(x) the incurrence of Indebtedness that is secured by Liens on assets that do not constitute Collateral (assuming, for purposes of this clause
(x) and future ratio calculations for so long as such Indebtedness remains outstanding, that such assets constitute Collateral), up to an aggregate outstanding principal amount (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of
Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (q) of this second paragraph of Section 4.09 in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) not to exceed, except as contemplated by clause (q) of this second paragraph of Section
4.09, an amount such that, after giving pro forma effect to the incurrence of such amount and the application of the proceeds therefrom, the Consolidated Secured Debt Ratio of the Issuer would be no greater than 4.00 to 1.00; provided
that for purposes of determining the amount that may be incurred under this clause (x), all Indebtedness incurred under this clause (x) shall be deemed to be Consolidated Secured Debt;
(y) Indebtedness (including in the form of Financing Leases) of the Issuer and/or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in connection with Sale
and Lease-Back Transactions;
(z) [Reserved];
(aa) Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds, completion bonds
or similar instruments with respect to such Indebtedness) incurred by the Issuer and/or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice or consistent with industry norm in respect of workers
compensation claims, unemployment insurance (including premiums related thereto), other types of social security, pension obligations, vacation pay, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or
self-insurance compensation claims;
(bb) [Reserved];
(cc) [Reserved];
(dd) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary supported by any letter of credit, bank guaranty or similar instrument issued in
compliance with this Section 4.09 in a principal amount not exceeding the face amount of such instrument;
(ee) unfunded pension fund and other employee benefit plan obligations and liabilities incurred by the Issuer and/or any Restricted Subsidiary
in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice or consistent with industry norm;
(ff) (i) customer deposits and advance payments (including progress premiums) received in the ordinary course of business, consistent with
past practice or consistent with industry norm from customers or (ii) obligations to pay, in each case, for goods and services purchased or sold in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice or consistent with industry
norm;
(gg) without duplication of any other Indebtedness, all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest and payment in kind
interest), accretion or amortization of original issue discount, fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest with respect to Indebtedness of the Issuer and/or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted under this
Indenture;
(hh) [Reserved];
(ii) [Reserved];
(jj) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for the benefit of
joint ventures; provided that, at the time of incurrence or issuance thereof and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the use of the proceeds thereof, the aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference of such
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock then outstanding pursuant to this clause (jj) (when aggregated with the aggregate principal amount of Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (q) of this second paragraph of Section
4.09 in respect of such Indebtedness then outstanding) shall not, except as contemplated by clause (q) of this second paragraph of Section 4.09, exceed an amount equal to the greater of $50.0 million and 15.0% of Annualized
EBITDA of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(kk) [Reserved];
(ll) [Reserved];
(mm) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent that the net
proceeds thereof are promptly deposited with the Trustee in connection with a Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture;
(nn) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred through the provision of bonds, guarantees, letters of credit or similar
instruments required by any maritime commission or authority or other governmental or regulatory agencies, including, without limitation, customs authorities in connection with ships owned or chartered or ordinary course business conducted by
the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, not to exceed the amount required by such governmental or regulatory authority;
(oo) the incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness in relation to: (i) regular maintenance required to maintain the
classification of any of the ships owned or chartered on bareboat terms by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) scheduled dry-docking of any of the ships owned by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for normal maintenance
purposes and (iii) any expenditures that will or reasonably may be expected to be recoverable from insurance on such ships; and
(pp) the incurrence by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness to finance the replacement of a marine vessel upon the total
loss, destruction, condemnation, confiscation, requisition, seizure or forfeiture of, or other taking of title to or use of, such marine vessel (collectively, a “Total Loss”) in an aggregate principal amount no greater than the amount that is
equal to the contract price for such replacement marine vessel less all compensation, damages and other payments (including insurance proceeds other than in respect of business interruption insurance) received by the Issuer or any Restricted
Subsidiary from any Person in connection with such Total Loss in excess of amounts actually used to repay Indebtedness secured by the marine vessel subject to such Total Loss.
For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (a) the accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of
original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness or additional Equity Interests and (b) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection with the issuance
of a notice of prepayment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or similar payment or making of a mandatory offer to prepay, redeem, repurchase, defease, acquire, or similarly pay such Indebtedness will not be deemed to be an
incurrence of Indebtedness or issuance of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09.
For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, the principal amount of Indebtedness or the liquidation preference of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock outstanding
under any clause of this Section 4.09 shall be determined after giving effect to the application of proceeds of any such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock to refinance any such other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock
or Preferred Stock.
This Indenture will not treat (1) unsecured Indebtedness as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because such Indebtedness is unsecured or (2) Indebtedness as subordinated or
junior to any other Indebtedness solely because such Indebtedness has a junior priority with respect to shared collateral or because it is secured by different collateral or issued or guaranteed by other obligors.
SECTION 4.10 ASSET
SALES.
(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate, directly or indirectly, an Asset Sale
unless:
(1) the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration (including by way of relief from, or by any other
Person assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, in connection with such Asset Sale) at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (measured at the time of contractually agreeing to such
Asset Sale) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75.0% of the consideration (measured at the time of contractually agreeing to such
Asset Sale) for such Asset Sale, together with all other Asset Sales completed or contractually agreed upon since September 2, 2020 (on a cumulative basis), received (or to be received) by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case
may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents.
(b) Within 12 months after the later of (A) the date of any Asset Sale and (B) receipt of any Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale (the “Asset
Sale Proceeds Application Period”), the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale (the “Applicable Proceeds”),
(1) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale constituted Collateral, to repay (i) Obligations under the Notes or
(ii) any Additional Equal Priority Obligations, and in each case, in the case of revolving obligations (other than obligations in respect of any asset-based credit facility to the extent the assets sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to
such Asset Sale constitute “borrowing base assets” thereunder), to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
(2) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale did not constitute Collateral:
(i) to repay (y) Obligations under the Notes or (z) any Additional Equal Priority Obligations, and in each case, in the
case of revolving obligations (other than obligations in respect of any asset-based credit facility to the extent the assets sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to such Asset Sale constitute “borrowing base assets” thereunder), to
correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided that if the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary shall repay any Additional Equal Priority Obligations pursuant to clause (z) above, the Issuer or such Restricted
Subsidiary will either (A) reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis with any such Obligations under the Additional Equal Priority Obligations repaid pursuant to this clause (2)(i) by, at its
option, (1) redeeming Notes as provided under Article 3 and/or (2) purchasing Notes through open-market purchases or in privately negotiated transactions (which may be below par) and/or (B) make an offer (in accordance with the
provisions set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes on a ratable basis with any Obligations under the Additional Equal Priority Obligations repaid pursuant to this clause (2)(i) for no less than 100.0%
of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon (which offer shall be deemed to be an Asset Sale Offer for purposes hereof); or
(ii) to repay Obligations under any Senior Indebtedness (other than any Senior Indebtedness referred to in clause (2)(i)
above), and in the case of revolving obligations (other than obligations in respect of any asset-based credit facility to the extent the assets sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to such Asset Sale constitute “borrowing base assets”
thereunder), to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; provided that the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary will either (A) reduce the aggregate principal amount of Obligations under the Notes on a ratable basis
with any such Senior Indebtedness repaid pursuant to this clause (2)(ii) by, at its option, (1) redeeming Notes as provided under Article 3 and/or (2) purchasing Notes through open-market purchases or in privately negotiated
transactions (which may be below par) and/or (B) make an offer (in accordance with the provisions set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes on a ratable basis with any Senior Indebtedness repaid pursuant
to this clause (2)(ii) for no less than 100.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon (which offer shall be deemed to be an Asset Sale Offer for purposes hereof);
(3) to invest in the business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, including (i) any investment in Additional Assets, (ii) making capital
expenditures in respect of assets used or useful in a Similar Business, (iii) any investment in any property or other assets that replace the businesses, properties and/or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale and (iv) in the case of
proceeds of sales of assets or property of a Qualified Liquefaction Development Entity, depositing such proceeds in a construction fund, escrow or similar account to be used solely for the purpose of capital expenditures of such entity or the
acquisition, construction or improvement of assets of such entity;
(4) to the extent the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale did not constitute Collateral, to repay Indebtedness of a Restricted
Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Guarantor, and, in the case of revolving obligations (other than obligations in respect of any asset-based credit facility to the extent the assets sold or
otherwise disposed of pursuant to such Asset Sale constitute “borrowing base assets” thereunder), to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto; or
(5) any combination of the foregoing;
provided that, in the case of clause (3) above, a binding commitment or letter of intent shall be treated as a
permitted application of the Applicable Proceeds from the date of such commitment or letter of intent so long as the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment or letter of intent with the good faith expectation that
such Applicable Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment or letter of intent within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and such Applicable Proceeds are
actually applied in such manner within 180 days of the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period (the period from the consummation of the Asset Sale to such date, the “Commitment Application Period”), and, in the event
any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason after the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and before the Applicable Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then such Applicable
Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds unless the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary reasonably expects to enter into another Acceptable Commitment prior to the expiration of the Asset Sale Proceeds Application Period and such
Applicable Proceeds are actually applied in such manner prior to the expiration of the Commitment Application Period. To the extent Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale exceed amounts that are invested or applied as provided and within
the time period set forth in this Section 4.10(b), such excess amount will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided that any amount of Applicable Proceeds offered to Holders of any Notes pursuant to clause
(2) above shall not be deemed to be Excess Proceeds without regard to whether such offer is accepted by any Holders. If at any time the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million, then the Issuer shall within 20 Business Days
make an offer to all Holders and, if required or not prohibited by the terms of any other Equal Priority Obligations and/or, to the extent that the assets or property disposed of in the Asset Sale were not Collateral, Indebtedness that is
equal in right of payment with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate
principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of the Notes and such Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, out of the amount of the Excess Proceeds (which, (x) in the case of the Notes only, is equal
to $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof and at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date fixed for the repurchase of such
Notes pursuant to such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture and (y) in the case of such Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, if applicable, is in accordance with the documents governing
such Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable). The Issuer shall commence an Asset Sale Offer by sending the notice required pursuant to the terms of Section 3.09. The Issuer may satisfy the foregoing
obligation with respect to such Applicable Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer in advance of being required to do so by this Indenture (an “Advance Offer”) with respect to all or part of the available Applicable
Proceeds (the “Advance Portion”).
(c) If the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes and, if applicable, Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari
Passu Indebtedness, tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer,
the Advance Portion) in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value, as applicable) of Notes or the Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset
Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds (or, in the case of an Advance Offer, the Advance Portion), the Notes shall be selected pro rata (subject to applicable DTC procedures as to global notes) and the Issuer or the representative
of such Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness shall select such Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased or repaid on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the
Notes and such Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered, with adjustments as necessary so that no Notes or Equal Priority Obligations and/or Pari Passu Indebtedness, as the case may be, will be repurchased in an
unauthorized denomination. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero (regardless of whether there are any remaining Excess Proceeds upon such completion), and in the case of an Advance
Offer, the Advance Portion shall be excluded in subsequent calculations of Excess Proceeds.
(d) Pending the final application of an amount equal to the Applicable Proceeds pursuant to this Section 4.10, the holder of such
Applicable Proceeds may apply any Applicable Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Applicable Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. For the
avoidance of doubt, the Holder of any Retained Asset Sale Proceeds may apply any Retained Asset Sale Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture and such Retained Asset Sale Proceeds shall in no event and under no circumstances
constitute Excess Proceeds.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, for so long as the repatriation, distribution or dividend to the Issuer of
any Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale by any Foreign Subsidiary would (i) be prohibited, delayed or restricted under any Requirements of Law or conflict with the fiduciary duties of the directors of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary or result in,
or could reasonably be expected to result in, a material risk of personal or criminal liability for any officer, director, employee, manager, member of management, member, partner, independent contractor or consultant of such Foreign
Subsidiary (the Issuer hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all commercially reasonable actions available under applicable Requirements of Law to permit such repatriation or to remove such prohibition),
(ii) be prohibited, delayed or restricted under the organizational documents governing the applicable Subsidiary or (iii) as determined in good faith by the Issuer, result in a material adverse tax liability (including any taxable dividend,
deemed dividend pursuant to Section 956 of the Code or withholding tax obligation) to the Issuer or its Subsidiaries, an amount equal to the portion of such Net Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this Section
4.10 and shall not constitute Excess Proceeds and may be retained by the Issuer or the applicable Subsidiary; provided, that, if within 18 months following the date on which application of the portion of such Net Proceeds
would otherwise have been required pursuant to this Section 4.10, such repatriation, distribution or dividend of such Net Proceeds is permitted under the applicable Requirements of Law, would no longer conflict with the fiduciary
duties of such director, or result in, or be reasonably expected to result in, a material risk of personal or criminal liability for the Persons described above, would no longer be prohibited, delayed or restricted under the applicable
organizational documents and/or in the good faith determination of the Issuer would no longer have a material adverse tax liability, then such portion of the Net Proceeds shall be promptly applied (net of additional taxes that would be
payable or reserved against as a result of repatriating such amounts) in compliance with this Section 4.10.
(f) For purposes of clause (a)(2) of this Section 4.10 (and no other provision), the following shall be deemed to be cash or
Cash Equivalents:
(1) the greater of the principal amount and the carrying value of any liabilities (as reflected on the most recent balance sheet of the
Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred, accrued or increased subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the balance sheet of the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence, accrual or increase had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Issuer) of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary,
other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantees, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished in connection with the transactions
relating to such Asset Sale) pursuant to a written agreement which releases or indemnifies the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such liabilities;
(2) the amount of any trade-in value applied to the purchase price of any replacement assets acquired in connection with such Asset Sale;
(3) any securities, notes or other obligations or assets received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are
converted or reasonably expected by the Issuer acting in good faith to be converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the
extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale; and
(4) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (measured at the time
of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (4) that is outstanding at such time, not
in excess of the greater of $50.0 million and 15.0% of Annualized EBITDA of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries.
(g) To the extent that any portion of Applicable Proceeds payable in respect of the Notes is denominated in a currency other than U.S.
dollars, the amount thereof payable in respect of the Notes shall not exceed the net amount of funds in dollars that is actually received by the Issuer upon converting such portion into U.S. dollars.
(h) The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations
thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer or an Advance Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations
conflict with the asset sale provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the asset sale provisions of this Indenture
by virtue of such compliance.
(i) The provisions of this Indenture and the Notes relating to the Issuer’s obligation to make an offer to repurchase the Notes as a result
of an Asset Sale, including the provisions of Section 3.09, this Section 4.10 and the definition of “Asset Sale”, may be waived or modified at any time with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. An Asset Sale Offer or Advance Offer may be made at the same time as consents are solicited with respect to an amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture, the Notes and/or the Note
Guarantees so long as the tender of the Notes by a Holder is not conditioned upon the delivery of consents by such Holder.
SECTION 4.11 TRANSACTIONS
WITH AFFILIATES.
The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or
purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”)
involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of (at the time of the relevant transaction) the greater of $25.0 million and 7.5% of Annualized EBITDA of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, unless:
(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms, taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or the relevant
Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis or, if in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, no
comparable transaction is available with which to compare such Affiliate Transaction, such Affiliate Transaction is otherwise fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view and when such transaction is taken
in its entirety; and
(2) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving
aggregate payments or consideration in excess of the greater of $50.0 million and 15.0% of Annualized EBITDA of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer approving such Affiliate
Transaction.
The provisions of the first paragraph of this Section 4.11 shall not apply to the following:
(a) any transaction between or among the Issuer, one or more Restricted Subsidiaries and/or one or more joint ventures with respect to which
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries holds Equity Interests (or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or a joint venture, as applicable, as a result of such transaction) to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture;
(b) any issuance, sale or grant of securities or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding
of, employment arrangements, stock options and stock ownership plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer;
(c) (i) any collective bargaining, employment or severance agreement or compensatory (including profit sharing) arrangement entered into by
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with their respective current or former officers, directors, members of management, managers, employees, members, partners, consultants or independent contractors, (ii) any subscription
agreement or similar agreement pertaining to the repurchase of Equity Interests pursuant to put/call rights or similar rights with current or former officers, directors, members of management, managers, employees, members, partners,
consultants or independent contractors, (iii) transactions pursuant to any employee compensation, benefit plan, stock option plan or arrangement, any supplemental executive retirement benefit plan, any health, disability or similar insurance
plan that covers current or former officers, directors, members of management, managers, employees, members, partners, consultants or independent contractors or any employment contract or arrangement and (iv) any transaction with an Immediate
Family Member of a current or former officer, director, member of management, manager, employee, member, partner, consultant or independent contractor of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in connection with any agreement,
arrangement or transaction described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (iii);
(d) (i) Restricted Payments not prohibited by Section 4.07 (other than pursuant to Section 4.07(b)(ix)) and the definition of
“Permitted Investments” (other than clause (ll) of such definition) and (ii) issuances of Equity Interests and issuances and incurrences of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock not restricted by this Indenture;
(e) transactions in existence on the Issue Date and any amendment, modification or extension thereof to the extent such amendment,
modification or extension, taken as a whole, is not (i) materially adverse to the Holders or (ii) more disadvantageous, in any material respect, to the Holders than the relevant transaction in existence on the Issue Date, in each case as
determined in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors or the senior management of the Issuer;
(f) the payment of all indemnification obligations and expenses owed to any Management Investor and any of their respective directors,
officers, members of management, managers, employees, members, partners, independent contractors and consultants (or any Immediate Family Member of the foregoing) in connection with such management, monitoring, consulting, advisory or similar
services provided by them, whether currently due or paid in respect of accruals from prior periods;
(g) [Reserved];
(h) compensation to Affiliates in connection with financial advisory, consulting, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect
of other investment banking activities and other transaction fees, including in connection with any acquisitions or divestitures, which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the Board of Directors or a majority of the
disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Issuer in good faith;
(i) guarantees not prohibited by Section 4.07, Section 4.09 or the definition of “Permitted Investments”;
(j) [Reserved];
(k) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out-of-pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, members of the Board of
Directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers, members, partners, consultants and independent contractors (or any Immediate Family Members of the foregoing) of the Issuer and/or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(l) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, joint ventures, purchasers or sellers of goods or services or providers of employees or
other labor entered into in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice or consistent with industry norm, which are (i) fair to the Issuer and/or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary in the good faith determination of the
Board of Directors of the Issuer or the senior management thereof or (ii) on terms, taken as a whole, that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer and/or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary as might reasonably have been obtained at
such time from a Person other than an Affiliate;
(m) (i) the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of its obligations under the terms of, any
equityholders agreement, investor rights agreement or the equivalent (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related thereto) to which it is a party as of the Issue Date and any similar agreements which it may enter
into thereafter; provided, however, that the existence of, or the performance by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations under any future amendment to any such existing agreement or under any similar
agreement entered into after the Issue Date shall only be permitted by this clause (m) to the extent that the terms of any such amendment or new agreement are not otherwise materially disadvantageous in the good faith judgment of the Board of
Directors or the senior management of the Issuer to the Issuer when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date and (ii) the payment of reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses relating to
registration rights and indemnities provided to equityholders of the Issuer pursuant to any equityholders agreement, investor rights agreement or the equivalent (including any registration rights agreement or purchase agreement related
thereto);
(n) [Reserved];
(o) any transaction in which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an
Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not
materially less favorable, when taken as a whole, to the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on
an arm’s length basis;
(p) transactions in connection with any Permitted Receivables Financing;
(q) (i) Affiliate purchases of the Notes to the extent permitted under this Indenture, the holding of such Notes and the payments and other
related transactions in respect thereof (including any payment of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Affiliate in connection therewith), (ii) other investments by Fortress, its Affiliates or Permitted Holders in securities or loans of
the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (and any payment of out-of-pocket expenses incurred by such Permitted Holders in connection therewith) so long as the investment is being offered generally to other investors on the same terms
or on terms that are more favorable to the Issuer and (iii) payments to Fortress, its Affiliates or Permitted Holders in respect of securities or loans of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries contemplated in the foregoing
subclause (ii) or that were acquired from Persons other than the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, in accordance with the terms of such securities or loans;
(r) transactions undertaken pursuant to a shared services agreement or pursuant to a membership in a purchasing consortium;
(s) payment to any Permitted Holder of out of pocket expenses incurred by such Permitted Holder in connection with any direct or indirect
Investment in the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;
(t) the issuance or transfer of (i) Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer and the granting and performing of
customary registration rights and (ii) directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required by applicable law;
(u) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) that is an Affiliate of the Issuer arising solely because the Issuer
or any Restricted Subsidiary owns any Equity Interests in, or controls, such Person;
(v) any lease entered into between the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, on the one hand, and any Affiliate of the Issuer, on the other
hand, which is approved by the Board of Directors of the Issuer or is entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(w) intellectual property licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice or consistent with industry
norm;
(x) transactions between the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and any other Person that would constitute an Affiliate solely because a
director of such other Person is also a director of the Issuer; provided, however, that such director abstains from voting as a director of the Issuer on any matter including such other Person;
(y) (i) pledges of Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries and (ii) in connection with the incurrence of any Indebtedness not prohibited
by Section 4.09, pledges of equity interests of a Qualified Liquefaction Development Entity to secure such Indebtedness;
(z) any transition services arrangement, supply arrangement or similar arrangement entered into in connection with or in contemplation of the
disposition of assets or Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary not in violation of Section 4.10 that the Board of Directors of the Issuer determines is either fair to the Issuer or otherwise on customary terms for such type of
arrangements in connection with similar transactions;
(aa) transactions entered into by an Unrestricted Subsidiary with an Affiliate prior to the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a
Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such transaction was not entered into in anticipation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary becoming or being redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary;
(bb) payments by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries pursuant to tax sharing agreements among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on customary terms; provided
that such payments shall not exceed the excess (if any) of the amount of taxes that the Issuer and its Subsidiaries would have paid on a stand-alone basis over the amount of such taxes actually paid by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries
directly to governmental authorities;
(cc) payments to and from, and transactions with, any joint ventures or Unrestricted Subsidiary entered into in the ordinary course of
business, consistent with past practice or consistent with industry norm (including any cash management activities related thereto); and
(dd) transactions undertaken in good faith (as certified by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer in an Officer’s
Certificate) for the purposes of improving the consolidated tax efficiency of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture.
SECTION 4.12 LIMITATION
ON LIENS.
(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur or assume any Lien (except Permitted
Liens) (each, a “Subject Lien”) that secures Obligations under any Indebtedness on any asset or property of the Issuer or any Guarantor, unless:
(1) in the case of Subject Liens on any Collateral, such Subject Lien is a Permitted Lien; and
(2) in the case of any Subject Lien on any such asset or property that is not Collateral, (i) the Notes (or the related Note Guarantee in the
case of Liens on assets or property of a Guarantor) are equally and ratably secured with (or, at the Issuer’s option or if such Subject Lien secures Subordinated Indebtedness, on a senior basis to) the Obligations secured by such Subject Lien
until such time as such Obligations are no longer secured by such Subject Lien.
(b) Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to clause (a)(2) of this Section 4.12 shall provide by its terms
that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Subject Lien that gave rise to the obligation to secure the Notes. In addition, in the event that a Subject Lien is or
becomes a Permitted Lien, the Issuer may, at its option and without consent from any Holder, elect to release and discharge any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to Section 4.12(a) in respect of such Subject Lien.
(c) With respect to any Lien securing Indebtedness that was permitted to secure such Indebtedness at the time of the incurrence of such
Indebtedness, such Lien shall also be permitted to secure any Increased Amount of such Indebtedness. The “Increased Amount” of any Indebtedness shall mean any increase in the amount of such Indebtedness in connection with any accrual
of interest, the accretion of accreted value, the amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with the same terms, accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference and
increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies or increases in the value of property securing Indebtedness.
SECTION 4.14 OFFER TO
REPURCHASE UPON CHANGE OF CONTROL.
(a) If a Change of Control occurs after the Issue Date, unless, prior to or concurrently with the time the Issuer is required to make a Change
of Control Offer, the Issuer or a third-party has mailed or delivered, or otherwise sent through electronic transmission, a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Article 3, the Issuer shall
make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash equal to 101.0% of the aggregate principal amount thereof (or such higher amount as the Issuer may
determine (any Change of Control Offer at a higher amount, an “Alternate Offer”)) (such price, the “Change of Control Payment”) plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding the date of purchase, subject to the
right of Holders of record of the Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date (as defined below). Within 60 days following any
Change of Control, the Issuer shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise deliver in
accordance with the procedures of DTC, with the following information:
(1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.14 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such
Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Issuer;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will be no earlier than 20 Business Days nor later than 60 days from the date such
notice is sent (the “Change of Control Payment Date”); provided, that the Change of Control Payment Date shall be delayed until such time (including more than 60 days after the date such notice is sent) as any or all
such conditions referred to in clause (8) below shall be satisfied or waived;
(3) that any Note not properly tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;
(4) that unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all
properly tendered Notes, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer will cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will be required to surrender such Notes, with
the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to
the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(6) until the close of business on the earlier of the last day of the offer period and the tenth Business Day after the date such notice is
sent (or such later time and date as the Issuer may decide in its sole discretion) (such time and date, the “withdrawal deadline”), that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the
Issuer to purchase such Notes; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the withdrawal deadline, as electronic transmission (in PDF), a facsimile transmission or letter or other communication in accordance with the
procedures of DTC setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that if less than all of such Holder’s Notes are tendered for purchase, such Holder will be issued new Notes (or, in the case of Global
Notes, such Notes shall be reduced by such amount of Notes that the Holder has tendered) and such new Notes will be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (the unpurchased portion of the Notes must be
equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof);
(8) if such notice is sent prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the
occurrence of such Change of Control or such other conditions specified therein and describing each such condition, and, if applicable, stating that, in the Issuer’s discretion, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed until such
time (including more than 60 days after the notice is mailed or delivered) as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied or waived, or that such purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that the Issuer
reasonably believes that any or all such conditions (including the occurrence of such Change of Control) will not be satisfied or waived by the Change of Control Payment Date, or by the Change of Control Payment Date as so delayed; and
(9) such other instructions, as determined by the Issuer, consistent with this Section 4.14, that a Holder must follow.
If a notice relating to a Change of Control Offer that is subject to one or more conditions precedent (other than the occurrence of a Change of Control) is later rescinded as described in
clause (8) above as a result of the failure of such condition(s) to be satisfied or waived (or as a result of the Issuer reasonably believing that such will be the case), the offer described in such notice will not be deemed a valid “Change
of Control Offer” for purposes of this Section 4.14.
While the Notes are in global form and the Issuer makes an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer, a Holder may exercise its option to elect for the
purchase of the Notes through the facilities of DTC, subject to its rules and regulations.
The notice, if sent in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. If (a) the notice is sent in a manner
herein provided and (b) any Holder fails to receive such notice or a Holder receives such notice but it is defective, such Holder’s failure to receive such notice or such defect shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the
purchase of the Notes as to all other Holders that properly received such notice without defect.
The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are
applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall comply with
the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue thereof.
(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent permitted by law,
(1) accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer,
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so
tendered, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and
(3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the
Trustee stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Issuer.
(c) The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer if a third party approved in writing by the Issuer makes the Change of
Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and
purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) may be made in
advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control and such other conditions specified therein, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.
(d) If Holders of not less than 90.0% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes validly tender and do not withdraw such Notes in
a Change of Control Offer and the Issuer, or any third party approved in writing by the Issuer making a Change of Control Offer in lieu of the Issuer as described above, purchases all of the Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn by such
Holders, the Issuer or such third party will have the right, upon not less than 20 nor more than 60 days’ prior notice (except that such notice may be delivered or mailed more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date or purchase date if the
notice is issued in connection with Article 8, Article 11 or as specified in Section 3.03(c)), given not more than 60 days following such purchase pursuant to the Change of Control Offer described above, to redeem (with respect to the Issuer)
or purchase (with respect to a third party) all of the Notes that remain outstanding following such purchase on a date (the “Second Change of Control Payment Date”) at a price in cash equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect
of the Second Change of Control Payment Date, including, to the extent not included in the Change of Control Payment, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon, to, but excluding, the Second Change of Control Payment Date, subject to the
right of Holders of record of Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date falling on or prior to the Second Change of Control Payment Date.
(e) The provisions of this Indenture and the Notes relating to the Issuer’s obligation to make a Change of Control Offer upon a Change of
Control, including the provisions of this Section 4.14 and the definition of “Change of Control”, may be waived or modified at any time with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes
then outstanding.
(f) A Change of Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) may be made at the same time as consents are
solicited with respect to an amendment, supplement or waiver of this Indenture, the Notes and/or the Note Guarantees so long as the tender of Notes by a Holder is not conditioned upon the delivery of consents by such Holder. In addition, the
Issuer or any third party approved in writing by the Issuer that is making the Change of Control Offer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, an Alternate Offer) may, subject to applicable law, increase or decrease the Change of Control
Payment (or decline to pay any early tender or similar premium) being offered to Holders at any time in its sole discretion, so long as the Change of Control Payment is at least equal to 101.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes
being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon.
SECTION 4.15 ADDITIONAL
NOTE GUARANTEES.
The Issuer shall cause each of its Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries (other than (a) the Guarantors, (b) any Qualified Liquefaction Development Entities, (c) any Receivables Subsidiaries,
(d) any Immaterial Subsidiaries, (e) any Captive Insurance Subsidiaries, (f) any not-for-profit or special purpose Subsidiaries and (g) any Subsidiary with respect to which a guarantee would result in material adverse tax consequences, as
reasonably determined by the Issuer) to, within 60 days of the later of (i) such Subsidiary becoming a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the Issuer determining such Subsidiary ceased to meet any of the exceptions set forth in the
preceding parenthetical, execute and deliver a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit D hereto, providing for a Note Guarantee by such Subsidiary and, thereafter (and within the time
periods or efforts requirements as set forth in such documents), joinders to any applicable Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement and Security Documents or new intercreditor agreements and Security
Documents, an updated perfection certificate, together with any filings and agreements to the extent required by the Security Documents to create or perfect the security interests for the benefit of the Holders in the Collateral of such
Subsidiary. The Merger Entities are not expected to be Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries and as a result will not guarantee the Notes. The Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a
Guarantor to become a Guarantor (and no 60-day period described in the foregoing sentence shall apply to such Subsidiary).
SECTION 4.16 EFFECTIVENESS OF COVENANTS.
(a) If on any date following the Issue Date, (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from two of three Rating Agencies and (ii) no
Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), then, beginning on such date
and continuing until the Reversion Date, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to the following provisions of this Indenture (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”): Section 4.07, Section 4.08,
Section 4.09, Section 4.10, Section 4.11, Section 4.15, clause (iv) of Section 5.01(a) and Section 5.01(c).
(b) In the event that the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries are not subject to the Suspended Covenants for any period of time as a
result of the foregoing, and on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) the rating assigned to the Notes by two of three of the Rating Agencies is below an Investment Grade Rating, then the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries
will thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events.
(c) The period of time between (and including) the date of the Covenant Suspension Event and the Reversion Date (but excluding the Reversion
Date) is referred to in this description as the “Suspension Period”. In the event of any reinstatement, no action taken or omitted to be taken by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries prior to such reinstatement will give
rise to a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Suspended Covenants under this Indenture; provided that, (1) with respect to Restricted Payments made on or after the Reversion Date and the capacity to make Restricted
Payments, the amount of Restricted Payments made and the capacity to make Restricted Payments will be calculated as though Section 4.07 had been in effect prior to, but not during, the Suspension Period (including with respect to a
Limited Condition Transaction entered into during the Suspension Period) and accordingly, Restricted Payments made or deemed to be made during the Suspension Period will not reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under
Section 4.07, including clause (2) of Section 4.07(a), (2) all Indebtedness incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period (or deemed incurred or issued in connection with a
Limited Condition Transaction entered into during the Suspension Period) will be deemed to have been incurred or issued pursuant to clause (j) of the second paragraph of Section 4.09, (3) no Subsidiaries shall be designated as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries during any Suspension Period, unless such designation would have complied with Section 4.07 as if such covenant was in effect for the purposes of designating Unrestricted Subsidiaries from the Issue Date to
the date of such designation, (4) any Affiliate Transaction entered into on or after the Reversion Date pursuant to an agreement entered into during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to clause (e) of the second
paragraph of Section 4.11, (5) any encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to take any action described in clauses (1) through (3) of the first paragraph of Section 4.08
that becomes effective during any Suspension Period shall be deemed to be permitted pursuant to clause (i) of the second paragraph of Section 4.08 and (6) all Investments made during the Suspension Period (or deemed made in connection
with a Limited Condition Transaction entered into during the Suspension Period) will be classified as having been made pursuant to clause (f) of the definition of “Permitted Investments”. On the Reversion Date, the amount of Excess Proceeds
shall be reset at zero.
(d) During the Suspension Period, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be entitled to incur Liens permitted under Section
4.12 (including Permitted Liens). To the extent such covenant and any Permitted Liens refer to one or more Suspended Covenants, such covenant or definition shall be interpreted as though such applicable Suspended Covenant(s) continued
to be applicable during the Suspension Period (but solely for purposes of Section 4.12 and the “Permitted Liens” definition and for no other covenant).
(e) Notwithstanding that the Suspended Covenants may be reinstated after the Reversion Date, (1) no Default, Event of Default or breach of
any kind will be deemed to exist or have occurred under the Notes, the Note Guarantees or this Indenture with respect to the Suspended Covenants, and none of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for any actions taken
or events occurring during the Suspension Period (including any Limited Condition Transaction entered into during the Suspension Period), or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation entered into or arising during
any Suspension Period, in each case as a result of a failure to comply with the Suspended Covenants during the Suspension Period (or, upon termination of the Suspension Period or after that time, as a result of any action taken or event that
occurred during the Suspension Period), and (2) following a Reversion Date, the Issuer and each Restricted Subsidiary will be permitted, without causing a Default or Event of Default, to honor, comply with or otherwise perform any contractual
commitments or obligations arising during any Suspension Period and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby (including any Limited Condition Transaction entered into during the Suspension Period).
(f) The Issuer shall deliver promptly to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate notifying it of any such occurrence under this Section 4.16.
SECTION 4.17 AFTER-ACQUIRED
COLLATERAL; REAL PROPERTY MORTGAGE; SHIP MORTGAGE.
(a) From and after the Issue Date, and subject to the applicable limitations and exceptions set forth in the Security Documents and this
Indenture (including as described under Section 12.07(c)(x)), if the Issuer or any Guarantor creates, or acquires any security interest upon any property or asset that would constitute Collateral (which, for the avoidance of doubt,
does not include any Excluded Assets), the Issuer or such Guarantor must grant a first-priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Liens) upon any such Collateral, as security for the Secured Notes Obligations.
(b) Subject to the applicable terms of the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements, within 90 days after the acquisition by any
Grantor of any Material Real Estate Asset (or within 90 days after the acquisition of a Person that becomes a Grantor and that owns any Material Real Estate Asset) (in each case, other than any Excluded Asset) (or as soon as practicable
thereafter using commercially reasonable efforts), the Issuer shall cause such Grantor to (i) execute, deliver and record a Mortgage with respect thereto, (ii) deliver a fully paid extended coverage policy or policies of title insurance (or
executed proforma therefor) from a national title insurance company with respect to such Material Real Estate Asset in an amount not to exceed 100.0% of the fair market value of the such Material Real Estate Asset, as reasonably determined by
the Issuer, naming the Notes Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Notes Secured Parties as the insured, insuring such Mortgage to be a valid first priority Lien on the real property described therein, free and clear of all Liens
other than Permitted Liens and containing reasonable and customary endorsements (each, a “Title Policy”), (iii) deliver legal opinions of local counsel or Borrower’s counsel with respect to enforceability of such Mortgage and other
customary matters; (iv) deliver an existing or new ALTA survey of such Material Real Estate Asset or with such affidavits as shall be sufficient for the title insurance company to delete the standard survey exception in the applicable Title
Policy; and (v) deliver an updated perfection certificate; it being understood and agreed that with respect to any Material Real Estate Asset owned by any Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is required to become a
Guarantor under this Indenture, such Material Real Estate Asset shall be deemed to have been acquired by such Restricted Subsidiary on the first day of the time period within which such Restricted Subsidiary is required to become a Guarantor
under this Indenture.
(c) Subject to the applicable terms of the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements, after the acquisition by any Grantor of any
tanker or other marine vessel with a value (as reasonably estimated by the Issuer) in excess of $40.0 million, the Issuer, as soon as practicable thereafter using commercially reasonable efforts, shall cause such Grantor to (i) execute,
deliver and record a Ship Mortgage with respect thereto; (ii) deliver customary legal opinions of admiralty counsel; and (iii) deliver an updated perfection certificate; it being understood and agreed that with respect to any tanker or other
marine vessel with a value (as reasonably estimated by the Issuer) in excess of $40.0 million owned by any Restricted Subsidiary at the time such Restricted Subsidiary is required to become a Guarantor under this Indenture, such tanker or
other marine vessel shall be deemed to have been acquired by such Restricted Subsidiary on the first day of the time period within which such Restricted Subsidiary is required to become a Guarantor under this Indenture.
SUCCESSORS
SECTION 5.01 MERGER,
CONSOLIDATION, AMALGAMATION OR SALE OF ALL OR SUBSTANTIALLY ALL ASSETS.
(a) The Issuer shall not merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving Person),
or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(i) the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation, amalgamation
or winding up (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust or other
entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia (the Issuer or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that
in the case where the Successor Company of the Issuer is not a corporation, a co-issuer of the Notes is a corporation;
(ii) the Successor Company (if other than the Issuer) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Issuer under this
Indenture, the Notes, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Security Documents pursuant to supplemental indentures, joinders to the applicable Security Documents, the Equal
Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent;
(iii) immediately after such transaction, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iv) in the case of the Issuer, immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related
financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the Test Period, either
(1) the Successor Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio
test set forth in the first paragraph of Section 4.09, or
(2) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio immediately after such transaction would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of
the Issuer immediately prior to such transaction;
(v) the Successor Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each
stating that such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, winding up, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition and such supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments, if any, comply with this Indenture; and
(vi) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Successor Company
are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Successor Company will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the
applicable Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the
applicable Security Documents.
(b) The Successor Company will succeed to and be substituted for the Issuer under this Indenture, the Notes, the Equal Priority Intercreditor
Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Security Documents and the Issuer will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantee, the Equal
Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Security Documents, as applicable. Notwithstanding clauses (iii) and (iv) of Section 5.01(a),
(1) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into, wind up into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or
otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(2) the Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into or wind up into an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of
reincorporating the Issuer in the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia, and
(3) the Issuer may merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into, wind up into or sell, assign, transfer, lease convey or otherwise dispose
of all or part of its properties and assets to any Guarantor.
(c) Subject to the provisions described in this Indenture and the Security Documents governing release of a Note Guarantee, no Guarantor
shall, and the Issuer shall not permit a Guarantor to, merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all
or substantially all of its and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ properties or assets, taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(1) (A) such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or winding up
(if other than such Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity
organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor or any other Guarantor or the laws of the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia (such Guarantor or such Person, as
the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Guarantor”);
(B) the Successor Guarantor, if other than such Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under
this Indenture and such Guarantor’s related Note Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures, joinders to the applicable Security Documents and the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement or other
documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent; and
(C) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Successor Guarantor
are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Security Documents, the Successor Guarantor will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the
applicable Security Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Security Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the
applicable Security Documents; or
(2) the transaction is not prohibited by Section 4.10.
(d) The Successor Guarantor will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Indenture, the Equal Priority Intercreditor
Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Security Documents and such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee and such Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture, the
Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement and the applicable Security Documents and such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Guarantor may (i) merge, consolidate or
amalgamate with or into, wind up into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties or assets to another Guarantor or the Issuer, (ii) merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into or wind up
into the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing such Guarantor in the United States, any state or territory thereof, the District of Columbia or the jurisdiction of organization of any
other Guarantor, (iii) convert into a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, trust or other entity organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Guarantor or any other
Guarantor, or the laws of a jurisdiction in the United States, any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia or (iv) liquidate or dissolve or change its legal form if the Board of Directors or the senior management of the Issuer
determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Issuer and is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders, in each case, without regard to the requirements set forth in Section 5.01(c).
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
SECTION 6.01 EVENTS
OF DEFAULT.
(a) An “Event of Default” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events:
(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;
(2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest on or with respect to the Notes;
(3) failure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 30.0% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (with a copy to the Trustee) to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clauses (1) or (2) above) contained in this
Indenture or the Notes; provided that in the case of a failure to comply with Section 4.03, such period of continuance of such default or breach shall be 180 days after written notice described in this clause (3) has been
given;
(4) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any
Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than (i) Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary, (ii) any Permitted Receivables Financing, (iii) with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Hedging Obligations, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of the relevant Hedge Agreement which are not the result
of any default thereunder by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and (iv) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary as to which the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying a resolution adopted by the Issuer to the
effect that the obligees of such Indebtedness have no recourse to the assets of the Issuer or any Guarantor), whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both
(i) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity
(after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness
causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated final maturity; and
(ii) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in
default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, is in the aggregate equal to $100.0 million (or its foreign currency
equivalent); provided that if any such acceleration is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded, then the Event of Default by reason thereof would not be deemed to have
occurred until the conclusion of such proceedings;
(5) failure by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary (other than any Receivables Subsidiary) (or group of
Restricted Subsidiaries that together (as determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, other than
any Receivables Subsidiary) to pay final non-appealable judgments aggregating in excess of $100.0 million (to the extent not covered by insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has not denied its
obligation), which final non-appealable judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 90 days after such judgment becomes final and non-appealable, and, in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an
enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed; provided that such failure shall not be an Event of Default with respect to a judgment against a Significant
Subsidiary as to which the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate certifying a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer to the effect that the creditors of such Significant Subsidiary have no recourse to the
assets of the Issuer or any Guarantor (other than such Significant Subsidiary) and that the Board of Directors of the Issuer has determined in good faith that the assets of such Significant Subsidiary have a Fair Market Value less than the
sum of (x) the amount of such outstanding judgment, and (y) the outstanding Indebtedness of such Significant Subsidiary;
(6) (A) the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (as determined as of the most recent
consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, other than a Receivables Subsidiary), pursuant to or within the meaning of
any Bankruptcy Law:
(i) commences proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;
(ii) consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or
answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under applicable Bankruptcy Law;
(iii) consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of
it or for all or substantially all of its property; or
(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;
(B) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:
(i) is for relief against the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together
(as determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary), in
a proceeding in which the Issuer or any such Significant Subsidiary or any such group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (as determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end
provided as required under Section 4.03) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary, is to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;
(ii) appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or any
Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (as determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03) would
constitute a Significant Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary), or for all or substantially all of the property of the Issuer or any such Significant Subsidiary or any such group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (as
determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary other than a Receivables Subsidiary; or
(iii) orders the liquidation of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that
together (as determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary other than a Receivables
Subsidiary);
and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days;
(7) any Note Guarantee of any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or group of Guarantors that together (as determined as of the most
recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with
the terms of such Note Guarantee) or such Guarantor or such group of Guarantors denies or disaffirms its obligations under its Note Guarantee (other than by reason of the satisfaction in full of all obligations under this Indenture and
discharge of this Indenture or the release of such Note Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture);
(8) [Reserved];
(9) (i) the Liens created by the Security Documents shall at any time not constitute a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of
the Collateral intended to be covered thereby (unless perfection is not required by this Indenture or the Security Documents) other than (A) in accordance with the terms of the relevant Security Document and this Indenture, (B) the
satisfaction in full of all Obligations under this Indenture or (C) any loss of perfection that results from the failure of the Controlling Collateral Agent or Notes Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates delivered to it
representing securities pledged under the Security Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements; and (ii) such default continues for 30 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not
less than 30.0% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes; or
(10) the Issuer or any Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Guarantors that together (as determined as of the most
recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal quarter end provided as required under Section 4.03) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall assert, in any pleading in any court of competent jurisdiction,
that any security interest in any material Security Document is invalid or unenforceable (other than by reason of the satisfaction in full of all obligations under this Indenture and discharge of this Indenture, the release of the Note
Guarantee of such Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture or the release of such security interest in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Security Documents).
(b) In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01(a), such Event of Default and all
consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 30 days
after such Event of Default arose:
(1) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or
(2) the requisite holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event
of Default; or
(3) the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.
SECTION 6.02 ACCELERATION; NOTEHOLDER DIRECTION.
(a) If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) of Section 6.01(a) with respect to the
Issuer) occurs and is continuing under this Indenture, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 30.0% in aggregate principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary
obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, a notice of Default may not be given with respect to any action taken, any inaction that occurred or
any event that took place and, in each case, was either reported publicly or reported to Holders, more than two years prior to such notice of Default. Any notice of Default, notice of acceleration or instruction to the Trustee to provide a
notice of Default, notice of acceleration or take any other action (a “Noteholder Direction”) provided by any one or more Holders (each a “Directing Holder”) must be accompanied by a written representation from each such Holder
to the Issuer and the Trustee that such Holder is not (or, in the case such Holder is DTC or its nominee, that such Holder is being instructed solely by beneficial owners that are not) Net Short (a “Position Representation”), which
representation, in the case of a Noteholder Direction relating to a notice of Default shall be deemed repeated at all times until the resulting Event of Default is cured or otherwise ceases to exist or the Notes are accelerated. In addition,
each Directing Holder must, at the time of providing a Noteholder Direction, covenant to provide the Issuer with such other information as the Issuer may reasonably request from time to time in order to verify the accuracy of such Holder’s
Position Representation within five Business Days of request therefor (a “Verification Covenant”). In any case in which the Holder is DTC or its nominee, any Position Representation or Verification Covenant required hereunder shall be
provided by the beneficial owner of the Notes in lieu of DTC or its nominee.
(b) If, following the delivery of a Noteholder Direction, but prior to the acceleration of the Notes, the Issuer determines in good faith
that there is a reasonable basis to believe that a Directing Holder was, at any relevant time, in breach of its Position Representation and provides to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the Issuer has initiated litigation in a
court of competent jurisdiction seeking a determination that such Directing Holder was, at such time, in breach of its Position Representation, and seeking to invalidate any Event of Default that resulted from the applicable Noteholder
Direction, the cure period with respect to such Default shall be automatically stayed pending a final and non-appealable determination of a court of competent jurisdiction on such matter. If, following the delivery of a Noteholder Direction,
but prior to the acceleration of the Notes, the Issuer provides to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate that a Directing Holder failed to satisfy its Verification Covenant, the cure period with respect to such Default shall be automatically
stayed and the cure period with respect to any Event of Default that resulted from the applicable Noteholder Direction shall be automatically reinstituted and any remedy stayed pending satisfaction of such Verification Covenant. Any breach of
the Position Representation shall result in such Holder’s participation in such Noteholder Direction being disregarded; and, if, without the participation of such Holder, the percentage of the Notes held by the remaining Holders that provided
such Noteholder Direction would have been insufficient to validly provide such Noteholder Direction, such Noteholder Direction shall be void ab initio, with the effect that such Event of Default shall be deemed never to have occurred,
acceleration voided and the Trustee shall be deemed not to have received such Noteholder Direction or any notice of such Default or Event of Default.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in clause (a) or (b) of this Section 6.02 to the contrary, any Noteholder Direction
delivered to the Trustee during the pendency of an Event of Default as the result of a bankruptcy or similar proceeding shall not require compliance with the third and fourth sentences of clause (a) of this Section 6.02.
(d) Upon the effectiveness of a declaration described in clause (a) of this Section 6.02, such principal and interest shall be
due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising under clause (6) of Section 6.01(a) with respect to the Issuer, the principal of and interest on all outstanding Notes
shall become due and payable without further action or notice.
(e) The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on any Noteholder Direction delivered to it in accordance with this Section 6.02,
shall have no duty to inquire as to or investigate the accuracy of any Position Representation, enforce compliance with any Verification Covenant, verify any statements in any Officer’s Certificate delivered to it, or otherwise make
calculations, investigations or determinations with respect to Derivative Instruments, Net Shorts, Long Derivative Instruments, Short Derivative Instruments or otherwise. The Trustee shall have no liability to the Issuer, any Holder or any
other Person in acting in good faith on a Noteholder Direction.
(f) (i) If a Default for a failure to report or failure to deliver a required certificate in connection with another default (such other
default, the “Initial Default”) occurs, then at the time such Initial Default is cured, the Default for a failure to report or failure to deliver a required certificate in connection with the Initial Default will also be cured without
any further action and (ii) any Default or Event of Default for the failure to comply with the time periods prescribed under Section 4.03 or otherwise to deliver any notice or certificate pursuant to any other provision of this
Indenture shall be deemed to be cured upon the delivery of any such report required by Section 4.03 or such notice or certificate, as applicable, even though such delivery is not within the prescribed period specified in this
Indenture. Any time period specified in this Indenture to cure any actual or alleged Default or Event of Default may be extended or stayed by a court of competent jurisdiction.
(g) The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if in the reasonable judgment of the Trustee acceleration is not in the
interest of the Holders.
SECTION 6.03 OTHER
REMEDIES.
If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the
performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture.
The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in
exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.
SECTION 6.04 WAIVER OF PAST DEFAULTS.
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing Default or Event
of Default and its consequences under this Indenture and the Security Documents, except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any Note held by a non-consenting Holder,
and may rescind any acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Notes; provided such rescission would not conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to
exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
SECTION 6.05 CONTROL
BY MAJORITY.
Subject to the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall have the right to direct the time, method and place
of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, and the Trustee or the Notes Collateral
Agent, as applicable, may act at the direction of the Holders without liability. The Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the
Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, in personal liability. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Controlling Collateral Agent will determine the time and method by which the security interests in the Shared Collateral will be enforced, as will be set forth in the Equal Priority Intercreditor
Agreement.
SECTION 6.06 LIMITATION
ON SUITS.
Subject to Sections 6.07 and 7.01, in case an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under
this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless the Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense. Subject to the Equal Priority
Intercreditor Agreement, and except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder may pursue any remedy with respect to the Notes or this Indenture unless:
(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing;
(2) Holders of at least 30.0% in aggregate principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee in writing to pursue
the remedy;
(3) Holders have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any
loss, liability or expense;
(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and
(5) Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the total then outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction
inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.
SECTION 6.07 RIGHTS
OF HOLDERS TO RECEIVE PAYMENT.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (including Section 6.06), the contractual right expressly set forth in this Indenture or the Notes of any Holder to receive
payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates, Redemption Dates or purchase date expressed in this Indenture or the Notes, or to bring suit for the enforcement of
any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be amended without the consent of such Holder.
SECTION 6.08 COLLECTION
SUIT BY TRUSTEE.
If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an
express trust against the Issuer for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be
sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
SECTION 6.09 RESTORATION
OF RIGHTS AND REMEDIES.
If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has
been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former
positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted.
SECTION 6.10 RIGHTS
AND REMEDIES CUMULATIVE.
Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or
reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given
hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or
remedy.
SECTION 6.11 DELAY OR
OMISSION NOT WAIVER.
No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any
such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the
Holders, as the case may be.
SECTION 6.12 TRUSTEE
MAY FILE PROOFS OF CLAIM.
The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the
reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes including the Guarantors),
its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or
deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly
to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06. To the
extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.06 out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be
denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding
whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
Subject to the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, if the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6 or, after an Event of Default, any
money or other property distributable in respect of the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture, it shall pay out the money in the following order:
(i) first to the Trustee (including any predecessor trustee) and second to the Notes Collateral Agent, in each case, and
their respective agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.06, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent and the costs and
expenses of collection;
(ii) to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without
preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, respectively; and
(iii) to the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct, including a Guarantor, if
applicable.
The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.13.
SECTION 6.14 UNDERTAKING
FOR COSTS.
In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as a Trustee, a court in its discretion
may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in the
suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07, or a suit by
Holders of more than 10.0% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.
TRUSTEE
SECTION 7.01 DUTIES
OF TRUSTEE.
(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this
Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:
(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture,
and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the
correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision
hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the
accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).
(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liabilities for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful
misconduct, except that:
(i) this Section 7.01(c) does not limit the effect of Sections 7.01(b) or 7.01(g);
(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is
proved in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and
(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with
a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.
(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to this
Section 7.01.
(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any
of the Holders unless the Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense, with respect to such exercise.
(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.
Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
(g) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any liability,
financial or otherwise, in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it
against such risk or liability is not assured to it.
SECTION 7.02 RIGHTS
OF TRUSTEE.
Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01:
(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate,
statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the
proper Person. The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into any fact or matter stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note,
other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such
further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuer and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any
kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.
(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee
shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of
Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.
(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or
attorney appointed with due care.
(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the
rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.
(e) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer shall be sufficient if
signed by an Officer of the Issuer. Any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Order.
(f) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of any event which is in fact
such a Default is received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.
(g) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, punitive, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind
whatsoever (including loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.
(h) The rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections given to the Trustee are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder, including the Notes Collateral Agent.
(i) The Trustee may request that the Issuer and any Guarantor deliver a certificate setting forth the names of the individuals and/or titles
of Officers (with specimen signatures) authorized at such times to take specific actions pursuant to this Indenture, which certificate may be signed by any person specified as so authorized in any certificate previously delivered and not
superseded.
SECTION 7.03 INDIVIDUAL
RIGHTS OF TRUSTEE.
The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer with the same rights it
would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest, it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days or resign as Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights and duties. The
Trustee is also subject to Section 7.09.
SECTION 7.04 TRUSTEE’S DISCLAIMER.
The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity, sufficiency or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s
use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuer’s direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other
than the Trustee, and it shall not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of
authentication. The Trustee shall not be responsible to make any calculation with respect to any matter under this Indenture. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Issuer’s compliance with or the breach of, or cause to
be performed or observed, any representation, warranty, or covenant, or agreement of any Person, other than the Trustee, made in this Indenture.
The Trustee does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Issuer or any other Grantor under this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements and
the Security Documents. The Trustee shall not be responsible to the Holders or any other Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents, any Intercreditor
Agreements or any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Trustee under or in connection with, this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document; the execution,
validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents of any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any
Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any Obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition,
results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its Obligations under this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents.
SECTION 7.05 NOTICE
OF DEFAULTS.
If a Default occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.02(f), the Trustee shall send to Holders a notice of the Default within 90 days after it
is known to the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if it in good faith determines
that withholding the notice is in the interests of the Holders.
SECTION 7.06 COMPENSATION
AND INDEMNITY.
The Issuer shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time.
The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made
by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.
The Issuer and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their officers, agents, directors and employees for, and hold them
harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense (including attorneys’ fees and expenses), including taxes (other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee), incurred by it in
connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuer or any of the Guarantors (including this Section
7.06) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Issuer, any Guarantor or any other Person, or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties
hereunder). The Trustee shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder and the Trustee shall not incur
any liability it if fails to so notify. The Issuer shall defend the claim and the Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel. The Issuer need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against
any loss, liability or expense determined to have been caused by the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or gross negligence.
To secure the payment obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by
the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes.
When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(6) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including
the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.
“Trustee” for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee
hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.
The provisions of this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee or the termination for any reason
of this Indenture.
SECTION 7.07 REPLACEMENT
OF TRUSTEE.
A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section
7.07. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so
notifying the Trustee and the Issuer in writing. The Issuer may remove the Trustee if:
(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.09;
(b) the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy
Law;
(c) a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or
(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.
If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor
Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.
If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee (at the Issuer’s expense), the Issuer or the Holders of at
least 10.0% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.09, such Holder may petition any court of competent
jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.
A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become
effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall send a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all
property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant
to this Section 7.07, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.06 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.
SECTION 7.08 SUCCESSOR
TRUSTEE BY MERGER, ETC.
If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another Person, the successor Person without any further act
shall be the successor Trustee.
SECTION 7.09 ELIGIBILITY; DISQUALIFICATION.
There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a Person organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under
such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50.0 million as set forth in its most recent published
annual report of condition.
SECTION 7.10 CERTAIN TAX MATTERS.
In order to comply with applicable tax laws (inclusive of rules, regulations and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) related to this Indenture in effect from time to time (“Applicable
Law”) that a foreign financial institution, issuer, trustee, paying agent or other party is or has agreed to be subject to, the Issuer agrees (i) to use commercially reasonable efforts to provide to the Trustee sufficient information
about the parties and/or transactions related to this Indenture and the Notes (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so the Trustee can determine whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Law, and (ii)
that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law for which the Trustee shall not have any liability. The terms of this section shall survive the
termination of this Indenture.
SECTION 7.11 SECURITY
DOCUMENTS; INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENTS.
By their acceptance of the Notes, the Holders hereby authorize and direct the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to execute and deliver each of the Security Documents,
the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement to which the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, is to be a party, including any Intercreditor Agreement or Security
Documents executed on or after the Issue Date and any amendments, joinders or supplements to any Intercreditor Agreement or Security Document not prohibited by this Indenture. It is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed that, in doing so,
the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent are not responsible for the terms or contents of such agreements, or for the validity or enforceability thereof, or the sufficiency thereof for any purpose. Whether or not so expressly stated
therein, in entering into, or taking (or forbearing from) any action under, any Intercreditor Agreement or any other Security Document, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent each shall have all of the rights, privileges, benefits,
immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under this Indenture (in addition to those that may be granted to it under the terms of such other agreement or agreements).
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
SECTION 8.01 OPTION
TO EFFECT LEGAL DEFEASANCE OR COVENANT DEFEASANCE.
The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below
in this Article 8.
SECTION 8.02 LEGAL
DEFEASANCE AND DISCHARGE.
Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 8.04, be deemed to have been discharged from their Obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes, this Indenture, the applicable Security Documents and Note Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth
below are satisfied (“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which shall thereafter be
deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.05 and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other Obligations under such Notes and this Indenture,
the applicable Security Documents and the applicable Intercreditor Agreements, and to have the Obligations of each of the Guarantors discharged with respect to its Note Guarantee, and to have Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes
released (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same) and to have cured all then existing Events of Default, except for the following provisions which shall survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged under this Indenture:
(a) the rights of Holders to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments
are due solely out of the trust created pursuant to this Indenture referred to in Section 8.04;
(b) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;
(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, and the Issuer’s obligations in
connection therewith; and
(d) this Section 8.02.
Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.03.
SECTION 8.03 COVENANT
DEFEASANCE.
Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Issuer and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in Section 8.04, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.14,
4.15 and 4.17 and clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) of Section 5.01(a), Section 5.01(c) and Section 5.01(d) with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the
conditions set forth in Section 8.04 are satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the
consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes under this Indenture (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for
accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or
limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other
document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition,
upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.01 of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04, Sections 6.01(a)(3), 6.01(a)(4), 6.01(a)(5),
6.01(a)(6) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries and any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), 6.01(a)(7), 6.01(a)(9) and
6.01(a)(10) shall not constitute Events of Default.
SECTION 8.04 CONDITIONS TO LEGAL OR COVENANT
DEFEASANCE.
The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 to the outstanding Notes:
(1) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government
Obligations, or a combination thereof, in such amounts (including scheduled payments thereon) as will be sufficient, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes
on the stated maturity date or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes and the Issuer must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular
Redemption Date; provided, that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the
Trustee equal to the Applicable Premium calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any deficit as of the date of redemption (any such amount, the “Applicable Premium Deficit”) only required to be deposited with the
Trustee on or prior to the date of redemption. Any Applicable Premium Deficit shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such
Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption;
(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,
(a) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or
(b) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,
in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders will not recognize income, gain
or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such
Legal Defeasance had not occurred;
(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal
income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;
(4) no Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and
simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;
(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material
agreement or material instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit
and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);
(6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the
intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuer or any Guarantor or others; and
(7) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be
subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.
SECTION 8.05 DEPOSITED
MONEY AND U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS TO BE HELD IN TRUST; OTHER MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
Subject to Section 8.06, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes
of this Section 8.05, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.04 in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to
the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of
principal, premium and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section
8.04 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.
Anything in this Article 8 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or U.S.
Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 which, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section
8.04(1)), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
SECTION 8.06 REPAYMENT TO ISSUER.
The Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly turn over to the Issuer upon receipt of an Issuer Order any excess money or securities held by them upon payment of all the obligations under
this Indenture. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal,
premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Issuer for payment
thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
SECTION 8.07 REINSTATEMENT.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be, by
reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as
though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03, as the case may be; provided
that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment
from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
SECTION 9.01 WITHOUT
CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Notwithstanding Section 9.02, the Issuer, any Guarantor (with respect to its Note Guarantee, this Indenture, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority
Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents to which it is a party and excluding any amendment or supplement the sole purpose of which is to add an additional Guarantor), the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, without the consent
of any Holders, may amend the Notes, the Note Guarantee, this Indenture, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement or the Security Documents, for any of the following purposes:
(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;
(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes or to alter the provisions of this Indenture
relating to the form of Notes (including the related definitions) in a manner that does not materially adversely affect any Holder;
(3) to comply with Article 5;
(4) to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the
Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document;
(5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights under this Indenture of any such Holder in any material respect;
(6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or any Guarantor;
(7) to provide for the issuance of Additional Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(8) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act,
if applicable;
(9) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee, a successor Notes Collateral
Agent or a successor paying agent hereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;
(10) to add a Guarantor or a co-obligor of the Notes under this Indenture, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority
Intercreditor Agreement and/or the Security Documents;
(11) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, the
Security Documents, the Notes or the Note Guarantees to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in such “Description of Notes” section was intended to be a verbatim
recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Security Document, the Notes or the Note Guarantees;
(12) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture,
including to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes;
(13) to add Collateral with respect to any or all of the Notes and/or the Note Guarantees;
(14) to release any Guarantor from its Note Guarantee pursuant to this Indenture when permitted or required by this Indenture;
(15) to release any Collateral from the Lien securing the Notes when permitted or required by the Security Documents, this Indenture (including
pursuant to Section 4.12(b) and including any release of any Lien that is not then otherwise required by this Indenture to be pledged as security for the Notes) or the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement;
(16) to comply with the rules of any applicable securities depositary;
(17) to add any Additional Equal Priority Secured Parties to any Security Documents or the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or add any
Junior Priority Secured Parties to any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement;
(18) to enter into the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement or any joinder thereto
(19) in the case of any Security Document, to include therein any legend required to be set forth therein pursuant to the Equal Priority
Intercreditor Agreement or any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, or to modify any such legend as required by the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement;
(20) with respect to the Security Documents, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement and any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, as
provided in the relevant Security Document, Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement, as applicable; or
(21) to provide for the succession of any parties to the Security Documents, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement or any Junior Priority
Intercreditor Agreement (and any amendments that are administrative or ministerial in nature) in connection with an amendment, renewal, extension, substitution, refinancing, restructuring, replacement, supplementing or other modification from
time to time of any agreement that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Upon the request of the Issuer, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall join with the Issuer
and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements authorized or not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and
stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements that directly affect
its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
SECTION 9.02 WITH
CONSENT OF HOLDERS.
Except as provided in Section 9.01 or below in this Section 9.02, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent may amend or supplement this Indenture, the
Notes, any Note Guarantee, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then
outstanding Notes (for the avoidance of doubt, including Additional Notes, if any) voting as a single class (including consents or waivers obtained in connection with a purchase or tender offer (including a Change of Control Offer) or
exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes), and, subject to Section 6.04 and 6.07, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium or interest
on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes, any Note Guarantee, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority
Intercreditor Agreement or any Security Document may be waived with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes (for the avoidance of doubt, including Additional Notes, if any)
voting as a single class (including consents or waivers obtained in connection with a purchase or tender offer (including a Change of Control Offer) or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes). Section 2.08 and Section 2.09
shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.02.
Upon the request of the Issuer and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the
documents described in Section 9.06, the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall join with the Issuer and the Guarantors in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor
agreements authorized or not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee and/or the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to
enter into such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements that directly affect its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver; it shall be sufficient if such
consent approves the substance thereof.
After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall deliver to the Holders of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the
amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuer to deliver such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver.
Without the consent of each affected Holder, an amendment or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not, with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder:
(1) reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed final maturity of any such Note or reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of such
Notes or change the time at which such Notes may be redeemed under Section 3.07; provided that any amendment to notice periods may be made with the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the
Notes then outstanding;
(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;
(4) waive a Default or Event of Default in (a) the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission
of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or (b) in respect of a covenant or provision
contained in this Indenture or any Note Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all affected Holders;
(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated therein;
(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of
principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;
(7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions;
(8) amend the contractual right expressly set forth in this Indenture or any Note of any Holder to institute suit for the enforcement of any
payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor;
(9) make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect the Holders; or
(10) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the Note Guarantees of any Significant Subsidiary in any manner materially
adverse to the Holders.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of the Holders of at least 662⁄3% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may (A) make any
change in any Security Document, the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement, any Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement or the provisions in this Indenture dealing with Collateral or application of trust proceeds of the Collateral, which
change has the effect of releasing the Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral which secure the Secured Notes Obligations or (B) change or alter the priority of the Liens securing the Secured Notes Obligations in any material
portion of the Collateral in any way materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Holders, other than, in each case, as provided under the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents or the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement.
SECTION 9.04 REVOCATION
AND EFFECT OF CONSENTS.
Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion thereof that
evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of
revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.
The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver. If a record date is
fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to
revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite
number of Holders has been obtained.
SECTION 9.05 NOTATION ON OR EXCHANGE OF NOTES.
The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee
shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.
Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.
SECTION 9.06 TRUSTEE
TO SIGN AMENDMENTS, ETC.
The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely
affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. The Issuer may not sign an amendment, supplement or waiver until its Board approves it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the
Trustee shall receive and (subject to Section 7.01) shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the
execution of such amended or supplemental indenture or security documents or intercreditor agreements is authorized or not prohibited by this Indenture and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Issuer and any Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions, and complies with the provisions hereof.
GUARANTEES
Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, fully and unconditionally guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to each Holder of
a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the Obligations of the Issuer hereunder or thereunder, that:
(a) the principal of, interest and premium on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if
lawful, and all other Obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and (b) in case of any extension of time
of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other Obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a
guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.
The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of
any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might
otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency
or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the
obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture, as well as any rights of orden and excusión it may have by virtue of law or otherwise, as provided in
Articles 2812 (two thousand eight hundred and twelve), 2814 (two thousand eight hundred and fourteen) and 2816 (two thousand eight hundred and sixteen) of the Mexican Federal Civil Code, and its relative articles of the civil code of any
state of Mexico.
Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section
10.01.
If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation
to either the Issuer or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Note Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
Each Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all
obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as
provided in Article 6 for the purposes of this Note Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any
declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Note Guarantee. The
Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Note Guarantees.
Each Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Issuer for liquidation or reorganization, should the
Issuer become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuer’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or Note
Guarantees, whether as a “voidable preference”, “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored
or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
In case any provision of any Note Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected
or impaired thereby.
The Note Guarantee issued by any Guarantor shall be a general senior obligation of such Guarantor and shall be equal in right of payment with all existing and future Senior Indebtedness of
such Guarantor, including the guarantees in respect of the Existing Notes Secured Obligations and, upon the effectiveness thereof, the guarantees in respect of the Revolving Credit Secured Obligations, in each case of such Guarantor.
Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Note Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.
SECTION 10.02 LIMITATION
ON GUARANTOR LIABILITY.
Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent
transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing
intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and
fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations
of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law. Each Guarantor that makes a
payment under its Note Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed Obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such
payment based on the respective net assets of all the Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.
Any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor incorporated under the laws of England and Wales shall not apply to the extent that it would result in such Note Guarantee constituting unlawful financial
assistance within the meaning of sections 678 or 679 of the Companies Act 2006.
Any Note Guarantee of a Guarantor incorporated under the laws of Ireland shall not apply to the extent that it would result in such Note Guarantee constituting financial assistance as
prohibited by section 82 of the Irish Companies Act 2014.
SECTION 10.03 EXECUTION AND DELIVERY.
To evidence its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01, (i) each Subsidiary that executes this Indenture as a Guarantor on the Issue Date hereby agrees that this Indenture shall be
executed on behalf of such Guarantor by any Officer of such Guarantor and (ii) each Subsidiary that thereafter becomes a Guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture agrees that a supplemental indenture, substantially in the form
of Exhibit D hereto, shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by any Officer of such Guarantor.
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Note Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of
such Note Guarantee on the Notes.
If an Officer of the Issuer or any Guarantor whose signature is on this Indenture or any supplemental indenture hereto no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates any
Note, the Note Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.
The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Note Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the
Guarantors.
If required by Section 4.15, the Issuer shall cause any of its Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with the provisions of Section 4.15 and this Article 10,
to the extent applicable.
SECTION 10.04 SUBROGATION.
Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.01; provided
that, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all amounts then due and payable by the Issuer
under this Indenture and the Notes shall have been paid in full.
SECTION 10.05 BENEFITS
ACKNOWLEDGED.
Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it
pursuant to its Note Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
SECTION 10.06 RELEASE
OF NOTE GUARANTEES.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, a Note Guarantee by a Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Guarantor, the
Issuer or the Trustee is required for the release of such Guarantor’s Note Guarantee:
(a) upon any sale, exchange, issuance, transfer or other disposition (by merger, consolidation, amalgamation, dividend, distribution or
otherwise) of (i) the Capital Stock of such Guarantor, after which such Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, or (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of such Guarantor, in each case, if such sale, exchange, issuance, transfer
or other disposition is not prohibited by the applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(b) [Reserved];
(c) upon the designation of such Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or upon such Guarantor becoming (i) a Qualified Liquefaction
Development Entity, (ii) a Receivables Subsidiary, (iii) an Immaterial Subsidiary, (iv) a Captive Insurance Subsidiary, (v) a not-for-profit or special purpose Subsidiary or (vi) a Subsidiary with respect to which a guarantee would result in
material adverse tax consequences, as reasonably determined by the Issuer, in each case in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;
(d) upon a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Notes in accordance with Article 8 or a satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes in accordance with Article 11;
(e) upon the merger, amalgamation, consolidation or winding up of such Guarantor with and into the Issuer or another Guarantor that is the
surviving Person in such merger, amalgamation, consolidation or winding up, or upon the liquidation of such Guarantor;
(f) [Reserved];
(g) [Reserved]; or
(h) as described under Article 9 hereof or in accordance with the provisions of the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement.
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
SECTION 11.01 SATISFACTION
AND DISCHARGE.
This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all Notes, and the Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes will be released, when:
(1) either:
(i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (except mutilated, lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been
replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
(ii) (A) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation (i) have become due and payable by reason of
the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, (ii) will become due and payable within one year or (iii) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of
redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer;
(B) the Issuer or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in
trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof in an amount (including scheduled payments thereon) sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes
not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Notes which have become due and payable) or to the date of maturity or redemption, as
the case may be; provided, that upon any redemption that requires the payment of the Applicable Premium, the amount deposited shall be sufficient for purposes of this Indenture to the extent that an amount is deposited with the Trustee
equal to the Applicable Premium, calculated as of the date of the notice of redemption, with any Applicable Premium Deficit only required to be deposited with the Trustee on or prior to the date of redemption. Any Applicable Premium Deficit
shall be set forth in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee simultaneously with the deposit of such Applicable Premium Deficit that confirms that such Applicable Premium Deficit shall be applied toward such redemption;
(C) no Default or Event of Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit or
any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit
and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under any, material agreement or material instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or
any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection
therewith); and
(D) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of
the Notes at maturity or the Redemption Date, as the case may be.
(2) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by it under this Indenture; and
(3) the Issuer has delivered an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary
assumptions and exclusions) to the Trustee stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been complied with. Such Opinion of Counsel may rely on such Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact, including clauses
(ii)(A), (B), (C) and (D) above.
Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (ii)(B) of clause (1) of this Section
11.01, the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 shall survive.
SECTION 11.02 APPLICATION
OF TRUST MONEY.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the
provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the
principal, premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with Section 11.01 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or
governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred
pursuant to Section 11.01; provided that if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of
the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.
COLLATERAL
SECTION 12.01 SECURITY
DOCUMENTS.
(a) The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable,
whether on an interest payment date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest on the Notes and performance of all other Obligations of the Issuer and the
Guarantors to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the
Security Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure Secured Notes Obligations, subject to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreements. The Trustee, the Issuer and the Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree that the Notes
Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent and pursuant to the terms of the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by accepting a Note,
consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of Collateral) and any Intercreditor Agreements as the same may be in effect or may be amended
from time to time in accordance with their terms and this Indenture and any Intercreditor Agreements, and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents on the Issue Date and to perform its obligations
and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. In the event of conflict between an Intercreditor Agreement, any of the other Security Documents and this Indenture, the applicable Intercreditor Agreement shall control. The Issuer
shall deliver to the Notes Collateral Agent copies of all documents required to be filed pursuant to the Security Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next sentence of this Section
12.01, to assure and confirm to the Notes Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Security Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available
for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. The Issuer and the Guarantors shall, at their sole expense and subject to the other limitations set forth
in Section 12.07, take all actions (including filing Uniform Commercial Code and other financing statements, mortgages and deeds of trust) that may be required under applicable law, or that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may
reasonably request, in order to ensure the creation, perfection and priority (or continuance thereof) of the security interests created or intended to be created by the Security Documents in the Collateral. Such security interests will be
created under the Security Documents and other security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust and other instruments and documents in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee.
SECTION 12.02 RELEASE OF COLLATERAL.
(a) Collateral may be released from the Liens and security interests created by the Security Documents at any time and from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the Security Documents, any Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Security Documents, any Intercreditor Agreements and this Indenture, the Issuer and the
Guarantors will be entitled to the release of property and other assets constituting Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees under any one or more of the following circumstances:
(i) to enable the Issuer or any Guarantor to consummate the sale, transfer or other disposition (including by the
termination of Financing Leases or the repossession of the leased property in a Financing Lease by the lessor and by means of a Restricted Payment) of such Collateral to any Person other than the Issuer or a Guarantor, to the extent such
sale, transfer or other disposition is not prohibited under Section 4.10;
(ii) in the case of a Guarantor that is released from its Note Guarantee, with respect to the Capital Stock, and property
and other assets, of such Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its Note Guarantee;
(iii) with respect to Collateral that is Capital Stock, upon (i) the dissolution or liquidation of the issuer of that
Capital Stock that is not prohibited by this Indenture or (ii) upon the designation by the Issuer of such issuer of Capital Stock as an Unrestricted Subsidiary under this Indenture;
(iv) with respect to any Collateral that becomes an Excluded Asset, upon it becoming an Excluded Asset;
(v) in accordance with Section 4.12(b);
(vi) [Reserved];
(vii) in connection with any enforcement action taken by the Controlling Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of
the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement; or
(viii) as described under Article 9.
(b) The Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees also shall automatically and without the need for any further
action by any Person be terminated and released:
(i) upon payment in full of the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes and all other
Obligations in respect of the Notes under this Indenture, the Note Guarantees and the Security Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are paid;
(ii) upon a Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to the Notes under this Indenture as described under Section
8.02 and Section 8.03, or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture with respect to the Notes as described under Section 11.01; or
(iii) pursuant to the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents with respect to the Notes,
in each case, other than any contingent obligations (including contingent indemnity obligations not yet due or payable).
(c) In addition, any Lien on any Collateral may be subordinated to the holder of any Lien on such Collateral that is created, incurred, or
assumed pursuant to clauses (c), (d), (e), (f), (g), (i), (j), (l), (m) (with respect to any assets subject to such Sale and Lease-Back Transaction), (n) (solely to the extent such Lien related to Indebtedness incurred under clause (n) of the
second paragraph of Section 4.09), (o) (other than any Lien on the Equity Interests of any Guarantor), (p), (r), (u) (to the extent the relevant Lien is of the type to which the Lien of the Notes Collateral Agent is otherwise required
or, if requested by the Issuer, permitted to be subordinated pursuant to any of the other exceptions included in this clause (c)), (w), (x), (y), (z)(i), (bb), (cc), (dd) (in the case of subclause (dd)(ii) thereof, to the extent the relevant
Lien covers cash collateral posted to secure the relevant obligation), (ee), (ff), (gg), (hh), (ii), (jj), (kk), (ll), (oo), (rr) and/or (ss) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” (and, in the case of each such clause, any Refinancing
Indebtedness in respect of any thereof to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness is permitted to be secured under clause (k) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”) to the extent required by the terms of the Obligations secured by such
Liens.
(d) With respect to any release of Collateral, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions
precedent under this Indenture and the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements, as applicable, to such release have been met and that it is permitted for the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the documents
requested by the Issuer in connection with such release and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Issuer, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute, deliver or acknowledge
(at the Issuer’s expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements and shall do or cause to be done
(at the Issuer’s expense) all acts reasonably requested of them to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any
such Officer’s Certificate and such Opinion of Counsel, and notwithstanding any term hereof or in any Security Document or in any Intercreditor Agreements to the contrary, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be under any
obligation to release any such Lien and security interest, or execute and deliver any such instrument of release, satisfaction or termination, unless and until it receives such Officer’s Certificate.
SECTION 12.03 SUITS TO
PROTECT THE COLLATERAL.
Subject to the provisions of Article 7 and the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee may or may direct the Notes Collateral Agent to take all actions it
determines in order to:
(a) enforce any of the terms of the Security Documents; and
(b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Obligations hereunder.
Subject to the provisions of the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall have power to institute and to maintain such suits and
proceedings as the Trustee may determine to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Security Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee may
determine to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral. Nothing in this Section 12.03 shall be considered to impose any such duty or obligation to act on the part of the Trustee or the Notes
Collateral Agent.
SECTION 12.04 AUTHORIZATION
OF RECEIPT OF FUNDS BY THE TRUSTEE UNDER THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS.
Subject to the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreements, the Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Security Documents, and to make
further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.
SECTION 12.05 PURCHASER
PROTECTED.
In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute
the applicable release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other transferee;
nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights not prohibited by this Article 12 to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Issuer or the applicable Guarantor to make
any such sale or other transfer.
SECTION 12.06 POWERS EXERCISABLE BY RECEIVER OR TRUSTEE.
In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 12 upon the Issuer or a Guarantor with respect to
the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Issuer or a Guarantor
or of any Officer or Officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article 12; and if the Trustee shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the
Trustee.
SECTION 12.07 CERTAIN
LIMITATIONS ON COLLATERAL.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, to the extent that the Lien on any Collateral is not or cannot be created and/or perfected on the Issue Date (other than (a) by the execution and
delivery of the Security Agreement by the Issuer and the Guarantors, (b) a Lien on Collateral that is of the type that may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement in the United States under the UCC and (c) a Lien on the Equity
Interests of each Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary) required to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement that may be perfected on the Issue Date by the delivery of a stock or equivalent certificate (together with a
stock power or similar instrument endorsed in blank for the relevant certificate)), in each case after the Issuer’s use of commercially reasonably efforts to do so or without undue burden or expense, the Issuer shall take all necessary
actions to create and/or perfect such Lien pursuant to arrangements to be mutually agreed between the Issuer and the Notes Collateral Agent acting reasonably. In addition, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, it is further understood and
agreed that:
(a) the Notes Collateral Agent may waive or grant extensions of time for the creation and perfection of security interests in, or obtaining
Mortgages, policies of title insurance, legal opinions, surveys, appraisals or other deliverables with respect to, particular assets or the provision of any Note Guarantee by any Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) (1) perfection by control shall not be required with respect to assets requiring perfection through control agreements or other control
arrangements, including Deposit Accounts, securities accounts and commodities accounts (other than control or possession of pledged Equity Interests (to the extent certificated) that constitute Collateral) and (2) no blocked account
agreement, deposit account control agreement or similar agreement shall be required for any Deposit Account, securities account or commodities account;
(c) the Notes Collateral Agent will only be authorized to take actions in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or under the laws of any non-U.S.
jurisdiction to create security interests in assets located or titled outside of the U.S. or to perfect or make enforceable any security interests in any such assets as follows:
(i) with respect to Equity Interests in, and Collateral owned by, Guarantors located in Barbados as of the date of the
Offering Memorandum, a charge over shares and debentures under the Laws of Barbados and any customary filings associated therewith;
(ii) with respect to Equity Interests in, and Collateral owned by, Guarantors located in Bermuda as of the date of the
Offering Memorandum, a share charge under the Laws of Bermuda and any customary filings associated therewith;
(iii) with respect to Equity Interests in, and Collateral owned by, Guarantors located in Ireland as of the date of the
Offering Memorandum, a charge over shares under the laws of Ireland and any customary filings associated therewith;
(iv) with respect to Equity Interests and Collateral located in Jamaica as of the date of the Offering Memorandum, (i) a
debenture creating charges over Collateral, (ii) four share charges by a Barbadian parent over shares in four Jamaican subsidiaries, (iii) a share charge by a United States parent over shares in a Jamaican subsidiary and (iv) two mortgages
over certain real property interests under the Laws of Jamaica (and Barbados, as applicable, with respect to the charge over shares), and any customary filings associated therewith;
(v) with respect to Equity Interests in, and Collateral owned by, Guarantors located in Mexico as of the date of the
Offering Memorandum, equity interests pledge agreements and non-possessory pledge agreements under the Laws of Mexico, and any customary filings associated therewith;
(vi) with respect to Equity Interests in, and Collateral owned by, Guarantors located in The Netherlands as of the date of
the Offering Memorandum, a pledge of shares and pledge on receivables and accounts under the Laws of The Netherlands, and any customary filings associated therewith;
(vii) with respect to Collateral owned by, Guarantors located in Nicaragua as of the date of the Offering Memorandum, movable
pledge over the Power Purchase Agreement under the laws of Nicaragua, and any customary filings associated therewith;
(viii) with respect to Equity Interests in, and Collateral owned by, Guarantors located in Puerto Rico as of the date of the
Offering Memorandum, a filing of the applicable financing statement before the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Department of State’s Secured Transactions Registry and any customary filings associated therewith;
(ix) with respect to Equity Interests in, and Collateral owned by, Guarantors incorporated in England and Wales as of the
date of the Offering Memorandum, a charge over shares and debentures under the Laws of England and Wales and any customary filings associated therewith; and
(x) with respect to Equity Interests in, and Collateral owned by, Foreign Subsidiaries that become Guarantors after the
date of the Offering Memorandum, only such share pledges, debentures and similar instruments as are substantially consistent with those described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (x), as applicable.
(d) no actions shall be required to perfect a security interest in (1) any vehicle, tanker, marine vessel, ISO container or other asset
subject to a certificate of title, other than tankers or other marine vessels with a value (as reasonably estimated by the Issuer) in excess of $40.0 million, (2) letter-of-credit rights not constituting supporting obligations of other
Collateral, (3) the Equity Interests of any Immaterial Subsidiary not constituting Collateral, (4) the Equity Interests of any Person that is not a Subsidiary or (5) commercial tort claims with a value of less than $40.0 million, except in
the case of each of clauses (1) through (5), perfection actions limited solely to the filing of a UCC financing statement.
As discussed above, the Issuer and the Guarantors expect to create security interests in certain of the Collateral on the Issue Date by entering into the Security Agreement, filing certain
financing statements in the United States under the UCC and delivering certain stock or equivalent certificates for Domestic Subsidiaries. In addition, on the Issue Date the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Notes Collateral Agent will use
commercially reasonable efforts to enter into the other Security Documents (except with respect to mortgages and other documents or agreements that (x) shall be delivered on a post-Issue Date basis per the terms of this Indenture or any
Security Document or (y) cannot be reasonably delivered on the Issue Date without undue burden or expense in the sole judgment of the Issuer), which will create the security interests in certain of the other Collateral.
SECTION 12.08 NOTES
COLLATERAL AGENT.
(a) The Issuer and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Notes Collateral Agent as its agent
under this Indenture, the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements, and the Issuer and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Notes Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under
the provisions of this Indenture, the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Notes Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture, the
Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements, and consents and agrees to the terms of any Intercreditor Agreements and each Security Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Notes Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 12.08. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Notes Collateral
Agent in accordance with the provision of this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, and the exercise by the Notes Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and
binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture, the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements, the duties of the Notes Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and
administrative in nature, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements to which the Notes Collateral Agent
is a party, nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder or any Grantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or
liabilities shall be read into this Indenture, the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements or otherwise exist against the Notes Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term
“agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Notes Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely
as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Notes Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture, the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements by or
through receivers, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its
Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice
or opinion given by legal counsel. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any receiver, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in
good faith and with due care.
(c) None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be
taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Security Document or any Intercreditor
Agreements or the transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty,
covenant or agreement made by the Issuer or any other Grantor or Affiliate of any Grantor, or any Officer or Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents, any Intercreditor Agreements or any certificate, report,
statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture, the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements, or the validity, effectiveness,
genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture, the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements, or for any failure of any Grantor or any other party to this Indenture, the Security Documents or any Intercreditor
Agreements to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the
observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture, the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Grantor or any Grantor’s
Affiliates.
(d) The Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice,
consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and
to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to the Issuer or any other Grantor), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the
Notes Collateral Agent. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent,
order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements unless it shall
first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the
Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Notes Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting,
under this Indenture, the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a
Responsible Officer of the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Issuer referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of
default”. The Notes Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article 6 or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the Notes (subject to this Section 12.08).
(f) The Notes Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notice to the Trustee and the Issuer, such resignation to be effective upon the
acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Notes Collateral Agent. If the Notes Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Issuer shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed
prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Notes Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Trustee, at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then
outstanding, may appoint a successor collateral agent, subject to the consent of the Issuer (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default). If no successor collateral
agent is appointed and consented to by the Issuer pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Notes Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties
of the retiring Notes Collateral Agent, and the term “Notes Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Notes Collateral Agent shall be
terminated. After the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Section 12.08 shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring Notes Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation
be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Notes Collateral Agent under this Indenture.
(g) The Trustee shall initially act as Notes Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Notes Collateral Agents as necessary in
its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements, neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other
Related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other
Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and
neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(h) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Security Documents to which it is party, whether executed on
or after the Issue Date, (ii) enter into any Intercreditor Agreements, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (iii) make the representations of the Holders set forth in the Security Documents and Intercreditor Agreements, (iv) bind the
Holders on the terms as set forth in the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements and (v) perform and observe its obligations under the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements.
(i) If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any
payments with respect to the Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments
from the Notes Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article 6, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Notes Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may
be required to negotiate the same to the Notes Collateral Agent such proceeds to be applied by the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements.
(j) The Notes Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in
accordance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Issuer, the Trustee shall notify the Notes Collateral Agent
thereof and promptly shall deliver such Collateral to the Notes Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Notes Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(k) The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists
or is owned by any Grantor or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are
entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the Grantor’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Security Documents has been properly and completely listed or
delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue
exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture, any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreements other than pursuant to the instructions of the Trustee
or the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes or as otherwise provided in the Security Documents.
(l) If the Issuer or any Guarantor (i) incurs any Junior Priority Obligations at any time when no Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement is
in effect and (ii) delivers to the Notes Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate so stating and requesting the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into a Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement in favor of a designated agent or representative
for the holders of the Junior Priority Obligations so incurred, the Notes Collateral Agent shall (and is hereby authorized and directed to) enter into such intercreditor agreement (at the sole expense and cost of the Issuer, including legal
fees and expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent), bind the Holders on the terms set forth therein and perform and observe its obligations thereunder.
(m) No provision of this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document shall require the Notes Collateral Agent (or the
Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the
request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Notes Collateral Agent) unless it shall have received indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee against potential costs and liabilities
incurred by the Notes Collateral Agent relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements or the Security Documents, in the event the Notes Collateral Agent is entitled or
required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to
inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Notes Collateral Agent has determined that the Notes Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or
release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances. The Notes Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this clause if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity,
security or undertaking from the Issuer or the Holders to be sufficient.
(n) The Notes Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Indenture,
any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents or instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have
resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Issuer (and money held in trust by the Notes
Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law) and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete
authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Notes Collateral
Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(o) Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its
control. Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures,
earthquakes or other disasters. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (included but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has
been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
(p) The Notes Collateral Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Issuer or any
other Grantor under this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible to the Holders or any other Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or
warranties contained in this Indenture, the Security Documents, any Intercreditor Agreements or any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in
connection with, this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements or any Security Document; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents of any other party
thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the
validity, enforceability or collectability of any Obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its
Obligations under this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Holder or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or
Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Indenture, any
Intercreditor Agreements and any Security Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security
Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions from the Holders with respect to the administration of this Indenture, the Security Documents and
any Intercreditor Agreements.
(q) The parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall assume, be
responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and
costs (including any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever,
pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements, the Security Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge
that in the exercise of its rights under this Indenture, any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents, the Notes Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Notes
Collateral Agent in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Collateral. In the event that the Notes Collateral
Agent or the Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in the Notes
Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s sole discretion may cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”),
42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee reserves the right, instead of taking
such action, to either resign as the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable to
the Issuer, the Guarantors or any other Person for any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s actions and conduct as
authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for property to be possessed, owned, operated or
managed by any Person (including the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) other than the Issuer or the Guarantors, a majority in interest of Holders shall direct the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to appoint an appropriately
qualified Person (excluding the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) who they shall designate to possess, own, operate or manage, as the case may be, the property.
(r) Upon the receipt by the Notes Collateral Agent of a written request of the Issuer signed by an Officer (a “Security Document Order”),
the Notes Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into, and shall execute and enter into, without the further consent of any Holder or the Trustee, any Security Document to be executed after the Issue Date. Such Security
Document Order shall (i) state that it is being delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to, and is a Security Document Order referred to in, this Section 12.08(r), and (ii) instruct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute and
enter into such Security Document. Any such execution of a Security Document shall be at the direction and expense of the Issuer, upon delivery to the Notes Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to
the execution and delivery of the Security Document have been satisfied. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Notes, hereby authorize and direct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute such Security Documents.
(s) Subject to the provisions of the applicable Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements, each Holder, by acceptance of the Notes,
agrees that the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver any Intercreditor Agreements and the Security Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the
terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, except as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the Notes Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent,
approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes or the Trustee, as applicable.
(t) After the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Holders of a majority of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may direct the Notes Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture, the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements.
(u) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders distributed under
the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements and to the extent not prohibited under any Intercreditor Agreements, for turnover to the Trustee to make further distributions of such funds to itself, the Trustee and the Holders in
accordance with the provisions of Section 6.13 and the other provisions of this Indenture.
(v) In each case that the Notes Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement to
take any action (an “Action”), including to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any Security Document or any
Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any Action taken
or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. If the Notes Collateral Agent shall request direction from the Holders of a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes with respect to any Action, the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such Action unless and until the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received direction from the
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
(w) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or in any Security Document or any Intercreditor Agreement, in no event shall
the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or Liens intended to be created
by this Indenture, the Security Documents or any Intercreditor Agreements (including the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the
Trustee be responsible for, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee makes any representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or priority of any of the Security Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be
created thereby.
(x) Before the Notes Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting in each case at the request or direction of the Issuer or the Guarantors,
it may require an Officer’s Certificate, which shall conform to the provisions of this Section 12.08 and Sections 13.03 and 13.04; provided that no Officer’s Certificate shall be required in connection with
the Security Documents to be entered by the Notes Collateral Agent on the Issue Date. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate.
(y) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Notes Collateral Agent shall act pursuant to the instructions of the
Holders and the Trustee solely with respect to the Security Documents and the Collateral.
(z) The rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections given to the Trustee are extended to, and shall be
enforceable by, the Notes Collateral Agent as if the Notes Collateral Agent were named as the Trustee herein and the Security Documents were named as this Indenture herein.
(aa) The Issuer and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal
year (beginning with the first fiscal year ending after the Issue Date and after giving effect to any fiscal year end change effected on or after the Issue Date), an Officer’s Certificate (which may be the same certificate required to be
delivered by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.04) either (i) (x) stating that such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording, and refiling of this Indenture or the Security Documents, as applicable, as
are necessary to maintain the perfected Liens of the applicable Security Documents securing the Obligations under applicable law to the extent required by the Security Documents other than any action as described therein to be taken, and (y)
stating that on the date of such Officer’s Certificate, all financing statements, financing statement amendments and continuation statements have been or will be executed and filed that are necessary, as of such date or promptly thereafter
and during the succeeding 12 months, fully to maintain the perfection (to the extent required by the Security Documents) of the security interests of the Notes Collateral Agent securing the Obligations thereunder and under the Security
Documents with respect to the Collateral; provided that if there is a required filing of a continuation statement or other instrument within such 12-month period and such continuation statement or amendment is not effective if filed
at the time of the Officer’s Certificate, such Officer’s Certificate may so state and in that case the Issuer and the Guarantors shall cause a continuation statement or amendment to be timely filed and become effective so as to maintain such
Liens and security interests securing Obligations or (ii) stating that no such action is necessary to maintain such Liens or security interests.
(bb) Section 7.06 of this Indenture shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Notes Collateral Agent in its capacity as such.
MISCELLANEOUS
Any notice or communication by the Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class
mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), fax or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address, or given electronically:
If to the Issuer and/or any Guarantor:
New Fortress Energy Inc.
111 W. 19th Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10011
Attention: Cameron D. MacDougall, Esq.
Email: cmacdougall@fortress.com
With a copy to (which copy shall be delivered as an accommodation and shall not be required to be delivered in satisfaction of any requirement hereof):
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
One Manhattan West
New York, New York 10001-8602
Attention: Michael J. Schwartz
Email: michael.schwartz@skadden.com
If to the Trustee:
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Fax No.: (651) 466-7430
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
If to the Notes Collateral Agent:
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Fax No.: (651) 466-7430
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
The Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
Notices given by publication (including posting of information as contemplated by the provisions described under Section 4.03) will be deemed given on the first date on which
publication is made, notices given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, will be deemed given five calendar days after mailing or transmitting, notices sent by overnight delivery service will be deemed given on the next Business Day after
timely delivery to the courier and notices given electronically will be deemed given when sent. Notice given in accordance with the procedures of DTC will be deemed given on the date sent to DTC. Failure to send a notice or communication to a
Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event or any other communication (including any notice of
redemption or repurchase) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its
designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices at the Depositary.
If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
If the Issuer mails a notice or communication to Holders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time.
Each of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or
other similar unsecured electronic methods. If the Issuer, any Guarantor or any Holder elects to give the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee
or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s or Notes Collateral Agent’s, as applicable, understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Trustee or the
Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s or the Notes Collateral Agent’s, as applicable, reliance upon and compliance with such instructions
notwithstanding if such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit
instructions and directions to the Trustee, including the risk of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.
SECTION 13.02 MEXICAN
PROCESS AGENT.
For purposes of this Section 13.02, each Guarantor incorporated or formed under the laws of Mexico (each a “Mexican Guarantor”), specifically for the purpose of receiving legal and/or
judicial service of process in the U.S. in connection with this Section 13.02, independently from the Notes Collateral Agent’s right to make and deliver service of process to the Mexican Guarantors in any other way or form which is legally
valid, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally designate the following agent and attorney-in-fact for such purposes in the U.S. (the “Mexican Process Agent”):
NFE Management LLC
The Corporation Trust Company,
Corporation Trust Center,
1209 Orange Street,
Wilmington, New Castle County,
Delaware 19801
United States of America
Each Mexican Guarantor represents and warrants to the Notes Collateral Agent that it has received evidence of the acceptance by the Mexican Process Agent of its appointment as such by the
Mexican Guarantors.
Additionally, each Mexican Guarantor covenants and agrees that it will take all necessary and appropriate action in order to grant in favor of the Mexican Process Agent, and within 15
calendar days immediately following the Issue Date, a document of authority or power of attorney, for lawsuits and collections, granted by each Mexican Guarantor in favor of the Mexican Process Agent in full compliance with Mexican law and
duly formalized before a Mexican Notary Public for its validity in Mexico, through such corporate actions as may be required by each Mexican Guarantor’s incorporation documents and bylaws, and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
the Notes Collateral Agent, in order to fully and duly formalize the designation of the Mexican Process Agent as each Mexican Guarantor’s agent for service of process in the United States of America in accordance with Mexican law. Each
Mexican Guarantor hereby agrees to provide the Notes Collateral Agent with a copy of the formalization of the designation of the Mexican Process Agent within 25 Business Days immediately following the Issue Date.
SECTION 13.03 COMMUNICATION BY HOLDERS WITH OTHER HOLDERS.
Holders may communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes.
SECTION 13.04 CERTIFICATE
AND OPINION AS TO CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
Upon any request or application by the Issuer or any of the Guarantors to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent to take any action under this Indenture, the Issuer or such Guarantor, as
the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee or, if such action relates to a Security Document or an Intercreditor Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent:
(a) An Officer’s Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05) stating that, in the opinion of the
signatory thereto, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; provided that an Officer’s Certificate shall not be required in connection
with the entering into the Security Documents and the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement; and
(b) An Opinion of Counsel (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 13.05) stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with; provided that an Opinion of Counsel shall not be required in connection with (i) the issuance of the Notes that are issued on the Issue Date and (ii) the
entering into of the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements.
SECTION 13.05 STATEMENTS
REQUIRED IN CERTIFICATE OR OPINION.
Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to Section 4.04) shall
include:
(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;
(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such
certificate or opinion are based;
(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to
express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with (and, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact); and
(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided,
however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.
SECTION 13.06 RULES BY TRUSTEE AND AGENTS.
The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.
SECTION 13.07 NO
PERSONAL LIABILITY OF DIRECTORS, MANAGERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES AND STOCKHOLDERS.
No past, present or future director, manager, officer, employee, incorporator, member, partner or stockholder of the Issuer or any Guarantor or any of their parent companies or entities, as
such, shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Security Documents, any Intercreditor Agreements or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by
reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.
SECTION 13.08 GOVERNING
LAW; JURISDICTION.
THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY NOTE GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS INDENTURE AND ANY ACTION FOR ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, IN EACH CASE RESIDING IN THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS INDENTURE, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS
PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO ABOVE AND TO THE FULLEST EXTENT
IT MAY DO SO UNDER APPLICABLE LAW HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN
SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION
SECTION 13.09 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND THE NOTES COLLATERAL AGENT, AND EACH HOLDER BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
SECTION 13.10 FORCE
MAJEURE.
In no event shall the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or
caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its reasonable control, including strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and
interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services.
SECTION 13.11 NO
ADVERSE INTERPRETATION OF OTHER AGREEMENTS.
This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt
agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.
SECTION 13.12 SUCCESSORS.
All agreements of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind its respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of
each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors.
SECTION 13.13 SEVERABILITY.
In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way
be affected or impaired thereby.
SECTION 13.14 INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENTS.
Each Holder, by its acceptance of a Note, agrees that it will be bound by and will take no actions contrary to the provisions of any Intercreditor Agreement, and authorizes and instructs the
Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Equal Priority Intercreditor Agreement and/or Junior Priority Intercreditor Agreement after the Issue Date in accordance with Section 12.08(l) and Section 9.01(18), in
each case as Trustee and as Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, and on behalf of such Holder, including making the representations of the Holders contained therein.
SECTION 13.15 COUNTERPARTS AND ELECTRONIC EXECUTION.
This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken
together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart
hereof. The exchange of copies of this Agreement and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Agreement as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original
Agreement and signature pages for all purposes. All notices, approvals, consents, requests and any communications hereunder must be in writing (provided that any communication sent to the Trustee hereunder must be in the form of a document
that is signed manually or by way of a digital signature provided by DocuSign or such other digital signature provider as specified in writing to the Trustee by the Company, in English. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of
the use of using digital signatures and electronic methods to submit communications to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third
parties.
SECTION 13.16 TABLE OF
CONTENTS, HEADINGS, ETC.
The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and
shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 13.17 USA
PATRIOT ACT.
The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and
money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account. The Issuer agrees that it will provide the Trustee with information about
the Issuer as the Trustee may reasonably request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.
[Signatures on following page]
NEW FORTRESS ENERGY INC.,
as Issuer
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta |
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer |
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GUARANTORS:
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American Energy Logistics Solutions LLC
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American LNG Marketing LLC
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Atlantic Energy Holdings LLC
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Bradford County Development Holdings LLC
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Bradford County GPF Holdings LLC
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Bradford County GPF Partners LLC
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Bradford County Power Holdings LLC
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Bradford County Power Partners LLC
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Bradford County Transport Holdings LLC
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Bradford County Transport Partners LLC
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Island LNG LLC
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LA Development Holdings LLC
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LA Real Estate Holdings LLC
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LA Real Estate Partners LLC
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LNG Holdings (Florida) LLC
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LNG Holdings LLC
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New Fortress Energy Holdings LLC
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New Fortress Energy Marketing LLC
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New Fortress Intermediate LLC
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NFE Angola Holdings LLC
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NFE Atlantic Holdings LLC
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NFE BCS Holdings (A) LLC
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NFE BCS Holdings (B) LLC
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NFE Equipment Holdings LLC
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NFE Equipment Partners LLC
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NFE Ghana Partners LLC
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NFE Ghana Holdings LLC
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NFE Honduras Holdings LLC
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NFE International LLC
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NFE ISO Holdings LLC
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NFE ISO Partners LLC
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NFE Jamaica GP LLC
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NFE Logistics Holdings LLC
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NFE Management LLC
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NFE Mexico Holdings LLC
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NFE Nicaragua Development Partners LLC
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NFE Nicaragua Development Partners LLC,
Sucursal Nicaragua
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NFE Nicaragua Holdings LLC
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NFE Plant Development Holdings LLC
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NFE South Power Holdings LLC
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NFE Sub LLC
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NFE Transport Holdings LLC
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NFE Transport Partners LLC
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NFE US Holdings LLC
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PA Development Holdings LLC
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PA Real Estate Holdings LLC
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PA Real Estate Partners LLC
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TICO Development Partners Holdings LLC
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TICO Development Partners LLC
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Christopher S. Guinta |
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer |
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ATLANTIC DISTRIBUTION HOLDINGS SRL
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ATLANTIC ENERGY HOLDINGS LIMITED
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ATLANTIC TERMINAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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ATLANTIC POWER HOLDINGS SRL
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ATLANTIC ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS
SRL
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ATLANTIC PIPELINE HOLDINGS SRL
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ATLANTIC TERMINAL INFRASTRUCTURE HOLDINGS
SRL
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta
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Title:
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Manager
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ATLANTIC POWER HOLDINGS LIMITED
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NFE NORTH HOLDINGS LIMITED
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NFE NORTH INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED
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NFE NORTH TRADING LIMITED
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NFE SOUTH HOLDINGS LIMITED
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NFE SOUTH POWER TRADING LIMITED
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NFE SOUTH TRADING LIMITED
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta
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Title:
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Director
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NFE SHANNON HOLDINGS LIMITED
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta
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Title:
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Director
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NFE NORTH DISTRIBUTION LIMITED
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NFE NORTH HOLDINGS LIMITED
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NFE NORTH TRANSPORT LIMITED
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NFE SOUTH HOLDINGS LIMITED
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NFE SOUTH POWER TRADING LIMITED
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta
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Title:
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Director
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AMAUNET, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
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NFENERGIA MEXICO, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
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NFENERGIA GN DE BCS, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
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NFE PACIFICO LAP, S. DE R.L. DE C.V.
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta
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Title:
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Legal Representative
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NFENERGÍA LLC
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SOLUCIONES DE ENERGIA LIMPIA PR LLC
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NFE POWER PR LLC
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ENCANTO EAST LLC
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ENCANTO WEST LLC
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ENCANTO POWER LLC
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ENCANTO POWER WEST LLC
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta
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Title:
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Authorized Signatory
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NFE MEXICO HOLDINGS B.V.
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NFE MEXICO HOLDINGS PARENT B.V.
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta
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Title:
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Authorized Signatory
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NFE NICARAGUA DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS LLC
SUCURSAL NICARAGUA
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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NFE INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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By:
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/s/ Christopher S. Guinta |
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Name:
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Christopher S. Guinta
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Title:
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Director
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent
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By:
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/s/ Donald T. Hurrelbrink
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Name:
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Donald T. Hurrelbrink |
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Title:
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Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
[Face Of Note]
[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
[Insert the Regulation S Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]
CUSIP [ ]
ISIN [ ]1
[RULE 144A][REGULATION S] GLOBAL NOTE
6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
No. ____
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[$______________]
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NEW FORTRESS ENERGY INC.
________ promises to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto]2 [of ________________________ United States Dollars]3 on September 30, 2026.
Interest Payment Dates: March 31 and September 30, commencing on September 30, 20214
Record Dates: March 15 and September 15
1 Rule 144A Note CUSIP: 644393 AB6
Rule 144A Note ISIN: US644393AB64
Regulation S Note CUSIP: U6422P AC2
Regulation S Note ISIN: USU6422PAC24
2 Use bracketed language for a Global Note.
3 Use bracketed language for a Definitive Note.
4 With respect to the Initial Notes.
IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
Dated:
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NEW FORTRESS ENERGY INC.,
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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:
Dated:
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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Trustee
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Authorized Signatory
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[Back of Note]
6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.
1. INTEREST. New Fortress Energy Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of
this Note at 6.500% per annum from April 12, 20215 until maturity. The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on March 31 and September 30 of each
year, commencing September 30, 2021,5 or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”).
Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from April 12, 2021. The Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue
installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the Notes. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of Notes at the close of business
on the March 15 or September 15 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except
as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. Payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders or by wire transfer; provided that
all payments of principal of and interest and premium, if any, on all Global Notes shall be made in accordance with the Depositary’s applicable procedures. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at
the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. If a payment date is not a Business Day at the place of payment, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day, and no interest shall
accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is not a Business Day, the record date shall not be affected.
3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, U.S. Bank National Association, the Trustee under the Indenture, will act as Paying Agent and
Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act in any such capacity.
4. INDENTURE. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of April 12, 2021 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the
Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Issuer designated as its 6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026. The Issuer shall be entitled
to issue Additional Notes pursuant to Sections 2.01, 4.09 and 4.12 of the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture. The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture for a
statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
5 With respect to the Initial Notes.
5. REDEMPTION AND REPURCHASE. The Notes are subject to optional redemption, and may be the subject of a Change of Control Offer and an
Asset Sale Offer (or an Alternate Offer or Advance Offer, as applicable), as further described in the Indenture. Except as set forth in Section 3.10 of the Indenture, the Issuer shall not be required to make any mandatory or sinking fund
payments with respect to the Notes.
6. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of
$1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and
transfer documents and the Issuer may require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption or
tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer, Alternate Offer, Advance Offer or other tender offer, in whole or in part, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part. Also, the Issuer need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of selection of Notes to be redeemed and ending at the close of business on
the day of selection of Notes to be redeemed.
7. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder may be treated as its owner for all purposes.
8. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the
Indenture.
9. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. Upon the occurrence of
an Event of Default, the rights and obligations of the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be as set forth in the applicable provisions of the Indenture.
10. AUTHENTICATION. This Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.
11. GOVERNING LAW. THE INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE NOTE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE
OF NEW YORK.
12. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuer has
caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as
contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.
The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to the Issuer at the following address:
New Fortress Energy Inc.
Investor Relations
111 W. 19th Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10011
13. SECURITY. The Notes and the Note Guarantees will be secured by the Collateral on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
the Indenture and the Security Documents. The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, will hold the Collateral in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, in each case pursuant to the Security Documents and any
Intercreditor Agreements. Each Holder, by accepting this Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Security Documents (including the provisions providing for the foreclosure and release of Collateral) and any Intercreditor Agreements as
the same may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and the Indenture and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Security Documents and any Intercreditor Agreements on the
Issue Date and at any time after Issue Date, as applicable, and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith.
ASSIGNMENT FORM
To assign this Note, fill in the form below:
(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:
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and irrevocably appoint ______________________________________ to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.
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Signature Guarantee:*
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE
If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:
☐ Section 4.10 ☐ Section 4.14
If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:
$ ________________
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* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE6
The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $__________. The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive
Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:
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6 This schedule should be included only if the Note is issued in global form.
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
New Fortress Energy Inc.
111 W. 19th Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10011
Attention: Cameron D. MacDougall, Esq.
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Fax No.: (651) 466-7430
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
Re: 6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of April 12, 2021 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, the Trustee and the Notes
Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
_______________ (the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $___________ in
such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to _______________ (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:
[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]
1. ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The
Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial
interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person
exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance
with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
2. ☐ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO
REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United
States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or
(y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United
States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the
Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the applicable Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an initial
purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Indenture and the
Securities Act.
3. ☐ CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE
SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S WHICH PROVISION MAY NOT BE RULE 144. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted
Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):
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☐ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 of Regulation S and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture
and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in
the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
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☐ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule
904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the
Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or
Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.
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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
1. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:
[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]
(a) ☐ a beneficial interest in the:
(i) ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP 644393 AB6), or
(ii) ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U6422P AC2), or
(b) ☐ a Restricted Definitive Note.
2. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:
[CHECK ONE]
(a) ☐ a beneficial interest in the:
(i) ☐ 144A Global Note (CUSIP 644393 AB6), or
(ii) ☐ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP U6422P AC2), or
(b) ☐ a Restricted Definitive Note; or
(c) ☐ an Unrestricted Definitive Note,
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
EXHIBIT C
FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
New Fortress Energy Inc.
111 W. 19th Street, 8th Floor
New York, New York 10011
Attention: Cameron D. MacDougall, Esq.
U.S. Bank National Association
EP-MN-WS3C
60 Livingston Avenue
Saint Paul, MN 55107
Fax No.: (651) 466-7430
Attention: Global Corporate Trust
Re: 6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of April 12, 2021 (the “Indenture”), among the Issuer, the Guarantors from time to time parties thereto, the Trustee and the Notes
Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.
___________ (the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $__________ in such
Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:
1) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE
a) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO
BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note in an equal principal amount, the
Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant
to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
b) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO
UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the
Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable
blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
c) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN
AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the
Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the
restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any
applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.
d) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE
NOTE. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without
transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in
the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws
of any state of the United States.
2) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR
RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES
a) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO
RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted
Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to
the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
b) ☐ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A
RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] [ ] 144A Global Note [ ] Regulation S Global Note, with an equal principal amount, the
Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global
Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of
the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.
This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer.
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EXHIBIT D
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]
Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of [__________], by [__________________] (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of the Issuer, and U.S.
Bank National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent have heretofore executed and delivered an indenture, dated as of April 12, 2021 (as amended,
supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of 6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the
Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Note Guarantee”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture to amend or supplement the Indenture without the consent of
any Holder; and
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the
equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:
(1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned such terms in the Indenture.
(2) Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to provide an unconditional Note Guarantee on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Indenture,
including Article 10 thereof.
(3) Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Note Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of
any notation of such Note Guarantee on the Notes.
(4) Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(5) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same
agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties
hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all
purposes.
(6) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
(7) Ratification Of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all
the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be
bound hereby.
(8) The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity, sufficiency or adequacy of this Supplemental Indenture or for
or in respect of the statements or recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.
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