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EXHIBIT
10.1

 

employment
AGREEMENT

 

This Employment Agreement (“Agreement”)
is made as of the 11th of November, 2019 between Axcella Health Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and Laurent
Chardonnet (the “Executive”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to employ the
Executive and the Executive desires to be employed by the Company on the terms and conditions contained herein commencing on December
2, 2019, unless another date is agreed to by the parties. The Executive’s first day of employment shall be the “Effective
Date” of this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Company provided the Executive
with this Agreement, which is its formal offer of employment to the Executive, at least ten (10) business days before the Effective
Date. The Executive has the right to consult with counsel prior to signing this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
is hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

1.                 
Employment.

 

(a)              
Term. The Company shall employ the Executive and the Executive shall be employed by the Company pursuant to this
Agreement commencing as of the Effective Date and continuing until such employment is terminated in accordance with the provisions
hereof (the “Term”). The Executive’s employment with the Company shall be “at will,” meaning that
the Executive’s employment may be terminated by the Company or the Executive at any time and for any reason subject to the
terms of this Agreement.

 

(b)              
Position and Duties. During the Term, the Executive shall serve as the Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
of the Company and shall have such powers and duties as may from time to time be prescribed by the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company (the “CEO”). The Executive shall devote their full working time and efforts to the business and affairs of
the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Executive may serve on other boards of directors, with the approval of the Board
of Directors of the Company (the “Board”), or engage in religious, charitable or other community activities as long
as such services and activities are disclosed to the Board and do not interfere with the Executive’s performance of their
duties to the Company.

 

2.                 
Compensation and Related Matters.

 

(a)              
Base Salary. During the Term, the Executive’s initial annual base salary shall be paid at the rate of $375,000
per year. The Executive’s base salary shall be reviewed annually by the Board or the Compensation Committee of the Board
(the “Compensation Committee”). The base salary in effect at any given time is referred to herein as “Base Salary.”
The Base Salary shall be payable in a manner that is consistent with the Company’s usual payroll practices for senior executives.

 

    

     

    

 

(b)              
Incentive Compensation. During the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to receive cash incentive compensation as
determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee from time to time. The Executive’s target annual incentive compensation
shall be 40% percent of the Base Salary (the “Target Bonus”). Except as otherwise provided herein, to earn incentive
compensation, the Executive must be employed by the Company on the day such incentive compensation is paid.

 

(c)              
Expenses. The Executive shall be entitled to receive prompt reimbursement for all reasonable expenses incurred by
them during the Term in performing services hereunder, in accordance with the policies and procedures then in effect and established
by the Company for its senior executives.

 

(d)              
Other Benefits. During the Term, the Executive shall be eligible to participate in or receive benefits under the
Company’s policies and employee benefit plans in effect from time to time, subject to the terms of such policies and plans
and to the Company’s ability to amend, modify, replace or terminate such policies and plans, including with respect to paid
time off.

 

(e)              
Equity. Subject to final approval by the Board promptly on or after the Effective Date, the Company shall grant Executive:

 

(i)                
Time-Based Vesting Option Award: an option to purchase 72,500 shares of the Company’s Common Stock, par value
$0.001 per share (“Shares”) with an exercise price per Share equal to the closing trading price per share of the Company’s
common stock on the Nasdaq Global Market (“FMV”) on the date the grant is approved by the Board ("Grant Date”),
subject to the terms of and contingent upon Executive’s execution of a stock option award agreement issued pursuant to and
under the terms of the Axcella Health Inc. 2019 Stock Option and Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (the “Stock
Plan”). To the extent permitted by law and subject to Board approval, this Time-Based Vesting Option Award shall be granted
in the form of an incentive stock option meeting the requirements of Section 422 of the Code except to the extent that Executive
directs that the Time-Based Vesting Option Award be granted in whole or in part in the form of a non-qualified stock option. Subject
to final approval by the Board, the Time-Based Vesting Option Award shall vest 25% on the first anniversary of the Effective Date,
respectively, thereafter the remaining 75% of the Time-Based Vesting Option Award shall vest in equal installments on a quarterly
basis on the last day of each complete quarter over a period of three years following such first anniversary, provided that Executive
remains employed by the Company on each vesting day.

 

(ii)              Performance
Option Award # 1: an option to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company’s Shares with an exercise price per Share
equal to the FMV on the Grant Date, subject to the terms of and contingent upon Executive’s execution of a stock option
award agreement issued pursuant to and under the terms of the Stock Plan. To the extent permitted by law and subject to Board
approval, this Performance Option Award #1 shall be granted in the form of an incentive stock option meeting the
requirements of Section 422 of the Code except to the extent that Executive directs that this Performance Option Award be
granted in whole or in part in the form of a non-qualified stock option. Subject to final approval by the Board, this
Performance Option Award #1 shall vest over a period of eight quarters (on the last day of each complete quarter) with
vesting beginning on the date that the Company closes one or more financings that raises sufficient capital, as determined by
the Board, to fund the Board approved corporate budgets for 2020 and 2021, which budgets will be set at such time as the
Board deems appropriate (and which may be updated by the Board during the years in question), provided that the Executive
remains employed by the Company on each such vesting date.

 

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(iii)           
Performance Option Award #2: an option to purchase 25,000 shares of the Company’s Shares with an exercise price
per Share equal to the FMV on the Grant Date, subject to the terms of and contingent upon Executive’s execution of a stock
option award agreement issued pursuant to and under the terms of the Stock Plan. To the extent permitted by law and subject to
Board approval, this Performance Option Award #2 shall be granted in the form of an incentive stock option meeting the requirements
of Section 422 of the Code except to the extent that Executive directs that this Performance Option Award #2 be granted in whole
or in part in the form of a non-qualified stock option. Subject to final approval by the Board, this Performance Option Award #2
shall vest over a period of eight quarters (on the last day of each complete quarter) with vesting beginning when and if the Board
determines that the Company has ended 2021 with cash balance sufficient to fund the Board approved budget for 2022, provided that
the Executive remains employed by the Company on each such vesting date.

 

(f)               
The option awards set forth above shall be subject to the specific terms and conditions of the Stock Plan and stock option
award agreements , in the case of inconsistency between this Agreement, and the Stock Plan, the provision in the Stock Plan shall
govern; in the case of inconsistency between this Agreement and any stock option award agreement , the provision in stock option
agreement shall govern.

 

(g)              
Housing Stipend; Commuting Reimbursement.  Executive will be required to work at Axcella’s offices four
business days a week and may work remotely one business day a week. The Executive will be entitled to a stipend of up to $3,000
per month to cover housing costs under arrangements as mutually agreed to between the Executive and the Company (the “Housing
Stipend”) as long as his main domicile remains in Pennsylvania.  The intended duration of the Housing Stipend is (i) two
(2) years from the Effective Date, at which time the Company will review the Housing Stipend and may either extend or terminate
it in its sole discretion or (ii) when the Executive’s place of domicile is no longer in Pennsylvania.  Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Company reserves the right in its sole discretion to terminate or modify the terms of the Housing Stipend at
any time.  The Company will also reimburse the Executive, for so long as his main domicile remains in Pennsylvania, for weekly
round trip transportation to and from his residence in Pennsylvania, in the amount of up to $600.00 per week, with timely payment
to him after his submission of an expense report. The transportation reimbursement dollar amount will be flexible, if and when
short notice from the Company causes higher costs for such transportation

 

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(h)               Withholding;
Tax Effect. All payments made by the Company to the Executive under this Agreement shall be net of any tax or other
amounts required to be withheld by the Company under applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to require
the Company to make any payments to compensate the Executive for any adverse tax effect associated with any payments or
benefits or for any deduction or withholding from any payment or benefit.

 

3.                 
Termination. During the Term, the Executive’s employment hereunder may be terminated without any breach of
this Agreement under the following circumstances:

 

(a)              
Death. The Executive’s employment hereunder shall terminate upon their death.

 

(b)              
Disability. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment if he is disabled and unable to perform the
essential functions of the Executive’s then existing position or positions under this Agreement with or without reasonable
accommodation for a period of 180 days (which need not be consecutive) in any 12-month period. If any question shall arise as to
whether during any period the Executive is disabled so as to be unable to perform the essential functions of the Executive’s
then existing position or positions with or without reasonable accommodation, the Executive may, and at the request of the Company
shall, submit to the Company a certification in reasonable detail by a physician selected by the Company to whom the Executive
or the Executive’s guardian has no reasonable objection as to whether the Executive is so disabled or how long such disability
is expected to continue, and such certification shall for the purposes of this Agreement be conclusive of the issue. The Executive
shall cooperate with any reasonable request of the physician in connection with such certification. If such question shall arise
and the Executive shall fail to submit such certification, the Company’s determination of such issue shall be binding on
the Executive. Nothing in this Section 3(b) shall be construed to waive the Executive’s rights, if any, under existing law
including, without limitation, the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, 29 U.S.C. §2601 et seq. and the Americans
with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §12101 et seq.

 

(c)               Termination
by Company for Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder for Cause. For purposes of
this Agreement, “Cause” shall mean: (i) conduct by the Executive constituting a material act of misconduct in
connection with the performance of their duties, including, without limitation, misappropriation of funds or property of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates other than the occasional, customary and de minimis use of Company
property for personal purposes; (ii) the commission by the Executive of any felony or a misdemeanor involving moral
turpitude, deceit, dishonesty or fraud, or any conduct by the Executive that would reasonably be expected to result in
material injury or reputational harm to the Company or any of its subsidiaries and affiliates if they were retained in their
position; (iii) unsatisfactory performance by the Executive of a material responsibility (other than by reason of the
Executive’s physical or mental illness, incapacity or disability) as reasonably determined by the CEO, which has
continued for not less than 30 days following written notice from the CEO that identifies the unsatisfactory performance;
(iv) a breach by the Executive of any of the provisions contained in Section 8 of this Agreement; (v) a material violation by
the Executive of the Company’s written employment policies; or (vi) failure to cooperate with a bona fide internal
investigation or an investigation by regulatory or law enforcement authorities, after being instructed by the Company to
cooperate, or the willful destruction or failure to preserve documents or other materials known to be relevant to such
investigation or the inducement of others to fail to cooperate or to produce documents or other materials in connection with
such investigation.

 

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(d)              
Termination without Cause. The Company may terminate the Executive’s employment hereunder at any time without
Cause. Any termination by the Company of the Executive’s employment under this Agreement which does not constitute a termination
for Cause under Section 3(c) and does not result from the death or disability of the Executive under Section 3(a) or (b) shall
be deemed a termination without Cause.

 

(e)              
Termination by the Executive. The Executive may terminate their employment hereunder at any time for any reason,
including but not limited to Good Reason. For purposes of this Agreement, “Good Reason” shall mean that the Executive
has complied with the “Good Reason Process” (hereinafter defined) following the occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) a material diminution in the Executive’s responsibilities, authority or duties; (ii) a material diminution in
the Executive’s Base Salary except for across-the-board salary reductions based on the Company’s financial performance
similarly affecting all or substantially all senior management employees of the Company; (iii) a material change in the geographic
location at which the Executive provides services to the Company; or (iv) the material breach of this Agreement by the Company.
 “Good Reason Process” shall mean that (i) the Executive reasonably determines in good faith that a “Good Reason”
condition has occurred; (ii) the Executive notifies the Company in writing of the first occurrence of the Good Reason condition
within 60 days of the first occurrence of such condition; (iii) the Executive cooperates in good faith with the Company’s
efforts, for a period not less than 30 days following such notice (the “Cure Period”), to remedy the condition; (iv)
notwithstanding such efforts, the Good Reason condition continues to exist; and (v) the Executive terminates his employment within
60 days after the end of the Cure Period. If the Company cures the Good Reason condition during the Cure Period, Good Reason shall
be deemed not to have occurred.

 

(f)               
Notice of Termination. Except for termination as specified in Section 3(a), any termination of the Executive’s
employment by the Company or any such termination by the Executive shall be communicated by written Notice of Termination to the
other party hereto. For purposes of this Agreement, a “Notice of Termination” shall mean a notice which shall indicate
the specific termination provision in this Agreement relied upon.

 

(g)               Date
of Termination. “Date of Termination” shall mean: (i) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by
their death, the date of their death; (ii) if the Executive’s employment is terminated on account of disability
under Section 3(b) or by the Company for Cause under Section 3(c), the date on which Notice of Termination is given; (iii) if
the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Company under Section 3(d), the date on which a Notice of Termination
is given or the date otherwise specified by the Company in the Notice of Termination; (iv) if the Executive’s
employment is terminated by the Executive under Section 3(e) other than for Good Reason, 30 days after the date on which a
Notice of Termination is given, and (v) if the Executive’s employment is terminated by the Executive under Section 3(e)
for Good Reason, the date on which a Notice of Termination is given after the end of the Cure Period. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, in the event that the Executive gives a Notice of Termination to the Company, the Company may unilaterally
accelerate the Date of Termination and such acceleration shall not result in a termination by the Company for purposes of
this Agreement.

 

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4.                 
Termination Generally. If the Executive’s employment with the Company is terminated for any reason, the Company
shall pay or provide to the Executive (or to their authorized representative or estate) (i) any Base Salary earned through the
Date of Termination, unpaid expense reimbursements (subject to, and in accordance with, Section 2(c) of this Agreement) on or before
the time required by law but in no event more than 30 days after the Executive’s Date of Termination; and (ii) any vested
benefits the Executive may have under any employee benefit plan of the Company through the Date of Termination, which vested benefits
shall be paid and/or provided in accordance with the terms of such employee benefit plans (collectively, the “Accrued Benefit”).

 

5.                 
Termination by the Company without Cause or by the Executive for Good Reason. During the Term, if the Executive’s
employment is terminated by the Company without Cause as provided in Section 3(d), or the Executive terminates their employment
for Good Reason as provided in Section 3(e), then the Company shall pay the Executive their Accrued Benefit. In addition, subject
to the Executive (i) signing a separation agreement and release in a form and manner satisfactory to the Company, which shall include,
without limitation, a general release of claims in favor of the Company and related persons and entities, a reaffirmation of the
Executive’s post-employment obligations, and in the Company’s sole discretion, a one year noncompetition agreement,
and shall provide that, if the Executive breaches any of the post-employment obligations, all payment of the Severance Amount shall
immediately cease (the “Separation Agreement and Release”), and (ii) the Separation Agreement and Release becoming
irrevocable, all within 60 days after the Date of Termination (or such period as set forth in the Separation Agreement and Release):

 

(i)                
the Company shall pay the Executive an amount equal to nine (9) months of the Executive’s Base Salary (the “Severance
Amount”), provided in the event the Executive is entitled to any payments pursuant to Section 8(h)(iii) below, the Severance
Amount received in any calendar year will be reduced by the amount the Executive is paid in the same such calendar year pursuant
to the Section 8(h)(iii) below, (the “Restrictive Covenants Agreement Setoff”); and

 

(ii)              subject
to the Executive’s copayment of premium amounts at the active employees’ rate and the Executive’s proper
election to receive benefits under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended
(“COBRA”), the Company shall pay the monthly employer contribution that the Company would have made to provide
health insurance to the Executive if the Executive had remained employed by the Company until the earliest of (A) the nine
(9) month anniversary of the Date of Termination; (B) the Executive’s eligibility for group medical plan benefits under
any other employer’s group medical plan; or (C) the cessation of the Executive’s continuation rights under COBRA;
provided, however, if the Company determines that it cannot pay such amounts without potentially violating applicable law
(including, without limitation, Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act), then the Company will convert such payments
to payroll payments directly to the Executive for the time period specified above. Such payments shall be subject to
tax-related deductions and withholdings and paid on the Company’s regular payroll dates. For the avoidance of doubt,
the taxable payments described above may be used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, continuation coverage under
COBRA.

 

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The amounts payable under this Section 5(i)
shall be paid out in substantially equal installments in accordance with the Company’s payroll practice over 12 months commencing
within 60 days after the Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the 60-day period begins in one calendar year and ends
in a second calendar year, the Severance Amount shall begin to be paid in the second calendar year by the last day of such 60-day
period; provided, further, that the initial payment shall include a catch-up payment to cover amounts retroactive to the day immediately
following the Date of Termination. Each payment pursuant to this Agreement is intended to constitute a separate payment for purposes
of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2).

 

6.                 
Change in Control Payment. The provisions of this Section 6 set forth certain terms of an agreement reached between
the Executive and the Company regarding the Executive’s rights and obligations upon the occurrence of a Change in Control
of the Company. These provisions are intended to assure and encourage in advance the Executive’s continued attention and
dedication to their assigned duties and their objectivity during the pendency and after the occurrence of any such event. These
provisions shall apply in lieu of, and expressly supersede, the provisions of Section 5 regarding severance pay and benefits upon
a termination of employment, if such termination of employment occurs within 12 months after the occurrence of the first event
constituting a Change in Control (the “Change in Control Period”). These provisions shall terminate and be of no further
force or effect beginning after the Change in Control Period has ended.

 

(a)              
Change in Control. During the Term, if during the Change in Control Period, the Executive’s employment is terminated
by the Company without Cause as provided in Section 3(d) or the Executive terminates their employment for Good Reason as provided
in Section 3(e), then, subject to the signing of the Separation Agreement and Release by the Executive and the Separation Agreement
and Release becoming irrevocable, the time frame set forth in the Separation Agreement and Release but in no event more than 60
days after the Date of Termination:

 

(i)                
the Company shall pay the Executive a lump sum in cash in an amount equal to one (1) times the sum of (A) the Executive’s
then current Base Salary (or the Executive’s Base Salary in effect immediately prior to the Change in Control, if higher)
plus (B) the Executive’s Target Bonus for the then-current year (the “Change in Control Payment”), provided the
Change in Control Payment shall be reduced by the amount of the Restrictive Covenants Agreement Setoff, if applicable, paid or
to be paid in the same calendar year; and

 

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(ii)              notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in any applicable option agreement or other stock-based award agreement, all time-based stock
options and other stock-based awards subject to time-based vesting held by the Executive (the “Time-Based Equity
Awards”) shall immediately accelerate and become fully exercisable or nonforfeitable as of the later of (i) the Date of
Termination or (ii) the Effective Date of the Separation Agreement and Release (the “Accelerated Vesting Date”); provided
that any termination or forfeiture of the unvested portion of such Time-Based Equity Awards that would otherwise occur on the
Date of Termination in the absence of this Agreement will be delayed until the Effective Date of the Separation Agreement and
Release and will only occur if the vesting pursuant to this subsection does not occur due to the absence of the Separation
Agreement and Release becoming fully effective within the time period set forth therein. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no
additional vesting of the Time-Based Equity Awards shall occur during the period between the Executive’s Date of
Termination and the Accelerated Vesting Date; and

 

(iii)           
subject to the Executive’s copayment of premium amounts at the active employees’ rate and the Executive’s
proper election to receive benefits under COBRA, the Company shall pay the monthly employer contribution that the Company would
have made to provide health insurance to the Executive if the Executive had remained employed by the Company until the earliest
of (A) the 12 month anniversary of the Date of Termination; (B) the Executive’s eligibility for group medical plan benefits
under any other employer’s group medical plan; or (C) the cessation of the Executive’s continuation rights under COBRA;
provided, however, if the Company determines that it cannot pay such amounts without potentially violating applicable law (including,
without limitation, Section 2716 of the Public Health Service Act), then the Company will convert such payments to payroll payments
directly to the Executive for the time period specified above. Such payments shall be subject to tax-related deductions and withholdings
and paid on the Company’s regular payroll dates. For the avoidance of doubt, the taxable payments described above may be
used for any purpose, including, but not limited to, continuation coverage under COBRA.

 

The amounts payable under this Section 6(a)
shall be paid or commence to be paid within 60 days after the Date of Termination; provided, however, that if the 60-day period
begins in one calendar year and ends in a second calendar year, such payment shall be paid or commence to be paid in the second
calendar year by the last day of such 60-day period.

 

(b)              
Additional Limitation.

 

(i)                 Anything
in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, in the event that the amount of any compensation, payment or distribution
by the Company to or for the benefit of the Executive, whether paid or payable or distributed or distributable pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement or otherwise, calculated in a manner consistent with Section 280G of the Code and the
applicable regulations thereunder (the “Aggregate Payments”), would be subject to the excise tax imposed by
Section 4999 of the Code, then the Aggregate Payments shall be reduced (but not below zero) so that the sum of all of the
Aggregate Payments shall be $1.00 less than the amount at which the Executive becomes subject to the excise tax imposed by
Section 4999 of the Code; provided that such reduction shall only occur if it would result in the Executive receiving a
higher After Tax Amount (as defined below) than the Executive would receive if the Aggregate Payments were not subject to
such reduction. In such event, the Aggregate Payments shall be reduced in the following order, in each case, in reverse
chronological order beginning with the Aggregate Payments that are to be paid the furthest in time from consummation of the
transaction that is subject to Section 280G of the Code: (1) cash payments not subject to Section 409A of the Code; (2) cash
payments subject to Section 409A of the Code; (3) equity-based payments and acceleration; and (4) non-cash forms of benefits;
provided that in the case of all the foregoing Aggregate Payments all amounts or payments that are not subject to calculation
under Treas. Reg. §1.280G-1, Q&A-24(b) or (c) shall be reduced before any amounts that are subject to calculation
under Treas. Reg. §1.280G-1, Q&A-24(b) or (c).

 

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(ii)             
For purposes of this Section 6(b), the “After Tax Amount” means the amount of the Aggregate Payments less all
federal, state, and local income, excise and employment taxes imposed on the Executive as a result of the Executive’s receipt
of the Aggregate Payments. For purposes of determining the After Tax Amount, the Executive shall be deemed to pay federal income
taxes at the highest marginal rate of federal income taxation applicable to individuals for the calendar year in which the determination
is to be made, and state and local income taxes at the highest marginal rates of individual taxation in each applicable state and
locality, net of the maximum reduction in federal income taxes which could be obtained from deduction of such state and local taxes.

 

(iii)           
The determination as to whether a reduction in the Aggregate Payments shall be made pursuant to Section 6(b)(i) shall be
made by a nationally recognized accounting firm selected by the Company (the “Accounting Firm”), which shall provide
detailed supporting calculations both to the Company and the Executive within 15 business days of the Date of Termination, if applicable,
or at such earlier time as is reasonably requested by the Company or the Executive. Any determination by the Accounting Firm shall
be binding upon the Company and the Executive.

 

(c)              
Definitions. For purposes of this Section 6, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Change in Control” shall have
the meaning of “Sale Event” as defined in the Stock Plan or any successor plan.

 

7.                 
Section 409A.

 

(a)              
Anything in this Agreement to the contrary notwithstanding, if at the time of the Executive’s separation from service
within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, the Company determines that the Executive is a “specified employee”
within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, then to the extent any payment or benefit that the Executive becomes
entitled to under this Agreement on account of the Executive’s separation from service would be considered deferred compensation
otherwise subject to the 20 percent additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A(a) of the Code as a result of the application
of Section 409A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Code, such payment shall not be payable and such benefit shall not be provided until the date
that is the earlier of (A) six months and one day after the Executive’s separation from service, or (B) the Executive’s
death. If any such delayed cash payment is otherwise payable on an installment basis, the first payment shall include a catch-up
payment covering amounts that would otherwise have been paid during the six-month period but for the application of this provision,
and the balance of the installments shall be payable in accordance with their original schedule.

 

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(b)              
All in-kind benefits provided and expenses eligible for reimbursement under this Agreement shall be provided by the Company
or incurred by the Executive during the time periods set forth in this Agreement. All reimbursements shall be paid as soon as administratively
practicable, but in no event shall any reimbursement be paid after the last day of the taxable year following the taxable year
in which the expense was incurred. The amount of in-kind benefits provided, or reimbursable expenses incurred in one taxable year
shall not affect the in-kind benefits to be provided or the expenses eligible for reimbursement in any other taxable year (except
for any lifetime or other aggregate limitation applicable to medical expenses). Such right to reimbursement or in-kind benefits
is not subject to liquidation or exchange for another benefit.

 

(c)              
To the extent that any payment or benefit described in this Agreement constitutes “non-qualified deferred compensation”
under Section 409A of the Code, and to the extent that such payment or benefit is payable upon the Executive’s termination
of employment, then such payments or benefits shall be payable only upon the Executive’s “separation from service.”
The determination of whether and when a separation from service has occurred shall be made in accordance with the presumptions
set forth in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(h).

 

(d)              
The parties intend that this Agreement will be administered in accordance with Section 409A of the Code. To the extent that
any provision of this Agreement is ambiguous as to its compliance with Section 409A of the Code, the provision shall be read in
such a manner so that all payments hereunder comply with Section 409A of the Code. Each payment pursuant to this Agreement is intended
to constitute a separate payment for purposes of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-2(b)(2). The parties agree that this Agreement
may be amended, as reasonably requested by either party, and as may be necessary to fully comply with Section 409A of the Code
and all related rules and regulations in order to preserve the payments and benefits provided hereunder without additional cost
to either party.

 

(e)              
The Company makes no representation or warranty and shall have no liability to the Executive or any other person if any
provisions of this Agreement are determined to constitute deferred compensation subject to Section 409A of the Code but do not
satisfy an exemption from, or the conditions of, such Section.

 

8.                 
Confidential Information, Assignment, Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition.

 

(a)               Proprietary
Information. Executive agrees that all information, whether or not in writing, concerning the Company’s business,
technology, business relationships or financial affairs that the Company has not released to the general public
(collectively, “Proprietary Information”) and all tangible embodiments thereof are and will be the
exclusive property of the Company. By way of illustration, Proprietary Information may include information or material that
has not been made generally available to the public, such as: (a) corporate information, including plans, strategies,
methods, policies, resolutions, negotiations or litigation; (b) marketing information, including strategies, methods,
client or business partner identities or other information about customers or clients, business partners, prospect identities
or other information about prospects, or market analyses or projections; (c) financial information, including cost and
performance data, debt arrangements, equity structure, investors and holdings, purchasing and sales data and price lists; (d) operational
and scientific information, including plans, specifications, manuals, forms, templates, software, pre-clinical and
clinical testing data and strategies, research and development strategies, designs, methods, procedures, formulae, data,
reports, discoveries, inventions, improvements, concepts, ideas, and other Developments (as defined below), know-how and
trade secrets; and (e) personnel information, including personnel lists, reporting or organizational structure,
resumes, personnel data, performance evaluations and termination arrangements or documents. Proprietary Information also
includes information received in confidence by the Company from its customers, suppliers, business partners or other third
parties.

 

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(b)              
Recognition of Company’s Rights. Executive will not, at any time, without the Company’s prior written
permission, either during or after their employment, disclose any Proprietary Information to anyone outside of the Company, or
use or permit to be used any Proprietary Information for any purpose other than the performance of Executive’s duties as
an employee of the Company. Executive will cooperate with the Company and use their best efforts to prevent the unauthorized disclosure
of all Proprietary Information. Executive will deliver to the Company all copies and other tangible embodiments of Proprietary
Information in their possession or control upon the earlier of a request by the Company or termination of Executive’s employment.

 

(c)              
Rights of Others. Executive understands that the Company is now and may hereafter be subject to nondisclosure or
confidentiality agreements with third persons that require the Company to protect or refrain from use or disclosure of proprietary
information. Executive agrees to be bound by the terms of such agreements in the event Executive has access to such proprietary
information. Executive understands that the Company strictly prohibits Executive from using or disclosing confidential or proprietary
information belonging to any other person or entity (including any employer or former employer), in connection with Executive’s
employment. In addition, Executive agrees not to bring any confidential information belonging to any other person or entity onto
Company premises or into Company workspaces.

 

(d)              
Commitment to Company; Avoidance of Conflict of Interest. While an employee of the Company, Executive will devote
their full-time efforts to the Company’s business and Executive will not, directly or indirectly, engage in any other business
activity, except as expressly authorized in writing and in advance by a duly authorized representative of the Company. Executive
will advise an authorized officer of the Company or their designee at such time as any activity of either the Company or another
business presents Executive with a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest as an employee of the Company.
Executive will take whatever action is requested of them by the Company to resolve any conflict or appearance of conflict which
it finds to exist.

 

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(e)               Developments.
Executive will make full and prompt disclosure to the Company of all inventions, discoveries, designs, developments, methods,
modifications, improvements, processes, algorithms, data, databases, computer programs, research, formulae, techniques, trade
secrets, graphics or images, and audio or visual works and other works of authorship, and other intellectual property,
including works-in-process (collectively “Developments”) whether or not patentable or copyrightable, that
are created, made, conceived or reduced to practice by Executive (alone or jointly with others) or under my direction during
the period of their employment. Executive acknowledges that all work performed by them is on a “work for hire”
basis, and Executive hereby does assign and transfer and, to the extent any such assignment cannot be made at present, will
assign and transfer, to the Company and its successors and assigns all their right, title and interest in and to all
Developments that (a) relate to the business of the Company or any customer of, supplier to or business partner of the
Company or any of the products or services being researched, developed, manufactured or sold by the Company or which may be
used with such products or services; or (b) result from tasks assigned to them by the Company; or (c) result from the use of
premises or personal property (whether tangible or intangible) owned, leased or contracted for by the Company
(“Company-Related Developments”), and all related patents, patent applications, trademarks and trademark
applications, copyrights and copyright applications, sui generis database rights and other intellectual property
rights in all countries and territories worldwide and under any international conventions (“Intellectual Property
Rights”).

 

To preclude any possible uncertainty, if there are any Developments
that Executive has, alone or jointly with others, conceived, developed or reduced to practice prior to the commencement of their
employment with the Company that Executive considers to be their property or the property of third parties and that Executive wishes
to have excluded from the scope of this Agreement (“Prior Inventions”), Executive has set forth on Exhibit
A attached hereto a complete list of those Prior Inventions. If disclosure of any such Prior Invention would cause them to
violate any prior confidentiality agreement, Executive understands that Executive is not to list such Prior Inventions in Exhibit
A but is only to disclose a cursory name for each such invention, a listing of the party(ies) to whom it belongs and the fact that
full disclosure as to such inventions has not been made for that reason. If there are any patents or patent applications in which
Executive is named as an inventor, other than those that have been assigned to the Company (“Other Patent Rights”),
Executive has also listed those Other Patent Rights on Exhibit A. If no such disclosure is attached, Executive represents that
there are no Prior Inventions or Other Patent Rights. If, in the course of their employment with the Company, Executive incorporates
a Prior Invention into a Company product, process or machine, research or development program, or other work done for the Company,
Executive hereby grants to the Company a nonexclusive, royalty-free, fully paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license (with the full
right to sublicense through multiple tiers) to make, have made, modify, use, sell, offer for sale and import such Prior Invention.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Executive will not incorporate, or permit to be incorporated, Prior Inventions in any Company-Related
Development without the Company’s prior written consent.

 

This Agreement does not obligate
Executive to assign to the Company any Development that, in the sole judgment of the Company, reasonably exercised, is
developed entirely on Executive’s own time and does not relate to the business efforts or research and development
efforts in which, during the period of their employment, the Company actually is engaged or reasonably would be engaged, and
does not result from the use of premises or equipment owned or leased by the Company. However, Executive will also promptly
disclose to the Company any such Developments for the purpose of determining whether they qualify for such exclusion.
Executive understands that to the extent this Agreement is required to be construed in accordance with the laws of any state
which precludes a requirement in an employee agreement to assign certain classes of inventions made by an employee, this
Section 8(e) will be interpreted not to apply to any invention that a court rules and/or the Company agrees falls within such
classes. Executive also hereby waives all claims to any moral rights or other special rights that Executive may have or
accrue in any Company-Related Developments.

 

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(f)               
Documents and Other Materials. Executive will keep and maintain adequate and current records of all Proprietary
Information and Company-Related Developments developed by them during their employment, which records will be available to and
remain the sole property of the Company at all times.

 

All files, letters, notes, memoranda, reports, records, data,
sketches, drawings, notebooks, layouts, charts, quotations and proposals, specification sheets, blueprints, models, prototypes,
or other written, photographic or other tangible material containing Proprietary Information, whether created by them or others,
which come into their custody or possession, are the exclusive property of the Company to be used by them only in the performance
of their duties for the Company. Any property situated on the Company’s premises and owned by the Company, including without
limitation computers, disks and other storage media, filing cabinets or other work areas, is subject to inspection by the Company
at any time with or without notice. In the event of the termination of their employment for any reason, Executive will deliver
to the Company all Company property and equipment in their possession, custody or control, including all files, letters, notes,
memoranda, reports, records, data, sketches, drawings, notebooks, layouts, charts, quotations and proposals, specification sheets,
blueprints, models, prototypes, or other written, photographic or other tangible material containing Proprietary Information, and
other materials of any nature pertaining to the Proprietary Information of the Company and to my work, and will not take or keep
in their possession any of the foregoing or any copies.

 

(g)              
Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights. Executive will cooperate fully with the Company, both during and after
their employment with the Company, with respect to the procurement, maintenance and enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
in Company-Related Developments. Executive will sign, both during and after their employment, all papers, including without limitation
copyright applications, patent applications, declarations, oaths, assignments of priority rights, and powers of attorney, which
the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order to protect its rights and interests in any Company-Related Development or
Intellectual Property Rights therein. If the Company is unable, after reasonable effort, to secure their signature on any such
papers, Executive hereby irrevocably designates and appoints each officer of the Company as their agent and attorney-in-fact to
execute any such papers on their behalf, and to take any and all actions as the Company may deem necessary or desirable in order
to protect its rights and interests in any Company-Related Development, including any Intellectual Property Rights therein.

 

(h)              
Nonsolicitation and Noncompetition. In order to protect the Company’s Proprietary Information and goodwill,
during their employment and for a period of: (i) one (1) year following the Date of Termination, or (ii) two (2) years following
the Date of Termination if Executive breaches their fiduciary duty to the Company or if Executive has unlawfully taken, physically
or electronically, property belonging to the Company (in either case the “Restricted Period”):

 

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(i)                 Executive
shall not, directly or indirectly, in any manner, other than for the benefit of the Company, solicit or transact any business
with any of the customers or customer prospects of the Company or any of its suppliers. For purposes of this Agreement, (x)
business shall include any business that researches, develops, manufactures, markets, sells or distributes a product or
service that competes with a product or service of the Company, (y) customers shall include then current customers to which
the Company provided products or services during the 12 months prior to the Date of Termination (the “One Year
Lookback”) and customer prospects shall include customer prospects that the Company solicited during the One Year
Lookback and that Executive had significant contact with or learned confidential information about in the course of their
employment, and (z) suppliers shall include then current suppliers and suppliers that provided services to or in connection
with the Company during the One Year Lookback.

 

(ii)             
Executive shall not, directly or indirectly, in any manner, solicit, entice or attempt to persuade any employee or consultant
of the Company to leave the Company for any reason or otherwise participate in or facilitate the hire, directly or through another
entity, of any person who is then employed or engaged by the Company.

 

(iii)           
Unless (y) the Company terminates Executive’s employment without Cause (as defined below) or Executive has been laid
off; or (z) the Company waives the restrictions upon post-employment activities set forth in this Section 8(h)(iii), then, the
Company shall make garden leave payments to Executive for the post-employment portion of the Restricted Period (but for not more
than 12 months following the end of Executive’s employment) at the rate of 50% of the highest annualized base salary paid
to Executive by the Company within the two-year period preceding the last day of Executive’s employment (“Garden
Leave Pay”), and in exchange, Executive shall not directly or indirectly, whether as owner, partner, shareholder, director,
manager, consultant, agent, employee, co-venturer or otherwise, anywhere in the world, engage or otherwise participate in any business
that develops, manufactures or markets any products, or performs any services, that are competitive with the products or services
of the Company, including, without limitation, any products or services that target amino acid homeostasis for therapeutic and
health purposes via the use of amino acid modalities; or products or services that the Company or its affiliates, has under development
or that are the subject of active planning at any time during their employment. For purposes of this Section 8(h)(iii) only, and
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other part of this Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and Executive,
 “Cause” shall mean a reasonable and good faith basis for the Company to be dissatisfied with Executive job performance,
Executive’s conduct or Executive’s behavior. Executive acknowledges that this covenant is necessary because the Company’s
legitimate business interests cannot be adequately protected solely by the other covenants in this Agreement. Executive further
acknowledges and agrees that any payments Executive receives pursuant to this Section 8(h)(iii) shall reduce (and shall not be
in addition to) any severance or separation pay that they are otherwise entitled to receive from the Company pursuant to this Agreement
or otherwise.   

 

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9.                  Litigation
and Regulatory Cooperation. During and after the Executive’s employment, the Executive shall cooperate fully with
the Company in the defense or prosecution of any claims or actions now in existence or which may be brought in the future
against or on behalf of the Company which relate to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by
the Company. The Executive’s full cooperation in connection with such claims or actions shall include, but not be
limited to, being available to meet with counsel to prepare for discovery or trial and to act as a witness on behalf of the
Company at mutually convenient times. During and after the Executive’s employment, the Executive also shall cooperate
fully with the Company in connection with any investigation or review of any federal, state or local regulatory authority as
any such investigation or review relates to events or occurrences that transpired while the Executive was employed by the
Company. The Company shall reimburse the Executive for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection
with the Executive’s performance of obligations pursuant to this Section 9.

 

10.             
Government Contracts. Executive acknowledges that the Company may have from time to time agreements with other persons
or with the United States Government or its agencies that impose obligations or restrictions on the Company regarding inventions
made during the course of work under such agreements or regarding the confidential nature of such work. Executive agrees to comply
with any such obligations or restrictions upon the direction of the Company. In addition to the rights assigned under Section 8(e),
Executive also assigns to the Company (or any of its nominees) all rights that Executive has or acquired in any Developments, full
title to which is required to be in the United States under any contract between the Company and the United States or any of its
agencies.

 

11.             
Prior Agreements. Executive hereby represents that, except as Executive has fully disclosed previously in
writing to the Company, Executive is not bound by the terms of any agreement with any previous or current employer or other party
to refrain from using or disclosing any trade secret or confidential or proprietary information in the course of their employment
with the Company or to refrain from competing, directly or indirectly, with the business of such employer or any other party. Executive
further represents that their performance of all the terms of this Agreement as an employee of the Company does not and will not
breach any agreement to keep in confidence proprietary information, knowledge or data acquired by them in confidence or in trust
prior to Executive’s employment with the Company. Executive will not disclose to the Company or induce the Company to use
any confidential or proprietary information or material belonging to any previous employer or others.

 

12.             
Remedies Upon Breach. Executive understands that the restrictions contained in Sections 8 and 9 of this Agreement
(collectively, the “Continuing Obligations”) are necessary for the protection of the business and goodwill of the Company
and Executive considers them to be reasonable for such purpose. Any breach of the Continuing Obligations is likely to cause the
Company substantial and irrevocable damage and therefore, in the event of such breach, the Company, in addition to such other remedies
which may be available, will be entitled to specific performance and other injunctive relief, without the posting of a bond. Executive
further acknowledges that a court may render an award extending the Restricted Period as one of the remedies in the event of their
violation of the Continuing Obligations. If Executive violates the Continuing Obligations, in addition to all other remedies available
to the Company at law (including, without limitation, the Company’s right to discontinue any payments Executive may receive
pursuant to this Agreement), in equity, and under contract, Executive agrees that Executive is obligated to pay all the Company’s
costs of enforcement of this Agreement, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses.

 

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13.             
Use of Voice, Image and Likeness. Executive gives the Company permission to use any and all of their voice, image
and likeness, with or without using their name, in connection with the products and/or services of the Company, for the purposes
of advertising and promoting such products and/or services and/or the Company, and/or for other purposes deemed appropriate by
the Company in its reasonable discretion, except to the extent prohibited by law.

 

14.             
No Employment Obligation. Executive understands that this Agreement does not create an obligation on the Company
or any other person to continue their employment. Executive acknowledges that, unless otherwise agreed in a formal written employment
agreement signed on behalf of the Company by an authorized officer, their employment with the Company is at will and therefore
may be terminated by the Company or Executive at any time and for any reason, with or without cause.

 

15.             
Survival and Assignment by the Company. Executive understands that the Continuing Obligations will continue in accordance
with their express terms regardless of any changes in Executive’s title, position, duties, salary, compensation or benefits
or other terms and conditions of employment. Executive further understands that the Continuing Obligations will continue following
the termination of their employment regardless of the manner of such termination and will be binding upon their heirs, executors
and administrators. The Company will have the right to assign this Agreement to its affiliates, successors and assigns. Executive
expressly consents to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement for the benefit of the Company or any parent, subsidiary or
affiliate to whose employ Executive may be transferred without the necessity that this Agreement be resigned at the time of such
transfer.

 

16.             
Notice of Resignation. If Executive elects to resign from their employment with the Company, Executive agrees to
provide the Company with written notification of their resignation at least thirty (30) days prior to their intended resignation
date. Such notice shall include information in reasonable detail about their post-employment job duties and other business activities,
including the name and address of any subsequent employer and/or person or entity with whom or which Executive intends to engage
in business activities during the Restricted Period and the nature of their job duties and other business activities. The Company
may elect to waive all or part of the notice period in its sole discretion.

 

17.             
Post-Employment Notifications. During the Restricted Period, Executive will notify the Company of any change in their
address and of each subsequent employment or business activity, including the name and address of their employer or other post-Company
employment plans and the nature of their activities.

 

18.             
Disclosures During Restricted Period. Executive will provide a copy of this Agreement with all compensation
terms redacted to any person or entity with whom Executive may enter into a business relationship, whether as an employee, consultant,
partner, coventurer or otherwise, prior to entering into such business relationship during the Restricted Period only.

 

19.              Waiver.  The
Company and Executive acknowledge and agree that the Company’s election not to provide Executive with Garden Leave Pay
as set forth in Section 8(h)(iii) shall be deemed a waiver of Executive’s noncompetition obligations under Section
8(h)(iii). Otherwise, no waiver of any of Executive’s obligations under this Agreement shall be effective unless made
in writing by the Company. The failure of the Company to require Executive’s performance of any term or obligation of
this Agreement, or the waiver of any breach of this Agreement, shall not prevent the Company’s subsequent
enforcement of such term or obligation or be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach.

 

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20.             
Severability. In case any provisions (or portions thereof) contained in this Agreement shall, for any reason,
be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect the
other provisions of this Agreement, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision
had never been contained herein. If, moreover, any one or more of the provisions contained in this Agreement shall for any reason
be held to be excessively broad as to duration, geographical scope, activity or subject, it shall be construed by limiting and
reducing it, so as to be enforceable to the extent compatible with the applicable law as it shall then appear.

 

21.             
Choice of Law and Jurisdiction. This Agreement will be deemed to be made and entered into in the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, and will in all respects be interpreted, enforced and governed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Executive hereby consents to personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts situated within Massachusetts for purposes of
enforcing this Agreement, and waive any objection that Executive might have to personal jurisdiction or venue in those courts,
provided, however, the Company and Executive agree that all civil actions relating to Section 8 of this Agreement shall be brought
in the county of Suffolk and that the superior court or the business litigation session of the superior court shall have exclusive
jurisdiction. ANY ACTION, DEMAND, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING UNDER OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE EXECUTIVE’S
EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMPANY, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITAITON ANY CLAIMS OF DISCRIMINATION ARISING UNDER STATE OR FEDERAL LAW, WILL
BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE ALONE AND EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE EXECUTIVE WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL THEREOF.

 

22.             
Independence of Obligations. Executive’s obligations under this Agreement are independent of any obligation,
contractual or otherwise, the Company has to Executive. The Company’s breach of any such obligation shall not be a defense
against the enforcement of this Agreement or otherwise limit Executive’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

23.             
Protected Disclosures. Executive understands that nothing contained in this Agreement limits their ability to communicate
with any federal, state or local governmental agency or commission, including to provide documents or other information, without
notice to the Company. Executive also understands that nothing in this Agreement limits their ability to share compensation information
concerning them or others, except that this does not permit Executive to disclose compensation information concerning others that
Executive obtains because their job responsibilities require or allow access to such information.

 

24.              Defend
Trade Secrets Act of 2016. Executive understands that pursuant to the federal Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, Executive
shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade
secret that (a) is made (i) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or
indirectly, or to an attorney; and (ii) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or
(b) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal.

 

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25.             
Successor to the Executive. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Executive’s
personal representatives, executors, administrators, heirs, distributees, devisees and legatees. In the event of the Executive’s
death after their termination of employment but prior to the completion by the Company of all payments due them under this Agreement,
the Company shall continue such payments to the Executive’s beneficiary designated in writing to the Company prior to their
death (or to their estate, if the Executive fails to make such designation).

 

26.             
Successor to Company. The Company shall require any successor (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation
or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company expressly to assume and agree to perform this
Agreement to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform it if no succession had taken place. Failure of the
Company to obtain an assumption of this Agreement at or prior to the effectiveness of any succession shall be a material breach
of this Agreement.

 

27.             
Notices. Any notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for by this Agreement shall be sufficient
if in writing and delivered in person or sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier service or by registered or certified
mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the Executive at the last address the Executive has filed in writing with the
Company or, in the case of the Company, at its main offices, attention of the Board.

 

28.             
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered
shall be taken to be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same document.

 

29.             
Gender Neutral. Wherever used herein, a pronoun in the masculine gender shall be considered as including the feminine
gender unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Plural pronouns shall be considered as including singular pronouns, male
and female, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

 

30.             
Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the Company and Executive with
respect to the subject matter hereof, and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings, both written and oral, between the
Company and Executive with respect to the subject matter hereof, but does not in any way merge with or supersede any other confidentiality,
assignment of inventions or other restrictive covenant agreement or obligation entered into by the Company and Executive, which
agreements and obligations shall supplement, and shall not limit or be limited by, this Agreement. This Agreement may be amended
only in a written agreement executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company and Executive.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed
this Agreement effective on the date and year first above written.

 

		AXCELLA HEALTH INC. 
	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ William
                                        Hinshaw
	 	 	William Hinshaw
	 	 
	 	Its: 	President and Chief Executive Officer                
	 	 
	 	/s/ Laurent Chardonnet
	 	Laurent Chardonnet

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

	To:	AXCELLA HEALTH INC. (“COMPANY”)
	 	 
	From:	Laurent Chardonnet
	 	 
	Date:	11/11/2019
	 	 
	SUBJECT:	Prior Inventions

 

The following is a complete list of all
inventions or improvements relevant to the subject matter of my employment by the Company that have been made or conceived or first
reduced to practice by me alone or jointly with others prior to my engagement by the Company:

 

		x	No inventions or improvements

 

		 ̈	See below:

 

_______________________________________________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________

 

		 ̈	Additional sheets attached

 

The following is a list of all patents and
patent applications in which Executive has been named as an inventor:

 

		x	None

 

		 ̈	See below:

 

_______________________________________________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________

 

_______________________________________________________________EX-4.9

 Exhibit 4.9 
  

 
 REPAY HOLDINGS CORPORATION 

and 

[                    ] 

Trustee 
 INDENTURE

 Dated as of
[                    ] 
 DEBT
SECURITIES 

 CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE(1) 

 

			
	 Section of

Trust Indenture Act

of 1939, as amended
	  	 Section of

Indenture

	 310(a)
	  	6.09
	 310(b)
	  	 6.08

6.10

	 311(a)
	  	6.13
	 311(b)
	  	6.13
	 312(a)
	  	 4.01

4.04

	 312(b)
	  	4.04(c)
	 312(c)
	  	4.04(c)
	 313(a)
	  	4.03
	 313(b)
	  	4.03
	 313(c)
	  	4.03
	 313(d)
	  	4.03
	 314(a)
	  	4.02
	 314(b)
	  	Inapplicable
	 314(c)
	  	 2.04

8.04
 9.01(c)

10.01(b)
 11.05

	 314(d)
	  	Inapplicable
	 314(e)
	  	11.05
	 314(f)
	  	Inapplicable
	 315(b)
	  	5.11

			
	 Section of

Trust Indenture Act

of 1939, as amended
	  	 Section of

Indenture

	 315(c)
	  	6.01
	 315(d)
	  	 6.01

6.02

	 315(e)
	  	5.12
	 316(a)
	  	 5.09

5.10
 7.04

	 316(b)
	  	 5.06

5.10

	 316(c)
	  	7.02
	 317(a)
	  	5.04
	 317(b)
	  	3.04
	 318(a)
	  	11.07

  

	(1)	 This Cross-Reference Table does not constitute part of the Indenture and shall not have any bearing on the
interpretation of any of its terms or provisions. 

 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

 

							
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	ARTICLE 1            DEFINITIONS	  	 	1	 
			
	        Section 1.01	  	Certain Terms Defined	  	 	1	 
		
	ARTICLE 2            SECURITIES	  	 	5	 
			
	        Section 2.01	  	Forms Generally.	  	 	5	 
			
	        Section 2.02	  	Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.	  	 	6	 
			
	        Section 2.03	  	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.	  	 	6	 
			
	        Section 2.04	  	Authentication and Delivery of Securities.	  	 	8	 
			
	        Section 2.05	  	Execution of Securities.	  	 	9	 
			
	        Section 2.06	  	Certificate of Authentication.	  	 	10	 
			
	        Section 2.07	  	Denomination and Date of Securities; Payments of Interest.	  	 	10	 
			
	        Section 2.08	  	Registration, Transfer and Exchange.	  	 	10	 
			
	        Section 2.09	  	Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.	  	 	12	 
			
	        Section 2.10	  	Cancellation of Securities; Destruction Thereof.	  	 	13	 
			
	        Section 2.11	  	Temporary Securities.	  	 	13	 
		
	ARTICLE 3            COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER	  	 	14	 
			
	        Section 3.01	  	Payment of Principal and Interest.	  	 	14	 
			
	        Section 3.02	  	Offices for Payments, Etc.	  	 	14	 
			
	        Section 3.03	  	Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of Trustee.	  	 	14	 
			
	        Section 3.04	  	Paying Agents.	  	 	14	 
			
	        Section 3.05	  	Written Statement to Trustee.	  	 	15	 
		
	ARTICLE 4            SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE	  	 	15	 
			
	        Section 4.01	  	Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as to Names and Addresses of Securityholders.	  	 	15	 
			
	        Section 4.02	  	Reports by the Issuer.	  	 	16	 
			
	        Section 4.03	  	Reports by the Trustee.	  	 	16	 
			
	        Section 4.04	  	Preservation of Information; Communication with Securityholders.	  	 	16	 
		
	ARTICLE 5            REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT	  	 	16	 
			
	        Section 5.01	  	Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of Maturity; Waiver of Default.	  	 	16	 

  
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 TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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	         Section 5.02
	  	Collection of Debt by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt.	  	 	18	 
			
	         Section 5.03
	  	Application of Proceeds.	  	 	19	 
			
	         Section 5.04
	  	Suits for Enforcement.	  	 	20	 
			
	         Section 5.05
	  	Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings.	  	 	20	 
			
	         Section 5.06
	  	Limitations on Suits by Securityholders.	  	 	20	 
			
	         Section 5.07
	  	Unconditional Right of Securityholders to Institute Certain Suits.	  	 	21	 
			
	         Section 5.08
	  	Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or Omission Not Waiver of Default.	  	 	21	 
			
	         Section 5.09
	  	Control by Holders of Securities.	  	 	21	 
			
	         Section 5.10
	  	Waiver of Past Defaults.	  	 	22	 
			
	         Section 5.11
	  	Trustee to Give Notice of Default.	  	 	22	 
			
	         Section 5.12
	  	Right of Court to Require Filing of Undertaking to Pay Costs.	  	 	22	 
		
	 ARTICLE 6            
CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE
	  	 	23	 
			
	         Section 6.01
	  	Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default.	  	 	23	 
			
	         Section 6.02
	  	Certain Rights of the Trustee.	  	 	23	 
			
	         Section 6.03
	  	Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals, Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof.	  	 	24	 
			
	         Section 6.04
	  	Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities; Collections, Etc.	  	 	24	 
			
	         Section 6.05
	  	Moneys Held by Trustee.	  	 	25	 
			
	         Section 6.06
	  	Compensation and Indemnification of Trustee and Its Prior Claim.	  	 	25	 
			
	         Section 6.07
	  	Right of Trustee to Rely on Officer’s Certificate, Etc.	  	 	25	 
			
	         Section 6.08
	  	Disqualification; Conflicting Interests.	  	 	25	 
			
	         Section 6.09
	  	Persons Eligible for Appointment as Trustee.	  	 	25	 
			
	         Section 6.10
	  	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor Trustee.	  	 	26	 
			
	         Section 6.11
	  	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor Trustee.	  	 	27	 
			
	         Section 6.12
	  	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business of Trustee.	  	 	27	 
			
	         Section 6.13
	  	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer.	  	 	28	 
		
	 ARTICLE 7            
CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS
	  	 	28	 

  
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	         Section 7.01
	  	Evidence of Action Taken by Securityholders.	  	 	28	 
			
	         Section 7.02
	  	Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities.	  	 	28	 
			
	         Section 7.03
	  	Holders to Be Treated as Owners.	  	 	28	 
			
	         Section 7.04
	  	Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not Outstanding.	  	 	29	 
			
	         Section 7.05
	  	Right of Revocation of Action Taken.	  	 	29	 
		
	 ARTICLE 8            
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
	  	 	29	 
			
	         Section 8.01
	  	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders.	  	 	29	 
			
	         Section 8.02
	  	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Securityholders.	  	 	31	 
			
	         Section 8.03
	  	Effect of Supplemental Indenture.	  	 	32	 
			
	         Section 8.04
	  	Documents to Be Given to Trustee.	  	 	32	 
			
	         Section 8.05
	  	Notation on Securities in Respect of Supplemental Indentures.	  	 	32	 
		
	 ARTICLE 9            
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE
	  	 	32	 
			
	         Section 9.01
	  	Issuer May Consolidate, Etc., on Certain Terms.	  	 	32	 
			
	         Section 9.02
	  	Successor Issuer Substituted.	  	 	33	 
		
	 ARTICLE 10           SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; UNCLAIMED MONEYS
	  	 	33	 
			
	         Section 10.01
	  	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance.	  	 	33	 
			
	         Section 10.02
	  	Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited for Payment of Securities.	  	 	36	 
			
	         Section 10.03
	  	Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent.	  	 	36	 
			
	         Section 10.04
	  	Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years.	  	 	36	 
			
	         Section 10.05
	  	Indemnity for U.S. Government Obligations.	  	 	37	 
		
	 ARTICLE 11           MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS
	  	 	37	 
			
	         Section 11.01
	  	No Recourse.	  	 	37	 
			
	         Section 11.02
	  	Provisions of Indenture for the Sole Benefit of Parties and Holders of Securities.	  	 	37	 
			
	         Section 11.03
	  	Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by Indenture.	  	 	37	 
			
	         Section 11.04
	  	Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee and Holders of Securities.	  	 	37	 
			
	         Section 11.05
	  	Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein.	  	 	38	 

  
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	         Section 11.06
	  	Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.	  	 	39	 
			
	         Section 11.07
	  	Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture With Trust Indenture Act of 1939.	  	 	39	 
			
	         Section 11.08
	  	New York Law to Govern.	  	 	39	 
			
	         Section 11.09
	  	Counterparts.	  	 	39	 
			
	         Section 11.10
	  	Effect of Headings.	  	 	39	 
			
	         Section 11.11
	  	Actions by Successor.	  	 	39	 
			
	         Section 11.12
	  	Severability.	  	 	39	 
		
	 ARTICLE 12           REDEMPTION OF
SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS
	  	 	39	 
			
	         Section 12.01
	  	Applicability of Article.	  	 	39	 
			
	         Section 12.02
	  	Notice of Redemption; Partial Redemptions.	  	 	39	 
			
	         Section 12.03
	  	Payment of Securities Called for Redemption.	  	 	41	 
			
	         Section 12.04
	  	Exclusion of Certain Securities from Eligibility for Selection for Redemption.	  	 	41	 
			
	         Section 12.05
	  	Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds.	  	 	41	 

  
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 THIS INDENTURE, dated as of
[            ] between Repay Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and [            ], a
[            ] (the “Trustee”), 
 W I T N E S S E T H : 

WHEREAS, the Issuer may from time to time duly authorize the issue of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness to be
issued in one or more series (the “Securities”) up to such principal amount or amounts as may from time to time be authorized in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide, among other things, for the authentication,
delivery and administration of the Securities; and 
 WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a valid indenture and agreement
according to its terms have been done; 
 NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the purchases of the Securities by the
holders thereof, the Issuer and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective holders from time to time of the Securities as follows: 

ARTICLE 1 

DEFINITIONS 
 
Section 1.01    Certain Terms Defined. The following terms (except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires) for all purposes of this Indenture
and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section. All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 or the definitions of which in the Securities Act of
1933 are referred to in the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, including terms defined therein by reference to the Securities Act of 1933 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise clearly requires), shall have the
meanings assigned to such terms in said Trust Indenture Act and in said Securities Act as in force at the date of this Indenture. All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and the term “generally accepted accounting principles” means such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the time of any computation. 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. The terms defined in this Article have the
meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular. 
 “Board of Directors” means
either the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any committee of such Board duly authorized to act on its behalf. 
 “Board
Resolution” means a copy of one or more resolutions, certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee.

 “Business Day” means, with respect to any Security, a day that in the city (or in any of the cities, if more than one)
in which amounts are payable, as specified in the form of such Security, is not a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or regulation to close. 

 “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to
time constituted, created under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or if at any time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act of
1939, then the body performing such duties on such date. 
 “Common Stock” means shares of Class A common stock, par
value $0.0001 per share, of the Issuer as the same exists at the date of execution and delivery of this Indenture or as such stock may be reconstituted from time to time. 

“Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which the corporate trust business of the Trustee shall, at any
particular time, be principally administered, which office is, at the date as of which this Indenture is dated, located at [            ]. 

“Debt” of any Person means any debt for money borrowed which is created, assumed, incurred or guaranteed in any manner by
such Person or for which such Person is otherwise responsible or liable, and shall expressly include any such guaranty thereof by such Person. For the purpose of computing the amount of the Debt of any Person there shall be excluded all Debt of such
Person for the payment or redemption or satisfaction of which money or securities (or evidences of such Debt, if permitted under the terms of the instrument creating such Debt) in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the
proper depositary, whether upon or prior to the maturity or the date fixed for redemption of such Debt; and, in any instance where Debt is so excluded, for the purpose of computing the assets of such Person there shall be excluded the money,
securities or evidences of Debt deposited by such Person in trust for the purpose of paying or satisfying such Debt. 

“Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any series issuable or issued in the form of one or more Global
Securities, the Person designated as Depositary by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.04 until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean
or include each Person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Global
Securities of that series. 
 “Dollar” means the currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. 
 “Event of Default” means any event or condition specified as
such in Section 5.01. 
 “Foreign Currency” means a currency issued by the government of a country other than the
United States. 
 “Global Security”, means a Security evidencing all or a part of a series of Securities, issued to the
Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 2.04, and bearing the legend prescribed in Section 2.04. 

“Holder”, “holder”, “holder of Securities”, “Securityholder” or other
similar terms mean the Person in whose name such Security is registered in the Security register kept by the Issuer for that purpose in accordance with the terms hereof. 

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and delivered or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as
so amended or supplemented or both, and shall include the forms and terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder. 

  
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 “Interest”, unless the context otherwise requires, refers to interest, and
when used with respect to non-interest bearing Securities, refers to interest payable after maturity, if any. 

“Issuer” means Repay Holdings Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and, subject to Article 9, its successors and assigns.

 “Issuer Order” means a written statement, request or order of the Issuer signed in its name by the chairman of the Board
of Directors, the president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or the secretary of the Issuer. 
 “Notice of
Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(c). 
 “Officer’s Certificate” means a
certificate signed by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or the secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee. Each such certificate shall comply with Section 314 of the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and, except to the extent provided herein, shall include the statements provided for in Section 11.05. 

“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by the general corporate counsel or such other legal counsel who may
be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer and who shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee. Each such opinion shall comply with Section 314 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and shall include the statements provided for in
Section 11.05, if and to the extent required hereby. 
 “original issue date” of any Security (or portion thereof)
means the earlier of (a) the date of such Security or (b) the date of any Security (or portion thereof) for which such Security was issued (directly or indirectly) on registration of transfer, exchange or substitution. 

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to
be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.01. 

“Outstanding”, when used with reference to Securities, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 7.04, mean, as of any
particular time, all Securities authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except 

(a)    Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; 

(b)    Securities, or portions thereof, for the payment or redemption of which cash or U.S. Government Obligations (as
provided for in Section 10.01(a) and Section 10.01(b)) in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any paying agent (other than the Issuer) or shall have been set aside, segregated and held in trust
by the Issuer for the Holders of such Securities (if the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent); provided, that if such Securities, or portions thereof, are to be redeemed prior to the maturity thereof, notice of such redemption shall have been
given as herein provided, or provision satisfactory to the Trustee shall have been made for giving such notice; and 

(c)    Securities in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered, or which shall
have been paid, pursuant to the terms of Section 2.09 (except with respect to any such Security as to which proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that such Security is held by a Person in whose hands such Security is a legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Issuer), Securities converted into Common Stock or another security of the Issuer pursuant hereto and Securities not deemed outstanding pursuant to Section 12.02. 

  
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 In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding
Securities of any or all series have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security that shall be deemed to be Outstanding for such purposes shall
be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.01. 

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

“principal” whenever used with reference to the Securities or any Security or any portion thereof, shall be deemed to include
“and premium, if any”. 
 “record date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2.07. 

“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means the chairman of the board of directors, any vice chairman
of the board of directors, the chairman of the trust committee, the chairman of the executive committee, any vice chairman of the executive committee, the president, any vice president, the cashier, the secretary, the treasurer, any trust officer,
any assistant trust officer, any assistant vice president, any assistant cashier, any assistant secretary, any assistant treasurer, or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by the persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his or her knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. 

“Security” or “Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture, or, as the case
may be, Securities that have been authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. 
 “Security Registrar” shall have the
meaning set forth in Section 4.01(b). 
 “Senior Indebtedness” of a Person means the principal of, premium, if any,
interest on, and any other payment due pursuant to any of the following, whether outstanding at the date hereof or hereafter incurred or created: 

(a)    all of the indebtedness of that Person for money borrowed; 

(b)    all of the indebtedness of that Person evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other securities sold by that
Person for money; 
 (c)    all of the lease obligations which are capitalized on the books of that Person in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles; 
 (d)    all indebtedness of others of the kinds described in either of
the preceding clauses (a) or (b) above and all lease obligations of others of the kind described in the preceding clause (c) above that the Person, in any manner, assumes or guarantees or that the Person in effect guarantees through an
agreement to purchase, whether that agreement is contingent or otherwise; and 
 (e)    all renewals, extensions or
refundings of indebtedness of the kinds described in any of the preceding clauses (a), (b) and (d) and all renewals or extensions of leases of the kinds described in either of the preceding clauses (c) or (d) above; unless, in the case of
any particular indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or refunding, the instrument or lease creating or evidencing it or the assumption or guarantee relating to it expressly provides that such indebtedness, lease, renewal, extension or refunding is
not superior in right of payment to the Securities. 

  
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 “Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person: (1) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that
effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the
other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and (2) any partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b) the only general partners
of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof) to the extent such partnership is included in the consolidated financial statements of such Person. 

“Trust Indenture Act of 1939” (except as otherwise provided in Sections 8.01 and 8.02) means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939
as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was originally executed. 
 “Trustee” means the Person identified as
“Trustee” in the first paragraph hereof and, subject to the provisions of Article 6, shall also include any successor trustee. “Trustee” shall also mean or include each Person who is then a trustee hereunder and if at any time
there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities of such series. 

“U.S. Government Obligation” means (a) a direct obligation of the United States of America, backed by its full faith and
credit, or (b) 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. 
 “vice president”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or
not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title of “vice president”. 
 “Yield to
Maturity” means the yield to maturity on a series of securities, calculated at the time of issuance of such series, or, if applicable, at the most recent redetermination of interest on such series, and calculated in accordance with accepted
financial practice. 
 ARTICLE 2 

SECURITIES 
 
Section 2.01    Forms Generally. The Securities of each series shall be substantially in such form (not inconsistent with this Indenture) as shall be established by or pursuant to one
or more Board Resolutions (as set forth in a Board Resolution or, to the extent established pursuant to (rather than set forth in) a Board Resolution, an Officer’s Certificate detailing such establishment) or in one or more indentures
supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture and may have imprinted or otherwise reproduced thereon such legend or legends or
endorsements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, as may be required to comply with any law or with any rules or regulations pursuant thereto, or with any rules of any securities exchange or to conform to general usage, all as
may be determined by the officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 

  
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 The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved
borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities as evidenced by their execution of such Securities. 

Section 2.02    Form of Trustee’s Certificate of
Authentication. The Trustee’s certificate of authentication on all Securities shall be in substantially the following form: 

This is one of the Securities of the series designated herein and referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. 

 

	
	 
	[            ], as Trustee

  

	
	By:
	 
	Authorized Officer

Section 2.03    Amount Unlimited; Issuable in
Series. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. 

The Securities may be issued in one or more series. The terms of a series of Securities (including the terms of any subordination provisions)
shall be established prior to the initial issuance thereof in or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions, or, to the extent established pursuant to (rather than set forth in) a Board Resolution, in an Officer’s Certificate detailing such
establishment and/or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto. The terms of such series reflected in such Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate, or supplemental indenture may include the following or any additional or
different terms: 
 (a)    the designation of the Securities of the series (which may be part of a series of Securities
previously issued) and ranking (including the terms of any subordination provisions) of the series; 
 (b)    the terms
and conditions, if applicable, upon which conversion or exchange of the Securities into or for any other securities or property of the Issuer will be effected, including the initial conversion or exchange price or rate and any adjustments thereto,
the conversion or exchange period and other provisions in addition to or in lieu of those described herein; 

(c)    any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series that may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 2.08, 2.09, 2.11, 8.05 or 12.03); 

(d)    if other than Dollars, the Foreign Currency in which the Securities of that series are denominated; 

(e)    any date on which the principal and interest of the Securities of the series is payable and the right, if any, to
extend such date or dates; 

  
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 (f)    the rate or rates at which the Securities of the series shall
bear interest, if any, the record date or dates for the determination of holders to whom interest is payable, the date or dates from which such interest shall accrue and on which such interest shall be payable and/or the method by which such rate or
rates or date or dates shall be determined, and the right, if any, to extend the interest payment periods and the duration of that extension; 

(g)    the place or places where the principal of and any interest on Securities of the series shall be payable (if other
than as provided in Section 3.02); 
 (h)    the price or prices at which, the period or periods within which and
the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer, pursuant to any sinking fund or otherwise; 

(i)    the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem, repurchase or repay Securities of the series pursuant to any
mandatory redemption, sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the price or prices at which and the period or periods within which and any terms and conditions upon which Securities of the series shall be
redeemed, repurchased or repaid, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation; 
 (j)    if other than denominations
of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which Securities of the series shall be issuable; 

(k)    if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of Securities of the series which
shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof; 
 (l)    if other than the currency in which
the Securities of that series are denominated, the currency in which payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series shall be payable; 

(m)    if the principal of or interest on the Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Issuer or
a Holder thereof, in a currency other than that in which the Securities are denominated, the period or periods within which, and the terms and conditions upon which, such election may be made; 

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

(o)    if Sections 10.01(b) or 10.01(c) are inapplicable to Securities of such series; 

(p)    whether and under what circumstances the Issuer will pay additional amounts on the Securities of any series in
respect of any tax, assessment or governmental charge withheld or deducted and, if so, whether the Issuer will have the option to redeem such Securities rather than pay such additional amounts; 

(q)    if the Securities of such series are to be issuable in definitive form (whether upon original issue or upon
exchange of a temporary Security of such series) only upon receipt of certain certificates or other documents or satisfaction of other conditions, then the form and terms of such certificates, documents or conditions; 

  
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 (r)    any trustees, authenticating or paying agents, transfer agents or
registrars or any other agents with respect to the Securities of such series; 
 (s)    any other events of default or
covenants with respect to the Securities of such series in addition to or in lieu of those contained in this Indenture; 

(t)    if the Securities of the series may be issued in exchange for surrendered Securities of another series, or for
other securities of the Issuer, pursuant to the terms of such Securities or securities or of any agreement entered into by the Issuer, the ratio of the principal amount of the Securities of the series to be issued to the principal amount of the
Securities or securities to be surrendered in exchange, and any other material terms of the exchange; 
 (u)    the
extent to which, if any, payments on the Securities will be subordinated to the payment of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer; and 

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

The Issuer may from time to time, without notice to or the consent of the holders of any series of Securities, create and issue further
Securities of any such series ranking equally with the Securities of such series in all respects (or in all respects other than (1) the payment of interest accruing prior to the issue date of such further Securities or (2) the first
payment of interest following the issue date of such further Securities). Such further Securities may be consolidated and form a single series with the Securities of such series and have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the
Securities of such series. 

Section 2.04    Authentication and Delivery of
Securities. The Issuer may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Issuer to the Trustee for authentication together with the applicable documents referred to below in this Section, and the Trustee shall thereupon authenticate and
deliver such Securities to or upon the order of the Issuer (contained in the Issuer Order referred to below in this Section) or pursuant to such procedures acceptable to the Trustee and to such recipients as may be specified from time to time by an
Issuer Order. If provided for in such procedures, such Issuer Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to oral instructions from the Issuer or its duly authorized agent, which instructions shall be promptly confirmed in writing. In
authenticating such Securities and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 6.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon:

 (a)    an Issuer Order requesting such authentication and setting forth delivery instructions if the Securities are
not to be delivered to the Issuer; 
 (b)    any Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate and/or executed
supplemental indenture referred to in Sections 2.01 and 2.03 by or pursuant to which the forms and terms of the Securities were established; 

(c)    an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the form or forms and terms of the Securities stating that the form or
forms and terms of the Securities have been established pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 and comply with this Indenture, and covering such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request; and 

  
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 (d)    an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that: 

(i)    the form or forms and terms of such Securities have been established pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 2.03 and comply
with this Indenture, 
 (ii)    the authentication and delivery of such Securities by the Trustee are authorized under
the provisions of this Indenture, 
 (iii)    such Securities when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and
issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Issuer, and 

(iv)    all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Issuer of the Securities have been
complied with, and covering such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request. 
 The Trustee shall have the right to decline to
authenticate and deliver any Securities under this Section if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken by the Issuer or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or board of trustees,
executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees or Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to existing Holders or would affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or
immunities under the Securities, this Indenture or otherwise. 
 The Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall, in accordance with this
Section with respect to the Securities of a series, authenticate and deliver one or more Global Securities that (i) shall represent and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all of the Securities of such
series issued and not yet cancelled, (ii) shall be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities or the nominee of such Depositary, (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to
such Depositary’s instructions and (iv) shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect: 
 “Unless and until it is
exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, this Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to the nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another
nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.” 

Each Depositary designated pursuant to this Section must, at the time of its designation and at all times while it serves as Depositary, be a
clearing agency registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any other applicable statute or regulation. 
 
Section 2.05    Execution of Securities. The Securities shall be signed on behalf of the Issuer by the chairman of the Board of Directors, the president, the chief financial officer,
the treasurer or the secretary of the Issuer. Such signatures may be the manual or facsimile signatures of the present or any future such officers. Typographical and other minor errors or defects in any such reproduction of any such signature shall
not affect the validity or enforceability of any Security that has been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee. 
 In case any
officer of the Issuer who shall have signed any of the Securities shall cease to be such officer before the Security so signed shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee or disposed of by the Issuer, such Security nevertheless may be
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signed on behalf of the Issuer by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Security, shall be the proper officers of the Issuer, although at the date of the execution and
delivery of this Indenture any such person was not such an officer. 

Section 2.06    Certificate of Authentication. Only
such Securities as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form hereinbefore recited, executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of one of its authorized officers, shall be entitled to the benefits of this
Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. The execution of such certificate by the Trustee upon any Security executed by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence that the Security so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered
hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. 

Section 2.07    Denomination and Date of Securities;
Payments of Interest. The Securities of each series shall be issuable in denominations established as contemplated by Section 2.03 or, if not so established, in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof. The Securities
of each series shall be numbered, lettered or otherwise distinguished in such manner or in accordance with such plan as the officers of the Issuer executing the same may determine with the approval of the Trustee, as evidenced by the execution and
authentication thereof. Unless otherwise indicated in a Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture for a particular series, interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day
year of twelve 30-day months. 
 Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication. The
Securities of each series shall bear interest, if any, from the date, and such interest shall be payable on the dates, established as contemplated by Section 2.03. 

The Person in whose name any Security of any series is registered at the close of business on any record date applicable to a particular
series with respect to any interest payment date for such series shall be entitled to receive the interest, if any, payable on such interest payment date notwithstanding any transfer, exchange or conversion of such Security subsequent to the record
date and prior to such interest payment date, except if and to the extent the Issuer shall default in the payment of the interest due on such interest payment date for such series, in which case such defaulted interest shall be paid to the Persons
in whose names Outstanding Securities for such series are registered at the close of business on a subsequent record date (which shall be not less than five Business Days prior to the date of payment of such defaulted interest) established by notice
given by mail by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Holders of Securities not less than 15 days preceding such subsequent record date. The term “record date” as used with respect to any interest payment date (except a date for
payment of defaulted interest) for the Securities of any series shall mean the date specified as such in the terms of the Securities of such series established as contemplated by Section 2.03, or, if no such date is so established, if such
interest payment date is the first day of a calendar month, the 15th day of the immediately preceding calendar month or, if such interest payment date is the 15th day of a calendar month, the first day of such calendar month, whether or not such
record date is a Business Day. 

Section 2.08    Registration, Transfer and
Exchange. The Issuer will keep at each office or agency to be maintained for the purpose as provided in Section 3.02 for each series of Securities a register or registers in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may
prescribe, it will provide for the registration of Securities of such series and the registration of transfer of Securities of such series. Such register shall be in written form in the English language or in any other form capable of being
converted into such form within a reasonable time. At all reasonable times such register or registers shall be open for inspection by the Trustee. 

Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of any Security of any series at any such office or agency to be maintained for the purpose
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Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in the name of the transferee or transferees a new Security or Securities of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue date in
authorized denominations for a like aggregate principal amount. 
 At the option of the Holder thereof, Securities of any series (except a
Global Security) may be exchanged for a Security or Securities of such series having authorized denominations and an equal aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of such Securities to be exchanged at the agency of the Issuer that shall be
maintained for such purpose in accordance with Section 3.02 and upon payment, if the Issuer shall so require, of the charges hereinafter provided. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive. All Securities surrendered upon any exchange or transfer provided for in this Indenture shall be promptly cancelled and disposed of
by the Trustee and the Trustee will deliver a certificate of disposition thereof to the Issuer. 
 All Securities presented for registration
of transfer, exchange, redemption or payment shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee duly
executed by, the Holder or his or her attorney duly authorized in writing. 
 The Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any stamp or other tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any exchange or registration of transfer of Securities. No service charge shall be made for any such transaction. 

The Issuer shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Securities of any series for a period of 15 days
immediately preceding the first mailing of notice of redemption of Securities of such series to be redeemed or (b) any Securities selected, called or for which notice of redemption has been provided to the Trustee, in whole or in part, except,
in the case of any Security to be redeemed in part, the portion thereof not so to be redeemed. 
 Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Section 2.08, unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Securities in definitive registered form, a Global Security representing all or a portion of the Securities of a series may not be transferred except as a whole by the
Depositary for such series to a nominee of such Depositary or by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary for such series or a nominee
of such successor Depositary. 
 If at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or
unable to continue as Depositary for the Securities of such series or if at any time the Depositary for the Securities of a series shall no longer be eligible under Section 2.04, the Issuer shall appoint a successor Depositary with respect to
the Securities of such series. If a successor Depositary for the Securities of such series is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days after the Issuer receives such notice or becomes aware of such ineligibility, the Issuer’s determination
pursuant to Section 2.03 that the Securities of such series be represented by a Global Security shall no longer be effective and the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate for the authentication and
delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global
Security or Securities representing the Securities of such series, in exchange for such Global Security or Securities. 
 The Issuer may at
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Securities. In such event the Issuer will execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate for the authentication and delivery of definitive Securities of such series, will
authenticate and deliver, Securities of such series in definitive registered form, in any authorized denominations, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security or Securities representing such series, in
exchange for such Global Security or Securities. 
 The Depositary for such Global Security may surrender such Global Security in exchange
in whole or in part for Securities of the same series in definitive registered form in accordance with the two preceding paragraphs or on such other terms as are acceptable to the Issuer and such Depositary. Thereupon, the Issuer shall execute, and
the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, without service charge, 
 (i)    to the Person specified by such
Depositary a new Security or Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations as requested by such Person, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for such Person’s beneficial interest in the Global Security; and

 (ii)    to such Depositary a new Global Security in a denomination equal to the difference, if any, between the
principal amount of the surrendered Global Security and the aggregate principal amount of Securities authenticated and delivered pursuant to clause (i) above. 

Upon the exchange of a Global Security for Securities in definitive registered form, in authorized denominations, such Global Security shall
be cancelled by the Trustee. Securities in definitive registered form issued in exchange for a Global Security pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary for such
Global Security, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. The Trustee shall deliver such Securities to or as directed by the Persons in whose names such Securities are so registered.

 All Securities issued upon any transfer or exchange of Securities shall be valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and
entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such transfer or exchange. 
 
Section 2.09    Mutilated, Defaced, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities. In case any temporary or definitive Security shall become mutilated, defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen,
the Issuer in its discretion may execute, and upon the written request of any officer of the Issuer, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver a new Security of the same series, maturity date, interest rate and original issue date, bearing a number
or other distinguishing symbol not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated or defaced Security, or in lieu of and substitution for the Security so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a
substitute Security shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by them to indemnify and defend and to save each of them harmless and, in every case of
destruction, loss or theft, evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof and in the case of mutilation or defacement shall surrender the Security to the Trustee. 

Upon the issuance of any substitute Security, the Issuer 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. In case any Security which has matured or is about to mature or has been called for redemption in full, or is
being surrendered for conversion in full, shall become mutilated or defaced or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Issuer may, instead of issuing a substitute Security (with the Holder’s consent, in the case of convertible Securities), pay or
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surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated or defaced Security), if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Issuer and to the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the
Trustee such security or indemnity as any of them may require to save each of them harmless, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Issuer and the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee
evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Security and of the ownership thereof. 
 Every substitute Security
of any series issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section by virtue of the fact that any such Security is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations of rights set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities
of such series duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. All Securities shall be held and owned upon the express condition that, to the extent permitted by law, the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement or payment or
conversion of mutilated, defaced or destroyed, lost or stolen Securities and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement or
payment of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender. 

Section 2.10    Cancellation of Securities; Destruction
Thereof. All Securities surrendered for exchange for Securities of the same series or for payment, redemption, registration of transfer, conversion or for credit against any payment in respect of a sinking or analogous fund, if surrendered
to the Issuer or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, shall be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or, if surrendered to the Trustee, shall be cancelled by it; and no Securities shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted
by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Securities held by it and deliver a certificate of disposition to the Issuer. If the Issuer shall acquire any of the Securities, such acquisition shall not operate as
a redemption or satisfaction of the Debt represented by such Securities unless and until the same are delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. 

Section 2.11    Temporary Securities. Pending the
preparation of definitive Securities for any series, the Issuer may execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver temporary Securities for such series (printed, lithographed, typewritten or otherwise reproduced, in each case in form
satisfactory to the Trustee). Temporary Securities of any series shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the definitive Securities of such series but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be
appropriate for temporary Securities, all as may be determined by the Issuer with the concurrence of the Trustee as evidenced by the execution and authentication thereof. Temporary Securities may contain such reference to any provisions of this
Indenture as may be appropriate. Every temporary Security shall be executed by the Issuer and be authenticated by the Trustee upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with like effect, as the definitive Securities. Without
unreasonable delay the Issuer shall execute and shall furnish definitive Securities of such series and thereupon temporary Securities of such series may be surrendered in exchange therefor without charge at each office or agency to be maintained by
the Issuer for that purpose pursuant to Section 3.02 and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Securities of such series an equal aggregate principal amount of definitive Securities of the same series having
authorized denominations. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series, unless the benefits of the temporary Securities are limited
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 ARTICLE 3 

COVENANTS OF THE ISSUER 
 
Section 3.01    Payment of Principal and Interest. The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay or cause to be paid
the principal of, and interest on, each of the Securities of such series (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) at the place or places, at the respective times and in the manner provided in such
Securities and in this Indenture. The interest on Securities (together with any additional amounts payable pursuant to the terms of such Securities) shall be payable only to or upon the written order of the Holders thereof and at the option of the
Issuer may be paid by mailing checks for such interest payable to or upon the written order of such Holders at their last addresses as they appear on the Security register of the Issuer. 

Section 3.02    Offices for Payments, Etc. The
Issuer will maintain (i) in Atlanta, Georgia, an agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for payment, an agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for exchange and conversion, if applicable, as provided in
this Indenture and an agency where the Securities of each series may be presented for registration of transfer as in this Indenture provided and (ii) such further agencies in such places as may be determined for the Securities of such series
pursuant to Section 2.03. 
 The Issuer will maintain in Atlanta, Georgia, an agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in
respect of the Securities of any series or this Indenture may be served. 
 The Issuer will give to the Trustee written notice of the
location of each such agency and of any change of location thereof. In case the Issuer shall fail to maintain any agency required by this Section to be located in Atlanta, Georgia, or shall fail to give such notice of the location or of any change
in the location of any of the above agencies, presentations and demands may be made and notices may be served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. 

The Issuer may from time to time designate one or more additional agencies where the Securities of a series may be presented for payment,
where the Securities of that series may be presented for exchange or conversion, if applicable, as provided in this Indenture and pursuant to Section 2.03 and where the Securities of that series may be presented for registration of transfer as
in this Indenture provided, and the Issuer may from time to time rescind any such designation, as the Issuer may deem desirable or expedient; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its
obligation to maintain the agencies provided for in this Section. The Issuer will give to the Trustee prompt written notice of any such designation or rescission thereof. 

Section 3.03    Appointment to Fill a Vacancy in Office of
Trustee. The Issuer, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 6.10, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee with respect to each series of
Securities hereunder. 
 Section 3.04    Paying
Agents. Whenever the Issuer shall appoint a paying agent other than the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series, it will cause such paying agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree
with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, 
 (a)    that it will hold all sums received by it as such
agent for the payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the
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 (b)    that it will give the Trustee notice of any failure by the Issuer
(or by any other obligor on the Securities of such series) to make any payment of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series when the same shall be due and payable, and 

(c)    that at any time during the continuance of any such failure, upon the written request of the Trustee, it will
forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such paying agent. 
 The Issuer will, on or prior to each due date of the
principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, deposit with the paying agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so becoming due, and (unless such paying agent is the Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of
any failure to take such action. 
 If the Issuer shall act as its own paying agent with respect to the Securities of any series, it will,
on or before each due date of the principal of or interest on the Securities of such series, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series a sum sufficient to pay such principal or interest so
becoming due. The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action. 
 Anything in this Section to the contrary
notwithstanding, but subject to Section 10.01, the Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge with respect to one or more or all series of Securities hereunder, or for any other reason, pay or cause to be
paid to the Trustee all sums held in trust for any such series by the Issuer or any paying agent hereunder, as required by this Section, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained. 

Anything in this Section to the contrary notwithstanding, the agreement to hold sums in trust as provided in this Section is subject to the
provisions of Sections 10.03 and 10.04. 

Section 3.05    Written Statement to Trustee. So
long as any Securities are Outstanding hereunder, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer ending after the date hereof, a written statement covering the previous fiscal year, signed by
two of its officers (which need not comply with Section 11.05), stating that in the course of the performance of their duties as officers of the Issuer they would normally have knowledge of any default by the Issuer in the performance or
fulfillment of any covenant, agreement or condition contained in this Indenture, stating whether or not they have knowledge of any such default and, if so, specifying each such default of which the signers have knowledge and the nature thereof. 

ARTICLE 4 

SECURITYHOLDERS LISTS AND REPORTS BY THE ISSUER AND THE TRUSTEE 

Section 4.01    Issuer to Furnish Trustee Information as
to Names and Addresses of Securityholders. The Issuer covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of
the Securities of each series pursuant to Section 312 of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939: 
 (a)    semiannually and
not more than 15 days after each record date for the payment of interest on such Securities, as hereinabove specified, as of such record date and on dates to be determined pursuant to Section 2.03 for
non-interest bearing Securities in each year, and 
 (b)    at such other times
as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Issuer of any such request as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such information is furnished, provided, that, if and so long as the Trustee shall be the
Security registrar (the “Security Registrar”) for such series, such list shall not be required to be furnished. 

  
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Section 4.02    Reports by the Issuer. The Issuer
covenants to comply with Section 314(a) of the Trust Indenture Act insofar as it relates to information, documentations, and other reports which the Issuer may be required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. 

Section 4.03    Reports by the Trustee. Any
Trustee’s report required under Section 313(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 shall be transmitted on or before the 60th day in each year following the date hereof, so long as any
Securities are Outstanding hereunder, and shall be dated as of a date convenient to the Trustee but no more than 60 nor less than 45 days prior thereto. The Trustee shall comply with Sections 313(b), 313(c) and 313(d) of the Trust Indenture Act.

 Section 4.04    Preservation of Information;
Communication with Securityholders. (a) The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the holders of Securities contained in the most recent list furnished to
it as provided in Section 4.01 and as to the names and addresses of holders of Securities received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar (if acting in such capacity). 

(b)    The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 4.01 upon receipt of a new list so
furnished. 
 (c)    Securityholders may communicate as provided in Section 312(b) of the Trust Indenture Act with
other Securityholders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Security Registrar and any other Person shall have the protection of Section 312(c) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

ARTICLE 5 

REMEDIES OF THE TRUSTEE AND SECURITYHOLDERS ON EVENT OF DEFAULT 

Section 5.01    Event of Default Defined; Acceleration of
Maturity; Waiver of Default. “Event of Default”, with respect to Securities of any series wherever used herein, means each one of the following events which shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event
of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body): 

(a)    default in the payment of any installment of interest upon any of the Securities of such series as and when the same
shall become due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 90 days (or such other period as may be established for the Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.03); or 

(b)    default in the payment of all or any part of the principal on any of the Securities of such series as and when the
same shall become due and payable either at maturity, upon redemption, by declaration or otherwise (and, if established for the Securities of such series as contemplated by Section 2.03, the continuance of such default for a specified period);
or 
 (c)    default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or agreement of the Issuer in respect of the
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dealt with), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer by the Trustee or to the Issuer and the
Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of all series affected thereby, a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a
“Notice of Default” hereunder; or 
 (d)    a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree
or order for relief in respect of the Issuer in an involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or
similar official) of the Issuer or for all or substantially all of its property and assets or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs, and such decree or order shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or

 (e)    the Issuer shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now or hereafter in effect, or consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee or sequestrator (or
similar official) of the Issuer or for any substantial part of its property and assets, or make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or 

(f)    any other Event of Default provided for in such series of Securities. 

If an Event of Default described in clauses (a), (b), (c) or (f) occurs and is continuing, then, and in each and every such case,
unless the principal of all of the Securities of such series shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then Outstanding hereunder
(each such series voting as a separate class) by notice in writing to the Issuer (and also to the Trustee if given by Securityholders), may declare the entire principal (or, if the Securities of such series are Original Issue Discount Securities,
such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) of all Securities of such series and the interest accrued thereon, if any, to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become
immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default described in clauses (d) or (e) occurs and is continuing, then and in each and every such case, the entire principal (or, if any Securities are Original Issue Discount Securities, such
portion of the principal as may be specified in the terms thereof) of all the Securities then Outstanding and interest accrued thereon, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. 

The foregoing provisions, however, are subject to the condition that if, at any time after the principal of the Securities of any series shall
have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the moneys due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Issuer shall pay or shall deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay
all matured installments of interest upon all the Securities of such series and the principal of any and all Securities of such series which shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest upon such principal and, to the extent
that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest, at the same rate as the rate of interest specified in the Securities of such series to the date of such payment or deposit) and such amount as
shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, its agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith, and if any
and all Events of Default under the Indenture with respect to such series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of such series which shall have become due by acceleration, shall have been
cured, waived or otherwise remedied as provided herein—then and in every such case the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all the Securities of such series then Outstanding, by written notice to the Issuer and to the
Trustee, may waive all defaults with respect to such series and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences, but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent default or shall impair any right
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 Unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or
supplemental indenture for a series of Original Issue Discount Securities, for all purposes under this Indenture, if a portion of the principal of any Original Issue Discount Securities shall have been accelerated and declared due and payable
pursuant to the provisions hereof, then, from and after such declaration, unless such declaration has been rescinded and annulled, the principal amount of such Original Issue Discount Securities shall be deemed, for all purposes hereunder, to be
such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, and payment of such portion of the principal thereof as shall be due and payable as a result of such acceleration, together with interest, if any,
thereon and all other amounts owing thereunder, shall constitute payment in full of such Original Issue Discount Securities. 
 
Section 5.02    Collection of Debt by Trustee; Trustee May Prove Debt. The Issuer covenants that (a) in case default shall be made in the payment of any installment of interest on
any of the Securities of any series when such interest shall have become due and payable, and such default shall have continued for a period of 30 days or (b) in case default shall be made in the payment of all or any part of the principal of
any of the Securities of any series when the same shall have become due and payable, whether upon maturity of the Securities of such series or upon any redemption or by declaration or otherwise—then, upon demand of the Trustee, the Issuer will
pay to the Trustee for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities of such series the whole amount that then shall have become due and payable on all Securities of such series for principal or interest, as the case may be (with interest to the date
of such payment upon the overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, on overdue installments of interest at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of
Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series); and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including reasonable compensation to the Trustee and
each predecessor trustee, their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and any expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor trustee except as a result of its negligence or bad faith. 

In case the Issuer shall fail forthwith to pay such amounts upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust,
shall be entitled and empowered to institute any action or proceedings at law or in equity for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, and may prosecute any such action or proceedings to judgment or final decree, and may enforce any such
judgment or final decree against the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities and collect in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Issuer or other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated, the moneys adjudged or decreed to
be payable. 
 In case there shall be pending proceedings relative to the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities under Title 11 of
the United States Code or any other applicable Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been
appointed for or taken possession of the Issuer or its property or such other obligor or its property, or in case of any other comparable judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the
creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of any Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee
shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise: 

  
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 (i)    to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of
principal and interest (or, if the Securities of any series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such series) owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities of any series,
and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for reasonable compensation to the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, and their respective agents,
attorneys and counsel, and for reimbursement of all expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor trustee, except as a result of negligence or bad faith) and of the Securityholders allowed in any
judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or other obligor upon the Securities of any series, or to the creditors or property of the Issuer or such other obligor, 

(ii)    unless prohibited by applicable law and regulations, to vote on behalf of the Holders of the Securities of any
series in any election of a trustee or a standby trustee in arrangement, reorganization, liquidation or other bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings or person performing similar functions in comparable proceedings, and 

(iii)    to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute
all amounts received with respect to the claims of the Securityholders and of the Trustee on their behalf; and any trustee, receiver or liquidator, custodian or other similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Securityholders to make
payments to the Trustee, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of payments directly to the Securityholders, to pay to the Trustee such amounts as shall be sufficient to cover reasonable compensation to the Trustee, each
predecessor trustee and their respective agents, attorneys and counsel, and all other expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and each predecessor trustee except as a result of negligence or bad faith and all other
amounts due to the Trustee or any predecessor trustee pursuant to Section 6.06. 
 Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to
authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or vote for or accept or adopt on behalf of any Securityholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities of any series or the rights of any Holder
thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Securityholder in any such proceeding except, as aforesaid, to vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar person. 

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Securities of any series, may be enforced by the
Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities of such series or the production thereof on any trial or other proceedings relative thereto, and any such action or proceedings instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as
trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment, subject to the payment of the expenses, disbursements and compensation of the Trustee, each predecessor trustee and their respective agents and attorneys, shall be for the ratable benefit of
the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such action was taken. 
 In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and also any
proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party), the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Securities in respect to which such action was taken, and it shall not
be necessary to make any Holders of such Securities parties to any such proceedings. 

Section 5.03    Application of Proceeds. Any
moneys collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article in respect of any series shall be applied in the following order at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such moneys on account of principal or interest,
upon presentation of the several Securities in respect of which monies have been collected and stamping (or otherwise noting) thereon the payment, or issuing Securities of such series in reduced principal amounts in exchange for the presented
Securities of like series if only partially paid, or upon surrender thereof if fully paid: 

  
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 FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due to the Trustee or any predecessor trustee pursuant
to Section 6.06; 
 SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall
not have become and be then due and payable, to the payment of interest on the Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected
by the Trustee) upon the overdue installments of interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, at the same rate as the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in such Securities,
such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference; 
 THIRD: In case the principal of
the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and shall be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for principal and
interest, with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon overdue installments of interest, to the extent permitted by applicable law, at the same rate as the rate of interest
or Yield to Maturity (in the case of Original Issue Discount Securities) specified in the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series,
then to the payment of such principal and interest or Yield to Maturity, without preference or priority of principal over interest or Yield to Maturity, or of interest or Yield to Maturity over principal, or of any installment of interest over any
other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest or Yield to Maturity; and 

FOURTH: To the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Issuer or any other Person lawfully entitled thereto. 

Section 5.04    Suits for Enforcement. In case an
Event of Default has occurred, has not been waived and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most
effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, either at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted
in this Indenture or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law. 
 
Section 5.05    Restoration of Rights on Abandonment of Proceedings. In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have
been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case (subject to any determination in such proceeding) the Issuer and the Trustee shall be restored respectively to their
former positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Issuer, the Trustee and the Securityholders shall continue as though no such proceedings had been taken. 

Section 5.06    Limitations on Suits by
Securityholders. No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any action or proceeding at law or in equity or in bankruptcy or otherwise upon or under
or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official or for any other remedy hereunder, unless such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written

  
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notice of default and of the continuance thereof, as hereinbefore provided, and unless also the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series then
Outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action or proceedings in its own name as trustee hereunder and shall have offered to the Trustee such reasonable indemnity as it may require against the costs, expenses
and liabilities to be incurred therein or thereby and the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity shall have failed to institute any such action or proceeding and no direction inconsistent with such
written request shall have been given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.09; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the Holder of every Security with every other Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders
of Securities of any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain
priority over or preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of the applicable series. For the
protection and enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity. 

Section 5.07    Unconditional Right of Securityholders to
Institute Certain Suits. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture and any provision of any Security, the right of any Holder of any Security to receive payment of the principal of and interest on such Security on or after the
respective due dates expressed in such Security in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, or for the enforcement of such conversion right, shall
not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder; it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the Holder of every Security with every other Holder and the Trustee, that no one or more Holders of Securities of
any series shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other such Holder of Securities, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or
preference to any other such Holder or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders of Securities of the applicable series. For the protection and
enforcement of the provisions of this Section, each and every Securityholder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity. 

Section 5.08    Powers and Remedies Cumulative; Delay or
Omission Not Waiver of Default. Except as provided in Section 5.06, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities 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. 
 No delay or
omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of Securities to exercise any right or power accruing upon any Event of Default occurring and continuing as aforesaid shall impair any such right or power or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such
Event of Default or an acquiescence therein; and, subject to Section 5.06, every power and remedy given by this Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders of Securities may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be
deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities. 

Section 5.09    Control by Holders of Securities.
The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of each series affected (with each series voting as a separate class) at the time Outstanding shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any
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Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by this Indenture; provided, that such direction shall not be otherwise than in accordance with law and the provisions of this Indenture and
provided, further, that (subject to the provisions of Section 6.01) the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, shall determine that the action or proceeding so directed may
not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee shall determine that the action or proceedings so directed would
involve the Trustee in personal liability or if the Trustee in good faith shall so determine that the actions or forbearances specified in or pursuant to such direction would be unduly prejudicial to the interests of Holders of the Securities of all
series so affected not joining in the giving of said direction, it being understood that (subject to Section 6.01) the Trustee shall have no duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders.

 Nothing in this Indenture shall impair the right of the Trustee in its discretion to take any action deemed proper by the Trustee and
which is not inconsistent with such direction or directions by Securityholders. 

Section 5.10    Waiver of Past Defaults. Prior to
the declaration of the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities of any series as provided in Section 5.01, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series at the time Outstanding, by notice to the
Trustee, may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any existing default in the performance of any of the covenants contained herein or established pursuant to Section 2.03 with respect to such series and its
consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any of the Securities of that series as and when the same shall become due by the terms of such Securities. In the case of any such waiver, the Issuer, the Trustee
and the Holders of the Securities of such series shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder, respectively, such default shall cease to exist and be deemed to have been cured and not to have occurred, and any Event of Default
arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, and not to have occurred 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. 

Section 5.11    Trustee to Give Notice of Default.
The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of a default with respect to the Securities of any series, give notice of all defaults with respect to that series known to the Trustee to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner
and to the extent provided in Section 4.03, unless in each case such defaults shall have been cured before the mailing or publication of such notice (the term “defaults” for the purpose of this Section being hereby defined to mean any
event or condition which is, or with notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default); provided, that, except in the case of default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any of the Securities of such series, or in the
payment of any sinking fund installment on such series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee, or a trust committee of directors or trustees and/or Responsible
Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Securityholders of such series. 

Section 5.12    Right of Court to Require Filing of
Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his or her acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, in any suit for the enforcement of
any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such
court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or

  
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defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Securityholder or group of
Securityholders of any series holding in the aggregate more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series, or to any suit instituted by any Securityholder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest
on any Security of such series, on or after the respective due dates expressed in such Security or established pursuant to this Indenture. 

ARTICLE 6 

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE 
 
Section 6.01    Duties and Responsibilities of the Trustee; During Default; Prior to Default. With respect to the Holders of any series of Securities issued hereunder, the Trustee,
prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a particular series and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default which may have occurred with respect to such series, undertakes to perform such duties and
only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In case an Event of Default with respect to the Securities of a series has occurred (which has not been cured or waived), 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 his or her own affairs. 

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. 

Section 6.02    Certain Rights of the Trustee. In
furtherance of and subject to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and subject to Section 6.01: 
 (a)    in the absence
of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any statements, certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and
conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such statements, certificates or opinions which 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 requirements of this Indenture; 
 (b)    the Trustee shall not
be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Responsible Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; 

(c)    the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in
accordance with the direction of the Holders pursuant to Section 5.09 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee,
under this Indenture; 
 (d)    none of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend
or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there shall be reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or
adequate indemnity against such liability is not reasonably assured to it; 
 (e)    the Trustee may rely and shall be
protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, Officer’s Certificate or any other certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, security or other paper or
document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties; 

  
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 (f)    any request, direction, order or demand of the Issuer mentioned
herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof
certified by the secretary or an assistant secretary of the Issuer; 
 (g)    the Trustee may consult with counsel and
any advice or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel; 

(h)    the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the trusts or powers vested in it by this Indenture at
the request, order or direction of any of the Securityholders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Securityholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities
which might be incurred therein or thereby; 
 (i)    the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted by
it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion, rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture; 

(j)    prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default,
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, consent, order, approval, appraisal, bond, debenture, note, security,
or other paper or document unless requested in writing so to do by the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of all series affected then Outstanding; provided, that, if the payment within a reasonable
time to the Trustee of the costs, expenses or liabilities likely to be incurred by it in the making of such investigation is, in the opinion of the Trustee, not reasonably assured to the Trustee by the security afforded to it by the terms of this
Indenture, the Trustee may require reasonable indemnity against such expenses or liabilities as a condition to proceeding; the reasonable expenses of every such investigation shall be paid by the Issuer or, if paid by the Trustee or any predecessor
trustee, shall be repaid by the Issuer upon demand; and 
 (k)    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 not regularly in its employ and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any such agent or attorney appointed
with due care by it hereunder. 

Section 6.03    Trustee Not Responsible for Recitals,
Disposition of Securities or Application of Proceeds Thereof. The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer, and the Trustee
assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representation as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of
any of the Securities or of the proceeds thereof. 

Section 6.04    Trustee and Agents May Hold Securities;
Collections, Etc. The Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent and
may otherwise deal with the Issuer and receive, collect, hold and retain collections from the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee or such agent. 

  
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Section 6.05    Moneys Held by Trustee. Subject to
the provisions of Section 10.04 hereof, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to
the extent required by mandatory provisions of law. Neither the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be under any liability for interest on any moneys received by it hereunder. 

Section 6.06    Compensation and Indemnification of
Trustee and Its Prior Claim. The Issuer covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, such reasonable compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the
compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as the Issuer and the Trustee may from time to time agree in writing and, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Issuer covenants and agrees to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each
predecessor trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by or on behalf of it in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses
and disbursements of its counsel and of all agents and other persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may arise from its negligence or bad faith. The Issuer also covenants to indemnify the Trustee and
each predecessor trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any loss, liability or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or the trusts
hereunder and its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against or investigating any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Issuer under this Section to compensate and indemnify the Trustee and
each predecessor trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee and each predecessor trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall constitute additional indebtedness hereunder and shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
Such additional indebtedness shall be a senior claim to that of the Securities upon all property and funds held or collected by the Trustee as such, except funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities, and the
Securities are hereby subordinated to such senior claim. 

Section 6.07    Right of Trustee to Rely on Officer’s
Certificate, Etc. Subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, whenever in the administration of the trusts of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering or
omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by
an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such certificate, in the absence of negligence or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof. 

Section 6.08    Disqualification; Conflicting
Interests. If the Trustee has or shall acquire any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee and the Issuer shall in all respects comply with the provisions of
Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. 

Section 6.09    Persons Eligible for Appointment as
Trustee. The Trustee for each series of Securities hereunder shall at all times be a corporation having a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and shall be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(a) of
the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If such corporation publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of a Federal, State or District of Columbia supervising or examining authority, then, for the purposes of
this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such corporation shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. 

  
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Section 6.10    Resignation and Removal; Appointment of
Successor Trustee. (a) The Trustee, or any trustee or trustees hereafter appointed, may at any time resign with respect to one or more or all series of Securities by giving written notice of resignation to the Issuer and by mailing notice of
such resignation to the Holders of then Outstanding Securities of each series affected at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor trustee
or trustees with respect to the applicable series by written instrument in duplicate, executed by authority of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee or
trustees. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed with respect to any series and have accepted appointment within 30 days after the mailing of such notice of resignation, the resigning trustee may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of the applicable series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself or herself and all others
similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee. 

(b)    In case at any time any of the following shall occur: 

(i)    the Trustee shall fail to comply with the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 with
respect to any series of Securities after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months; or 

(ii)    the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder of a Security; or 

(iii)    the Trustee shall become incapable of acting with respect to any series of Securities, or shall be adjudged
bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver or liquidator 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 Issuer may remove the Trustee with respect to the applicable series of Securities and appoint a
successor trustee for such series by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, (B) subject
to Section 315(e) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, any Holder of a Security who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security or Securities of such series for at least six months may on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly
situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee with respect to such series. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe,
remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee. 
 (c)    The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding may at any time remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of such series and, with the consent of the Issuer, appoint a successor trustee with respect to the Securities of such series by
delivering to the Trustee so removed, to the successor trustee so appointed and to the Issuer the evidence provided for in Section 7.01 of the action in that regard taken by the Securityholders. 

(d)    Any resignation or removal of the Trustee with respect to any series and any appointment of a successor trustee
with respect to such series pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 6.10 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 6.11. 

  
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Section 6.11    Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 6.10 shall execute and deliver to the Issuer and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the
predecessor trustee with respect to all or any applicable series shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all rights, powers, duties and obligations with respect to such
series of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as trustee for such series hereunder; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Issuer or of the successor trustee, upon payment of its charges then unpaid, the
trustee ceasing to act shall, subject to Section 10.04, pay over to the successor trustee all moneys at the time held by it hereunder and shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all such rights, powers,
duties and obligations. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Issuer shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee
ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a prior claim upon all property or funds held or collected by such trustee to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.06. 

If a successor trustee is appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the predecessor trustee
and each successor trustee with respect to the Securities of any applicable series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto which shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the
rights, powers, trusts and duties of the predecessor trustee with respect to the Securities of any series as to which the predecessor trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the predecessor trustee, and shall add to or change any of
the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such
trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts under separate indentures. 

No successor trustee with respect to any series of Securities shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 6.11 unless at the
time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible under the provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. 

Upon acceptance of appointment by any successor trustee as provided in this Section 6.11, the Issuer shall mail notice thereof to the
Holders of Securities of each series affected, by mailing such notice to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register. If the acceptance of appointment is substantially contemporaneous with the resignation, then the
notice called for by the preceding sentence may be combined with the notice called for by Section 6.10. If the Issuer fails to mail such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee
shall cause such notice to be given at the expense of the Issuer. 

Section 6.12    Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or
Succession to Business of Trustee. 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 the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the successor of the Trustee hereunder; provided, that such corporation shall be qualified under the provisions of Section 310(b) of the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 and eligible under the provisions of Section 310(a) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the
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 In case, at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by
this Indenture, any of the Securities of any series shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee and deliver such Securities so
authenticated; and, in case at that time any of the Securities of any series shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the
successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificate shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Securities of such series or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, that the right to adopt
the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or to authenticate Securities of any series in the name of any predecessor trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation. 

Section 6.13    Preferential Collection of Claims Against
the Issuer. The Trustee shall comply with Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act, excluding any creditor relationship described in Section 311(b) of the Trust Indenture Act. A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be
subject to Section 311(a) of the Trust Indenture Act to the extent included therein. 
 ARTICLE 7

 CONCERNING THE SECURITYHOLDERS 

Section 7.01    Evidence of Action Taken by
Securityholders. Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by a specified percentage in principal amount of the Securityholders of any or all series
may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such specified percentage of Securityholders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided,
such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee. Proof of execution of any instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to
Sections 6.01 and 6.02) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Article. 
 
Section 7.02    Proof of Execution of Instruments and of Holding of Securities. Subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.02, the execution of any instrument by a Holder or his agent or proxy may
be proved by the affidavit of a witness to 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 limited liability company, on behalf of such corporation, partnership or limited liability company, such certificate or affidavit
shall also constitute sufficient proof of his authority. 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 which the Trustee deems sufficient. The holding of
Securities shall be proved by the Security register or by a certificate of the registrar thereof. The Issuer may set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders of any series entitled to vote or consent to any action referred
to in Section 7.01, which record date may be set at any time or from time to time by notice to the Trustee, for any date or dates (in the case of any adjournment or reconsideration) not more than 60 days nor less than five days prior to the
proposed date of such vote or consent, and thereafter, notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, only Holders of such series of record on such record date shall be entitled to so vote or give such consent or revoke such vote or consent. Notice of
such record date may be given before or after any request for any action referred to in Section 
7.01 is made by the Issuer. 
 Section 7.03    Holders to
Be Treated as Owners. The Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or of the Trustee may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Security shall be registered upon the Security register for such series as the absolute owner of such
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Security shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of, and, subject to the
provisions of this Indenture, interest on, such Security and for all other purposes; and neither the Issuer nor the Trustee nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments so made to any
such Person, or upon his or her order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sum or sums so paid, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for moneys payable. 

Section 7.04    Securities Owned by Issuer Deemed Not
Outstanding. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of any or all series have concurred in any direction, consent or waiver under this Indenture, Securities which are owned by
the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination is being made or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other
obligor on the Securities with respect to which such determination is being made shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding for the purpose of any such determination, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall
be protected in relying on any such direction, consent or waiver, only Securities which the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee
establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer or any other obligor on the Securities. In case of a dispute as to such right, the advice of counsel shall be full protection in respect of any decision made by the Trustee in
accordance with such advice. 
 Section 7.05    Right of
Revocation of Action Taken. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 7.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of
any or all series, as the case may be, specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Security the serial number of which is shown by the evidence to be included among the serial numbers of the Securities the Holders of
which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in this Article, revoke such action so far as concerns such Security. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by
the Holder of any Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Security and of any Securities issued in exchange or substitution therefor or on registration of transfer thereof,
irrespective of whether or not any notation in regard thereto is made upon any such Security. Any action taken by the Holders of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of any or all series, as the case may be, specified in
this Indenture in connection with such action shall be conclusively binding upon the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders of all the Securities affected by such action. 

ARTICLE 8 

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES 
 
Section 8.01    Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Securityholders. The Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors, and the Trustee may from time to time
and at any time, without the consent of any of the Securityholders, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto in form satisfactory to the Trustee for one or more of the following purposes: 

(a)    to convey, transfer, assign, mortgage or pledge to the Trustee as security for the Securities of one or more series
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 (b)    to evidence the succession of a corporation, limited liability
company, partnership or trust to the Issuer, or successive successions, and the assumption by such successor of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Issuer pursuant to Article 9; 

(c)    to add to the covenants of the Issuer such further covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions as its Board
of Directors shall consider to be for the protection of the Holders of Securities, and to make the occurrence, or the occurrence and continuance, of a default in any such additional covenants, restrictions, conditions or provisions an Event of
Default permitting the enforcement of all or any of the several remedies provided in this Indenture as herein set forth; provided, that in respect of any such additional covenant, restriction, condition or provision such supplemental indenture may
provide for a particular period of grace after default (which period may be shorter or longer than that allowed in the case of other defaults) or may provide for an immediate enforcement upon such an Event of Default or may limit the remedies
available to the Trustee upon such an Event of Default or may limit the right of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of such series to waive such an Event of Default; 

(d)    to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, or to conform this Indenture or any supplemental indenture to the
description of the Securities set forth in any prospectus or prospectus supplement related to such series of Securities; 

(e)    to provide for or add guarantors for the Securities of one or more series; 

(f)    to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.01 and 2.03; 

(g)    to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor trustee with respect to the
Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the requirements of
Section 6.11; 
 (h)    to add to, delete from or revise the conditions, limitations and restrictions on the
authorized amount, terms, purposes of issue, authentication and delivery of any series of Securities, as herein set forth; 

(i)    to make any change to the Securities of any series so long as no Securities of such series are Outstanding; and

 (j)    to make any other change that does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of the Securities in any
material respect. 
 The Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained and to accept the conveyance, transfer, assignment, mortgage or pledge of any property thereunder, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental
indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise. 
 Any supplemental indenture
authorized by the provisions of this Section may be executed without the consent of the Holders of any of the Securities at the time Outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 8.02. 

  
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Section 8.02    Supplemental Indentures With Consent of
Securityholders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 7) of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of one or more series affected by such supplemental
indenture (voting as separate series), the Issuer, when authorized by a resolution of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee may, from time to time and at any time, enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding
any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each such consenting series; provided,
that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, (a) extend the final maturity of any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment
of interest thereon, or reduce any amount payable on redemption thereof, or make the principal thereof (including any amount in respect of original issue discount) or interest thereon payable in any currency other than that provided in the
Securities or in accordance with the terms thereof, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security that would be due and payable upon an acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 5.01 or the amount
thereof provable in bankruptcy pursuant to Section 5.02, or waive a default in the payment of principal of any Security or interest thereon or change a provision related to the waiver of past defaults or changes or impair the right of any
Securityholder to institute suit for the payment or conversion thereof or, if the Securities provide therefor, any right of repayment at the option of the Securityholder, or (b) modify any of the provisions of this section except to increase
any required percentage or to provide that certain other provisions cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Security so affected, or (c) reduce the aforesaid percentage of Securities of any series, the consent of
the Holders of which is required for any such supplemental indenture or the consent of Holders of which is required for any modification, amendment or waiver of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and
their consequences provided for in this Indenture. 
 A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant, Event of Default or
other provision of this Indenture (1) that has been expressly included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, if any, or (2) which modifies the rights of Holders of Securities of one or more series with
respect to any covenant, Event of Default or provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series with respect to which such covenant, Event of Default or other provision has not
be modified. 
 Upon the request of the Issuer, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental
indenture, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Securityholders as aforesaid and other documents, if any, required by Section 7.01, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer in the execution of such supplemental
indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental
indenture. 
 It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Securityholders under this Section to approve the particular form of any
proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such consent shall approve the substance thereof. 
 Promptly after the
execution by the Issuer and the Trustee of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Section, the Trustee shall give a notice thereof to the Holders of then Outstanding Securities of each series affected thereby, by mailing a
notice thereof by first-class mail to such Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Security register, and in each case such notice shall set forth in general terms the substance of such supplemental indenture. Any failure of the
Trustee to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture. 

  
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Section 8.03    Effect of Supplemental Indenture.
Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions hereof, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and
immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Issuer and the Holders of Securities of each series affected thereby shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments,
and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes. 

Section 8.04    Documents to Be Given to
Trustee. The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Sections 6.01 and 6.02, may receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article 8
complies with the applicable provisions of this Indenture. 

Section 8.05    Notation on Securities in Respect of
Supplemental Indentures. Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article may bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee for such series as
to any matter provided for by such supplemental indenture or as to any action taken by Securityholders. If the Issuer or the Trustee shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the
Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may be prepared by the Issuer, authenticated by the Trustee and delivered in exchange for the Securities of such series then Outstanding. 

ARTICLE 9 

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE 

Section 9.01    Issuer May Consolidate,
Etc., on Certain Terms. The Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person (in a transaction in which the Issuer is not the surviving corporation) or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an
entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless (a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of
the Issuer as an entirety or substantially as an entirety (i) shall be a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust, (ii) shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State
thereof or the District of Columbia and (iii) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest
on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the
Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer shall have been merged or by the Person which shall have acquired the Issuer’s assets; and (b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and treating any indebtedness
which becomes an obligation of the Issuer or any Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Issuer or such Subsidiary at the time of such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of
time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing. 
 The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such proposed transaction and any supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been
complied with. 
 The conditions of (a)(ii) above shall not apply in the case of a corporation or entity not organized under the laws of the
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agree, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, (i) to subject itself to the jurisdiction of the United States district court for the Southern District of New York and (ii) to indemnify and
hold harmless the holders of all Securities against (A) any tax, assessment or governmental charge imposed on such holders by a jurisdiction other than the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with
respect to, and withheld on the making of, any payment of principal or interest on such Securities and which would not have been so imposed and withheld had such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance not been made and (B) any tax,
assessment or governmental charge imposed on or relating to, and any costs or expenses involved in, such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. 

The restrictions in this Section 9.01 shall not apply to (i) the merger or consolidation of the Issuer with one of its affiliates,
if the Board of Directors determines in good faith that the purpose of such transaction is principally to change the Issuer’s State of incorporation or convert the Issuer’s form of organization to another form, or (ii) the merger of
the Issuer with or into a single direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary. 
 Nothing contained in this Article shall apply to, limit or
impose any requirements upon the consolidation or merger of any Person into the Issuer where the Issuer is the survivor of such transaction, or the acquisition by the Issuer, by purchase or otherwise, of all or any part of the property of any other
Person (whether or not affiliated with the Issuer). 

Section 9.02    Successor Issuer Substituted. Upon
any consolidation of the Issuer with, or merger of the Issuer into, any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of the properties and assets of the Issuer as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 9.01,
the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this
Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the
Securities. 
 In case of any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made
in the Securities thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate. 
 ARTICLE 10 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE; 

UNCLAIMED MONEYS 
 
Section 10.01    Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture; Defeasance. 

(a)    If at any time 

(i)    the Issuer shall have paid or caused to be paid the principal of and interest on all the Securities of any series
Outstanding hereunder (other than Securities of such series which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09) as and when the same shall have become due and payable, or 

(ii)    the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Securities of any series theretofore
authenticated (other than any Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 2.09), or 

  
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 (iii)    in the case of any series of Securities the exact amount
(including the currency of payment) of principal of and interest due on which on the dates referred to in clause (B) below can be determined at the time of making the deposit referred to in such clause, 

(A)    all the Securities of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due
and payable, or are by their terms to become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption, and 

(B)    the Issuer shall have irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds the entire
amount in cash (other than moneys repaid by the Trustee or any paying agent to the Issuer in accordance with Section 10.04) or, in the case of any series of Securities the payments on which may only be made in Dollars, U.S. Government
Obligations maturing as to principal and interest in such amounts and at such times as will insure the availability of cash sufficient to pay on any subsequent interest payment date all interest due on such interest payment date on the Securities of
such series and to pay at maturity or upon redemption all Securities of such series (in each case other than any Securities of such series which shall have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which shall have been replaced or paid as provided in
Section 2.09) not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due or to become due to such date of maturity, as the case may be, and if, in any such case (i), (ii) or (iii), the Issuer shall also
pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer, including amounts due the Trustee pursuant to Section 6.06, with respect to Securities of such series, then this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect
to Securities of such series (except as to (1) rights of registration of transfer, conversion and exchange of Securities of such series and the Issuer’s right of optional redemption, (2) substitution of mutilated, defaced, destroyed,
lost or stolen Securities, (3) rights of Holders of Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 10.01(a)(iii)(B), payments of principal thereof and interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor
(but not upon acceleration) and remaining rights of the Holders to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 10.01(a)(iii)(B), sinking fund payments, if any, (4) the rights (including the Trustee’s rights under
Section 10.05) and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Trustee’s obligations under Sections 10.02 and 10.04 and (5) the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.02), and the Trustee, on demand of the Issuer accompanied
by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel which complies with Section 11.05 and at the cost and expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging such satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with
respect to such series. The Issuer agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in
connection with this Indenture or the Securities of such series. 
 (b)    The following subsection shall apply to the
Securities of each series unless specifically otherwise provided in a Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to Section 2.03. In addition to the right to discharge of the Indenture
pursuant to subsection (a) above, the Issuer, at its option and at any time, by written notice by an officer delivered to the Trustee, may elect to have all of its obligations discharged with all Outstanding Securities of a series
(“Legal Defeasance”), such discharge to be effective on the date that the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) and (vi) of Section 10.01(d) are satisfied, and thereafter the Issuer shall be deemed to
have paid and discharged the entire Debt on all the Securities of such a series, and satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned and this Indenture shall cease to be of
further effect with respect to Securities of such series (except as to (1) rights of registration of transfer, conversion and exchange of Securities of such series, (2) substitution of apparently mutilated, defaced, destroyed, lost or
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interest thereon, upon the original stated due dates therefor (but not upon acceleration) and remaining rights of the Holders to receive, solely from the trust fund described in
Section 10.01(d)(i), sinking fund payments, if any, (4) the rights (including the Trustee’s rights under Section 10.05) and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Trustee’s obligations with respect to the Securities of
such series under Sections 10.02 and 10.04 and (5) the obligations of the Issuer under Section 3.02). 

(c)    The following subsection shall apply to the Securities of each series unless specifically otherwise provided in a
Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or indenture supplemental hereto provided pursuant to Section 2.03. In addition to the right to discharge of the Indenture pursuant to subsection (a) and to Legal Defeasance pursuant to
subsection (b), above, the Issuer, at its option and at any time, by written notice executed by an officer delivered to the Trustee, may elect to have its obligations under any covenant contained in this Indenture or in the Board Resolution or
supplemental indenture relating to such series pursuant to Section 2.03 discharged with respect to all Outstanding Securities of a series, this Indenture and any indentures supplemental to this Indenture with respect to such series
(“Covenant Defeasance”), such discharge to be effective on the date the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) and (v) through (vi) of Section 10.01(d) are satisfied, and such Securities shall
thereafter be deemed to be not “Outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration of Securityholders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be
“Outstanding” for all other purposes under this Indenture. For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Issuer may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in
respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of reference in any such covenant to any other provision
herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute an Event of Default under Section 5.01(c) or otherwise, but except as specified in this Section 10.01(c), the remainder of the Issuer’s obligations under
the Securities of such series, this Indenture, and any indentures supplemental to this Indenture with respect to such series shall be unaffected thereby. 

(d)    The following shall be the conditions to the application of Legal Defeasance under subsection (b) or Covenant
Defeasance under subsection (c) to the Securities of the applicable series: 
 (i)    the Issuer irrevocably
deposits or causes to be deposited in trust with the Trustee or, at the option of the Trustee, with a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and the Company under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trustee, cash or U.S. Government Obligations that will generate cash sufficient to pay principal of and interest on the Outstanding Securities of such series to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and to pay all other amounts payable by it
hereunder, provided that (A) the trustee of the irrevocable trust, if any, shall have been irrevocably instructed to pay such funds or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the Trustee and (B) the Trustee shall have been
irrevocably instructed to apply such funds or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to (x) the principal and interest on all Securities of such series on the date that such principal or interest is due and payable and (y) any
mandatory sinking fund payments on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Securities of such series, and the Issuer shall also pay or cause to be paid all other amounts payable
hereunder with respect to such series; 
 (ii)    the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
stating that all conditions precedent specified herein relating to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect; 

  
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 (iii)    no Event of Default under subsection (a), (b), (d) or
(e) of Section 5.01 shall have occurred and be continuing, and no event which with notice or lapse of time or both would become such an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, on the date of such deposit; 

(iv)    in the event of an election for Legal Defeasance under subsection (b), the Issuer shall have delivered to the
Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal
income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit,
defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge were not
to occur; 
 (v)    in the event of an election for Covenant Defeasance under subsection (c), the Issuer shall have
delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such
Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur; and 

(vi)    notwithstanding any other provisions of this subsection (d), such defeasance shall be effected in compliance with
any additional or substitute terms, conditions or limitations which may be imposed on the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03. 
 After
such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to this Section 10.01(d) and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in this subsection (d), the Trustee upon request shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the discharge of the
Issuer’s obligations pursuant to this Section 10.01. 

Section 10.02    Application by Trustee of Funds Deposited
for Payment of Securities. Subject to Section 10.04, all moneys deposited with the Trustee (or other trustee) pursuant to Section 10.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it to the payment, either directly or through any paying
agent (including the Issuer acting as its own paying agent), to the Holders of the particular Securities of such series for the payment or redemption of which such moneys have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums due and to become due
thereon for principal and interest; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. 
 
Section 10.03    Repayment of Moneys Held by Paying Agent. In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to Securities of any series, all moneys then
held by any paying agent under the provisions of this Indenture with respect to such series of Securities shall, upon demand of the Issuer, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee and thereupon such paying agent shall be released from all further
liability with respect to such moneys. 

Section 10.04    Return of Moneys Held by Trustee and
Paying Agent Unclaimed for Two Years. Any moneys deposited with or paid to the Trustee or any paying agent for the payment of the principal of, interest on or additional amounts in respect of any Security of any series and not applied but
remaining unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such principal, interest or additional amount shall have become due and payable, shall be repaid to the Issuer by the Trustee for such series or such paying agent, and the Holder of the
Securities of such series shall thereafter look only to the Issuer for any payment which such Holder may be entitled to collect, and all liability of the Trustee or any paying agent with respect to such moneys shall thereupon cease. 

  
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Section 10.05    Indemnity for U.S. Government
Obligations. The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 10.01 or the principal or interest received in
respect of such obligations. 
 ARTICLE 11 

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
 
Section 11.01    No Recourse. No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of this Indenture, or of any Security, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in
respect thereof, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, officer or director, past, present or future as such, of the Issuer or of any predecessor or successor corporation, either directly or through the Issuer or any such predecessor or
successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder are solely
corporate obligations, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, the incorporators, stockholders, officers or directors as such, of the Issuer or of any predecessor or successor corporation, or any
of them, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom; and that any and all such
personal liability of every name and nature, either at common law or in equity or by constitution or statute, of, and any and all such rights and claims against, every such incorporator, stockholder, officer or director as such, because of the
creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements contained in this Indenture or in any of the Securities or implied therefrom, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Securities. 

Section 11.02    Provisions of Indenture for the Sole
Benefit of Parties and Holders of Securities. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, expressed or implied, shall give or be construed to give to any person, firm or corporation, other than the parties hereto and their successors and
the Holders of the Securities any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture or under any covenant or provision herein contained, all such covenants and provisions being for the sole benefit of the parties hereto and their
successors and of the Holders of the Securities. 

Section 11.03    Successors and Assigns of Issuer Bound by
Indenture. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Indenture by or on behalf of the Issuer shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not. 

Section 11.04    Notices and Demands on Issuer, Trustee
and Holders of Securities. Any notice or demand which by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders of Securities to or on the Issuer may be given or served by being
deposited postage prepaid, first-class mail (except as otherwise specifically provided herein) addressed (until another address of the Issuer is filed by the Issuer with the Trustee) to Repay Holdings Corporation, 3 West Paces Ferry Road, Suite 200,
Atlanta, GA 30305, Attn: General Counsel. Any notice, direction, request or demand by the Issuer or any Holder of Securities to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or made
at                 , Attn:                 . 

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of Securities, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly
provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder entitled thereto, at his or her last address as it appears in the Security register. In case, by reason of the suspension of or irregularities in regular mail service,
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of any event to Holders of Securities when said notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture or of the Securities, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be
satisfactory to the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. 
 In case, by reason of the suspension of or
irregularities in regular mail service, it shall be impracticable to mail notice to the Issuer when such notice is required to be given pursuant to any provision of this Indenture, then any manner of giving such notice as shall be satisfactory to
the Trustee shall be deemed to be a sufficient giving of such notice. 
 Neither the failure to give notice, nor any defect in any notice so
given, to any particular Holder of a Security shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders of Securities given as provided above. 

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. 

Section 11.05    Officer’s Certificates and Opinions
of Counsel; Statements to Be Contained Therein. Upon any application or demand by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s
Certificate stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent have been
complied with, except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular application or demand, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished. 
 Each certificate or opinion provided for in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with
respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include (a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition, (b) a brief statement as to the nature
and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based, (c) a statement that, in the opinion of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as
is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been
complied with. 
 Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer 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 or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based as
aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. Any certificate, statement or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, information with respect to which is in
the possession of the Issuer, upon the certificate, statement or opinion of or representations by an officer or officers of the Issuer, unless such counsel knows that the certificate, statement or opinion or representations with respect to the
matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. 

Any certificate, statement or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters,
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may be, knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the accounting matters upon which his or her certificate, statement or opinion may be based as aforesaid are
erroneous, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know that the same are erroneous. 

Section 11.06    Payments Due on Saturdays, Sundays and
Holidays. If the date of maturity of interest on or principal of the Securities of any series or the date fixed for redemption or repayment of any such Security, or the last day on which a Holder has the right to convert any Security, shall
not be a Business Day, then payment of interest or principal, or any conversion, need not be made on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the date of maturity or the date fixed
for redemption or on such last day for conversion, and no interest shall accrue for the period after such date. 
 
Section 11.07    Conflict of Any Provision of Indenture With Trust Indenture Act of 1939. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with
another provision included in this Indenture by operation of Sections 310 to 317, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, such incorporated provision shall control. 

Section 11.08    New York Law to Govern. This
Indenture and each Security shall be deemed to be a contract under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of such State without regard to any principle of conflict of
laws that would require or permit the application of the laws of any other jurisdiction, except as may otherwise be required by mandatory provisions of law. 

Section 11.09    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. 

Section 11.10    Effect of Headings. The Article
and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof. 
 
Section 11.11    Actions by Successor. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board of directors or its
equivalent, committee or officer of the Issuer shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the corresponding board, committee or officer of any corporation that shall at the time be the lawful successor of the Issuer. 

Section 11.12    Severability. In case any one or
more of the provisions contained in this Indenture or in the Securities of any series shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provisions of this Indenture or of such Securities, but this Indenture and such Securities shall be construed as if such invalid or illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein or therein. 

ARTICLE 12 

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES AND SINKING FUNDS 

Section 12.01    Applicability of Article. The
provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are redeemable before their maturity or to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of a series, except as otherwise specified, as contemplated by
Section 2.03 for Securities of such series. 

Section 12.02    Notice of Redemption; Partial
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given by mailing notice of such redemption by first class mail, postage prepaid, at least 15 days and not more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for redemption to such Holders of Securities of
such series at their last addresses as they shall appear upon the Security register. Any notice which is given in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Security of a series designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Security of such series.

 The notice of redemption to each such Holder shall specify the principal amount of each Security of such series held by such Holder to be
redeemed, the date fixed for redemption, the redemption price, the place or places of payment, that payment will be made upon presentation and surrender of such Securities, that such redemption is pursuant to the mandatory or optional sinking fund,
or both, if such be the case, that interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption will be paid as specified in such notice and that on and after said date interest thereon or on the portions thereof to be redeemed will cease to accrue and shall
also specify, if applicable, the conversion price then in effect and the date on which the right to convert such Securities or the portions thereof to be redeemed will expire. In case any Security of a series is to be redeemed in part only, the
notice of redemption shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and shall state that on and after the date fixed for redemption, upon surrender of such Security, a new Security or Securities of such series in principal
amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof will be issued. 
 The notice of redemption of Securities of any series to be redeemed at the
option of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuer. 

On or before the redemption date specified in the notice of redemption given as provided in this Section, the Issuer will deposit with the
Trustee or with one or more paying agents (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own paying agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 3.04) an amount of money sufficient to redeem on the redemption date all the
Securities of such series so called for redemption (other than those Securities theretofore surrendered for conversion into Common Stock or any other security of the Issuer in accordance with their terms) at the appropriate redemption price,
together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If any Security called for redemption is converted pursuant hereto and in accordance with the terms thereof, any money deposited with the Trustee or any paying agent or so segregated
and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall be paid to the Issuer upon the Issuer’s request, or, if then held by the Issuer, shall be discharged from such trust. The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee at least 10 days prior to
the date the notice required to be delivered to the Holders is to be sent (unless a shorter time period shall be acceptable to the Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate (which need not comply with Section 11.05) stating the aggregate principal
amount of Securities to be redeemed. In case of a redemption at the election of the Issuer prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, prior to the giving of any notice of redemption to
Holders pursuant to this Section, an Officer’s Certificate stating that such restriction has been complied with. 
 If less than all
the Securities of a series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select, in such manner as it shall deem appropriate and fair, Securities of such series to be redeemed in whole or in part. Securities may be redeemed in part in multiples equal to the
minimum authorized denomination for Securities of such series or any multiple thereof. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities of such series selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities of such series
selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities of any series shall relate, in the case
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of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed. If any Security selected for partial redemption is surrendered for conversion after such selection, the converted
portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be possible) to be the portion selected for redemption. 
 
Section 12.03    Payment of Securities Called for Redemption. If notice of redemption has been given as above provided, the Securities or portions of Securities specified in such notice
shall become due and payable on the date and at the place stated in such notice at the applicable redemption price, together with interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption, and on and after said date (unless the Issuer shall default in the
payment of such Securities at the redemption price, together with interest accrued to said date) interest on the Securities or portions of Securities so called for redemption shall cease to accrue, and such Securities shall cease from and after the
date fixed for redemption to be convertible into Common Stock or any other security of the Issuer (to the extent otherwise convertible in accordance with their terms), if applicable, and cease to be entitled to any benefit or security under this
Indenture, and except as provided in the paragraph below, the Holders thereof shall have no right in respect of such Securities except the right to receive the redemption price thereof and unpaid interest to the date fixed for redemption. On
presentation and surrender of such Securities at a place of payment specified in said notice, said Securities or the specified portions thereof shall be paid and redeemed by the Issuer at the applicable redemption price, together with interest
accrued thereon to the date fixed for redemption; provided, that payment of interest becoming due on or prior to the date fixed for redemption shall be payable to the Holders of such Securities registered as such on the relevant record date subject
to the terms and provisions of Sections 2.03 and 2.07 hereof. 
 If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender
thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid or duly provided for, bear interest from the date fixed for redemption at the rate of interest or Yield to Maturity (in the case of an Original Issue Discount Security) borne by such Security
and, if applicable, such Security shall remain convertible into Common Stock or such other security of the Issuer as may be identified until the principal of such Security shall have been paid or duly provided for. 

Upon presentation of any Security redeemed in part only, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the
order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Issuer, a new Security or Securities of such series, of authorized denominations, in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the Security so presented. 

Section 12.04    Exclusion of Certain Securities from
Eligibility for Selection for Redemption. Securities shall be excluded from eligibility for selection for redemption if they are identified by registration and certificate number in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee at
least 40 days prior to the last date on which notice of redemption may be given as being owned of record and beneficially by, and not pledged or hypothecated by either (a) the Issuer or (b) an entity specifically identified in such written
statement as directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer. 
 
Section 12.05    Mandatory and Optional Sinking Funds. The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any series is herein referred to as
a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of the Securities of any series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. The date on which a
sinking fund payment is to be made is herein referred to as the “sinking fund payment date”. 
 In lieu of making all or any part
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theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except upon redemption pursuant to the mandatory sinking fund) by the Issuer or receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so
credited) theretofore purchased or otherwise acquired (except as aforesaid) by the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10 and, if applicable, receive credit for Securities (not previously so credited)
converted into Common Stock or any other security of the Issuer and so delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, (b) receive credit for optional sinking fund payments (not previously so credited) made pursuant to this Section, or
(c) receive credit for Securities of such series (not previously so credited) redeemed by the Issuer through any optional redemption provision contained in the terms of such series. Securities so delivered or credited shall be received or
credited by the Trustee at the sinking fund redemption price specified in such Securities. 
 On or before the 60th day next preceding each
sinking fund payment date for any series, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate (which need not contain the statements required by Section 11.05) (a) specifying the portion of the mandatory sinking fund
payment to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion to be satisfied by credit of Securities of such series and the basis for such credit, (b) stating that none of the Securities of such series for which credit will be taken has
theretofore been so credited, (c) stating that no defaults in the payment of interest or Events of Default with respect to such series have occurred (which have not been waived or cured) and are continuing and (d) stating whether or not
the Issuer intends to exercise its right to make an optional sinking fund payment with respect to such series and, if so, specifying the amount of such optional sinking fund payment which the Issuer intends to pay on or before the next succeeding
sinking fund payment date. Any Securities of such series to be credited and required to be delivered to the Trustee in order for the Issuer to be entitled to credit therefor as aforesaid which have not theretofore been delivered to the Trustee shall
be delivered for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.10 to the Trustee with such Officer’s Certificate (or reasonably promptly thereafter if acceptable to the Trustee). Such Officer’s Certificate shall be irrevocable and upon its
receipt by the Trustee the Issuer shall become unconditionally obligated to make all the cash payments or payments therein referred to, if any, on or before the next succeeding sinking fund payment date. Failure of the Issuer, on or before any such
60th day, to deliver such Officer’s Certificate and Securities specified in this paragraph, if any, shall not constitute a default but shall constitute, on and as of such date, the irrevocable election of the Issuer that the mandatory sinking
fund payment for such series due on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date shall be paid entirely in cash without the option to deliver or credit Securities of such series in respect thereof. 

If the sinking fund payment or payments (mandatory or optional or both) to be made in cash on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date
plus any unused balance of any preceding sinking fund payments made in cash shall exceed $[            ] (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency or a lesser sum in Dollars or in
any Foreign Currency if the Issuer shall so request) with respect to the Securities of any particular series, such cash shall be applied on the next succeeding sinking fund payment date to the redemption of Securities of such series at the sinking
fund redemption price together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. If such amount shall be $[            ] (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency) or less
and the Issuer makes no such request then it shall be carried over until a sum in excess of $[            ] (or the equivalent thereof in any Foreign Currency) is available, which delay in
accordance with this paragraph shall not be a default or breach of the obligation to make such payment. The Trustee shall select, in the manner provided in Section 12.02, for redemption on such sinking fund payment date a sufficient principal
amount of Securities of such series to which such cash may be applied, as nearly as may be, and shall (if requested in writing by the Issuer) inform the Issuer of the serial numbers of the Securities of such series (or portions thereof) so selected.
The Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer (or the Issuer, if it shall so request the Trustee in writing), shall cause notice of redemption of the Securities of such series to be given in substantially the manner provided in
Section 12.02 (and with the effect provided in Section 12.03) for the redemption of Securities of such series in part at the option of the Issuer. The amount of any sinking fund payments not so applied

  
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or allocated to the redemption of Securities of such series shall be added to the next cash sinking fund payment for such series and, together with such payment, shall be applied in accordance
with the provisions of this Section. Any and all sinking fund moneys held on the stated maturity date of the Securities of any particular series (or earlier, if such maturity is accelerated), which are not held for the payment or redemption of
particular Securities of such series, shall be applied, together with other moneys, if necessary, sufficient for the purpose, to the payment of the principal of, and interest on, the Securities of such series at maturity. The Issuer’s
obligation to make a mandatory or optional sinking fund payment shall automatically be reduced by an amount equal to the sinking fund redemption price allocable to any Securities or portions thereof called for redemption pursuant to the preceding
paragraph on any sinking fund payment date and converted into Common Stock or any other security of the Issuer in accordance with the terms of such Securities; provided that, if the Trustee is not the conversion agent for the Securities, the Issuer
or such conversion agent shall give the Trustee written notice on or prior to the date fixed for redemption of the principal amount of Securities or portions thereof so converted. 

On or before each sinking fund payment date, the Issuer shall pay to the Trustee in cash or shall otherwise provide for the payment of all
interest accrued to the date fixed for redemption on Securities to be redeemed on such sinking fund payment date. 
 The Trustee shall not
redeem or cause to be redeemed any Securities of a series with sinking fund moneys or give any notice of redemption of Securities for such series by operation of the sinking fund during the continuance of a default in payment of interest on such
Securities or of any Event of Default except that, where the mailing of notice of redemption of any Securities shall theretofore have been made, the Trustee shall redeem or cause to be redeemed such Securities, provided that it shall have received
from the Issuer a sum sufficient for such redemption. Except as aforesaid, any moneys in the sinking fund for such series at the time when any such default or Event of Default shall occur, and any moneys thereafter paid into the sinking fund, shall,
during the continuance of such default or Event of Default, be deemed to have been collected under Article 5 and held for the payment of all such Securities. In case such Event of Default shall have been waived as provided in Section 5.10, or
the default cured on or before the 60th day preceding the sinking fund payment date in any year, such moneys shall thereafter be applied on such sinking fund payment date in accordance with this Section to the redemption of such Securities. 

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