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INDENTURE | Document Parties: GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO | BLUEGRASS FLEXIBLE PACKAGING COMPANY | BLUEGRASS LABELS COMPANY, LLC | BLUEGRASS MULTIWALL BAG COMPANY, LLC | FIELD CONTAINER QUERETARO (USA), LLC | GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORPORATION | GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY | GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC | HANDSCHY HOLDINGS, LLC | HANDSCHY INDUSTRIES, LLC You are currently viewing:
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GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO | BLUEGRASS FLEXIBLE PACKAGING COMPANY | BLUEGRASS LABELS COMPANY, LLC | BLUEGRASS MULTIWALL BAG COMPANY, LLC | FIELD CONTAINER QUERETARO (USA), LLC | GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORPORATION | GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY | GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC | HANDSCHY HOLDINGS, LLC | HANDSCHY INDUSTRIES, LLC

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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/18/2009
Industry: Paper and Paper Products     Law Firm: Alston Bird     Sector: Basic Materials

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EXHIBIT 4.1

 

 

GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC.

and

GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING COMPANY,

GRAPHIC PACKAGING CORPORATION
and the other Note Guarantors from time to time parties hereto,
as Note Guarantors

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

 

INDENTURE

DATED AS OF JUNE 16, 2009

 

9.50% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2017

 

 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE I

 

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

 

 

 

 

 

Section 101. Definitions

 

 

1

 

Section 102. Other Definitions

 

 

30

 

Section 103. Rules of Construction

 

 

31

 

Section 104. Incorporation by Reference of TIA

 

 

32

 

Section 105. Conflict with TIA

 

 

32

 

Section 106. Compliance Certificates and Opinions

 

 

32

 

Section 107. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee

 

 

33

 

Section 108. Acts of Holders; Record Dates

 

 

34

 

Section 109. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company

 

 

36

 

Section 110. Notices to Holders; Waiver

 

 

36

 

Section 111. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents

 

 

36

 

Section 112. Successors and Assigns

 

 

37

 

Section 113. Separability Clause

 

 

37

 

Section 114. Benefits of Indenture

 

 

37

 

Section 115. GOVERNING LAW

 

 

37

 

Section 116. Legal Holidays

 

 

37

 

Section 117. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators and Stockholders

 

 

37

 

Section 118. Exhibits and Schedules

 

 

37

 

Section 119. Counterparts

 

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE FORMS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 201. Forms Generally

 

 

38

 

Section 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication

 

 

39

 

Section 203. Restrictive and Global Note Legends

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

 

 

 

 

THE NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 301. Title and Terms

 

 

42

 

Section 302. Denominations

 

 

42

 

Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating

 

 

42

 

Section 304. Temporary Notes

 

 

43

 

Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange

 

 

43

 

Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes

 

 

44

 

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Section 307. Payment of Interest Rights Preserved

 

 

45

 

Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners

 

 

46

 

Section 309. Cancellation

 

 

46

 

Section 310. Computation of Interest

 

 

46

 

Section 311. CUSIP Numbers

 

 

46

 

Section 312. Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes

 

 

46

 

Section 313. Special Transfer Provisions

 

 

48

 

Section 314. Payment of Additional Interest

 

 

52

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

 

 

 

 

COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 401. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

 

 

52

 

Section 402. Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

52

 

Section 403. Money for Payments To Be Held in Trust

 

 

53

 

Section 404. [Reserved]

 

 

54

 

Section 405. SEC Reports

 

 

54

 

Section 406. Statement as to Default

 

 

54

 

Section 407. Limitation on Indebtedness

 

 

54

 

Section 408. [Reserved]

 

 

57

 

Section 409. Limitation on Restricted Payments

 

 

57

 

Section 410. Limitation on Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries

 

 

61

 

Section 411. Limitation on Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock

 

 

62

 

Section 412. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

65

 

Section 413. Limitation on Liens

 

 

66

 

Section 414. Future Note Guarantors

 

 

67

 

Section 415. Purchase of Notes Upon a Change in Control

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

 

 

 

 

SUCCESSORS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 501. When the Company May Merge, Etc.

 

 

68

 

Section 502. Successor Company Substituted

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

 

 

 

 

REMEDIES

Section 601. Events of Default

 

 

69

 

Section 602. Acceleration of Maturity: Rescission and Annulment

 

 

72

 

Section 603. Other Remedies; Collection Suit by Trustee

 

 

72

 

Section 604. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

72

 

Section 605. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Notes

 

 

72

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 606. Application of Money Collected

 

 

73

 

Section 607. Limitation on Suits

 

 

73

 

Section 608. Unconditional Right of Holders To Receive Principal and Interest

 

 

74

 

Section 609. Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

74

 

Section 610. Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

74

 

Section 611. Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

 

74

 

Section 612. Control by Holders

 

 

74

 

Section 613. Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

75

 

Section 614. Undertaking for Costs

 

 

75

 

Section 615. Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws

 

 

75

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

 

 

 

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 701. Certain Duties and Responsibilities

 

 

76

 

Section 702. Notice of Defaults

 

 

77

 

Section 703. Certain Rights of Trustee

 

 

77

 

Section 704. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Notes

 

 

78

 

Section 705. May Hold Notes

 

 

78

 

Section 706. Money Held in Trust

 

 

78

 

Section 707. Compensation and Reimbursement

 

 

79

 

Section 708. Conflicting Interests

 

 

79

 

Section 709. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility

 

 

79

 

Section 710. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor

 

 

80

 

Section 711. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor

 

 

81

 

Section 712. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business

 

 

81

 

Section 713. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company

 

 

81

 

Section 714. Appointment of Authenticating Agent

 

 

82

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

 

 

 

 

HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY

TRUSTEE AND THE COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

Section 801. The Company To Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders

 

 

82

 

Section 802. Preservation of Information: Communications to Holders

 

 

82

 

Section 803. Reports by Trustee

 

 

83

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT OR WAIVER

 

 

 

 

 

Section 901. Without Consent of Holders

 

 

83

 

Section 902. With Consent of Holders

 

 

83

 

Section 903. Execution of Amendments, Supplements or Waivers

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 904. Revocation and Effect of Consents

 

 

85

 

Section 905. Conformity with TIA

 

 

85

 

Section 906. Notation on or Exchange of Notes

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

 

 

 

 

 

REDEMPTION OF NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1001. Right of Redemption

 

 

86

 

Section 1002. Applicability of Article

 

 

87

 

Section 1003. Election To Redeem; Notice to Trustee

 

 

87

 

Section 1004. Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be Redeemed

 

 

87

 

Section 1005. Notice of Redemption

 

 

88

 

Section 1006. Deposit of Redemption Price

 

 

89

 

Section 1007. Notes Payable on Redemption Date

 

 

89

 

Section 1008. Notes Redeemed in Part

 

 

89

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

 

 

 

 

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1101. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

 

90

 

Section 1102. Application of Trust Money

 

 

91

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII

 

 

 

 

 

DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1201. The Company’s Option To Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

91

 

Section 1202. Defeasance and Discharge

 

 

91

 

Section 1203. Covenant Defeasance

 

 

92

 

Section 1204. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

92

 

Section 1205. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

93

 

Section 1206. Reinstatement

 

 

94

 

Section 1207. Repayment to the Company

 

 

94

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE GUARANTEES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1301. Guarantees Generally

 

 

94

 

Section 1302. Continuing Guarantees

 

 

96

 

Section 1303. Release of Note Guarantees

 

 

96

 

Section 1304. [Reserved]

 

 

97

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Section 1305. Waiver of Subrogation

 

 

97

 

Section 1306. Notation Not Required

 

 

98

 

Section 1307. Successors and Assigns of Note Guarantors

 

 

98

 

Section 1308. Execution and Delivery of Subsidiary Guarantees

 

 

98

 

Section 1309. Notices

 

 

98

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Note

Exhibit B

 

Form of Certificate of Beneficial Ownership

Exhibit C

 

Form of Regulation S Certificate

Exhibit D

 

Form of Supplemental Indenture

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

 

Indenture Section

 

§ 310 (a)(1)

 

 

709

 

(a)(2)

 

 

709

 

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

(b)

 

 

708

 

§ 311 (a)

 

 

713

 

(b)

 

 

713

 

(b)(2)

 

 

803

 

§ 312 (a)

 

 

801

 

 

 

 

802

 

(b)

 

 

802

 

(c)

 

 

802

 

§ 313 (a)

 

 

803

 

(b)

 

 

803

 

(c)

 

 

803

 

(d)

 

 

803

 

§ 314 (a)

 

 

405

 

(a)(4)

 

 

106

 

 

 

 

406

 

(b)

 

Not Applicable

(c)(1)

 

 

106

 

(c)(2)

 

 

106

 

(c)(3)

 

Not Applicable

(d)

 

Not Applicable

(e)

 

 

106

 

§ 315 (a)

 

 

701

 

(b)

 

 

702

 

 

 

 

803

 

(c)

 

 

701

 

(d)

 

 

701

 

(d)(1)

 

 

701

 

(d)(2)

 

 

701

 

(d)(3)

 

 

612

 

(e)

 

 

614

 

§ 316 (a)

 

 

612

 

 

 

 

613

 

(a)(1)(A)

 

 

602

 

 

 

 

612

 

(a)(1)(B)

 

 

613

 

(a)(2)

 

Not Applicable

(b)

 

 

608

 

(c)

 

 

104

 

§ 317 (a)(1)

 

 

603

 

(a)(2)

 

 

604

 

(b)

 

 

403

 

§ 318 (a)

 

 

107

 

 

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

 


 

          INDENTURE, dated as of June 16, 2009 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Indenture ”), among Graphic Packaging International, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Delaware, as issuer, Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware and Graphic Packaging Corporation, a corporation organized under the laws of Delaware, as Note Guarantors; and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America and having a corporate trust office in Atlanta, Georgia, as Trustee.

RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND NOTE GUARANTORS

          The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance of the Notes. Each Note Guarantor party hereto as of the date hereof has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for its guarantee of the Notes, as provided in this Indenture. Each Note Guarantor party hereto as of the date hereof has received good and valuable consideration for its execution and delivery of this Indenture and its guarantee of the Notes.

          All things necessary to make the Original Notes, when executed and delivered by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued by the Company, the valid several obligations of the Company, and to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and each Note Guarantor party hereto as of the date hereof, in accordance with the terms of the Original Notes and this Indenture, have been done.

          NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

          For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the benefit of all Holders of the Notes, as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

          Section 101. Definitions .

          “ Acquired Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of a Person (i) existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary or (ii) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person, in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Subsidiary or such acquisition. Acquired Indebtedness shall be deemed to be Incurred on the date of the related acquisition of assets from any Person or the date the acquired Person becomes a Subsidiary.

          “ Additional Assets ” means (i) any property or assets that replace the property or assets that are the subject of an Asset Disposition; (ii) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to be used by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Related Business; (iii) the Capital Stock of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company or

 


 

another Restricted Subsidiary; or (iv) Capital Stock of any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary acquired from a third party.

          “ Additional Notes ” means any notes issued under this Indenture in addition to the Original Notes (other than any Notes issued pursuant to Section 304 , 305 , 306 , 312(c) , 312(d) or 1008 ).

          “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person, directly or indirectly, controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “ control ” when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “ controlling ” and “ controlled ” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

          “ Asset Disposition ” means any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares, or (in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary) to the extent required by applicable law), property or other assets (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “ disposition ”) by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction), other than (i) a disposition to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) a disposition in the ordinary course of business, (iii) the sale or discount (with or without recourse, and on customary or commercially reasonable terms) of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, or the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable for notes receivable, (iv) any Restricted Payment Transaction, (v) a disposition that is governed by Article V , (vi) any Financing Disposition, (vii) any “fee in lieu” or other disposition of assets to any governmental authority or agency that continue in use by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets upon reasonable notice by paying a nominal fee, (viii) any exchange of like property pursuant to Section 1031 (or any successor section) of the Code, or any exchange of equipment to be used in a Related Business, (ix) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including without limitation any sale/leaseback transaction or asset securitization, (x) any disposition arising from foreclosure, condemnation or similar action with respect to any property or other assets, (xi) any disposition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, (xii) a disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired, or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), entered into in connection with such acquisition, (xiii) a disposition of not more than 5% of the outstanding Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary that has been approved by the Board of Directors, or (xiv) any disposition or series of related dispositions for aggregate consideration not to exceed $5.0 million.

          “ Authenticating Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 714 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Notes of one or more series.

          “ Bank Indebtedness ” means any and all amounts, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter incurred, payable under or in respect of any Credit Facility, including

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without limitation principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees, other monetary obligations of any nature and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

          “ Board of Directors ” means the board of directors or other governing body of the Company or, if the Company is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity, or, in either case, any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or governing body.

          “ Borrowing Base ” means the sum (determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal quarter for which consolidated financial statements of the Company are available) of (1) 60% of Inventory of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (2) 85% of Receivables of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

          “ Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are authorized or required by law to close in New York City.

          “ Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares of, rights to purchase, warrants or options for, or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

          “ Capitalized Lease Obligation ” means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP. The Stated Maturity of any Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under the related lease.

          “ Cash Equivalents ” means any of the following: (a) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States Government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, (b) time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of (i) any lender under the Senior Credit Agreement or (ii) any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 and the commercial paper of the holding company of which is rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency), (c) commercial paper rated at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of another nationally recognized rating agency), (d) investments in money market funds complying with the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended and (e) investments similar to any of the foregoing denominated in foreign currencies approved by the Board of Directors.

          “ CDR ” means Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Inc.

          “ CDR Fund V ” means Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund V Limited Partnership, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, and any successor in interest thereto.

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          “ Change of Control ” means:

     (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company, provided that (x) so long as the Company is a Subsidiary of Holding, no “person” shall be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company unless such “person” shall be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Holding and (y) any Voting Stock of which any Permitted Holder is the “beneficial owner” shall not in any case be included in any Voting Stock of which any such “person” is the beneficial owner;

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

     (iii) during any period of two consecutive years (during which period the Company has been a party to this Indenture), individuals who at the beginning of such period were members of the board of directors of the Company or Holding (together with any new members thereof whose election by such board of directors or whose nomination for election by holders of Capital Stock of the Company or Holding was approved by one or more Permitted Holders or by a vote of a majority of the members of such board of directors then still in office who were either members thereof at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of such board of directors then in office.

          “ Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, société anonyme, or any successor securities clearing agency.

          “ Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

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          “ Commodities Agreements ” means, in respect of a Person, any commodity futures contract, forward contract, option or similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or beneficiary.

          “ Company ” means Graphic Packaging International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.

          “ Company Request ,” and “ Company Order ” mean, respectively, a written request, order or consent signed in the name of the Company by an Officer of the Company.

          “ Consolidated Coverage Ratio ” as of any date of determination means the ratio of (i) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination for which consolidated financial statements of the Company are available to (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense for such four fiscal quarters; provided that

     (1) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has Incurred any Indebtedness that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Incurrence of Indebtedness, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period (except that in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility outstanding on the date of such calculation shall be computed based on (A) the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such four fiscal quarters or such shorter period for which such facility was outstanding or (B) if such facility was created after the end of such four fiscal quarters, the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the period from the date of creation of such facility to the date of such calculation),

     (2) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary has repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged any Indebtedness that is no longer outstanding on such date of determination (each, a “ Discharge ”) or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio involves a Discharge of Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving credit facility unless such Indebtedness has been permanently repaid), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such Discharge of such Indebtedness, including with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness, as if such Discharge had occurred on the first day of such period,

     (3) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have disposed of any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business (any such disposition, a “ Sale ”), the Consolidated EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable

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thereto for such period and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to (A) the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged with respect to the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Sale for such period (including through the assumption of such Indebtedness by another Person) plus (B) if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary is sold, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such period attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the Company and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such Sale,

     (4) if since the beginning of such period the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made an Investment in any Person that thereby becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or otherwise acquired any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business, including any such Investment or acquisition occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder (any such Investment or acquisition, a “ Purchase ”), Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the Incurrence of any related Indebtedness) as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period, and

     (5) if since the beginning of such period any Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have Discharged any Indebtedness or made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (2), (3) or (4) above if made by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, Consolidated EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Discharge, Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period.

          For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness Incurred or repaid, repurchased, redeemed, defeased or otherwise acquired, retired or discharged in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness). If any Indebtedness bears, at the option of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, a rate of interest based on a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate or other fixed or floating rate, and such Indebtedness is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated by applying such optional rate as the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may designate. If any Indebtedness that is being given pro forma effect was Incurred under a revolving credit facility, the interest expense on

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such Indebtedness shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Company to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Consolidated EBITDA ” means, for any period, the Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income: (i) provision for all taxes (whether or not paid, estimated or accrued) based on income, profits or capital, (ii) Consolidated Interest Expense and any Receivables Fees, (iii) depreciation, amortization (including amortization of goodwill and intangibles and amortization and write-off of financing costs) and all other non-cash charges or non-cash losses, (iv) any expenses or charges related to any Equity Offering, Investment or Indebtedness permitted by this Indenture (whether or not consummated or incurred) and (v) the amount of any minority interest expense.

          “ Consolidated Interest Expense ” means, for any period, (i) the total interest expense of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income, net of any interest income of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including any such interest expense consisting of (a) interest expense attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations, (b) amortization of debt discount, (c) interest in respect of Indebtedness of any other Person that has been Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, but only to the extent that such interest is actually paid by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (d) non-cash interest expense, (e) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation and (f) commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing, plus (ii) Preferred Stock dividends paid in cash in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Company held by Persons other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary and minus (iii) to the extent otherwise included in such interest expense referred to in clause (i) above, Receivables Fees and amortization or write-off of financing costs, in each case under clauses (i) through (iii) as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that gross interest expense shall be determined after giving effect to any net payments made or received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to Interest Rate Agreements.

          “ Consolidated Net Income ” means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends; provided that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:

     (i) any net income (loss) of any Person if such Person is not a Restricted Subsidiary, except that (A) subject to the limitations contained in clause (iii) below, the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (ii) below) and (B) the Company’s

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equity in the net loss of such Person shall be included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person,

     (ii) any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Company by operation of the terms of such Restricted Subsidiary’s charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (other than (x) restrictions that have been waived or otherwise released, (y) restrictions pursuant to the Existing Notes, the Notes, the Existing Indentures or this Indenture and (z) restrictions in effect on the Issue Date with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary and other restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary that taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Holders than such restrictions in effect on the Issue Date), except that (A) subject to the limitations contained in clause (iii) below, the Company’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of any dividend or distribution that was or that could have been made by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary (subject, in the case of a dividend that could have been made to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause) and (B) the net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary shall be included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the Company or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries in such Restricted Subsidiary,

     (iii) any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors),

     (iv) any item classified as an extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge (including fees, expenses and charges associated with the Transactions and any acquisition, merger or consolidation after the Issue Date),

     (v) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles,

     (vi) all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness,

     (vii) any unrealized gains or losses in respect of Currency Agreements,

     (viii) any unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person,

     (ix) any non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards, and

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     (x) to the extent otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.

          In the case of any unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge not included in Consolidated Net Income pursuant to clause (iv) above in any determination thereof, the Company will deliver an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee promptly after the date on which Consolidated Net Income is so determined, setting forth the nature and amount of such unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 409(a)(iii)(A) only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income, without duplication, any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers are applied by the Company to increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 409(a)(iii)(C) or (D) .

          “ Consolidated Tangible Assets ” means, as of any date of determination, the total assets less the total intangible assets (including, without limitation, goodwill), in each case shown on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the most recent date for which such a balance sheet is available, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and, in the case of any determination relating to any Incurrence of Indebtedness or any Investment, on a pro forma basis including any property or assets being acquired in connection therewith); provided that for purposes of Section 407(b) , Section 411 and the definition of “Permitted Investment,” Consolidated Tangible Assets shall not be less than $2,409.0 million.

          “ Consolidation ” means the consolidation of the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Company in accordance with GAAP; provided that “Consolidation” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term “ Consolidated ” has a correlative meaning.

          “ Coors Stockholders ” means (i) Adolph Coors, Jr. Trust dated September 12, 1969; Augusta Coors Collbran Trust dated July 5, 1946; Bertha Coors Munroe Trust dated July 5, 1946; Grover C. Coors Trust dated August 7, 1952; Herman F. Coors Trust dated July 5, 1946; Janet H. Coors Irrevocable Trust FBO Frances M. Baker dated July 27, 1976; Janet H. Coors Irrevocable Trust FBO Frank E. Ferrin dated July 27, 1976; Janet H. Coors Irrevocable Trust FBO Joseph J. Ferrin dated July 27, 1976; Joseph Coors Trust dated December 14, 1988; Louise Coors Porter Trust dated July 5, 1946; May Kistler Coors Trust dated September 24, 1965; and Adolph Coors Foundation; (ii) a spouse or lineal descendant (whether natural or adopted), sibling, parent, heir, executor, administrator, testamentary trustee, lifetime trustee or legatee of Adolph Coors, Jr. or the Persons named in clause (i) above; (iii) any trust, the primary beneficiaries of which are named in clause (i) or (ii) above; (iv) the trustees or any Affiliates of any trust named in clause (i) or (iii) above; (v) the beneficiary or beneficiaries authorized or entitled to receive distributions from any trust named in clause (i) or (iii) above; or (vi) any corporation, limited liability company or partnership, the stockholders, members or general or limited partners

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of which include only the Persons named in clause (i) or (ii) above; and any of their respective successors in interest.

          “ Corporate Trust Office ” means the office of the Trustee in the County of Fulton, the City of Atlanta, at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office on the Issue Date is located at 1349 W. Peachtree Street, NW, Two Midtown Plaza, Suite 1050, Atlanta Georgia 30309, Attn: Muriel Shaw.

          “ Credit Facilities ” means one or more of (i) the Senior Credit Facility and (ii) other facilities or arrangements designated by the Company, in each case with one or more banks or other institutions providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financings (including through the sale of receivables to such institutions or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such institutions against such receivables), letters of credit or other Indebtedness, in each case, including all agreements, instruments and documents executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing, including any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages or letter of credit applications and other guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral documents, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original banks or other institutions or other banks or other institutions or otherwise, and whether provided under any original Credit Facility or one or more other credit agreements, indentures, financing agreements or other Credit Facilities or otherwise). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Credit Facility” shall include any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof.

          “ Currency Agreement ” means, in respect of a Person, any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangements (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is a party or a beneficiary.

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

          “ Depositary ” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.

          “ Designated Non-Cash Consideration ” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-Cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation.

          “ Disinterested Director ” means, with respect to any Affiliate Transaction, a member of the Board of Directors having no material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such Affiliate Transaction. A member of the Board of Directors shall not be deemed

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to have such a financial interest by reason of such member’s holding Capital Stock of the Company or Holding or any options, warrants or other rights in respect of such Capital Stock.

          “ Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock (other than Management Stock) that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the happening of any event (other than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change of control,” or an Asset Disposition) (i) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, (ii) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or (iii) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change of control,” or an Asset Disposition), in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the final Stated Maturity of the Notes.

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

          “ Equity Agreements ” means, collectively, (1) the Stockholders Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2007, among Holding, the Coors Stockholders, CDR Fund V, EXOR Group S.A., Field Holdings, Inc., and the TPG Entities, (2) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 9, 2007, among Holding, the Coors Stockholders, CDR Fund V, EXOR Group S.A. Field Holdings, Inc., the TPG Entities, and the other stockholders of Holding party thereto, and (3) the Indemnification Agreement, dated as of March 27, 1996, among the Company, Holding, GPC, CDR and CDR Fund V, in each case as may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and of this Indenture.

          “ Equity Offering ” means a sale of Capital Stock (x) that is a sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, or (y) proceeds of which in an amount equal to or exceeding the Redemption Amount are contributed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

          “ Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System, or any successor securities clearing agency.

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

          “ Exchange Notes ” means the Company’s 9.50% Senior Notes Due 2017, containing terms identical in all material respects to the Initial Notes or any Initial Additional Notes (except that (i) such Exchange Notes may omit terms with respect to transfer restrictions and may be registered under the Securities Act, and (ii) certain provisions relating to an increase in the stated rate of interest thereon may be eliminated), that are issued and exchanged for (a) the Initial Notes, as provided for in a registration rights agreement relating to such Initial Notes and this Indenture, or (b) such Initial Additional Notes as may be provided in any registration rights agreement relating to such Additional Notes and this Indenture (including any amendment or supplement hereto).

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          “ Excluded Contribution ” means Net Cash Proceeds, or the Fair Market Value of property or assets, received by the Company as capital contributions to the Company after the Issue Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company, in each case to the extent designated as an Excluded Contribution pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate of the Company and not previously included in the calculation set forth in Section 409(a)(iii)(B)(x) for purposes of determining whether a Restricted Payment may be made.

          “ Existing Indentures ” means (a) the Indenture dated as of August 8, 2003 among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, and the other parties thereto relating to the Existing Senior Notes and (b) the Indenture dated as of August 8, 2003 among the Company, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, and the other parties thereto relating to the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes.

          “ Existing Notes ” means the Existing Senior Notes and the Existing Senior Subordinated Notes.

          “ Existing Senior Notes ” means the Company’s 8.50% Senior Notes due 2011 outstanding on the Issue Date.

          “ Existing Senior Subordinated Notes ” means the Company’s 9.50% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2013 outstanding on the Issue Date.

          “ Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset or property, the fair market value of such asset or property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, whose determination will be conclusive.

          “ Financing Disposition ” means any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of property or assets by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof to any Receivables Entity, or by any Receivables Subsidiary, in each case in connection with the Incurrence by a Receivables Entity of Indebtedness, or obligations to make payments to the obligor on Indebtedness, which may be secured by a Lien in respect of such property or assets.

          “ Foreign Subsidiary ” means (a) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not organized under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and (b) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that has no material assets other than securities of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries, and other assets relating to an ownership interest in any such securities or Subsidiaries.

          “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the Issue Date (for purposes of the definitions of the terms “Consolidated Coverage Ratio,” “Consolidated EBITDA,” “Consolidated Interest Expense,” “Consolidated Net Income” and “Consolidated Tangible Assets,” all defined terms in this Indenture to the extent used in or relating to any of the foregoing definitions, and all ratios and computations based on any of the foregoing definitions) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Indenture), including those set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and

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pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession. All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP.

          “ GPC ” means Graphic Packaging Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.

          “ Guarantee ” means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business. The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

          “ Guarantor Subordinated Obligations ” means, with respect to a Note Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Note Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Issue Date or thereafter Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the obligations of such Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee pursuant to a written agreement.

          “ Hedging Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement, Currency Agreement or Commodities Agreement.

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

          “ Holding ” means Graphic Packaging Holding Company, a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.

          “ Holding Expenses ” means (i) costs (including all professional fees and expenses) incurred by Holding or GPC in connection with its reporting obligations under, or in connection with compliance with, applicable laws or applicable rules of any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory body or stock exchange, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, including in respect of any reports filed with respect to the Securities Act, Exchange Act or the respective rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, (ii) expenses incurred by GPC or Holding in connection with the acquisition, development, maintenance, ownership, prosecution, protection and defense of its intellectual property and associated rights (including but not limited to trademarks, service marks, trade names, trade dress, patents, copyrights and similar rights, including registrations and registration or renewal applications in respect thereof, inventions, processes, designs, formulae, trade secrets, know-how, confidential information, computer software, data and documentation, and any other intellectual property rights; and licenses of any of the foregoing) to the extent such intellectual property and associated rights relate to the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) indemnification obligations of Holding or GPC owing to directors, officers, employees or other Persons under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with any such Person, or obligations in respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums therefor), (iv) other operational expenses of Holding or GPC incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (v) fees and expenses incurred by Holding or GPC in connection with any offering of Capital Stock or Indebtedness, (x) where the net proceeds of such offering are intended to be

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received by or contributed or loaned to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, or (y) in a prorated amount of such expenses in proportion to the amount of such net proceeds intended to be so received, contributed or loaned, or (z) otherwise on an interim basis prior to completion of such offering so long as Holding or GPC shall cause the amount of such expenses to be repaid to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary out of the proceeds of such offering promptly if completed.

          “ Incur ” means issue, assume, enter into any Guarantee of, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided , however , that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Subsidiary at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness. Any Indebtedness issued at a discount (including Indebtedness on which interest is payable through the issuance of additional Indebtedness) shall be deemed Incurred at the time of original issuance of the Indebtedness at the initial accreted amount thereof.

          “ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination (without duplication):

     (i) the principal of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money,

     (ii) the principal of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,

     (iii) all reimbursement obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit or other similar instruments (the amount of such obligations being equal at any time to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such letters of credit or other instruments plus the aggregate amount of drawings thereunder that have not then been reimbursed),

     (iv) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property (except Trade Payables), which purchase price is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in final service or taking final delivery and title thereto,

     (v) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person,

     (vi) the redemption, repayment or other repurchase amount of such Person with respect to any Disqualified Stock of such Person or (if such Person is a Subsidiary of the Company other than a Note Guarantor) any Preferred Stock of such Subsidiary, but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends (the amount of such obligation to be equal at any time to the maximum fixed involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price for such Capital Stock, or if less (or if such Capital Stock has no such fixed price), to the involuntary redemption, repayment or repurchase price therefor calculated in accordance with the terms thereof as if then redeemed, repaid or repurchased, and if such price is based upon or measured by the fair market value of such Capital Stock, such fair market

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value shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors or the board of directors or other governing body of the issuer of such Capital Stock),

     (vii) all Indebtedness of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of (A) the fair market value of such asset at such date of determination (as determined in good faith by the Company) and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons,

     (viii) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of other Persons, to the extent so Guaranteed by such Person, and

     (ix) to the extent not otherwise included in this definition, net Hedging Obligations of such Person (the amount of any such obligation to be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time).

          The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be determined as set forth above or otherwise provided in this Indenture, or otherwise shall equal the amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person (excluding any notes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Initial Additional Notes ” means Additional Notes issued in an offering not registered under the Securities Act (and any Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304 , 305 , 306 , 312(c) , 312(d) or 1008 ).

          “ Initial Notes ” means the Company’s 9.50% Senior Notes Due 2017, issued on the Issue Date (and any Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304 , 305 , 306 , 312(c) , 312(d) or 1008 ).

          “ Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as that term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

          “ interest ” with respect to the Notes, means interest on the Notes and, except for purposes of Article 9 , additional interest or special interest pursuant to the terms of any Note.

          “ Interest Payment Date ” means, when used with respect to any Note and any installment of interest thereon, the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which such installment of interest is due and payable, as set forth in such Note.

          “ Interest Rate Agreement ” means, with respect to any Person, any interest rate protection agreement, future agreement, option agreement, swap agreement, cap agreement, collar agreement, hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement (including derivative agreements or arrangements), as to which such Person is party or a beneficiary.

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          “ Inventory ” means goods held for sale or lease by a Person in the ordinary course of business, net of any reserve for goods that have been segregated by such Person to be returned to the applicable vendor for credit, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Investment ” in any Person by any other Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan or other extension of credit (other than to customers, suppliers, directors, officers or employees of any Person in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution (by means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any payment for property or services for the account or use of others) to, or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by, such Person. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 409 only, (i) “Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided , that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (x) the Company’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the Company’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, and (iii) in each case under clause (i) or (ii) above, fair market value shall be as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors. Guarantees shall not be deemed to be Investments. The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced (at the Company’s option) by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount or value received in respect of such Investment; provided , that to the extent that the amount of Restricted Payments outstanding at any time is so reduced by any portion of any such amount or value that would otherwise be included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income, such portion of such amount or value shall not be so included for purposes of calculating the amount of Restricted Payments that may be made pursuant to Section 409(a) .

          “ Investors ” means CDR Fund V, EXOR Group S.A., Field Holdings, Inc., the Coors Stockholders, the TPG Entities and any of their respective successors in interest.

          “ Issue Date ” means June 16, 2009, the date on which Initial Notes were issued.

          “ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).

          “ Management Advances ” means (1) loans or advances made to directors, officers or employees of GPC, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) in respect of travel, entertainment or moving-related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (y) in respect of moving-related expenses incurred in connection with any closing or consolidation of any facility, or (z) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (z)) not exceeding $5.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at any time, (2) promissory notes of Management Investors acquired in connection with the issuance of Management Stock to such Management Investors, (3) Management Guarantees, or (4) other Guarantees of borrowings by Management Investors in

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connection with the purchase of Management Stock, which Guarantees are permitted under Section 407 .

          “ Management Guarantees ” means guarantees (x) of up to an aggregate principal amount of $10.0 million of borrowings by Management Investors in connection with their purchase of Management Stock or (y) made on behalf of, or in respect of loans or advances made to, directors, officers or employees of GPC, Holding, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (1) in respect of travel, entertainment and moving-related expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, or (2) in the ordinary course of business and (in the case of this clause (2)) not exceeding $5.0 million in the aggregate outstanding at any time.

          “ Management Investors ” means the officers, directors, employees and other members of the management of Holding, GPC, the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or family members or relatives thereof, or trusts or partnerships for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors and legal representatives, who at any date beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of the Company, Holding or GPC.

          “ Management Stock ” means Capital Stock of the Company or GPC (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) held by any of the Management Investors.

          “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors.

          “ Net Available Cash ” from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of (i) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition (including as a consequence of any transfer of funds in connection with the application thereof in accordance with Section 411 ), (ii) all payments made, and all installment payments required to be made, on any Indebtedness that is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or that must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition, (iii) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition, or to any other Person (other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and (iv) any liabilities or obligations associated with the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition, including pension and other post- employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters, and liabilities relating to any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Disposition.

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          “ Net Cash Proceeds ,” with respect to any issuance or sale of any securities of the Company or any Subsidiary by the Company or any Subsidiary, or any capital contribution, means the cash proceeds of such issuance, sale or contribution net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance, sale or contribution and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

          “ Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. person, as defined in Regulation S.

          “ Note Guarantee ” means a Parent Guarantee or a Subsidiary Guarantee.

          “ Note Guarantor ” means a Parent Guarantor or a Subsidiary Guarantor.

          “ Notes ” means the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes, the Exchange Notes and any notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304 , 305 , 306 , 312(c) , 312(d) or 1008 .

          “ Officer ” means, with respect to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, the Chairman of the Board, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Controller, the Treasurer or the Secretary (a) of such Person or (b) if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, of such entity (or any other individual designated as an “Officer” for the purposes of this Indenture by the Board of Directors).

          “ Officer’s Certificate ” means, with respect to the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, a certificate signed by one Officer of such Person.

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

          “ Original Notes ” means the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor.

          “ Outstanding ” when used with respect to Notes means, as of the date of determination, all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

     (i) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;

     (ii) Notes for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the Holders of such Notes, provided that, if such Notes are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee has been made; and

     (iii) Notes in exchange for or in lieu of which other Notes have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture.

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          A Note does not cease to be Outstanding because the Company or any Affiliate of the Company holds the Note, provided that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite amount of Outstanding Notes have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, Notes owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver, only Notes which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company or an Affiliate of the Company.

          “ Paying Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Notes on behalf of the Company; provided that neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall act as Paying Agent for purposes of Section 1102 or Section 1205 . The Trustee will initially act as Paying Agent for the Notes.

          “ Permitted Holder ” means any of the following: (i) any of the Investors, Management Investors, CDR, the TPG Entities and their respective Affiliates; (ii) any investment fund or vehicle managed, sponsored or advised by CDR, TPG or any Investor or Affiliate thereof, and any Affiliate of or successor to any such investment fund or vehicle; and (iii) any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Capital Stock of Holding or the Company.

          “ Permitted Investment ” means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in, or consisting of, any of the following:

     (i) a Restricted Subsidiary, the Company, or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary;

     (ii) another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

     (iii) Temporary Cash Investments or Cash Equivalents;

     (iv) receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business;

     (v) any securities or other Investments received as consideration in, or retained in connection with, sales or other dispositions of property or assets, including Asset Dispositions made in compliance with Section 411 ;

     (vi) securities or other Investments received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement of any Lien, or in satisfaction of

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judgments, including in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or other reorganization of another Person;

     (vii) Investments in existence or made pursuant to legally binding written commitments in existence on the Issue Date;

     (viii) Currency Agreements, Interest Rate Agreements, Commodities Agreements and related Hedging Obligations, which obligations are Incurred in compliance with Section 407 ;

     (ix) pledges or deposits (x) with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business or (y) otherwise described in the definition of “Permitted Liens” or made in connection with Liens permitted under Section 413 ;

     (x) (1) Investments in any Receivables Subsidiary, or in connection with a Financing Disposition by or to any Receivables Entity, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Financing Disposition or any related Indebtedness, or (2) any promissory note issued by the Company, GPC or Holding, provided that if Holding or GPC receives cash from the relevant Receivables Entity in exchange for such note, an equal cash amount is contributed by Holding or GPC to the Company;

     (xi) bonds secured by assets leased to and operated by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that were issued in connection with the financing of such assets so long as the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets at any time by paying a nominal fee, canceling such bonds and terminating the transaction;

     (xii) Notes;

     (xiii) any Investment to the extent made using Capital Stock of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock), or Capital Stock of Holding or GPC, as consideration;

     (xiv) Management Advances; and

     (xv) other Investments in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time not to exceed 5% of Consolidated Tangible Assets.

          “ Permitted Liens ” means:

     (i) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet delinquent or the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

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     (ii) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations that are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or that are bonded or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings;

     (iii) pledges, deposits or Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security and other similar legislation or other insurance-related obligations (including pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements);

     (iv) pledges, deposits or Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade, government or other contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities, leases, licenses, statutory obligations, completion guarantees, surety, judgment, appeal or performance bonds, other similar bonds, instruments or obligations, and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

     (v) easements (including reciprocal easement agreements), rights-of-way, building, zoning and similar restrictions, utility agreements, covenants, reservations, restrictions, encroachments, charges, and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which do not in the aggregate materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

     (vi) Liens existing on, or provided for under written arrangements existing on, the Issue Date, or (in the case of any such Liens securing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries existing or arising under written arrangements existing on the Issue Date) securing any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of such Indebtedness so long as the Lien securing such Refinancing Indebtedness is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or under such written arrangements could secure) the original Indebtedness;

     (vii) (a) mortgages, liens, security interests, restrictions, encumbrances or any other matters of record that have been placed by any developer, landlord or other third party on property over which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company has easement rights or on any leased property and subordination or similar agreements relating thereto and (b) any condemnation or eminent domain proceedings affecting any real property;

     (viii) Liens securing Hedging Obligations, Purchase Money Obligations or Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred in compliance with Section 407 ;

     (ix) Liens arising out of judgments, decrees, orders or awards in respect of which the Company shall in good faith be prosecuting an appeal or proceedings for review, which appeal or proceedings shall not have been finally terminated, or if the period within which such appeal or proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

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     (x) Leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses to third parties;

     (xi) Liens securing (1) Indebtedness Incurred in compliance with Section 407(b)(i) , Section 407(b)(iv) , Section 407(b)(vii) , Section 407(b)(viii)(e) , Section 407(b)(x) , Section 407(b)(xi) , or Section 407(b)(iii) (other than Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of Indebtedness described in Section 407(a) ), (2) Bank Indebtedness, (3) the Existing Notes (but only to the extent the Notes are secured equally and ratably with the Existing Notes) and the Notes, (4) Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor, (5) Indebtedness or other obligations of any Receivables Entity or (6) obligations in respect of Management Advances or Management Guarantees;

     (xii) Liens existing on property or assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary of the Company (or at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquires such property or assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); provided , however , that such Liens are not created in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary (or such acquisition of such property or assets), and that such Liens are limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which such Liens arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens relate;

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

     (xiv) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call agreements) with respect to Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

     (xv) Liens securing Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness secured by, or securing any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (in whole or in part) of any other obligation secured by, any other Permitted Liens, provided that any such new Lien is limited to all or part of the same property or assets (plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or, under the written arrangements under which the original Lien arose, could secure) the obligations to which such Liens relate; and

     (xvi) Liens (a) arising by operation of law (or by agreement to the same effect) in the ordinary course of business, (b) on property or assets under construction (and related rights) in favor of a contractor or developer or arising from progress or partial payments by a third party relating to such property or assets, (c) on receivables (including related rights), (d) on cash set aside at the time of the incurrence of any Indebtedness or government securities purchased with such cash, in either case to the extent that such cash or government securities prefund the payment of interest on such Indebtedness and are held in an escrow account or similar arrangement to be applied for such purpose, (e) securing or arising by reason of any netting or set-off arrangement entered into in the ordinary course of banking or other trading activities, (f) in favor of the Company or any

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Subsidiary (other than Liens on property or assets of the Company in favor of any Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor) or (g) arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business.

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

          “ Place of Payment ” means a city or any political subdivision thereof referred to in Article 3 and initially designated under Section 402 .

          “ Predecessor Notes ” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in lieu of a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note.

          “ Preferred Stock ” as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that by its terms is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such corporation.

          “ Purchase Money Obligations ” means any Indebtedness Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise.

          “ QIB ” or “ Qualified Institutional Buyer ” means a “qualified institutional buyer,” as that term is defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

          “ Receivable ” means a right to receive payment arising from a sale or lease of goods or services by a Person pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant to which such other Person is obligated to pay for goods or services under terms that permit the purchase of such goods and services on credit, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Receivables Entity ” means (x) any Receivables Subsidiary or (y) any other Person that is engaged in the business of acquiring, selling, collecting financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time), other accounts and/or other receivables, and/or related assets.

          “ Receivables Fees ” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.

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          “ Receivables Financing ” means any financing of Receivables of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that have been transferred to a Receivables Entity in a Financing Disposition.

          “ Receivables Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary of the Company that (a) is engaged solely in the business of acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time) and other accounts and receivables (including any thereof constituting or evidenced by chattel paper, instruments or general intangibles), all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and (b) is designated as a “Receivables Subsidiary” by the Board of Directors.

          “ Redemption Date ” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed or purchased means the date fixed for such redemption or purchase by or pursuant to this Indenture and the Notes.

          “ refinance ” means refinance, refund, replace, renew, repay, modify, restate, defer, substitute, supplement, reissue, resell or extend (including pursuant to any defeasance or discharge mechanism); and the terms “ refinances ,” “ refinanced ” and “ refinancing ” as used for any purpose in this Indenture shall have a correlative meaning.

          “ Refinancing Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness that is Incurred to refinance any Indebtedness existing on the date of this Indenture or Incurred in compliance with this Indenture (including Indebtedness of the Company that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary (to the extent permitted in this Indenture) and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of another Restricted Subsidiary) including Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; provided , that (1) if the Indebtedness being refinanced is Subordinated Obligations or Guarantor Subordinated Obligations, the Refinancing Indebtedness has a final Stated Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred that is equal to or greater than the final Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced (or if shorter, the Notes), (2) such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred in an aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) that is equal to or less than the sum of (x) the aggregate principal amount (or if issued with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being refinanced, plus (y) fees, underwriting discounts, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such Refinancing Indebtedness and (3) Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include (x) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor that refinances Indebtedness of the Company that could not have been initially Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 407 or (y) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

          “ Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date means the date specified for that purpose in Section 301 .

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

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          “ Regulation S Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C .

          “ Related Business ” means those businesses in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged on the date of this Indenture, or that are related, complementary, incidental or ancillary thereto or extensions, developments or expansions thereof.

          “ Related Taxes ” means (x) any taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp, property, consumption, franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar taxes, charges or assessments (other than federal, state or local taxes measured by income and federal, state or local withholding imposed on payments made by Holding or GPC), required to be paid by Holding or GPC by virtue of its being incorporated or having Capital Stock outstanding (but not by virtue of owning stock or other equity interests of any corporation or other entity other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or being a holding company parent of the Company or receiving dividends from or other distributions in respect of the Capital Stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or having guaranteed any obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, or having made any payment in respect of any of the items for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is permitted to make payments to Holding or GPC pursuant to Section 409 or acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, prosecuting, protecting or defending its intellectual property and associated rights (including but not limited to receiving or paying royalties for the use thereof) relating to the business or businesses of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, or (y) any other federal, state, foreign, provincial or local taxes measured by income for which Holding or GPC is liable up to an amount not to exceed, with respect to federal taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Company and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated basis as if the Company had filed a consolidated return on behalf of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code or an analogous provision of state, local or foreign law) of which it were the common parent, or with respect to state and local taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Company and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a combined basis as if the Company had filed a combined return on behalf of an affiliated group consisting only of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

          “ Resale Restriction Termination Date ” means, with respect to any Note, the date that is one year (or such other period as may hereafter be provided under Rule 144(d)(1)(ii) under the Securities Act or any successor provision thereto as permitting the resale by non-affiliates of Restricted Securities without restriction) after the later of the original issue date in respect of such Note and the last date on which the Company or any Affiliate of the Company was the owner of such Note (or any Predecessor Note thereto).

          “ Responsible Officer ” when used with respect to the Trustee means the chairman or vice-chairman of the board of directors, the chairman or vice-chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors, the president, any vice president or assistant vice president, the secretary, any assistant secretary, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the cashier, any assistant cashier, any trust officer or assistant trust officer, the controller and any assistant controller or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by

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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 Global Note ” means one or more Global Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend.

          “ Restricted Payment Transaction ” means any Restricted Payment permitted pursuant to Section 409 , any Permitted Payment, any Permitted Investment or any transaction specifically excluded from the definition of the term “Restricted Payment.”

          “ Restricted Security ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided , however , that the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, at its request, and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security.

          “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

          “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.

          “ SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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

          “ Senior Credit Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 16, 2007, among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, the banks and other financial institutions party thereto as lenders from time to time, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and the other parties thereto, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original administrative agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Senior Credit Agreement or other credit agreements or otherwise).

          “ Senior Credit Facility ” means the collective reference to the Senior Credit Agreement, any Loan Documents (as defined therein), any notes and letters of credit issued pursuant thereto and any guarantee and collateral agreement, patent and trademark security agreement, mortgages, letter of credit applications and other guarantees, pledge agreements, security agreements and collateral documents, and other instruments and documents, executed and delivered pursuant to or in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, or refunded, refinanced, restructured, replaced, renewed, repaid, increased or extended from time to time (whether in whole or in part, whether with the original agent and lenders or other agents and lenders or otherwise, and whether provided under the original Senior Credit Agreement or one or more other credit agreements, indentures (including this Indenture) or financing agreements or otherwise). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the term “Senior Credit Facility” shall include

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any agreement (i) changing the maturity of any Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby, (ii) adding Subsidiaries of the Company as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder, (iii) increasing the amount of Indebtedness Incurred thereunder or available to be borrowed thereunder or (iv) otherwise altering the terms and conditions thereof.

          “ Senior Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than, in the case of the Company, Subordinated Obligations and, in the case of any Note Guarantor, Guarantor Subordinated Obligations.

          “ Shelf Registration Statement ” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Registration Rights Agreement.

          “ Significant Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Domestic Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary.

          “ Significant Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, as in effect on the Issue Date.

          “ Special Record Date ” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307 .

          “ Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such security at the option of the holder thereof upon the happening of any contingency).

          “ Subordinated Obligations ” means any Indebtedness of the Company (whether outstanding on the date of this Indenture or thereafter Incurred) that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes pursuant to a written agreement.

          “ Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person or (ii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

          “ Subsidiary Guarantee ” means any guarantee that may from time to time be entered into by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to Section 414 .

          “ Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that enters into a Subsidiary Guarantee.

          “ Supplemental Indenture ” means a Supplemental Indenture, to be entered into substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D .

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          “ Temporary Cash Investments ” means any of the following: (i) any investment in (x) direct obligations of the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof or (y) direct obligations of any foreign country recognized by the United States of America rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (ii) overnight bank deposits, and investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and money market deposits (or, with respect to foreign banks, similar instruments) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition thereof issued by (x) any lender under the Senior Credit Agreement or (y) a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $250 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long term debt is rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization) at the time such Investment is made, (iii) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (i) or (ii) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above, (iv) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 270 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a Person (other than of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), with a rating at the time as of which any Investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-2” (or higher) according to S&P (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (v) Investments in securities maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (vi) Preferred Stock (other than that of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) having a rating of “A” or higher by S&P or “A2” or higher by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), (vii) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the type described in clauses (i)-(vi) above (which funds may also hold reasonable amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution), (viii) any money market deposit accounts issued or offered by a domestic commercial bank or a commercial bank organized and located in a country recognized by the United States of America, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $250 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), or investments in money market funds complying with the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 (or any successor rule) of the SEC under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (ix) similar investments approved by the Board of Directors in the ordinary course of business.

          “ TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-7bbbb) as in effect on the Issue Date.

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          “ TPG ” means TPG Capital, Inc.

          “ TPG Entities ” means TPG Bluegrass IV — AIV 1, LP, TPG Bluegrass IV — AIV 2, LP, TPG FOF V-A, LP, TPG FOF V-B, LP, TPG Bluegrass V — AIV 1, LP, and TPG Bluegrass V — AIV 2, LP.

          “ Trade Payables ” means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.

          “ Transactions ” means, collectively, any or all of the following:

     (a) the entry into this Indenture, the offer and issuance of the Notes, and the provision of the Parent Guarantees by the Parent Guarantors and the Subsidiary Guarantees by the Subsidiary Guarantors;

     (b) the consummation of any tender offer for, or redemption and/or other acquisition or retirement of, any Existing Senior Notes; and

     (c) all other transactions relating to any of the foregoing (including payment of fees and expenses related to any of the foregoing).

          “ Trust Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the President or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.

          “ Trustee ” means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

          “ Unrestricted Global Note ” means a Global Note that is an Unrestricted Note.

          “ Unrestricted Notes ” means one or more Notes that do not and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend including, without limitation, the Exchange Notes, any Notes registered under the Securities Act pursuant to and in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, any Notes from which the Private Placement Legend has been removed in accordance with Section 313(h).

          “ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means (i) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as designated by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below, and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided , that (A) such designation was made at or prior to the Issue Date, or (B) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated

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assets of $1,000 or less or (C) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 409 . The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , that immediately after giving effect to such designation either (x) the Company could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 407(a) or (y) the Consolidated Coverage Ratio would be greater than it was immediately prior to giving effect to such designation. Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Company’s Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate of the Company certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

          “ U.S. Government Obligation ” means (x) any security that is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case under the preceding clause (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation that is specified in clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation that is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.

          “ Vice President ,” when used with respect to any Person, means any vice president of such Person, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”

          “ Voting Stock ” of an entity means all classes of Capital Stock of such entity then outstanding and normally entitled to vote in the election of directors or all interests in such entity with the ability to control the management or actions of such entity.

          Section 102. Other Definitions .

 

 

 

 

 

Defined

Term

 

in Section

“Act”

 

108

“Affiliate Transaction”

 

412

“Agent Members”

 

312

“Amendment”

 

410

“Applicable Premium”

 

1001

“Authentication Order”

 

303

“Bankruptcy Law”

 

601

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Defined

Term

 

in Section

“Certificate of Beneficial Ownership”

 

313

“Covenant Defeasance”

 

1203

“Custodian”

 

601

“Defaulted Interest”

 

307

“Defeasance”

 

1202

“Defeased Notes”

 

1201

“Event of Default”

 

601

“Excess Proceeds”

 

411

“Expiration Date”

 

108

“Global Note”

 

201

“Guaranteed Note Obligations”

 

1301

“Initial Agreement”

 

410

“Initial Lien”

 

413

“Note Register” and “Note Registrar”

 

305

“Notice of Default”

 

601

“Offer”

 

411

“Offshore Global Note”

 

201

“Offshore Note Exchange Date”

 

313

“Offshore Physical Note”

 

201

“OID Legend”

 

1301

“Parent Guaranteed Obligations”

 

1301

“Parent Guarantee”

 

1301

“Parent Guarantor”

 

1301

“Permitted Payment”

 

409

“Physical Notes”

 

201

“Private Placement Legend”

 

203

“Redemption Amount”

 

1001

“Redemption Price”

 

1001

“Refinancing Agreement”

 

410

“Restricted Payment”

 

409

“Subsidiary Guaranteed Obligation”

 

1301

“Successor Company”

 

501

“Treasury Rate”

 

1001

“U.S. Global Note”

 

201

“U.S. Physical Note”

 

201

          Section 103. Rules of Construction . For all purposes of this indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

     (1) the terms defined in this Indenture have the meanings assigned to them in this Indenture;

     (2) “ or ” is not exclusive;

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     (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with GAAP;

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

     (5) all references to “ $ ” or “ dollars ” shall refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America;

     (6) the words “ include ,” “ included ” and “ including ,” as used herein, shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the phrase “ without limitation ,” if not expressly followed by such phrase or the phrase “but not limited to”;

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

     (8) any reference to a Section or Article refers to such Section or Article of this Indenture.

          Section 104. Incorporation by Reference of TIA . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. Any terms incorporated by reference in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by any TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA, have the meanings so assigned to them therein. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

          “ indenture securities ” means the Notes.

          “ indenture security holder ” means a Holder.

          “ indenture to be qualified ” means this Indenture.

          “ indenture trustee ” or “ institutional trustee ” means the Trustee.

          “ obligor ” on the indenture securities means the Company, any other Note Guarantor, and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

          Section 105. Conflict with TIA . If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the TIA that is required under the TIA to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the TIA that may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed (i) to apply to this Indenture as so modified or (ii) to be excluded, as the case may be.

          Section 106. Compliance Certificates and Opinions . Upon any application or request by the Company or by any other obligor upon the Notes (including any Note Guarantor), to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company or such

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other obligor (including any Note Guarantor), as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee such certificates and opinions as may be required under the TIA. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of one or more Officer’s Certificates, if to be given by an Officer, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the TIA and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of any such request or application as to which the furnishing of any Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel is specifically required by any provision of this Indenture relating to such particular request or application, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

          Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (except for certificates provided for in Section 406 ) shall include:

     (1) a statement that the individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

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

     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he or she made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

     (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

          Section 107. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee . In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

          Any certificate or opinion of an Officer may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such Officer knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an Officer or Officers to the effect that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company, unless such counsel knows that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

          Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

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          Section 108. Acts of Holders; Record Dates .

          (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company, as the case may be. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 701 ) conclusive in favor of the Trustee, the Company and any other obligor upon the Notes, if made in the manner provided in this Section 108 .

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

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

          (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind the Holder of every Note issued upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of anything done or suffered to be done by the Trustee, the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

          (e) (i) The Company may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Notes, provided that the Company may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Persons remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person

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be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 110 .

          (ii) The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Notes entitled to join in the giving or making of (A) any Notice of Default, (B) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 602 , (C) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 607(ii) or (D) any direction referred to in Section 612 , in each case with respect to Notes. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Notes on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 110 .

          (iii) With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 108 , the party hereto that sets such record dates may designate any day as the “ Expiration Date ” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the Company or the Trustee, whichever such party is not setting a record date pursuant to this Section 108(e) in writing, and to each Holder of Notes in the manner set forth in Section 110 , on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section 108 , the party hereto that set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.

          (iv) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount,

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          Section 109. Notices, etc., to Trustee and Company . Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,

     (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company or by any other obligor upon the Notes shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing to or with the Trustee at EX-GA-ATPT, 1349 W. Peachtree Street, NW, Two Midtown Plaza, Suite 1050, Atlanta, GA 30309 Attention: Muriel Shaw (telephone: (404) 898-8822; telecopier: (404) 898-8844) or at any other address furnished in writing to the Company by the Trustee, or

     (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed, as the case may be, to at Riverwood International Corporation, 814 Livingston Court, Marietta, Georgia 30067, Attention: Chief Financial Officer (telephone: (770) 644-3000; telecopier: (770) 644-2935), with copies to Alston & Bird LLP, One Atlantic Center, 1201 West Peachtree Street, Atlanta, GA 30392, Attention: William Scott Ortwein, Esq. and Justin R. Howard, Esq. (telephone: (404) 881-7000; telecopier: (404) 881-7777), or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company.

          Section 110. Notices to Holders; Waiver . Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at such Holder’s address as it appears in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders.

          Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

          In case, by reason of the suspension of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail notice of any event as required by any provision of this Indenture, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

          Section 111. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents . The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

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          Section 112. Successors and Assigns . All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Company shall bind its respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

          Section 113. Separability Clause . In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

          Section 114. Benefits of Indenture . Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder, any Paying Agent and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

          Section 115. GOVERNING LAW . THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THE TRUSTEE, THE COMPANY, ANY OTHER OBLIGOR IN RESPECT OF THE NOTES AND (BY THEIR ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES) THE HOLDERS, AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL OR STATE COURT LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE OR THE NOTES.

          Section 116. Legal Holidays . In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Note shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Notes) payment of interest or principal and premium (if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, or at the Stated Maturity.

          Section 117. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators and Stockholders . No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder, as such, of the Company, any Note Guarantor or any Subsidiary of any thereof shall have any liability for any obligation of the Company or any Note Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, any such obligation or its creation. Each Holder, by accepting the Notes, waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

          Section 118. Exhibits and Schedules . All exhibits and schedules attached hereto are by this reference made a part hereof with the same effect as if herein set forth in full.

          Section 119. Counterparts . This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original; but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument.

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ARTICLE II

NOTE FORMS

          Section 201. Forms Generally . The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication relating thereto shall be in substantially the forms set forth, or referenced, in this Article 2 and Exhibit A annexed hereto, which Exhibit is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, notations, legends, endorsements, identifications and other variations as are required or permitted by law, stock exchange rule or Depositary rule or usage, agreements to which the Company is subject, if any, or other customary usage, or as may consistently herewith be determined by the Officers of the Company executing such Notes, as evidenced by such execution ( provided always that any such notation, legend, endorsement, identification or variation is in a form acceptable to the Company). Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A are part of the terms of this Indenture. Any portion of the text of any Note may be set forth on the reverse thereof, with an appropriate reference thereto on the face of the Note.

          Initial Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act shall, unless (in the case of Additional Notes) the Company otherwise notifies the Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (each, a “ U.S. Global Note ”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of a U.S. Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

          Initial Notes and any Initial Additional Notes offered and sold in offshore transactions in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act shall, unless (in the case of Additional Notes) the Company otherwise notifies the Trustee in writing, be issued in the form of one or more permanent global Notes in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (each, an “ Offshore Global Note ”), deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of an Offshore Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made in the records of the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

          Notes initially issued to or transferred to affiliates (as defined in Rule 405) of the Company or Institutional Accredited Investors pursuant to Section 313 shall only be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “ U.S. Restricted Physical Notes ”). For the avoidance of doubt, unless and until exchanged for an Exchange Note or sold in connection with an effective Shelf Registration Statement, affiliates of the Company may only hold an interest in Notes in the form of permanent certificated Notes and are prohibited from taking a beneficial interest in one or more Global Notes.

          The U.S. Physical Notes and Offshore Physical Notes shall be construed to include any certificated Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304 , 305 , 306 or 1008 ,

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and the U.S. Global Notes and Offshore Global Notes shall be construed to include any global Notes issued in respect thereof pursuant to Section 304 , 305 , 306 or 1008 . The Offshore Physical Notes and the U.S. Physical Notes, together with any other certificated Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture, are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “ Physical Notes .” The U.S. Global Notes and the Offshore Global Notes, together with any other global Notes that are issued and authenticated pursuant to this Indenture are sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Global Notes .”

          Exchange Notes shall be issued substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A and, subject to Section 312(b) , shall be in the form of one or more Global Notes.

          Section 202. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication . The Notes will have endorsed thereon a Trustee’s certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authorized Officer

Dated:

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     If an appointment of an Authenticating Agent is made pursuant to Section 714 , the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in lieu of the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in substantially the following form:

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:  

 

 

 

 

As Authenticating Agent 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:  

 

 

 

 

Authorized Officer 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

          Section 203. Restrictive and Global Note Legends . Each Global Note and Physical Note shall be Restricted Securities and bear the following legend set forth below (the “ Private Placement Legend ”) on the face thereof until the Private Placement Legend is removed or not required in accordance with Section 313(4) :

THE NOTES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, REGISTRATION AS SET FORTH BELOW. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER (1) REPRESENTS THAT (A) IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)), OR (B) IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS NOTE IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION, (2) AGREES TO OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE PRIOR TO THE DATE WHICH IS ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF ORIGINAL ISSUE HEREOF ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE

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ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION PURSUANT TO REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM.

          Each Global Note, whether or not an Initial Note, Restricted Global Note or Unrestricted Global Note shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof:

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

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF CEDE & CO. OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 312 AND 313 OF THE INDENTURE.

     Each Note shall also bear the following legend on the face thereof (the “ OID Legend ”):

THE NOTES HAVE BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1273 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THE NOTES THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND ISSUE DATE OF THE NOTES, (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE NOTES AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE NOTES.

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ARTICLE III

THE NOTES

          Section 301. Title and Terms . The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered and Outstanding under this Indenture is not limited. The Initial Notes will be issued in an aggregate principal amount of $245.0 million. All the Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class, and none of the Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a class separate from one another on any matter. Additional Notes (including any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor) will vote (or consent) as a class with the other Notes and otherwise be treated as Notes for all purposes of this Indenture.

          The Notes shall be known and designated as the “ 9.50 % Senior Notes Due 2017 ” of the Company. The final Stated Maturity of the Notes shall be June 15, 2017. Interest on the Outstanding principal amount of Notes will accrue at the rate of 9.50 % per annum and will be payable semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing on December 15, 2009, to holders of record on the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1, respectively (each such June 1 and December 1, a “ Regular Record Date ”). Interest on the Original Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid, from the Issue Date; and interest on any Additional Notes (and Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor) will accrue (or will be deemed to have accrued) from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for or, if no interest has been paid on such Additional Notes, from the Interest Payment Date immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Additional Notes, or if the date of issuance of such Additional Notes is an Interest Payment Date, from such date of issuance; provided , that if any Note is surrendered for exchange on or after a record date for an Interest Payment Date that will occur on or after the date of such exchange, interest on the Note received in exchange thereof will accrue from the date of such Interest Payment Date.

          The principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, on the Notes shall be payable, and the Notes may be exchanged or transferred, at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York (which initially shall be the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (which, for the avoidance of doubt, need not be located in Manhattan)) (the “ Place of Payment ”); provided , however , that at the option of the Company payment of interest on a Note may be made by check mailed to the address of the Holder entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Note Register.

          Section 302. Denominations . The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000.

          Section 303. Execution, Authentication and Delivery and Dating . The Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Company by one Officer of the Company. The signature of any such Officer on the Notes may be manual or facsimile.

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          Notes bearing the manual or facsimile signature of an individual who was at any time a proper Officer of the Company shall bind the Company, notwithstanding that such individual has ceased to hold such office prior to the authentication and delivery of such Notes or did not hold such office at the date of such Notes.

          At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication; and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver (i) Initial Notes for original issue in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $245.0 million and (ii) Additional Notes in one or more series from time to time for original issue in aggregate principal amounts specified by the Company and (iii) Exchange Notes from time to time for issue in exchange for a like principal amount of Initial Notes or Initial Additional Notes, in each case specified in clauses (i) through (iii) above, upon a written order of the Company in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of the Company (an “ Authentication Order ”). Such Officer’s Certificate shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated, whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Additional Notes or Exchange Notes and whether the Notes are to be issued as one or more Global Notes or Physical Notes and such other information as the Company may include or the Trustee may reasonably request.

          All Notes shall be dated the date of their authentication.

          No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose, unless there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein, executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder.

          Section 304. Temporary Notes . Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate, temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes. If temporary Notes are issued, the Company will cause definitive Notes to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes the Company shall execute and upon receipt of an Authentication Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a like principal amount of definitive Notes of authorized denominations. Until so exchanged the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Notes of the same series and tenor.

          Section 305. Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange . The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Note Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of

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           Notes and of transfers of Notes. The Trustee is hereby appointed “ Note Registrar ” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided.

          Upon surrender for transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment, in compliance with all applicable requirements of this Indenture and applicable law, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount.

          At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of a like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

          All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange of Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

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

          No service charge shall be made for any registration, transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company may require pay


 
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