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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York Date: 7/8/2009

Exhibit 4.1

INDENTURE

Dated as of July 6, 2009

Among

HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, as Issuer,

each of the Guarantors named herein

and

Wilmington Trust FSB, as Trustee

$600,000,000

5 1 / 2 % Senior Notes due 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01	Definitions	1
Section 1.02	Incorporation by Reference of TIA	27
Section 1.03	Rules of Construction	27

ARTICLE II
THE NOTES

Section 2.01	Form and Dating	28
Section 2.02	Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount	29
Section 2.03	Registrar and Paying Agent	29
Section 2.04	Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust	30
Section 2.05	Holder Lists	30
Section 2.06	Transfer and Exchange	30
Section 2.07	Replacement Notes	31
Section 2.08	Outstanding Notes	31
Section 2.09	Treasury Notes	32
Section 2.10	[Intentionally Omitted]	32
Section 2.11	Cancellation	32
Section 2.12	Defaulted Interest	32
Section 2.13	CUSIP Numbers	33
Section 2.14	Deposit of Moneys	33
Section 2.15	Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities	33
Section 2.16	Transfer and Exchange of Securities	34
Section 2.17	Special Transfer Provisions	37
Section 2.18	Issuance of Additional Notes	37

ARTICLE III
REDEMPTION

Section 3.01	Notices to Trustee	38
Section 3.02	Selection of Notes To Be Redeemed	38
Section 3.03	Notice of Redemption	38
Section 3.04	Effect of Notice of Redemption	39
Section 3.05	Deposit of Redemption Price	40
Section 3.06	Notes Redeemed in Part	40

ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS

Section 4.01	Payment of Notes	40
Section 4.02	Maintenance of Office or Agency	40
Section 4.03	Limitation on Restricted Payments	40
Section 4.04	Corporate Existence	42
Section 4.05	Payment of Taxes and Other Claims	42
Section 4.06	Maintenance of Properties and Insurance	42
Section 4.07	Compliance Certificate; Notice of Default	43
Section 4.08	Compliance with Laws	43
Section 4.09	Reports to Holders	44
Section 4.10	Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury Laws	45
Section 4.11	Limitations on Transactions with Affiliates	45
Section 4.12	Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness	46
Section 4.13	Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries	46
Section 4.14	Change of Control	47
Section 4.15	Limitation on Asset Sales	49
Section 4.16	[Reserved]	53
Section 4.17	Limitation on Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries	53
Section 4.18	Limitation on Liens	53
Section 4.19	Limitation of Guarantees by Restricted Subsidiaries	53
Section 4.20	Conduct of Business	54
Section 4.21	Covenant Termination	54

ARTICLE V
SUCCESSOR CORPORATION

Section 5.01	Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets	54
Section 5.02	Successor Corporation Substituted	56

ARTICLE VI
DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01	Events of Default	56
Section 6.02	Acceleration	57
Section 6.03	Other Remedies	58
Section 6.04	Waiver of Past Defaults	58
Section 6.05	Control by Majority	58
Section 6.06	Limitation on Suits	59
Section 6.07	Rights of Holders To Receive Payment	59
Section 6.08	Collection Suit by Trustee	59
Section 6.09	Trustee May File Proofs of Claim	60
Section 6.10	Priorities	60

Section 6.11	Undertaking for Costs	60
Section 6.12	Expenses and Services After an Event of Default	61

ARTICLE VII
TRUSTEE

Section 7.01	Duties of Trustee	61
Section 7.02	Rights of Trustee	62
Section 7.03	Individual Rights of Trustee	64
Section 7.04	Trustee’s Disclaimer	64
Section 7.05	Notice of Default	64
Section 7.06	Reports by Trustee to Holders	64
Section 7.07	Compensation and Indemnity	64
Section 7.08	Replacement of Trustee	65
Section 7.09	Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.	66
Section 7.10	Eligibility; Disqualification	67
Section 7.11	Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company	67

ARTICLE VIII
DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE

Section 8.01	Termination of the Company’s Obligations	67
Section 8.02	Acknowledgment of Discharge by Trustee	69
Section 8.03	Application of Trust Money	69
Section 8.04	Repayment to the Company	70
Section 8.05	Reinstatement	70

ARTICLE IX
AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS

Section 9.01	Without Consent of Holders	70
Section 9.02	With Consent of Holders	71
Section 9.03	Compliance with TIA	72
Section 9.04	Revocation and Effect of Consents	72
Section 9.05	Notation on or Exchange of Notes	72
Section 9.06	Trustee To Sign Amendments, Etc.	73

ARTICLE X
[RESERVED]

ARTICLE XI
GUARANTEE OF NOTES

Section 11.01	Unconditional Guarantee	73

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Section 11.02	Limitations on Guarantees	74
Section 11.03	Execution and Delivery of Guarantee	74
Section 11.04	Release of a Guarantor	75
Section 11.05	Waiver of Subrogation	76
Section 11.06	Immediate Payment	76
Section 11.07	No Set-Off	76
Section 11.08	Obligations Absolute	76
Section 11.09	Obligations Continuing	77
Section 11.10	Obligations Not Reduced	77
Section 11.11	Obligations Reinstated	77
Section 11.12	Obligations Not Affected	77
Section 11.13	Waiver	78
Section 11.14	No Obligation To Take Action Against the Company	78
Section 11.15	Dealing with the Company and Others	78
Section 11.16	Default and Enforcement	79
Section 11.17	Amendment, Etc.	79
Section 11.18	Acknowledgment	79
Section 11.19	Costs and Expenses	79
Section 11.20	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies	79
Section 11.21	Guarantee in Addition to Other Obligations	80
Section 11.22	Severability	80
Section 11.23	Successors and Assigns	80

ARTICLE XII
[RESERVED]

ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS

Section 13.01	TIA Controls	80
Section 13.02	Notices	80
Section 13.03	Communications by Holders with Other Holders	81
Section 13.04	Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent	81
Section 13.05	Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion	81
Section 13.06	Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent, Registrar	82
Section 13.07	Legal Holidays	82
Section 13.08	Governing Law	82
Section 13.09	No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements	82
Section 13.10	No Recourse Against Others	82
Section 13.11	Successors	82
Section 13.12	Duplicate Originals	83
Section 13.13	Severability	83
Section 13.14	Independence of Covenants	83

Exhibit A	–	Form of Note
Exhibit B	–	Form of Legend for Global Notes
Exhibit C	–	Form of Transfer Certificates
Exhibit D	–	Form of IAI Transfer Certificate
Exhibit E	–	Form of Guarantee

Note: This Table of Contents shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

INDENTURE, dated as of July 6, 2009, among HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), each of the Guarantors named herein, as guarantors, and Wilmington Trust FSB, a federal savings bank, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Company has duly authorized the creation of an issue of 5 1 / 2 % Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Notes”). All things necessary to make the Notes, when duly issued and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder, the valid and binding obligations of the Company and to make this Indenture a valid and binding agreement of the Company have been done.

Each party hereto agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes:

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions .

“Acceleration Notice” has the meaning provided in Section 6.02(a).

“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person and in each case not incurred by such Person in connection with, or in anticipation or contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or such acquisition, merger or consolidation, except for Indebtedness of a Person or any of its Subsidiaries that is repaid at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or at the time it merges or consolidates with the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Additional Notes” means Notes (other than the Initial Notes and other than Exchange Notes issued pursuant to an exchange offer for such Initial Notes under this Indenture or issuances under Section 2.07 or 2.16) issued under this Indenture from time to time in accordance with Sections 2.01, 2.02, 2.18 and 4.12 hereof.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person who directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controls, or is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person. The term “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative of the foregoing; provided , however , that none of the Initial Purchasers or their Affiliates shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company.

“Affiliate Transaction” has the meaning provided in Section 4.11(a).

“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or Co-Registrar.

“Agent Member” means any member of, or participant in, the Depositary.

“Applicable Procedures” has the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a)(ii).

“Asset Acquisition” means (a) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or shall be merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or (b) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of the assets of any Person (other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company) which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person or comprises any division or line of business of such Person or any other properties or assets of such Person other than in the ordinary course of business.

“Asset Sale” means any direct or indirect sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), assignment or other transfer for value by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) to any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of (a) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or (b) any other property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than in the ordinary course of business; provided , however , that Asset Sales shall not include (i) a transaction or series of related transactions for which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive aggregate consideration of less than $50 million, (ii) sales, pledges, conveyances or other transfers of accounts receivable or participations or other interests therein and related assets (including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of “Qualified Securitization Transaction” directly or indirectly to a Securitization Entity for the Fair Market Value thereof, (iii) sales or grants of licenses to use the patents, trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that such license does not prohibit the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from using the technologies licensed or require the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay any fees for any such use, (iv) the sale, lease, conveyance, disposition or other transfer (A) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company as permitted under Section 5.01, (B) of any Capital Stock or other ownership interest in or assets or property of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a Person which is not a Subsidiary, (C) pursuant to any foreclosure of assets or other remedy provided by applicable law to a creditor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company with a Lien on such assets, which Lien is permitted under this Indenture; provided that such foreclosure or other remedy is conducted in a commercially reasonable manner or in accordance with any bankruptcy law, (D) involving only Cash Equivalents, Foreign Cash Equivalents or inventory in the ordinary course of business or obsolete or worn out property or property that is no longer useful in the conduct of the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiaries or (E) including only the lease or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business, (v) the consummation of any transaction in accordance with the terms of Sections 4.03 and 5.01 hereof and (vi) Permitted Investments.

“Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, United States Code or any similar federal, state or

foreign law for the relief of debtors.

“Board of Managers” means, as to any Person, the board of managers, the board of directors or other similar body of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.

“Board Resolution” means, with respect to any Person, a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Managers of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Business Day” means a day that is not a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are not required to be open.

“Capital Stock” means (i) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated and whether or not voting) of corporate stock, including each class of Common Stock and Preferred Stock of such Person and (ii) with respect to any Person that is not a corporation, any and all partnership, membership or other equity interests of such Person.

“Capitalized Lease” means a lease that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease under GAAP.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, as to any Person, the obligations of such Person under a lease that are required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the amount of such obligations at any date shall be the capitalized amount of such obligations at such date, determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Cash Equivalents” means (i) a marketable obligation, maturing within two years after issuance thereof, issued or guaranteed by the United States of America or an instrumentality or agency thereof, (ii) a certificate of deposit or banker’s acceptance, maturing within one year after issuance thereof, issued by any lender under the Credit Facilities, or a national or state bank or trust company or a European, Canadian or Japanese bank, in each case having capital, surplus and undivided profits of at least $100,000,000 and whose long-term unsecured debt has a rating of “A” or better by S&P or A2 or better by Moody’s or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency ( provided that the aggregate face amount of all Investments in certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances issued by the principal offices of or branches of such European or Japanese banks located outside the United States of America shall not at any time exceed 33 1/3% of all Investments described in this definition), (iii) open market commercial paper, maturing within 270 days after issuance thereof, which has a rating of A1 or better by S&P or P1 or better by Moody’s or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency, (iv) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements with a term not in excess of one year with any financial institution which has been elected as a primary government securities dealer by the Federal Reserve Board or whose securities are rated AA- or better by S&P or Aa3 or better by Moody’s or the equivalent rating by any other nationally

recognized rating agency relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency or instrumentality thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States of America, (v) “Money Market” preferred stock maturing within six months after issuance thereof or municipal bonds issued by a corporation organized under the laws of any state of the United States of America, which has a rating of “A” or better by S&P or Moody’s or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency, (vi) tax exempt floating rate option tender bonds backed by letters of credit issued by a national or state bank whose long-term unsecured debt has a rating of AA or better by S&P or Aa2 or better by Moody’s or the equivalent rating by any other nationally recognized rating agency, and (vii) shares of any money market mutual fund rated at least AAA or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least Aaa or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or any other mutual fund holding assets consisting (except for de minimis amounts) of the type specified in clauses (i) through (vi) above.

“Change of Control” means (a) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than Mr. Jon M. Huntsman, his spouse, direct descendants, an entity controlled by any of the foregoing and/or by a trust of the type described hereafter, and/or a trust for the benefit of any of the foregoing (the “Huntsman Group”) or GOP, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that a Person shall be deemed to have “beneficial ownership” of all securities that such Person has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of 35% or more of the then outstanding voting capital stock of the Company other than in a transaction having the approval of the Board of Managers of the Company at least a majority of which members are Continuing Managers; or (b) Continuing Managers shall cease to constitute at least a majority of the persons constituting the Board of Managers of the Company.

“Change of Control Date” has the meaning provided in Section 4.14(c).

“Change of Control Offer” has the meaning provided in Section 4.14(a).

“Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Section 4.14.

“Clearing Agency” has meaning provided in Section 2.15.

“Clearstream” shall mean Clearstream Banking S.A.

“Commission” or “SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Commodity Agreements” means any commodity futures contract, commodity option or other similar agreement or arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries designed to protect the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries against fluctuations in the price of commodities actually at that time used in the ordinary course of business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Common Stock” of any Person means any and all shares, interests or other participations in, and other equivalents (however designated and whether voting or non-voting) of such Person’s common stock, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued after the Issue Date, and includes, without limitation, all series and classes of such common stock.

“Company” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.

“Company Order” means any written order signed in the name of the Company by two of its Officers.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum (without duplication) of (i) Consolidated Net Income and (ii) to the extent Consolidated Net Income has been reduced thereby, (A) all income taxes of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries paid or accrued in accordance with GAAP for such period (other than income taxes attributable to extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gains or losses or taxes attributable to sales or dispositions outside the ordinary course of business) and Permitted Tax Distributions paid during such period, (B) Consolidated Interest Expense, (C) Consolidated Non-cash Charges less any non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period and (D) the amount of net loss resulting from the payment of any premiums or similar amounts that are required to be paid under the express terms of the instrument(s) governing any Indebtedness of the Company upon the repayment or other extinguishment of such Indebtedness by the Company in accordance with the express terms of such Indebtedness, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of Consolidated EBITDA of such Person during the four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available as provided pursuant to Section 4.09 (the “Four Quarter Period”) ending on or prior to the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (the “Transaction Date”) to Consolidated Fixed Charges of such Person for the Four Quarter Period. In addition to and without limitation of the foregoing, for purposes of this definition, “Consolidated EBITDA” and “Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis for the period of such calculation to (i) the incurrence or repayment or other reduction or discharge of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and the application of the proceeds thereof) giving rise to the need to make such calculation and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness (and the application of the proceeds thereof), other than the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness in the ordinary course of business for working capital purposes pursuant to working capital facilities, occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four Quarter Period and prior to the Transaction Date, as if such incurrence or repayment, as the case may be (and the application of the proceeds thereof), occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period and (ii) any asset sales (other than asset sales (A) in the ordinary course of business or (B) involving a nominal amount of gross assets of less than $25 million) or Asset Acquisitions (including any Asset Acquisition giving rise to the need to make such calculation) occurring during the Four Quarter Period or at any time subsequent to the last day of the Four

Quarter Period and on or prior to the Transaction Date, as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition (including the incurrence, assumption or liability for any such Acquired Indebtedness) occurred on the first day of the Four Quarter Period. If such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly guarantees Indebtedness of a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, the preceding sentence shall give effect to the incurrence of such guaranteed Indebtedness as if such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person had directly incurred or otherwise assumed such guaranteed Indebtedness. Furthermore, in calculating “Consolidated Fixed Charges” for purposes of determining the denominator (but not the numerator) of this “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio,” (1) interest on outstanding Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the Transaction Date and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness in effect on the Transaction Date; (2) if interest on any Indebtedness actually incurred on the Transaction Date may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rates, then the interest rate in effect on the Transaction Date will be deemed to have been in effect during the Four Quarter Period; and (3) notwithstanding clause (1) above, interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by agreements relating to Interest Swap Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.

“Consolidated Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, plus (ii) the product of (x) the amount of all dividend payments on any series of Preferred Stock of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than dividends paid in Qualified Capital Stock and other than dividends paid to such Person or to a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person) paid, accrued or scheduled to be paid or accrued during such period times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal.

“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication: (i) the aggregate of the interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, including without limitation, (a) any amortization of debt discount and amortization or write-off of deferred financing costs, excluding such costs relating to early retirement of debt, (b) the net costs under Interest Swap Obligations, (c) all capitalized interest and (d) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation; and (ii) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated Leverage Ratio” means, for any Person, the ratio of (i) Indebtedness of such Person, and its Restricted Subsidiary to (ii) Consolidated EBITDA of such Person calculated as set forth in the definition of Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the sum

of: (x) the aggregate net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with GAAP plus (y) cash dividends or distributions paid to such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person by any other Person (the “Payor”) other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person, to the extent not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income, which have been derived from operating cash flow of the Payor; provided that there shall be excluded therefrom (a) after-tax gains and losses from Asset Sales or abandonments or reserves relating thereto, (b) after-tax items classified as extraordinary or nonrecurring gains, (c) the net income of any Person acquired in a “pooling of interests” transaction accrued prior to the date it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person or is merged or consolidated with the Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Person, (d) the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Person to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is restricted; provided , however , that the net income of Foreign Subsidiaries shall only be excluded in any calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Company as a result of application of this clause (d) if the restriction on dividends or similar distributions results from consensual restrictions, (e) the net income or loss of any Person, other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person, except to the extent of cash dividends or distributions paid to the Person or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Person by such Person, (f) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time following June 30, 1999, (g) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued), (h) in the case of a successor to the referent Person by consolidation or merger or as a transferee of the referent Person’s assets, any earnings of the successor corporation prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer of assets, (i) non-cash charges relating to asset impairments, which charges do not require an accrual of or a Reserve for cash charges for any future period, (j) all gains or losses from the cumulative effect of any change in accounting principles and (k) the net amount of all Permitted Tax Distributions made during such period.

“Consolidated Non-cash Charges” means, with respect to any Person, for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization and other non-cash charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries reducing Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (excluding any such charges constituting an extraordinary item or loss or any such charge which requires an accrual of or a reserve for cash charges for any future period).

“Continuing Managers” means, as of any date, the collective reference to (i) all members of the Board of Managers of the Company who have held office continuously since the Issue Date, and (ii) all members of the Board of Managers of the Company who assumed office after such date and whose appointment or nomination for election by the holders of the Company’s Capital Stock was approved by a vote of at least 50% of the Continuing Managers in office immediately prior to such appointment or nomination or by the Huntsman Group.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time

its corporate trust business shall be administered, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as a successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning provided in Section 8.01.

“Credit Facilities” means any one or more debt facilities, indentures or other agreements governing Indebtedness, including the senior secured Credit Agreement, dated as of August 16, 2005, as amended, among the Company and the financial institutions party thereto, together with the related documents thereto (including, without limitation, any guarantee agreements and security documents), in each case as such agreements may be amended, supplemented, extended or otherwise modified from time to time, and any one or more debt facilities, indentures or other agreements that refinances, replaces or otherwise restructures (including increasing the amount of available borrowings thereunder in accordance with Section 4.12 or making Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company a borrower or guarantor thereunder) all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or any successor or replacement agreement and whether including any additional obligors or with the same or any other agent, lender, investor or group of lenders or investors or with other financial institutions, investors or lenders.

“Currency Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to protect the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company against fluctuations in currency values.

“Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

“Default” means an event or condition the occurrence of which is, or with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

“Depositary” means DTC.

“Designated Date” means November 13, 2006.

“Discharged” means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by, and obligations under, the Notes and to have satisfied all the obligations under this Indenture relating to the Notes (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same upon compliance by the Company with the provisions of Article Eight), except (i) the rights of the Holders of Notes to receive, from the trust fund described in Article Eight, payment of the principal of and the interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (ii) the Company’s obligations with respect to the Notes under Sections 2.03 through 2.07, 7.07 and 7.08 and (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder.

“Disqualified Capital Stock” means that portion of any Capital Stock which, by its terms

(or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the sole option of the holder thereof on or prior to the final maturity date of the Notes.

“Dollar” or “$” means the lawful currency of the United States of America.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

“DTC” means the Depository Trust Company, its nominees and successors.

“Equity Offering” means any sale of Qualified Capital Stock of the Company or any capital contribution to the equity of the Company from any person other than a Subsidiary of the Company.

“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System.

“Event of Default” has the meaning provided in Section 6.01.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute or statutes thereto.

“Exchange Notes” means with respect to the Initial Notes, Notes issued in exchange for the Initial Notes pursuant to the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement or, with respect to any Additional Notes, Notes issued in exchange for such Additional Notes pursuant to the terms of a registration rights agreement among the Company, the Guarantors and the initial purchasers of such Additional Notes.

“Fair Market Value” means, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction. Fair market value (i) with respect to a determination of value in excess of $100 million shall be determined by the Board of Managers of the Company acting reasonably and in good faith and shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee or (ii) in all other cases, by an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

“Foreign Cash Equivalents” means (i) debt securities with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by any member nation of the European Union, Switzerland or any other country whose debt securities are rated by S&P and Moody’s A-1 or P-1, or the equivalent thereof (if a short-term debt rating is provided by either) or at least AA or AA2, or the equivalent thereof (if a long- term unsecured debt rating is provided by either) (each such jurisdiction, an “Approved Jurisdiction”) or any agency or instrumentality of an Approved Jurisdiction, provided that the full faith and credit of the Approved Jurisdiction is pledged in support of such debt securities or such debt securities constitute a general obligation of the Approved Jurisdiction and (ii) debt securities in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $25 million with a maturity of 365 days

or less issued by any nation in which the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries has cash which is the subject of restrictions on export or any agency or instrumentality of such nation, provided that the full faith and credit of such nation is pledged in support of such debt securities or such debt securities constitute a general obligation of such nation.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Guarantor) organized under the laws of, and conducting a substantial portion of its business in, any jurisdiction other than the United States of America or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“Funds” means the aggregate amount of U.S. Legal Tender and/or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Article Eight.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States of America, which were in effect as of the Designated Date.

“Global Security” means a Restricted Global Security or Unrestricted Global Security.

“GOP” means MatlinPatterson Global Opportunities Partners L.P. and any other entity managed by its investment advisor, MatlinPatterson Global Advisers LLC.

“Guarantee” means the guarantee by a Guarantor of the obligations of the Company under this Indenture and the Notes contemplated by Article Eleven of this Indenture.

“Guarantor” means (i) each of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that executes this Indenture as a Guarantor and (ii) each of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries that in the future executes a supplemental indenture in which such Restricted Subsidiary agrees to be bound by the terms of this Indenture as a Guarantor; provided that any Person constituting a Guarantor as described above shall cease to constitute a Guarantor when its respective Guarantee is released in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

“Holder” or “Noteholder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

“Holdings U.K.” means Huntsman (Holdings) UK, a private unlimited company incorporated under the laws of England and Wales.

“Huntsman Affiliate” means the Company or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries).

“Huntsman Corporation” means Huntsman Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

“Huntsman Parent Company” means Huntsman Corporation or any entity of which the Company is a direct or indirect Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

“Huntsman Public Parent” means any Huntsman Parent Company that has completed an Initial Public Equity Offering including Huntsman Corporation.

“Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person, without duplication, (i) all Obligations of such Person for borrowed money, (ii) all Obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, (iii) all Capitalized Lease Obligations of such Person, (iv) all Obligations of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred purchase price of property that is due more than six months after taking delivery of such property, all conditional sale obligations and all Obligations under any title retention agreement (but excluding trade accounts payable and other accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business that are not overdue by 90 days or more or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently conducted), (v) all Obligations for the reimbursement of any obligor on any letter of credit, banker’s acceptance or similar credit transaction, (vi) guarantees in respect of Indebtedness referred to in clauses (i) through (v) above and clause (viii) below, (vii) all Obligations of any other Person of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) which are secured by any lien on any property or asset of such Person, the amount of such Obligation being deemed to be the lesser of the Fair Market Value of such property or asset or the amount of the Obligation so secured, (viii) all Obligations under Currency Agreements and Interest Swap Agreements of such Person and (ix) all Disqualified Capital Stock issued by such Person with the amount of Indebtedness represented by such Disqualified Capital Stock being equal to the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference and its maximum fixed repurchase price, but excluding accrued dividends, if any. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Capital Stock as if such Disqualified Capital Stock were purchased on any date on which Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the Fair Market Value of such Disqualified Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Managers of the issuer of such Disqualified Capital Stock; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, “Indebtedness” shall not include (i) advances paid by customers in the ordinary course of business for services or products to be provided or delivered in the future, (ii) deferred taxes or (iii) unsecured indebtedness of the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred to finance insurance premiums in a principal amount not in excess of the insurance premiums to be paid by the Company and/or its Restricted Subsidiaries for a three year period beginning on the date of any incurrence of such indebtedness.

“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

“Independent Financial Advisor” means a firm which, in the judgment of the Board of Managers of the Company, is independent and qualified to perform the task for which it is to be engaged.

“Initial Notes” means the $600,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 5 ½% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Company that are issued on the Issue Date.

“Initial Public Equity Offering” means a firm commitment underwritten offering of shares of Capital Stock of the applicable Person registered on Form S-1 under the Securities Act.

“Initial Purchasers” means Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC.

“Institutional Accredited Investor” means an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3), or (7) under the Securities Act.

“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to each Note, the stated maturity of an installment of interest on the Notes specified therein.

“Interest Swap Obligations” means the obligations of any Person pursuant to any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time periodic payments calculated by applying either a floating or a fixed rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for payments made by such other Person calculated by applying a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements.

“Investment” means, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect loan or other extension of credit (including, without limitation, a guarantee) or capital contribution to (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), or any purchase or acquisition by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities or evidences of Indebtedness issued by, any other Person. “Investment” excludes extensions of trade credit by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be. For the purposes of Section 4.03 hereof, (i) “Investment” shall include and be valued at the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Restricted Subsidiary at the time that such Restricted Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Designated Date and shall exclude the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that such Unrestricted Subsidiary is designated a Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the amount of any Investment is the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additional Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to such Investment, reduced by the payment of dividends or distributions in connection with such Investment or any other amounts received in respect of such Investment; provided that no such payment of dividends or distributions or receipt of any such other amounts shall reduce the amount of any Investment if such payment of dividends or distributions or receipt of any such amounts would be included in Consolidated Net Income. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Common Stock of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, the Company no longer owns,

directly or indirectly, greater than 50% of the outstanding Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.

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

“Issue Date” means June 23, 2009.

“Legal Defeasance” has the meaning provided in Section 8.01.

“Lien” means any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof and any agreement to give any security interest), but not including any interests in accounts receivable and related assets conveyed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other entities formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in connection with any Qualified Securitization Transaction.

“Maturity Date” means June 30, 2016.

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

“Net Cash Proceeds” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (other than the portion of any such deferred payment constituting interest) received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Asset Sale net of (a) all out-of-pocket expenses and fees relating to such Asset Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees and sales commissions), (b) taxes paid or payable after taking into account any reduction in consolidated tax liability due to available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (c) repayment of Indebtedness that is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale (d) the decrease in proceeds from Qualified Securitization Transactions which results from such Asset Sale and (e) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with such Asset Sale and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, after such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale.

“Net Proceeds Offer” has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).

“Net Proceeds Offer Amount” has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).

“Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date” has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).

“Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date” has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).

“Noon Buying Rate” has the meaning provided in Section 2.02.

“Non-U.S. Person” means a person who is not a U.S. Person within the meaning assigned to such term in Regulation S.

“Notes” means, the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes.

“Obligations” means all obligations for principal, premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

“Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Assistant Treasurer, the Financial Director, or the Secretary or the Assistant Secretary of such Person (or, with respect to a Person that is a limited partnership, the General Partner of such Person), or any other officer designated by the Board of Managers serving in a similar capacity.

“Officers’ Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of such Person and otherwise complying with the requirements of Sections 13.04 and 13.05, as they relate to the making of an Officers’ Certificate, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee complying with the requirements of Sections 13.04 and 13.05, as they relate to the giving of an Opinion of Counsel, and delivered to the Trustee. Counsel giving any Opinion of Counsel shall be entitled to rely on an Officers’ Certificate as to any factual matters relevant to such opinion.

“Participants” means institutions that have accounts with DTC or its nominee.

“Paying Agent” means any Person (other than the Company and any of its Affiliates) authorized by the Company to pay the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any notes on behalf of the Company and perform all the other obligations and duties of a “Paying Agent” described herein.

“Permitted Indebtedness” means, without duplication, each of the following:

(i) Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes with respect to the Initial Notes and the related Guarantees;

(ii) Indebtedness incurred under the Credit Facilities pursuant to this clause (ii) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the greater of $3.3 billion or 30% of Total Assets of the Company at any one time outstanding;

(iii) other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date reduced by the amount of any prepayments with Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale (which are accompanied by a corresponding permanent commitment reduction) pursuant to clause (c) of Section 4.15;

(iv) Interest Swap Obligations of the Company relating to Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or Indebtedness that the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries reasonably intends to incur within six months) and Interest Swap Obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company relating to Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary (or Indebtedness that such Restricted Subsidiary reasonably intends to incur within six months); provided , however , that such Interest Swap Obligations will constitute “Permitted Indebtedness” only if they are entered into to protect the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries from fluctuations in interest rates on Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture to the extent the notional principal amount of such Interest Swap Obligations, when incurred, does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness to which such Interest Swap Obligations relate;

(v) Indebtedness under Commodity Agreements and Currency Agreements; provided that in the case of Currency Agreements which relate to Indebtedness, such Currency Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder;

(vi) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for so long as such Indebtedness is held by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in each case subject to no Lien held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than the pledge of intercompany notes under the Credit Facilities); provided that if as of any date any Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company owns or holds any such Indebtedness or holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness (other than the pledge of intercompany notes under the Credit Facilities), such date shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness by the issuer of such Indebtedness;

(vii) Indebtedness of the Company to a Restricted Subsidiary for so long as such Indebtedness is held by a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case subject to no Lien (other than Liens securing intercompany notes pledged under the Credit Facilities); provided that (a) any Indebtedness of the Company to any Restricted Subsidiary (other than pursuant to notes pledged under the Credit Facilities) is unsecured and subordinated, pursuant to a written agreement, to the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and (b) if as of any date any Person other than a Restricted Subsidiary owns or holds any such Indebtedness or any Person holds a Lien in respect of such Indebtedness (other than pledges securing the Credit Facilities), such date shall be deemed the incurrence of Indebtedness not constituting Permitted Indebtedness by the Company;

15 (viii) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently (except in the case of daylight overdrafts) drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided , however , that such Indebtedness is extinguished within two business days of incurrence;

(ix) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries represented by letters of credit for the account of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in order to provide security for workers’ compensation claims, payment obligations in connection with self-insurance or similar requirements in the ordinary course of business;

(x) Refinancing Indebtedness;

(xi) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company or a Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided that the maximum aggregate liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds actually received by the Company and the Subsidiary in connection with such disposition;

(xii) Obligations in respect of performance bonds and completion, guarantee, surety and similar bonds provided by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(xiii) guarantees by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary is otherwise permitted by the terms of this Indenture;

(xiv) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary (A) representing Capitalized Lease Obligations not to exceed $150 million outstanding at any time or (B) constituting purchase money Indebtedness incurred to finance property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company acquired in the ordinary course of business; provided , however , that such purchase money Indebtedness shall not exceed the cost of such property or assets and shall not be secured by any property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company other than the property and assets so acquired;

(xv) Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent that the aggregate outstanding amount of Indebtedness incurred by such Foreign Subsidiaries under this clause (xv) does not exceed at any one time an amount equal to the sum of (A) 80% of the consolidated book value of the accounts receivable of

16 all Foreign Subsidiaries and (B) 60% of the consolidated book value of the inventory of all Foreign Subsidiaries; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, Foreign Subsidiaries may incur in the aggregate up to $150 million of Indebtedness outstanding at any one time;

(xvi) Indebtedness of the Company and its Domestic Subsidiaries pursuant to over draft lines or similar extensions of credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed $30 million at any one time outstanding and Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries pursuant to over draft lines or similar extensions of credit in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $60 million at any one time outstanding;

(xvii) the incurrence by a Securitization Entity of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization Transaction that is not recourse to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);

(xviii) Indebtedness of the Company to a Huntsman Affiliate constituting Subordinated Indebtedness;

(xix) Indebtedness consisting of take-or-pay obligations contained in supply agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xx) Indebtedness of the Company to any of its Subsidiaries or other entities formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction incurred in connection with the sale, pledge or other conveyance of accounts receivable or participations or any interests therein and related assets directly or indirectly to the Company by any such Subsidiary which assets or interests are subsequently conveyed, pledged or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, by the Company to a Securitization Entity in a Qualified Securitization Transaction;

(xxi) additional Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $200 million or 2% of Total Assets of the Company at any one time outstanding; and

(xxii) (A) guarantees (“Upstream Guarantees”) issued by the Company or any guarantor of Indebtedness of a Huntsman Public Parent (“Parent Debt”), provided that:

1. such Upstream Guarantee may guarantee only Parent Debt that was incurred, and the proceeds of which are used, to Refinance Indebtedness of the Company;

2. the aggregate amount of Parent Debt that is guaranteed by the Upstream Guarantee shall not exceed the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Indebtedness of the Company that is Refinanced with the proceeds of such Parent Debt (“HI Refinanced Debt”), and (y) the amount of any premiums required to be

paid under the terms of the instrument governing such HI Refinanced Debt and the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Company, in each case in connection with the Refinancing of such HI Refinanced Debt;

3. the HI Refinanced Debt is not incurred in connection with or in anticipation or contemplation of the Refinancing of such HI Refinanced Debt; and

4. both immediately before and after the issuance of any Upstream Guarantee there shall be existing no Default or Event of Default.

For purposes of the foregoing provisions, any Upstream Guarantee given with respect to Parent Debt under a revolving or undrawn credit facility shall be deemed entered into only when such Upstream Guarantee is initially entered into with respect to the full commitment of revolving or undrawn credit facility,

(B) guarantees by the Company or any guarantor, as the case may be (“Replacement Guarantees”), that replace any Upstream Guarantee (a “Previous Guarantee”) that (a) was previously issued by such person pursuant to paragraph (A) of this clause (xxii) or (b) was a Replacement Guarantee previously issued by such person pursuant to this paragraph (B),

provided that:

1. the Replacement Guarantee may guarantee only Parent Debt (“Replacement Debt”) that was incurred, and the proceeds of which are used, to Refinance the Parent Debt that was guaranteed by the Previous Guarantee being so replaced (“Previous Debt”);

2. the aggregate amount of Replacement Debt that is guaranteed by the Replacement Guarantee shall not exceed the sum of (x) the aggregate amount of Previous Debt guaranteed by the Previous Guarantee being so replaced, (y) the amount of any premiums required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing such Previous Debt with respect to the amount of Previous Debt guaranteed by the Previous Guarantee being so replaced, and (z) and the pro rata portion of the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Huntsman Public Parent, in each case in connection with the Refinancing of such Previous Debt; and

3. both immediately before and after the issuance of any Replacement Guarantee there shall be existing no Default or Event of Default.

For purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.12, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Permitted Indebtedness

described in clauses (i) through (xxii) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio provisions of Section 4.12, the Company shall, in its sole discretion, classify (or later reclassify) such item of Indebtedness in any manner that complies with Section 4.12; provided that $1.4 billion of Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facilities on the Issue Date (and any refinancings thereof) shall be deemed to have been incurred pursuant to clause (ii) above. Accrual of interest, accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Capital Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Capital Stock will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness or an issuance of Disqualified Capital Stock for purposes of Section 4.12.

“Permitted Investments” means (i) Investments by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any Person that is or will become immediately after such Investment a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or that will merge or consolidate into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; (ii) Investments in the Company by any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that any Indebtedness evidencing such Investment is unsecured and subordinated (other than pursuant to intercompany notes pledged under the Credit Facilities), pursuant to a written agreement, to the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture; (iii) investments in cash and Cash Equivalents; (iv) loans and advances to employees and officers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business for travel, relocation and related expenses; (v) Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or joint ventures not to exceed the greater of $300 million or 3% of Total Assets of the Company, plus (A) the aggregate net after-tax amount returned in cash on or with respect to any Investments made in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and joint ventures whether through interest payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions or payments, (B) the net after-tax cash proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the disposition of all or any portion of such Investments (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company), (C) upon redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Fair Market Value of such Subsidiary and (D) the net cash proceeds received by the Company from the issuance of Specified Venture Capital Stock; (vi) Investments in securities received pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any debtors of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; (vii) Investments made by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of consideration received in connection with an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 4.15; (viii) Investments existing on the Designated Date; (ix) any Investment by the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company or by Tioxide Group or Holdings U.K., in a Securitization Entity or any Investment by a Securitization Entity in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction; provided that any Investment in a Securitization Entity is in the form of a Purchase Money Note or an equity interest; (x) Investments by the Company in Rubicon, Inc. and Louisiana Pigment Company (each a “Joint Venture”), so long as: (A) such Joint Venture does not have any Indebtedness for borrowed money at any time on or after the date of such Investment (other than Indebtedness owing to the equity holders of such Joint Ventures), (B) the documentation governing such Joint Venture does not contain a restriction on distributions to the

Company, and (C) such Joint Venture is engaged only in the business of manufacturing product used or marketed by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and/or the joint venture partner, and business reasonably related thereto; (xi) Investments by Foreign Subsidiaries in Foreign Cash Equivalents; (xii) loans to any Huntsman Parent Company for the purposes described in clause (7) of the second paragraph of Section 4.03 which, when aggregated with the payment made under such clause, will not exceed $10 million in any fiscal year; (xiii) any Indebtedness of the Company to any of its Subsidiaries or other entities formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction incurred in connection with the conveyance, pledge or other transfer of accounts receivable or participations or interests therein and related assets directly or indirectly to the Company by any such Subsidiary which assets are subsequently conveyed, pledged or otherwise transferred, directly or indirectly, by the Company to a Securitization Entity in a Qualified Securitization Transaction; (xiv) Investments by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Joint Venture, so long as: (A) such Permitted Joint Venture does not have any Indebtedness for borrowed money which would be required to be reflected on a balance sheet as debt under GAAP at any time on or after the date of such Investment (other than Indebtedness owing to the equity holders of such Permitted Joint Venture, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); (B) the documentation governing such Permitted Joint Venture does not contain a restriction on distributions to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; and (C) after giving pro forma effect to such Investment, the Company would be permitted to incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness under Section 4.12; (xv) additional Investments in an aggregate amount not exceeding $150 million at any one time outstanding; and (xvi) the incurrence of Guarantees permitted by clause (xxii) of the definition of Permitted Indebtedness.

“Permitted Joint Venture” means, with respect to any Person:

1. any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership) of which 50% or more of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the Restricted Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and

2. any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which

(a) 50% or more of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Restricted Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise; and

(b) either such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or no other Person controls such entity.

“Permitted Tax Distribution” for any fiscal year means any payments in compliance with clause (6) of the second paragraph under Section 4.03.

“Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, unincorporated organization, trust or joint venture, or a governmental agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Physical Notes” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c).

“Preferred Stock” of any Person means any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to dividends or redemptions or upon liquidation.

“principal” of any Indebtedness (including the Notes) means the principal amount of such Indebtedness plus the premium, if any, on such Indebtedness.

“Private Placement Legend” means the legend initially set forth on the Notes in the form set forth for Restricted Securities on Exhibit A.

“pro forma” means, unless otherwise provided herein, with respect to any calculation made or required to be made pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, a calculation in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act.

“Purchase Money Note” means a promissory note evidencing a line of credit, or evidencing other Indebtedness owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction, which note shall be repaid from cash available to the maker of such note, other than amounts required to be established as reserves, amounts paid to investors in respect of interest, principal and other amounts owing to such investors and amounts paid in connection with the purchase of newly generated accounts receivable.

“Qualified Capital Stock” means any Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Capital Stock.

“Qualified Institutional Buyer” or “QIB” has the meaning specified in Rule 144A.

“Qualified Securitization Transaction” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer pursuant to terms necessary or customary in the relevant jurisdiction, directly or indirectly, to (a) a Securitization Entity or to the Company which subsequently transfers to a Securitization Entity (in the case of a transfer by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and (b) any other Person (in the case of transfer by a Securitization Entity), or may grant a security interest in any accounts receivable or any participations or other interests therein (whether now existing or arising or acquired in the future) of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or other entities formed as necessary or customary under the laws of the relevant jurisdiction, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and contract rights and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of

such accounts receivable and other assets (including contract rights) which are necessarily or customarily transferred in the relevant jurisdiction or in respect of which security interests are necessarily or customarily granted in the relevant jurisdiction in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable. Following the Initial Public Equity Offering of a Huntsman Public Parent, references in the foregoing definition to the “Company” shall be deemed also to refer to such Huntsman Public Parent.

“Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P.

“Record Date” means with respect to each Note, each applicable record date specified therein.

“Redemption Date” means, with respect to any Note, the Maturity Date of such Note or the earlier date on which such Note is to be redeemed by the Company pursuant to paragraph 5 of the Notes.

“Redemption Price” has the meaning provided in Section 3.03.

“Reference Date” has the meaning provided in Section 4.03.

“Refinance” means, in respect of any security or Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue a security or Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such security or Indebtedness in whole or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.

“Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Refinancing by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of Indebtedness incurred in accordance with the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.12 or Indebtedness described in clauses (i), (iii), (x), (xiv)(B) or (xv) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness,” in each case that does not (1) result in an increase in the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of such Person as of the date of such proposed Refinancing (plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing such Indebtedness and plus the amount of reasonable expenses incurred by the Company in connection with such Refinancing) or (2) create Indebtedness with (A) a Weighted Average Life to Maturity that is less than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced or (B) a final maturity earlier than the final maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; provided that (x) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is Indebtedness solely of the Company, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be Indebtedness solely of the Company and (y) if such Indebtedness being Refinanced is subordinate or junior to the Notes, then such Refinancing Indebtedness shall be subordinate to the Notes at least to the same extent and in the same manner as the Indebtedness being Refinanced.

“Registrar” has the meaning provided in Section 2.03.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Exchange and Registration Rights

Agreement dated June 23, 2009 among the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.

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

“Replacement Assets” has the meaning provided in Section 4.15(c).

“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such Person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“Restricted Global Security” has the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a)(i).

“Restricted Payment” means to

1. declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution, other than dividends or distributions payable in Qualified Capital Stock of the Company, on or in respect of shares of the Company’s Capital Stock to holders of such Capital Stock,

2. purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Capital Stock of the Company or any warrants, rights or options to purchase or acquire shares of any class of such Capital Stock,

3. make any principal payment on, purchase, defease, redeem, prepay, decrease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, prior to any scheduled final maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment, any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, as the case may be, or

4. make any Investment other than Permitted Investments.

“Restricted Security” means a Note that constitutes a “restricted security” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act; provided , however , that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely on an Opinion of Counsel with respect to whether any Note constitutes a Restricted Security.

“Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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

“Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means any direct or indirect arrangement with any

Person or to which any such Person is a party, providing for the leasing to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of any property, whether owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on the Issue Date or later acquired, which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person from whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Securitization Entity” means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company (or Tioxide Group or Holdings U.K. or another Person in which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company makes an Investment and to which the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company transfers, directly or indirectly, accounts receivable or participations or interests therein or related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and which is designated by the Board of Managers of the Company (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other Obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Securitization Entity)(excluding guarantees of Obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness)) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Securitization Entity) in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (other than the Securitization Entity), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings and other than any interest in the accounts receivable and related assets being financed (whether in the form of any equity interest in such assets or subordinated indebtedness payable primarily from such financed assets) retained or acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (b) with which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Company, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing receivables of such entity, and (c) to which neither the Company nor any Subsidiary of the Company has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the Board of Managers of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution of the Board of Managers of the Company giving effect to such designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions; provided that Huntsman Receivables Finance LLC shall be deemed to be a Securitization Entity as of the Issue Date. Following the Initial Public Equity Offering of a Huntsman Public Parent, references in the foregoing definition to the “Company” shall be deemed also to refer to such Huntsman Public Parent.

“Senior Debt” means Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is not

Subordinated Indebtedness.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company which, at the date of determination, is a “Significant Subsidiary” as such term is defined in Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

“Specified Venture Capital Stock” means Qualified Capital Stock of the Company issued to a Person who is not an Affiliate of the Company and the proceeds from the issuance of which are applied within 180 days after the issuance thereof to an Investment in an Unrestricted Subsidiary or joint venture.

“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means obligations, representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company or any Securitization Entity or any Subsidiary of the Company which are customary or necessary in the relevant jurisdiction in an accounts receivable securitization transaction. Following the Initial Public Equity Offering of a Huntsman Public Parent, references in the foregoing definition to the “Company” shall be deemed also to refer to such Huntsman Public Parent.

“Subordinated Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Guarantee of such Guarantor, as the case may be.

“Subsidiary,” with respect to any Person, means (i) any corporation of which the outstanding Capital Stock having at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast in the election of managers or directors, as applicable, under ordinary circumstances shall at the time be owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or (ii) any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting interest under ordinary circumstances is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by such Person.

“Surviving Entity” has the meaning provided in Section 5.01(a)(i).

“Tax Sharing Agreement” means the Tax Sharing Agreement dated as of August 16, 2005 between the Company and Huntsman Corporation as in existence on the Issue Date or any amendment thereto or replacement thereof so long as any such amendment or replacement provisions are not more disadvantageous to the Holders of Notes in any material respect than the provisions of the agreement being amended or replaced.

“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as amended, as in effect on the date hereof, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.03.

“Total Assets of Huntsman International” means, as of any determination dates, the total assets of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP at the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which financial statements are available under Section 4.09.

“Trust Officer” means any officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters or, in the case of a successor trustee, an officer assigned to the department, division or group performing the corporate trust work of such successor.

“Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means such successor.

“Unrestricted Global Security” means one or more securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, with the legend provided in Exhibit B hereto, without the Private Placements Legend.

“Unrestricted Notes” means Notes that are not Restricted Securities including, without limitation, the Exchange Notes issued pursuant to a registered exchange offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” of any Person means (i) any Subsidiary of such Person that at the time of determination shall be or continue to be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Huntsman China Investments B.V., Huntsman Distribution Corporation, Huntsman SA Investment Corporation, Huntsman Styrenics Investments Holdings LLC and Huntsman Verwaltungs GmbH and their respective Subsidiaries shall each be Unrestricted Subsidiaries as of the date of this Indenture without further action by the Company or compliance with requirements in this Indenture applicable to such designation. The Board of Managers of the Company may, after the Issue Date, designate any Subsidiary (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary does not own any Capital Stock of, or does not own or hold any Lien on any property of, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; the Company certifies to the Trustee that such designation complies with Section 4.03 and each Subsidiary to be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary and each of its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness under which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. The Board of Managers of the Company may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary only if (x) immediately after giving effect to such designation, the Company is able to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) in compliance with Section 4.12 and (y) immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such designation, no default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Any such designation by the Board of Managers of the Company shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the Board Resolution approving the designation and an officers’ certificate certifying that the designation complied with this Indenture.

“U.S. Government Obligations” means direct obligations (or certificates representing an ownership interest in such obligations) of the United States of America (including any agency or instrumentality thereof) for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of

America is pledged and which are not callable or redeemable at the issuer’s option.

“U.S. Legal Tender” means such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the sum of the total of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payment of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) which will elapse between such date and the making of such payment.

“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person to the extent all of the outstanding Capital Stock or other ownership interests of which (other than in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary, directors’ qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law) are owned by such Person or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of such Person; provided , however , that each of Tioxide Group and Holdings U.K. shall be deemed to Wholly Owned Subsidiaries.

“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

Section 1.02 Incorporation by Reference of TIA . Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, that portion of such provision that is required to be incorporated for this Indenture to be qualified under the TIA is incorporated by reference in, and made a part of, this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

“indenture securities” means the Notes.

“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

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

“obligor” on the Indenture securities means the Company or any other obligor on the Notes.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them therein.

Section 1.03 Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning

27 assigned to it in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Designated Date;

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

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

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

ARTICLE II
THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Form and Dating . Notes and the certificate of authentication relating thereto shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Notes that are Restricted Securities (including the Initial Notes) shall bear the Private Placement Legend. Each Note shall be dated the date of issuance and shall show the date of its authentication. Each Note shall have an executed Guarantee from each of the Guarantors endorsed thereon substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes annexed hereto as Exhibit A, shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

(a) Restricted Global Securities .

(i) Notes that are Restricted Securities shall be issued in the- form of one or more global securities (each, a “Restricted Global Security”) in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, with the legend provided for in Exhibit B hereto, except as otherwise permitted herein.

(ii) Each Restricted Global Security shall be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee and deposited with the Trustee, at its Corporate Trust Office, as custodian for DTC, duly executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. The aggregate principal amount of a Restricted Global Security may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as custodian for DTC, in connection with a corresponding decrease or increase in the aggregate principal amount of an Unrestricted Global Security, as hereinafter provided.

(b) [Reserved] .

(c) Physical Notes . Notes issued in exchange for interests in a Global Note

28 pursuant to Section 2.15 may be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “Physical Notes”).

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount . A duly authorized Officer of the Company shall execute the Notes for the Company, and a duly authorized officer of each Guarantor shall sign the Guarantees for the Guarantors, in each case by manual or facsimile signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note or a Guarantee, as the case may be, was an Officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office or position at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually signs the certificate of authentication on the Note. The signature of such representative of the Trustee shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

On the date hereof, upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Notes for original issue in an initial aggregate principal amount not to exceed $600,000,000. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Exchange Notes in the form of Unrestricted Notes, upon a written notice of the Company for original issuance in the aggregate principal amount specified in such order for original issue in the aggregate principal amount, provided that Exchange Notes shall be issuable only upon the valid surrender for cancellation of Global Securities or other Notes of a like aggregate principal amount. Additional Notes may be issued in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 2.18. Any such Company Order may specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated, whether such Notes are Unrestricted Notes and whether (subject to Section 2.01) the Notes are to be issued as Physical Notes or Global Notes and such other information as the Trustee may reasonably request and, in the case of an issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.18 after the Issue Date, shall certify that such issuance will not be prohibited by Section 4.12.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters (as to which any of such Notes may vote or consent) as one class.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Company and Affiliates of the Company.

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

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company shall maintain an office or agency, where (a) Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for

exchange (“Registrar”), (b) Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment and (c) notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Paying Agent shall not be the Company or an Affiliate of the Company. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company, upon notice to the Trustee, may have one or more co-Registrars and one or more additional paying agents reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may change the Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Agent not a party to this Indenture, which agreement shall incorporate the provisions of the TIA and implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in advance, of the name and address of any such Agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes until such time as such entity has resigned or a successor has been appointed. Any of the Registrar, the Paying Agent or any other agent may resign upon 30 days’ notice to the Company.

Section 2.04 Paying Agent To Hold Assets in Trust . The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all assets held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (whether such assets have been distributed to it by the Company or any other obligor on the Notes), and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and account for any assets disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any payment Default, upon written request to a Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to distribute all assets held by it to the Trustee and to account for any assets distributed. Upon distribution to the Trustee of all assets that shall have been delivered by the Company to the Paying Agent and the completion of any accounting required to be made hereunder, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for such assets.

Section 2.05 Holder Lists . The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA §312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar or Paying Agent, the Company shall furnish annually on each May 15 and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders, which list may be conclusively relied upon by the Trustee.

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange . Subject to Sections 2.15 and 2.16, when Notes are presented to the Registrar or a co-Registrar with a request to register the transfer of such Notes or to exchange such Notes for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar or co-Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transaction are met; provided , however , that the Notes

presented or surrendered for transfer or exchange shall be duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar or co-Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Notes at the Registrar’s or co-Registrar’s written request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith. The Registrar or co-Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note (i) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption pursuant to Section 3.03 and paragraph 5 of the Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing and (ii) selected for redemption in whole or in part pursuant to Article Three, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

Any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such beneficial interest, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry system.

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes . If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note and each of the Guarantors shall execute a Guarantee thereon if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, such Holder must provide an indemnity bond or other indemnity, sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, to protect the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any Agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company and the Trustee may charge such Holder for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing a Note, including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel. Every replacement Note shall constitute an additional obligation of the Company and every replacement Guarantee shall constitute an additional obligation of the Guarantors.

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes . Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except those cancelled by it or a Registrar, those delivered to it or a Registrar for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Subject to Section 2.09, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or any of its Affiliates holds the Note.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement thereof pursuant to Section 2.07.

If on a Redemption Date or the Maturity Date, as applicable, the Paying Agent holds U.S. Legal Tender, U.S. Government Obligations, or a combination thereof sufficient to pay all of the

principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

If on any date which is no earlier than 60 days prior to a Redemption Date, the Company has irrevocably deposited in trust with the Trustee U.S. Legal Tender, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof in an amount sufficient to pay all of the principal, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes payable on such Redemption Date, together with irrevocable instructions from the Company directing the Trustee to apply such funds to the payment thereof on such Redemption Date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then and after the date of such deposit such Notes shall be deemed to be not outstanding for purposes of determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice which requires the consent of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding.

Section 2.09 Treasury Notes . In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver, consent or notice, Notes owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall be considered as though they are not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so considered. The Company shall notify the Trustee, in writing, when it or any of its Affiliates repurchases or otherwise acquires Notes, of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes so repurchased or otherwise acquired.

Section 2.10 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 2.11 Cancellation . The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee, or at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent, and no one else, shall cancel and shall dispose all cancelled Securities in accordance with its customary procedures. Subject to Section 2.07, the Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that the Company has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. Notes redeemed shall be cancelled. However, if the Company shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.11.

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest . The Company will pay interest on overdue principal from time to time on demand at the rate of interest then borne by the Notes. The Company shall, to the extent lawful, pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) from time to time on demand at the rate of interest then borne by the Notes, as applicable. Interest on the Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent lawful) any interest payable on the defaulted interest to the Persons

who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be the fifteenth day next preceding the date fixed by the Company for the payment of defaulted interest or the next succeeding Business Day if such date is not a Business Day. At least 15 days before the subsequent special record date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, a notice that states the subsequent special record date, the payment date and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on such defaulted interest, if any, to be paid.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, any interest which is paid prior to the expiration of the 30-day period set forth in Section 6.01(a) shall be paid to Holders as of the regular record date for the Interest Payment Date for which interest has not been paid.

Section 2.13 CUSIP Numbers . The Company in issuing the Notes may use one or more “CUSIP” and/or “ISIN” numbers, and if so, the Trustee shall use the CUSIP and/or “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided , however , that no representation is hereby deemed to be made by the Trustee as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP numbers printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP or “ISIN” number.

Section 2.14 Deposit of Moneys . Prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on each Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date, and Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall have deposited with each Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date, and Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits each Paying Agent to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date, Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date, and Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, as the case may be.

Section 2.15 Book-Entry Provisions for Global Securities . Except as indicated below in this Section 2.15, the Notes shall be represented only by Global Securities. The Global Securities shall be deposited with a Depositary for such Notes or its custodian (initially, the Trustee) (and shall be registered in the name of such Depositary or its nominee). The Depositary for the Notes shall be DTC unless the Company appoints a successor Depositary by delivery of a Company Order to the Trustee specifying such successor Depositary.

All payments on a Global Security will be made to DTC or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner and Holder of such Global Security. In each case, the Company will be fully discharged by payment to or to the order of such Depositary from any responsibility or liability in respect of each amount so paid. Upon receipt of any such payment in respect of a Global Security, DTC will credit Participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of such Global Security as shown on the records of DTC.

Unless and until it is exchanged in whole or in part for Physical Notes, in accordance with this Section 2.15, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the relevant Depositary or nominee thereof to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor of Depositary or a nominee of such successor.

Owners of beneficial interests in Global Securities shall be entitled or required, as the case may be, but only under the circumstances described in this Section 2.15, to receive physical delivery of Physical Notes.

Interests in a Global Security shall be exchangeable or transferable, as the case may be, for Physical Notes if (i) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security, or DTC ceases to be a “Clearing Agency” registered under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and a successor depositary is not appointed by the Company or (ii) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect thereto and the owner of a beneficial interest therein requests such exchange or transfer. Upon the occurrence of any of the events described in the preceding sentence, the Company shall cause the appropriate Physical Notes to be delivered to the owners of beneficial interests in the Global Securities or the Participants in DTC through which such owners hold their beneficial interest. Physical Notes shall be exchangeable or transferable for interests in other Physical Notes as described herein.

Section 2.16 Transfer and Exchange of Securities .

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Securities . Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture or the Notes, transfers of a Global Security, in whole or in part, transfers and exchanges of interests therein of the kinds described in clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) below and exchange of interests in Global Securities or of other Securities as described in clause (v) below, shall be made only in accordance with this Section 2.16(a). Transfers and exchanges subject to this Section 2.16 shall also be subject to the other provisions of this Indenture that are not inconsistent with this Section 2.16.

(i) General . A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than DTC or a nominee thereof or a successor to DTC or its nominee, and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered; provided that this clause (i) shall not prohibit any transfer of a Security that is issued in exchange for a Global Security but is not itself a Global Security. No transfer of a Note to any Person shall be effective under this Indenture or the Notes unless and until such Note has been registered in the name of such Person. Nothing in this Section 2.16(a)(i) shall prohibit or render ineffective any transfer of a beneficial interest in a Global Security effected in accordance with the other provisions of this Section 2.16(a).

(ii) [Reserved] .

(iii) Restricted Global Security to Unrestricted Global Security . If the Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security wishes at any time to

34 transfer such interest to a Person who wishes to take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security, such transfer may be effected, subject to the Applicable Procedures, only in accordance with this Section 2.16(a)(iii). Upon receipt by the Registrar, of (A) written instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures from an Agent Member directing the Registrar to credit or cause to be credited to a specified Agent Member’s account a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security in a principal amount equal to that of the beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to be so transferred, (B) a written order given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the account of the Agent Member to be credited with, and the account of the Agent Member to be debited for, such beneficial interest and (C) a certificate in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit C given by the Holder of such beneficial interest, the principal amount of the Restricted Global Security shall be reduced, and the principal amount of an Unrestricted Global Security shall be increased, by the principal amount of the beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security to be so transferred, in each case by means of an appropriate adjustment on the records of the Registrar and the Registrar shall instruct DTC or its authorized representative to make a corresponding adjustment to its records and to credit or cause to be credited to the account of the Person specified in such instructions a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Security having a principal amount equal to the amount so transferred.

(iv) [Reserved] .

(v) Exchanges of Global Security for Non-Global Security . In the event that a Global Security or any portion thereof is exchanged for securities other than Global Securities, such other securities may in turn be exchanged (on transfer or otherwise) for Notes that are not Global Securities or for beneficial interests in a Global Security (if any is then outstanding) only in accordance with such procedures, which shall be substantially consistent with the provisions of clauses (i) through (iv) above (including the certification requirements intended to insure that transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests in a Global Security comply with Rule 144A, Rule 144 or Regulation S, as the case may be) and any Applicable Procedures, as may be from time to time adopted by the Company and the Trustee.

(b) [Reserved] .

(c) Global Securities . The provisions of clauses (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv) below shall apply only to Global Securities;

(i) General . Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the appropriate Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor.

(ii) Transfer to Persons Other than Depositary . Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture or the Notes, no Global Security may be exchanged in

35 whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any person other than the appropriate Depositary or a nominee thereof unless (A) DTC notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security, or DTC ceases to be a Clearing Agency registered under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and a successor to DTC is not appointed by the Company or (B) in the case of any Global Security, an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing with respect thereto and the owner of a beneficial interest therein requests such exchange or transfer. Any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (A) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part and any Global Security exchanged pursuant to clause (B) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by DTC. Any Security issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be a Global Security, provided that any such Security so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the appropriate Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Security.

(iii) Global Security to Physical Note . Physical Notes issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof pursuant to clause (ii) above shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, and shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Security or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the appropriate Depositary shall designate and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global Security to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the appropriate Depositary to the Registrar. With regard to any Global Security to be exchanged in part, either such Global Security shall be so surrendered for exchange or if the Trustee is acting as custodian for DTC or its nominee with respect to such Global Security, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee, as Authenticating Agent. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver the Security issuable on such exchange to or upon the order of the appropriate Depositary or an authorized representative thereof.

(iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (ii) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of Physical Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons.

(v) No Rights of Agent Members in Global Security . No Agent Member of any Depositary nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security, or under any Global Security, and each Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Security for all purpos

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INDENTURE

Indenture Agreement

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions .

(i) Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes, the Exchange Notes with respect to the Initial Notes and the related Guarantees;

(ii) Indebtedness incurred under the Credit Facilities pursuant to this clause (ii) in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding the greater of $3.3 billion or 30% of Total Assets of the Company at any one time outstanding;

(iii) other Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on the Issue Date reduced by the amount of any prepayments with Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale (which are accompanied by a corresponding permanent commitment reduction) pursuant to clause (c) of Section 4.15;

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(x) Refinancing Indebtedness;

(xii) Obligations in respect of performance bonds and completion, guarantee, surety and similar bonds provided by the Company or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(xiii) guarantees by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness incurred by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary is otherwise permitted by the terms of this Indenture;

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all Foreign Subsidiaries and (B) 60% of the consolidated book value of the inventory of all Foreign Subsidiaries; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing limitation, Foreign Subsidiaries may incur in the aggregate up to $150 million of Indebtedness outstanding at any one time;

(xvii) the incurrence by a Securitization Entity of Indebtedness in a Qualified Securitization Transaction that is not recourse to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings);

(xviii) Indebtedness of the Company to a Huntsman Affiliate constituting Subordinated Indebtedness;

(xix) Indebtedness consisting of take-or-pay obligations contained in supply agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(xxi) additional Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of $200 million or 2% of Total Assets of the Company at any one time outstanding; and

(xxii) (A) guarantees (“Upstream Guarantees”) issued by the Company or any guarantor of Indebtedness of a Huntsman Public Parent (“Parent Debt”), provided that:

Section 1.03 Rules of Construction . Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

(2) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning

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assigned to it in accordance with GAAP as in effect on the Designated Date;

(3) “or” is not exclusive;

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

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

ARTICLE II THE NOTES

(a) Restricted Global Securities .

(i) Notes that are Restricted Securities shall be issued in the- form of one or more global securities (each, a “Restricted Global Security”) in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons, with the legend provided for in Exhibit B hereto, except as otherwise permitted herein.

(b) [Reserved] .

(c) Physical Notes . Notes issued in exchange for interests in a Global Note

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pursuant to Section 2.15 may be issued in the form of permanent certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in Exhibit A (the “Physical Notes”).

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication; Aggregate Principal Amount . A duly authorized Officer of the Company shall execute the Notes for the Company, and a duly authorized officer of each Guarantor shall sign the Guarantees for the Guarantors, in each case by manual or facsimile signature.

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent . The Company shall maintain an office or agency, where (a) Notes may be presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for

Section 2.10 [Intentionally Omitted].

Section 2.16 Transfer and Exchange of Securities .

(ii) [Reserved] .

(iii) Restricted Global Security to Unrestricted Global Security . If the Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Security wishes at any time to

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(iv) [Reserved] .

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

ARTICLE II
THE NOTES