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ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.

 

and
each of the Guarantors PARTY HERETO

 

7.50% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2021

 

 

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of September 26, 2013

 

 

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

	Trust Indenture

Act Section	Indenture Section
	310    	(a)(1)	7.10
	 	(a)(2)	7.10
	 	(a)(3)	N.A.
	 	(a)(4)	N.A.
	 	(a)(5)	7.10
	 	(b)	7.10
	 	(c)	N.A.
	311	(a)	7.11
	 	(b)	7.11
	 	(c)	N.A.
	312	(a)	2.05
	 	(b)	11.03
	 	(c)	11.03
	313	(a)	7.06
	 	(b)(1)	N.A.
	 	(b)(2)	7.06; 7.07
	 	(c)	7.06; 11.02
	 	(d)	7.06
	314	(a)	4.03; 4.04; 11.02; 11.05
	 	(b)	N.A.
	 	(c)(1)	11.04
	 	(c)(2)	11.04
	 	(c)(3)	N.A.
	 	(d)	N.A.
	 	(e)	11.05
	 	(f)	N.A.
	315	(a)	7.01
	 	(b)	7.05; 11.02
	 	(c)	7.01
	 	(d)	7.01
	 	(e)	6.11
	316	(a) (last sentence)	2.09
	 	(a)(1)(A)	6.05
	 	(a)(1)(B)	6.04
	 	(a)(2)	N.A.
	 	(b)	6.07
	 	(c)	2.12; 9.04
	317	(a)(1)	6.08
	 	(a)(2)	6.09
	 	(b)	2.04
	318	(a)	11.01
	 	(b)	N.A.
	 	(c)	11.01

 

N.A. means not applicable.

* This Cross Reference Table is not part
of this Indenture.

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	 	 	Page
	ARTICLE 1
	DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
	BY REFERENCE
	 	 	 
	Section 1.01	Definitions	1
	Section 1.02	Other Definitions	24
	Section 1.03	Incorporation by Reference
of Trust Indenture Act	25
	Section 1.04	Rules of Construction	26
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 2
	THE NOTES
	 	 	 
	Section 2.01	Form and Dating	26
	Section 2.02	Execution and Authentication	27
	Section 2.03	Registrar and Paying Agent	28
	Section 2.04	Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust	28
	Section 2.05	Holder Lists	28
	Section 2.06	Transfer and Exchange	28
	Section 2.07	Replacement Notes	36
	Section 2.08	Outstanding Note	36
	Section 2.09	Treasury Notes	37
	Section 2.10	Temporary Notes	37
	Section 2.11	Cancellation	37
	Section 2.12	Defaulted Interest	37
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 3
	REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
	 	 	 
	Section 3.01	Notices to Trustee	38
	Section 3.02	Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased	38
	Section 3.03	Notice of Redemption	38
	Section 3.04	Effect of Notice of Redemption	39
	Section 3.05	Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price	39
	Section 3.06	Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part	40
	Section 3.07	Optional Redemption	40
	Section 3.08	Mandatory Redemption	41
	Section 3.09	Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds	41
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 4
	COVENANTS
	 	 	 
	Section 4.01	Payment of Notes	43
	Section 4.02	Maintenance of Office or Agency	43
	Section 4.03	Reports	43
	Section 4.04	Compliance Certificate	44
	Section 4.05	Taxes	45
	Section 4.06	Stay, Extension and Usury Laws	45
	Section 4.07	Restricted Payments	45
	Section 4.08	Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries	48
	Section 4.09	Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock	49

 

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	Section 4.10	Asset Sales	52
	Section 4.11	Transactions with Affiliates	53
	Section 4.12	Liens	55
	Section 4.13	Business Activities	55
	Section 4.14	Corporate Existence	55
	Section 4.15	Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control	55
	Section 4.16	Payments for Consent	57
	Section 4.17	Additional Guarantees	57
	Section 4.18	Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries	58
	Section 4.19	Sale and Leaseback Transactions	58
	Section 4.20	Suspended Covenants	59
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 5
	SUCCESSORS
	 	 	 
	Section 5.01	Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets	59
	Section 5.02	Successor Corporation Substituted	60
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 6
	DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
	 	 	 
	Section 6.01	Events of Default	60
	Section 6.02	Acceleration	62
	Section 6.03	Other Remedies	62
	Section 6.04	Waiver of Past Defaults	63
	Section 6.05	Control by Majority	63
	Section 6.06	Limitation on Suits	63
	Section 6.07	Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment	64
	Section 6.08	Collection Suit by Trustee	64
	Section 6.09	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	64
	Section 6.10	Priorities	64
	Section 6.11	Undertaking for Costs	65
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 7
	TRUSTEE
	 	 	 
	Section 7.01	Duties of Trustee	65
	Section 7.02	Rights of Trustee	66
	Section 7.03	Individual Rights of Trustee	67
	Section 7.04	Trustee’s Disclaimer	67
	Section 7.05	Notice of Defaults	67
	Section 7.06	Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes	67
	Section 7.07	Compensation and Indemnity	68
	Section 7.08	Replacement of Trustee	68
	Section 7.09	Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.	69
	Section 7.10	Eligibility; Disqualification	69
	Section 7.11	Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company	70
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 8
	LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
	 	 	 
	Section 8.01	Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	70
	Section 8.02	Legal Defeasance and Discharge	70

 

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	Section 8.03	Covenant Defeasance	70
	Section 8.04	Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance	71
	Section 8.05	Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions	72
	Section 8.06	Repayment to Company	72
	Section 8.07	Reinstatement	73
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 9
	AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
	 	 	 
	Section 9.01	Without Consent of Holders of Notes	73
	Section 9.02	With Consent of Holders of Notes	74
	Section 9.03	Compliance with Trust Indenture Act	75
	Section 9.04	Revocation and Effect of Consents	75
	Section 9.05	Notation on or Exchange of Notes	75
	Section 9.06	Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.	75
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 10
	SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
	 	 	 
	Section 10.01	Satisfaction and Discharge	76
	Section 10.02	Application of Trust Money	76
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 11
	MISCELLANEOUS
	 	 	 
	Section 11.01	Trust Indenture Act Controls	77
	Section 11.02	Notices	77
	Section 11.03	Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes	78
	Section 11.04	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	78
	Section 11.05	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	78
	Section 11.06	Rules by Trustee and Agents	79
	Section 11.07	No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders	79
	Section 11.08	Governing Law	79
	Section 11.09	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	79
	Section 11.10	Successors	79
	Section 11.11	Severability	79
	Section 11.12	Counterpart Originals	79
	Section 11.13	Table of Contents, Headings, etc.	80
	Section 11.14	Patriot Act	80
	 	 	 
	ARTICLE 12
	GUARANTEES
	 	 	 
	Section 12.01	Guarantee	80
	Section 12.02	Limitation on Guarantor Liability	81
	Section 12.03	Execution and Delivery of Guarantee	81
	Section 12.04	Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms	82
	Section 12.05	Releases	83

 

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EXHIBITS

 

	Exhibit A	FORM OF NOTE
	Exhibit B	FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
	Exhibit C       	FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
	Exhibit D	FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
	Exhibit E	FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

 

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INDENTURE dated as
of September 26, 2013 among Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a Delaware corporation, the Guarantors (as defined herein) and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association and any and all successors thereto, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

 

The Company, the Guarantors
and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined)
of the 7.50% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”):

 

ARTICLE
1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION

BY REFERENCE

 

Section
1.01         Definitions.

 

“ACNTA”
(Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets) means (without duplication), as of the date of determination:

 

(1)                 
the sum of:

 

(a)   
discounted future net revenue from proved crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines before any state or federal income taxes, as estimated in a reserve report prepared
as of the end of the Company’s most recently completed fiscal year, which reserve report is prepared or reviewed or audited
by an independent petroleum engineer as to reserves accounting for at least 80% of all such discounted future net revenue and by
the Company’s petroleum engineers with respect to any other such reserves covered by such report, as increased by, as of
the date of determination, the discounted future net revenue from:

 

(1)              
estimated proved crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to
acquisitions consummated since the date of such year-end reserve report, and

 

(2)              
estimated crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to extensions,
discoveries and other additions and upward determinations of estimates of proved crude oil and natural gas reserves (including
previously estimated development costs incurred during the period and the accretion of discount since the prior year end) due to
exploration, development or exploitation, production or other activities which reserves were not reflected in such year-end reserve
report,

 

in each case calculated in accordance
with SEC guidelines (utilizing the prices utilized in such year-end reserve report), and decreased by, as of the date of determination,
the discounted future net revenue attributable to

 

(3)              
estimated proved crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries reflected in such
year-end reserve report produced or disposed of since the date of such year-end reserve report and

 

(4)              
reductions in the estimated proved crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
reflected in such year-end reserve report since the date of such year-end reserve report attributable to downward determinations
of estimates of proved crude oil and natural gas reserves due to exploration, development or exploitation, production or other
activities conducted or otherwise occurring since the date of such year-end reserve report,

  

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in each case calculated in accordance
with SEC guidelines (utilizing the prices utilized in such year-end reserve report); provided, however, that, in
the case of each of the determinations made pursuant to clauses (1) through (4), such increases and decreases shall be as estimated
by the Company’s petroleum engineers, except that if as a result of such acquisitions, dispositions, discoveries, extensions
or revisions, there is a Material Change, then such increases and decreases in the discounted future net revenue shall be confirmed
in writing by an independent petroleum engineer;

 

(b)  
the capitalized costs that are attributable to crude oil and natural gas properties of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries to which no proved crude oil and natural gas reserves are attributed, based on the Company’s books and records
as of a date no earlier than the date of the Company’s latest annual or quarterly financial statements;

 

(c)   
the Net Working Capital on a date no earlier than the date of the Company’s latest annual or quarterly financial
statements; and

 

(d)  
the greater of (I) the net book value on a date no earlier than the date of the Company’s latest annual or
quarterly financial statements and (II) the appraised value, as estimated by independent appraisers, of other tangible assets of
the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of a date no earlier than the date of the Company’s latest audited financial
statements;

 

(2)                 
minus, to the extent not otherwise taken into account in the immediately preceding clause (1), the sum of:

 

(a)   
minority interests;

 

(b)  
any net gas balancing liabilities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries reflected in the Company’s
latest audited financial statements;

 

(c)   
the discounted future net revenue, calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines (utilizing the same prices utilized
in the Company’s year-end reserve report), attributable to reserves subject to participation interests, overriding royalty
interests or other interests of third parties, pursuant to participation, partnership, vendor financing or other agreements then
in effect, or which otherwise are required to be delivered to third parties;

 

(d)  
the discounted future net revenue, calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines (utilizing the same prices utilized
in the Company’s year-end reserve report), attributable to reserves that are required to be delivered to third parties to
fully satisfy the obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Volumetric Production Payments on
the schedules specified with respect thereto; and

 

(e)   
the discounted future net revenue, calculated in accordance with SEC guidelines, attributable to reserves subject
to Dollar-Denominated Production Payments that, based on the estimates of production included in determining the discounted future
net revenue specified in the immediately preceding clause (1)(a) (utilizing the same prices utilized in the Company’s year-end
reserve report), would be necessary to satisfy fully the obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect
to Dollar-Denominated Production Payments on the schedules specified with respect thereto.

 

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If the Company changes
its method of accounting for its oil and gas properties from the full cost method to the successful efforts method or a similar
method of accounting, ACNTA will continue to be calculated as if the Company were still using the full cost method of accounting.

 

For the avoidance
of doubt, for purposes of this definition, “the Company’s year-end end reserve report” shall mean the Company’s
most recent reserve report or reports prepared by one or more of the Company’s independent petroleum engineers as of the
last date of the Company’s most recent fiscal year. 

 

 

“Acquired
Debt” means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(1)                 
Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of
such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person
merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person; and

 

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

 

“Additional
Assets” means:

 

(1)                 
any assets used or useful in the Oil and Gas Business;

 

(2)                 
the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock
by the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(3)                 
Capital Stock constituting a minority in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

provided,
however, that any such Restricted Subsidiary described in clause (2) or (3) is primarily engaged in the Oil and Gas
Business.

 

“Additional
Notes” means Notes (other than the Initial Notes, Exchange Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes and Notes issued
pursuant to Sections 2.06, 2.07, 2.10, 3.06 or 9.05) issued after the Issue Date under this Indenture in accordance with Sections
2.02 and 4.09 hereof, as part of the same class as the Initial Notes.

 

“Affiliate”
of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any
Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies
of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial
ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings. For
the avoidance of doubt, the Parent and any of its existing or future Subsidiaries in addition to the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries will be considered Affiliates of the Company.

 

“Agent”
means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

 

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“Applicable
Premium” means, with respect to a Note at any redemption date, the greater of (x) 1.0% of the principal amount of such
Note and (y) the excess of (A) the present value at such time of (1) the redemption price of such Note set forth in Section 3.07(a)
as of December 15, 2016 (without regard to accrued and unpaid interest) plus (2) all required interest payments due on such Note
through December 15, 2016, computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal
amount of such Note.

 

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

 

“Asset Sale”
means:

 

(1)                 
the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any properties or assets (including by way of a Production Payment,
sale and leaseback transaction, merger, consolidation or otherwise); provided that the disposition of all or substantially all
of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as
a whole will be governed by Section 4.15 hereof, and/or Section 5.01 hereof, and not by Section 4.10 hereof; and

 

(2)                 
the issuance of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

Notwithstanding the
preceding, the following items will not be deemed to be Asset Sales:

 

(1)                 
any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves properties or assets having a Fair Market Value of
less than $10.0 million;

 

(2)                 
a transfer of assets between or among any of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,

 

(3)                 
an issuance or sale of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or to another Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(4)                 
the sale, lease or other disposition of hydrocarbons, equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or other properties or assets
in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, any abandonment, farm-in, farm-out, lease or sublease of any
oil and gas properties or the forfeiture or other disposition of such properties pursuant to standard form operating agreements,
in each case in a manner customary in the Oil and Gas Business;

 

(5)                 
the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;

 

(6)                 
a Restricted Payment that is permitted in accordance with Section 4.07 or a Permitted Investment;

 

(7)                 
any trade or exchange by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of oil and gas properties or other properties or assets
for oil and gas properties or other properties or assets owned or held by another Person, provided that the Fair Market Value of
the properties or assets traded or exchanged by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (together with any cash) is reasonably
equivalent to the Fair Market Value of the properties or assets (together with any cash) to be received by the Company or such
Restricted Subsidiary, and provided further that any net cash received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10.

 

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(8)                 
the creation or perfection of a Lien and the exercise by any Person in whose favor a Permitted Lien is granted of any rights
in respect of that Permitted Lien (including the sale or other disposition of the properties or assets subject to such Permitted
Lien) in each case provided that such Lien is permitted by this Indenture; and

 

(9)                 
surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any
kind.

 

“Attributable
Debt” means, in respect of a sale and leaseback transaction, at the time of determination, the present value of
the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such sale and leaseback
transaction including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such
present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined
in accordance with GAAP.

 

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

 

“Beneficial
Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating
the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act),
such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the
right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only
upon the occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” have
correlative meanings.

 

“Board of
Directors” means:

 

(1)                 
with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation;

 

(2)                 
with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership; and

 

(3)                 
with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

 

“Business
Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday, or any day on which banks in Houston, Texas or in New York, New York
are authorized or required by law to close.

 

“Capital Lease
Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease
that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Capital Stock”
means:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Cash Equivalents”
means:

 

(1)                 
United States dollars;

 

(2)                 
securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality
of the United States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those
securities) having maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition;

 

(3)                 
certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition,
bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding six months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any lender
party to the Credit Agreement or with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million and a
Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;

 

(4)                 
repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses
(2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

 

(5)                 
commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard
& Poor’s Ratings Services and, in each case, maturing within one year after the date of acquisition; and

 

(6)                 
money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1)
through (5) of this definition.

 

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

 

(1)                 
the direct or indirect sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation),
in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties or assets (including Capital Stock) of
(a) the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) the Company or (c) the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries taken
as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);

 

(2)                 
the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Parent or the Company;

 

(3)                 
the consummation of any transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or consolidation) the result of which is
that any “person” or “group” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) becomes the
Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Parent or the Company, measured by voting
power rather than number of shares, other than beneficial ownership by the Parent or any Subsidiary thereof, directly or indirectly,
of Voting Stock of the Company; or

 

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(4)                 
the Parent or the Company (or any parent thereof) consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates
with, or merges with or into the Parent or the Company (or any parent thereof) in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which
any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Parent or the Company (or any parent thereof), as the case may be, is converted into
or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where the Voting Stock of the Company (or
any parent thereof) outstanding immediately prior to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee Person (or any parent thereof) constituting a majority of the outstanding shares
of such Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (or any parent thereof) immediately after giving effect to such issuance;
provided, however, that the consolidation or merger of any Subsidiary of the Parent (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries)
shall not constitute a Change of Control if the Voting Stock of the Company continues to be owned directly or indirectly (through
one or more Subsidiaries) by the Parent.

 

“Clearstream”
means Clearstream Banking, S.A. or any successor securities clearing agency.

 

“Commission”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Company”
means Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any and all successors thereto.

 

“Consolidated
Cash Flow” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for
such period plus:

 

(1)                 
provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent
that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(2)                 
Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period; plus

 

(3)                 
depreciation, depletion and amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash
expenses that were paid in a prior period), impairment, exploration expense, and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash
expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid
cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that
such depreciation, depletion and amortization, impairment and other non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated
Net Income; plus

 

(4)                 
accretion of asset retirement obligations in accordance with SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations,
and any similar accounting in prior periods; plus

 

(5)                 
unrealized non-cash losses resulting from foreign currency balance sheet adjustments required by GAAP to the extent such
losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; minus

 

(6)                 
non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than items that were accrued in the ordinary
course of business; and minus 

 

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(7)                 
to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income, the sum of (x) the amount of deferred revenues that are amortized
during such period and are attributable to reserves that are subject to Volumetric Production Payments and (y) amounts recorded
in accordance with GAAP as repayments of principal and interest pursuant to Dollar-Denominated Production Payments,

 

in each case, on a
consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Consolidated
Net Income” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person
and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that:

 

(1)                 
the Net Income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method
of accounting will be excluded, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to the specified
Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person;

 

(2)                 
the Net Income of any Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends
or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without
any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter
or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary
or its stockholders, partners or members;

 

(3)                 
the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

 

(4)                 
income resulting from transfers of assets (other than cash) between the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and an Unrestricted Subsidiary, on the other hand, will be excluded;

 

(5)                 
any write-downs of non-current assets will be excluded; provided that any ceiling limitation write-downs under Commission
guidelines shall be treated as capitalized costs, as if such write-downs had not occurred;

 

(6)                 
any unrealized non-cash gains or losses or charges in respect of hedge or non-hedge derivatives (including those resulting
from the application of SFAS 133) will be excluded;

 

(7)                 
any non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards will be excluded;

 

(8)                 
any item classified as an extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge will be excluded;

 

(9)                 
all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid or other charges in connection with any early extinguishment
of Indebtedness will be excluded;

 

(10)             
any net after-tax income or loss from disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax
gain or loss on disposed, abandoned, transferred, closed or discontinued operations will be excluded; and

 

(11)             
all Permitted Payments to Parent will be excluded.

 

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“Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 11.02 hereof or such other address
as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

 

“Credit Agreement”
means the Second Amended and Restated First Lien Credit Agreement entered into as of May 5, 2011, as amended to the Issue Date,
among the Company, as borrower, the various lenders named therein, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, as administrative agent, providing
for revolving credit borrowings, including any related notes, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed
in connection therewith, and in each case as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced from time to
time.

 

“Credit
Facilities” means one or more debt facilities (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement), commercial paper
facilities or capital markets financings, in each case with banks or other lenders or institutional investors providing for revolving
credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose
entities formed to borrow from (or sell receivables to) such lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or capital markets
financings, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced or refinanced (including refinancing with
any capital markets transaction) in whole or in part from time to time.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Disqualified
Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for
which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event,
matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder
of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding
the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock
have the right to require the Company to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or
an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase
or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with Section 4.07 hereof.

 

“Dollar-Denominated
Production Payments” means production payment obligations recorded as liabilities in accordance with GAAP, together with
all undertakings and obligations in connection therewith.

 

“Domestic
Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

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

 

“Equity Offering”
means any public or private sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) made for cash on a primary basis by the Company
after the Issue Date.

 

“Euroclear”
means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., or any successor securities clearing agency.

 

“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“Exchange
Notes” means Notes issued pursuant to this Indenture in exchange for Initial Notes or Additional Notes pursuant to an
exchange offer effected pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement (or a similar agreement entered into with respect to Additional
Notes).

 

“Existing
Indebtedness” means the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement which is considered incurred under Section 4.09(b)(1)) in existence on the Issue Date
after giving effect to the use of proceeds of the offering of the Initial Notes, until such amounts are repaid, including, without
limitation, the Existing Unsecured Notes.

 

“Existing
Unsecured Notes” means the Company’s 9.25% Senior Notes due 2017 and 7.75% Senior Notes due 2019.

 

“Fair Market
Value” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving
distress or necessity of either party, as such price is determined in good faith by the Company (unless otherwise provided in this
Indenture).

 

“Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio“ means with respect to any specified Person for any four-quarter reference period, the ratio of the Consolidated
Cash Flow of such Person for such period to the Fixed Charges of such Person for such period. In the event that the specified Person
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases or redeems any Indebtedness (other than
ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the applicable
four-quarter reference period and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage
Ratio is made (the “Calculation Date”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect
to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance, repurchase or
redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom as if the same had occurred at the beginning of such period.

 

In addition, for purposes
of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

 

(1)                 
acquisitions that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers
or consolidations and including any related financing transactions, subsequent to the commencement of the applicable four-quarter
reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day
of such period, including any Consolidated Cash Flow, provided that any cost savings or operating improvements may be given such
pro forma effect only if they are permitted by Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act or any other regulation or policy
of the Commission related thereto);

 

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(2)                 
the Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and assets, operations
or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded; and

 

(3)                 
the Fixed Charges attributable to discontinued operations, as determined in accordance with GAAP, and assets, operations
or businesses disposed of prior to the Calculation Date, will be excluded, but only to the extent that the obligations giving rise
to such Fixed Charges will not be obligations of the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries following the Calculation
Date.

 

“Fixed Charges”
means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1)                 
the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued,
including, without limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs (excluding, however, prepayment penalties associated with repayment
of debt from the proceeds of the sale of the Notes) and original issue discount, non-cash interest payments, the interest component
of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, imputed
interest with respect to Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of
credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations
in respect of interest rates; plus

 

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

 

(3)                 
any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries
or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called
upon; plus

 

(4)                 
the product of (a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of
such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests
of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, times (b) a
fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current combined federal, state and
local statutory tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal,

 

in each
case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Foreign Subsidiary”
means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was not formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the
United States or the District of Columbia and that conducts substantially all of its operations outside the United States.

 

“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, which are in effect from time to time.

 

“Global Note
Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued
under this Indenture.

 

“Global Notes”
means and includes each Note deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially
in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests
in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.06 hereof.

 

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“Government
Securities” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment
for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

 

“guarantee”
means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct
or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness. When used as a verb, “guarantee” has
a correlative meaning.

 

“Guarantee”
means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant
to the provisions of this Indenture.

 

“Guarantors”
means the Parent and each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that executes this Indenture as an initial Guarantor or that becomes
a Guarantor in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, in each case, together with their respective successors and assigns.

 

“Hedging Obligations”
means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person incurred in the normal course of business and consistent
with past practices and not for speculative purposes under:

 

(1)                 
interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements entered into with one of
more financial institutions and designed to protect the Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries entering into the agreement
against fluctuations in interest rates with respect to Indebtedness incurred;

 

(2)                 
foreign exchange contracts and currency protection agreements entered into with one of more financial institutions and designed
to protect the Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries entering into the agreement against fluctuations in currency exchanges
rates with respect to Indebtedness incurred;

 

(3)                 
any commodity futures contract, commodity option or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect against fluctuations
in the price of oil, natural gas or other commodities used, produced, processed or sold by that Person or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries at the time; and

 

(4)                 
other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations
in interest rates, commodity prices or currency exchange rates.

 

“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.

 

“Indebtedness“
means, with respect to any specified Person, without duplication,

 

(1)                 
all obligations of such Person, whether or not contingent, in respect of:

 

(a)   
the principal of and premium, if any, in respect of outstanding (A) Indebtedness of such Person for money borrowed
and (B) Indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments for the payment of which such Person is
responsible or liable;

 

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(b)  
all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person and all Attributable Debt in respect of sale and leaseback transactions
entered into by such Person;

 

(c)   
the deferred purchase price of property, which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of taking
delivery of title to such property, including all obligations of such Person for the deferred purchase price of property under
any title retention agreement, but excluding accrued expenses and trade accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business;
and

 

(d)  
the reimbursement obligation of any obligor for the principal amount of any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance
or similar transaction (excluding obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described
in clauses (a) through (c) above) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of
credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon, such drawing is reimbursed no later than the tenth Business Day
following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment on the letter of credit);

 

(2)                 
all net obligations in respect of Hedging Obligations except to the extent such net obligations are otherwise included in
this definition;

 

(3)                 
all liabilities of others of the kind described in the preceding clause (1) or (2) that such Person has Guaranteed or that
are otherwise its legal liability;

 

(4)                 
with respect to any Production Payment, any warranties or guaranties of production or payment by such Person with respect
to such Production Payment but excluding other contractual obligations of such Person with respect to such Production Payment;

 

(5)                 
Indebtedness (as otherwise defined in this definition) of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person,
whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person, the amount of such obligations being deemed to be the lesser of

 

(a)   
the full amount of such obligations so secured, and

 

(b)  
the fair market value of such asset as determined in good faith by such specified Person;

 

(6)                 
Disqualified Stock of such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary in an amount equal to the greater of the maximum mandatory
redemption or repurchase price (not including, in either case, any redemption or repurchase premium) or the liquidation preference
thereof;

 

(7)                 
the aggregate preference in respect of amounts payable on the issued and outstanding shares of preferred stock of any of
the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
or winding up (excluding any such preference attributable to such shares of preferred stock that are owned by such Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that if such Person is the Company, such exclusion shall be for such preference
attributable to such shares of preferred stock that are owned by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries); and

 

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(8)                 
any and all deferrals, renewals, extensions, refinancings and refundings (whether direct or indirect) of, or amendments,
modifications or supplements to, any liability of the kind described in any of the preceding clauses (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6),
(7) or this clause (8), whether or not between or among the same parties.

 

Subject to clause (4) of the preceding
sentence, Production Payments shall not be deemed to be Indebtedness.

 

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

 

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

 

“Initial Notes”
means the first $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.

 

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

 

“Investments”
means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in
the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding trade receivables
and commission, travel expenses and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business, purchases
or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are
or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,
the Company will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value
of the Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in
Section 4.07(c) hereof.

 

“Issue Date”
means the date on which Notes are first issued under this Indenture.

 

“Lien”
means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of
such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in
and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any
jurisdiction other than a precautionary financing statement not intended as a security agreement.

 

“Material
Change” means an increase or decrease (excluding changes that result solely from changes in prices and changes resulting
from the incurrence of previously estimated future development costs) of more than 25% during a fiscal quarter in the discounted
future net revenues from proved crude oil and natural gas reserves of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, calculated in
accordance with clause (1)(a) of the definition of ACNTA; provided, however, that the following will be excluded
from the calculation of Material Change:

 

(1)                 
any acquisitions during the fiscal quarter of oil and gas reserves that have been estimated by a nationally recognized firm
of independent petroleum engineers and with respect to which a report or reports of such engineers exist; and

 

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(2)                 
any disposition of properties existing at the beginning of such fiscal quarter that have been disposed of in compliance
with the Section 4.10 hereof.

 

“Material
Domestic Subsidiary” means any Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, when taken together with all other Domestic
Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors, that at the time of determination has either assets or quarterly revenues in excess of 5.0%
of the consolidated assets or quarterly revenues of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case based upon the most
recent quarterly financial statements available to the Company.

 

“Moody’s”
means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor thereof.

 

“Net Income”
means, with respect to any specified Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before
any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends, excluding, however:

 

(1)                 
any gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but not loss), realized in connection
with (a) any Asset Sale or (b) the disposition of any securities by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or the extinguishment
of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries; and

 

(2)                 
any extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not
loss).

 

“Net Proceeds”
means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale),
net of, without duplication:

 

(1)                 
the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees,
and sales commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale,

 

(2)                 
taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements,

  

(3)                 
amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than under the Credit Facilities, secured by a Lien
on the properties or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale, and

 

(4)                 
any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such properties or assets established in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Net Working
Capital” means:

 

(1)                 
all current assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except current assets from commodity price risk management
activities arising in the ordinary course of business, minus

 

(2)                 
all current liabilities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, except (i) current liabilities included in Indebtedness
and (ii) current liabilities from commodity price risk management activities arising in the ordinary course of business;

 

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in each case, on a
consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

“Non-Recourse
Debt” means Indebtedness:

 

(1)                 
as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) provides credit support of any kind (including
any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor
or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;

 

(2)                 
no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement
action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any other Indebtedness
(other than the Notes) of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or
cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity; and

 

(3)                 
the explicit terms of which provide there is no recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries.

 

“Non-U.S.
Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person as defined under Regulation S of the Securities Act.

 

“Notes”
has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes, Exchange Notes and the Additional Notes shall
be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to
the “Notes” shall include the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and any Exchange Notes.

 

“Notes Custodian”
means the custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, as appointed by the Depositary, or any successor entity thereto and
shall initially be the Trustee.

 

“Obligations”
means any principal, premium, if any, interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy
or for reorganization, whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceeding) penalties, fees, charges,
expenses, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages, guarantees and other liabilities or amounts payable under the documentation
governing any Indebtedness or in respect thereto.

 

“Offering
Memorandum” means the offering memorandum of the Company dated September 23, 2013 relating to the offering of the Initial
Notes.

 

“Officer”
means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer,
the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such
Person.

 

“Officers’
Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be
the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company,
that meets the requirements of Section 11.05 hereof.

 

“Oil and Gas
Business” means:

 

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(1)                 
the acquisition, exploration, development, operation and disposition of interests in oil, natural gas and other hydrocarbon
properties;

 

(2)                 
the gathering, marketing, treating, processing (but not refining), storage, selling and transporting of any production from
those interests, including any hedging activities related thereto; and

 

(3)                 
any activity necessary, appropriate, incidental or reasonably related to the activities described above.

 

“Opinion of
Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements
of Section 11.05 hereof. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.

 

“Parent”
means Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited, a Bermuda company, the ultimate parent company of the Company, and any and all successors thereto.

 

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

 

“Permitted
Business Investments” means Investments made in the ordinary course of, and of a nature that is or shall have become
customary in, the Oil and Gas Business, including through agreements, transactions, interests or arrangements that permit one to
share risk or costs, comply with regulatory requirements regarding local ownership or satisfy other objectives customarily achieved
through the conduct of the Oil and Gas Business jointly with third parties, including without limitation:

 

(1)                 
direct or indirect ownership of crude oil, natural gas, other related hydrocarbon and mineral properties or any interest
therein or gathering, transportation, processing, storage or related systems; and

 

(2)                 
the entry into operating agreements, joint ventures, processing agreements, working interests, royalty interests, mineral
leases, farm-in agreements, farm-out agreements, development agreements, production sharing agreements, area of mutual interest
agreements, contracts for the sale, transportation or exchange of crude oil and natural gas and related hydrocarbons and minerals,
unitization agreements, pooling arrangements, joint bidding agreements, service contracts, limited liability company agreements,
partnership agreements (whether general or limited), or other similar or customary agreements, transactions, properties, interests
or arrangements and Investments and expenditures in connection therewith or pursuant thereto, in each case made or entered into
in the ordinary course of the Oil and Gas Business.

 

“Permitted
Investments” means:

 

(1)                 
any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(2)                 
any Investment in Cash Equivalents;

 

(3)                 
any Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:

 

(a)   
such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or

 

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(b)  
such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its
properties or assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

 

(4)                 
any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and
in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof;

 

(5)                 
any Investment in any Person, solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of
the Company;

 

(6)                 
any Investments received in compromise of obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary
course of business, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of
any trade creditor or customer;

 

(7)                 
Investments represented by Hedging Obligations permitted pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.09;

 

(8)                 
Permitted Business Investments; and

 

(9)                 
other Investments in any Person having an aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date such Investment was made and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments under this clause (9), that
are at the time outstanding, not exceeding 2.0% of ACNTA.

 

“Permitted
Liens” means:

 

(1)                 
Liens on any property or assets of the Company or any Guarantor securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under the Credit
Facilities that are permitted under this Indenture;

 

(2)                 
Liens in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;

 

(3)                 
Liens on any property or assets of the Company or any Guarantor securing the notes and the Guarantees;

 

(4)                 
Liens on any property or assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the contemplation
of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any property or assets other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated
with the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(5)                 
Liens on property or assets existing at the time of acquisition of the property or assets by the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were not incurred in connection with the contemplation of, such acquisition;

 

(6)                 
Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations
of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(7)                 
Liens existing on the Issue Date;

 

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(8)                 
Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Company
and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(9)                 
Liens securing Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refinance Indebtedness that was previously so secured, provided
that any such Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends
or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could
secure) the Indebtedness being refinanced or is in respect of property or assets that is the security for a Permitted Lien hereunder;

 

(10)             
Liens securing Hedging Obligations of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(11)             
Liens securing Indebtedness incurred in connection with the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets
used in the Oil and Gas Business (including the office buildings and other real property used by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary in conducting its operations); provided that (i) such Liens attach only to the assets acquired with the proceeds of
such Indebtedness; (ii) such Indebtedness is not in excess of the purchase price of such fixed assets; and (iii) such Indebtedness
is permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09;

 

(12)             
any Lien incurred in the ordinary course of business incidental to the conduct of the business of the Company or the Restricted
Subsidiaries or the ownership of their property (including (a) easements, rights of way and similar encumbrances, (b) rights or
title of lessors under leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), (c) rights of collecting banks having rights of setoff, revocation,
refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries on deposit with or in the
possession of such banks, (d) Liens imposed by law, including Liens under workers’ compensation or similar legislation and
mechanics’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, suppliers’ and vendors’ Liens, and (e)
Liens incurred to secure performance of obligations with respect to statutory or regulatory requirements, performance or return-of-money
bonds, surety bonds or other obligations of a like nature and incurred in a manner consistent with industry practice;

 

(13)             
Liens for taxes, assessments and governmental charges not yet due or the validity of which are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings, promptly instituted and diligently conducted, and for which adequate reserves have been established
to the extent required by GAAP as in effect at such time;

 

(14)             
Liens to secure Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations permitted by Section 4.09(b)(4) of this Indenture;

 

(15)             
Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company with respect
to obligations that do not exceed $35.0 million at any one time outstanding;

 

(16)             
judgment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default so long as any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly
initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such legal proceedings
may be initiated shall not have expired;

 

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(17)             
Liens on Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that secure Indebtedness or other obligations of such Unrestricted
Subsidiary;

 

(18)             
Liens to secure a defeasance trust;

 

(19)             
Liens on monies deposited pursuant to the terms of an agreement to acquire assets used in or Persons engaged in the Oil
and Gas Business; and

 

(20)             
Liens securing insurance premium financing arrangements, provided that any such Lien is limited to the applicable insurance
contracts.

 

“Permitted
Parent Business” means:

 

(1)                 
the ownership of Capital Stock or Indebtedness of Parent’s existing Subsidiaries as of the Issue Date and any activities
directly related to such ownership, in each case as otherwise permitted by this Indenture;

 

(2)                 
the performance of its obligations under and in connection with its Guarantee of the Notes and any existing and future Credit
Facilities and the performance of similar obligations with respect to any Credit Facilities or other items of Indebtedness of future
direct subsidiaries of Parent, in each case otherwise permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09 hereof;

 

(3)                 
the undertaking of any actions required by law, regulation or order, including to maintain its existence; and

 

(4)                 
directly engaging in the Oil and Gas Business or the ownership of the Capital Stock or Indebtedness of other Persons that
are corporations or limited liability companies or other Persons consisting of limited partnership interests in limited partnerships,
in each case, engaged in the Oil and Gas Business.

 

“Permitted
Payments to Parent Companies” means:

 

(1)                 
payments to the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to permit them to pay their reasonable accounting, legal and administrative
expenses when due, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3.5 million per annum; and

 

(2)                 
for so long as the Company is a member of a group filing a consolidated or combined tax return with Parent or any Subsidiary
thereof, payments to Parent or any Subsidiary thereof in respect of an allocable portion of the tax liabilities of such group that
is attributable to the Company and its Subsidiaries (“Tax Payments”); provided that the Tax Payments do not
exceed the amount of the relevant tax (including any penalties and interest) that the Company would owe if the Company were filing
a separate tax return (or a separate consolidated or combined return with its Subsidiaries that are members of the consolidated
or combined group), taking into account any carryovers and carrybacks of tax attributes (such as net operating losses) of the Company
and such Subsidiaries from other taxable years. Any Tax Payments received from the Company shall be paid over to the appropriate
taxing authority within 30 days of Parents’ receipt of such Tax Payments or refunded to the Company.

 

“Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange
for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:

 

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(1)                 
the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal
amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged
(plus all accrued interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection
therewith);

 

(2)                 
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted
Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being extended, renewed,
refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;

 

(3)                 
if the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right
of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at
least as favorable to the Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being extended, renewed, refunded,
refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and

 

(4)                 
such Indebtedness is not incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company if the Company is the obligor on the Indebtedness
being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded; provided, however, that a Restricted Subsidiary that
is also a Guarantor may guarantee Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred by the Company, whether or not such Restricted Subsidiary
was an obligor or guarantor of the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded.

 

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

 

“Private Placement
Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture
except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

 

“Production
Payments” means, collectively, Dollar-Denominated Production Payments and Volumetric Production Payments.

 

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

 

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

 

“Rating Agency”
means each of S&P and Moody’s, or if S&P or Moody’s or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available,
a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company (as certified by a resolution
of the Board of Directors of the Company) which shall be substituted for S&P or Moody’s, or both, as the case may be.

 

“Registered
Exchange Offer” has the meaning set forth for such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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“Registration
Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement to be dated as of the Issue Date among Parent, the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers named therein.

 

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

 

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

 

“Regulation
S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend
and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee,
issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of
the Restricted Period.

 

“Regulation
S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto and bearing the legend referred
to in Section 2.06(f)(3) deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in
a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

 

“Responsible
Officer,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee
(or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed
by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer
to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“Restricted
Subsidiary” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc., or any successor thereof.

 

“SEC”
means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

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“Significant
Restricted Subsidiary” is any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary.

 

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

 

“Special Interest”
means liquidated damages in the form of additional cash interest, if any, accruing pursuant to Section 4 of the Registration Rights
Agreement relating to the Initial Notes or any similar provisions of a registration rights agreement with respect to Additional
Notes.

 

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

 

“Subordinated
Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness that is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Guarantee.

 

“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any specified Person:

 

(1)                 
any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership) of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of Voting Stock 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), or (c) as to which such Person and its Subsidiaries are entitled to receive more than 50% of the assets of such partnership
upon its dissolution.

 

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

 

“Treasury
Rate” means, with respect to the Notes as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity at the time of computation of
United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical
Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical
Release is no longer published, any publicly available source or similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the
redemption date to December 15, 2016; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to December 15, 2016
is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury
Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields
of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the redemption date to the
final maturity of the Notes is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities
adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used. The Company will (a) calculate the Treasury Rate on the second Business
Day preceding the applicable redemption date and (b) prior to such redemption date file with the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate
setting forth the Applicable Premium and the Treasury Rate and showing the calculation of each in reasonable detail.

 

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

 

“Unrestricted
Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company, but only to the extent that such Subsidiary:

 

(1)                 
has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;

 

(2)                 
is not party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or
such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company;

 

(3)                 
is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect
obligation (a) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition
or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

 

(4)                 
has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

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

 

“Volumetric
Production Payments” means production payment obligations recorded as deferred revenue in
accordance with GAAP, together with all related undertakings and obligations.

 

“Voting Stock”
of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.

 

“Weighted
Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing:

 

(1)                 
the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial
maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect of the Indebtedness, by (b) the
number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by

 

(2)                 
the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

 

Section
1.02         Other Definitions.

 

	 	 	Defined in
	Term	 	Section
	“Affiliate Transaction”	 	4.11
	“Asset Sale Offer”	 	3.09
	“Authentication Order”	 	2.02
	“Change of Control Offer”	 	4.15
	“Change of Control Payment”	 	4.15
	“Change of Control Purchase Date”	 	4.15
	“Covenant Defeasance”	 	8.03
	“Covenant Suspension Period”	 	4.20
	“DTC”	 	2.03
	“Event of Default”	 	6.01
	“Excess Proceeds”	 	4.10
	“incur”	 	4.09
	“Interest Payment Date” 	 	Exhibit A
	“Legal Defeasance”	 	8.02
	“Offer Amount”	 	3.09
	“Offer Period”	 	3.09
	“Paying Agent”	 	2.03
	“Payment Default” 	 	6.01
	“Permitted Debt”	 	4.09
	“Purchase Date”	 	3.09
	“Record Date”	 	Exhibit A
	“Registrar”	 	2.03
	“Reinstatement Date”	 	4.20
	“Restricted Payments”	 	4.07
	“Services”	 	4.11
	“Suspended Covenants”	 	4.20
	“Trustee”	 	Preamble

 

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Section
1.03         Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whether or not qualified
under the TIA, this Indenture is deemed to be subject to the provisions of the TIA that are applicable to all indentures qualified
thereunder, such provisions being incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Whenever this Indenture refers
to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

 

The following TIA terms
used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

“indenture
securities” means the Notes;

 

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

 

“indenture
to be qualified” means this Indenture;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Section
1.04         Rules of Construction.

 

Unless the context
otherwise requires:

 

(1)                 
a term has the meaning assigned to it;

 

(2)                 
an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP, and references to Statements
of Financial Accounting Standards of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) do not reflect nomenclature resulting from
the FASB’s codification of such Statements in its Accounting Standards Codification, but are deemed to include the codified
Statements under their current nomenclature;

 

(3)                 
“or” is not exclusive;

 

(4)                 
“including” means “including without limitation,” whether or not so indicated;

 

(5)                 
words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(6)                 
“will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

 

(7)                 
provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and

 

(8)                 
references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement
or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.

 

ARTICLE
2

THE NOTES

 

Section
2.01         Form and Dating.

 

(a)               
General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit
A hereto. The Notes may have other notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note
will be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in
excess thereof.

 

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

 

(b)              
Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global
Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued
in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without
the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such
aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding
Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges, repurchases, transfers
of interests and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Notes Custodian, at the direction
of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof. Notes initially
offered and sold to QIBs in the United States in reliance on Rule 144A shall be issued in the form of one or more QIB Global Notes,
duly executed by the Company and the Guarantors and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

 

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

 

Following the termination
of the Restricted Period and receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required by Rule 903 of Regulation S, beneficial interests
in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note will be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note
pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee
will cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and
the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

 

(d)              
Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream will be applicable to
transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note that are
held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

Section
2.02         Execution and Authentication.

 

At least one Officer
must sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

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

 

A Note will not be
valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been
authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee will authenticate
and deliver: (i) Initial Notes for original issue in an aggregate principal amount of $500 million, (ii) if and when issued, Additional
Notes and (iii) Exchange Notes for issue only in a Registered Exchange Offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, and
only in exchange for Initial Notes or Additional Notes of an equal principal amount, in each case upon receipt of a written order
of the Company signed by two Officers of the Company (an “Authentication Order”). Such order shall specify the
amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and whether the
Notes are to be in the form of Initial Notes or Exchange Notes. The Company may issue Additional Notes under this Indenture subsequent
to the Issue Date, subject to Section 4.09 of this Indenture. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may
not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication
Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.

 

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The Trustee may appoint
an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever
the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.

 

Section
2.03         Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Company will maintain
an office or agency in the United States where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”)
and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”) which, if any Definitive
Notes are outstanding, will be in the State of New York. The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer
and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar”
includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change
any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Company will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address
of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent,
the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent.

 

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

 

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

 

Section
2.04         Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust.

 

The Company will require
each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders
or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and
will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee
may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay
all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary)
will have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in
a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization
proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

Section
2.05         Holder Lists.

 

The Trustee will preserve
in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders
and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company will furnish to the Trustee
at least seven Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a
list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders, and the
Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

 

Section
2.06         Transfer and Exchange.

 

(a)               
Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to
a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the
Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged
by the Company for Definitive Notes if:

 

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(1)                 
the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary
or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not
appointed by the Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;

 

(2)                 
the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive
Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; provided that in no event shall the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt
by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act;
or

 

(3)                 
there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.

 

Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding
events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global
Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated
and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07
or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged
for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred
and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b) or (c) hereof.

 

Upon the occurrence
of an exchange offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors shall execute and issue and,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate: (i) one or more Global
Notes without the Private Placement Legend in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests
in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable letters of transmittal or via
the Depositary’s book-entry system to the effect required by the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and SEC interpretations,
and accepted for exchange in such exchange offer and (ii) one or more Definitive Notes without the Private Placement Legend in
an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of any Restricted Definitive Notes tendered by Persons who make the
foregoing certifications and accepted for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Global
Notes, the Registrar shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly.

 

(b)              
Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests
in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable
Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those
set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will
require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs,
as applicable:

 

(1)                 
Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may
be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in
accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the
expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary
Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. No written orders
or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

 

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(2)                 
All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges
of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver
to the Registrar either:

 

(A)             
both:

 

(1)              
a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount
equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

  

(2)              
instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant
account to be credited with such increase; or

 

(B)             
both:

 

(1)              
a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be
transferred or exchanged; and

 

(2)              
instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such
Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above;

 

provided that in no event shall
Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior
to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule
903 under the Securities Act.

 

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements
for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable
under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h)
hereof.

 

(3)                 
Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global
Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global
Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

 

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

  

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

 

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

 

(1)                 
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If in accordance with Section 2.06(a)
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note is to be exchanged for a Restricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(E)              
if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act other than Regulation S or Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item 3(d) thereof, provided that the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to require a legal opinion or other certification
to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to such an exemption;

 

(F)              
if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

 

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

 

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal
amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate
principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of
such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the
Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

 

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(2)                 
Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(1)(A)
and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and
(B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) under the Securities Act, except
in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 903
or Rule 904.

 

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

 

(1)                 
Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive
Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive
Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt
by the Registrar of the following documentation:

 

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

 

(B)             
if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

(1)                 
Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to
and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives
the following:

 

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

 

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

 

(C)             
if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities
Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3(d)
thereof, provided that the Company or the Trustee shall be entitled to require a legal opinion or other certification to
confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to such an exemption.

 

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

 

(1)                 
Private Placement Legend.

 

(A)             
Except as permitted by this Section 2.06, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange
therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR)
WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS
AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”) AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THIS NOTE IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION
FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE HEREBY AGREES
ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HOLDS THIS NOTE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER, THAT (A) THIS
NOTE MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY (1)(a) INSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES
IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (b)
OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A FOREIGN PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR RULE 904 OF REGULATION S
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144 THEREUNDER
(IF APPLICABLE) OR (d) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED
UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE ISSUER OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR
ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER OF THIS
NOTE OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN CLAUSE (A) ABOVE. NO REPRESENTATION CAN BE MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF THE EXEMPTION
PROVIDED BY RULE 144 FOR RESALE OF THIS NOTE.”

 

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(2)                 
Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY
THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THIS INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS
HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON
AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THIS INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2.06 OF THIS INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11
OF THIS INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF ENERGY
XXI GULF COAST, INC.

 

UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN
WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE
OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY
OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY
AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”), TO THE
COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF
CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE &
CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST
HEREIN.”

 

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(3)                 
Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note will bear a Legend in substantially
the following form:

 

“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS
REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR CERTIFICATED NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED
IN THIS INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).”

 

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

 

(h)              
General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

 

(1)                 
To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes
and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s
request.

 

(2)                 
No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note
for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax
or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge
payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).

 

(3)                 
All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive
Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture,
as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(4)                 
Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:

 

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(A)             
to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business
15 days prior to the mailing of a notice of redemption;

 

(B)             
to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or

 

(C)             
to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment
date.

 

(5)                 
Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem
and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment
of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall
be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

(6)                 
The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

 

(7)                 
All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section
2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

 

Section
2.07         Replacement Notes.

 

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

 

Every replacement Note
is an additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately
with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

Section
2.08         Outstanding Notes.

 

The Notes outstanding
at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation,
those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described
in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because
the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company shall
not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(b) hereof.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Section
2.09         Treasury Notes.

 

In determining whether
the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company
or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control
with the Company or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether
the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer knows
are so owned will be so disregarded.

 

Section
2.10         Temporary Notes.

 

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

 

Holders of temporary
Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

 

Section
2.11         Cancellation.

 

The Company at any
time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered
to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration
of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of the canceled Notes in accordance with its normal
procedures (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act). Certification of the disposition of all canceled
Notes will be delivered to the Company upon written request. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid
or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section
2.12         Defaulted Interest.

 

The Company will pay
interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium at the
rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition
interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace
period) at the same rate to the extent lawful, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date. The Company
will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed
payment. The Company will fix or cause to be fixed (or upon the Company’s failure to do so, the Trustee shall fix pursuant
to a written instruction of Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of outstanding Notes) each such special record date
and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for
such defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company,
the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the
special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

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ARTICLE
3

REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 

Section
3.01         Notices to Trustee.

 

If the Company elects
to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth:

 

(1)                 
the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;

 

(2)                 
the redemption date;

 

(3)                 
the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and

 

(4)                 
the redemption price.

 

Section
3.02         Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed
or Purchased.

 

If less than all of
the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or
purchase on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by law or applicable stock exchange requirements (or in the case
of Global Notes, on as nearly a pro rata basis as is practicable, subject to the procedures of the Depositary).

 

In the event of partial
redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein,
not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously
called for redemption or purchase.

 

The Trustee will promptly
notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial
redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be
in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed
or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000,
shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes
called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

 

Section
3.03         Notice of Redemption.

 

Subject to the provisions
of Section 3.09 hereof, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to
be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address,
except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection
with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 10 hereof. Notices of
redemption may be conditional.

 

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

 

(1)                 
the redemption date;

 

(2)                 
the redemption price;

 

(3)                 
if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the
redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued
in the name of the Holder upon cancellation of the original Note;

 

(4)                 
the name and address of the Paying Agent;

 

(5)                 
that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(6)                 
that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment or any condition to the redemption set forth in the
notice therefor shall not have been satisfied, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption
date;

 

(7)                 
the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being
redeemed;

 

(8)                 
that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice
or printed on the Notes; and

 

(9)                 
a description of any conditions to the Company’s obligation to complete the redemption.

 

If any of the Notes
to be redeemed is in the form of a Global Note, then the Company shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with
the procedures of the Depositary applicable to redemption.

 

At the Company’s
request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however,
that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate requesting
that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information (or a shorter period as agreed to by the Trustee) to be stated
in such notice as provided in this Section 3.03 above.

 

Section
3.04         Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption
is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes (or portions thereof) called for redemption become irrevocably due and
payable on the applicable redemption date at the applicable redemption price unless any condition to the redemption set forth in
the notice therefor shall not have been satisfied.

 

Section
3.05         Deposit of Redemption or Purchase
Price.

 

No later than 10:00
Eastern Time on the redemption or purchase date, the Company will deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or its Domestic
Subsidiary is the Paying Agent, will segregate and hold in trust) money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and
accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any
money deposited with the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price
of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

 

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If the Company complies
with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on
the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest
record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person
in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase
is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the preceding paragraph,
interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent
lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 2.12 hereof.

 

Section
3.06         Notes Redeemed or Purchased in
Part.

 

Upon surrender of a
Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will
authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased
portion of the Note surrendered.

 

Section
3.07         Optional Redemption.

 

(a)               
Except as set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 3.07 or in Section 4.15, the Notes shall not be redeemable at
the option of the Company prior to December 15, 2016. Beginning on December 15, 2016, the Company may redeem all or a portion of
the Notes, at once or over time, after giving the notice required pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof, at the redemption prices (expressed
as percentages of principal amount) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes redeemed, to the applicable
redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment
Date that is on or prior to the redemption date), if redeemed during the twelve-month periods beginning on December 15 of the years
set forth below:

 

	Period	 	Percentage	 
	2016	 	 	105.625	%
	2017	 	 	103.750	%
	2018	 	 	101.875	%
	2019 and thereafter.	 	 	100.000	%

 

(b)              
At any time and from time to time prior to December 15, 2016, the Company may on any one or more occasions redeem up to
35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption price (expressed as a percentage
of principal amount) equal to 107.50% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to
the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest
Payment Date that is on or prior to the redemption date) in the amount not greater than the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity
Offerings by the Company, provided, however, that (i) at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
(including Additional Notes issued under this Indenture) remains outstanding immediately after giving effect to such redemption;
and (ii) any such redemption shall be made within 180 days of the date of closing of such Equity Offering.

 

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(c)               
At any time prior to December 15, 2016, the Company may at its option redeem the Notes in whole or in part, at once or over
time, after giving the notice required pursuant to Section 3.03 hereof, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount
of the notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of redemption (subject
to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or
prior to the redemption date).

 

(d)              
Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 or Section 4.15 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through
3.06 hereof.

 

Section
3.08         Mandatory Redemption.

 

The Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

Section
3.09         Offer to Purchase by Application
of Excess Proceeds.

 

In the event that,
pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Company shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (an “Asset
Sale Offer”), it will follow the procedures specified below and in Sections 4.10(c), (d), (e) and (f):

 

(a)               
The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the
Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the
proceeds of sales of assets.

 

(b)              
The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of at least 20 Business Days following its commencement and not more
than 30 Business Days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”).

 

(c)               
No later than three Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the
Company will apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and such other pari
passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes
and other Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same
manner as interest payments are made.

 

(d)              
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued
and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date.

 

(e)               
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company will send, by first class mail, a notice to each of the Holders,
with a copy to the Trustee. The notice will contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes
pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The notice, which will govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, will state:

 

(1)                 
that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the
Asset Sale Offer will remain open;

 

(2)                 
the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

 

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(3)                 
that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;

 

(4)                 
that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer
will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

 

(5)                 
that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in denominations
of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof only;

 

(6)                 
that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with
the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer,
to the Company, a Depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three
days before the Purchase Date;

 

(7)                 
that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case
may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder
is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

 

(8)                 
that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof
exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company will select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro
rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered (with such adjustments
as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $2,000, or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof, will be purchased); and

 

(9)                 
that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

 

If any of the Notes
to be redeemed pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is in the form of a Global Note, then the Company shall modify such notice to the
extent necessary to accord with the procedures of the Depositary applicable to redemption.

 

On or before the Purchase
Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer
Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered,
all Notes tendered, and will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’
Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of
this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, will promptly (but in
any case not later than five days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase
price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company will promptly issue a new
Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company, will authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred
by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any
Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company will publicly announce
the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.

 

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

 

The Company will comply
with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent
those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent
that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture, the Company
will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 4.10
of this Indenture by virtue of such conflict.

 

ARTICLE
4

COVENANTS

 

Section
4.01         Payment of Notes.

 

The Company will pay
or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in this
Indenture and the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent,
if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company
in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.
The Company shall pay Special Interest, if any, in the same manner, on the dates and in the amounts set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Notes and in this Indenture. All references in this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees to interest shall
be deemed to include Special Interest, unless the context indicates otherwise.

 

Section
4.02         Maintenance of Office or Agency.

 

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

 

The Company may also
from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all
such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of
any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

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

 

Section
4.03         Reports.

 

(a)               
Whether or not required by the Commission, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Parent will file with the Commission
for public availability within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and regulations (unless the Commission
will not accept such a filing), and the Parent will furnish to the Trustee and, upon its request, to any of the Holders, within
five Business Days of filing, or attempting to file, the same with the Commission:

 

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(1)                 
all quarterly and annual financial and other information with respect to the Parent and its Subsidiaries that would be required
to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Parent were required to file such Forms, including
a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to
the annual information only, a report on the annual financial statements by the Parent’s certified independent accountants;

 

(2)                 
all current reports that would be required to be filed with the Commission on Form 8-K if the Parent were required to file
such reports; and

 

(3)                 
unaudited quarterly and audited annual financial statements of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(b)              
If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries, then the quarterly and annual financial
information required by paragraph (a) of this Section 4.03 will include a reasonably detailed presentation, either on the face
of the financial statements or in the footnotes thereto, and in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operations, of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries
separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

(c)               
In addition, the Company and the Guarantors agree that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, they will furnish to
the Holders of Notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered
pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

(d)              
The availability of the materials specified in items (a) through (c) above on the Commission’s website shall be deemed
to satisfy the foregoing delivery obligations.

 

(e)               
Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under this Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only,
and the Trustee’s receipt of the foregoing shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein
or determinable from information contained therein.

 

Section
4.04         Compliance Certificate.

 

(a)               
The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee,
within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the
Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with
a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and
further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company has kept,
observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance
or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred,
describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company is taking or
proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence
by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has
occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

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(b)              
So long as any of the Notes are outstanding, the Company will deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming
aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action
the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section
4.05         Taxes.

 

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

 

Section
4.06         Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

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

 

Section
4.07         Restricted Payments.

 

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

 

(1)                 
declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation
involving the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable
in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company);

 

(2)                 
purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger
or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or any direct or indirect parent of the Company;

 

(3)                 
make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Subordinated
Indebtedness except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof; or

 

(4)                 
make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in these clauses (1) through (4) above being
collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”),

 

unless, at the time
of and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment:

 

(1)                 
no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

 

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(2)                 
the Company would, at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Restricted
Payment had been made at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, have been permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and

 

(3)                 
such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries after December 17, 2010 (excluding Restricted Payments permitted by clauses (2), (3), (4), (6), (7), (8),
(9), (10) and (12) of paragraph (b) of this Section 4.07), is less than the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(A)             
50% of the Consolidated Net Income of the Company for the period (taken as one accounting period) from October 1,
2010 to the end of the Company’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available
at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, if such Consolidated Net Income for such period is a deficit, less 100% of such deficit),
plus

 

(B)             
100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by the Company (and the Fair Market Value of any Additional Assets
to the extent acquired in consideration of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock)) after December 17,
2010 as a contribution to its common equity capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified
Stock) or from the issue or sale of convertible or exchangeable Disqualified Stock or convertible or exchangeable debt securities
of the Company that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests (or Disqualified
Stock or debt securities) sold to a Subsidiary of the Company), plus

 

(C)             
to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after December 17, 2010 is sold for cash or otherwise
liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the
cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment, plus

 

(D)             
to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company designated as such after December 17, 2010 is redesignated
as a Restricted Subsidiary after December 17, 2010, the lesser of (i) the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investment in
such Subsidiary as of the date of such redesignation or (ii) such Fair Market Value as of the date on which such Subsidiary was
originally designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

(b)              
So long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions
will not prohibit:

 

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

 

(2)                 
the redemption, repurchase, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition of any Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company
or any Guarantor or of any Equity Interests of the Company in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially
concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock);
provided that the amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from
clause (3)(B) of the preceding paragraph;

  

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(3)                 
the defeasance, redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any
Guarantor with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of, or in exchange for, Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;

 

(4)                 
the payment of any dividend by a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(5)                 
the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company held by any current or former director or employee of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
pursuant to any director or employee equity subscription agreement or plan, stock option agreement or similar agreement or plan;
provided that the aggregate price paid for all such repurchased, redeemed, acquired or retired Equity Interests may not exceed
$4.0 million in any twelve-month period;

 

(6)                 
the acquisition of Equity Interests by the Company in connection with the exercise of stock options or stock appreciation
rights by way of cashless exercise;

 

(7)                 
so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, upon the occurrence of a Change of Control or an Asset Sale and within
60 days after the completion of the offer to repurchase the Notes pursuant to Section 4.15 or Section 4.10 (including the purchase
of all Notes tendered), any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance, acquisition or other retirement for value of Subordinated
Indebtedness required under the terms thereof as a result of such Change of Control or Asset Sale at a purchase or redemption price
not to exceed 101% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, provided that,
in the notice to Holders relating to a Change of Control or Asset Sale hereunder, the Company shall describe this clause (7);

 

(8)                 
the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares of Capital Stock in connection with any transaction otherwise permitted
under this Indenture;

 

(9)                 
Permitted Payments to Parent Companies;

 

(10)             
other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount since the Issue Date not to exceed $70.0 million;

 

(11)             
the payment of dividends on the Company’s common equity (or the payment of dividends or distributions to a direct
or indirect parent company of the Company to fund the payment by such parent company of dividends or distributions on its common
equity) of up to 6.0% per calendar year of the net proceeds received by the Company from any public Equity Offering or contributed
to the Company by a direct or indirect parent company of the Company from any public Equity Offering; provided that the
amount of any such net cash proceeds that are utilized for any such Restricted Payment will be excluded from clause (3)(B) of Section
4.07(a); and

 

(12)             
the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of preferred stock or Disqualified Stock of the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in accordance with Section 4.09 to the extent such dividends are included
in the calculation of Fixed Charges.

 

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(c)               
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) will be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment
of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may
be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any assets or securities that are required to be valued by this
covenant will be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination shall be evidenced by a resolution of
the Board of Directors of the Company. Such Board of Directors’ determination must be based upon an opinion or appraisal
issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if the Fair Market Value exceeds $20.0 million.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.07, in the event that a Restricted Payment meets the criteria of more
than one of the categories of Restricted Payments described in the preceding clauses (1) through (12), the Company will be permitted
to classify (or later classify or reclassify in whole or in part in its sole discretion) such Restricted Payment in any manner
that complies with this covenant.

 

Section
4.08         Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Subsidiaries.

 

The Company will not,
and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective
any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary to:

 

(1)                 
pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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

 

(3)                 
transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

 

However, the preceding
restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

(1)                 
agreements governing Existing Indebtedness and Credit Facilities as in effect on the Issue Date and any amendments, modifications,
restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of those agreements, provided that the
amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are not materially
more restrictive, taken as a whole, with respect to such dividend and other payment restrictions than those contained in those
agreements on the Issue Date;

 

(2)                 
this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees;

 

(3)                 
applicable law;

 

(4)                 
any instrument governing Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
as in effect at the time of such acquisition (except to the extent such Indebtedness or Capital Stock was incurred in connection
with or in contemplation of such acquisition), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties
or assets of any Person, other than the Person, or the property or assets of the Person, so acquired, provided that, in the case
of Indebtedness, such Indebtedness was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred;

 

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(5)                 
customary non-assignment provisions in leases entered into in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices;

 

(6)                 
purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions on that property
of the nature described in clause (3) of the preceding paragraph;

 

(7)                 
any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that restricts distributions by
that Restricted Subsidiary pending its sale or other disposition;

 

(8)                 
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole, than those contained in the agreements governing
the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(9)                 
agreements governing other Indebtedness of the Company and one or more Restricted Subsidiaries permitted under this Indenture,
provided that the restrictions in the agreements governing such Indebtedness are not materially more restrictive, taken as a whole,
than those in this Indenture or Existing Indebtedness or Credit Facilities as in effect on the Issue Date;

 

(10)             
Liens securing Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred under the provisions of Section 4.12 that limit the right
of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;

 

(11)             
provisions with respect to the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale
agreements, stock sale agreements, agreements respecting Permitted Business Investments and other similar agreements entered into
in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(12)             
restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course
of business.

 

Section
4.09         Incurrence of Indebtedness and
Issuance of Preferred Stock.

 

(a)               
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur,
issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively,
“incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt), neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary will
issue any Disqualified Stock and the Company will not permit any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred
stock; provided, however, that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt)
or issue Disqualified Stock, if the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company’s most recently ended four full fiscal quarters
for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred
or such Disqualified Stock is issued, would have been at least 2.25 to 1.0, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma
application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred or the Disqualified Stock had been
issued, as the case may be, at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

 

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(b)              
The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness
(collectively, “Permitted Debt”):

 

(1)                 
the incurrence by the Company and or any Restricted Subsidiary of additional Indebtedness (including letters of credit)
under one or more Credit Facilities in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1) (with letters
of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company and its Subsidiaries
thereunder) not to exceed an amount equal to the greater of (a) $1,100.0 million and (b) 30% of ACNTA as of the date of such incurrence;

 

(2)                 
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of the Existing Indebtedness;

 

(3)                 
the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors represented by the Notes and the related Guarantees to be issued on the
Issue Date and any Exchange Notes and related Guarantees issued in exchange therefor pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement;

 

(4)                 
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations,
mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase
price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiaries, in an aggregate principal amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred
to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (4), not to exceed
$35.0 million at any time outstanding;

 

(5)                 
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for,
or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other than intercompany
Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred under Section 4.09(a) hereof or clauses (2), (3) or (12) of this
Section 4.09(b) or this clause (5);

 

(6)                 
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of intercompany Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or
preferred stock between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:

 

(A)             
if the Company is the obligor on such Indebtedness and a Guarantor is not the obligee, such Indebtedness must be
expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations then due with respect to the Notes, or if a Guarantor
is the obligor on such Indebtedness and neither the Company nor another Guarantor is the obligee, such Indebtedness must be expressly
subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Guarantee of such Guarantor; and

 

(B)             
any (i) subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, and (ii) sale
or other transfer of any such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Company or
a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,

 

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will be deemed,
in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock by the Company or such Restricted
Subsidiary, as the case may be, that was not permitted by this clause (6);

 

(7)                 
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Hedging Obligations;

 

(8)                 
the guarantee by the Company or any of the Guarantors of Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that was permitted
to be incurred by another provision of this Section 4.09;

 

(9)                 
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations relating to net gas balancing positions
arising in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice;

 

(10)             
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Non-Recourse Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary
provided, however, that if any such Indebtedness ceases to be Non-Recourse Debt of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such event
will be deemed to constitute an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not permitted by this clause (10);

 

(11)             
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of bid, performance, surety
and similar bonds issued for the account of the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business,
including guarantees and obligations of the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit supporting
such obligations (in each case other than an obligation for money borrowed);

 

(12)             
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary incurred and outstanding on the date on which
such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by, or merged into, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock Incurred (a) to provide all or any portion of the funds utilized to consummate the transaction
or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise
acquired by the Company or (b) otherwise in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition); provided, however,
that at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is acquired by the Company, the Company would have been able to incur $1.00 of additional
Indebtedness pursuant to Section 4.09(a) after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock pursuant to this clause (12);

 

(13)             
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each
case, incurred or assumed in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Subsidiary, provided
that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received
by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

 

(14)             
the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of additional Indebtedness in an aggregate principal
amount (or accreted value, as applicable) at any time outstanding, not to exceed $50.0 million; and

 

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(15)             
Indebtedness to the extent the proceeds thereof are used to finance insurance premiums.

 

For purposes of determining
compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of Indebtedness (including Acquired Debt) meets the criteria of more
than one of the categories of Permitted Debt described in clauses (1) through (15) of this Section 4.09, or is entitled to be incurred
pursuant to Section 4.09(a), the Company will be permitted to classify (or later classify or reclassify in whole or in part in
its sole discretion) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with this covenant.

 

The amount of Indebtedness
issued at a price that is less than the principal amount thereof will be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP. Indebtedness of any Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary
shall be deemed to have been incurred by the Company and the Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary. The accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness
in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional
shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified
Stock for purposes of this covenant; provided, in each such case, that the amount thereof is included in Fixed Charges of
the Company as accrued.

 

Section
4.10         Asset Sales.

 

(a)               
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:

 

(1)                 
the Company (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least
equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;

 

(2)                 
the Fair Market Value is determined by the Company’s Board of Directors and evidenced by a resolution of the Board
of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and

 

(3)                 
at least 75% of the consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from all Asset Sales since February
25, 2011, in the aggregate, is in the form of cash.

 

For purposes of this
provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:

 

(A)             
any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet,
of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated
to the Notes or any Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary agreement that releases
the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and

 

(B)             
any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee
that are converted within 90 days by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in
that conversion.

 

(b)              
Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary
may apply those Net Proceeds at its option to any combination of the following:

 

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(1)              
to repay, redeem or repurchase Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor that is not Subordinated Indebtedness (but
excluding intercompany Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor to the Company or any of its Affiliates);

 

(2)              
to acquire all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more other Persons primarily engaged in
the Oil and Gas Business, and, for this purpose, a division or line of business of a Person shall be treated as a separate Person
so long as such properties and assets are acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(3)              
to acquire a majority of the Voting Stock of one or more other Persons primarily engaged in the Oil and Gas Business,
if after giving effect to any such acquisition of Voting Stock, such Person is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(4)              
to make one or more capital expenditures; or

 

(5)              
to acquire other long-term assets that are used or useful in the Oil and Gas Business.

 

Pending the final application
of any Net Proceeds, the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise
invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.

 

(c)               
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 4.10(b) hereof will constitute
“Excess Proceeds.” On the 361st day after an Asset Sale (or, at the Company’s option, any earlier date), if the
aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds then exceeds $25.0 million, the Company will make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of Notes
pursuant to Section 3.09 hereof, and all holders of other Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing
provisions similar to those in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets,
to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the
Excess Proceeds.

 

(d)              
The offer price in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any,
to the date of settlement, subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment
Date that is on or prior to the date of settlement, and will be payable in cash.

 

(e)               
If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any
purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.

 

(f)               
If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other Indebtedness ranking pari passu with the Notes tendered into
such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the trustee will select the Notes and such other pari passu
Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will
be reset at zero.

 

Section
4.11         Transactions with Affiliates.

 

(a)               
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer
or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend
any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate (each,
an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:

 

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(1)                 
the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than
those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated
Person; and

 

(2)                 
the Company delivers to the Trustee:

 

(A)             
with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration
in excess of $20.0 million, a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company set forth in an Officers’ Certificate certifying
that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority
of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company; and

 

(B)             
with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration
in excess of $40.0 million, the Company delivers to the Trustee a written opinion that such Affiliate Transaction(s) is fair, from
a financial point of view, to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or that such Affiliate Transaction(s)
is not less favorable to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries than could reasonably be expected to be obtained at the time
in an arm’s-length transaction with a person who is not an Affiliate, in either such case issued by an independent accounting,
appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing.

 

(b)              
The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions
of paragraph (a) of this Section:

 

(1)                 
any employment or severance agreement or other employee compensation agreement, arrangement or plan, or any amendment thereto,
entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(2)                 
transactions between or among any of the Parent, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(3)                 
transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company) that is an Affiliate of the Company solely
because the Company owns an Equity Interest in such Person;

 

(4)                 
the payment of reasonable directors’ fees, payments, the payments of other reasonable benefits and the provision of
officers’ and directors’ indemnification and insurance to the extent permitted by law to persons who are officers and
directors of the Parent or its Subsidiaries and the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and who are not otherwise Affiliates
of the Company, in each case in the ordinary course of business and approved by the Board of Directors of the Company;

 

(5)                 
sales of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of the Company;

 

(6)                 
transactions among the Company, its Restricted Subsidiaries and Energy XXI Services, Inc. (“Services”),
a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent and a sister company of the Company relating to the provision of employment, administrative
and related services by Services pursuant to the Cost Allocation Agreement in effect on the Issue Date among the Company, certain
Subsidiaries and Services, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time provided that any such
amendment, modification or supplement will not be materially adverse to the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries compared to
the terms of such agreement in effect on the Issue Date;

 

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(7)                 
provision of management or other services or supplies on commercially reasonable arms-length terms as determined in good
faith by an Officer of the Company; and

 

(8)                 
Restricted Payments that are permitted pursuant to Section 4.07 hereof, including Permitted Payments to Parent Companies.

 

Section
4.12         Liens.

 

The Company will not
and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become
effective any Lien of any kind (other than Permitted Liens) securing Indebtedness or Attributable Debt upon any of their property
or assets, now owned or hereafter acquired, unless the Notes or any Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, is
secured on an equal and ratable basis (or on a senior basis to, in the case of obligations subordinated in right of payment to
the Notes or such Guarantee, as the case may be) with the obligations so secured until such time as such obligations are no longer
secured by a Lien.

 

Section
4.13         Business Activities.

 

The Company will not,
and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than the Oil and Gas Business, except to such extent
as would not be material to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, and Parent will not engage in any business
other than the Permitted Parent Business, except to such extent as would not be material to Parent.

 

Section
4.14         Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article
5 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

 

(1)                 
its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries,
in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any
such Subsidiary; and

 

(2)                 
the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries;

 

provided, however,
that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership, limited
liability company or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors of the Company shall determine that
the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, and that the loss thereof would not have a material adverse effect on the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Section
4.15         Offer to Repurchase Upon Change
of Control.

 

(a)               
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or
any part (equal to $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000) of that Holder’s Notes pursuant to an offer
(a “Change of Control Offer”) at a purchase price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”)
equal to 101% (or, at the Company’s election, a higher percentage) of the aggregate principal amount of Notes repurchased
plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased to the date of settlement (the “Change of Control Purchase
Date”), subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date
that is on or before the Change of Control Purchase Date. Within 30 days following any Change of Control, or, at the Company’s
option, prior to such Change of Control but after public announcement thereof, the Company will mail a notice to each Holder and
the Trustee describing the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control, offering to repurchase the Notes
as of the Change of Control Purchase Date and stating:

 

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(1)                 
that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted
for payment;

 

(2)                 
the purchase price and the Change of Control Purchase Date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60
days from the date such notice is mailed;

 

(3)                 
that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

 

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

 

(5)                 
that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender the
Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” attached to the Notes completed, or transfer by
book-entry transfer, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business
Day preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date;

 

(6)                 
that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business
on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting
forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing
his election to have the Notes purchased; and

 

(7)                 
that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased
portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple
of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.

 

The Company will comply
with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent
those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes as a result of a Change of Control. To
the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company
will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this
Section 4.15 by virtue of such compliance.

 

(b)              
On the Change of Control Purchase Date, the Company will, to the extent lawful:

 

(1)                 
accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

 

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

 

(3)                 
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate
stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Company.

 

On the Change of Control
Purchase Date, the Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for
such Notes (or, if all the Notes are then in global form, make such payment through the facilities of DTC), and the Trustee will
promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to
any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided, that each new Note will be in a principal amount of
$2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Change of Control
Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Change of Control Purchase Date.

 

Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in this Section 4.15, the Company will not be required to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of Control
if (1) a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements
set forth in this Section 4.15 and Section 3.09 hereof and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change
of Control Offer, or (2) notice of redemption of all outstanding Notes has been given pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, unless and
until there is a default in payment of the applicable redemption price.

 

In the event that Holders
of not less than 90% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes accept a Change of Control Offer and the Company (or
any third party making such Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Company as described above) purchases all of the Notes held
by such Holders, the Company will have the right, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior notice, given not more than
30 days following the purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem all of the Notes that remain
outstanding following such purchase at a redemption price equal to the Change of Control Payment plus, to the extent not included
in the Change of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes that remain outstanding, to the date of redemption
(subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that
is on or prior to the redemption date).

 

Section
4.16         Payments for Consent.

 

Neither the Parent,
the Company nor any of the Company's Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether
by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any Beneficial Owner or Holder of any Notes for or as an inducement to any consent to
any waiver, supplement or amendment of any terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, unless such consideration is offered
to be paid or agreed to be paid to all Beneficial Owners and Holders of the Notes which so consent in the time frame set forth
in solicitation documents relating to such consent.

 

Section
4.17         Additional Guarantees.

 

If the Company or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquires or creates another Material Domestic Subsidiary after the Issue Date that Guarantees Indebtedness
of the Company under any Credit Facility, then the Company will cause such Subsidiary to become a Guarantor by executing a supplemental
indenture pursuant to which it becomes a Guarantor within 20 Business Days of the date on which it was acquired or created or guaranteed
Indebtedness of the Company, as the case may be; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to Subsidiaries of
the Company that have properly been designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries in accordance with this Indenture for so long as they
continue to constitute Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

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Section
4.18         Designation of Restricted and
Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

(a)               
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary
if that designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Subsidiary
properly designated will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available
for Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a) hereof or represent Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. That designation
will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Subsidiary so designated otherwise meets the
definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

(b)              
The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary
of the Company; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of
the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and the creation, incurrence, assumption or otherwise
causing to exist any Lien of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness
is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of
the four-quarter reference period, (2) such Lien is permitted under Section 4.12 and (3) no Default or Event of Default would be
in existence following such designation.

 

(c)               
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing
with the Trustee a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company giving effect to such designation and an Officers’
Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the conditions set forth in the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary”
and was permitted by Section 4.07. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements
as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (i) it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture, (ii)
any Indebtedness and any Lien of such Subsidiary will be deemed to have been incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
as of such date and (iii) if such Indebtedness is not permitted to have been incurred as of such date under Section 4.09 or
Section 4.12, as applicable, the Company will be in Default of such covenant, as applicable.

 

Section
4.19         Sale and Leaseback Transactions

 

The Company will not,
and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction; provided that the Company
or any Guarantor may enter into a sale and leaseback transaction if:

 

(a)               
the Company or that Guarantor, as applicable, could have (a) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable
Debt relating to such sale and leaseback transaction under the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test in Section 4.09(a) and (b) incurred
a Lien to secure such Indebtedness without securing the Notes pursuant to Section 4.12 hereof;

 

(b)              
the gross cash proceeds of that sale and leaseback transaction are at least equal to the Fair Market Value, as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company and set forth in an officers’ certificate delivered to the trustee,
of the property that is the subject of that sale and leaseback transaction; and

 

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(c)               
the transfer of assets in that sale and leaseback transaction is permitted by, and the Company applies the proceeds of such
transaction in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof.

 

Section
4.20         Suspended Covenants.

 

During any period when
the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies and no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture
(the “Covenant Suspension Period”), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be subject to the provisions
of Sections 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13, 4.17 and clause (4) of Section 5.01 of this Indenture (collectively, the “Suspended
Covenants”); provided that if the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants
for any period of time as a result of the preceding portion of this sentence and, subsequently, either of the Rating Agencies withdraws
its ratings or downgrades the ratings assigned to the Notes below the Investment Grade Ratings so that the Notes do not have an
Investment Grade Rating from both Rating Agencies, or a Default (other than with respect to the Suspended Covenants) occurs and
is continuing, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants, subject
to the terms, conditions and obligations set forth in this Indenture (each such date of reinstatement being the “Reinstatement
Date”). Compliance with the Suspended Covenants with respect to Restricted Payments made after the Reinstatement Date
will be calculated in accordance with the terms of Section 4.07 as though such covenant had been in effect during the period since
the Issue Date, provided that all Restricted Payments made, Indebtedness incurred and other actions otherwise permitted by this
Indenture effected during any Covenant Suspension Period will not constitute a Default on any Reinstatement Date. The Company will
provide the Trustee with prompt written notice upon the commencement of a Covenant Suspension Period and of the occurrence of a
Reinstatement Date. In addition, during any Covenant Suspension Period, the Company will not be permitted to designate any of its
Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries.

 

ARTICLE
5

SUCCESSORS

 

Section
5.01         Merger, Consolidation, or Sale
of Assets.

 

The Company will not,
directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving corporation);
or (2) sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the
Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless:

 

(1)                 
either (A) the Company is the surviving corporation; or (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or
merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been
made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state of the United States or the District
of Columbia;

 

(2)                 
the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company) or the Person to which such
sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition has been made assumes all the obligations of the Company under
the Notes, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

 

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(3)                 
immediately after such transaction no Default or Event of Default exists;

 

(4)                 
except with respect to a transaction solely between the Company and a Guarantor, (i) the Company or the Person formed by
or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease,
conveyance or other disposition has been made will, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and any
related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted
to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a)
hereof or (ii) such Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio would increase after giving such pro forma effect; and

 

(5)                 
the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that
such consolidation, merger or disposition and such Supplemental Indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture and that all conditions
precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Section
5.02         Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation
or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties
or assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions
of, Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or Restricted Subsidiaries
is or are merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to,
and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance
or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the successor
Person and not to the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiaries), and may exercise every right and power of the Company
or Restricted Subsidiaries under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company
or Restricted Subsidiaries herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company or Restricted Subsidiaries shall not
be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes except in the case of a sale of all of the Company’s
or the applicable Restricted Subsidiaries’ assets in a transaction that is subject to, and that complies with the provisions
of, Section 5.01 hereof.

 

ARTICLE
6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section
6.01         Events of Default.

 

Each of the following
is an “Event of Default”:

 

(1)                 
default for 30 days in the payment when due of interest on the Notes;

 

(2)                 
default in the payment when due (at maturity, upon redemption or otherwise) of the principal of, or premium, if any, on,
the Notes;

 

(3)                 
failure by the Company to comply with the provisions of Sections 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 or Article 5 hereof;

 

(4)                 
failure by the Parent, the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as applicable, to comply for 30 days after receipt
of written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes to comply with Sections
4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.17 and 4.19 hereof;

 

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(5)                 
failure by the Company or the Parent, as applicable, for 60 days after notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least
25% of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding to comply with any of the other agreements in this Indenture (or 120 days
with respect to Section 4.03 hereof provided, however, that beginning on the 61st
day the Company is not in compliance with Section 4.03 hereof, additional interest at a rate of 0.25% per annum shall
accrue and be payable (in the same manner and at the same time as regular interest payments) on the Notes until such covenant is
complied with);

 

(6)                 
default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or
evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Company or any of its Significant Restricted Subsidiaries (or the payment
of which is guaranteed by the Company or any of its Significant Restricted Subsidiaries), whether such Indebtedness or Guarantee
now exists, or is created after the Issue Date, if that default:

 

(A)             
is caused by a failure to pay principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, such Indebtedness prior to the expiration
of the grace period and any extensions thereof provided in the documents governing such Indebtedness on the date of such default
(a “Payment Default”); or

 

(B)             
results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its final Stated Maturity,

 

and, in each case, the principal
amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness under which there has been a
Payment Default or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $25.0 million or more and such default or acceleration
is not cured or rescinded or such Indebtedness is not repaid in each case within 30 days;

 

(7)                 
failure by the Company or any of its Significant Restricted Subsidiaries to pay final judgments entered by a court or courts
of competent jurisdiction aggregating in excess of $25.0 million, which judgments are not paid, discharged or stayed (including
a stay pending appeal) for a period of 60 days after the date of such final judgment (or, if later, the date when payment is due
pursuant to such judgment);

 

(8)                 
except as permitted by this Indenture, any Guarantee of the Parent or a Significant Subsidiary is held in any judicial proceeding
to be unenforceable or invalid or ceases for any reason to be in full force and effect, or any Guarantor that is the Parent or
a Significant Subsidiary, or any Person acting on behalf of any Guarantor that is the Parent or a Significant Subsidiary, denies
or disaffirms in writing its obligations under its Guarantee;

 

(9)                 
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries
of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of Bankruptcy
Law:

 

(A)             
commences a voluntary case,

 

(B)             
consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

 

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(C)             
consents to the appointment of a custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its property,

 

(D)             
makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

 

(E)              
generally is not paying its debts as they become due;

 

(10)             
a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

(A)             
is for relief against the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group
of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

 

(B)             
appoints a custodian of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially
all of the property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted
Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

 

(C)             
orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is a Significant Subsidiary or any
group of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company that, taken together, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary;

 

and the order or decree remains
unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days.

 

Section
6.02         Acceleration.

 

In the case of an Event
of Default specified in clause (9) or (10) of Section 6.01 hereof, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately
without further action or notice. If any other Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least
25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon
any such declaration, the Notes shall become due and payable immediately.

 

The Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may, on behalf of all of the Holders,
rescind an acceleration and its consequences, if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing
Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration)
have been cured or waived.

 

Section
6.03         Other Remedies.

 

If an Event of Default
occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and
interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.

 

The Trustee may maintain
a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission
by the Trustee or any Holder of a Note in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the
right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted
by law.

 

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Section
6.04         Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the
Notes waive an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder, except (i) a continuing Default or Event of
Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (including in connection with an offer to
purchase) or (ii) a Default or Event of Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the
consent of each Holder affected; provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
then outstanding Notes may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from
such acceleration. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be
deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default
or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section
6.05         Control by Majority.

 

Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding
for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on it. However, the Trustee may refuse
to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the
rights of other Holders of Notes or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section
6.06         Limitation on Suits.

 

Except to enforce the
right to receive payment of principal, interest or premium, if any, when due, no Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect
to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

 

(1)                 
such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice that an Event of Default is continuing;

 

(2)                 
Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue
the remedy;

 

(3)                 
such Holder or Holders have offered the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(4)                 
the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt of the request and the offer of security
or indemnity; and

 

(5)                 
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

 

A Holder of a Note
may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another
Holder of a Note.

 

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Section
6.07         Rights of Holders of Notes to
Receive Payment.

 

Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest
on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), or
to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without
the consent of such Holder.

 

Section
6.08         Collection Suit by Trustee.

 

If an Event of Default
specified in Sections 6.01(1) or (2) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own
name and as Trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest
remaining unpaid on, the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as
shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements
and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

Section
6.09         Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

The Trustee shall be
authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims
of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents
and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company (or any other obligor upon
the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other
property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each
Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances
of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the
payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts
due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of
the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other
properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization
or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept
or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the
rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section
6.10         Priorities.

 

If the Trustee collects
any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

 

First:to
the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses
and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

Second:to
Holders of Notes for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference
or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively;
and

 

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Third:to
the Company or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

 

The Trustee may fix
a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.10.

 

Section
6.11         Undertaking for Costs.

 

In any suit for the
enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it
as a Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs
of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any
party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant.
This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit
by Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

 

ARTICLE
7

TRUSTEE

 

Section
7.01         Duties of Trustee.

 

(a)               
If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in
it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under
the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs.

 

(b)              
Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

 

(1)                 
the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform
only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall
be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

 

(2)                 
in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness
of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of
this Indenture. However, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the
requirements of this Indenture.

 

(c)               
The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its
own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(1)                 
this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

 

(2)                 
the Trustee will not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved
that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

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(3)                 
the Trustee will not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction
received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.

 

(d)              
Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is
subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.

 

(e)               
No provision of this Indenture will require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability. The Trustee
will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture at the request of any Holders, unless
such Holder has offered to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f)               
The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with
the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

Section
7.02         Rights of Trustee.

 

(a)               
The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by
the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document.

 

(b)              
Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel
or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officers’
Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the written advice of such counsel or any Opinion of
Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted
by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c)               
The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any
agent appointed with due care.

 

(d)              
The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized
or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

 

(e)               
Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will
be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

 

(f)               
The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request
or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable indemnity or security against the
losses, liabilities and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction

 

(g)               
The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness
or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts
or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled
to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and
shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

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(h)              
Except for any Event of Default occurring pursuant to Section 6.01(1) or 6.01(2), the Trustee shall not be deemed to have
notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written
notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and
such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

 

(i)                
The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right
to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder.

 

Section
7.03         Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its
individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Company or any Affiliate
of the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting
interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as Trustee (if this Indenture
has been qualified under the TIA) or resign. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject
to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

 

Section
7.04         Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The Trustee will not
be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable
for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Company or upon the Company’s direction
under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying
Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes
or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section
7.05         Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event
of Default occurs and is continuing and if it is known to a Responsible Officer, the Trustee will mail to Holders of Notes a notice
of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment
of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note, the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of
its Responsible Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders of the Notes.

 

Section
7.06         Reports by Trustee to Holders
of the Notes.

 

(a)               
Within 60 days after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the Issue Date, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding,
the Trustee will mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a)
(but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report
need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports
as required by TIA § 313(c).

 

(b)              
A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes will be mailed by the Trustee to the Company and
filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d).
The Company will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange.

 

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Section
7.07         Compensation and Indemnity.

 

(a)               
The Company will pay to the Trustee from time to time reasonable compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services
hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a Trustee of an express trust. The
Company will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made
by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and
expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

(b)              
The Company and the Guarantors will indemnify the Trustee against any and all losses, liabilities or expenses incurred by
it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of its duties under this Indenture, including the costs
and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Company and the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself
against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Guarantors, any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection
with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, except to the extent any such loss, liability or expense
may be attributable to its negligence or bad faith. The Trustee will notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may
seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company will not relieve the Company or any of the Guarantors of their
obligations hereunder. The Company or such Guarantor will defend the claim and the Trustee will cooperate in the defense. The Trustee
may have separate counsel and the Company will pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. Neither the Company nor any
Guarantor need pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(c)               
The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 7.07 will survive the satisfaction and discharge of
this Indenture.

 

(d)              
To secure the Company’s and the Guarantors’ payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have
a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal
and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

 

(e)               
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(9) or (10) hereof
occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended
to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

(f)               
The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

 

Section
7.08         Replacement of Trustee.

 

(a)               
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor
Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

 

(b)              
The Trustee may resign in writing upon thirty (30) days notice at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created
by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the
Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Company in writing. The Company may remove the Trustee if:

 

(1)                 
the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

 

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(2)                 
the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law;

 

(3)                 
a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(4)                 
the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

(c)               
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company will promptly
appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

(d)              
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring
Trustee, the Company, or the Holders of at least 10% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any
court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(e)               
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with
Section 7.10 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment
of a successor Trustee.

 

(f)               
A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon,
the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers
and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring
Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the
Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the
Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit
of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section
7.09         Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates,
merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor
corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.

 

Section
7.10         Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

There will at all times
be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of
any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination
by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most
recent published annual report of condition. No obligor upon the Notes may serve as Trustee.

 

This Indenture will
always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to TIA § 310(b).

 

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Section
7.11         Preferential Collection of Claims
Against Company.

 

The Trustee is subject
to TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or
been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated therein.

 

ARTICLE
8

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

Section
8.01         Option to Effect Legal Defeasance
or Covenant Defeasance.

 

The Company may at
any time, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, elect
to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article 8.

 

Section
8.02         Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

 

Upon the Company’s
exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Company and each of the Guarantors will,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations
with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter,
“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Company and the Guarantors will be deemed
to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Guarantees), which will
thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this
Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantees
and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging
the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

 

(1)                 
the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if
any, on, such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.05 hereof;

 

(2)                 
the Company’s obligations with respect to such Notes under Article 2 and Section 4.02 hereof;

 

(3)                 
the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Company’s and the Guarantors’
obligations in connection therewith; and

 

(4)                 
this Article 8.

 

Subject to compliance
with this Article 8, the Company may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option
under Section 8.03 hereof.

 

Section
8.03         Covenant Defeasance.

 

Upon the Company’s
exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Company and each of the Guarantors will,
subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under
the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.18, and 4.19 hereof and
clause (4) of Section 5.01 hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section
8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes will thereafter be deemed not
“outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences
of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but will continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes
hereunder. For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Guarantees, the Company
and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and will have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth
in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason
of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply will not
constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture
and such Notes and Guarantees will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Company’s exercise under Section 8.01 hereof
of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof,
Sections 6.01(3) through 6.01(8) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

 

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Section
8.04         Conditions to Legal or Covenant
Defeasance.

 

In order to exercise
either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:

 

(1)                 
the Company must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable
Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized
investment bank, appraisal firm, or firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, and interest and premium,
if any, on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be,
and the Company must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to such stated date for payment or to a particular redemption
date;

 

(2)                 
in the case of an election under Section 8.02 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming
that (a) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (b) since the
Issue Date, there has been a change in the applicable federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon
such Opinion of Counsel will confirm that, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal
income tax purposes as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the
same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(3)                 
in the case of an election under Section 8.03 hereof, the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming
that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of
such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times
as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

 

(4)                 
no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or
Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);

 

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(5)                 
such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under,
any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Company or any of its Guarantors (other than Parent)
is a party or by which the Company or any of its Guarantors (other than Parent) is bound;

 

(6)                 
the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company
with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes over the other creditors of the Company with the intent of defeating, hindering,
delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Company or others; and

 

(7)                 
the Company must deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all
conditions precedent relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

 

Section
8.05         Deposited Money and Government
Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

Subject to Section
8.06 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other
qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04
hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions
of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as
Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal, premium, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required
by law.

 

The Company will pay
and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government
Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such
tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

 

Notwithstanding anything
in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon the request of the Company
any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized investment bank, appraisal firm or firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof
delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof
that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

 

Section
8.06         Repayment to Company.

 

Any money deposited
with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any,
or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due
and payable shall be paid to the Company on its request or (if then held by the Company) will be discharged from such trust; and
the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the
Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, will thereupon
cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at
the expense of the Company cause to be published once, in the New York Times or The Wall Street Journal, notice that such money
remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification
or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company.

 

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Section
8.07         Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying
Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof,
as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise
prohibiting such application, then the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes
and the Guarantees will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until
such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as
the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest
on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such
Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE
9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

Section
9.01         Without Consent of Holders of
Notes.

 

Notwithstanding Section
9.02 of this Indenture, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees
without the consent of any Holder of a Note:

 

(1)                 
to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(2)                 
to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

 

(3)                 
to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or a Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders of the Notes and
Guarantees by a successor to the Company or such Guarantor pursuant to Article 5 hereof;

 

(4)                 
to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders of the Notes or that does not adversely
affect the legal rights hereunder of any Holder provided that any change to conform the text of this Indenture, the Notes
or the Guarantees to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum will not be deemed
to adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any Holder;

 

(5)                 
to secure the Notes or the Guarantees pursuant to the requirements of Section 4.12.

 

(6)                 
to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the limitations set forth in this Indenture as of the
date hereof;

 

(7)                 
to add any additional Guarantor or to evidence the release of any Guarantor from its Guarantee in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture;

 

(8)                 
to comply with requirements of the SEC to effect or maintain qualifications of this Indenture under the TIA; or

 

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(9)                 
to evidence or provide for acceptance of appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

Upon the request of
the Company accompanied by a resolution of its Board of Directors authorizing the execution of any such amended or supplemental
indenture, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Company
and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture
and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated
to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or
otherwise.

 

Section
9.02         With Consent of Holders of Notes.

 

Except as provided
above in Section 9.01 and below in this Section 9.02, the Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes
and the Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange
offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default
or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes voting as a single class (including, without limitation,
consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08
hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for purposes of this Section 9.02. However, without
the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting
Holder):

 

(1)                 
reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(2)                 
reduce the principal of or change the fixed maturity of any Note or alter or waive any of the provisions with respect to
the redemption or repurchase of the Notes (other than notice provisions or the provisions of Sections 3.09, 4.10 and 4.15 hereof);

 

(3)                 
reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest, including default interest, on any Note;

 

(4)                 
waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (except
a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(5)                 
make any Note payable in currency other than that stated in the Notes;

 

(6)                 
make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders of Notes
to receive payments of principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on, the Notes;

 

(7)                 
waive a redemption or repurchase payment with respect to any Note (other than a payment required by Sections 3.09, 4.10
or 4.15 hereof);

 

(8)                 
release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Guarantee or this Indenture, except in accordance with the terms
of this Indenture; or

 

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(9)                 
make any change in the preceding amendment, supplement and waiver provisions.

 

Section
9.03         Compliance with Trust Indenture
Act.

 

Every amendment or
supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be set forth in a amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as
then in effect.

 

Section
9.04         Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment,
supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and
every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even
if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke
the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver
becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every
Holder.

 

The Company may, but
shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement
or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons
who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to consent to
such amendment or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such
record date.

 

Section
9.05         Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

 

The Trustee may place
an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange
for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the
amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Failure to make the
appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

 

Section
9.06         Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

 

The Trustee will sign
any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect
the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. The Company may not sign an amended or supplemental indenture until
the Board of Directors of the Company approves it. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee will be entitled
to receive and will be fully protected in relying in good faith upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 11.04 hereof,
an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is
authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE
10

satisfaction and discharge

 

Section
10.01     Satisfaction and Discharge.

 

This Indenture will
be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes issued hereunder, when:

 

(1)                 
either:

 

(a)   
all Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and
Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Company, have been delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation; or

 

(b)  
all Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable or will become
due and payable within one year by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise and the Company or any Guarantor
has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders,
cash in U.S. dollars, non-callable Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, without
consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not delivered to the Trustee
for cancellation for principal, interest and premium, if any, to the date of maturity or redemption;

 

(2)                 
the Company or any Guarantor has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by it under this Indenture;

 

(3)                 
the deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument
(other than this Indenture) of the Company or any Guarantor; and

 

(4)                 
the Company has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward
the payment of the Notes at fixed maturity or on the redemption date, as the case may be.

 

In addition, the Company must deliver an
Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and
discharge have been satisfied.

 

Notwithstanding the
satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (b) of clause
(1) of this Section 10.01, the provisions of Sections 10.02 and 8.06 hereof will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section
10.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge
of this Indenture.

 

Section
10.02     Application of Trust Money.

 

Subject to the provisions
of Section 8.06 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied
by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying
Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of
the principal (and premium, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money
need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

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If the Trustee or Paying
Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 10.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding
or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such
application, the Company’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 10.01 hereof; provided that if the Company has made any
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company
shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities
held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE
11

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section
11.01     Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of
this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by the TIA, the imposed duties will control.

 

Section
11.02     Notices.

 

Any notice or communication
by the Company, any Guarantor or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or by first class
mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), facsimile transmission or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day
delivery, to the others’ address:

 

If to the Company and/or any Guarantor:

ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.

1021 Main

Suite 2626

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

If to the Trustee:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

750 N. St. Paul Place, Suite 1750

MAC 9263-170

Dallas, Texas 75201

Facsimile No.: (214) 756-7401

Attention: Corporate Trust Municipal and Escrow Services

 

The Company, any Guarantor
or the Trustee, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

All notices and communications
(other than those sent to Holders) will be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered;
five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt acknowledged, if transmitted by
facsimile; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day
delivery.

 

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If the Notes are in
definitive certificated form, any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered,
return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept
by the Registrar. While the Notes are in book-entry, any notice or communication to a Holder will be sent pursuant to the customary
procedures of the Depository. Any notice or communication will also be sent to any Person described in TIA § 313(c),
to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to send notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its
sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

 

If a notice or communication
is sent in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

 

If the Company mails
a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any
notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given
to the Depositary for such Note (or its designee), pursuant to the customary procedures of such Depositary.

 

Section
11.03     Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders
of Notes.

 

Holders may communicate
pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Company,
the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

 

Section
11.04     Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or
application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(1)                 
an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements
set forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any,
provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

 

(2)                 
an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set
forth in Section 11.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been
satisfied.

 

Section
11.05     Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or
opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided
pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and must include:

 

(1)                 
a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

 

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(2)                 
a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained
in such certificate or opinion are based;

 

(3)                 
a statement that, in the opinion of such 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 satisfied; and

 

(4)                 
a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been satisfied.

 

Section
11.06     Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make
reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable
requirements for its functions.

 

Section
11.07     No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees
and Stockholders.

 

No director, officer,
employee, incorporator or stockholder or other owner of Capital Stock of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability
for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, this Indenture or the Guarantees or for any claim based on,
in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases
all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

Section
11.08     Governing Law.

 

THE INTERNAL LAW OF
THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES.

 

Section
11.09     No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may
not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person.
Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section
11.10     Successors.

 

All agreements of the
Company in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its
successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture will bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section
12.05 hereof.

 

Section
11.11     Severability.

 

In case any provision
in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section
11.12     Counterpart Originals.

 

The parties may sign
any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or portable document format (PDF) transmission shall
constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original
Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original
signatures for all purposes.

 

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Section
11.13     Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

 

The
Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience
of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or
provisions hereof.

 

Section
11.14     Patriot Act.

 

The parties hereto
acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions, and in
order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies
each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture
agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information within their possession or control as it may reasonably request
in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.

  

ARTICLE
12

GUARANTEES

 

Section
12.01     Guarantee.

 

(a)               
Subject to this Article 12, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guarantees to
each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective
of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder, that:

 

(1)                 
the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity,
by acceleration, upon repurchase or redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium and (to the extent
permitted by law) interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under this
Indenture or the Notes will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes;
and

 

(2)                 
in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, the same will be promptly
paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration,
upon repurchase or redemption or otherwise.

 

Failing payment when
so due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors will be jointly and severally
obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

 

(b)              
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder are unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity
or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder
of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to
enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency
or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever
and covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes
and this Indenture.

 

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(c)               
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Guarantors or any custodian,
trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to any of the Company or the Guarantors, any amount paid by the
Company or any Guarantor to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, will be reinstated
in full force and effect.

 

(d)              
Each Guarantor agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of
any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that,
as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the obligations
guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay,
injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event
of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and
payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purpose of this Guarantee. The Guarantors will have the
right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the
Holders under the Guarantee.

 

Section
12.02     Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

 

Each Guarantor, and
by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such
Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance
Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate
the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor
will be limited to the maximum amount that will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor
that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments
made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 12, result
in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance under
federal or state law and not otherwise be void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

Section
12.03     Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.

 

To evidence its Guarantee
set forth in Section 12.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit D hereto will be signed by an Officer of such Guarantor (by manual or facsimile signature) on each Note authenticated
and delivered by the Trustee and that this Indenture will be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by one of its Officers.

 

Each Guarantor hereby
agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 12.01 hereof will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to
endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.

 

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If an Officer whose
signature is on this Indenture or on the Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on
which a Guarantee is endorsed, the Guarantee will be valid nevertheless.

 

The delivery of any
Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, will constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this
Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

 

In the event that the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries creates or acquires any Domestic Subsidiary after the Issue Date, if required by
Section 4.17 hereof, the Company will cause such Domestic Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.17 hereof and this
Article 12, to the extent applicable.

 

Section
12.04     Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain Terms.

 

Except as otherwise
provided in Section 12.05 hereof, no Guarantor may sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets
to, or consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, other than
the Company or another Guarantor, unless:

 

(1)                 
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; and

 

(2)                 
either:

 

(a)   
subject to Section 12.05 hereof, the Person acquiring the properties or assets in any such sale or other disposition
or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guarantor) unconditionally assumes, pursuant
to a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit E, all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Indenture,
the Notes, its Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement on terms set forth herein or therein; or

 

(b)  
such sale or other disposition complies with Section 4.10 hereof.

 

In the case of any
such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor Person, by supplemental indenture, executed
and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and
punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Guarantor, such successor
Person will succeed to and be substituted for such Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Guarantor.
Such successor Person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes issuable
hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Guarantees so issued
will in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued
in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.

 

Except as set forth
in Articles 4 and 5 hereof, and notwithstanding clauses 2(a) and (b) above, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the
Notes will prevent any consolidation or merger of a Guarantor with or into the Company or another Guarantor, or will prevent any
sale or conveyance of the property of a Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to the Company or another Guarantor.

 

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Section
12.05     Releases.

 

The Guarantee of a
Guarantor will be released:

 

(1)                 
With respect to any Guarantees by a Subsidiary of the Company, in connection with any sale or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the properties or assets of such Guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a Person that
is not (either before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other
disposition complies with Section 4.10 hereof;

 

(2)                 
in connection with any sale or other disposition of all of the Capital Stock of such Guarantor to a Person that is not (either
before or after giving effect to such transaction) the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company, if the sale or other disposition
complies with Section 4.10 hereof;

 

(3)                 
if the Company designates such Guarantor to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.18 hereof;

 

(4)                 
with respect to any Guarantees by a Subsidiary of the Company, if such Guarantor ceases to Guarantee any other Indebtedness
under a Credit Facility; or

 

(5)                 
upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance in accordance with Article 8 hereof or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture
in accordance with Article 10 hereof.

 

Upon delivery by the
Company to the Trustee of an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that any of the conditions described in the foregoing clauses
(1) - (5) has occurred, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably requested by the Company in order to evidence the release
of any Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee. Any Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Guarantee
as provided in this Section 12.05 will remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on the
Notes and for the other obligations of any such Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 12.

 

[Signatures on following page]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF,
the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	 	ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Rick Fox
	 	 	Rick Fox
	 	 	Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI (BERMUDA) LIMITED
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ David West Griffin
	 	 	David West Griffin
	 	 	Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI TEXAS ONSHORE, LLC
	 	ENERGY XXI ONSHORE, LLC
	 	ENERGY XXI GOM, LLC
	 	ENERGY XXI PIPELINE, LLC
	 	ENERGY XXI PIPELINE II, LLC
	 	ENERGY XXI LEASEHOLD, LLC
	 	MS ONSHORE, LLC
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Rick Fox
	 	 	Rick Fox
	 	 	Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 	 
	 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ John C. Stohlmann
	 	 	John C. Stohlmann
	 	 	Vice President

 

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

EXHIBIT A

 

[Face
of QIB/Reg S Note]

 

 

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable
pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture]

 

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if
applicable pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture]

 

[Insert Regulation S Temporary Global
Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture]

 

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CUSIP/CINS ____________

 

7.50% Senior Notes due 2021

 

	No. ___	$____________

 

ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.

 

promises to pay to [              ]
or registered assigns, the principal sum of __________________________________________________________ DOLLARS [or such other
amount as is reflected on the attached Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note]1 on December 15, 2021.

 

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December
15

 

Record Dates: June 1 and December 1

 

Dated: _______________, 20__

 

	 	ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 
	 		Name:  
	 	 	Title:

 

 

 

1 Include
for Notes in global form.

 

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This is one of the Notes referred to

in the within-mentioned Indenture:

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Trustee

	By:  	 	 
	 	Authorized Signatory	 

 

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[Back of Note]

7.50% Senior Notes due 2021

 

Capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

 

(1)                 
Interest. Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Company”), promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of this Note at a rate of 7.50% per annum
[, and shall pay Special Interest, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4 of the Registration Rights Agreement]2. The
Company will pay interest [including Special Interest, if any,]3 semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15
of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment
Date”). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest
has been paid, from the [ ] [September 26, 2013 for Initial Notes]; provided that if there is no existing Default in the
payment of interest, and if this Note is authenticated between a record date referred to on the face hereof (each, a “Record
Date”) and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, interest shall accrue from such next succeeding Interest Payment
Date; provided further that the first Interest Payment Date shall be December 15, 2013. The Company will pay interest (including
post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time
on demand at the interest rate then in effect to the extent lawful; it will pay interest (including post-petition interest in
any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest [including Special Interest, if any,]4
(without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will
be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

 

(2)                 
Method of Payment. The Company will pay interest on the Notes (except
defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business on June 1 or December 1 next preceding
the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date,
except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal,
premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, or, at the option of the Company,
payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided
that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest, and premium,
if any, on all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Company
or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is
legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

 

(3)                 
Paying Agent and Registrar. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without
notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent.

 

 

2
Delete for Exchange Note.

 

3
Delete for Exchange Note.

 

4 Delete for Exchange Note.

 

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(4)                 
Indenture. The Company issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as
of September 26, 2013 (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee. The terms of the
Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939,
as amended. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of
such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of
the Indenture shall govern and be controlling. The Company initially issued $500,000,000 principal amount of Notes under the Indenture.
The Company may issue Additional Notes under the Indenture, subject to Section 4.09 thereof.

 

(5)                 
Optional Redemption.

 

The Notes are subject
to redemption as provided in Article 3 of the Indenture.

 

(6)                 
Mandatory Redemption.

 

The Company is not
required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes

 

(7)                 
Repurchase at the Option of Holder.

 

(a)   
If there is a Change of Control, the Company will be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”)
to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000) of each Holder’s
Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% (or at the Company’s election, a higher percentage) of the aggregate principal
amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of settlement (the “Change of Control Purchase Date”),
subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on an Interest Payment Date that is on or
before the Change of Control Purchase Date (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 days following any Change
of Control or, at the Company’s option, prior to such Change of Control but after public announcement thereof, the Company
will mail a notice to each Holder and the Trustee setting forth the procedures governing the Change of Control Offer as required
by the Indenture.

 

(b)  
If the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company consummates an Asset Sale, the Company in circumstances
specified in the Indenture may be required to commence an offer to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that
is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to
purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets (an “Asset Sale Offer”) pursuant to Section 3.09 of
the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased
out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and
unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. Holders of Notes
that are the subject of an offer to purchase will receive an Asset Sale Offer from the Company prior to any related purchase date
as required by the Indenture.

 

(8)                 
Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption will be mailed at least
30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address,
except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection
with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction or discharge of the Indenture. Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be
redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be
redeemed.

 

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(9)                 
Denominations, Transfer, Exchange. The Notes are in registered form
without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. The transfer of Notes may be registered
and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things,
to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents, and the Company may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required
by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Company need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected
for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Company need not exchange or register
the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption or during the period between a record
date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

 

(10)             
Persons Deemed Owners. The registered Holder of a Note may be treated
as its owner for all purposes.

 

(11)             
Amendment, Supplement and Waiver. Subject to certain exceptions, the
Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class, and any existing Default or Event or Default
or compliance with any provision of the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of
a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, voting as a single class. Without the consent of any Holder
of a Note, the Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees may be amended or supplemented to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency
and to effect certain other changes as set forth in the Indenture.

 

(12)             
Defaults and Remedies. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing,
the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may declare all the Notes
to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events
of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders
may not enforce the Indenture or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee
may withhold from Holders of the Notes notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default
relating to the payment of principal or interest or premium, if any,) if it determines in good faith that withholding notice is
in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee
may, on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes, rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and
its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or premium, if
any, on, or the principal of, the Notes or a Default or Event of Default in respect of a provision in the Indenture that cannot
be amended without the consent of each Holder affected. The Company is required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement
regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Company is required, upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, to
deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default or Event of Default.

 

(13)             
Trustee Dealings with Company. The Trustee, in its individual or any
other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Company or its Affiliates, and may otherwise
deal with the Company or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

 

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(14)             
No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator
or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors
under the Notes, the Indenture or the Guarantees or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or
their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part
of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

 

(15)             
Authentication. This Note will not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

 

(16)             
Abbreviations. Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a
Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with
right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

 

(17)             
CUSIP Numbers. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee
on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes, and the Trustee
may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other
identification numbers placed thereon.

 

(18)             
GOVERNING LAW. THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WILL GOVERN
AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THIS NOTE AND THE GUARANTEES.

 

The Company will furnish
to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

 

ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.

1021 Main

Suite 2626

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

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Assignment
Form

 

To assign this Note,
fill in the form below:

 

	(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:   	 
	 	(Insert assignee’s legal name)

 

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax
I.D. no.)

 

 

 

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name,
address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint _______________________________________________to transfer this
Note on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date: _______________

 

	 	Your Signature:   	 

(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)

  

Signature Guarantee*: _________________________

 

*     Participant in a recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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Option
of Holder to Elect Purchase

 

If you want to elect
to have this Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

 

 ̈
Section 4.10                              ̈ Section 4.15

 

If you want to elect
to have only part of the Note purchased by the Company pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount
you elect to have purchased:

 

$_______________

 

Date: _______________

 

	 	Your Signature:   	 

(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)

 

Tax Identification No.: _____________________________________

  

Signature Guarantee*: _________________________

 

*     Participant in a recognized Signature
Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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Schedule
of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note *

 

The following exchanges
of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another
Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

	Date of Exchange	 	Amount of decrease in Principal Amount 

of 

this Global Note	 	Amount of increase in Principal Amount 

of 

this Global Note	 	Principal Amount 

of this Global Note following such decrease 

(or increase)	 	Signature of authorized officer of Trustee or Notes Custodian
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

		*	This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form. 

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.

1021 Main, Suite 2626

Houston, TX 77002

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

  

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

1445 Ross Avenue, 2nd Floor

MAC T5303-022

Dallas, Texas 75202-2812

Facsimile No.: (214) 777-4806

Attention: Corporate Trust and Escrow Services

 

 

Re: 7.50%
Senior Notes due 2021

 

Reference is hereby
made to the Indenture, dated as of September 26, 2013 (the “Indenture”), among Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.,
as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

___________________,
(the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex
A hereto, in the principal amount of $___________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to ___________________________
(the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor
hereby certifies that:

 

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

 

1.  ̈
Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the QIB Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant
to Rule 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to an in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial
interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial
interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment
discretion, and such Personal and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule
144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A, and such Transfer is in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities
laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture,
the transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the QIB Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and
in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

2.  ̈
Check if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, the Regulation
S Permanent Global Note or a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant
to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies
that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a Person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the
Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes
that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated
offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged
with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule
903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade
the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of
the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person. Upon consummation
of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note
will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Regulation S Permanent
Global Note, the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and/or the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities
Act.

 

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3.  ̈
Check and complete if Transferee will take delivery of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Definitive Note pursuant to
any provision of the Securities Act other than Rule 144A or Regulation S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance
with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and
pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States,
and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

 

(a) ̈
such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

 

or

 

(b) ̈
such Transfer is being effected to the Company or a subsidiary thereof;

 

or

 

(c) ̈
such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with
the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act;

 

or

 

(d) ̈
such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with another exemption from registration under the Securities Act
and complies with all transfer restrictions applicable thereto in the Indenture.

 

This certificate and
the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

 

	 	 	 
	 	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:

 

Dated: _______________________

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

 

1.The Transferor
owns and proposes to transfer the following:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

a beneficial interest in the:

 

(i) ̈
QIB Global Note (CUSIP __________), or

 

(ii) ̈
Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP _________)

 

2.After the Transfer
the Transferee will hold:

 

[CHECK ONE]

 

a beneficial interest in
the:

 

(i) ̈
QIB Global Note (CUSIP __________), or

 

(ii) ̈
Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP _________)

 

in accordance with
the terms of the Indenture.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

 

ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.

1021 Main, Suite 2626

Houston, TX 77002

Attention: Chief Financial Officer

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association

1445 Ross Avenue, 2nd Floor

MAC T5303-022

Dallas, Texas 75202-2812

Facsimile No.: (214) 777-4806

Attention: Corporate Trust and Escrow Services

  

Re: 7.50%
Senior Notes due 2021

 

(CUSIP ____________)

 

Reference is hereby
made to the Indenture, dated as of September 26, 2013 (the “Indenture”), among Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.,
as issuer (the “Company”), the Guarantors party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee.
Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

__________________________,
(the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the
principal amount of $____________ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange,
the Owner hereby certifies that:

 

1.Exchange
of Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes for Restricted Definitive Notes or Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes

 

(a)  ̈
Check if Exchange is from beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note to Restricted Definitive Note. In connection with
the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal
principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account
without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive
Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the
Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

(b)  ̈
Check if Exchange is from Restricted Definitive Note to beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note. In connection with
the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE]  ̈
QIB Global Note,  ̈ Regulation S Global Note with an equal principal amount, the
Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii)
such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant
to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the
United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest
issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted
Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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This certificate and
the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Company.

 

	 	 	 
	 	 	[Insert Name of Transferor]
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:

 

Dated: ______________________

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE

 

For value received,
each Guarantor (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture) has, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally
guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture dated as of September 26, 2013
(the “Indenture”) among Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (the “Company”), the Guarantors party
thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”), (a) that the principal of, premium,
if any, and interest on, the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon repurchase
or redemption or otherwise, and interest on overdue principal of, premium and (to the extent permitted by law) interest on the
Notes, if any, and all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee will be promptly paid in full or performed,
all in accordance with the terms of the Indenture and the Notes and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal
of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance
with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors
to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture, and the limitations thereon, are expressly
set forth in Article 12 of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.

 

Capitalized terms used
but not defined herein have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

 

	 	Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	 	[Name of Guarantor(s)]
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	 	[Name of Guarantor(s)]
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE

TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS

 

Supplemental
Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of ________________, 20__, among __________________
(the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of Energy XXI (or its permitted successor), a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”), the Company, the other Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to herein) and Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H

 

WHEREAS, the Company
has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of September 26,
2013 providing for the issuance of 7.50% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”);

 

WHEREAS, the Indenture
provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture
pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the
Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein (the “Guarantee”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to
Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Trustee mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes
as follows:

 

1.Capitalized
Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

 

2.Agreement
to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Guarantee on the terms and subject to
the conditions set forth in the Guarantee and in the Indenture including but not limited to Article 12 thereof, and subject to
the limitations therein.

 

3.No
Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Company or any Guarantor, as
such, will have any liability for any obligations of the Company or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Indenture or the Guarantees
or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder of Notes by accepting
a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
The waiver may not be effective to waive liabilities under the federal securities laws.

 

4.NEW YORK LAW
TO GOVERN. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.

 

5.Counterparts.
The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile
or portable document format (PDF) transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture
as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signature of the parties
hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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6.Effect
of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

 

7.The
Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency
of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by
the Guaranteeing Subsidiary and the Company.

 

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

 

Dated: _______________,
20__

 

	 	[Guaranteeing Subsidiary]
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	[Existing Guarantors]
	 	 	 
	 	By:	 
	 	 	Name:
	 	 	Title:
	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
	 	  as Trustee
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	 
	 	 	Authorized Signatory

 

    	E-3REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

  

Dated as of September 26, 2013

 

Among

 

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.,

 

The Guarantors

 

listed on the signature pages hereto,

 

and

 

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

 

and

 

RBS Securities Inc.

 

as representatives of the Initial Purchasers

 

7.50 % Senior Notes due 2021

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	 	 	Page
	 	 	 
	Section 1.	Definitions.	2
	Section 2.	Exchange Offer.	5
	Section 3.	Shelf Registration.	8
	Section 4.	Liquidated Damages and Specific Performance.	9
	Section 5.	Registration Procedures.	11
	Section 6.	Registration Expenses.	18
	Section 7.	Indemnification.	19
	Section 8.	Rules 144 and 144A.	22
	Section 9.	Underwritten Registrations.	22
	Section 10.	Miscellaneous.	23

 

    	 

    	 

    

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

This Registration Rights
Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2013 (this “Agreement”), is entered into among Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto (the “Guarantors”),
and Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and RBS Securities Inc., as representatives of the initial purchasers listed on Schedule A
attached hereto (collectively, the “Initial Purchasers”) to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

 

The Company, the Guarantors
and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement dated September 23, 2013 (the “Purchase Agreement”)
which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s
7.50% Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”), fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”).
The Notes and the Guarantees are herein collectively referred to as the “Initial Notes.”

 

This Agreement is entered
into in connection with the Purchase Agreement (i) for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and (ii) for the benefit of the holders
from time to time of the Notes, including the Initial Purchasers. In order to induce the Initial Purchasers to purchase the Initial
Notes, the Company has agreed to provide the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this
Agreement is a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers set forth in Section 5(g) of the Purchase Agreement.

 

The parties hereby
agree as follows:

 

Section 1.Definitions.

 

As used in this Agreement,
the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

“Action”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(c) hereof.

 

“Advice”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.

 

“Agreement”
shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph hereto.

 

“Applicable Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

“Board of Directors”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.

 

“Business Day”
shall mean a Day that is not a Legal Holiday.

 

“Company”
shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph hereto.

 

“Commission”
shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Day” shall
mean a calendar day.

 

“Damages Payment
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(b) hereof.

 

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“Default Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

 

“Delay Period”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.

 

“Effectiveness
Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b) hereof.

 

“Exchange Act”
shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

 

“Exchange Notes”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

 

“Exchange Offer”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

 

“Exchange Offer
Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a) hereof.

 

“Filing Date”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.

 

“FINRA”
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc., an independent regulatory organization (formerly National Association of Securities
Dealers or NASD).

 

“Holder”
shall mean any holder of a Registrable Note or Registrable Notes.

 

“Indenture”
shall mean the Indenture, dated as of September 26, 2013, among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,
as trustee, pursuant to which the Initial Notes are being issued, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof.

 

“Initial Notes”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

“Initial Purchasers”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

“Inspectors”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(n) hereof.

 

“Issue Date”
shall mean September 26, 2013.

 

“Issuer”
shall mean the Company and the Guarantors, such that the obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Agreement shall
be joint and several obligations in every respect including but not limited to the obligations to pay any Liquidated Damages, other
amounts and any indemnification and contribution obligations, in each case, as set forth in this Agreement, and shall also include
such parties’ permitted successors and assigns.

 

“Legal Holiday”
shall mean a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are required by law, regulation or
executive order to remain closed.

 

“Liquidated Damages”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

 

“Losses”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof.

 

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“Notes”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

“Participant”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7(a) hereof.

 

“Participating
Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

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

 

“Prospectus”
shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion
and a prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration
statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement,
and all other amendments and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated
by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

 

“Purchase Agreement”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

“Records”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(n) hereof.

 

“Registrable
Notes” shall mean each Initial Note upon its original issuance until (i) a Registration Statement covering such Initial
Note has been declared effective by the Commission and such Initial Note has been disposed of in accordance with such effective
Registration Statement, (ii) such Initial Note has been exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Note, (iii) such
Initial Note ceases to be outstanding or (iv) such Initial Note has been sold in compliance with Rule 144.

 

“Registration
Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

 

“Registration
Statement” shall mean any appropriate registration statement of the Issuer covering any of the Registrable Notes filed with
the Commission under the Securities Act, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective
amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference
therein.

 

“Requesting Participating
Broker-Dealer” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

 

“Rule 144”
shall mean Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other
than Rule 144A) or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission providing for offers and sales of securities made in compliance
therewith resulting in offers and sales by subsequent holders that are not affiliates of an issuer of such securities being free
of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

 

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“Rule 144A”
shall mean Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other
than Rule 144) or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.

 

“Rule 415”
shall mean Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or
regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.

 

“Securities Act”
shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereof.

 

“Shelf Filing
Date” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a)(3) hereof.

 

“Shelf Filing
Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c) hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration”
shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a) hereof.

 

“Shelf Registration
Statement” shall mean a Registration Statement filed in connection with a Shelf Registration.

 

“TIA” shall
mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

 

“Trustee”
shall mean the trustee under the Indenture and the trustee (if any) under any indenture governing the Exchange Notes .

 

“Underwritten
registration or underwritten offering” shall mean a registration in which securities of the Issuer are sold to an underwriter
for reoffering to the public.

 

Section 2.Exchange Offer.

 

(a)To the extent
not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the Commission, the Issuer shall use its reasonable best efforts
to cause to be declared effective under the Securities Act within 270 days after the Issue Date a Registration Statement (the “Exchange
Offer Registration Statement”) on an appropriate registration form with respect to a registered offer (the “Exchange
Offer”) to exchange any and all of the Registrable Notes for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes, including the Guarantees
thereof (the “Exchange Notes”) that are identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes (except that the Exchange
Notes shall not contain terms with respect to transfer restrictions or Liquidated Damages upon a Registration Default). Upon the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement being declared effective by the Commission, the Issuer will: (i) commence the Exchange Offer
as soon as practicable after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective, (ii) keep the Exchange Offer open
for not less than 30 days (or longer if required by applicable law) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders,
and (iii) consummate the Exchange Offer within 40 days after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared
effective.

 

Each Holder that participates
in the Exchange Offer will be required to represent to the Issuer in writing that (i) any Exchange Notes to be received by it will
be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate
in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes in violation of the provisions of the Securities
Act, (iii) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of Exchange
Notes, (iv) if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Initial Notes
that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, it will comply with the applicable provisions of the
Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes, (v) such Holder has full power and authority to transfer the
Initial Notes in exchange for the Exchange Notes and that the Issuer will acquire good and unencumbered title thereto free and
clear of any liens, restrictions, charges or encumbrances and not subject to any adverse claims; and (vi) such Holder is not an
“affiliate” (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) of the Issuer.

 

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(b)The Issuer and
the Initial Purchasers acknowledge that the staff of the Commission has taken the position that any broker-dealer that elects to
exchange Initial Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading
activities for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter”
within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection
with any resale of such Exchange Notes (other than a resale of an unsold allotment resulting from the original offering of the
Initial Notes).

 

The Issuer and the
Initial Purchasers also acknowledge that the staff of the Commission has taken the position that if the Prospectus contained in
the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means
by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Notes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying
the amount of Exchange Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus
delivery obligations under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Notes for their own accounts, so long as the
Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

 

In light of the foregoing,
if requested by a Participating Broker-Dealer (a “Requesting Participating Broker-Dealer”), the Issuer agrees to use
its reasonable best efforts to keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective for a period of 180 days after
the date on which the Exchange Registration Statement is declared effective, or such longer period if extended pursuant to the
last paragraph of Section 5 hereof (such period, the “Applicable Period”), or such earlier date as all Requesting Participating
Broker-Dealers shall have notified the Issuer in writing that such Requesting Participating Broker-Dealers have resold all Exchange
Notes acquired in the Exchange Offer. The Issuer shall include a plan of distribution in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement
that meets the requirements set forth in the preceding paragraph.

 

For each Initial Note
surrendered in the Exchange Offer, the Holder will receive an Exchange Note having a principal amount equal to that of the surrendered
Initial Note. Interest on each Exchange Note issued pursuant to the Exchange Offer will accrue from the last interest payment date
on which interest was paid on the Initial Notes surrendered in exchange therefor or, if no interest has been paid on the Initial
Notes, from the Issue Date.

 

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Upon consummation of
the Exchange Offer in accordance with this Section 2, the Issuer shall have no further registration obligations other than the
Issuer’s continuing registration obligations with respect to (i) Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers and
(ii) Initial Notes or Exchange Notes as to which clause (c)(3) of this Section 2 applies.

 

In connection with
the Exchange Offer, the Issuer shall:

 

(1)mail
or cause to be mailed to each Holder entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

 

(2)permit
Holders to withdraw tendered Initial Notes at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day
on which the Exchange Offer shall remain open; and

 

(3)otherwise
comply in all material respects with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

 

As soon as practicable
after the close of the Exchange Offer, if any, the Issuer shall:

 

(1)accept
for exchange all Initial Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn by the Holders pursuant to the Exchange Offer, if any;

 

(2)deliver
or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Initial Notes so accepted for exchange; and

 

(3)cause
the Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each such Holder of Initial Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, Exchange
Notes equal in principal amount to the Registrable Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange.

 

The Exchange Offer
shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that (i) the Exchange Offer does not violate applicable law or any applicable
interpretation of the staff of the Commission, (ii) no action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court
or by any governmental agency which might materially impair the ability of the Issuer to proceed with the Exchange Offer, and no
material adverse development shall have occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to the Issuer and (iii) all
governmental approvals shall have been obtained, which approvals the Issuer deems necessary for the consummation of the Exchange
Offer.

 

The Exchange Notes
shall be issued under (i) the Indenture or (ii) an indenture identical in all material respects to the Indenture (in either case,
with such changes as are necessary to comply with any requirements of the Commission to effect or maintain the qualification thereof
under the TIA) and which, in either case, has been qualified under the TIA and shall provide that the Exchange Notes shall not
be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture or such indenture shall provide that the Exchange
Notes and the Initial Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that neither the Exchange Notes nor
the Initial Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.

 

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(c)In the event
that:

 

(1)any
changes in law or the applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission do not permit the Issuer to effect the Exchange
Offer;

 

(2)for
any reason the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 310 days of the Issue Date;

 

(3)a
Holder notifies the Company following consummation of the Exchange Offer that Initial Notes held by it are not eligible to be exchanged
for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer; or

 

(4)any
Holder is prohibited by law or the applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission from participating in the Exchange
Offer or does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal
securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such holder as an affiliate of the Issuer within the meaning of the Securities
Act).

 

(each such event referred to in clauses
(1) through (4) of this sentence, a “Shelf Filing Event”), then the Issuer shall undertake a Shelf Registration pursuant
to Section 3 hereof; provided, however, that the filing of a Shelf Registration Statement as a result of a Shelf Filing Event pursuant
to clause (2) of this sentence shall not affect the Issuer’s obligation to consummate the Exchange Offer as promptly as practicable.

 

Section 3.Shelf Registration.

 

If at any time a Shelf
Filing Event shall occur, then:

 

(a)The Issuer shall
file promptly, but in any event within 30 days of notice of the Shelf Filing Event (the “Filing Date”), with the Commission
a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable
Notes not exchanged in the Exchange Offer and Exchange Notes as to which Section 2(c)(3) is applicable (the “Shelf Registration”).
The Shelf Registration shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Notes for resale
by Holders in the manner or manners designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). The
Issuer shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Notes to be included in the Shelf Registration.

 

(b)The Issuer shall
use its reasonable best efforts:

 

(1)in
the case of Section 2(c)(1) above, to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act
on or prior to the 270th day after the Issue Date;

 

(2)in
the case of Sections 2(c)(2), (3) or (4) above, to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities
Act on or prior to the 180th day after Filing Date; and

 

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(3)to
keep the Shelf Registration Statement effective until the earliest of (A) the time when the Initial Notes covered by the Shelf
Registration Statement can be sold pursuant to Rule 144 without any limitation under clause (c), (e), (f) and (h) of Rule 144,
(B) two years from the Issue Date and (c) the date on which all Initial Notes registered thereunder are disposed of in accordance
therewith subject to extension pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 5 hereof (the “Effectiveness Period”);
provided, however, that (i) the Effectiveness Period in respect of the Shelf Registration shall be extended to the extent required
to permit dealers to comply with the applicable prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as otherwise
provided herein and (ii) the Issuer may suspend the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by written notice to
the Holders solely as a result of the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement to incorporate annual
audited financial information with respect to the Issuer where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to
be declared effective to permit Holders to use the related Prospectus, provided that the Effectiveness Period in respect of the
Shelf Registration shall be extended by such number of days for which effectiveness is suspended under this clause (ii).

 

(c)Supplements
and Amendments. The Issuer agrees to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement as and when required
by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used for such Shelf Registration Statement or by
the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registration, or if reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority
in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or by any underwriter of such Registrable
Notes.

 

Section 4.Liquidated Damages and
Specific Performance.

 

(a)The Issuer and
the Initial Purchasers agree that the Holders will suffer damages if the Issuer fails to fulfill its obligations under Section
2 or Section 3 hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the
Issuer agrees that, in addition to the remedies set forth in Section 4(c) hereof, if:

 

(1)the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to the 270th day following the Issue
Date or, if that day is not a Business Day, the next day that is a Business Day;

 

(2)the
Exchange Offer is not consummated on or prior to the 40th day following the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
is declared effective;

 

(3)a
Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(c)(2), (3) or (4) is not filed on or prior to the 90th
day following the Shelf Filing Event (the “Shelf Filing Date”), or, if that day is not a Business Day, the next day
that is a Business Day;

 

(4)a
Shelf Registration Statement that is either (x) required to be filed pursuant to Section 2(c)(1) is not declared effective by the
270th day after the Issue Date (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next day that is a Business Day), or (y) required to
be filed pursuant to Section 2(c)(2), (3) or (4) is not declared effective by the 90th day after the Shelf Filing Date (or, if
such day is not a Business Day, the next day that is a Business Day) or (z) in the case of (x) or (y) of this clause is declared
effective by such date but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable, except if the Shelf Registration ceases to be effective
or usable as specifically permitted by the penultimate paragraph of Section 5 hereof in respect of Delay Periods, as defined in
such paragraph; or

 

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(5)the
Shelf Registration Statement does not remain continuously effective for the Effectiveness Period (save and except for any Delay
Periods)

 

(each such event referred to in clauses
(1) through (5) a “Registration Default”), liquidated damages in the form of additional cash interest (“Liquidated
Damages”) will accrue on the affected Initial Notes and the affected Exchange Notes, as applicable. The rate of Liquidated
Damages will be 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period immediately following the occurrence of a Registration Default, increasing
by an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period up to a maximum amount of additional interest of
1.00% per annum, during the period (the “Default Period”) from and including the date on which any such Registration
Default shall occur to, but excluding, the earlier of (1) the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured or (2) the
date on which all the Initial Notes and Exchange Notes otherwise become freely transferable by Holders other than affiliates of
the Issuer without further registration under the Securities Act; provided that if, after the Liquidated Damages cease to be payable
in accordance with clause (2) above as a result of the Initial Notes and Exchange Notes becoming freely transferable, the Initial
Notes or Exchange Notes cease to be freely transferable by such Holders for any reason, Liquidated Damages shall immediately become
payable again, subject to a new Default Period beginning from and including the day on which the Initial Notes or Exchange Notes
became subject to such restrictions and continuing until the occurrence of either (1) or (2) above.

 

Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (1) the amount of Liquidated Damages payable shall not increase more than by the foregoing rates because more than one
Registration Default has occurred and is pending and (2) a Holder of Initial Notes or Exchange Notes who is not entitled to the
benefits of the Shelf Registration Statement (i.e., such Holder has not elected to include information) shall not be entitled
to Liquidated Damages with respect to a Registration Default that pertains to the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

(b)So long as Initial
Notes remain outstanding, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee within five Business Days after each and every date on which an event
occurs in respect of which Liquidated Damages are required to be paid. Any amounts of Liquidated Damages due pursuant to clauses
(a)(1), (a)(2) or (a)(3) of this Section 4 will be payable in cash semi-annually on each June 1 and December 1 (each a “Damages
Payment Date”), commencing with the first such date occurring after any such Liquidated Damages commence to accrue, to Holders
to whom regular interest is payable on such Damages Payment Date with respect to Initial Notes that are Registrable Notes. The
amount of Liquidated Damages for Registrable Notes will be determined by multiplying the applicable rate of Liquidated Damages
by the aggregate principal amount of all such Registrable Notes outstanding on the Damages Payment Date following such Registration
Default in the case of the first such payment of Liquidated Damages with respect to a Registration Default (and thereafter at the
next succeeding Damages Payment Date until the cure of such Registration Default), multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which
is the number of days such Liquidated Damages rate was applicable during such period (determined on the basis of a 360-day year
comprised of twelve 30-day months and, in the case of a partial month, the actual number of days elapsed), and the denominator
of which is 360.

 

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Section 5.Registration Procedures.

 

In connection with
the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2 or 3 hereof, the Issuer shall effect such registrations to permit
the sale of the securities covered thereby in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant
thereto and in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuer hereunder, the Issuer shall:

 

(a)Prepare and
file with the Commission the Registration Statement or Registration Statements prescribed by Section 2 or 3 hereof, and use its
reasonable best efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein;
provided, however, that if (1) such filing is pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period relating thereto, before filing any Registration Statement
or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Issuer shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable Notes
covered by such Registration Statement or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, its counsel (if such counsel
is known to the Issuer) and the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such documents
(including copies of any documents to be incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed (in each
case at least five Business Days prior to such filing or such later date as is reasonable under the circumstances). The Issuer
shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto if the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement, or any such Participating Broker-Dealer,
as the case may be, its counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any, shall reasonably object on a timely basis.

 

(b)Prepare and
file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration
Statement, as the case may be, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for the Effectiveness
Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be, subject to any Delay Periods; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented
by any Prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar
provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange
Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or
in such Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities being sold by a Participating
Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus, in each case, in accordance with the intended methods of distribution set forth in
such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as so amended.

 

(c)If (1) a Shelf
Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period relating thereto from whom the Issuer has received written notice that
such Broker-Dealer will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the applicable Exchange Offer, notify the selling Holders of Registrable
Notes, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, as promptly
as possible, and, if requested by any such Person, confirm such notice in writing, (i) when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement
or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when
the same has become effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a written statement that any Holder may, upon
request, obtain, at the sole expense of the Issuer, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or post-effective amendment
including financial statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii)
of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing
or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii) if at any time
when a Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be delivered in connection with sales of the Registrable Notes or resales
of Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers, the representations and warranties of the Issuer contained in any agreement
(including any underwriting agreement) contemplated by Section 5(m)(i) hereof cease to be true and correct in all material respects,
(iv) of the receipt by the Issuer of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification
of a Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the
initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v) of the happening of any event, the existence of any condition
or any information becoming known to the Issuer that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus
or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material respect or that requires
the making of any changes in or amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the
case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact
required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus,
it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi) of the Issuer’s determination
that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate.

 

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(d)If (1) a Shelf
Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order
suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a Prospectus or suspending
the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be,
for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of
any such order at the earliest practicable moment.

 

(e)If (1) a Shelf
Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period and if reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters (if
any), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or
any Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, (i) promptly incorporate in such Registration Statement or Prospectus a prospectus
supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), such Holders or any
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be (based upon advice of counsel), determine is reasonably necessary to be included
therein and (ii) make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable
after the Issuer has received notification of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment;
provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to take any action hereunder that would, in the written opinion of counsel
to the Issuer, violate applicable laws.

 

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(f)If (1) a Shelf
Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable Notes or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, who so requests, its counsel and each managing underwriter, if any, at the sole expense of the
Issuer, one conformed copy of the Registration Statement or Registration Statements and each post-effective amendment thereto,
including financial statements and schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein
by reference and all exhibits.

 

(g)If (1) a Shelf
Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable Notes or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, its respective counsel, and the underwriters, if any, at the sole expense of the Issuer, as
many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of preliminary prospectus) and each amendment or supplement
thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request; and, subject to the last paragraph
of this Section 5, the Issuer hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of
the selling Holders of Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters or
agents, if any, and dealers (if any), in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Notes covered by, or the sale
by Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Notes pursuant to, such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.

 

(h)Prior to any
public offering of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes or any delivery of a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration
Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, use its reasonable
best efforts to register or qualify, and to cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and its respective counsel in connection with
the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Notes or Exchange
Notes , as the case may be, for offer and sale under the securities or state “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions
within the United States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably
request; provided, however, that where Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes are offered other than through an underwritten offering,
the Issuer agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Issuer’s counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and
file registrations and qualifications required to be filed pursuant to this Section 5(h); keep each such registration or qualification
(or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and
all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Exchange Notes
or Registrable Notes covered by the applicable Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required
to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (B) take any action that would subject
it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (C) subject itself to taxation in
excess of a nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

 

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(i)If a Shelf Registration
is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes and the managing underwriter or
underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Notes to be sold,
which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust
Company and enable such Registrable Notes to be in such denominations and registered in such names as the managing underwriter
or underwriters, if any, or selling Holders may request at least five Business Days prior to any sale of such Registrable Notes
or Exchange Notes.

 

(j)Use its reasonable
best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes covered by any Registration Statement to be registered with or approved
by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be reasonably necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the
underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, except as may be
required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder’s business, in which case the Issuer will cooperate
in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration Statement and the granting of such approvals.

 

(k)If (1) a Shelf
Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof, or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement
filed pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 5(c)(v) or
5(c)(vi) hereof, as promptly as practicable prepare and (subject to Section 5(a) and the penultimate paragraph of this Section
5) file with the Commission, at the sole expense of the Issuer, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement
or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference, or file
any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Notes being sold thereunder or
to the purchasers of the Exchange Notes to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a Participating Broker-Dealer, any such Prospectus
will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein,
in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(l)Prior to the
effective date of the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Notes, (i) provide the Trustee with certificates
for the Registrable Notes in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii) provide CUSIP numbers for the
Registrable Notes.

 

(m)In connection
with any underwritten offering of Registrable Notes pursuant to a Shelf Registration, enter into an underwriting agreement as is
customary in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Initial Notes and take all such other actions as are reasonably
requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of
such Registrable Notes and, in such connection, (i) make such representations and warranties to, and covenants with, the underwriters
with respect to the business of the Issuer and its subsidiaries, as then conducted (including any acquired business, properties
or entity, if applicable), and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any, incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
by reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings of debt securities
similar to the Initial Notes, and confirm the same in writing if and when requested; (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain
the written opinions of counsel to the Issuer and written updates thereof in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory
to the managing underwriter or underwriters, addressed to the underwriters covering the matters customarily covered in opinions
requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters;
(iii) use its reasonable best efforts to obtain “cold comfort” letters and updates thereof in form, scope and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters from the independent certified public accountants of the Issuer
(and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Issuer or of any business acquired
by the Issuer for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included or incorporated by reference
in the Registration Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters
of the type customarily covered in “cold comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings; and (iv) if an
underwriting agreement is entered into, the same shall contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than
those set forth in Section 7 hereof (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal
amount of Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters or agents) with
respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section; provided that the Issuer shall not be required to provide indemnification
to any underwriter selected in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 hereof with respect to information relating to such
underwriter furnished in writing to the Issuer by or on behalf of such underwriter expressly for inclusion in such Registration
Statement. The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder.

 

(n)If (1) a Shelf
Registration is filed pursuant to Section 3 hereof or (2) a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed
pursuant to Section 2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks
to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, make available for inspection by any selling Holder of such Registrable Notes
being sold or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating in any such disposition
of Registrable Notes, if any, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Holder or each such Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, or underwriter (collectively, the “Inspectors”), at the offices where normally kept,
during reasonable business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and instruments of the Issuer
and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Records”) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise any
applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the officers, directors and employees of the Issuer and its subsidiaries to
supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such Registration Statement and Prospectus.
Each Inspector shall agree in writing that it will keep the Records confidential and that it will not disclose, or use in connection
with any market transactions in violation of any applicable securities laws, any Records that the Issuer determines, in good faith,
to be confidential and that it notifies the Inspectors in writing are confidential unless (i) the disclosure of such Records is
necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or omission in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii) the release of such
Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii) disclosure of such information
is necessary or advisable in the opinion of counsel for an Inspector in connection with any action, claim, suit or proceeding,
directly or indirectly, involving or potentially involving such Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to, or involving
this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or arising hereunder or thereunder,
or (iv) the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public; provided, however, that (i) each Inspector
shall agree to use reasonable best efforts to provide notice to the Issuer of the potential disclosure of any information by such
Inspector pursuant to clause (i), (ii) or (iii) of this sentence to permit the Issuer to obtain a protective order (or waive the
provisions of this paragraph (n)) and (ii) each such Inspector shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the
confidentiality of such information (if practicable) to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment
of or in derogation of the rights and interests of the Holder or any Inspector.

 

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(o)Provide an indenture
trustee for the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes , as the case may be, and cause the Indenture or the indenture provided
for in Section 2(a) hereof to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the Exchange Offer or the first Registration
Statement relating to the Registrable Notes; and in connection therewith, cooperate with the trustee under any such indenture and
the Holders of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as applicable, to effect such changes to such indenture as may be required
for such indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use its reasonable best efforts
to cause such trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents required
to be filed with the Commission to enable such indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner.

 

(p)Comply with
all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and make generally available to the Issuer’s security holders earnings
statements satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated
under the Securities Act) no later than 45 days after the end of any 12-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month
period if such period is a fiscal year) (i) commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Notes or Exchange
Notes are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii) if not sold to underwriters
in such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Issuer after the effective date of a Registration
Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month periods consistent with the requirements of Rule 158.

 

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(q)If the Exchange
Offer is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Notes by Holders to the Issuer (or to such other Person as directed
by the Issuer) in exchange for the Exchange Notes, mark, or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Notes that such Registrable
Notes are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Notes; provided that in no event shall such Registrable Notes be marked
as paid or otherwise satisfied.

 

(r)Cooperate with
each seller of Registrable Notes covered by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition
of such Registrable Notes and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA.

 

(s)Use its reasonable
best efforts to take all other steps reasonably necessary or advisable to effect the registration of the Exchange Notes and/or
Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby.

 

The Issuer may require
each seller of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuer such
information regarding such seller and the distribution of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes as the Issuer may, from time
to time, reasonably request. The Issuer may exclude from such registration the Registrable Notes of any seller so long as such
seller fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request and in the event of such an exclusion,
the Issuer shall have no further obligation under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the obligations under Section
4) with respect to such seller or any subsequent Holder of such Registrable Notes. Each seller as to which any Shelf Registration
is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Issuer all information required to be disclosed in order to make any information
previously furnished to the Issuer by such seller not materially misleading.

 

If any such Registration
Statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Issuer, then such Holder shall have
the right to require (i) the insertion therein of language, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Holder, to the
effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Holder of the investment
quality of the securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will assist in meeting any future
financial requirements of the Issuer, or (ii) in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not required
by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of the reference to such Holder in any amendment
or supplement to the applicable Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the time that such reference ceases to be
required.

 

Each Holder of Registrable
Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes that, upon actual
receipt of any notice from the Issuer (x) of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iii), 5(c)(iv),
or 5(c)(v) hereof, or (y) that the Board of Directors of the Issuer (the “Board of Directors”) has resolved that the
Issuer has a bona fide business purpose for doing so, then the Issuer may delay the filing or the effectiveness of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement (if not then filed or effective, as applicable) and shall not
be required to maintain the effectiveness thereof or amend or supplement the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf
Registration, in all cases, for a period (a “Delay Period”) expiring upon the earlier to occur of (i) in the case of
the immediately preceding clause (x), such Holder’s or Participating Broker-Dealer’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented
or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section 5(k) hereof or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Issuer
that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received copies of any amendments or supplements thereto or (ii)
in the case of the immediately preceding clause (y), the date which is the earlier of (A) the date on which such business purpose
ceases to interfere with the Issuer’s obligations to file or maintain the effectiveness of any such Registration Statement
pursuant to this Agreement or (B) 60 days after the Issuer notifies the Holders of such good faith determination. There shall not
be more than 60 days of Delay Periods during any 12-month period. Each of the Effectiveness Period and the Applicable Period, if
applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during any Delay Period.

 

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In the event of any
Delay Period pursuant to clause (y) of the preceding paragraph, notice shall be given as soon as practicable after the Board of
Directors makes such a determination of the need for a Delay Period and shall state, to the extent practicable, an estimate of
the duration of such Delay Period and shall advise the recipient thereof of the agreement of such Holder provided in the next succeeding
sentence. Each Holder, by his acceptance of any Registrable Note, agrees that during any Delay Period, each Holder will discontinue
disposition of such Initial Notes or Exchange Notes covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Exchange Notes to be
sold by such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be.

 

Section 6.Registration Expenses.

 

All fees and expenses
incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Issuer (other than any underwriting discounts or commissions
and transfer taxes) shall be borne by the Issuer, whether or not the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration
is filed or becomes effective or the Exchange Offer is consummated, including, without limitation, (i) all registration and filing
fees (including, without limitation, (A) fees with respect to filings required to be made with FINRA in connection with an underwritten
offering and (B) fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation, reasonable
fees and disbursements of counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes and determination
of the eligibility of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions (x) where the
holders of Registrable Notes are located, in the case of an Exchange Offer, or (y) as provided in Section 5(h) hereof, in the case
of a Shelf Registration or in the case of Exchange Notes to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period)),
(ii) printing expenses, including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes
in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is
requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Registrable Notes included in any Registration Statement or in respect of Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer
during the Applicable Period, as the case may be, (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv) fees and disbursements
of counsel for the Issuer and reasonable fees and disbursements of one special counsel for all of the sellers of Registrable Notes
(which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Issuer) (exclusive of any counsel retained pursuant to Section 7 hereof), (v) fees
and disbursements of all independent certified public accountants referred to in Section 5(m)(iii) hereof (including, without limitation,
the expenses of any special audit and “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance), (vi) Securities
Act liability insurance, if the Issuer desires such insurance, (vii) fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by the Issuer,
(viii) internal expenses of the Issuer (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and employees of the
Issuer performing legal or accounting duties), (ix) the expense of any annual audit, (x) the fees and expenses incurred in connection
with the listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange, and the obtaining of a rating of the securities,
in each case, if applicable, and (xi) the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing all Registration Statements,
underwriting agreements, indentures and any other documents necessary in order to comply with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing or anything to the contrary, each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions of any underwriters with
respect to any Registrable Notes sold by or on behalf of it.

 

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Section 7.Indemnification.

 

(a)The Issuer agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer
selling Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, each Person, if any, who controls any such Person within the meaning of Section
15 of the Securities Act or Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act, the agents, employees, officers and directors of each Holder and
each such Participating Broker-Dealer and the agents, employees, officers and directors of any such controlling Person (each, a
“Participant”) from and against any and all losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses (including, but not limited
to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred in investigating, preparing
or defending against any litigation, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all reasonable amounts paid
in settlement of any claim or litigation (in the manner set forth in clause (c) below)) (collectively, “Losses”) to
which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise insofar as such Losses (or
actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Issuer shall
have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by, arising out of or based upon
any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, provided
that (i) the foregoing indemnity shall not be available to any Participant insofar as such Losses are caused by any untrue statement
or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to such Participant
furnished to the Issuer in writing by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use therein, and (ii) that the foregoing indemnity
with respect to any Prospectus shall not inure to the benefit of any Participant from whom the Person asserting such Losses purchased
Registrable Notes if (x) it is established in the related proceeding that such Participant failed to send or give a copy of the
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if such amendment or supplement was furnished to such Participant prior to the written confirmation
of such sale) to such Person with or prior to the written confirmation of such sale, if required by applicable law, and (y) the
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission was completely corrected in the Prospectus (as amended or
supplemented if amended or supplemented as aforesaid) and such Prospectus does not contain any other untrue statement or omission
or alleged untrue statement or omission that was the subject matter of the related proceeding. This indemnity agreement will be
in addition to any liability that the Issuer may otherwise have, including, but not limited to, liability under this Agreement.

 

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(b)Each Participant
agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless (in the same manner and to the same extent set forth in subsection
7(a)) the Issuer, each Person, if any, who controls the Issuer within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section
20(a) of the Exchange Act, and each of its agents, employees, officers and directors and the agents, employees, officers and directors
of any such controlling Person from and against any Losses to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities
Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue
statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Issuer shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto) or any preliminary
prospectus, or caused by, arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required
to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such Loss arises out of
or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in
conformity with information relating to such Participant furnished in writing to the Issuer by or on behalf of such Participant
expressly for use therein.

 

(c)Promptly after
receipt by an indemnified party under subsection 7(a) or 7(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, suit or proceeding
(collectively, an “action”), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the
indemnifying party under such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement
of such action (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve such indemnifying party from any liability
that it may have under this Section 7 except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure).
In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement of
such action, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in such action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice
delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense
of such action with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the indemnified party or parties
shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such action, but the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel
shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i) the employment of such counsel shall have been authorized
in writing by the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii) the indemnifying parties shall not have
employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such action within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action,
or (iii) the named parties to such action (including any impleaded parties) include such indemnified party and the indemnifying
party or parties (or such indemnifying parties have assumed the defense of such action), and such indemnified party or parties
shall have reasonably concluded, that counsel selected by the indemnifying party has a conflict of interest in representing both
the indemnifying party and the indemnified party (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the
defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such reasonable fees and expenses
of counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying parties. In no event shall the indemnifying party be liable for the fees and expenses
of more than one counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) at any time for all indemnified parties in connection with any
one action or separate but substantially similar or related actions arising in the same jurisdiction out of the same general allegations
or circumstances. Any such separate firm for the Participants shall be designated in writing by Participants who sold a majority
in interest of Registrable Notes sold by all such Participants and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Issuer and any such separate
firm for the Issuer, its affiliates, officers, directors, representatives, employees and agents and such control Person of the
Issuer shall be designated in writing by the Issuer and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Holders. An indemnifying party shall
not be liable for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its written consent, which consent may not be unreasonably
withheld. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have
been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party
from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding.

 

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(d)In order to
provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in this Section 7 is for any reason held to
be unavailable from the indemnifying party, or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified under this Section 7, each
indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such aggregate Losses
(i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by each indemnifying party, on the one hand,
and each indemnified party, on the other hand, from the sale of the Initial Notes to the Initial Purchasers or the resale of the
Registrable Notes by such Holder, as applicable, or (ii) if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion
as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of each
indemnified party, on the one hand, and each indemnifying party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions
that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Issuer,
on the one hand, and each Participant, on the other hand, shall, with respect to the Initial Notes, be deemed to be in the same
proportion as (x) the total proceeds from the sale of the Initial Notes to the Initial Purchasers (net of discounts and commissions
but before deducting expenses) received by the Issuer are to (y) the total net profit received by such Participant in connection
with the sale of the Registrable Notes. The relative fault of the parties shall be determined by reference to, among other things,
whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact
relates to information supplied by the Issuer or such Participant and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to
information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or alleged statement or omission.

 

(e)The parties
agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation
or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 7, (i) in no case shall any Participant be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount
by which the net profit received by such Participant in connection with the sale of the Registrable Notes exceeds the amount of
any damages that such Participant has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission
or alleged omission and (ii) no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities
Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. Any party entitled
to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim
for contribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section 7, notify such party or parties from whom contribution
may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution
may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section 7 or otherwise, except to the extent that it has been
prejudiced in any material respect by such failure; provided, however, that no additional notice shall be required with respect
to any action for which notice has been given under this Section 7 for purposes of indemnification. Anything in this section to
the contrary notwithstanding, no party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its
written consent, provided, however, that such written consent was not unreasonably withheld.

 

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Section 8.Rules 144 and 144A.

 

The Issuer covenants
that it will file the reports required, if any, to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and the rules and
regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and
the Exchange Act and, if at any time the Issuer is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the request of any Holder or
beneficial owner of Registrable Notes, make available such information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A
under the Securities Act. The Issuer further covenants that for so long as any Registrable Notes remain outstanding it will take
such further action as any Holder of Registrable Notes may reasonably request from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable
Notes without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (a) Rule 144 and Rule 144A
under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or (b) any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted
by the Commission.

 

Section 9.Underwritten Registrations.

 

If any of the Registrable
Notes covered by any Shelf Registration are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment banker or investment bankers
and manager or managers that will manage the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of such Registrable Notes included in such offering and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Issuer.

 

No Holder of Registrable
Notes may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder if such Holder does not (a) agree to sell such Holder’s
Registrable Notes on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve
such arrangements and (b) complete and execute all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and
other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

 

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Section 10.Miscellaneous.

 

(a)No Inconsistent
Agreements. The Issuer has not, as of the date hereof, and shall not have, after the date of this Agreement, entered into any
agreement with respect to any of its securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Notes
in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not conflict
with and are not inconsistent with, in any material respect, the rights granted to the holders of any of the Issuer’s other
issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements. The Issuer has not entered and will not enter into any agreement with
respect to any of its securities which will grant to any Person piggy-back registration rights with respect to any Registration
Statement.

 

(b)Adjustments
Affecting Registrable Notes. The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable
Notes as a class that would adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Notes to include such Registrable Notes
in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(c)Amendments
and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures
from the provisions hereof may not be given except pursuant to a written agreement duly signed and delivered by (1) the Issuer
and (2)(A) the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Registrable Notes and
(B) in circumstances that would adversely affect the Participating Broker-Dealers, the Participating Broker-Dealers holding not
less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes held by all Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however,
that Section 7 and this Section 10(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented except pursuant to a written agreement duly
signed and delivered by the Issuer and each Holder and each Participating Broker-Dealer (including any Person who was a Holder
or Participating Broker-Dealer of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, disposed of pursuant to any Registration
Statement) affected by any such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent
to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable
Notes whose securities are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair,
limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable Notes may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Registrable Notes being sold pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

(d)Notices.
All notices and other communications (including, without limitation, any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided
for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or telecopier:

 

(1)if
to a Holder of the Registrable Notes or any Participating Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such Holder or Participating
Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture.

 

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(2)if
to the Issuer, at the address as follows:

 

Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc.

Suite 2626

1021 Main

Houston, Texas 77002

Telephone: 713-351-3000

Facsimile: 713-351-3300

Attention: David West Griffin, Chief Financial Officer

 

(3)if
to the Initial Purchasers, at the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

 

All such notices and
communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after
being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by the recipient’s telecopier machine,
if telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery.

 

Copies of all such
notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address
and in the manner specified in such Indenture.

 

(e)Successors
and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of the parties
hereto, the Holders and the Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit
of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign holds Registrable Notes.

 

(f)Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

(g)Headings.
The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

(h)Governing
Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State
of New York. Any legal suit, action or proceeding arising out of or based upon this Agreement or the transactions contemplated
hereby may be instituted in the federal courts of the United States of America located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City
of New York or the courts of the State of New York in each case located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York. Each
party hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to assert in any suit, action or proceeding, any claim that it is not personally
subject to the jurisdiction of any such court, that such suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum or that
the venue of such suit, action or proceeding is improper. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and
consents to process being served in any such suit, action or proceeding by mailing a copy thereof to such party at the address
for such notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process
and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any manner permitted
by law. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any right it may have, and agrees not to request, a jury trial for the adjudication
of any dispute hereunder or in connection with or arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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(i)Severability.
If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal,
void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full
force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their best efforts
to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term,
provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have
executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared
invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

 

(j)Securities
Held by the Issuer or Its Affiliates. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable
Notes is required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Issuer or any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405
under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such
required percentage.

 

(k)Third-Party
Beneficiaries. Holders and beneficial owners of Registrable Notes and Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third-party
beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons. No other Person is intended to be, or shall
be construed as, a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement.

 

(l)Attorneys’
Fees. As between the parties to this Agreement, in any action or proceeding brought to enforce any provision of this Agreement,
or where any provision hereof is validly asserted as a defense, the successful party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys’
fees actually incurred in addition to its costs and expenses and any other available remedy.

 

(m)Remedies.
The Issuers acknowledge and agree that any failure by the Issuers to comply with their respective obligations under this Agreement
may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law,
that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial
Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Issuers’ obligations under
this Agreement. The Issuers further agree to waive the defense in any action for specific performance that a remedy at law would
be adequate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that the sole monetary damages payable for a violation of the terms
of this Agreement shall be such Liquidated Damages.

 

(n)Entire Agreement.
This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive statement
of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and any
and all prior oral or written agreements, representations, or warranties, contracts, understandings, correspondence, conversations
and memoranda between the Holders on the one hand and the Issuer on the other, or between or among any agents, representatives,
parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof
and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed
this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	 	ISSUER:
	 	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI GULF COAST, INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Rick Fox
	 	 	Name: Rick Fox
	 	 	Title:   Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	GUARANTORS:
	 	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI (BERMUDA) LIMITED
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ David West Griffin
	 	 	Name: David West Griffin
	 	 	Title:   Chief Financial Officer
	 	 	 
	 	ENERGY XXI GOM, LLC
	 

         
	ENERGY XXI TEXAS ONSHORE, LLC

ENERGY XXI ONSHORE, LLC

ENERGY XXI PIPELINE, LLC

ENERGY XXI LEASEHOLD, LLC

ENERGY XXI PIPELINE II, LLC

MS ONSHORE, LLC

	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Rick Fox
	 	 	Name: Rick Fox
	 	 	Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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	 	CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. 
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Joel D. Foote
	 	 	Name: Joel D. Foote
	 	 	Title:   Managing Director
	 	 	 
	 	RBS SECURITIES INC.
	 	 	 
	 	By:	/s/ Stephen A. Brinkmann
	 	 	Name: Stephen A. Brinkmann
	 	 	Title:   Vice President

 

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