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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 7/13/2009

INDENTURE, Parties: ben sherman clothing  inc. , oxford industries  inc , us bank national association
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Exhibit 4.1

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of June 30, 2009

Among

OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC.,

THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON SCHEDULE I HERETO,

and

U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee

11.375% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2015

 

 


 

CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

 

 

 

Trust Indenture Act Section

 

Indenture Section

310 (a)(1)

 

7.10

(a)(2)

 

7.10

(a)(3)

 

N.A.

(a)(4)

 

N.A.

(a)(5)

 

7.10

(b)

 

7.10

(c)

 

N.A.

311 (a)

 

7.11

(b)

 

7.11

(c)

 

N.A.

312 (a)

 

2.05

(b)

 

15.03

(c)

 

15.03

313 (a)

 

7.06

(b)(1)

 

N.A.

(b)(2)

 

7.06; 7.07

(c)

 

7.06; 15.02

(d)

 

7.06; 15.02

314 (a)

 

4.03; 15.02; 15.05

(b)

 

11.05

(c)(1)

 

15.04

(c)(2)

 

15.04

(c)(3)

 

N.A.

(d)

 

11.05

(e)

 

14.05

(f)

 

N.A.

315 (a)

 

7.01

(b)

 

7.05; 15.02

(c)

 

7.01

(d)

 

7.01

(e)

 

6.14

316 (a)(last sentence)

 

2.09

(a)(1)(A)

 

6.05

(a)(1)(B)

 

6.04

(a)(2)

 

N.A.

(b)

 

6.07

(c)

 

2.12; 9.04

317 (a)(1)

 

6.08

(a)(2)

 

6.12

(b)

 

2.04

318 (a)

 

15.01

(b)

 

N.A.

(c)

 

15.01

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

*

 

This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

ARTICLE 1

 

 

 

 

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.01 Definitions

 

 

1

 

Section 1.02 Other Definitions

 

 

27

 

Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

 

 

27

 

Section 1.04 Rules of Construction

 

 

28

 

Section 1.05 Acts of Holders

 

 

28

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2

 

 

 

 

 

THE NOTES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms

 

 

29

 

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication

 

 

30

 

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

31

 

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

 

 

31

 

Section 2.05 Holder Lists

 

 

32

 

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange

 

 

32

 

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes

 

 

45

 

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes

 

 

45

 

Section 2.09 Treasury Notes

 

 

46

 

Section 2.10 Temporary Notes

 

 

46

 

Section 2.11 Cancellation

 

 

46

 

Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest

 

 

46

 

Section 2.13 CUSIP and ISIN Numbers

 

 

47

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3

 

 

 

 

 

REDEMPTION

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee

 

 

47

 

Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased

 

 

47

 

Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption

 

 

48

 

Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption

 

 

48

 

Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price

 

 

49

 

Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part

 

 

49

 

Section 3.07 Optional Redemption

 

 

49

 

Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption

 

 

50

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4

 

 

 

 

 

COVENANTS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.01 Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest

 

 

50

 

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Page

 

Section 4.02 Corporate Existence

 

 

50

 

Section 4.03 Payment of Taxes and Other Claims

 

 

51

 

Section 4.04 Maintenance of Properties

 

 

51

 

Section 4.05 Limitation on Indebtedness

 

 

51

 

Section 4.06 Limitation on Restricted Payments

 

 

55

 

Section 4.07 Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

58

 

Section 4.08 Limitation on Liens

 

 

59

 

Section 4.09 Limitation on Sale of Assets

 

 

60

 

Section 4.10 Additional Guarantees

 

 

61

 

Section 4.11 Purchase of Notes upon a Change of Control

 

 

62

 

Section 4.12 Limitation on Subsidiary Preferred Stock

 

 

63

 

Section 4.13 Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries

 

 

64

 

Section 4.14 Limitation on Unrestricted Subsidiaries

 

 

65

 

Section 4.15 Provision of Financial Information

 

 

67

 

Section 4.16 Statement by Officers as to Default

 

 

67

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5

 

 

 

 

 

SUCCESSORS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.01 Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets

 

 

68

 

Section 5.02 Successor Substituted

 

 

70

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6

 

 

 

 

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.01 Events of Default

 

 

70

 

Section 6.02 Acceleration

 

 

72

 

Section 6.03 Other Remedies

 

 

73

 

Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

73

 

Section 6.05 Control by Majority

 

 

73

 

Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits

 

 

74

 

Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment

 

 

74

 

Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee

 

 

74

 

Section 6.09 Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

74

 

Section 6.10 Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

74

 

Section 6.11 Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

 

75

 

Section 6.12 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

75

 

Section 6.13 Priorities

 

 

75

 

Section 6.14 Undertaking for Costs

 

 

76

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7

 

 

 

 

 

TRUSTEE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee

 

 

76

 

Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee

 

 

77

 

Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee

 

 

78

 

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Page

 

Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

78

 

Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults

 

 

78

 

Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes

 

 

78

 

Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

79

 

Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee

 

 

80

 

Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc

 

 

80

 

Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification

 

 

81

 

Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer

 

 

81

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8

 

 

 

 

 

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

81

 

Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge

 

 

81

 

Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance

 

 

82

 

Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

82

 

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

 

 

83

 

Section 8.06 Repayment to Issuer

 

 

84

 

Section 8.07 Reinstatement

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 9

 

 

 

 

 

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

 

 

 

 

Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes

 

 

84

 

Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes

 

 

85

 

Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

 

 

86

 

Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents

 

 

86

 

Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes

 

 

87

 

Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10

 

 

 

 

 

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

 

 

 

 

Section 10.01 Intercreditor Agreement

 

 

88

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11

 

 

 

 

 

COLLATERAL

 

 

 

 

 

Section 11.01 Security Documents

 

 

88

 

Section 11.02 Collateral Agent

 

 

88

 

Section 11.03 Authorization of Actions to Be Taken

 

 

89

 

Section 11.04 Release of Collateral

 

 

89

 

Section 11.05 Filing, Recording and Opinions

 

 

90

 

Section 11.06 Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee

 

 

90

 

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ARTICLE 12

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

APPLICATION OF TRUST MONIES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 12.01 Collateral Account

 

 

91

 

Section 12.02 Withdrawal of Net Cash Proceeds in Connection with Reinvestments

 

 

91

 

Section 12.03 Withdrawal of Net Cash Proceeds to Fund an Offer or Release Following an Offer

 

 

92

 

Section 12.04 Investment of Trust Monies

 

 

92

 

Section 12.05 Application of other Trust Monies

 

 

93

 

ARTICLE 13

 

 

 

 

 

GUARANTEES

 

 

 

 

 

Section 13.01 Guarantee

 

 

93

 

Section 13.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability

 

 

94

 

Section 13.03 Execution and Delivery

 

 

95

 

Section 13.04 Subrogation

 

 

95

 

Section 13.05 Benefits Acknowledged

 

 

95

 

Section 13.06 Release of Guarantees

 

 

95

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 14

 

 

 

 

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

 

 

 

Section 14.01 Satisfaction and Discharge

 

 

96

 

Section 14.02 Application of Trust Money

 

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 15

 

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

 

 

 

Section 15.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls

 

 

97

 

Section 15.02 Notices

 

 

97

 

Section 15.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes

 

 

98

 

Section 15.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

 

 

98

 

Section 15.05 Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

 

 

98

 

Section 15.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents

 

 

99

 

Section 15.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

 

 

99

 

Section 15.08 Governing Law

 

 

99

 

Section 15.09 Force Majeure

 

 

99

 

Section 15.10 Successors

 

 

99

 

Section 15.11 Severability

 

 

99

 

Section 15.12 Counterpart Originals

 

 

100

 

Section 15.13 Table of Contents, Headings, etc

 

 

100

 

Section 15.14 Qualification of Indenture

 

 

100

 

Section 15.15 USA Patriot Act

 

 

100

 

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SCHEDULES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule I            Guarantors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A            Form of Note

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B            Form of Certificate of Transfer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B-1         Form of Certificate for Acquiring Institutional Accredited Investor

 

 

 

 

Exhibit C            Form of Certificate of Exchange

 

 

 

 

Exhibit D            Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors

 

 

 

 

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          INDENTURE, dated as of June 30, 2009, among Oxford Industries, Inc., a Georgia corporation (the “ Issuer ”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) listed on the signature pages hereto, and U.S. Bank National Association, a national banking association duly organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, as Trustee.

W I T N E S S E T H

          WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly authorized the creation of an issue of $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 11.375% Senior Secured Notes due 2015 (the “ Initial Notes ”);

          WHEREAS, the Issuer and each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture;

          WHEREAS, all things necessary (i) to make the Notes, when executed by the Issuer and authenticated and delivered hereunder and duly issued by the Issuer, the valid obligations of the Company, and (ii) to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer, all in accordance with their respective terms, have been done; and

          NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01 Definitions .

          “ 144A Global Note ” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, as the case may be, bearing the Global Note Legend, the OID Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

          “ ABL Obligations ” means (x) the Indebtedness and other obligations which are secured by a Lien on the Collateral permitted by clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” (or to the extent designated to the Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer, clause (q) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”) and (y) obligations in respect of “Bank Products” (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) that are permitted to be secured pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Liens.”

          “ ABL Priority Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

          “ Acquired Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified Person, Indebtedness of any other Person (1) existing at the time such other Person is consolidated or merged with or into, or became a Subsidiary of, such specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person consolidating or merging with or into, or becoming a Subsidiary of, such specified Person, or (2) assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such other Person, in each case, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of such acquisition, as the case may be. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Acquired Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness of such other Person that is extinguished, retired or repaid concurrently with such other Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, or at the time it is consolidated or merged with or into, such specified Person.

 


 

          “ Additional Interest ” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

          “ Additional Notes ” means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes and other than Exchange Notes issued in exchange for such Initial Notes) issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01, 4.05 and 4.08, it being understood that any Notes issued in exchange for or replacement of any Notes shall not be Additional Notes.

          “ Adjusted Treasury Rate ” means the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for the redemption date, calculated in accordance with standard market practice.

          “ Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person: (1) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person; (2) any other Person that owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of any class or series of such specified Person’s (or any of such Person’s direct or indirect parent’s) Capital Stock or any officer or director of any such specified Person or other Person or, with respect to any natural person, any Person having a relationship with such Person by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin; or (3) any other Person 10% or more of the Voting Stock of which is beneficially owned or held directly or indirectly by such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “ control ” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “ controlling ” and “ controlled ” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

          “ Agent ” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

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

          “ Asset Sale ” means any sale, issuance, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition (including, without limitation, by way of merger, consolidation or sale and leaseback transaction) (collectively, a “ transfer ”), directly or indirectly, in one or a series of related transactions, of:

     (1) any Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary;

     (2) all or substantially all of the properties and assets of any division or line of business of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

     (3) any other properties or assets (including any transfer by written contract by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to any other Person of any of its rights to receive all or a portion of the proceeds from the sale by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of any such asset or properties) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary other than in the ordinary course of business.

          For the purposes of this definition, the term “Asset Sale” shall not include any transfer of properties and assets

     (A) that is governed by the provisions of Section 5.01;

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     (B) that is by the Issuer to any Restricted Subsidiary or by any Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that no transfer of Note Priority Collateral to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be included in the exception created by this clause (B),

     (C) that would be within the definition of “Restricted Payment” in Section 4.06 and would be permitted to be made as a Restricted Payment under Section 4.06,

     (D) that is a disposition of Receivables and Related Assets in a Qualified Securitization Transaction for the Fair Market Value thereof including cash or Cash Equivalents in an amount at least equal to 75% of the Fair Market Value thereof,

     (E) that are obsolete, damaged or worn out equipment or otherwise unsuitable for use in the ordinary course of business,

     (F) that is the disposition of Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary,

     (G) that is the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents,

     (H) that is the issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or to another Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity),

     (I) that is the sale, transfer or disposition deemed to occur in connection with creating or granting any Liens permitted by Section 4.08,

     (J) that is the transfer of assets in connection with an Investment permitted by clause (8) or clause (13) of the definition of “Permitted Investment,”

     (K) the Fair Market Value of which in the aggregate does not exceed $5 million in any transaction or series of related transactions, or

     (L) consisting of the licensing of any intellectual property in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

          “ Average Life to Stated Maturity ” means, as of the date of determination with respect to any Indebtedness, the quotient obtained by dividing (1) the sum of the product of (a) the number of years from the date of determination to the date or dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness multiplied by (b) the amount of each such principal payment by (2) the sum of all such principal payments.

          “ Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978, as amended, or any similar United States federal or state law or foreign law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, winding up, liquidation, reorganization or relief of debtors or any amendment to, succession to or change in any such law.

          “ Board of Directors ” means the board of directors or comparable governing body of the Issuer or any Guarantor, as the case may be, or any duly authorized committee of such board or comparable governing body.

          “ Business Day ” means each day which is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, the city in which the principal corporate trust office of the

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Trustee is located or at a place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.

          “ Capital Lease Obligation ” of any Person means any obligation of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a Consolidated basis under any capital lease of (or other agreement conveying the right to use) real or personal property which, in accordance with GAAP, is required to be recorded as a capitalized lease obligation.

          “ Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations, rights in or other equivalents (however designated) of such Person’s capital stock, other equity interests whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date, partnership interests (whether general or limited), limited liability company interests, any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, including any Preferred Stock, and any rights (other than debt securities convertible into Capital Stock), warrants or options exchangeable for or convertible into such Capital Stock.

          “ Cash Equivalents ” means

     (1) any evidence of Indebtedness issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof,

     (2) deposits, certificates of deposit or acceptances of any financial institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System and whose senior unsecured debt is rated at least “A-1” by S&P, or at least “P-1” by Moody’s or any respective successor agency,

     (3) commercial paper with a maturity of 365 days or less issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuer) organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and rated at least “A-1” by S&P and at least “P-1” by Moody’s or any respective successor agency,

     (4) repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements relating to marketable direct obligations issued or unconditionally guaranteed by the United States or issued by any agency thereof and backed by the full faith and credit of the United States maturing within 365 days from the date of acquisition,

     (5) demand and time deposits with a domestic commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve System that are FDIC insured, and

     (6) money market funds which invest substantially all of their assets in securities described in the preceding clauses (1) through (5).

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

     (1) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) 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 shares 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 more than 50% of the total outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer;

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     (2) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Issuer (together with any new directors whose election to such board or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of the Issuer was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of such Board of Directors then in office;

     (3) the Issuer consolidates with or merges with or into any Person or sells, assigns, conveys, transfers, leases or otherwise disposes of all or substantially all of its and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ assets to any Person, or any Person consolidates with or merges into or with the Issuer, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which the outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction where

     (A) the outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer is converted into or exchanged for (1) Voting Stock of the surviving corporation which is not Redeemable Capital Stock or (2) cash, securities and other property (other than Capital Stock of the surviving corporation) in an amount which could be paid by the Issuer as a Restricted Payment under Section 4.06 (and such amount shall be treated as a Restricted Payment for purposes of Section 4.06) and

     (B) immediately after such transaction, no “person” or “group” is 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 more than 50% of the total outstanding Voting Stock of the surviving corporation; or

     (4) the Issuer is liquidated or dissolved or adopts a plan of liquidation or dissolution other than in a transaction which complies with Section 5.01.

For purposes of this definition, any transfer of an equity interest of an entity that was formed for the purpose of acquiring Voting Stock of the Issuer will be deemed to be a transfer of such portion of such Voting Stock as corresponds to the portion of the equity of such entity that has been so transferred.

          “ Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.

          “ Collateral ” means, collectively, all of the property and assets that are from time to time subject to the Lien of (i) the Security Documents (other than the Intercreditor Agreement) or (ii) the last sentence of Section 5.4(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement, including the Liens, if any, required pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.

          “ Collateral Account ” means the collateral account established pursuant to Section 12.01.

          “ Collateral Agent ” means the Trustee, in its capacity as Collateral Agent for the holders of Notes and Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, together with its successors in such capacity.

          “ Commodity Price Protection Agreement ” means any forward contract, commodity swap, commodity option or other similar agreement or arrangement relating to, or the value of which is dependent upon, fluctuations in commodity prices and which does not increase the amount of Indebtedness

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or other obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in commodity prices or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder.

          “ Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the U.S. Treasury security selected by an Independent Investment Banker that would be used, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable maturity to the remaining term of the Notes (assuming the Notes matured on July 15, 2012).

          “ Comparable Treasury Price ” means either (1) the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the redemption date, after excluding the highest and lowest of such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations or (2) if the Trustee obtains fewer than three such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all quotations obtained.

          “ Consolidated EBITDA ” means for any period, the sum, without duplication, of Consolidated Net Income (Loss), and (A) in each case to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (Loss) for such period, (i) Consolidated Interest Expense, (ii) Consolidated Income Tax Expense and (iii) Consolidated Non-cash Charges for such period, of such Person all determined in accordance with GAAP, less (B) (i) all non-cash items increasing or decreasing Consolidated Net Income for such period and (ii) all cash payments during such period relating to Consolidated Non-cash Charges added back to Consolidated Net Income (Loss) pursuant to clause (A)(iii) or (B)(i) above in any prior period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for such prior period; provided that Consolidated EBITDA shall exclude (x) gain or loss on early retirement of Indebtedness and (y) any charges incurred as a result of LIFO adjustments.

          “ Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” of any Person means, for any period of the most recent four fiscal quarters for which consolidated financial statements of the Issuer are available (the “ Four Quarter Period ”), the ratio of

     (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such Four Quarter Period to

     (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such Four Quarter Period (but excluding from Consolidated Interest Expense for this purpose (i) the amortization, expensing or write-off of deferred financing fees relating to the incurrence of Indebtedness and (ii) the accretion of original issue discount on the Initial Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in exchange therefor),

in the case of each of clauses (a) and (b) after giving pro forma effect to:

     (1) the incurrence of the Indebtedness giving rise to the need to make such calculation and (if applicable) the application of the net proceeds therefrom, including to refinance other Indebtedness, as if such Indebtedness was incurred, and the application of such proceeds occurred, on the first day of such Four Quarter Period;

     (2) the incurrence, repayment or retirement of any other Indebtedness by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries since the first day of such Four Quarter Period as if such Indebtedness was incurred, repaid or retired at the beginning of such Four Quarter Period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during such Four Quarter Period);

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     (3) in the case of Acquired Indebtedness or any acquisition occurring at the time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the related acquisition, assuming such acquisition had been consummated on the first day of such Four Quarter Period; and

     (4) any acquisition or disposition by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries of any company or any business or any assets out of the ordinary course of business, whether by merger, stock purchase or sale or asset purchase or sale, or any related repayment of Indebtedness, in each case since the first day of such Four Quarter Period and prior to the date of determination, assuming such acquisition or disposition had been consummated on the first day of such Four Quarter Period;

provided that

     (1) in making such computation, the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to interest on any Indebtedness computed on a pro forma basis and (A) bearing a floating interest rate shall be computed as if the rate in effect on the date of computation had been the applicable rate for the entire Four Quarter Period and (B) which was not outstanding during the Four Quarter Period which bears, at the option of such Person, a fixed or floating rate of interest, shall be computed by applying at the option of such Person either the fixed or floating rate;

     (2) in making such computation, the Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person attributable to interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable Four Quarter Period; and

     (3) whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an acquisition or disposition, such pro forma calculation will be determined in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act or any successor provision.

          “ Consolidated Income Tax Expense ” of any Person means, for any period, the provision for federal, state, local and foreign income taxes of such Person and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined in accordance with GAAP.

          “ Consolidated Interest Expense ” of any Person means, without duplication, for any period, the sum of

     (a) the interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, including, without limitation,

     (1) amortization of debt discount,

     (2) the net cost (benefit) associated with Interest Rate Agreements (including amortization of discounts),

     (3) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation,

     (4) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and

     (5) accrued interest, plus

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     (b) (1) the interest component of the Capital Lease Obligations paid, accrued and/or scheduled to be paid or accrued by such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period and

     (2) all capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus

     (c) the interest expense under any Guaranteed Debt of such Person and any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent not included under clause (a)(4) above, whether or not paid by such Person or its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus

     (d) dividend requirements of the Issuer with respect to Redeemable Capital Stock and of any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to Preferred Stock (except, in either case, dividends payable solely in shares of Qualified Capital Stock of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be).

          “ Consolidated Net Income (Loss) ” of any Person means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis as determined in accordance with GAAP, adjusted, to the extent included in calculating such net income (or loss), by excluding, without duplication,

     (1) all extraordinary gains or losses net of taxes (less all fees and expenses relating thereto),

     (2) the portion of net income (or loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis allocable to minority interests in unconsolidated Persons or Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the extent that cash dividends or distributions have not actually been received by such Person or one of its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries,

     (3) any gain or loss, net of taxes, realized upon the termination of any employee pension benefit plan,

     (4) gains or losses, net of taxes (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), in respect of dispositions of assets other than in the ordinary course of business,

     (5) the net income of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the declaration of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that income is not at the time permitted, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter, any agreement or applicable law, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or other distributions actually paid to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary,

     (6) any net gain or loss arising from the acquisition of any securities or extinguishment, under GAAP, of any Indebtedness of such Person,

     (7) any non-cash goodwill or intangible asset impairment charges resulting from the application of SFAS No. 142,

     (8) any non-cash charges incurred relating to the underfunded portion of any pension plan,

     (9) any non-cash charges resulting from the application of SFAS No. 123,

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

     (11) any non-cash compensation charges or other non-cash expenses or charges arising from the grant of or issuance or repricing of stock, stock options or other equity-based awards or any amendment, modification, substitution or change of any such stock, stock options or other equity-based awards, and

     (12) any non-cash impairment charges recorded with respect to long-lived assets in connection with the application of SFAS No. 144 and any non-cash write-downs attributable to joint ventures held by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under APB 19.

          “ Consolidated Net Tangible Assets ” of any Person means, for any period, the total amount of assets (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting (1) all current liabilities and (2) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount and expense and other intangibles, all as set forth on the Issuer’s most recent consolidated balance sheet and computed in accordance with GAAP.

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

          “ Consolidated Total Debt ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries that would be required to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet (excluding the notes thereto) of the Issuer as of such date.

          “ Consolidated Total Debt Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt on the date of determination to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recent four fiscal quarter period, ending prior to such date for which the Issuer has consolidated financial statements available, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated EBITDA as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.”

          “ Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 15.02 or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and the Issuer.

          “ Credit Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated August 15, 2008, as amended, among the Issuer and certain of its Subsidiaries, as borrowers thereunder, the Issuer’s Subsidiaries which are guarantors thereof, certain lenders party thereto, and certain agents party thereto, together with the related documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith (including, without limitation, any guarantees, notes and security documents), as such agreement, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, may be amended, renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced, restructured, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including increasing the amount available for borrowing thereunder and including refinancing with the same or different lenders or agents or any agreement extending the maturity of, or increasing the commitments to extend, Indebtedness or any commitment to extend such Indebtedness, and any successor or replacement agreements and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders).

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          “ Credit Facility ” means one or more credit or debt facilities (including, without limitation, any credit or debt facilities provided under the Credit Agreement), commercial paper facilities or other debt instruments, indentures or agreements providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other debt obligations, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, restructured, supplemented, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time, including without limitation any amendment increasing the amount of Indebtedness incurred or available to be borrowed thereunder, extending the maturity of any Indebtedness incurred thereunder or contemplated thereby or deleting, adding or substituting one or more parties thereto (whether or not such added or substituted parties are banks or other lenders).

          “ Currency Hedging Agreements ” means foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements or other similar agreements or arrangements designed to protect against the fluctuations in currency values and that relate to (1) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and/or (2) obligations to purchase or sell assets or properties; provided , however , that such Currency Hedging Agreements do not increase the Indebtedness or other obligations of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary outstanding other than as a result of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder.

          “ Custodian ” means the Paying Agent and Registrar, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.

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

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

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

          “ Designated Non-cash Consideration ” means the Fair Market Value, as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale.

          “ Discharge of ABL Obligations ” has the meaning provided in the Intercreditor Agreement.

          “ Disinterested Director ” means, with respect to any transaction or series of related transactions, a member of the Board of Directors of the Issuer who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction or series of related transactions.

          “ Equity Offering ” means any public offering or private sale for cash of common stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock) of the Issuer (other than public offerings with respect to a registration statement on Form S-4 (or any successor form covering substantially the same transactions), Form S-8 (or any successor form covering substantially the same transactions) or otherwise relating to equity securities issuable under any employee benefit plan of the Issuer).

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

          “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.

          “ Exchange Notes ” means any notes issued in exchange for the Notes pursuant to Section 2.06(f).

          “ Exchange Offer ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

          “ Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

          “ Excluded Subsidiary ” shall mean any Person acquired or formed after August 15, 2008 which (i) is a Subsidiary of the Issuer, (ii) is not a wholly owned Subsidiary of the Issuer and (iii) is (or whose parent is) contractually prohibited from becoming a Guarantor or granting a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or having its Capital Stock pledged to secure the Indenture Obligations and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations; provided , however , if such Subsidiary is not contractually prohibited from taking all of the actions described in clause (iii) above, then it shall be deemed an “Excluded Subsidiary” only with respect to the actions which it or its parent is contractually prohibited from taking.

          “ Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset or property, the sale value that would be obtained in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under no compulsion to buy. Fair Market Value shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Issuer acting in good faith.

          “ Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that (x) is not organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or (y) was organized under the laws of the United States or any state thereof or the District of Columbia and that has no material assets other than Capital Stock of one or more foreign entities of the type described in clause (x) above and is not a guarantor of Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement (including, without limitation, Oxford Private Limited of Delaware, Inc.).

          “ 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 have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect on the Issue Date.

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

          “ Global Notes ” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b), 2.06(d), 2.06(f) or 2.06(j).

          “ Government Securities ” means securities that are:

     (1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

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     (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,

which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.

          “ Guarantee ” means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuer’s Indenture Obligations made pursuant to Article 13.

          “ Guaranteed Debt ” of any Person means, without duplication, all Indebtedness of any other Person referred to in the definition of “Indebtedness” below guaranteed directly or indirectly in any manner by such Person, or in effect guaranteed directly or indirectly by such Person through an agreement

     (1) to pay or purchase such Indebtedness or to advance or supply funds for the payment or purchase of such Indebtedness,

     (2) to purchase, sell or lease (as lessee or lessor) property, or to purchase or sell services, primarily for the purpose of enabling the debtor to make payment of such Indebtedness or to assure the holder of such Indebtedness against loss,

     (3) to supply funds to, or in any other manner invest in, the debtor (including any agreement to pay for property or services without requiring that such property be received or such services be rendered),

     (4) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the debtor, or otherwise to maintain the net worth, solvency or other financial condition of the debtor or to cause such debtor to achieve certain levels of financial performance or

     (5) otherwise to assure a creditor against loss;

provided that the term “guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business.

          “ Guarantor ” means any Subsidiary which is a Guarantor of the Notes, including any Person that is required after the Issue Date to execute a Guarantee of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.10, until a successor replaces such party pursuant to Section 5.01 and, thereafter, shall mean such successor.

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

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

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

     (1) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services, excluding any trade payables and other accrued current liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business, but including, without limitation, all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in connection with any letters of credit issued under letter of credit facilities, acceptance facilities or other similar facilities,

     (2) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or other similar instruments,

     (3) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person (even if the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement in the event of default are limited to repossession or sale of such property), but excluding trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business,

     (4) all obligations under Interest Rate Agreements, Currency Hedging Agreements or Commodity Price Protection Agreements of such Person (the amount of any such obligations to be equal at any time to the termination value of such agreement or arrangement giving rise to such obligation that would be payable by such Person at such time),

     (5) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person,

     (6) all Indebtedness referred to in clauses (1) through (5) above of other Persons, the payment of which is secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon or with respect to property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness,

     (7) all Guaranteed Debt of such Person,

     (8) all Redeemable Capital Stock issued by such Person valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid dividends,

     (9) all amounts outstanding and other obligations of such Person in respect of a Qualified Securitization Transaction, and

     (10) attributable debt with respect to sale and leaseback transactions.

For purposes hereof, the “ maximum fixed repurchase price ” of any Redeemable Capital Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Redeemable Capital Stock as if such Redeemable 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 Redeemable Capital Stock, such Fair Market Value to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the issuer of such Redeemable Capital Stock.

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

          “ Indenture Obligations ” means the obligations of the Issuer and any other obligor under this Indenture or under the Notes, including any Guarantor, to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest when due and payable, and all other amounts due or to become due under or in connection with this

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Indenture, the Notes and the performance of all other obligations to the Trustee and the Holders under this Indenture and the Notes, according to the respective terms thereof.

          “ Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers that the Issuer appoints.

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

          “ Initial Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.

          “ Initial Purchasers ” means Banc of America Securities LLC, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and the other initial purchasers party to the purchase agreement related to the Notes.

          “ Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ” means:

     (1) any case commenced by or against the Issuer or any Guarantor under any Bankruptcy Law for the relief of debtors, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Issuer or any Guarantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Issuer or any Guarantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Issuer or any Guarantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;

     (2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Issuer or any Guarantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or

     (3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Issuer or any Guarantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.

          “ Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who is not also a QIB.

          “ Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 30, 2009 by and among SunTrust Bank, as initial ABL Agent, U.S. Bank National Association, as notes agent, the Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors, as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

          “ Interest Payment Date ” means January 15 and July 15 of each year to Maturity.

          “ Interest Rate Agreements ” means interest rate protection agreements (including, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements) and/or other types of interest rate hedging agreements or arrangements designed to protect against or manage exposure to fluctuations in interest rates in respect of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.

          “ Investment ” means, with respect to any Person, directly or indirectly, any advance, loan (including guarantees) or other extension of credit 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, acquisition or ownership by such Person of any Capital Stock, bonds, notes, debentures

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or other securities issued by, any other Person and all other items that would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. “Investment” shall exclude direct or indirect advances to customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid expenses or deposits on the Issuer’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet, endorsements for collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of business and extensions of trade credit on commercially reasonable terms in accordance with normal trade practices. If the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Issuer such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than the sale of all of the outstanding Capital Stock of such Subsidiary), the Issuer will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of such sale or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Issuer’s Investments in such Subsidiary that were not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in Section 4.09.

          “ Issue Date ” means the original issue date of the Notes under this Indenture.

          “ Issuer ” means Oxford Industries, Inc, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Georgia, until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.

          “ Letter of Transmittal ” means the letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Issuer and sent to all Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the Exchange Offer.

          “ Lien ” means any mortgage or deed of trust, charge, pledge, lien (statutory or otherwise), privilege, security interest, assignment, deposit, arrangement, easement, hypothecation, claim, preference, priority or other encumbrance upon or with respect to any property of any kind (including any conditional sale, capital lease or other title retention agreement, any leases in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest), real or personal, movable or immovable, now owned or hereafter acquired. A Person will be deemed to own subject to a Lien any property which it has acquired or holds subject to the interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, Capital Lease Obligation or other title retention agreement.

          “ Maturity ” means, when used with respect to the Notes, the date on which the principal of the Notes becomes due and payable as therein provided or as provided in this Indenture, whether at Stated Maturity, the Offer Date or the redemption date and whether by declaration of acceleration, Offer in respect of Excess Proceeds, Change of Control Offer in respect of a Change of Control, call for redemption or otherwise.

          “ Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

          “ Net Cash Proceeds ” means

     (a) with respect to any Asset Sale by any Person, the proceeds thereof (without duplication in respect of all Asset Sales) in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary) net of

     (1) brokerage commissions and other reasonable fees and expenses (including fees and expenses of counsel and investment bankers) related to such Asset Sale,

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     (2) provisions for all taxes payable as a result of such Asset Sale,

     (3) except in the case of Liens ranking junior to the Liens securing the Notes, payments made to retire Indebtedness where payment of such Indebtedness is secured by the assets or properties the subject of such Asset Sale,

     (4) in the case of an Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary, distributions and other payments required to be made to minority shareholders, partners or members of such Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such Asset Sale,

     (5) amounts required to be paid to any Person (other than the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets subject to the Asset Sale and

     (6) appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer 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 Issuer 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, all as reflected in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee; and

     (b) with respect to any issuance or sale of Subordinated Indebtedness, Capital Stock or options, warrants or rights to purchase Capital Stock, or debt securities or Capital Stock that have been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock as referred to in Section 4.06, the proceeds of such issuance or sale in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents including payments in respect of deferred payment obligations when received in the form of, or stock or other assets when disposed of for, cash or Cash Equivalents (except to the extent that such obligations are financed or sold with recourse to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary), net of attorney’s fees, accountant’s fees and brokerage, consultation, underwriting and other fees and expenses actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

          “ Non-recourse Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, Indebtedness of such Person as to which the Issuer and any Restricted Subsidiary may not be directly or indirectly liable (by virtue of the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary being the primary obligor on, guarantor of, or otherwise liable in any respect to, such Indebtedness), and which, upon the occurrence of a default with respect to such Indebtedness, does not result in, or permit any holder of any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to declare, a default on such Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or cause the payment of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity.

          “ Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

          “ Note Liens ” means all Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent on Collateral securing the Indenture Obligations and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations.

          “ Notes ” means any Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture including Initial Notes, Exchange Notes and any Additional Notes.

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          “ Note Priority Collateral ” means Collateral constituting Note Priority Collateral under the Intercreditor Agreement.

          “ Obligations ” means any principal, premium, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

          “ Offering Memorandum ” means the offering memorandum, dated June 23, 2009, relating to the sale of the Initial Notes.

          “ Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Issuer or a Guarantor, as applicable.

          “ Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by an Officer of the Issuer or on behalf of a Guarantor by an Officer of such Guarantor (or, if applicable, such Guarantor’s sole member or general partner) as applicable, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.

          “ OID Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(iv) to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture that have more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

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

          “ Pari Passu Indebtedness ” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer that is not contractually subordinated to the Notes.

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

          “ Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations ” means obligations under any Additional Notes or any other Indebtedness (whether or not consisting of Additional Notes) secured by the Note Liens; provided that if, after giving effect to the Incurrence thereof, the aggregate principal amount of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations issued following the Issue Date would exceed $50 million (excluding any Indebtedness secured by the Note Liens in reliance on clause (q) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”), then immediately after giving effect to the incurrence of such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, the Consolidated Total Debt Ratio of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than or equal to 3.25:1.0; provided that (i) the trustee or agent under such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligation executes a joinder agreement to the Security Agreement in the form attached thereto agreeing to be bound thereby and (ii) the Issuer has designated such Indebtedness as “Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations” under the Security Agreement.

          “ Permitted Business ” means the business conducted by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date and the business reasonably related, complementary or ancillary thereto, including reasonably related extensions or expansions thereof.

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          “ Permitted Investment ” means

     (1) Investments in the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity and other than a transfer of Note Priority Collateral to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor) or any Person which, as a result of such Investment, (a) becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity) or (b) is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity);

     (2) Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary described under clauses (3), (4), (5), (6) and (7) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;

     (3) Investments in any of the Notes;

     (4) Investments in Cash Equivalents;

     (5) Investments acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale permitted by Section 4.09 to the extent such Investments are non-cash proceeds as permitted thereunder;

     (6) Investments by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a Securitization Entity in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction, which Investment consists of a retained interest in transferred Receivables and Related Assets;

     (7) (x) Investments in existence on the Issue Date and (y) an Investment in any Person to the extent such Investment replaces or refinances an Investment covered by clause (x) above or this clause (y) in an amount not exceeding the amount of the Investment being replaced or refinanced; provided , however , that the Investment under clause (y) is on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole than the Investment being replaced or refinanced;

     (8) Investments in a Related Business Entity in the aggregate amount outstanding at any one time of up to 2.5% of the Issuer’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets;

     (9) Investments in a Person whose primary business is a Permitted Business acquired in exchange for the issuance of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Capital Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary) or acquired with the net cash proceeds received by the Issuer after the Issue Date from the issuance and sale of Capital Stock (other than Redeemable Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary); provided that such Net Cash Proceeds are used to make such Investment within 30 days of the receipt thereof and the amount of all such Net Cash Proceeds will be excluded from Section 4.06(a)(3)(B);

     (10) Investments in prepaid expenses, negotiable instruments held for collection and lease, utility and worker’s compensation, performance and other similar deposits provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business;

     (11) loans or advances to employees of the Issuer in the ordinary course of business for bona fide business purposes of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including travel, entertainment and moving expenses) made in compliance with applicable law;

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

     (13) other Investments in the aggregate amount outstanding at any one time of up to $15 million.

In connection with any assets or property contributed or transferred to any Person as an Investment, such property and assets shall be equal to the Fair Market Value at the time of Investment.

          “ Permitted Lien ” means:

     (a) any Lien existing as of the Issue Date on Indebtedness existing on the Issue Date;

     (b) any Lien with respect to the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Facility so long as the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Credit Agreement or any successor Credit Facility does not exceed the principal amount which could be borrowed under clause (1) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”;

     (c) any Lien arising by reason of

     (1) any judgment, decree or order of any court, so long as such Lien is promptly adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

     (2) taxes not yet delinquent or which are being contested in good faith;

     (3) security for payment of workers’ compensation or other insurance;

     (4) good faith deposits in connection with tenders, leases or contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money);

     (5) zoning restrictions, easements, licenses, reservations, title defects, rights of others for rights of way, utilities, sewers, electric lines, telephone or telegraph lines, and other similar purposes, provisions, covenants, conditions, waivers, restrictions on the use of property or minor irregularities of title (and with respect to leasehold interests, mortgages, obligations, liens and other encumbrances incurred, created, assumed or permitted to exist and arising by, through or under a landlord or owner of the leased property, with or without consent of the lessee), none of which materially impairs the use of any parcel of property material to the operation of the business of the Issuer or any Subsidiary or the value of such property for the purpose of such business;

     (6) deposits to secure public or statutory obligations, or in lieu of surety or appeal bonds; or

     (7) operation of law in favor of mechanics, carriers, warehousemen, landlords, materialmen, laborers, employees or suppliers, incurred in the ordinary course of

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business for sums which are not yet delinquent or are being contested in good faith by negotiations or by appropriate proceedings which suspend the collection thereof;

     (d) any Lien securing Acquired Indebtedness created prior to (and not created in connection with or in contemplation of) the incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Issuer or any Subsidiary and which does not extend to any assets other than the assets acquired;

     (e) any Lien to secure the performance bids, trade contracts, leases (including, without limitation, statutory and common law landlord’s liens), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, letters of credit and other obligations of a like nature and incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer or any Subsidiary;

     (f) any Lien securing obligations under Interest Rate Agreements, Commodity Price Protection Agreements and Currency Hedging Agreements;

     (g) any Lien securing Capital Lease Obligations or Purchase Money Obligations incurred in accordance with this Indenture (including clause (8) of the definition of “Permitted Indebtedness”);

     (h) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

     (i) banker’s Liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depositary institution; provided that:

     (1) such deposit account is not a dedicated cash collateral account and is not subject to restrictions against access by the Issuer in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board or other applicable law; and

     (2) such deposit account is not intended by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to provide collateral to the depository institution;

     (j) Liens on property, assets or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that such Liens are not created, incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , further , that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and assets fixed or appurtenant thereto;

     (k) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Securitization Entity);

     (l) Liens securing the Notes and the Guarantees issued on the Issue Date (and any Exchange Notes and related Guarantees issued in exchange therefor);

     (m) Liens on assets transferred to a Securitization Entity or on assets of a Securitization Entity, in either case incurred in connection with a Qualified Securitization Transaction;

     (n) Liens on property of any Foreign Subsidiary securing Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary permitted by Section 4.05;

     (o) Liens securing Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations;

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     (p) any extension, renewal, refinancing or replacement, in whole or in part, of any Lien described in the foregoing clauses (a) through (m) and this clause (p) so long as no additional collateral is granted as security thereby; and

     (q) in addition to the items referred to in clauses (a) through (p) above, Liens of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on Indebtedness in an aggregate amount which, when taken together with the aggregate amount of all other Liens on Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (q) and then outstanding, will not exceed 7.5% of the Issuer’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets at any one time outstanding.

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

          “ plan of reorganization ” means any plan of reorganization, plan of liquidation, agreement for composition, or other type of plan of arrangement proposed in or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

          “ Preferred Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over the Capital Stock of any other class in such Person.

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

          “ Purchase Money Obligation ” means any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on assets related to the business of the Issuer and any additions and accessions thereto, which are purchased or constructed by the Issuer at any time after the Issue Date; provided that

     (1) the security agreement or conditional sales or other title retention contract pursuant to which the Lien on such assets is created (collectively a “ Purchase Money Security Agreement ”) shall be entered into within 360 days after the purchase or substantial completion of the construction of such assets and shall at all times be confined solely to the assets so purchased or acquired, any additions and accessions thereto and any proceeds therefrom,

     (2) at no time shall the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Indebtedness secured thereby be increased, except in connection with the purchase of additions and accessions thereto and except in respect of fees and other obligations in respect of such Indebtedness, and

     (3) (A) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness secured thereby (determined on a per asset basis in the case of any additions and accessions) shall not at the time such Purchase Money Security Agreement is entered into exceed 100% of the purchase price to the Issuer of the assets subject thereto or (B) the Indebtedness secured thereby shall be with recourse solely to the assets so purchased or acquired, any additions and accessions thereto and any proceeds therefrom.

          “ Purchase Money Security Agreement ” has the meaning ascribed thereto under the definition of “Purchase Money Obligation.”

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

          “ Qualified Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all Capital Stock of such Person other than Redeemable Capital Stock.

          “ Qualified Securitization Transaction ” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which (a) the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to a Securitization Entity its interests in Receivables and Related Assets and (b) such Securitization Entity transfers to any other Person, or grants a security interest in, such Receivables and Related Assets, pursuant to a transaction customary in the industry which is used to achieve a transfer of financial assets under GAAP.

          “ Receivables and Related Assets ” means any account receivable (whether now existing or arising hereafter) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, and any assets related thereto including 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 which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with an asset securitization transaction involving accounts receivable.

          “ Record Date ” for the interest or Additional Interest, if any, payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means January 1 or July 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

          “ Redeemable Capital Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, either by its terms or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable (at the option of the holders thereof), is, or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be, required to be redeemed (at the option of the holders thereof) prior to the Maturity of the Notes (other than upon a change of control of or sale of assets by the Issuer in circumstances where the Holders of the Notes would have similar rights), or is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any time prior to the Maturity of the Notes at the option of the holder thereof.

          “ Redemption Date ” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed pursuant to any provision in this Indenture means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to this Indenture.

          “ Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Banc of America Securities LLC (and its successors) and any other nationally recognized investment banking firm specified from time to time by the Issuer that is a primary U.S. government securities dealer.

          “ Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means, with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any redemption date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer as of 3:30 p.m., New York time, on the third business day preceding the redemption date.

          “ Registration Rights Agreement ” means the Registration Rights Agreement related to the Notes, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more registration rights agreements between the Issuer and the other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights given by the Issuer to the purchasers of Additional Notes to have the exchange or resale of such Additional Notes registered under the Securities Act.

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

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

          “ Related Business Entity ” means

     (1) any corporation at least 35% of the outstanding voting power of the Voting Stock of which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer, or

     (2) any other Person in which the Issuer, directly or indirectly, has at least 35% of the outstanding partnership, equity or other similar interests,

which, in the case of (1) or (2) above, conducts its principal business as a Permitted Business.

          “ Replacement Assets ” means properties or assets to replace the properties or assets that were the subject of an Asset Sale or properties and assets that will be used in businesses of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, existing at the time such assets are sold or Capital Stock of a Person, the principal portion of whose assets consist of such property or assets; provided that in the case of a sale of Note Priority Collateral such replacement properties or assets constitute Collateral (and in the case of a sale of Tommy Bahama Collateral, such properties or assets constitute Note Priority Collateral).

          “ Responsible Officer ” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any managing director, director, vice president, assistant vice president, 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 Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend and the OID Legend.

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

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

          “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer that has not been designated by the Board of Directors of the Issuer by a board resolution delivered to the Trustee as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.14.

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

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

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

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

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          “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

          “ SEC ” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

          “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any successor statute, and the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC thereunder.

          “ Securitization Entity ” means a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (or another Person in which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer makes an Investment and to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer transfers Receivables and Related Assets) that, in the case of a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Receivables and Related Assets and that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Issuer (as provided below) as a Securitization Entity and:

     (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which:

     (1) is guaranteed by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (excluding Guarantees (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings);

     (2) is recourse to or obligates the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Securitization Entity) in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or

     (3) subjects any property or asset of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Securitization Entity), directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

     (b) with which neither the Issuer nor any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Securitization Entity) has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms no less favorable to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Issuer, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivable of such entity;

     (c) to which neither the Issuer nor any Restricted Subsidiary (other than such Securitization Entity) has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results; and

     (d) such entity is a qualified special purpose entity in accordance with GAAP.

          Any designation of a Subsidiary as a Securitization Entity shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer giving effect to the designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that the designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by this Indenture.

          “ Security Agreement ” means the Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2009, by and among the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms.

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          “ Security Documents ” means the Security Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and all of the security agreements, pledges, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, trust deeds or other instruments evidencing or creating or purporting to create any security interests in favor of the Collateral Agent for its benefit and for the benefit of the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and the holders of any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, in all or any portion of the Collateral, as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time.

          “ Shelf Registration Statement ” means the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.

          “ Significant Subsidiary ” means, at any time, any Restricted Subsidiary that qualifies at such time as a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC (as in effect on the Issue Date).

          “ Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that are reasonably customary in an accounts receivable securitization transaction.

          “ Stated Maturity ” means, when used with respect to any Indebtedness or any installment of interest thereon, the dates specified in such Indebtedness as the fixed date on which the principal of such Indebtedness or such installment of interest, as the case may be, is due and payable.

          “ Subordinated Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Guarantor that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or a Guarantee, as the case may be.

          “ Subsidiary ” of a Person means

     (1) any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting power of the Voting Stock of which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, or

     (2) any limited partnership of which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner, or

     (3) any other Person in which such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person, or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, have more than 50% of the outstanding partnership or similar interests or have the power, by contract or otherwise, to direct or cause the direction of the policies, management and affairs thereof.

          “ Tommy Bahama Collateral ” means any Note Priority Collateral (i) consisting of the Tommy Bahama trademarks and related rights or (ii) which was acquired with the proceeds of the Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale of Note Priority Collateral described in clause (i).

          “ Transfer Agent ” means the Person specified in Section 2.03 as the Transfer Agent, and any and all successors thereto, to receive on behalf of the Registrar any Notes or Exchange Notes for transfer or exchange pursuant to this Indenture.

          “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any successor statute.

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          “ Trustee ” means U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with Section 7.08 and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

          “ Trust Monies ” means all cash and Cash Equivalents:

     (1) received by the Issuer upon the release of Collateral from the Lien of this Indenture or the Security Documents in connection with any Asset Sale; or

     (2) received by the Collateral Agent as proceeds of any sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation or other realization of or from all or any part of the Collateral pursuant to this Indenture or any of the Security Documents;

provided , however , that Trust Monies shall in no event include any property deposited with the Trustee for any redemption, Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of Notes, for the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or to pay the purchase price of Notes and any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations pursuant to an Offer in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and shall not include any cash received or applicable by the Trustee in payment of its fees and expenses (or, prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations, any amounts attributable to ABL Priority Collateral).

          “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided , however , that, at any time, if by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of the Collateral Agent’s security interest in any item or portion of the Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other that the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, at such time, in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection or priority and for purposes of definitions relating to such provisions.

          “ Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

          “ Unrestricted Global Note ” means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, that bears the Global Note Legend and the OID Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

          “ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than a Guarantor) designated as such pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.14.

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

          “ Voting Stock ” of a Person means Capital Stock of such Person of the class or classes pursuant to which the holders thereof have the general voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect at least a majority of the Board of Directors, managers or trustees of such Person (irrespective of whether or not at the time Capital Stock of any other class or classes shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency).

          “ Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary all the Capital Stock of which is owned by the Issuer or another Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares).

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Section 1.02 Other Definitions .

 

 

 

 

 

Term

 

Defined in Section

“Authentication Order”

 

 

2.02

 

“Change of Control Offer”

 

 

4.11

 

“Change of Control Purchase Date”

 

 

4.11

 

“Change of Control Purchase Notice”

 

 

4.11

 

“Change of Control Purchase Price”

 

 

4.11

 

“Covenant Defeasance”

 

 

8.03

 

“Designation Amount”

 

 

4.14

 

“DTC”

 

 

2.03

 

“Event of Default”

 

 

6.01

 

“Excess Proceeds”

 

 

4.09

 

“incur”

 

 

4.05

 

“Legal Defeasance”

 

 

8.02

 

“Note Register”

 

 

2.03

 

“Offer”

 

 

4.09

 

“Paying Agent”

 

 

2.03

 

“Permitted Indebtedness”

 

 

4.05

 

“Permitted Payment”

 

 

4.06

 

“refinancing”

 

 

4.05

 

“Registrar”

 

 

2.03

 

“Required Filing Date”

 

 

4.15

 

“Restricted Payment”

 

 

4.06

 

“Surviving Entity”

 

 

5.01

 

“Surviving Guarantor Entity”

 

 

5.01

 

Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act .

          Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

          The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

     “indenture securities” means the Notes;

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

     “indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

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

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

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

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Section 1.04 Rules of Construction .

     Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

     (b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

     (c) “or” is not exclusive;

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

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

     (f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

     (g) references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

     (h) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” “Section” or “clause” refers to an Article, Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

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

Section 1.05 Acts of Holders .

          (a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

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

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

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          (d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

          (e) The Issuer may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Issuer prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.

          (f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.

          (g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC, that is the Holder of a Global Note may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC, as the Holder of a Global Note, may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

          (h) The Issuer may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01 Form and Dating; Terms .

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

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          (b)  Global Notes . Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as applicable, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06.

          (c)  [ Reserved]

          (d)  Terms . The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

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

          The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Issuer pursuant to an Offer as provided in Section 4.09 or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.11. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.

          Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Issuer without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise (other than with respect to the purchase price thereof and the date from which the interest accrues) as the Initial Notes; provided that the Issuer’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Issuer’s compliance with Section 4.05 and Section 4.08. Except as described under Article 9, the Notes offered by the Issuer and any Additional Notes subsequently issued under this Indenture will be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase. Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “Notes” for all purposes of this Indenture include any Additional Notes that are actually issued. Any Additional Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

          (e)  Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable . The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication .

          At least one Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.

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

          A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form provided for in Exhibit A attached hereto, by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

          On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an issuer order (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall upon an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver any (i) Additional Notes and (ii) Exchange Notes or private exchange notes for issue only in an Exchange Offer or a private exchange, respectively, pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement, for a like principal amount of Initial Notes. Such Authentication Order shall specify the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and, in the case of any issuance of Additional Notes pursuant to Section 2.01, shall certify that such issuance is in compliance with Section 4.05 and Section 4.08.

          The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Issuer.

Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent .

          The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”), including an office or agency for such purposes in the City of New York, which shall initially be the corporate trust office of the Trustee located in the City of New York. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (“ Note Register ”) and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

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

          The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Paying Agent, Registrar and Transfer Agent for the Notes and the Registrar to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .

          The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary) shall have no further

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liability for the money. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuer, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

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 all Holders and shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at least two Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes and the Issuer shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a).

Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange .

          (a)  Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note unless (i) the Depositary (x) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days, (ii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default with respect to the Notes or (iii) the Issuer in its sole discretion executes and delivers an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above and pursuant to Section 2.06(c), (e) or (f). A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); provided , however , beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Sections 2.06(b), (c), (f) and (j).

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

     (i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided , however , that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial

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Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

     (ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes . In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i), the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903; provided , further , that in no event shall a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note be credited, or an Unrestricted Definitive Note be issued, to a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer. Upon consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Issuer in accordance with Section 2.06(f), the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h).

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

     (A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

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

     (C) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) of Exhibit B , if applicable.

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Note may be exchanged by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) and:

     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

     (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (C) such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (D) the Registrar receives the following:

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

     (2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or

     (E) such transfer is effected pursuant to an automatic exchange in accordance with Section 2.06(j) of this Indenture.

     If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B), (D) or (E) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (B), (D) or (E) above.

     Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.

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

                    (i)  Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in paragraph (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.06(a) and receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

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

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

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

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

     (E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;

     (F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, or

     (G) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;

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

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          (ii)  Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Global Note to Definitive Notes . Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C), a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period.

          (iii)  Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.06(a) and if:

     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

     (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (C) such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (D) the Registrar receives the following:

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

     (2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or

     (E) such transfer is effected pursuant to an automatic exchange in accordance with Section 2.06(j) of this Indenture.

          (iv)  Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in subsection (i), (ii) or (iii) of Section 2.06(a) and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to

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the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

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

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

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

     (B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

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

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

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

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

     (G) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(d) thereof, if applicable;

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the applicable Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the applicable 144A Global Note, in the case of clause (C) above, the applicable Regulation S Global Note and, in the case of clause (G) above, the applicable IAI Global Note.

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          (ii)  Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

     (B) such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (C) such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (D) the Registrar receives the following:

     (1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

     (2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or

     (E) such transfer is effected pursuant to an automatic exchange in accordance with Section 2.06(j) of this Indenture.

          Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

          (iii)  Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

          If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not

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yet been issued, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

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

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

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

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

     (C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

     (ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

     (A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a broker-dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

     (B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (C) any such transfer is effected by a broker-dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;

     (D) the Registrar receives the following:

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     (1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

     (2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act; or

     (E) such transfer is effected pursuant to an automatic exchange in accordance with Section 2.06(j) of this Indenture.

     (iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

          (f)  Exchange Offer . Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the applicable principal amount. Any Notes that remain outstanding after the consummation of an Exchange Offer, and Exchange Notes issued in connection with an Exchange Offer, shall be treated as a single class of securities under this Indenture.

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

               (i)  Private Placement Legend .

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

     “THIS NOTE (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR

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OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT:

   (A) SUCH NOTE MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED, ONLY:

   (i)(a) TO A PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 903 OR 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1),(2),(3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $100,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUER THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL AND OTHER CERTIFICATIONS AND DOCUMENTS IF THE ISSUER SO REQUESTS),

   (ii) TO THE ISSUER, OR

   (iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

   AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND IN EACH CASE SUBJECT TO ANY REQUIREMENT OF LAW THAT THE DISPOSITION OF THIS NOTE BY THE HOLDER OR BY ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT OR ACCOUNTS BE AT ALL TIMES WITHIN ITS OR THEIR CONTROL; AND

   (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE NOTE EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.

        (B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii), (e)(iii), (f) or (j) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

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

“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(h) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) (“DTC”) TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.”

     (iii) IAI Note Legend . Each Definitive Note held by an Institutional Accredited Investor shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“IN CONNECTION WITH ANY TRANSFER, THE HOLDER WILL DELIVER TO THE REGISTRAR AND TRANSFER AGENT SUCH CERTIFICATES AND OTHER INFORMATION AS SUCH TRANSFER AGENT MAY REASONABLY REQUIRE TO CONFIRM THAT THE TRANSFER COMPLIES WITH THE FOREGOING RESTRICTIONS.”

     (iv) OID Legend . Each Note issued hereunder that has more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount for U.S. Federal Income Tax purposes shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

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“THIS NOTE IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH NOTES BY SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE ISSUER AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: OXFORD INDUSTRIES, INC., 222 PIEDMONT AVENUE, N.E., ATLANTA GEORGIA 30308, ATTENTION: GENERAL COUNSEL.”

     (v) ERISA Legend . Each Note issued hereunder shall bear shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED OR HELD WITH THE ASSETS OF (I) AN “EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN” (AS DEFINED IN THE EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”)) THAT IS SUBJECT TO ERISA, (II) A “PLAN” WHICH IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), (III) ANY ENTITY DEEMED UNDER ERISA TO HOLD “PLAN ASSETS” OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING BY REASON OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN’S OR PLAN’S INVESTMENT IN SUCH ENTITY, OR (IV) A GOVERNMENTAL PLAN OR CHURCH PLAN SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW THAT IS SIMILAR IN PURPOSE OR EFFECT TO THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OR PROHIBITED TRANSACTION PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAW”), UNLESS THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS NOTE BY THE PURCHASER OR TRANSFEREE, THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD THAT IT HOLDS THIS NOTE, ARE EXEMPT FROM THE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION RESTRICTIONS UNDER ERISA AND SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR ANY PROVISIONS OF SIMILAR LAW, AS APPLICABLE, PURSUANT TO ONE OR MORE PROHIBITED TRANSACTION STATUTORY OR ADMINISTRATIVE EXEMPTIONS. BY ITS ACQUISITION OR HOLDING OF THIS NOTE, EACH PURCHASER AND TRANSFEREE WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT THE FOREGOING REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN SATISFIED.”

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

          (i)  General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges .

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

          (ii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 3.10, 4.09, 4.11 and 9.05).

          (iii) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuer shall be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

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

          (v) The Issuer shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 and ending at the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part, or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

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

          (vii) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuer designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

          (viii) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02.

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

          (j) Automatic Exchange from Restricted Global Note to Unrestricted Global Note . At the option of the Issuer and upon compliance with the following procedures, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. In

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order to effect such exchange, the Issuer shall provide written notice to the Trustee instructing the Trustee to (i) direct the Depositary to transfer the specified amount of the outstanding beneficial interests in a particular Restricted Global Note to an Unrestricted Global Note and provide the Depositary with all such information as is necessary for the Depositary to appropriately credit and debit the relevant Holder accounts and (ii) provide prior written notice to all Holders of such exchange, which notice must include the date such exchange is proposed to occur, the CUSIP number of the relevant Restricted Global Note and the CUSIP number of the Unrestricted Global Note into which such Holders’ beneficial interests will be exchanged. As a condition to any such exchange pursuant to this Section 2.06(j), the Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Issuer, and rely upon conclusively without any liability, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, in form and in substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, to the effect that such transfer of beneficial interests to the Unrestricted Global Note shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act. The Issuer may request from Holders such information it reasonably determines is required in order to be able to deliver such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel. Upon such exchange of beneficial interests pursuant to this Section 2.06(j), the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date of such transfer and a decrease and increase, respectively, in the principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Note and the Unrestricted Global Note, respectively, equal to the principal amount of beneficial interests transferred. Following any such transfer pursuant to this Section 2.06(j) of all of the beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note, such Restricted Global Note shall be cancelled.

Section 2.07 Replacement Notes .

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

          Every replacement Note is a contractual obligation of the Issuer and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes .

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

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

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

          If the Paying Agent (other than the Issuer, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on

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and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

Section 2.09 Treasury Notes .

          In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuer, or by any Affiliate of the Issuer, shall be considered as though 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 that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to deliver any such direction, waiver or consent with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer or any obligor upon the Notes or any Affiliate of the Issuer or of such other obligor.

Section 2.10 Temporary Notes .

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

          Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this Indenture.

Section 2.11 Cancellation .

          The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying A


 
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