. 
  

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 SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTE 
 The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made: 
  

									
	 Amount of decreases
  
 in principal amount
  
 of this Global Note
	  	 Amount of increases
  
 in principal amount
  
 of this Global Note
	  	 Principal amount
  
 of this Global Note following
  
 such decreases or
increases
	  	 Signature
  
 of authorized officer
  
 of Trustee or Notes Custodian

	  	

  

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 EXHIBIT C 
 Form of Certificate of Beneficial Ownership 
 On or after
[            ], 20[    ] 
 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 
 625 Marquette Avenue 
 MAC N9311-110 
 Minneapolis, MN 55479 
 Attention: Corporate Trust Services 
  

	 	Re:	HDS Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc. (the “Company”) 

 12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 This letter relates to $             principal amount of Notes represented by the
offshore [temporary] global note certificate (the “[Temporary] Regulation S Global Note”). Pursuant to Section 313(3) of the Indenture dated as of August 30, 2007 relating to the Notes (the “Indenture”),
we hereby certify that (1) we are the beneficial owner of such principal amount of Notes represented by the [Temporary] Regulation S Global Note and (2) we are either (i) a Non-U.S. Person to whom the Notes could
be transferred in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S (“Regulation S”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”) or (ii) a U.S. Person who purchased securities in a
transaction that did not require registration under the Act. 
 You, the Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this
letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the
meanings set forth in Regulation S. 
  

					
	Very truly yours,	 	
		
	[Name of Holder]	 	
			
	By:	 	  
	 	
		 	Authorized Signature	 	

 EXHIBIT D 
 Form of Regulation S Certificate 
 Regulation S Certificate 
 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 
 625 Marquette Avenue 
 MAC N9311-110 
 Minneapolis, MN 55479 
 Attention: Corporate Trust Services 
  

	 	Re:	HDS Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc. (the “Company”) 

 12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 In connection with our proposed sale of $             aggregate principal amount of
Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S (“Regulation S”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and accordingly, we hereby
certify as follows: 
 1.    The offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States (unless
such person or the account held by it for which it is acting is excluded from the definition of “U.S. person” pursuant to Rule 902(k)(2)(vi) or 902(k)(2)(i) of Regulation S under the circumstances described in Rule 902(h)(3) of Regulation
S) or specifically targeted at an identifiable group of U.S. citizens abroad. 
 2.    Either
(a) at the time the buy order was originated, the buyer was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the buyer was outside the United States or (b) the transaction was
executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market, and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction was pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States. 
 3.    No directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule
903(a)(2) or Rule 904(a)(2) of Regulation S, as applicable. 
 4.    The proposed transfer of Notes is
not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act. 
 5.    If we
are a dealer or a person receiving a selling concession or other fee or remuneration in respect of the Notes, and the proposed transfer takes place before end of the distribution compliance period under Regulation S, or we are an officer or director
of the Company or a distributor, we certify that the proposed transfer is being made in accordance with the provisions of Rules 903 and 904 of Regulation S. 

 6.    If the proposed transfer takes place before the end of the
distribution compliance period under Regulation S, the beneficial interest in the Notes so transferred will be held immediately thereafter through Euroclear (as defined in such Indenture) or Clearstream (as defined in such Indenture). 
 7.    We have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes. 
 You, the Company and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this Certificate and are irrevocably authorized to produce this Certificate or a
copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	[NAME OF SELLER]
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
		 	Address:

 Date of this Certificate:
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 EXHIBIT E 
 Form of Supplemental Indenture in Respect of Subsidiary Guarantee 
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as
of [            ] (this “Supplemental Indenture”), among [name of Guarantor(s)] (the “Subsidiary Guarantor(s)”), and HD Supply, Inc., a corporation
duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of [Texas] (and its successors and assigns, the “Company”), and each other then existing Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture referred to below (the “Existing
Guarantors”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below. 
 W I T N E S S E T H:

 WHEREAS, the Company, any Existing Guarantors and the Trustee have heretofore become parties to an Indenture, dated as of August 30,
2007 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of 12.0% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Company (the “Notes”); 
 WHEREAS, Section 1308 of the Indenture provides that the Company is required to cause the Subsidiary Guarantors to execute and deliver to the
Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantors shall guarantee the Company’s Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Notes pursuant to a Subsidiary Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein and in
Article XIII of the Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, each Subsidiary Guarantor desires to enter into such supplemental indenture for good and valuable
consideration, including substantial economic benefit in that the financial performance and condition of such Subsidiary Guarantor is dependent on the financial performance and condition of the Company, the obligations hereunder of which such
Subsidiary Guarantor has guaranteed, and on such Subsidiary Guarantor’s access to working capital through the Company’s access to revolving credit borrowings under the Senior Credit Agreements; and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the parties hereto are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend
the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Company, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: 
 1.    Defined Terms.    As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the
preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a
whole and not to any particular Section hereof. 
 2.    Agreement to Guarantee.    [The]
[Each] Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and severally with [all] [any] other Subsidiary Guarantors and fully and unconditionally, 

 
to guarantee the Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligations under the Indenture and the Notes on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Article XIII of
the Indenture and to be bound by (and shall be entitled to the benefits of) all other applicable provisions of the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor. 
 3.    Termination, Release and Discharge.    [The] [Each] Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee shall terminate and be of no further force or effect, and [the]
[each] Subsidiary Guarantor shall be released and discharged from all obligations in respect of such Subsidiary Guarantee, as and when provided in Section 1303 of the Indenture. 
 4.    Parties.    Nothing in this Supplemental Indenture is intended or shall be construed to give any
Person, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of [the] [each] Subsidiary Guarantor’s Subsidiary Guarantee or any provision contained herein or in Article XIII of the Indenture.

 5.    Governing Law.    THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT
LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. 
 6.    Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture.    Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed
and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and
delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or as to the accuracy of the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture. 
 7.    Counterparts.    The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in
counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement. 
 8.    Headings.    The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

  

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

			
	 [NAME OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR(S)],
 as Subsidiary Guarantor

		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	HD SUPPLY, INC.
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:
	
	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Name:
		 	Title:

  

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 EXHIBIT F 
 [Form of Certificate from Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investors 
 Certificate from Acquiring
Institutional Accredited Investor] 
 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 
 625 Marquette Avenue 
 MAC N9311-110 
 Minneapolis, MN
55479 
 Attention: Corporate Trust Services 
  

	 	Re:	HDS Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc. (the “Company”) 

 12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014 (the “Notes”) 
 Ladies and Gentlemen: 
 In connection with our proposed sale of $             aggregate principal amount of
Notes, we confirm that: 
 1.        We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is
subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in the Indenture dated as of August 30, 2007 relating to the Notes (the “Indenture”) and the undersigned agrees to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise
transfer the Notes except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). 
 2.        We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act or any other applicable securities law, and that the Notes may not be offered, sold or
otherwise transferred except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should offer, sell, transfer, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise
dispose of any Notes within two years after the original issuance of the Notes, we will do so only (A) to the Company, (B) inside the United States to a “qualified institutional buyer” in compliance with Rule 144A
under the Securities Act, (C) inside the United States to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer, furnishes to you a signed letter substantially in the form of this letter,
(D) outside the United States to a foreign person in compliance with Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (E) pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if
available), or (F) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are
restricted as stated herein and in the Indenture. 
 3.        We understand that, on any proposed
transfer of any Notes prior to the later of the original issue date of the Notes and the last date the Notes were held by an affiliate of the Company pursuant to paragraphs 2(C), 2(D) and 2(E) above, we will be required to furnish to you and the
Company such certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Company may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed transfer complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will
bear a legend to the foregoing effect. 

 4.        We are an institutional “accredited investor”
(as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we
and any accounts for which we are acting are acquiring the Notes for investment purposes and not with a view to, or offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act, and we are each able to bear the economic risk
of our or its investment. 
 5.        We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our own account
or for one or more accounts (each of which is an institutional “accredited investor”) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion. 
 You, the Company, and counsel for the Company are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal
proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. 
  

			
	Very truly yours,
	
	(Name of Transferee)
		
	By:	 	  

		 	Authorized Signature

  

 F-2Merger Supplemental Indenture

 Exhibit 4.2 
 EXECUTION VERSION 
 Merger Supplemental Indenture 
 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE, dated as of August 30, 2007 (this “Supplemental Indenture”), between HD Supply, Inc., a corporation
organized under the laws of the state of Texas (the “Company”), and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below. 
 W I T N E S S E T H: 
 WHEREAS, HDS Acquisition Subsidiary, Inc. (the
“Predecessor Company”) and the Trustee have heretofore become parties to an Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2007 (as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the
issuance of 12.0% Senior Cash Pay Notes due 2014 of the Company (the “Notes”); 
 WHEREAS, the Company is the successor by
merger to the Predecessor Company and Section 501 of the Indenture contemplates that the Company will execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Company shall expressly assume all the obligations of the
Company under the Notes and this Indenture; 
 WHEREAS, the Company desires to enter into such supplemental indenture for good and valuable
consideration; and 
 WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 901 of the Indenture, the parties hereto are authorized to execute and deliver this
Supplemental Indenture to amend the Indenture, without the consent of any Holder; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Company and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows: 
 1. Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as
therein defined. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular
Section hereof. 
 2. Assumption. The Company hereby expressly assumes and agrees promptly to pay, perform and discharge when
due each and every debt, obligation, covenant and agreement incurred, made or to be paid, performed or discharged by the Predecessor Company under the Indenture and the Notes. The Company hereby agrees to be bound by all the terms, provisions and
conditions of the Indenture and the Notes and agrees that it shall be the successor Company and shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of the Predecessor Company, as the predecessor Company, under the
Indenture and the Notes. 

 3. Notices. From and after the date hereof, any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by the Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with, the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if
in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company at HD Supply, Inc., 3100 Cumberland Boulevard, Suite 1480, Atlanta, GA 30339, Attention: General Counsel (telephone: (770) 852-9000; telecopier: (770) 852-9466; with copies
to Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, 919 Third Avenue, New York, New York 10022, Attention: Steven J. Slutzky, Esq. and Paul D. Brusiloff, Esq., (telephone: (212) 909-6000; telecopier: (212) 909-6836), or at any other address
previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company. 
 4. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY
AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES
FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE. 
 5. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects
ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter
authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or as to the accuracy of the recitals to this Supplemental Indenture. 
 6. Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall
constitute one and the same agreement. 
 7. Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience of reference only and
shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof. 
  

 2 

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

									
		 	 HD SUPPLY, INC.

				
		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Ricardo Nunez
	 	
		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Ricardo Nunez
	 	
		 		 	 Title:
	 	 Vice President and Secretary
	 	
		
		 	 WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL
 ASSOCIATION, as
Trustee

				
		 	 By:
	 	 /s/ Frank McDonald
	 	
		 		 	 Name:
	 	 Frank McDonald
	 	
		 		 	 Title:
	 	 Vice President
	 	

 [Senior Supplemental Indenture]

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