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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2009 (June 4, 2009)
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
         
DELAWARE   0-20199   43-1420563
(State or Other Jurisdiction of   (Commission File Number)   (I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)       Identification No.)
     
One Express Way, St. Louis, MO   63121
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number including area code: 314-996-0900
No change since last report
(Former Name or Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
     Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions ( see General Instruction A.2. below):
o   Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
o   Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
o   Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation of a Registrant
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
SIGNATURE
EX-1.1
EX-1.2
EX-4.1
EX-4.2
EX-4.3
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Item 1.01.     Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
          (a)  Indenture
          On June 9, 2009, Express Scripts, Inc. (the “Company”), the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein (the “Subsidiary Guarantors”) and Union Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee” and, collectively with the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, the “Indenture Parties”), entered into an Indenture (the “Indenture”), the form of which was filed as Exhibit 4.8 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-159654) (the “Registration Statement”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on June 2, 2009.
          (b)  Supplemental Indentures
          On June 9, 2009, the Indenture Parties entered into a First Supplemental Indenture (the “First Supplemental Indenture”) to the Indenture. The First Supplemental Indenture relates to the Company’s 5.250% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “2012 Notes”). On June 9, 2009, the Company issued and sold $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2012 Notes in a public offering pursuant to the Registration Statement. The First Supplemental Indenture includes a form of 2012 Note.
          On June 9, 2009, the Indenture Parties entered into a Second Supplemental Indenture (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”) to the Indenture. The Second Supplemental Indenture relates to the Company’s 6.250% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Notes”). On June 9, 2009, the Company issued and sold $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of the 2014 Notes in a public offering pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Second Supplemental Indenture includes a form of 2014 Note.
          On June 9, 2009, the Indenture Parties entered into a Third Supplemental Indenture (the “Third Supplemental Indenture” and, collectively with the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture, the “Supplemental Indentures”) to the Indenture. The Third Supplemental Indenture relates to the Company’s 7.250% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “2019 Notes” and, collectively with the 2012 Notes and the 2014 Notes, the “Notes”). On June 9, 2009, the Company issued and sold $500 million aggregate principal amount of the 2019 Notes in a public offering pursuant to the Registration Statement. The Third Supplemental Indenture includes a form of 2019 Note.
          The 2012 Notes will pay interest semiannually at a rate of 5.250% per annum until June 15, 2012, the 2014 Notes will pay interest semiannually at a rate of 6.250% per annum until June 15, 2014 and the 2019 Notes will pay interest semiannually at a rate of 7.250% per annum until June 15, 2019. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes to finance a portion of the consideration for the acquisition of the pharmacy benefit management business of WellPoint, Inc. (the “Acquisition”). In the event that the Company does not consummate the Acquisition on or prior to January 9, 2010, or the acquisition agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, the Company is required, pursuant to the terms of the Supplemental Indentures, to redeem the Notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from June 9, 2009 to but excluding the mandatory redemption date.

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          (c)  Underwriting Agreements
          On June 4, 2009, the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Notes Underwriting Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto, relating to the sale by the Company of $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2012 Notes, $1.0 billion aggregate principal amount of 2014 Notes and $500 million aggregate principal amount of 2019 Notes.
          On June 4, 2009, the Company and the subsidiaries of the Company party thereto entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Common Stock Underwriting Agreement” and, together with the Notes Underwriting Agreement, the “Underwriting Agreements”) with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto (the “Common Stock Underwriters”), relating to the sale by the Company of 26,450,000 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”) (including 3,450,000 shares of Common Stock issuable at the Common Stock Underwriters’ option to cover over-allotments), at a price to the public of $61.00 per share. On June 5, 2009 the Common Stock Underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in full. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the sale of the Shares to finance a portion of the consideration for the Acquisition. The Shares were issued and sold in a public offering pursuant to the Registration Statement.
          Some of the underwriters or their affiliates have provided investment or commercial banking services to the Company or its affiliates in the past and are likely to do so in the future.
          The Notes Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.1, the Common Stock Underwriting Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 1.2, the Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.1, the First Supplemental Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.2, the Second Supplemental Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.3 and the Third Supplemental Indenture is filed herewith as Exhibit 4.4. The descriptions of the Underwriting Agreements, the Indenture and the Supplemental Indentures herein are qualified by reference thereto.
Item 2.03.     Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation of a Registrant
          The information included in Item 1.01(b) above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.
Item 9.01.     Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits
          The agreements included as exhibits to this report contain representations and warranties by each of the parties to the

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applicable agreement. These representations and warranties have been made solely for the benefit of the other parties to the applicable agreement and:
    should not in all instances be treated as categorical statements of fact, but rather as a way of allocating the risk to one of the parties if those statements prove to be inaccurate;
 
    may have been qualified by disclosures that were made to the other party in connection with the negotiation of the applicable agreement, which disclosures are not necessarily reflected in the agreement;
 
    may apply standards of materiality in a way that is different from what may be viewed as material to you or other investors; and
 
    were made only as of the date of the applicable agreement or such other date or dates as may be specified in the agreement and are subject to more recent developments.
          Accordingly, these representations and warranties may not describe the actual state of affairs as of the date they were made or at any other time. The Company acknowledges that, notwithstanding the inclusion of the foregoing general disclaimer, it is responsible for considering whether additional specific disclosures of material information regarding material contractual provisions are required to make the statements in this report not misleading. Additional information about the Company may be found elsewhere in this report and the Company’s other public filings, which are available without charge through the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
          The following exhibits are filed as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
         
Exhibit Number   Description
       
 
  1.1    
Underwriting Agreement, dated June 4, 2009, among Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto, Express Scripts, Inc. and the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein.
       
 
  1.2    
Underwriting Agreement, dated June 4, 2009, among J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as representatives of the several Underwriters listed on Schedule A thereto, Express Scripts, Inc. and the subsidiaries of Express Scripts, Inc. party thereto.
       
 
  4.1    
Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among Express Scripts, Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee.
       
 
  4.2    
First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among Express Scripts, Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee.
       
 
  4.3    
Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among Express Scripts, Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee.
       
 
  4.4    
Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among Express Scripts, Inc., the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee.

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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
         
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
(Registrant)
 
 
Date: June 10, 2009  By:   /s/ Keith J. Ebling    
    Keith J. Ebling   
    Executive Vice President and General Counsel   
 

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Exhibit 1.1
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
$1,000,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes Due 2012
$1,000,000,000 6.250%% Senior Notes Due 2014
$500,000,000 7.250% Senior Notes Due 2019
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
June 4, 2009
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
     Eleven Madison Avenue,
     New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
     270 Park Avenue,
     New York, N.Y. 10017
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
     388 Greenwich Street,
     New York, N.Y. 10013
As representatives (the “ Representatives ”) of the Several Underwriters
Dear Sirs:
     1.  Introductory. Express Scripts, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “ Underwriters ”) to issue and sell to the several Underwriters $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2012 (the “ 2012 Notes ”), $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 6.250% Senior Notes due 2014 (the “ 2014 Notes ”) and $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.250% Senior Notes due 2019 (the “ 2019 Notes ” and, together with the 2012 Notes and the 2014 Notes, the “ Offered Securities ”). The Offered Securities will be unconditionally guaranteed (the “ Guarantees ”) by the subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule B hereto (the “ Subsidiary Guarantors ”). The 2012 Notes shall be issued under the first supplemental indenture dated as of the Closing Date (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”) to the indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”), the 2014 Notes shall be issued under the second supplemental indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date, to the Base Indenture (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”) and the 2019 Notes shall be issued under a third supplemental indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date, to the Base Indenture (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ” and, together with the First Supplemental Indenture, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”).
     As part of the transactions described under the heading “The Acquisition” in the General Disclosure Package, pursuant to a Stock and Interest Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) dated as of April 9, 2009, between the Company and WellPoint, Inc. (the “ Seller ”), the Company intends to acquire (the “ Acquisition ”) from the Seller each of NextRx, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (“ NextRx LLC ”), NextRx, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ NextRx ”) and NextRx Services, Inc., a New York corporation (“ NextRx Services ”, and together with NextRx LLC and NextRx, the “ Target Companies ”, each a “ Target Company ”). Immediately following consummation of the Acquisition, NextRx Sub I, LLC, NextRx Sub II, LLC and NextRx Sub III, LLC (collectively, the “ NextRx Subs ”), each of which is a Guarantor, will be merged with and into each of the Target Companies, with the Target Companies to be the surviving entities (the “ NextRx Mergers ”) and successor guarantors of the Offered Securities.

 


 

     2.  Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
          (a) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms . The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-159654), including a related prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act, which has become effective. “ Registration Statement ” at any particular time means such registration statement in the form then filed with the Commission, including any amendment thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein and all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to such registration statement, that in any case has not been superseded or modified. “ Registration Statement ” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the Effective Time. For purposes of this definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B.
          For purposes of this Agreement:
          “ 430B Information ” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(e) or retroactively deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f).
          “ 430C Information ” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430C.
          “ Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
          “ Applicable Time ” means 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.
          “ Closing Date ” has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.
          “ Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
          “ Effective Time ” of the Registration Statement relating to the Offered Securities means the time of the first contract of sale for the Offered Securities.
          “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
          “ Final Prospectus ” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430B Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.
          “ General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule C to this Agreement.
          “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
          “ Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
          “ Order ” means any judgment, order, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, ruling, determination, award, permit or license of any governmental entity or any arbitrator.

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          “ PBM Contract ” means that certain Pharmacy Benefit Management Services Agreement to be entered into between the Seller and the Company on the date the Acquisition is consummated.
          “ Rules and Regulations ” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
          “ Securities Laws ” means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“ Sarbanes-Oxley ”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Trust Indenture Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley) promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as applicable, the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market (“ Exchange Rules ”).
          “ Statutory Prospectus ” with reference to any particular time means the prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to the Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and not retroactively.
          “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939.
Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.
          (b) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements . (i) (A) At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, (B) at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether by post effective amendment, incorporated report or form of prospectus), (C) at the Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities and (D) on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) (A) on its date, (B) at the time of filing the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) and (C) on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act, the Trust Indenture Act and the Rules and Regulations, and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which will constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
          (c) Automatic Shelf Registration Statement . (i)  Well-Known Seasoned Issuer Status . (A) At the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Offered Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163, the Company was a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405, including not having been an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405.
          (ii) Effectiveness of Automatic Shelf Registration Statement . The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, that initially became effective within three years of the date of this Agreement.

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          (iii) Eligibility to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Form . The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. If at any time when Offered Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Offered Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable, and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Offered Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.
          (iv) Filing Fees . The Company has paid or shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Offered Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).
          (d) Ineligible Issuer Status . (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Offered Securities and (ii) at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.
          (e) General Disclosure Package . As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated June 4, 2009, including the base prospectus, dated June 2, 2009 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally), and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule C to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
          (f) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct

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such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein.
          (g) Good Standing of the Company. The Company (i) has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except in the case of clause (ii) where the failure to so qualify would not result in a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, affairs or business prospects of either (x) the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or (y) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as one enterprise, after giving pro forma effect to the Acquisition, in each case, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).
          (h) Subsidiary Guarantors . Each Subsidiary Guarantor (i) has been duly organized and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity in good standing, where applicable, in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except in the case of clause (ii) where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary Guarantor of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock of each Subsidiary Guarantor owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.
          (i) Target Companies . To the knowledge of the Company (i) NextRx LLC is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio, with limited liability company power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; (ii) NextRx has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the power and authority (corporate or other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; (iii) NextRx Services has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, with the power and authority (corporate or other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and (iv) each Target Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification.
          (j) Execution and Delivery of Indenture; Guarantees; Offered Securities . The Indenture has been duly authorized and has been duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor; the Guarantees have been duly authorized by each Subsidiary Guarantor; the Offered Securities have been duly authorized and, when the Offered Securities are delivered and paid for pursuant to this Agreement on the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been duly executed and delivered (assuming that the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Trustee), such Offered Securities will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered (assuming that the Offered Securities have been authenticated in the manner provided in the Indenture by the Trustee), will conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Offered Securities contained in the Final Prospectus and the Indenture and such Offered Securities and, in the case of the Subsidiary Guarantors, such Guarantees, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

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          (k) Supplemental Guarantor Indenture. Immediately following closing of the NextRx Mergers, the Supplemental Guarantor Indenture will (i) be duly authorized by the Target Companies and duly qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, (ii) have been duly executed and delivered by the Target Companies and (iii) assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee, constitute valid and legally binding agreements of the Target Companies, enforceable against the Target Companies in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
          (l) Target Company Guarantees . Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Supplemental Guarantor Indenture and assuming the Offered Securities have been delivered by the Company to the Underwriters against payment of the requisite consideration therefor specified in this Agreement, the Guarantees by the Target Companies will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Target Companies, enforceable against the Target Companies in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.
          (m) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any governmental agency or body or any court is necessary or required for (i) the execution, delivery or performance by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Target Companies of their obligations under this Agreement, the Indenture, the Offered Securities, the Guarantees, or the consummation by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Target Companies of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Indenture, except such as have been obtained, or made and such as may be required under state securities laws or (ii) the execution, delivery or performance by the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.6 to the Purchase Agreement, the Target Companies, as applicable, of the PBM Contract or the consummation of the Acquisition, except, in each case, as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package.
          (n) Title to Property . The Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.21 to the Purchase Agreement, each of the Target Companies have good and marketable title to all of their respective real properties and good title to their respective personal properties, in each case free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equitable right except (A) as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package or (B) as does not have a Material Adverse Effect and does not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each of the Target Companies considered as one enterprise; and all of the leases and subleases of the Company, each Subsidiary Guarantor and each of the Target Companies considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.21 to the Purchase Agreement, any of the Target Companies holds properties described in the General Disclosure Package, are in full force and effect, except such failures to be in full force and effect that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          (o) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors of the Indenture and this Agreement and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated (including the use of proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities, the Acquisition and the entry into the PBM Contract), the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities, the issuance of the Guarantees and the Supplemental Guarantor Indenture by the Target Companies and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Target Companies pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor

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or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Target Companies, (ii) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Target Companies or any of their properties, or (iii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement, any of the Target Companies is a party or by which the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement, any of the Target Companies is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement, any of the Target Companies is subject, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such breaches, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          (p) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts . None of the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.16 of the Purchase Agreement, any of the Target Companies is in violation of its respective organizational documents or in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
          (q) Authorization of Agreements . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
          (r) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.9 to the Purchase Agreement, the Target Companies (A) possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits (including certificates of need, licenses, pharmacy licenses, Medicare provider numbers, accreditations and other similar documentation or approvals of any local health departments or any governmental authority) (collectively, “ Licenses ”) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted except where the failure to possess any such License would not result in a Material Adverse Effect and (B) have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of the Target Companies, would individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
          (s) Accurate Disclosure . The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “Description of the Notes”, “The Acquisition” and “Certain United States Federal Income Tax Considerations to Non-U.S. Holders”, insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.
          (t) Absence of Manipulation . The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
          (u) Internal Controls and Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act . Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, its subsidiaries and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) are in compliance in all material respects with Sarbanes-Oxley. The Company maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “ Internal Controls ”) that comply with the Securities Laws and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i)

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transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s Internal Control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weakness in its Internal Control over financial reporting. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, since December 31, 2008, there has been no change in the Company’s Internal Control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s Internal Control over financial reporting. The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
          (v) Litigation . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by or before any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign), involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.10 to the Purchase Agreement, any Target Company or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company, any subsidiary or any Target Company, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor to perform its obligations under the Indenture (including each Guarantee set forth therein) or this Agreement; and no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.
          (w) Medicare; Medicaid . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.9 to the Purchase Agreement, any Target Company has received written notice of any, and to the knowledge of any officer or director of the Company there are no material Medicare, Medicaid, or any other managed care recoupment or recoupments of any third-party payor being sought, threatened, requested or claimed against the Company, any Subsidiary Guarantor or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company.
          (x) Financial Statements . The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package together with the related schedules and notes present fairly in all material respects the financial position of (i) the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, the Target Companies, in each case, as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis with respect to the Company and the Target Companies, respectively, and the schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein, and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.
          (y) Capitalization . The stockholder’s equity and long-term indebtedness of the Company as of March 31, 2009 was as set forth in the General Disclosure Package in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization”; and there has not been (i) any subsequent issuance of

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capital stock of the Company, except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to any outstanding securities, benefit or compensation plans disclosed in the General Disclosure Package or (ii) any subsequent increase, if any, in the outstanding principal amount of long-term indebtedness, except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package or under instruments outstanding at March 31, 2009.
          (z) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the end of the period covered by the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package (i) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or properties of either (x) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (y) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole after giving pro forma effect to the Acquisition, that is material and adverse, (ii) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company on any class of its capital stock and (iii) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company, its subsidiaries or , to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company.
          (aa) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “ Investment Company Act ”).
          (bb) Anti-Bribery Laws. Neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company or any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Target Company is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its subsidiaries and its affiliates and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Target Companies have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
          (cc) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, each Target Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements relating to money laundering applicable to the Company, its subsidiaries and each Target Company and, so far as the Company is aware, any related or similar statutes, rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Target Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
          (dd) OFAC . None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Target Company is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or

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other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
     3.  Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities . On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of (i) 99.522% of the principal amount thereof of the 2012 Notes, the respective principal amounts of Offered Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto, (ii) 98.974% of the principal amount thereof of the 2014 Notes, the respective principal amounts of Offered Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto and (iii) 98.682% of the principal amount thereof of the 2019 Notes, the respective principal amounts of Offered Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.
     The Company will deliver the Offered Securities to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives against payment of the purchase price by the Underwriters in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives drawn to the order of  the Company at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, at  10:00 A.M., New York time, on June 9, 2009, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “ Closing Date ”. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The Offered Securities so to be delivered or evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking at the above office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP at least 24 hours prior to the Closing Date.
     4.  Offering by Underwriters . It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
     5.  Certain Agreements of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
          (a) Filing of Prospectuses. The Company has filed or will file each Statutory Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus) pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424, within the time period prescribed. The Company has complied and will comply with Rule 433.
          (b) Filing of Amendments; Response to Commission Requests . Prior to the termination of the offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will promptly advise the Representatives of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus at any time and will offer the Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such amendment or supplement; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of (i) the filing of any such amendment or supplement, (ii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to the Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (iv) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
          (c) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the

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Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representatives, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.
          (d) Rule 158. As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months, after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date of this Agreement and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.
          (e) Furnishing of Prospectuses . The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representatives reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
          (f) Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale and the determination of their eligibility for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Offered Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
          (g) Payment of Expenses . The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to any filing fees and other expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and the preparation and printing of memoranda relating thereto, any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Offered Securities, costs and expenses relating to investor presentations or any “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Company, including the chartering of airplanes, fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Exchange Act, and expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors.
          (h) Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the net proceeds received in connection with this offering in the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the General Disclosure Package and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
          (i) Absence of Manipulation . Neither Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
          (j) Restriction on Sale of Securities . Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary Guarantor will offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of, directly or indirectly, or file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to United States dollar-denominated debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and having a maturity of more than one year from the date of issue, or publicly disclose the

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intention to make any such offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing, without the prior written consent of the Representatives for a period beginning on the date hereof and ending 90 days after the Closing Date.
          (k) NextRx Mergers. Immediately following the closing of the Acquisition, the Company shall cause each of the NextRx Subs and the Target Companies to consummate the NextRx Mergers.
          (l) Supplemental Guarantor Indenture. Upon closing of the NextRx Mergers, the Company shall cause each of the Target Companies to execute and deliver a supplemental indenture substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to which each such Target Company will succeed to and be substituted for each of the NextRx Subs with the same effect as if such Target Company had been named as a Guarantor in the First Supplemental Indenture.
     6.  Free Writing Prospectuses . (a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representatives are hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping.
          (b) Term Sheets . The Company will prepare a final term sheet relating to the Offered Securities, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise in a form consented to by the Representatives, and will file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) following the date such final terms have been established for all classes of the offering of the Offered Securities. Any such final term sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement. The Company also consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that contains only (i)(x) information describing the preliminary terms of the Offered Securities or their offering or (y) information that describes the final terms of the Offered Securities or their offering and that is included in the final term sheet of the Company contemplated in the first sentence of this subsection or (ii) other information that is not “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433, it being understood that any such free writing prospectus referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall not be an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.
     7.  Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Offered Securities on the Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors herein (as though made on the Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
          (a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter . The Representatives shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Closing Date, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants with respect to the Company, within the meaning of the Securities Laws and substantially in the form of Schedule D hereto (except that, in any letter dated the Closing Date, the specified date referred to in Schedule D hereto shall be a date no more than three days prior to the Closing Date).
          (b) Accountants’ Comfort Letter . The Representatives shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and the Closing Date, of Ernst & Young LLP, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants with respect to the Target

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Companies, within the meaning of the Securities Laws and substantially in the form of Schedule E hereto (except that, in any letter dated the Closing Date, the specified date referred to in Schedule E hereto shall be a date no more than three days prior to the Closing Date).
          (c) Filing of Prospectus. The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
          (d) No Material Adverse Change . Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties of either (x) the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or (y) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole after giving pro forma effect to the Acquisition, which, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the NASDAQ Stock Market, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. Federal or, New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed; or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.
          (e) Opinion of Counsel for Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors . The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule F hereto.
          (f) Opinion of General Counsel. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Keith Ebling, General Counsel of the Company substantially in the form set forth in Schedule G hereto.
          (g) Opinions of Local Counsel for the Subsidiary Guarantors . The Representatives shall have received opinions, dated the Closing Date, of local counsel for the Subsidiary Guarantors, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule H hereto.
          (h) Opinion of Regulatory Counsel. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated the Closing Date, of Ropes & Gray LLP, special regulatory counsel of the Company, to the effect the statements in the Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) under any headings relating to regulatory disclosure, insofar as they constitute summaries of legal documents, legal proceedings or refer to matters of law or legal conclusions, are accurate in all material respects.

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          (i) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
          (j) Officer’s Certificate . The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated the Closing Date, of an executive officer of the Company and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors in this Agreement are true and correct; the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to their knowledge and after reasonable investigation, are threatened by the Commission; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package, there has been no Material Adverse Effect except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
          (k) Indenture . The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered, and the Underwriters shall have received copies, conformed and executed thereof.
          (l) Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement shall not have been terminated.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. The Representatives may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder.
     8.  Indemnification and Contribution . (a)   Indemnification of the Underwriters . Each of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “ Indemnified Party ”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
          (b) Indemnification of the Company . Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, each of their respective directors and each of their respective officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “ Underwriter Indemnified

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Party ”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Statutory Prospectus and Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the sentences related to concessions and reallowances, and the two paragraphs related to stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids.
          (c) Actions against Parties; Notification . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
          (d) Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on

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the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(d).
     9.  Default of Underwriters . If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on the Closing Date and the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total principal amount of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by the Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on the Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate principal amount of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total principal amount of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on the Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of the Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
     10.  Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations . The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors or their respective officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors, or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the respective obligations of the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the

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Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 hereof shall remain in effect. In addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.
     11.  Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, N.Y. 10013, Attention: General Counsel, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention:  LCD-IBD and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017, Attention: High Grade Syndicate Desk, 8 th Floor, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Express Scripts, Inc., One Express Way, St. Louis, MO 63121, Attention: Keith Ebling, General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
     12.  Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
     13.  Representation of Underwriters . The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
     14.  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
     15.  Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors acknowledge and agree that:
          (a) No Other Relationship . The Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on the one hand and the Representatives on the other hand has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or are advising the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors on other matters;
          (b) Arms’ Length Negotiations . The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Representatives and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
          (c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose . The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors have been advised that the Representatives and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors and that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
          (d) Waiver . The Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.

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     16.  Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
     The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
         
  AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC

 
 
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member    
         
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 

 


 

BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CURASCRIPT, INC.
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY
DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION
MANAGEMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
IBIOLOGIC, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
NEXTRX SUB I, LLC
NEXTRX SUB II, LLC
NEXTRX SUB III, LLC
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE
VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee   
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
PHOENIX MARKETING GROUP, LLC
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes   
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL
PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
IVTX, INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
         
     
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY, LLC
         
     
  By:   /s/ Marc Palmer   
    Name:   Marc Palmer   
    Title:   President   
 
ESI PARTNERSHIP

By: Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
         
     
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
By: ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
         
     
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford   
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
 
         
  ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford   
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
 
         
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, CO.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Biskey   
    Name:   Michael Biskey   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  MSC – MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY SPEEDY
RE-EMPLOYMENT, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Edward Ignaczak   
    Name:   Edward Ignaczak   
    Title:   President   
 
SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
By: Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
         
     
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee   
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 
By: Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
         
     
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes   
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the Representatives of the several Underwriters
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
         
By:
  /s/ Brian D. Bednarski
     
 
  Name:   Brian D. Bednarski
 
  Title:   Managing Director
         
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
 
       
By:
  /s/ Helena Willner
     
 
  Name:   Helena Willner
 
  Title:   Director
         
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
 
       
By:
  /s/ Robert Bottamedi
     
 
  Name:   Robert Bottamedi
 
  Title:   Vice President

 


 

SCHEDULE A
         
    Principal  
    Amount of  
    5.250% Senior  
Underwriter   Notes due 2012  
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  $ 193,334,000.00  
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
    193,333,000.00  
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    193,333,000.00  
Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
RBS Securities Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
    60,000,000.00  
 
     
Total
  $ 1,000,000,000.00  
 
     
         
    Principal  
    Amount of  
    6.250% Senior  
Underwriter   Notes due 2014  
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  $ 193,333,000.00  
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
    193,334,000.00  
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    193,333,000.00  
Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
RBS Securities Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
    60,000,000.00  
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
    60,000,000.00  
 
     
Total
  $ 1,000,000,000.00  
 
     
         
    Principal  
    Amount of  
    7.250% Senior  
Underwriter   Notes due 2019  
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  $ 96,667,000.00  
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
    96,666,000.00  
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    96,667,000.00  
Calyon Securities (USA) Inc.
    30,000,000.00  
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
    30,000,000.00  
Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA), Inc.
    30,000,000.00  
RBS Securities Inc.
    30,000,000.00  
Scotia Capital (USA) Inc.
    30,000,000.00  
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
    30,000,000.00  
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
    30,000,000.00  
 
     
Total
  $ 500,000,000.00  
 
     

 


 

SCHEDULE B
     
    State or Other Jurisdiction of
Subsidiary Guarantors   Incorporation
Airport Holdings, LLC
  New Jersey
Byfield Drug, Inc.
  Massachusetts
Care Continuum, Inc.
  Kentucky
CFI New Jersey, Inc.
  New Jersey
Chesapeake Infusion, Inc.
  Florida
ConnectYourCare Company, LLC
  Delaware
ConnectYourCare, LLC
  Maryland
CuraScript, Inc.
  Delaware
CuraScript PBM Services, Inc.
  Delaware
Diversified Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
  Minnesota
ESI Claims, Inc.
  Delaware
ESI Enterprises, LLC
  Delaware
ESI-GP Holdings, Inc.
  Delaware
ESI Mail Pharmacy Service, Inc.
  Delaware
ESI Partnership
  Delaware
ESI Realty, LLC
  New Jersey
ESI Resources, Inc.
  Minnesota
Express Scripts Canada Holding, Co.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Pharmaceutical Procurement, LLC
  Delaware
Express Scripts Sales Development Co.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Senior Care, Inc.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Senior Care Holdings, Inc.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Specialty Distribution Services, Inc.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Utilization Management Co.
  Delaware
Freco, Inc.
  Florida
Freedom Service Company, LLC
  Florida
Healthbridge, Inc.
  Delaware
Healthbridge Reimbursement and Product Support, Inc.
  Massachusetts
iBiologic, Inc.
  Delaware
IVTx, Inc.
  Delaware
Lynnfield Compounding Center, Inc.
  Florida
Lynnfield Drug, Inc.
  Florida
Matrix GPO, LLC
  Indiana
Mooresville On-Site Pharmacy
  Delaware
MSC – Medical Services Company
  Florida
National Prescription Administrators, Inc.
  New Jersey
NextRx Sub I, LLC
  Delaware
NextRx Sub II, LLC
  Delaware
NextRx Sub III, LLC
  Delaware
Phoenix Marketing Group, LLC
  Delaware
Priorityhealthcare.com, Inc.
  Florida
Priority Healthcare Corporation
  Indiana
Priority Healthcare Corporation West
  Nevada
Priority Healthcare Distribution, Inc.
  Florida
Priority Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc.
  Florida
Sinuspharmacy, Inc.
  Florida
Specialty Infusion Pharmacy, Inc.
  Florida
Spectracare, Inc.
  Kentucky
Spectracare Health Care Ventures, Inc.
  Kentucky

 


 

     
    State or Other Jurisdiction of
Subsidiary Guarantors   Incorporation
Spectracare of Indiana
  Indiana
Spectracare Infusion Pharmacy, Inc.
  Kentucky
Speedy Re-employment, LLC
  Florida
Value Health, Inc.
  Delaware
YourPharmacy.com, Inc.
  Delaware

 


 

SCHEDULE C
1.   General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package)
 
    “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents:
          1.  Final term sheet, dated June 4, 2009 for the 5.250% Senior Notes due 2012, the 6.250% Senior Notes due 2014 and the 7.250% Senior Notes due 2019.
2.   Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package
 
    The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:
 
    None

 

Exhibit 1.2
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
23,000,000 Shares of Common Stock
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
June 4, 2009
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.,
    383 Madison Avenue, 4th Floor,
    New York, N.Y. 10179
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC,
    Eleven Madison Avenue,
    New York, N.Y. 10010-3629
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
    388 Greenwich Street,
    New York, N.Y. 10013
As representatives (the “ Representatives ”) of the Several Underwriters
Dear Sirs:
     1.  Introductory. Express Scripts, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), agrees with the several Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (the “ Underwriters ”) to issue and sell to the several Underwriters 23,000,000 shares (“ Firm Securities ”) of its common stock, par value $0.01 per share (“ Securities ”) and also proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters, at the option of the Underwriters, an aggregate of not more than 3,450,000 shares (“ Optional Securities ”) of its Securities as set forth below. The Firm Securities and the Optional Securities are herein collectively called the “ Offered Securities ”. The Offered Securities will have attached thereto rights (the “Rights”) to purchase a preferred share purchase right. The Rights are to be issued pursuant to a Rights Agreement (the “Rights Agreement”) dated as of July 25, 2001 between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
     As part of the transactions described under the heading “The Acquisition” in the General Disclosure Package, pursuant to a Stock and Interest Purchase Agreement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”) dated as of April 9, 2009, between the Company and WellPoint, Inc. (the “ Seller ”), the Company intends to acquire (the “ Acquisition ”) from the Seller each of NextRx, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (“ NextRx LLC ”), NextRx, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ NextRx ”) and NextRx Services, Inc., a New York corporation (“ NextRx Services ”, and together with NextRx LLC and NextRx, the “ Target Companies ”, each a “ Target Company ”). Immediately following consummation of the Acquisition, NextRx Sub I, LLC, NextRx Sub II, LLC and NextRx Sub III, LLC (collectively, the “ NextRx Subs ”), will be merged with and into each of the Target Companies, with the Target Companies to be the surviving entities (the “ NextRx Mergers ”) and successor guarantors of the Company’s 5.250% senior notes due 2012, the Company’s 6.250% senior notes due 2014 and the Company’s 7.250% senior notes due 2019.
     2.  Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Subsidiaries. The Company and each Subsidiary listed on Schedule B hereto (the “ Subsidiaries ”) jointly and severally represent and warrant to, and agrees with, the several Underwriters that:
     (a) Filing and Effectiveness of Registration Statement; Certain Defined Terms . The Company has filed with the Commission a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-159654), including a related prospectus or prospectuses, covering the registration of the Offered Securities under the Act and the Rights, which has become effective. “ Registration Statement ” at any

 


 

particular time means such registration statement in the form then filed with the Commission, including any amendment thereto, any document incorporated by reference therein and all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to such registration statement, that in any case has not been superseded or modified. “ Registration Statement ” without reference to a time means the Registration Statement as of the Effective Time. For purposes of this definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Registration Statement as of the time specified in Rule 430B.
     For purposes of this Agreement:
     “ 430B Information ” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(e) or retroactively deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430B(f).
     “ 430C Information ” means information included in a prospectus then deemed to be a part of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 430C.
     “ Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
     “ Applicable Time ” means 5:00 p.m. (Eastern time) on the date of this Agreement.
     “ Closing Date ” has the meaning defined in Section 3 hereof.
     “ Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
     “ Effective Time ” of the Registration Statement relating to the Offered Securities means the time of the first contract of sale for the Offered Securities.
     “ Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
     “ Final Prospectus ” means the Statutory Prospectus that discloses the public offering price, other 430B Information and other final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise satisfies Section 10(a) of the Act.
     “ General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is intended for general distribution to prospective investors, as evidenced by its being so specified in Schedule C to this Agreement.
     “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, relating to the Offered Securities in the form filed or required to be filed with the Commission or, if not required to be filed, in the form retained in the Company’s records pursuant to Rule 433(g).
     “ Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that is not a General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.
     “ Order ” means any judgment, order, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, ruling, determination, award, permit or license of any governmental entity or any arbitrator.
     “ PBM Contract ” means that certain Pharmacy Benefit Management Services Agreement to be entered into between the Seller and the Company on the date the Acquisition is consummated.
     “ Rules and Regulations ” means the rules and regulations of the Commission.
     “ Securities Laws ” means, collectively, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“ Sarbanes-Oxley ”), the Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations, the auditing principles, rules, standards and practices applicable to auditors of “issuers” (as defined in Sarbanes-Oxley)

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promulgated or approved by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as applicable, the rules of the NASDAQ Stock Market (“ Exchange Rules ”).
     “ Statutory Prospectus ” with reference to any particular time means the prospectus relating to the Offered Securities that is included in the Registration Statement immediately prior to that time, including all 430B Information and all 430C Information with respect to the Registration Statement. For purposes of the foregoing definition, 430B Information shall be considered to be included in the Statutory Prospectus only as of the actual time that form of prospectus (including a prospectus supplement) is filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and not retroactively.
     Unless otherwise specified, a reference to a “rule” is to the indicated rule under the Act.
     (b) Compliance with Securities Act Requirements . (i) (A) At the time the Registration Statement initially became effective, (B) at the time of each amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether by post effective amendment, incorporated report or form of prospectus), (C) at the Effective Time relating to the Offered Securities and (D) on the Closing Date, the Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations and did not and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (ii) (A) on its date, (B) at the time of filing the Final Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) and (C) on the Closing Date, the Final Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act and the Rules and Regulations, and will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to (i) that part of the Registration Statement which will constitute the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) under the Trust Indenture Act of the Trustee or (ii) statements in or omissions from any such document based upon written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information is that described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
     (c) Automatic Shelf Registration Statement . (i) Well-Known Seasoned Issuer Status . (A) At the time of initial filing of the Registration Statement, (B) at the time of the most recent amendment thereto for the purposes of complying with Section 10(a)(3) of the Act (whether such amendment was by post-effective amendment, incorporated report filed pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or form of prospectus), and (C) at the time the Company or any person acting on its behalf (within the meaning, for this clause only, of Rule 163(c)) made any offer relating to the Offered Securities in reliance on the exemption of Rule 163, the Company was a “well known seasoned issuer” as defined in Rule 405, including not having been an “ineligible issuer” as defined in Rule 405.
     (ii) Effectiveness of Automatic Shelf Registration Statement . The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement,” as defined in Rule 405, that initially became effective within three years of the date of this Agreement.
     (iii) Eligibility to Use Automatic Shelf Registration Form . The Company has not received from the Commission any notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) objecting to use of the automatic shelf registration statement form. If at any time when Offered Securities remain unsold by the Underwriters the Company receives from the Commission a notice pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or otherwise ceases to be eligible to use the automatic shelf registration statement form, the Company will (i) promptly notify the Representatives, (ii) promptly file a new registration statement or post-effective amendment on the proper form relating to the Offered Securities, in a form satisfactory to the Representatives, (iii) use its best efforts to cause such registration statement or post-effective amendment to be declared effective as soon as practicable, and (iv) promptly notify the Representatives of such effectiveness. The Company will take all other action necessary

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or appropriate to permit the public offering and sale of the Offered Securities to continue as contemplated in the registration statement that was the subject of the Rule 401(g)(2) notice or for which the Company has otherwise become ineligible. References herein to the Registration Statement shall include such new registration statement or post-effective amendment, as the case may be.
     (iv) Filing Fees . The Company has paid or shall pay the required Commission filing fees relating to the Offered Securities within the time required by Rule 456(b)(1) without regard to the proviso therein and otherwise in accordance with Rules 456(b) and 457(r).
     (d) Ineligible Issuer Status . (i) At the earliest time after the filing of the Registration Statement that the Company or another offering participant made a bona fide offer (within the meaning of Rule 164(h)(2)) of the Offered Securities and (ii) at the date of this Agreement, the Company was not and is not an “ineligible issuer,” as defined in Rule 405.
     (e) General Disclosure Package . As of the Applicable Time, neither (i) the General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus(es) issued at or prior to the Applicable Time and the preliminary prospectus supplement, dated June 2, 2009, including the base prospectus, dated June 2, 2009 (which is the most recent Statutory Prospectus distributed to investors generally), and the other information, if any, stated in Schedule C to this Agreement to be included in the General Disclosure Package, all considered together (collectively, the “ General Disclosure Package ”), nor (ii) any individual Limited Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, when considered together with the General Disclosure Package, included any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The preceding sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Statutory Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in Section 8(b) hereof.
     (f) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as of its issue date and at all subsequent times through the completion of the public offer and sale of the Offered Securities or until any earlier date that the Company notified or notifies the Representatives as described in the next sentence, did not, does not and will not include any information that conflicted, conflicts or will conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement. If at any time following issuance of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus there occurred or occurs an event or development as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus conflicted or would conflict with the information then contained in the Registration Statement or as a result of which such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, if republished immediately following such event or development, would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or would omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, (i) the Company has promptly notified or will promptly notify the Representatives and (ii) the Company has promptly amended or will promptly amend or supplement such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to eliminate or correct such conflict, untrue statement or omission. The foregoing sentence does not apply to statements in or omissions from any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein.
     (g) Good Standing of the Company. The Company (i) has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except in the case of clause (ii) where the failure to so qualify

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would not result in a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business, affairs or business prospects of either (x) the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise, or (y) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as one enterprise, after giving pro forma effect to the Acquisition, in each case, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”).
     (h) Subsidiaries . Each Subsidiary (i) has been duly organized and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package and (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation, limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity in good standing, where applicable, in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except in the case of clause (ii) where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and all of the issued and outstanding capital stock of each Subsidiary of the Company has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and nonassessable; and the capital stock of each Subsidiary owned by the Company, directly or through subsidiaries, is owned free from liens, encumbrances and defects.
     (i) Target Companies . To the knowledge of the Company (i) NextRx LLC is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Ohio, with limited liability company power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; (ii) NextRx has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with the power and authority (corporate or other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; (iii) NextRx Services has been duly incorporated and is existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of New York, with the power and authority (corporate or other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the General Disclosure Package; and (iv) each Target Company is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in good standing in all other jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification.
     (j) Offered Securities; Rights . The Offered Securities and all other outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized; the authorized equity capitalization of the Company is as set forth in the General Disclosure Package; all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company are, and, when the Offered Securities have been delivered and paid for in accordance with this Agreement on each Closing Date, such Offered Securities will have been, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, will conform to the information in the General Disclosure Package and to the description of such Offered Securities contained in the Final Prospectus; the stockholders of the Company have no preemptive rights with respect to the Securities; and none of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company have been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights of any security holder; the Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability; and the Rights have been duly authorized by the Company and, when issued upon issuance of the Offered Securities, will be validly issued, and the preferred share purchase right has been duly authorized by the Company and validly reserved for issuance upon the exercise in accordance with the terms of the Rights Agreement and will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.
     (k) Registration Rights . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to a Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Act (collectively, “ registration rights ”), and any person to whom the Company has granted

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registration rights has agreed not to exercise such rights until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period referred to in Section 5 hereof.
     (l) Listing . The Offered Securities have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ Stock Market, subject to notice of issuance.
     (m) Absence of Further Requirements. No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing or registration with, any governmental agency or body or any court is necessary or required for (i) the execution, delivery or performance by the Company, the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Target Companies of their obligations under this Agreement, the Offered Securities, or the consummation by the Company, the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, the Target Companies of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except such as have been obtained, or made and such as may be required under state securities laws or (ii) the execution, delivery or performance by the Company, the Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.6 to the Purchase Agreement, the Target Companies, as applicable, of the PBM Contract or the consummation of the Acquisition, except, in each case, as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package.
     (n) Title to Property . The Company, each Subsidiary and, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.21 to the Purchase Agreement, each of the Target Companies have good and marketable title to all of their respective real properties and good title to their respective personal properties, in each case free and clear of any security interest, mortgage, pledge, lien, encumbrance, claim or equitable right except (A) as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package or (B) as does not have a Material Adverse Effect and does not interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company, each Subsidiary and each of the Target Companies considered as one enterprise; and all of the leases and subleases of the Company, each Subsidiary and each of the Target Companies considered as one enterprise, and under which the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.21 to the Purchase Agreement, any of the Target Companies holds properties described in the General Disclosure Package, are in full force and effect, except such failures to be in full force and effect that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (o) Absence of Defaults and Conflicts Resulting from Transaction . The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each Subsidiary of this Agreement and compliance with the terms and provisions thereof, the consummation of the transactions herein contemplated (including the use of proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities, the Acquisition and the entry into the PBM Contract) and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities will not result in a breach or violation of any of the terms and provisions or result in the imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Target Companies pursuant to, (i) the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Target Companies, (ii) any statute, rule, regulation or order of any governmental agency or body or any court, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of the Target Companies or any of their properties, or (iii) any agreement or instrument to which the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement, any of the Target Companies is a party or by which the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement, any of the Target Companies is bound or to which any of the properties of the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.2(b) of the Purchase Agreement, any of the Target Companies is subject, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for such breaches, defaults, liens, charges or encumbrances that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (p) Absence of Existing Defaults and Conflicts . None of the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.16 of the Purchase

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Agreement, any of the Target Companies is in violation of its respective organizational documents or in default (or with the giving of notice or lapse of time would be in default) under any existing obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, lease or other agreement or instrument to which any of them is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of the properties of any of them is subject, except such defaults that would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Material Adverse Effect.
     (q) Authorization of Agreements . This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each Subsidiary.
     (r) Possession of Licenses and Permits . The Company, the Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.9 to the Purchase Agreement, the Target Companies (A) possess, and are in compliance with the terms of, all adequate certificates, authorizations, franchises, licenses and permits (including certificates of need, licenses, pharmacy licenses, Medicare provider numbers, accreditations and other similar documentation or approvals of any local health departments or any governmental authority) (collectively, “ Licenses ”) necessary or material to the conduct of the business now conducted except where the failure to possess any such License would not result in a Material Adverse Effect and (B) have not received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any Licenses that, if determined adversely to the Company, any Subsidiary or any of the Target Companies, would individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
     (s) Accurate Disclosure . The statements in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus under the headings “The Acquisition” and “Description of Common Stock” insofar as such statements summarize legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings discussed therein, are accurate and fair summaries of such legal matters, agreements, documents or proceedings and present the information required to be shown.
     (t) Absence of Manipulation . The Company has not taken, directly or indirectly, any action that is designed to or that has constituted or that would reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
     (u) Internal Controls and Compliance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act . Except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package, the Company, its subsidiaries and the Company’s Board of Directors (the “ Board ”) are in compliance in all material respects with Sarbanes-Oxley. The Company maintains a system of internal controls, including, but not limited to, disclosure controls and procedures, internal controls over accounting matters and financial reporting, an internal audit function and legal and regulatory compliance controls (collectively, “ Internal Controls ”) that comply with the Securities Laws and are sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. The Company’s Internal Control over financial reporting is effective and the Company is not aware of any material weakness in its Internal Control over financial reporting. Except as disclosed in the Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, since December 31, 2008, there has been no change in the Company’s Internal Control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s Internal Control over financial reporting. The Company maintains “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act; such disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company and its subsidiaries is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer by others within those entities; and such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

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     (v) Litigation . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, there are no pending actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by or before any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign), involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.10 to the Purchase Agreement, any Target Company or any of their respective properties that, if determined adversely to the Company, any subsidiary or any Target Company, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, or would materially and adversely affect the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to perform its obligations under this Agreement; and no such actions, suits or proceedings (including any inquiries or investigations by any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign) are, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened.
     (w) Medicare; Medicaid . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package and the Final Prospectus, neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company other than as set forth in Schedule 3.9 to the Purchase Agreement, any Target Company has received written notice of any, and to the knowledge of any officer or director of the Company there are no material Medicare, Medicaid, or any other managed care recoupment or recoupments of any third-party payor being sought, threatened, requested or claimed against the Company, any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company.
     (x) Financial Statements . The financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package together with the related schedules and notes present fairly in all material respects the financial position of (i) the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries and (ii) to the knowledge of the Company, the Target Companies, in each case, as of the dates shown and their results of operations and cash flows for the periods shown, and such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with the generally accepted accounting principles in the United States applied on a consistent basis with respect to the Company and the Target Companies, respectively, and the schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly the information required to be stated therein, and the assumptions used in preparing the pro forma financial statements included in the Registration Statement and the General Disclosure Package provide a reasonable basis for presenting the significant effects directly attributable to the transactions or events described therein, the related pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions, and the pro forma columns therein reflect the proper application of those adjustments to the corresponding historical financial statement amounts.
     (y) Capitalization . The stockholder’s equity and long-term indebtedness of the Company as of March 31, 2009 was as set forth in the General Disclosure Package in the column entitled “Actual” under the caption “Capitalization”; and there has not been (i) any subsequent issuance of capital stock of the Company, except for subsequent issuances, if any, pursuant to any outstanding securities, benefit or compensation plans disclosed in the General Disclosure Package or (ii) any subsequent increase, if any, in the outstanding principal amount of long-term indebtedness, except as otherwise disclosed in the General Disclosure Package or under instruments outstanding at March 31, 2009.
     (z) No Material Adverse Change in Business . Except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, since the end of the period covered by the latest financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the General Disclosure Package (i) there has been no change, nor any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business or properties of either (x) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole or (y) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole after giving pro forma effect to the Acquisition, that is material and adverse, (ii) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company on any class of its capital stock and (iii) except as disclosed in or contemplated by the General Disclosure Package, there has been no material adverse change in the capital stock, short-term indebtedness, long-term indebtedness, net current assets or net assets of the Company, its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company.

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     (aa) Investment Company Act. The Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Offered Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the General Disclosure Package, will not be an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “ Investment Company Act ”).
     (bb) Anti-Bribery Laws. Neither the Company, any of its subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company or any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Target Company is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ FCPA ”), including making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA; and the Company, its subsidiaries and its affiliates and, to the knowledge of the Company, the Target Companies have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.
     (cc) Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company, its subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of the Company, each Target Company are and have been conducted at all times in compliance with applicable financial record keeping and reporting requirements relating to money laundering applicable to the Company, its subsidiaries and each Target Company and, so far as the Company is aware, any related or similar statutes, rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”), and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Target Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened.
     (dd) OFAC . None of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company, any Target Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or any Target Company is currently subject to any sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.
     3.  Purchase, Sale and Delivery of Offered Securities . On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements herein contained and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Company agrees to sell to the several Underwriters, and each of the Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price of $59.3225 per share, the respective number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite the names of the Underwriters in Schedule A hereto.
     The Company will deliver the Firm Securities to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives against payment of the purchase price by the Underwriters in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives drawn to the order of the Company at the office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, at 10:00 A.M., New York time, on June 10, 2009, or at such other time not later than seven full business days thereafter as the Representatives and the Company determine, such time being herein referred to as the “ First Closing Date ”. For purposes of Rule 15c6-1 under the Exchange Act, the First Closing Date (if later than the otherwise applicable settlement date) shall be the settlement date for payment of funds and delivery of securities for all the Offered Securities sold pursuant to the offering. The Offered Securities so to be delivered or evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking at the above office of Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP at least 24 hours prior to the First Closing Date.

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     In addition, upon written notice from the Representatives given to the Company from time to time not more than 30-days subsequent to the date of the Final Prospectus, the Underwriters may purchase all or less than all of the Optional Securities at the purchase price per Security to be paid for the Firm Securities. The Company agrees to sell to the Underwriters the number of shares of Optional Securities specified in such notice and the Underwriters agree, severally and not jointly, to purchase such Optional Securities. Such Optional Securities shall be purchased for the account of each Underwriter in the same proportion as the number of shares of Firm Securities set forth opposite such Underwriter’s name bears to the total number of shares of Firm Securities (subject to adjustment by the Representatives to eliminate fractions) and may be purchased by the Underwriters only for the purpose of covering over-allotments made in connection with the sale of the Firm Securities. No Optional Securities shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Securities previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The right to purchase the Optional Securities or any portion thereof may be exercised from time to time and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by the Representatives to the Company.
     Each time for the delivery of and payment for the Optional Securities, being herein referred to as an “ Optional Closing Date ”, which may be the First Closing Date (the First Closing Date and each Optional Closing Date, if any, being sometimes referred to as a “ Closing Date ”), shall be determined by the Representatives but shall be not later than five full business days after written notice of election to purchase Optional Securities is given. The Company will deliver the Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date to or as instructed by the Representatives for the accounts of the several Underwriters in a form reasonably acceptable to the Representatives against payment of the purchase price therefor in Federal (same day) funds by wire transfer to an account at a bank acceptable to the Representatives drawn to the order of the Company at the above office. The Optional Securities being purchased on each Optional Closing Date or evidence of their issuance will be made available for checking at the above office a reasonable time in advance of such Optional Closing Date.
     4.  Offering by Underwriters . It is understood that the several Underwriters propose to offer the Offered Securities for sale to the public as set forth in the Final Prospectus.
     5.  Certain Agreements of the Company . The Company covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that:
     (a) Filing of Prospectuses. The Company has filed or will file each Statutory Prospectus (including the Final Prospectus) pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 424, within the time period prescribed. The Company has complied and will comply with Rule 433.
     (b) Filing of Amendments; Response to Commission Requests . Prior to the termination of the offering of the Offered Securities, the Company will promptly advise the Representatives of any proposal to amend or supplement the Registration Statement or any Statutory Prospectus at any time and will offer the Representatives a reasonable opportunity to comment on any such amendment or supplement; and the Company will also advise the Representatives promptly of (i) the filing of any such amendment or supplement, (ii) any request by the Commission or its staff for any amendment to the Registration Statement, for any supplement to any Statutory Prospectus or for any additional information, (iii) the institution by the Commission of any stop order proceedings in respect of the Registration Statement or the threatening of any proceeding for that purpose, and (iv) the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Offered Securities in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceedings for such purpose. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such stop order or the suspension of any such qualification and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.
     (c) Continued Compliance with Securities Laws . If, at any time when a prospectus relating to the Offered Securities is (or but for the exemption in Rule 172 would be) required to be delivered under the Act by any Underwriter or dealer, any event occurs as a result of which the Final Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the

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light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or if it is necessary at any time to amend the Registration Statement or supplement the Final Prospectus to comply with the Act, the Company will promptly notify the Representatives of such event and will promptly prepare and file with the Commission and furnish, at its own expense, to the Underwriters and the dealers and any other dealers upon request of the Representatives, an amendment or supplement which will correct such statement or omission or an amendment which will effect such compliance. Neither the Representatives’ consent to, nor the Underwriters’ delivery of, any such amendment or supplement shall constitute a waiver of any of the conditions set forth in Section 7 hereof.
     (d) Rule 158. As soon as practicable, but not later than 16 months, after the date of this Agreement, the Company will make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement covering a period of at least 12 months beginning after the date of this Agreement and satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158.
     (e) Furnishing of Prospectuses . The Company will furnish to the Representatives copies of the Registration Statement, including all exhibits, any Statutory Prospectus, the Final Prospectus and all amendments and supplements to such documents, in each case as soon as available and in such quantities as the Representatives reasonably request. The Company will pay the expenses of printing and distributing to the Underwriters all such documents.
     (f) Blue Sky Qualifications . The Company will arrange for the qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the distribution; provided that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not now so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the offering or sale of the Offered Securities, in any jurisdiction where it is not now so subject.
     (g) Payment of Expenses . The Company will pay all expenses incident to the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, including but not limited to any filing fees and other expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Underwriters) incurred in connection with qualification of the Offered Securities for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representatives designate and the preparation and printing of memoranda relating thereto, any fees charged by investment rating agencies for the rating of the Offered Securities, costs and expenses relating to investor presentations or any “road show” in connection with the offering and sale of the Offered Securities including, without limitation, any travel expenses of the Company’s officers and employees and any other expenses of the Company, including the chartering of airplanes, fees and expenses in connection with the registration of the Offered Securities under the Exchange Act, and expenses incurred in distributing preliminary prospectuses and the Final Prospectus (including any amendments and supplements thereto) to the Underwriters and for expenses incurred for preparing, printing and distributing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses to investors or prospective investors.
     (h) Use of Proceeds . The Company will use the net proceeds received in connection with this offering in the manner described in the “Use of Proceeds” section of the General Disclosure Package and, except as disclosed in the General Disclosure Package, the Company does not intend to use any of the proceeds from the sale of the Offered Securities hereunder to repay any outstanding debt owed to any affiliate of any Underwriter.
     (i) Absence of Manipulation . Neither Company nor any Subsidiary will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that would constitute or that might reasonably be expected to cause or result in, stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale or resale of the Offered Securities.
     (j) Restriction on Sale of Securities. For the period specified below (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), the Company will not, directly or indirectly, take any of the following actions with respect to its Securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any of

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its Securities (“ Lock-Up Securities ”): (i) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of Lock-Up Securities, (ii) offer, sell, issue, contract to sell, contract to purchase or grant any option, right or warrant to purchase Lock-Up Securities, (iii) enter into any swap, hedge or any other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, the economic consequences of ownership of Lock-Up Securities, (iv) establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position in Lock-Up Securities within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (v) file with the Commission a registration statement under the Act relating to Lock-Up Securities, or publicly disclose the intention to take any such action, without the prior written consent of the Representatives; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (A) issuances of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the conversion or exchange of convertible or exchangeable securities or the exercise of warrants or options, in each case outstanding on the date hereof, (B) grants of employee stock options pursuant to the terms of a plan in effect on the date hereof, (C) issuances of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the exercise of such options, (D) issuances of Lock-Up Securities pursuant to the Company’s dividend reinvestment plan, (E) on or prior to the consummation of the Acquisition, issuances of up to $1,400,000,000 of Lock-Up Securities to the Seller in accordance with the Purchase Agreement or (F) issuances of Lock-Up Securities in an amount up to $1,400,000,000, less the net proceeds from all underwritten offerings by the Company, including this offering, during the Lock-Up Period. The initial Lock-Up Period will commence on the date hereof and continue for 90 days after the date hereof or such earlier date that the Representatives consent to in writing.
     6.  Free Writing Prospectuses . (a) Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses . The Company represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Representatives, and each Underwriter represents and agrees that, unless it obtains the prior consent of the Company and the Representatives, it has not made and will not make any offer relating to the Offered Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 405, required to be filed with the Commission. Any such free writing prospectus consented to by the Company and the Representatives are hereinafter referred to as a “ Permitted Free Writing Prospectus .” The Company represents that it has treated and agrees that it will treat each Permitted Free Writing Prospectus as an “issuer free writing prospectus,” as defined in Rule 433, and has complied and will comply with the requirements of Rules 164 and 433 applicable to any Permitted Free Writing Prospectus, including timely Commission filing where required, legending and record keeping.
     (b) Term Sheets . The Company will prepare a final term sheet relating to the Offered Securities, containing only information that describes the final terms of the Offered Securities and otherwise in a form consented to by the Representatives, and will file such final term sheet within the period required by Rule 433(d)(5)(ii) following the date such final terms have been established for all classes of the offering of the Offered Securities. Any such final term sheet is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and a Permitted Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement. The Company also consents to the use by any Underwriter of a free writing prospectus that contains only (i)(x) information describing the preliminary terms of the Offered Securities or their offering or (y) information that describes the final terms of the Offered Securities or their offering and that is included in the final term sheet of the Company contemplated in the first sentence of this subsection or (ii) other information that is not “issuer information,” as defined in Rule 433, it being understood that any such free writing prospectus referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall not be an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus for purposes of this Agreement.
     7.  Conditions of the Obligations of the Underwriters . The obligations of the several Underwriters to purchase and pay for the Firm Securities on the First Closing Date and the Optional Securities to be purchased on each Optional Closing Date will be subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Subsidiaries herein (as though made on such Closing Date), to the accuracy of the statements of Company officers made pursuant to the provisions hereof, to the performance by the Company and each Subsidiary of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions precedent:
     (a) Accountants’ Comfort Letter . The Representatives shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, confirming

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that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants with respect to the Company, within the meaning of the Securities Laws and substantially in the form of Schedule D hereto (except that, in any letter dated a Closing Date, the specified date referred to in Schedule D hereto shall be a date no more than three days prior to such Closing Date).
     (b) Accountants’ Comfort Letter . The Representatives shall have received letters, dated, respectively, the date hereof and each Closing Date, of Ernst & Young LLP, confirming that they are a registered public accounting firm and independent public accountants with respect to the Target Companies, within the meaning of the Securities Laws and substantially in the form of Schedule E hereto (except that, in any letter dated a Closing Date, the specified date referred to in Schedule E hereto shall be a date no more than three days prior to such Closing Date).
     (c) Filing of Prospectus. The Final Prospectus shall have been filed with the Commission in accordance with the Rules and Regulations and Section 5(a) hereof. No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or of any part thereof shall have been issued and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Underwriter, shall be contemplated by the Commission.
     (d) No Material Adverse Change . Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred (i) any change, or any development or event involving a prospective change, in the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, business, properties of either (x) the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or (y) the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole after giving pro forma effect to the Acquisition, which, in the judgment of the Representatives, is material and adverse and makes it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities; (ii) any downgrading in the rating of any debt securities of the Company by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” (as defined for purposes of Rule 436(g)), or any public announcement that any such organization has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities of the Company (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating); (iii) any change in U.S. or international financial, political or economic conditions or currency exchange rates or exchange controls the effect of which is such as to make it, in the judgment of the Representatives, impractical or inadvisable to market or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities, whether in the primary market or in respect of dealings in the secondary market; (iv) any suspension or material limitation of trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ Stock Market, or any setting of minimum or maximum prices for trading on such exchange; (v) or any suspension of trading of any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market; (vi) any banking moratorium declared by any U.S. Federal or, New York authorities; (vii) any major disruption of settlements of securities, payment, or clearance services in the United States or any other country where such securities are listed; or (viii) any attack on, outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism involving the United States, any declaration of war by Congress or any other national or international calamity or emergency if, in the judgment of the Representatives, the effect of any such attack, outbreak, escalation, act, declaration, calamity or emergency is such as to make it impractical or inadvisable to market the Offered Securities or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Offered Securities.
     (e) Opinion of Counsel for Company and the Subsidiaries . The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, counsel for the Company and the Subsidiaries, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule F hereto.
     (f) Opinion of General Counsel. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Keith Ebling, General Counsel of the Company substantially in the form set forth in Schedule G hereto.

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     (g) Opinions of Local Counsel for the Subsidiaries . The Representatives shall have received opinions, dated such Closing Date, of local counsel for the Subsidiaries, substantially in the form set forth in Schedule H hereto.
     (h) Opinion of Regulatory Counsel. The Representatives shall have received an opinion, dated such Closing Date, of Ropes & Gray LLP, special regulatory counsel of the Company, to the effect the statements in the Disclosure Package and Final Prospectus (including the documents incorporated by reference therein) under any headings relating to regulatory disclosure, insofar as they constitute summaries of legal documents, legal proceedings or refer to matters of law or legal conclusions, are accurate in all material respects.
     (i) Opinion of Counsel for Underwriters. The Representatives shall have received from Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Representatives may require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.
     (j) Officer’s Certificate . The Representatives shall have received a certificate, dated such Closing Date, of an executive officer of the Company and a principal financial or accounting officer of the Company in which such officers shall state that: the representations and warranties of the Company and the Subsidiaries in this Agreement are true and correct; the Company and the Subsidiaries have complied with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Closing Date; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to their knowledge and after reasonable investigation, are threatened by the Commission; and, subsequent to the date of the most recent financial statements in the General Disclosure Package, there has been no Material Adverse Effect except as set forth in the General Disclosure Package or as described in such certificate.
     (k) Purchase Agreement. The Purchase Agreement shall not have been terminated.
     (l) Lock-up Agreements . The “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form set forth in Schedule I hereto, between the Representatives and certain officers and directors of the Company relating to sales and certain other dispositions of Securities, delivered to the Representatives prior to the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect.
The Company will furnish the Representatives with such conformed copies of such opinions, certificates, letters and documents as the Representatives reasonably request. The Representatives may in their sole discretion waive on behalf of the Underwriters compliance with any conditions to the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder, whether in respect of the Optional Closing Date or otherwise.
     8.  Indemnification and Contribution . (a) Indemnification of the Underwriters . Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries jointly and severally will indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its partners, members, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates and each person, if any, who controls such Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “ Indemnified Party ”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse each Indemnified Party for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, and in connection with the enforcement of this provision with respect to any of the above as such expenses are incurred; provided, however, that the Company and the

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Subsidiaries will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement in or omission or alleged omission from any of such documents in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by any Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the information described as such in subsection (b) below.
     (b) Indemnification of the Company . Each Underwriter will severally and not jointly indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Subsidiaries, each of their respective directors and each of their respective officers who signs a Registration Statement and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act (each, an “ Underwriter Indemnified Party ”), against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which such Underwriter Indemnified Party may become subject, under the Act, the Exchange Act, other Federal or state statutory law or regulation or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in any part of the Registration Statement at any time, any Statutory Prospectus as of any time, the Final Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or the alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by such Underwriter through the Representatives specifically for use therein, and will reimburse any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter Indemnified Party in connection with investigating or defending against any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action, litigation, investigation or proceeding whatsoever (whether or not such Underwriter Indemnified Party is a party thereto), whether threatened or commenced, based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission as such expenses are incurred, it being understood and agreed that the only such information furnished by any Underwriter consists of the following information in the Statutory Prospectus and Final Prospectus furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the sentences related to concessions and reallowances, and the two paragraphs related to stabilizing transactions, over-allotment transactions, syndicate covering transactions and penalty bids.
     (c) Actions against Parties; Notification . Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under subsection (a) or (b) above, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof; but the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided further that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under subsection (a) or (b) above. In case any such action is brought against any indemnified party and it notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it may wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened action in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability on any claims that are the subject matter of such action

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and (ii) does not include a statement as to, or an admission of, fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of an indemnified party.
     (d) Contribution . If the indemnification provided for in this Section is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in subsection (a) or (b) above (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Subsidiaries on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Offered Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and the Subsidiaries on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Subsidiaries on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the Subsidiaries bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any Subsidiary or the Underwriters and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The amount paid by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to in the first sentence of this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim which is the subject of this subsection (d). Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities underwritten by it and distributed to the public were offered to the public exceeds the amount of any damages which such Underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint. The Company, the Subsidiaries and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 8(d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 8(d).
     9.  Default of Underwriters . If any Underwriter or Underwriters default in their obligations to purchase Offered Securities hereunder on either the First or any Optional Closing Date and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase does not exceed 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date, the Representatives may make arrangements satisfactory to the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons, including any of the Underwriters, but if no such arrangements are made by such Closing Date, the non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated severally, in proportion to their respective commitments hereunder, to purchase the Offered Securities that such defaulting Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Closing Date. If any Underwriter or Underwriters so default and the aggregate number of shares of Offered Securities with respect to which such default or defaults occur exceeds 10% of the total number of shares of Offered Securities that the Underwriters are obligated to purchase on such Closing Date and arrangements satisfactory to the Representatives and the Company for the purchase of such Offered Securities by other persons are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement will terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except as provided in Section 10 (provided that if such default occurs with respect to Optional Securities after the First Closing Date, this Agreement will not terminate as to the Firm Securities or any Optional Securities purchased prior to such termination). As

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used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes any person substituted for an Underwriter under this Section. Nothing herein will relieve a defaulting Underwriter from liability for its default.
     10.  Survival of Certain Representations and Obligations . The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Company, the Subsidiaries or their respective officers and of the several Underwriters set forth in or made pursuant to this Agreement will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation, or statement as to the results thereof, made by or on behalf of any Underwriter, the Company, the Subsidiaries, or any of their respective representatives, officers or directors or any controlling person, and will survive delivery of and payment for the Offered Securities. If the purchase of the Offered Securities by the Underwriters is not consummated for any reason other than solely because of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9 hereof, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters for all out-of-pocket expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred by them in connection with the offering of the Offered Securities, and the respective obligations of the Company, the Subsidiaries and the Underwriters pursuant to Section 8 hereof shall remain in effect. In addition, if any Offered Securities have been purchased hereunder, the representations and warranties in Section 2 and all obligations under Section 5 shall also remain in effect.
     11.  Notices . All communications hereunder will be in writing and, if sent to the Underwriters, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 383 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10179, Attention: Equity Syndicate Desk, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010-3629, Attention: LCD-IBD and Citigroup Global Markets Inc., 388 Greenwich Street, New York, N.Y. 10013, Attention: General Counsel, or, if sent to the Company, will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to it at Express Scripts, Inc., One Express Way, St. Louis, MO 63121, Attention: Keith Ebling, General Counsel; provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 8 will be mailed, delivered or telegraphed and confirmed to such Underwriter.
     12.  Successors . This Agreement will inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and the officers and directors and controlling persons referred to in Section 8, and no other person will have any right or obligation hereunder.
     13.  Representation of Underwriters . The Representatives will act for the several Underwriters in connection with this financing, and any action under this Agreement taken by the Representatives jointly will be binding upon all the Underwriters.
     14.  Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same Agreement.
     15.  Absence of Fiduciary Relationship. The Company and the Subsidiaries acknowledge and agree that:
     (a) No Other Relationship . The Representatives have been retained solely to act as underwriters in connection with the sale of Offered Securities and that no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between the Company and the Subsidiaries on the one hand and the Representatives on the other hand has been created in respect of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Final Prospectus, irrespective of whether the Representatives have advised or are advising the Company and the Subsidiaries on other matters;
     (b) Arms’ Length Negotiations . The price of the Offered Securities set forth in this Agreement was established by the Company following discussions and arms-length negotiations with the Representatives and the Company is capable of evaluating and understanding and understands and accepts the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;
     (c) Absence of Obligation to Disclose . The Company and the Subsidiaries have been advised that the Representatives and their affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions

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which may involve interests that differ from those of the Company and the Subsidiaries and that the Representatives have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to the Company and the Subsidiaries by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship; and
     (d) Waiver . The Company and the Subsidiaries waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims they may have against the Representatives for breach of fiduciary duty or alleged breach of fiduciary duty and agree that the Representatives shall have no liability (whether direct or indirect) to the Company or any Subsidiary in respect of such a fiduciary duty claim or to any person asserting a fiduciary duty claim on behalf of or in right of the Company or any Subsidiary, including stockholders, employees or creditors of the Company.
     16.  Applicable Law . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
     The Company and each Subsidiary hereby submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company and each Subsidiary irrevocably and unconditionally waive any objection to the laying of venue of any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in Federal and state courts in the Borough of Manhattan in The City of New York and irrevocably and unconditionally waive and agree not to plead or claim in any such court that any such suit or proceeding in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

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     If the foregoing is in accordance with the Representatives’ understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to the Company one of the counterparts hereof, whereupon it will become a binding agreement between the Company and each Subsidiary and the several Underwriters in accordance with its terms.
         
  Very truly yours,

EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz  
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
         
  AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC

 
 
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member    
         
  By:   /s/ George Paz  
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
 

 


 

         
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SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee  
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
PHOENIX MARKETING GROUP, LLC
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes  
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 
         
  CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
IVTX, INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz  
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   President   
 
  CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Marc Palmer  
    Name:   Marc Palmer   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  ESI PARTNERSHIP
 
 
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner    
         
  By:   /s/ George Paz  
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
         
  By:    ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner    
         
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford  
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
         
  ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford  
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
         
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, CO.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Biskey  
    Name:   Michael Biskey   
    Title:   President   
         
  MSC — MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY
SPEEDY RE-EMPLOYMENT, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Edward Ignaczak  
    Name:   Edward Ignaczak   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
 
 
  By:    Spectracare, Inc., as Partner    
         
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee  
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
         
  By:    Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner    
         
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes  
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

The foregoing Underwriting Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
Acting on behalf of themselves and as the
Representatives of the several Underwriters
         
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.
 
 
By:   /s/ Sri Kosaraju  
  Name:   Sri Kosaraju  
  Title:   Executive Director  
 
         
CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC
 
 
By:   /s/ J. Daniel Bell  
  Name:   J. Daniel Bell  
  Title:   Director  
 
         
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
 
 
By:   /s/ Brian D. Bednarski  
  Name:   Brian D. Bednarski  
  Title:   Managing Director  
 

 


 

SCHEDULE A
         
    Number of
    Firm
Underwriter   Securities
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
    5,826,667  
Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC
    5,826,667  
Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
    5,826,666  
ABN AMRO Incorporated
    1,380,000  
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
    1,380,000  
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
    1,380,000  
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
    1,380,000  
Total
    23,000,000  
 
       

 


 

SCHEDULE B
     
    State or Other Jurisdiction of
Subsidiaries   Incorporation
Airport Holdings, LLC
  New Jersey
Byfield Drug, Inc.
  Massachusetts
Care Continuum, Inc.
  Kentucky
CFI New Jersey, Inc.
  New Jersey
Chesapeake Infusion, Inc.
  Florida
ConnectYourCare Company, LLC
  Delaware
ConnectYourCare, LLC
  Maryland
CuraScript, Inc.
  Delaware
CuraScript PBM Services, Inc.
  Delaware
Diversified Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
  Minnesota
ESI Claims, Inc.
  Delaware
ESI Enterprises, LLC
  Delaware
ESI-GP Holdings, Inc.
  Delaware
ESI Mail Pharmacy Service, Inc.
  Delaware
ESI Partnership
  Delaware
ESI Realty, LLC
  New Jersey
ESI Resources, Inc.
  Minnesota
Express Scripts Canada Holding, Co.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Pharmaceutical Procurement, LLC
  Delaware
Express Scripts Sales Development Co.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Senior Care, Inc.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Senior Care Holdings, Inc.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Specialty Distribution Services, Inc.
  Delaware
Express Scripts Utilization Management Co.
  Delaware
Freco, Inc.
  Florida
Freedom Service Company, LLC
  Florida
Healthbridge, Inc.
  Delaware
Healthbridge Reimbursement and Product Support, Inc.
  Massachusetts
iBiologic, Inc.
  Delaware
IVTx, Inc.
  Delaware
Lynnfield Compounding Center, Inc.
  Florida
Lynnfield Drug, Inc.
  Florida
Matrix GPO, LLC
  Indiana
Mooresville On-Site Pharmacy
  Delaware
MSC — Medical Services Company
  Florida
National Prescription Administrators, Inc.
  New Jersey
NextRx Sub I, LLC
  Delaware
NextRx Sub II, LLC
  Delaware
NextRx Sub III, LLC
  Delaware
Phoenix Marketing Group, LLC
  Delaware
Priorityhealthcare.com, Inc.
  Florida
Priority Healthcare Corporation
  Indiana
Priority Healthcare Corporation West
  Nevada
Priority Healthcare Distribution, Inc.
  Florida
Priority Healthcare Pharmacy, Inc.
  Florida
Sinuspharmacy, Inc.
  Florida
Specialty Infusion Pharmacy, Inc.
  Florida
Spectracare, Inc.
  Kentucky
Spectracare Health Care Ventures, Inc.
  Kentucky

 


 

     
    State or Other Jurisdiction of
Subsidiaries   Incorporation
Spectracare of Indiana
  Indiana
Spectracare Infusion Pharmacy, Inc.
  Kentucky
Speedy Re-employment, LLC
  Florida
Value Health, Inc.
  Delaware
YourPharmacy.com, Inc.
  Delaware

 


 

SCHEDULE C
1.   General Use Free Writing Prospectuses (included in the General Disclosure Package)
 
    “General Use Issuer Free Writing Prospectus” includes each of the following documents:
Final term sheet, dated June 4, 2009 for the Firm Securities.
2.   Other Information Included in the General Disclosure Package
 
    The following information is also included in the General Disclosure Package:
 
    None

 

Exhibit 4.1
     
 
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.,
AS ISSUER,
ANY GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO,
AND
UNION BANK, N.A.,
AS TRUSTEE,
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF JUNE 9, 2009
DEBT SECURITIES
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
ARTICLE ONE DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    1  
Section 101. Definitions
    1  
Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions
    8  
Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee
    8  
Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates
    9  
Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company
    11  
Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver
    11  
Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act
    11  
Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents
    11  
Section 109. Successors and Assigns
    12  
Section 110. Separability Clause
    12  
Section 111. Benefits of Indenture
    12  
Section 112. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
    12  
Section 113. Legal Holidays
    12  
Section 114. Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations
    12  
Section 115. Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts
    13  
Section 116. Acceptance of Trust
    13  
Section 117. Force Majeure
    13  
Section 118. U.S.A. Patriot Act
    13  
 
       
ARTICLE TWO SECURITY FORMS
    13  
Section 201. Forms Generally
    13  
Section 202. Form of Face of Security
    14  
Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security
    16  
Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities
    19  
Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication
    20  
Section 206. Form of Conversion Notice
    21  
 
       
ARTICLE THREE THE SECURITIES
    23  
Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series
    23  
Section 302. Denominations
    26  
Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating
    26  
Section 304. Temporary Securities
    27  
Section 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange
    28  
Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities
    29  
Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved
    30  
Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners
    31  
Section 309. Cancellation
    32  
Section 310. Computation of Interest
    32  
Section 311. CUSIP Numbers
    32  
 
       
ARTICLE FOUR SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
    33  
Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture
    33  
Section 402. Application of Trust Money
    34  
Section 403. Repayment to the Company
    34  
 
       
ARTICLE FIVE REMEDIES
    34  
Section 501. Events of Default
    34  
Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
    35  

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Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee
    37  
Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
    37  
Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities
    38  
Section 506. Application of Money Collected
    38  
Section 507. Limitation on Suits
    39  
Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert
    39  
Section 509. Restoration of Rights and Remedies
    39  
Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative
    40  
Section 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver
    40  
Section 512. Control by Holders
    40  
Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults
    40  
Section 514. Undertaking for Costs
    41  
Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
    41  
 
       
ARTICLE SIX THE TRUSTEE
    41  
Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities
    41  
Section 602. Notice of Defaults
    42  
Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee
    42  
Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities
    43  
Section 605. May Hold Securities and Act as Trustee Under Other Indentures
    44  
Section 606. Money Held in Trust
    44  
Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement
    44  
Section 608. Conflicting Interests
    45  
Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility
    45  
Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor
    45  
Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor
    47  
Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business
    47  
Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company
    48  
Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent
    48  
 
       
ARTICLE SEVEN HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
    50  
Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders
    50  
Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
    50  
Section 703. Reports by Trustee
    51  
Section 704. Reports by Company
    51  
 
       
ARTICLE EIGHT CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
    51  
Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms
    51  
Section 802. Successor Substituted
    52  
 
       
ARTICLE NINE SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
    53  
Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders
    53  
Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders
    54  
Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures
    55  
Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures
    56  
Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act
    56  
Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures
    56  
 
       
ARTICLE TEN COVENANTS
    56  
Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest
    56  
Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency
    56  
Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust
    57  
Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default
    58  
Section 1005. Existence
    58  
Section 1006. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims
    58  
Section 1007. Calculation of Original Issue Discount
    58  

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ARTICLE ELEVEN REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
    58  
Section 1101. Applicability of Article
    58  
Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee
    59  
Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed
    59  
Section 1104. Notice of Redemption
    60  
Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price
    61  
Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date
    61  
Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part
    61  
 
       
ARTICLE TWELVE SINKING FUNDS
    62  
Section 1201. Applicability of Article
    62  
Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities
    62  
Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund
    62  
 
       
ARTICLE THIRTEEN DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
    63  
Section 1301. [Intentionally Omitted]
    63  
Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge
    63  
Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance
    63  
Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
    63  
Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions
    65  
Section 1306. Reinstatement
    66  
 
       
ARTICLE FOURTEEN CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
    66  
Section 1401. Applicability of Article
    66  
Section 1402. Exercise of Conversion and Exchange Privilege
    66  
Section 1403. No Fractional Shares
    67  
Section 1404. Adjustment of Conversion and Exchange Price
    67  
Section 1405. Notice of Certain Corporate Actions
    68  
Section 1406. Reservation of Shares of Common Stock
    69  
Section 1407. Payment of Certain Taxes Upon Conversion and Exchange
    69  
Section 1408. Nonassessability
    69  
Section 1409. Provision in Case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets
    69  
Section 1410. Duties of Trustee Regarding Conversion and Exchange
    70  
Section 1411. Repayment of Certain Funds Upon Conversion and Exchange
    70  
 
       
ARTICLE FIFTEEN GUARANTEE
    71  
Section 1501. Unconditional Guarantee
    71  
Section 1502. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee
    72  
Section 1503. Limitation on Guarantors’ Liability
    73  
Section 1504. Release of Guarantors from Guarantee
    73  
Section 1505. Guarantor Contribution
    74  
 
       
Notation of Guarantee — Annex A
       

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Express Scripts, Inc.
Certain Sections of this Indenture relating to Sections 310
through 318, inclusive, of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939:
     
Trust Indenture Act Section   Indenture Section
§310 (a)(1)
  609
(a)(2)
  609
(a)(3)
  Not Applicable
(a)(4)
  Not Applicable
(b)
  608, 610
§311 (a)
  613
(b)
  613
§312 (a)
  701, 702
(b)
  702
(c)
  702
§313 (a)
  703
(b)
  703
(c)
  703
(d)
  703
§314 (a)
  704
(a)(4)
  101, 1004
(b)
  Not Applicable
(c)(1)
  102
(c)(2)
  102
(c)(3)
  Not Applicable
(d)
  Not Applicable
(e)
  102
§315 (a)
  601
(b)
  602
(c)
  601
(d)
  601
(e)
  514
§316 (a)
  101
(a)(1)(A)
  502, 512
(a)(1)(B)
  513
(a)(2)
  Not Applicable
(b)
  508
(c)
  104
§317 (a)(1)
  503
(a)(2)
  504
(b)
  1003
§318 (a)
  107
NOTE: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

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     INDENTURE, dated as of June 9, 2009, among Express Scripts, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “ Company ”), having its principal executive office at One Express Way, St. Louis, Missouri 63121, any Guarantors (as defined herein) party hereto, and Union Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY AND GUARANTORS
     The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness (herein called the “ Securities ”), to be issued in one or more series, which Securities may be guaranteed by each of the Guarantors, as provided in this Indenture.
     All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Company and any Guarantors, in accordance with its terms, have been done.
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
     For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof appertaining, as follows:
ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION
      Section 101. Definitions.
For all purposes of this Indenture and the Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:
     (1) the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;
     (2) all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;
     (3) all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the term “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any computation required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are generally accepted in the United States at the date of this instrument;

 


 

     (4) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;
     (5) the words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture or the Securities, as applicable, as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and
     (6) the term “including” means including without limitation.
     “ Act ,” when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 104.
     “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
     “ Authenticating Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Trustee pursuant to Section 614 to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of one or more series.
     “ Board of Directors ” means either the board of directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee empowered by that board to act with respect to this Indenture.
     “ Board Resolution ” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
     “ Business Day ,” means, with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close, except as may otherwise be provided in the form of Securities of any particular series pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
     “ Commission ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this Indenture such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.
     “ Common Stock ” includes any stock of any class of the Company which has no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which is not subject to redemption by the Company; provided , however , subject to the provisions of Section 1409, shares issuable upon conversion of Securities shall include only shares of the class designated as Common Stock of the Company at the date of this Indenture or shares of any class or classes resulting from any reclassification or reclassifications thereof and which have no preference in respect of dividends or of amounts payable in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company and which are not subject to redemption by the Company; provided , further , that if at any time there shall be more

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than one such resulting class, the shares of each such class then so issuable shall be substantially in the proportion which the total number of shares of such class resulting from all such reclassifications bears to the total number of shares of all such classes resulting from all such reclassifications.
     “ Company ” means the corporation named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall means such successor corporation.
     “ Company Request ” or “ Company Order ” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by (a) its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or a Vice President, its Chief Financial Officer, its Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer, and (b) its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
     “ Constituent Person ” has the meaning specified in Section 1409.
     “ Corporate Trust Office ” means the principal corporate trust office of the Trustee, which office, at the date of execution of this Indenture, is located at 551 Madison Avenue, 11 th Floor, New York, NY 10022, Attention: Corporate Trust Department (Express Scripts Debt Securities), at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered.
     “ corporation ” means a corporation, association, company, limited liability company, joint-stock company or business trust.
     “ Covenant Defeasance ” has the meaning specified in Section 1303.
     “ Debt ” of any Person at any date means all indebtedness for borrowed money.
     “ Default ” means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both, would be, an Event of Default.
     “ Defaulted Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 307.
     “ Defeasance ” has the meaning specified in Section 1302.
     “ Depositary ” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 301, until a successor Depositary shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Depositary” shall mean or include each person who is then a Depositary hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any such series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of that series.

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     “ Dollar ” or “ $ ” means a dollar or other equivalent unit in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts.
     “ Event of Default ” unless otherwise specified in the supplemental indenture establishing series of Securities, has the meaning specified in Section 501.
     “ Exchange Act ” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission thereunder and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
     “ Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 104.
     “ Funding Guarantor ” has the meaning specified in Section 1505.
     “ Global Security ” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series, which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee to the applicable Depositary for such series in accordance with Section 303, and bears the legend set forth in Section 204 (or such legend as may be specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities).
     “ Guarantee ” has the meaning stated in Section 1501(2). The term “Guarantee” used as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
     “ Guarantors ” means any Subsidiary of the Company and any other Affiliate of the Company who may execute this Indenture, or a supplement hereto, for the purpose of providing a Guarantee of Securities pursuant to this Indenture until (a) a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Guarantors” shall mean such successor Person or (b) such Person shall have been released from its Guarantee pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture.
     “ Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Security Register.
     “ Indenture ” means this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 301; provided , however , that if at any time more than one Person is acting as Trustee under this Indenture due to the appointment of one or more separate Trustees for any one or more separate series of Securities, “Indenture” shall mean, with respect to such series of Securities for which any such Person is Trustee, this instrument as originally executed or as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and shall include the terms of particular series of Securities for which such Person is Trustee established as contemplated by Section 301, exclusive, however, of any provisions or terms which relate solely to other series of Securities for which such Person is not Trustee, regardless of when such terms or provisions were adopted, and exclusive of any provisions or terms adopted by means of one or more indentures supplemental hereto executed and delivered after such person had become such Trustee, but to which such person, as such Trustee, was not a party; provided , further that in the event that this Indenture is supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto which are only

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applicable to certain series of Securities, the term “Indenture” for a particular series of Securities shall only include the supplemental indentures applicable thereto.
     “ Interest Payment Date ,” when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an installment of interest on such Security.
     “ Investment Company Act ” means the Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
     “ Maturity ,” when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, repurchase at the option of the Holder or otherwise.
     “ Non-electing Share ” has the meaning specified in Section 1409.
     “ Notice of Default ” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 501(4).
     “ Officer ” means the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, any Secretary or any Assistant Secretary.
     “ Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate signed by two Officers of the Company, and delivered to the Trustee. One of the officers signing an Officers’ Certificate given pursuant to Section 1004 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
     “ Opinion of Counsel ” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for, or an employee of, the Company, and who shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
     “ Original Issue Discount Security ” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502.
     “ Outstanding ,” when used with respect to Securities or Securities of any series, means, as of the date of determination, all such Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:
     (1) Securities theretofore canceled by the Trustee or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation;
     (2) Securities for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Company) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that , if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustee has been made;

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     (3) Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 1302; and
     (4) Securities which have been paid pursuant to Section 306 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustee proof satisfactory to it that such Securities are held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Company;
provided , however , that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 502, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 301, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 301, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in Clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such Clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which a responsible officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Company or of such other obligor.
     “ Paying Agent ” means any Person authorized by the Company to pay the principal or premium, if any, or interest, if any, on any Securities on behalf of the Company, and shall initially be the Trustee.
     “ Person ” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of any kind.
     “ Place of Payment ,” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified in or as contemplated by Section 301.
     “ Predecessor Security ” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security, and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 306 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.
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     “ Redemption Date ,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.
     “ Redemption Price ,” when used with respect to any Security to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.
     “ Regular Record Date ” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
     “ Securities ” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.
     “ Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.
     “ Security Register ” and “ Security Registrar ” have the respective meanings specified in Section 305.
     “ Significant Subsidiary ” with respect to any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person that constitutes a “significant subsidiary” within the meaning of Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X promulgated under the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the date of this Indenture.
     “ Special Record Date ” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 307.
     “ Stated Maturity ,” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest, if any, thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest, if any, is due and payable.
     “ Subsidiary ” with respect to any Person means (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of capital stock or other equity interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or a combination thereof), (ii) any partnership, limited liability company or similar pass-through entity the sole general partner or the managing general partner or managing member of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person and (iii) any partnership, limited liability company or similar pass-through entity the only general partners, managing members or Persons, however designated in corresponding roles, of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
     “ Trust Indenture Act ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this Indenture was executed, except as provided in Section 905; provided , however , that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

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     “ Trustee ” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.
     “ U.S. Government Obligation ” has the meaning specified in Section 1304.
     “ Vice President ,” when used with respect to the Company or the Trustee, means any vice president, whether or not designated by a number or a word or words added before or after the title “vice president.”
      Section 102. Compliance Certificates and Opinions.
     Upon any application or request by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee (1) an Officers’ Certificate stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with and (2) an Opinion of Counsel stating that in the opinion of such counsel all such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied with.
     Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include,
     (1) a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;
     (2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;
     (3) a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not there has been compliance with such covenant or condition; and
     (4) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, there has been compliance with such condition or covenant.
      Section 103. Form of Documents Delivered to Trustee.
     In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

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     Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Company or any Guarantor may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or Opinion of Counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Company or any Guarantor, as applicable, stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in the possession of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to accounting matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an accountant (who may be an employee of the Company) or firm of accountants, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous. Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.
      Section 104. Acts of Holders; Record Dates.
     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Company. The Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Company copies of all such instrument or instruments and records delivered to the Trustee. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “ Act ” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 601) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.
     The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him or her the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient.
     The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.
     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustee or the Company in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.
     The Company may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, vote, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series; provided that the Company may not set

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a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided further that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Company from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Company, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustee in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
     The Trustee may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 502, (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 507(2) or (iv) any direction referred to in Section 512, in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that no such action shall be effective hereunder unless taken on or prior to the applicable Expiration Date by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustee from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be canceled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Company in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106.
     With respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which sets such record dates may designate any day as the “ Expiration Date ” and from time to time may change the Expiration Date to any earlier or later day; provided that no such change shall be effective unless notice of the proposed new Expiration Date is given to the other party hereto in writing, and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 106, on or prior to the existing Expiration Date. If an Expiration Date is not designated with respect to any record date set pursuant to this Section, the party hereto which set such record date shall be deemed to have initially designated the 180th day after such record date as the Expiration Date with respect thereto, subject to its right to change the Expiration Date as provided in this paragraph. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Expiration Date shall be later than the 180th day after the applicable record date.
     Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

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      Section 105. Notices, Etc., to Trustee and Company.
     Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other document provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with,
     (1) the Trustee by any Holder or by the Company shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if made, given, furnished or filed in writing (or by facsimile transmission ((646)-452-2000); provided that oral confirmation of receipt shall have been received) to or with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office, or
     (2) the Company by the Trustee or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to the Company addressed to it at the address of the Company’s principal office specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustee by the Company, Attention: Chief Financial Officer, with a copy to the Secretary; provided that such notice shall not be deemed to be given until received by the Company.
      Section 106. Notice to Holders; Waiver.
     Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at its address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.
     In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
      Section 107. Conflict with Trust Indenture Act.
     If any provision hereof limits, qualifies or conflicts with a provision of the Trust Indenture Act which is required under the Trust Indenture Act to be a part of and govern this Indenture, the latter provision shall control. If any provision of this Indenture modifies or excludes any provision of the Trust Indenture Act which may be so modified or excluded, the latter provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified or to be excluded, as the case may be.
      Section 108. Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.
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      Section 109. Successors and Assigns.
     All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by each of the Company and the Guarantors shall bind its successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.
      Section 110. Separability Clause.
     In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities 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 111. Benefits of Indenture.
     Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
      Section 112. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial
      THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF. EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE 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 SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
      Section 113. Legal Holidays.
     In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security or the last date on which a Holder has the right to convert a Security at a particular conversion price shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) or, if applicable to a particular series of Securities, conversion need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date or Redemption Date, at the Stated Maturity or on such last day for conversion, as the case may be.
      Section 114. Indenture and Securities Solely Corporate Obligations.
     None of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s past, present or future directors, officers, employees or shareholders, as such, shall have any liability for any of the Company’s or any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture or the Securities or for any claim based on, or in respect or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each holder waives and releases all such liability. This waiver and release is part of the consideration for the issuance of the Securities.

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      Section 115. Indenture May be Executed in Counterparts.
     This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.
      Section 116. Acceptance of Trust.
     Union Bank, N.A., the Trustee named herein, hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture declared and provided, upon the terms and conditions set forth herein.
      Section 117. Force Majeure
     In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, 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 and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
      Section 118. U.S.A. Patriot Act
     The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act.
ARTICLE TWO
SECURITY FORMS
      Section 201. Forms Generally.
     The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in this Article, or in such other form as shall be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board

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Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Company Order contemplated by Section 303 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities. Any such Board Resolution or record of such action shall have attached thereto a true and correct copy of the form of Security referred to therein approved by or pursuant to such Board Resolution.
     The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.
      Section 202. Form of Face of Security.
[Insert any legend required by the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations thereunder.]
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
     
$                        No.                     
CUSIP No.                         
     Express Scripts, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of Delaware (herein called the “ Company ,” which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture hereinafter referred to), for value received, hereby promises to pay to                      , or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      Dollars on                      [if the Security is to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — , and to pay interest thereon from                      or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to, but excluding the next Interest Payment Date, [semi-annually on                      and                      ] in each year, commencing                      , at the rate of ___% per annum, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment [if applicable, insert — ; provided that any principal and premium, and any such installment of interest, which is overdue shall bear interest at the rate of [___%] per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment, and such interest shall be payable on demand]. The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in such Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the                      or                      (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, next preceding such Interest Payment Date. Any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice whereof shall be given to Holders of Securities of this series not fewer than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities of this series may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in said Indenture. Interest on the Security shall be computed on the basis of a 360 day year of twelve 30 day months.]
      [If the Security is not to bear interest prior to Maturity, insert — The principal of this Security shall not bear interest except in the case of a default in payment of principal upon acceleration, upon redemption or at Stated Maturity and in such case the overdue principal and any overdue premium shall bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), from the dates such amounts are due until they are paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue principal or premium shall be payable on demand. Any such interest on overdue principal or premium which is not paid on demand shall

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bear interest at the rate of ___% per annum (to the extent that the payment of such interest on interest shall be legally enforceable), from the date of such demand until the amount so demanded is paid or made available for payment. Interest on any overdue interest shall be payable on demand.]
     Payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) and [if applicable, insert — any such] interest on this Security will be made at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose in                      , [if applicable, insert — which shall initially be the designated corporate trust office of the Trustee], 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 applicable, insert — ; provided , however , that at the option of the Company payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear in the Security Register].
     Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Security set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
     Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Security shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
         
    EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC .
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
  Title:    
 
       
    Attest:
 
       
     

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      Section 203. Form of Reverse of Security.
     This Security is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company (herein called the “ Securities ”), issued and to be issued in one or more series under an Indenture, dated as of                      , 2009 (herein called the “ Indenture ,” which term shall have the meaning assigned to it in such instrument), among the Company, any Guarantors party thereto and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), and reference is hereby made to the Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto applicable to this Security for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities and of the terms upon which the Securities are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. This Security is one of the series designated on the face hereof [if applicable, insert — , limited in aggregate principal amount to $                      ].
      [If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not fewer than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, [if applicable, insert — (1) on                      in any year commencing with the year                      and ending with the year                      through operation of the sinking fund for this series at a Redemption Price equal to 100% of the principal amount, and (2)] at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after                      , 20___], in whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the following Redemption Prices (expressed as percentages of the principal amount): If redeemed [if applicable, insert — on or before                      ,                      %, and if redeemed] during the 12-month period beginning                      of the years indicated, and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to                      % of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption [if applicable, insert — (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise)] with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]
             
Year   Redemption Price   Year   Redemption Price
             
      [If applicable, insert — The Securities of this series are subject to redemption upon not fewer than 30 days’ nor more than 60 days’ notice by mail, (1) on                      in any year commencing with the year                      and ending with the year                      through operation of the sinking fund for this series at the Redemption Prices for redemption through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below, and (2) at any time [if applicable, insert — on or after                      ], as a whole or in part, at the election of the Company, at the Redemption Prices for redemption otherwise than through operation of the sinking fund (expressed as percentages of the principal amount) set forth in the table below: If redeemed during the 12-month period beginning                      of the years indicated,
         
Year   Redemption Price For
Redemption Through Operation
of the Sinking Fund
  Redemption Price For
Redemption Otherwise Than
Through Operation of the Sinking
Fund
       
and thereafter at a Redemption Price equal to ___% of the principal amount, together in the case of any such redemption (whether through operation of the sinking fund or otherwise) with accrued interest to the Redemption Date, but interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to such Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, of record at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates referred to on the face hereof, all as provided in the Indenture.]

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      [If applicable, insert — Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may not, prior to                      , redeem any Securities of this series as contemplated by [if applicable, insert — Clause (2) of] the preceding paragraph as a part of, or in anticipation of, any refunding operation by the application, directly or indirectly, of moneys borrowed having an interest cost to the Company (calculated in accordance with generally accepted financial practice) of less than ___% per annum.]
      [If applicable, insert — The sinking fund for this series provides for the redemption on                      , in each year beginning with the year                      and ending with the year                      of [if applicable, insert — not less than $                      (“ mandatory sinking fund ”) and not more than] $                      aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series. Securities of this series acquired or redeemed by the Company otherwise than through [if applicable, insert — mandatory] sinking fund payments may be credited against subsequent [if applicable, insert mandatory] sinking fund payments otherwise required to be made [if applicable, insert — , in the inverse order in which they become due].]
      [If the Security is subject to redemption of any kind, insert — In the event of redemption of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities of this series and of like tenor for the unredeemed portion hereof will be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
      [If applicable, insert — The Indenture contains provisions for defeasance at any time of [the entire indebtedness of this Security] [or] [certain restrictive covenants and Events of Default with respect to this Security] [, in each case] upon compliance with certain conditions set forth in the Indenture.]
      [If the Security is convertible into Common Stock of the Company, insert — Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security is entitled, at its option, at any time on or prior to Maturity (except that, in case this Security or any portion hereof shall be called for redemption, such right shall terminate with respect to this Security or portion hereof, as the case may be, so called for redemption at the close of business on the first Business Day next preceding the date fixed for redemption as provided in the Indenture unless the Company defaults in making the payment due upon redemption), to convert the principal amount of this Security (or any portion hereof which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof), into fully paid and non-assessable shares (calculated as to each conversion to the nearest 1/100th of a share) of the Common Stock of the Company, as said shares shall be constituted at the date of conversion, at the conversion price of $                      principal amount of Securities for each share of Common Stock, or at the adjusted conversion price in effect at the date of conversion determined as provided in the Indenture, upon surrender of this Security, together with the conversion notice hereon duly executed, to the Company at the designated office or agency of the Company in                      , accompanied (if so required by the Company) by instruments of transfer, in form satisfactory to the Company and to the Trustee, duly executed by the Holder or by its duly authorized attorney in writing. Such surrender shall, if made during any period beginning at the close of business on a Regular Record Date and ending at the opening of business on the Interest Payment Date next following such Regular Record Date (unless this Security or the portion being converted shall have been called for redemption on a Redemption Date during the period beginning at the close of business on a Regular Record Date and ending at the opening of business on the first Business Day after the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or if such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the second such Business Day), also be accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of this Security then being converted. Subject to the aforesaid requirement for payment and, in the case of a conversion after the Regular Record Date next preceding any Interest Payment Date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, to the right of the Holder of this Security (or any Predecessor Security) of record at such Regular Record Date to receive an installment of interest (with certain exceptions provided in the Indenture), no adjustment is to be made on conversion for interest accrued hereon or for dividends on shares of Common Stock issued on conversion. The Company is not required to issue fractional shares upon any such conversion, but shall make adjustment therefor in cash on the basis of the current market value of such fractional interest as provided in the Indenture. The conversion price is subject to adjustment as provided in the Indenture. In addition, the Indenture provides that in case of certain consolidations or mergers to which the Company is a party or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Indenture shall be amended,

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without the consent of any Holders of Securities, so that this Security, if then outstanding, will be convertible thereafter, during the period this Security shall be convertible as specified above, only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon the consolidation, merger or sale by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which this Security might have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or sale (assuming such holder of Common Stock failed to exercise any rights of election and received per share the kind and amount received per share by a plurality of non-electing shares). In the event of conversion of this Security in part only, a new Security or Securities for the unconverted portion hereof shall be issued in the name of the Holder hereof upon the cancellation hereof.]
      [If the Security is convertible into other securities of the Company, provides for adjustments to the conversion rate or provides for other means to settle conversion, specify the conversion features.]
      [If the Security is not an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, the principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture.]
      [If the Security is an Original Issue Discount Security, insert — If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of this series shall occur and be continuing, an amount of principal of the Securities of this series may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Indenture. Such amount shall be equal to — insert formula for determining the amount . Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal, premium and interest (in each case to the extent that the payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable), all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and premium and interest, if any, on the Securities of this series shall terminate.]
     The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Securities of each series to be affected under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities at the time Outstanding of each series to be affected. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Securities of each series at the time Outstanding, on behalf of the Holders of all Securities of such series, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Security shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Security and of any Security issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof, whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Security.
     As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Security shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of this series, the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Securities of this series at the time Outstanding shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee and offered the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it, and the Trustee shall not have received from the Holders of a majority in principal amount of Securities of this series at the time Outstanding a direction inconsistent with such request, and shall have failed to institute any such proceeding, for 60 days after receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Security for the enforcement of any payment of principal hereof or any premium or interest hereon on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.

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     No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Security or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
     As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Security is registrable in the Security Register, upon surrender of this Security for registration of transfer at the office or agency of the Company in any place where the principal of and any premium and interest on this Security are payable, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed by, the Holder hereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Securities of this series and of like tenor, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.
     The Securities of this series are issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $                      and any integral multiple thereof. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Securities of this series are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount of Securities of this series and of like tenor of a different authorized denomination, as requested by the Holder surrendering the same.
     No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
     Prior to due presentment of this Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Security is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Security be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
     This Security shall be deemed to be a contract made under the laws of the State of New York, and for all purposes shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of said State, without regard to conflict of laws principles thereof.
     All terms used in this Security which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
      Section 204. Form of Legend for Global Securities.
     Unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities evidenced thereby, every Global Security authenticated and delivered hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:
      THIS SECURITY IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS SECURITY MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A SECURITY REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.

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      Section 205. Form of Trustee’s Certificate of Authentication.
     The Trustee’s certificates of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:
     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
         
  UNION BANK, N.A.,
As Trustee
 
 
  By:      
    Authorized Signatory   
       

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      Section 206. Form of Conversion Notice.
     Conversion notices shall be in substantially the following form, with such changes as are appropriate for the applicable series of Securities:
     To Express Scripts, Inc.:
     The undersigned owner of this Security hereby irrevocably exercises the option to convert this Security, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that any shares issuable and deliverable upon the conversion, together with any check in payment for fractional shares and any Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If this Notice is being delivered on a date after the close of business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the opening of business on the related Interest Payment Date (unless this Security or the portion thereof being converted has been called for redemption on a Redemption Date during the period beginning at the close of business on a Regular Record Date and ending at the opening of business on the first Business Day after the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or if such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the second such Business Day), this Notice is accompanied by payment, in funds acceptable to the Company, of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date of the principal of this Security to be converted. If shares are to be issued in the name of a person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all transfer taxes payable with respect to this option exercise, including such issuance. Any amount required to be paid by the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Security.
Principal Amount to be Converted (in an integral multiple of $1,000, if less than all)
U.S. $                     
Dated:                                          
     
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
  Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stock brokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program) pursuant to Securities and Exchange Commission Rule 17 Ad-15, if shares of Common Stock are to be delivered, or Securities to be issued, other than to and in the name of the registered owner.
 
   
 
   
 
  Signature Guaranty

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Fill in for registration of shares of Common Stock and Security if to be issued otherwise than to the registered Holder.
     
 
   
(Name)
  Social Security or Other Taxpayer
 
  Identification Number
 
   
 
   
(Address)
   
 
   
 
Please print Name and Address (including zip code number)
   
[The above conversion notice is to be modified, as appropriate, for conversion into other securities or property of the Company.]

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ARTICLE THREE
THE SECURITIES
      Section 301. Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.
     The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.
     The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series, any or all of the following:
     (1) the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);
     (2) any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Section 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 303, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);
     (3) the price or prices at which the Securities of such series will be offered by the Company (such price or prices to be expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the Securities of such series);
     (4) the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;
     (5) the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable;
     (6) the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, or the method of determining the rate or rates, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable or the method of determining such dates and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;
     (7) the rate or rates of interest, if any, payable on overdue installments of principal of, or any premium or interest on the Securities of such series, and the basis upon which interest shall be calculated if other than that of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months;

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     (8) the place or places where the principal of and any premium, if any, and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;
     (9) the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company or otherwise and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;
     (10) the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or otherwise at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;
     (11) if other than denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;
     (12) if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;
     (13) if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 101;
     (14) if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Company or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);
     (15) if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502;
     (16) if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);
     (17) if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 1302 or Section 1303 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board

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Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Company to defease such Securities shall be evidenced and any changes or additions to the provisions provided in Article Thirteen of this Indenture and related definitions and provisions dealing with defeasance, including the addition of additional covenants that may be subject to the Company’s Covenant Defeasance option;
     (18) if applicable, the terms of any right to convert Securities of the series into, or exchange securities for, shares of Common Stock of the Company or other securities or property or cash in lieu of such Common Stock or other securities or property, or any combination thereof, and any corresponding changes to the provisions of this Indenture as then in effect;
     (19) if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Security in addition to or in lieu of that set forth in Section 204 and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Clause (2) of the last paragraph of Section 305 in which any such Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof;
     (20) any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 502;
     (21) any Authenticating Agents, Paying Agents or Security Registrars;
     (22) whether Securities of the series are entitled to any benefits of any Guarantee of any Guarantors pursuant to this Indenture;
     (23) the terms, if any, of the transfer, mortgage, pledge or assignment as security for the Securities of the series of any properties, assets, moneys, proceeds, securities or other collateral, including whether certain provisions of the Trust Indenture Act are applicable and any corresponding changes to provisions of this Indenture as then in effect;
     (24) any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article Ten which applies to Securities of the series; and
     (25) any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 901(5)).
     All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 303) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officers’ Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any one series need not be issued at the same time and, unless otherwise provided, a series may be reopened for issuances of additional Securities of such series.

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     If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company and delivered to the Trustee at or prior to the delivery of the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.
      Section 302. Denominations.
     The Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 301. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
      Section 303. Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.
     The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Company by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its principal financial officer, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or its Assistant Treasurer, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or facsimile.
     The Guarantee endorsed on any Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Guarantor by its Chairman of the Board of Directors, its principal financial officer, its Chief Executive Officer, its President or one of its Vice Presidents, its Treasurer or its Assistant Treasurer, attested by its Secretary or one of its Assistant Secretaries. The signature of any of these officers on the Guarantee may be manual or facsimile.
     Securities or the Guarantee bearing the manual or facsimile signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, shall bind the Company or the Guarantors, as applicable, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.
     At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Company and, if applicable, having endorsed thereon the Guarantees executed as provided in Section 1502 to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with the Company Order (which may provide that Securities that are the subject thereof will be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee from time to time upon the telephonic or written order of Persons designated in said Company Order and that such Persons are authorized to determine such terms and conditions of said Securities as are specified in the Company Order) shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 201 and 301, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustee shall receive, and (subject to Section 601) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, a copy of such Board Resolution, the Officers’ Certificate setting forth the terms of the series and an Opinion of Counsel, with such Opinion of Counsel stating,
     (1) if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to Board Resolutions as permitted by Section 201, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;

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     (2) if the terms of such Securities have been established by or pursuant to Board Resolutions as permitted by Section 301, that such terms have been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture;
     (3) that this Indenture and such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and issued by the Company in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, and, if applicable, the Guarantees endorsed thereon will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Guarantors, in each case enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and
     (4) that all laws and requirements in respect of the execution and delivery by the Company of such Securities have been complied with.
     However, the Trustee shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
     Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 301 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officers’ Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 301 or the Company Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.
     Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.
     No Security or Guarantee endorsed thereon shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Company, and the Company shall deliver such Security to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 309, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
      Section 304. Temporary Securities.
     Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Company may execute, and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

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     If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Company will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.
      Section 305. Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange.
     The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “ Security Register ”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Trustee initially is hereby appointed “Security Registrar” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided. The Company may change any Security Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Security Registrar.
     Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Company in a Place of Payment for that series, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors.
     At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantor.
     All Securities and the Guarantee endorsed thereon issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities and the Guarantee endorsed thereon, shall be the valid obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, respectively evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities and the Guarantee endorsed thereon surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
     Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing.
     No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Sections 304, 906 or 1107 not involving any transfer.

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     If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Company shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 1103 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.
     The provisions of Clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below shall apply only to Global Securities:
     (1) Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.
     (2) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Security or (C) there shall exist such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated by Section 301.
     (3) Subject to Clause (2) above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.
     (4) Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 304, 306, 906 or 1107 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.
      Section 306. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.
     If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors, if applicable.
     If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same series and

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of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding, and having endorsed thereon a Guarantee executed by the Guarantors, if applicable.
     In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become or is about to become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.
     Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.
     Every new Security of any series and the Guarantee endorsed thereon, issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and the Guarantors, as applicable, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that series duly issued hereunder.
     The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.
      Section 307. Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.
     Except as otherwise provided in or as contemplated by Section 301 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest; provided that on the maturity date for any series of Securities, the Company will pay accrued and unpaid interest to the Person to whom the Company pays the principal amount, instead of the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
     In the case of Securities represented by a Global Security registered in the name of or held by a Depository or its nominee, unless otherwise specified by Section 301, payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, will be made to the Depository or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner or Holder of such Global Security. None of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Paying Agent, any Authenticating Agent or the Security Registrant for such Securities will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of a beneficial ownership interest in a Global Security or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.
     Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “ Defaulted Interest ”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in Clause (1) or (2) below:
     (1) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest

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proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not fewer than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not fewer than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 106, not fewer than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Clause (2).
     (2) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
     Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 1402, in the case of any Security (or any part thereof) which is converted after any Regular Record Date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (other than any Security the principal of (or premium, if any, on) which shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration or otherwise prior to such Interest Payment Date), interest whose Stated Maturity is on such Interest Payment Date shall be payable on such Interest Payment Date notwithstanding such conversion and such interest (whether or not punctually paid or duly provided for) shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or any one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the immediately preceding sentence or in Section 1402, in the case of any Security (or any part thereof) which is converted, interest whose Stated Maturity is after the date of conversion of such Security (or such part thereof) shall not be payable.
      Section 308. Persons Deemed Owners.
     Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and none of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
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the sole owner or Holder of the Securities represented by such Global Security for all purposes under this Indenture. Except as provided in Section 305, owners of beneficial interests in a Global Security will not be entitled to have Securities that are represented by such Global Security registered in their names, will not receive or be entitled to receive physical delivery of such Securities in definitive form and will not be considered the owners or Holders thereof under this Indenture.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall (a) prevent the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company, the Guarantors or the Trustee, from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by a Depository or (b) impair, as between a Depository and holders of beneficial interest in any Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of the Depository as Holder of such Global Security.
     None of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and Authenticating Agent or the Security Registrar will have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interest in a Global Security or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interest.
      Section 309. Cancellation.
     All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee, be delivered to the Trustee and shall be promptly canceled by it. The Company may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Company may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustee (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustee) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Company has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly canceled by the Trustee. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities canceled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All canceled Securities shall be disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures.
      Section 310. Computation of Interest.
     Except as otherwise specified in or as contemplated by Section 301 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
      Section 311. CUSIP Numbers.
     The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

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ARTICLE FOUR
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
      Section 401. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.
     This Indenture shall upon Company Request cease to be of further effect with respect to any series of Securities (except as to any surviving rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities herein expressly provided for or any other surviving rights expressly provided for in a supplemental indenture for a series of Securities), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:
     (1) either:
     (A) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 306 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Company and thereafter repaid to the Company or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 1003) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or
     (B) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation:
     (i) have become due and payable; or
     (ii) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year; or
     (iii) if redeemable at the option of the Company, are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company;
and the Company, in the case of (i), (ii) or (iii) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose lawful money of the United States or U.S. Government Obligations which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide lawful money not later than the due dates of principal (and any premium) or interest, or any combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;
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     (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that there has been compliance with all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.
     Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 607, the obligations of the Trustee to any Authenticating Agent under Section 614 and, if money or U.S. Government Obligations shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (B) of Clause (1) of this Section, the obligations of the Trustee under Section 402 and the last paragraph of Section 1003 shall survive.
      Section 402. Application of Trust Money.
     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 401 or 1302 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee, shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee.
      Section 403. Repayment to the Company.
     Upon termination of the trust pursuant to Section 401 hereof, the Trustee and Paying Agent shall promptly pay to the Company any excess money or U.S. Government Obligations.
ARTICLE FIVE
REMEDIES
      Section 501. Events of Default.
     “ Event of Default ,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), except to the extent such event is specifically deleted or modified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of that series:
     (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
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     (3) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or
     (4) with respect to a series of Securities, the Company fails to comply with any other term, covenant or agreement with respect thereto (other than a term, covenant or agreement a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series or which has been included in this Indenture but not made applicable to the Securities of such series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 90 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “ Notice of Default ” hereunder; or
     (5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Guarantors in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its Guarantors bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any of its Guarantors under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of its Guarantors or of any substantial part of its respective property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its respective affairs, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 90 consecutive days; or
     (6) the commencement by the Company or any of its Guarantors of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by it to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Guarantors in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by it to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of its Guarantors or of any substantial part of its respective property, or the making by it of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by it in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any of its Guarantors in furtherance of any such action; or
     (7) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.
      Section 502. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
     If an Event of Default, other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 501(5) or 501(6) solely with respect to the Company (but including an Event of Default referred to in those Sections solely with respect to any Significant Subsidiary of the Company), with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing, then either the Trustee, by notice to the Company, or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by notice to the Trustee and the Company, may declare the principal amount of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be

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specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately. In the case of an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or 501(6) solely with respect to the Company (and not solely with respect to any Significant Subsidiary of the Company) and with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof), and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Securities of that series shall automatically, and without any action by the Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.
     Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the first 180 days following any violation of any obligations the Company may be deemed to have pursuant to Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act or the Company’s other reporting and information delivery obligations with respect to filings with the Commission as provided in Section 704, at the Company’s option, the sole remedy of the Holders of the Securities shall be the accrual of additional interest on the Securities while such Default exists at a rate of 0.25% per annum, payable semi-annually. In no event shall such additional interest accrue at a rate per annum in excess of 0.25% per annum, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such additional interest.
     At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee, as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:
     (1) the rescission would not conflict with any order or decree;
     (2) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of accelerated principal of or interest on Securities of that series, which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 513; and
     (3) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay:
     (A) all overdue interest on all Securities of that series;
     (B) the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, to the extent that payment is lawful;
     (C) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities; and
     (D) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.
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      Section 503. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.
     The Company covenants that if:
     (1) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or
     (2) default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof;
the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, 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.
     If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company, any Guarantor or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.
     If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.
      Section 504. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.
     In any case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other any judicial proceeding relative to the Company (or any Guarantor or other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustee shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Act in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustee allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustee shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official 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 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 607.
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Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
      Section 505. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.
     All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.
      Section 506. Application of Money Collected.
     Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:
     FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee under Section 607;
     SECOND: In case the principal of the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall not have become and be then due and payable, to the payment of interest, if any, on the Securities of such series in default in the order of the maturity of the installments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by such Trustee and to the extent permitted by law) upon the overdue installments of interest at the rate prescribed therefor in such Securities, such payments to be made ratably to the persons entitled thereto, without discrimination or preference;
     THIRD: In case the principal or any premium of the Securities of such series in respect of which moneys have been collected shall have become and shall be then due and payable, to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon all the Securities of such series for principal, any premium and interest, if any, with interest upon the overdue principal, and (to the extent that such interest has been collected by such Trustee and to the extent permitted by law) upon overdue installments of interest at the rate prescribed therefor in the Securities of such series; and in case such moneys shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amount so due and unpaid upon the Securities of such series, then to the payment of such principal, any premium and interest, without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal, or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Security of such series over any other Security of such series, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest; and
     FOURTH: The balance, if any, to the Company or any other Person or Persons lawfully entitled thereto.

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      Section 507. Limitation on Suits.
     No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding under this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy under this Indenture, unless each of the following shall have occurred:
     (1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;
     (2) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy and offer, and if requested provide, to the Trustee indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense incurred in connection with such pursuit; and
     (3) the Trustee fails to comply with such request within 60 days after the Trustee receives the notice, request and offer of indemnity and does not receive, during those 60 days, from Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series, a direction inconsistent with such request.
     However, the above limitations do not apply to a suit by a Holder to enforce (a) the payment of amounts due on that Holder’s Securities after the applicable due date or (b) the right to convert that Holder’s Securities in accordance with this Indenture.
      Section 508. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest and to Convert.
     Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 307) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date), to convert such Securities in accordance with Article Fourteen and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.
      Section 509. 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 proceeding, the Company, any Guarantor, 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 had been instituted.

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      Section 510. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.
     Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 306, 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 511. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.
     No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Securities 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 (subject to the limitations contained in this Indenture) or by the Holders, as the case may be.
      Section 512. Control by Holders.
     The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such series; provided that :
     (1) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture and the Trustee shall not have determined that the action so directed would be unjustly prejudicial to Holders of Securities of that series, or any other series, not taking part in such direction; and
     (2) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction or this Indenture.
      Section 513. Waiver of Past Defaults.
     The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:
     (1) in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series or the payment of any redemption price, purchase price or repurchase price with respect to any Security of such series;
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     (3) in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article Nine cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.
     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 514. Undertaking for Costs.
     All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his or her acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed that any court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Act; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Act shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Company or in any suit for the enforcement of the right to convert any Security in accordance with Article Fourteen or in any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder or group of Holders for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any Security on or after the due date for such payment.
      Section 515. Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws.
     The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
ARTICLE SIX
THE TRUSTEE
      Section 601. Certain Duties and Responsibilities.
     The duties and responsibilities of the Trustee shall be as expressly set forth in this Indenture and as provided by the Trust Indenture Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require 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 in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section. No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, subject to Section 603.

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      Section 602. Notice of Defaults.
     If a Default or Event of Default has occurred and the Trustee has received notice of the Default or Event of Default in accordance with this Indenture, the Trustee must mail to each Holder a notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after the occurrence of the Event of Default. However, the Trustee need not mail the notice if the Default or Event of Default (a) has been cured or waived; or (b) is not in the payment of any amounts due with respect to any Security or the failure to convert any Security in accordance with the Indenture and the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the best interests of Holders. In addition, the Trustee shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such Default or Event of Default actually known to it as and to the extent provided by the Trust Indenture Act.
      Section 603. Certain Rights of Trustee.
     Subject to the provisions of Section 601:
     (1) in the absence of bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be 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 party or parties;
     (2) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;
     (3) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;
     (4) 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 in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;
     (5) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, direction or demand of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity that is reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request, direction or demand;
     (6) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit;

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     (7) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder;
     (8) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
     (9) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a responsible officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;
     (10) the permissive rights of the Trustee to do the things enumerated in this Indenture shall not be construed as a duty unless so specified herein. The Trustee shall not be liable in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder, except for its own negligence or willful misconduct;
     (11) whenever in the administration of the trusts imposed upon it by this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or suffering any action hereunder, such matter may be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officers’ Certificate, and such Officers’ Certificate shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or suffered in good faith under the provisions of the Indenture in reliance upon such Officers’ Certificate, but in its discretion the Trustee may, in lieu thereof, accept other evidence of such matter or may request such additional evidence as it may deem reasonable;
     (12) in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, 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;
     (13) the rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;
     (14) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder; and
     (15) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture.
      Section 604. Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.
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responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity, sufficiency or priority of this Indenture or of the Securities, except that the Trustee represents that it is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture, authenticate the Securities and perform its obligations hereunder, and that the statements made by it or to be made by it in a Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 supplied to the Company are true and accurate as of the date thereof. Neither the Trustee nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof.
      Section 605. May Hold Securities and Act as Trustee Under Other Indentures.
     The Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Company, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and, subject to Sections 608 and 613, may otherwise deal with the Company with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.
     Subject to the limitations imposed by the Trust Indenture Act, nothing in this Indenture shall prohibit the Trustee from becoming and acting as trustee under other indentures under which other securities, or certificates of interest of participation in other securities, of the Company are outstanding in the same manner as if it were not Trustee hereunder.
      Section 606. Money Held in Trust.
     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraphs of Sections 1003 and 1305, all money received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed in writing with the Company.
      Section 607. Compensation and Reimbursement.
     The Company agrees:
     (1) to pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Company and the Trustee for all services rendered by it hereunder (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust);
     (2) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct; and
     (3) to indemnify the Trustee for, and to hold it harmless against, any and all loss, liability, damage, claim (including taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee)) or expense incurred without negligence or willful misconduct on its part, arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against

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any claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Guarantor, a Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder.
     When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services in connection with an Event of Default specified in Section 501(5) or Section 501(6), the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law.
     The Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities as to all property and funds held by it hereunder for any amount owing it or any predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Section 607, except with respect to funds held in trust for the benefit of the Holders of particular Securities.
     The provisions of this Section shall survive the termination of this Indenture.
      Section 608. Conflicting Interests .
     If the Trustee has or shall acquire a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall either eliminate such interest within 90 days or resign, to the extent and in the manner provided by, and subject to the provisions of, the Trust Indenture Act and this Indenture. To the extent permitted by such Act, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have a conflicting interest by virtue of being a trustee under this Indenture with respect to Securities of more than one series.
      Section 609. Corporate Trustee Required; Eligibility.
     There shall at all times be one (and only one) Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be the Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series. Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has (or if the Trustee is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company has) a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 and shall be subject to supervision or examination by a Federal or State authority. If any such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section and to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
      Section 610. Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.
     No resignation or removal of the Trustee and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611.
     The Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving written notice thereof to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning

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Trustee may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
     The Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustee and to the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 611 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within 30 days after the giving of such notice of removal, the Trustee being removed may petition, at the expense of the Company, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
     If at any time:
     (1) the Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 608 after written request therefor by the Company or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months,
     (2) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible under Section 609 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
     (3) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in any such case, (A) the Company by a Board Resolution may remove the Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 514, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees.
     If the Trustee shall resign, be removed or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Company, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series and that at any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities of any particular series) and shall comply with the applicable requirements of Section 611. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Company and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 611, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Company. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Company or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 611, the retiring Trustee may petition, or any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.
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Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 106. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.
      Section 611. Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.
     In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Company or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.
     In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Company or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.
     Upon the reasonable written request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.
     No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article.
      Section 612. Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.
     Any corporation into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of the Trustee, shall be the

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successor of the Trustee hereunder, provided such corporation shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.
      Section 613. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Company.
     If and when the Trustee shall be or become a creditor of the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of the Trust Indenture Act regarding the collection of claims against the Company (or any such other obligor).
      Section 614. Appointment of Authenticating Agent.
     The Trustee may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustee to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 305, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustee hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustee or the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Company and shall at all times be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent, having (or if the Authenticating Agent is a member of a bank holding company system, its bank holding company has) a combined capital and surplus of not less than $50,000,000 and subject to supervision or examination by Federal or State authority. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.
     Any corporation into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such corporation shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent.
     An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustee may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Company and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 106 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its

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predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.
     The Company agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section.
     If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section 614, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
     This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

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    Dated:
 
       
    UNION BANK, N.A., as Trustee
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      As Authenticating Agent
 
       
 
  By:    
 
       
 
      Authorized Signatory
ARTICLE SEVEN
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND COMPANY
      Section 701. Company to Furnish Trustee Names and Addresses of Holders.
     The Company will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee:
     (1) semi-annually, not later than 15 days after each Regular Record Date, a list, in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Holders of Securities of each series as of such Regular Record Date, as the case may be; and
     (2) at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after the receipt by the Company of any such request, a list of similar form and content as of a date not more than 15 days prior to the time such list is furnished;
provided that no such list need be furnished by the Company to the Trustee so long as the Trustee is acting as Security Registrar.
      Section 702. Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.
     The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to the Trustee as provided in Section 701, if any, and the names and addresses of Holders received by the Trustee in its capacity as Security Registrar. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 701 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
     The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustee, shall be as provided by the Trust Indenture Act.

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     Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Company and the Trustee that neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any agent of either of them shall be held accountable by reason of any disclosure of information as to the names and addresses of Holders made pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act.
      Section 703. Reports by Trustee.
     The Trustee shall transmit to Holders of Securities, as their names and addresses appear in the Securities Register, such reports concerning the Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto.
     The Trustee shall comply with Section 313 of the Trust Indenture Act and, if required by Section 313 (a) of the Trust Indenture Act, the Trustee shall, within sixty days after each May 15, following the date of the initial issuance of Securities under this Indenture deliver to Holders a brief report, dated as of such May 15, which complies with the provisions of such Section 313(a).
     A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustee with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Company. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange or of any delisting therefrom.
      Section 704. Reports by Company.
     The Company shall file with the Trustee and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act at the times and in the manner provided pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act shall be filed with the Trustee within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission; provided further that any such information, documents or reports filed with the Commission pursuant to its Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval (or EDGAR) system shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee, provided further that the Trustee shall have no duty to determine whether such filing has occurred.
     Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).
ARTICLE EIGHT
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE
      Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.
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of the property or assets of the Company to, any other Person, whether in a single transaction or series of related transactions, unless:
     (1) in case the Company shall consolidate with or merge into another Person (in a transaction in which the Company is not the surviving Person) or sell, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or the Person which acquires by sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition, or which leases, all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company shall be a corporation, limited liability company, partnership or trust, shall be organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on all the Securities and the performance or observance of every covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed and the conversion rights shall be provided for in accordance with Article Fourteen (or if as a result of such transaction, the Securities become convertible into common stock or other securities issued by a third party, such third party fully and unconditionally guarantees all of our obligations or such successor under the Securities and this Indenture), if applicable, or as otherwise specified pursuant to Section 301, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the Person (if other than the Company) formed by such consolidation or into which the Company shall have been merged or by the Person which shall have acquired the Company’s assets;
     (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall exist; and
     (3) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
      Section 802. Successor Substituted.
     Upon any consolidation of the Company with, or merger of the Company into, any other Person or any sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company in accordance with Section 801, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Company is merged or to which such sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor Person shall be automatically relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

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ARTICLE NINE
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES
      Section 901. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.
     Without the consent of any Holders, the Company and the Guarantors, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:
     (1) to evidence the succession of another Person to the Company, or successive successions, and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Company herein and in the Securities upon the Company’s consolidation or merger, or the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or assets in accordance with the Indenture;
     (2) to add to the covenants of the Company or the Guarantors for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of Securities, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;
     (3) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of fewer than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series);
     (4) to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Securities in uncertificated form;
     (5) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding;
     (6) to secure the Securities;
     (7) to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 201 and 301;
     (8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611;

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     (9) to make provision with respect to the conversion rights of Holders pursuant to the requirements of Article Fourteen, including providing for the conversion of the Securities into any security (other than the Common Stock of the Company) or property of the Company, making adjustments in accordance with the Indenture to convert the Securities upon reclassifications, changes in the Company’s Common Stock and certain consolidations, mergers and binding share exchanges, and upon the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or assets, and giving effect to any election the Company makes related to the conversion rights of the Holders;
     (10) to comply with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Securities may be listed or traded;
     (11) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary or desirable in accordance with any amendments to the Trust Indenture Act; provided that such action does not materially adversely affect the rights or interests of any Holder of Securities;
     (12) to supplement any of the provisions of the Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the defeasance and discharge of any series of Securities pursuant to Articles Four and Thirteen, provided that any such action shall not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of Securities of such series or any other series of Securities in any material respect;
     (13) to reflect the release of any Guarantor in accordance with Article Fifteen; or
     (14) to add Guarantors with respect to any of the Securities.
     In addition, the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture without the consent of Holders of the Securities in order to cure any ambiguity, defect, omission or inconsistency in this Indenture or the Securities in a manner that does not, individually or in the aggregate with all other changes, adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect; provided that any modification of this Indenture and the Securities to conform the provisions of the Indenture to any description of the applicable Securities in the prospectus therefor shall not be deemed to adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect. The Company and the Trustee may also enter into a supplemental indenture without the consent of Holders of the Securities in order to conform the Indenture to any description of the Securities contained in the prospectus therefor.
      Section 902. Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.
     With the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Company and the Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors, when authorized by a Board Resolution, and the Trustee may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided , however , that no such supplemental indenture shall, without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby,
     (1) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon any Security, or reduce the amount of the principal of, or any premium, or any interest on, an Original

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Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 502, or change any Place of Payment where, manner or the coin or currency in which, any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on, or with respect to, or the conversion of any Security in a manner adverse to the Holders of Securities of such series, or release any Guarantee by a Guarantor other than as provided in this Indenture (it being understood that any release effected by Section 802 shall not constitute any of the foregoing);
     (2) reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture;
     (3) modify any of the provisions of this Section or Section 513, except to increase any such percentage or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided , however , that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustee” and concomitant changes in this Section, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 611 and 901(8);
     (4) if applicable, make any change that adversely affects the right to convert any security as provided in Article Fourteen or pursuant to Section 301 (except as permitted by Section 901(9)) or decrease the conversion rate or increase the conversion price of any such security; or
     (5) change the ranking of any series of Securities.
     In addition, subject to Sections 508 and 513, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may, by notice to the Trustee, waive compliance by the Company or the Guarantors with any provision of this Indenture or such Securities, in a particular instance or generally, without notice to any other Holder; provided that no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Company or the Guarantors and the duties of the Trustee in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.
     A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.
     It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.
      Section 903. Execution of Supplemental Indentures.
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Sections 601 and 603) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.
      Section 904. Effect of Supplemental Indentures.
     Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and every Holder of Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder shall be bound thereby (unless such supplemental indenture does not apply to such Securities).
      Section 905. Conformity with Trust Indenture Act.
     Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.
      Section 906. Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.
     Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustee, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Company, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.
ARTICLE TEN
COVENANTS
      Section 1001. Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.
     The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.
      Section 1002. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
     The Company will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for conversion and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required

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office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.
     The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided , however , that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
      Section 1003. Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.
     If the Company shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
     Whenever the Company shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, on or prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal or any premium or interest so becoming due, such sum to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such principal or any premium or interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of its action or failure so to act.
     The Company will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) hold all sums held by it for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on Securities of that series in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided; (2) give the Trustee notice of any default by the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment of principal (and premium, if any) or interest on the Securities of that series; and (3) at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.
     The Company may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Company Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustee all sums held in trust by the Company or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Company or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.
     Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for a period ending on the earlier of the date that is ten Business Days prior to the date such money would escheat to the State or two years after such principal (and premium, if any) or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on Company Request, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for

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payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
      Section 1004. Statement by Officers as to Default.
     The Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing upon its becoming aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default. In addition, Company shall furnish to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company ending after the date of the Indenture, an Officers’ Certificate stating whether the officers certifying therein have actual knowledge of any Default or Event of Default by the Company in performing any of its obligations under the Indenture or the Securities and describing any such Default or Event of Default.
      Section 1005. Existence.
     Subject to Article Eight, the Company will do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
      Section 1006. Payment of Taxes and Other Claims.
     The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary, provided , however , that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment or charge (i) whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or (ii) if the failure to pay or discharge would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business, operations, properties or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
      Section 1007. Calculation of Original Issue Discount.
     The Company shall file with the Trustee promptly at the end of each calendar year (i) a written notice specifying the amount of original issue discount (including daily rates and accrual periods), if any, accrued on Outstanding Securities as of the end of such year and (ii) such other specific information relating to such original issue discount as may then be relevant under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
ARTICLE ELEVEN
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES
      Section 1101. Applicability of Article.
     Securities of any series which are redeemable before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms and (except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities) in accordance with this Article.

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      Section 1102. Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee.
     The election of the Company to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Security), the Company shall, at least 40 days (or 45 days if fewer than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed) prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officers’ Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction.
      Section 1103. Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed.
     If fewer than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by lot, or in the Trustee’s discretion, on a pro-rata basis or by such other method as the Trustee may deem fair and appropriate, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If fewer than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustee, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.
     If any Security selected for partial redemption is converted in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Security so selected, the converted portion of such Security shall be deemed (so far as may be), at the option of the Company, to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed shall be treated by the Trustee as Outstanding for the purpose of such selection. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
     The provisions of the three preceding paragraphs shall not apply with respect to any redemption affecting only a single Security, whether such Security is to be redeemed in whole or in part. In the case of any such redemption in part, the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of the Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security.
     For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

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      Section 1104. Notice of Redemption.
     Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not fewer than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, unless a shorter period is specified in the Securities to be redeemed, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at its address appearing in the Security Register.
     Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Registered Securities designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice of any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Securities or portion thereof.
     Any notice that is mailed to the Holder of any Registered Securities in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not such Holder receives the notice.
     All notices of redemption shall identify the Securities to be redeemed (including CUSIP number(s)) and shall state:
     (1) the Redemption Date;
     (2) the Redemption Price (including accrued interest, if any);
     (3) if fewer than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if fewer than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed;
     (4) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
     (5) the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
     (6) if applicable, the conversion price, that the date on which the right to convert the principal of the Securities or the portions thereof to be redeemed will terminate will be the Business Day prior to the Redemption Date and the place or places where such Securities may be surrendered for conversion;
     (7) in case any Securities are to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder of such Security will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed; and
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     Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Company shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company and shall be irrevocable.
      Section 1105. Deposit of Redemption Price.
     On or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.
     If any Security called for redemption is converted, any money deposited with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent or so segregated and held in trust for the redemption of such Security shall (subject to the right of any Holder of such Security to receive interest as provided in the last paragraph of Section 307) be paid to the Company on Company Request, or if then held by the Company, shall be discharged from such trust.
      Section 1106. Securities Payable on Redemption Date.
     Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued and unpaid interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date; provided , however , that, unless otherwise specified in or as contemplated by Section 301, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Record Dates according to their terms and the provisions of Section 307.
     If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.
      Section 1107. Securities Redeemed in Part.
     Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series, having endorsed thereon the Guarantee executed by the Guarantors and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered. If a Security in global form is so surrendered, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the U.S. Depositary or other Depositary for such Security in global form as shall be specified in the Company Order with respect thereto to the Trustee, without service charge, a new Security in global form in denomination equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security in global form so surrendered.

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ARTICLE TWELVE
SINKING FUNDS
      Section 1201. Applicability of Article.
     The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for such Securities.
     The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment,” and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 1202. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.
      Section 1202. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.
     The Company (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.
      Section 1203. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.
     Not fewer than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 1202 and will also deliver to the Trustee any Securities to be so delivered. Not fewer than 30 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustee shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 1103 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 1104. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 1106 and 1107.

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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
      Section 1301. [Intentionally Omitted].
     [Intentionally omitted.]
      Section 1302. Defeasance and Discharge .
     The Company shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to any Securities or any series of Securities, and each Guarantor shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to its Guarantee of such Securities, as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304, in the case of defeasance, are satisfied (hereinafter called “ Defeasance ”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until all the Securities of such series have in fact been paid in full: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 1304 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Company’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 304, 305, 306, 1002 and 1003, and, if applicable, Article Fourteen, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and (4) this Article. Subject to compliance with this Article, the Company may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 1303 applied to such Securities.
      Section 1303. Covenant Defeasance.
     On and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 1304 are satisfied, (1) the Company shall be released from its obligations under Article Eight, Sections 704 and 1006, inclusive, and (2) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 501(4) (with respect to any of Article Eight, Section 704 or Section 1006, inclusive, shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to Outstanding Securities of such series as provided in this Section (hereinafter called “ Covenant Defeasance ”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Article or Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 501(4)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Article or Section or by reason of any reference in any such Article or Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Securities of such shall be unaffected thereby.
      Section 1304. Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.
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     (1) The Company shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 609 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series, (A) money in an amount, or (B) U.S. Government Obligations which through the scheduled payment of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustee (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on Outstanding Securities of such series on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, “U.S. Government Obligation” means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the United States of America for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged or (ii) an obligation of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America, which, in either case under Clauses (i) or (ii), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and (y) shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act) as custodian with respect to any U.S. Government Obligation which is specified in Clause (x) above and held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or interest on any U.S. Government Obligation which is so specified and held; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
     (2) In the event of an election to have Section 1302 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that (A) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling or (B) since the date of this instrument, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case (A) or (B) to the effect that, and based thereon such opinion shall confirm that, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.
     (3) In the event of an election to have Section 1303 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Holders of the Outstanding Securities of such series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.
     (4) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.
     (5) No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Sections 501(5) and (6), at any time on or prior

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to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).
     (6) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustee to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Act (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Act).
     (7) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound.
     (8) Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act unless such trust shall be registered under such Act or exempt from registration thereunder.
     (9) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.
      Section 1305. Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations to be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.
     Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 1003, all money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 1306, the Trustee and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “ Trustee ”) pursuant to Section 1304 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.
     The Company shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 1304 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 Outstanding Securities.
     Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company and any Paying Agent upon Company Request any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 1304 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.

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      Section 1306. Reinstatement.
     If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Company has been discharged or released pursuant to Section 1302 or 1303 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 1305 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article; provided , however , that if the Company makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money so held in trust.
ARTICLE FOURTEEN
CONVERSION AND EXCHANGE OF SECURITIES
      Section 1401. Applicability of Article.
     The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to the Securities of any series which are convertible or exchangeable into shares of Common Stock of the Company, and the issuance of such shares of Common Stock upon the conversion or exchange of such Securities, except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 301 for the Securities of such series.
      Section 1402. Exercise of Conversion and Exchange Privilege.
     In order to exercise a conversion or exchange privilege, the Holder of a Security of a series with such a privilege shall surrender such Security to the Company at the office or agency maintained for that purpose pursuant to Section 1002, accompanied by a duly executed conversion or exchange notice to the Company substantially in the form set forth in Section 206 stating that the Holder elects to convert or exchange such Security or a specified portion thereof. Such notice shall also state, if different from the name and address of such Holder, the name or names (with address) in which the certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock which shall be issuable on such conversion or exchange shall be issued. Securities surrendered for conversion or exchange shall (if so required by the Company or the Trustee) be duly endorsed by or accompanied by instruments of transfer in forms satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by the registered Holder or its attorney duly authorized in writing; and Securities so surrendered for conversion or exchange (in whole or in part) during the period from the close of business on any Regular Record Date to the opening of business on the next succeeding Interest Payment Date (excluding Securities or portions thereof called for redemption during the period beginning at the close of business on a Regular Record Date and ending at the opening of business on the first Business Day after the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, or if such Interest Payment Date is not a Business Day, the second such Business Day) shall also be accompanied by payment in funds acceptable to the Company of an amount equal to the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date on the principal amount of such Security then being converted or exchanged, and such interest shall be payable to such registered Holder notwithstanding the conversion or exchange of such Security, subject to the provisions of Section 307 relating to the payment of Defaulted Interest by the Company. As promptly as practicable after the receipt of such notice and of any payment required pursuant to a Board Resolution and, subject to Section 303, set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in an Officers’ Certificate, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of such series of Security, and the surrender of such Security in accordance with such reasonable regulations as the Company may prescribe, the Company shall issue and shall deliver, at the office or agency at which such Security is surrendered, to such Holder or on its written

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order, a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion or exchange of such Security (or specified portion thereof), in accordance with the provisions of such Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture, and cash as provided therein in respect of any fractional share of such Common Stock otherwise issuable upon such conversion or exchange. Such conversion or exchange shall be deemed to have been effected immediately prior to the close of business on the date on which such notice and such payment, if required, shall have been received in proper order for conversion or exchange by the Company and such Security shall have been surrendered as aforesaid (unless such Holder shall have so surrendered such Security and shall have instructed the Company to effect the conversion or exchange on a particular date following such surrender and such Holder shall be entitled to convert or exchange such Security on such date, in which case such conversion or exchange shall be deemed to be effected immediately prior to the close of business on such date) and at such time the rights of the Holder of such Security as such Security Holder shall cease and the person or persons in whose name or names any certificate or certificates for shares of Common Stock of the Company shall be issuable upon such conversion or exchange shall be deemed to have become the Holder or Holders of record of the shares represented thereby. Except as set forth above and subject to the final paragraph of Section 307, no payment or adjustment shall be made upon any conversion or exchange on account of any interest accrued on the Securities (or any part thereof) surrendered for conversion or exchange or on account of any dividends on the Common Stock of the Company issued upon such conversion or exchange.
     In the case of any Security which is converted or exchanged in part only, upon such conversion or exchange the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to or on the order of the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities of the same series, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted or unexchanged portion of such Security.
      Section 1403. No Fractional Shares.
     No fractional share of Common Stock of the Company shall be issued upon conversions or exchanges of Securities of any series. If more than one Security shall be surrendered for conversion or exchange at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall be issuable upon conversion or exchange shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities (or specified portions thereof to the extent permitted hereby) so surrendered. If, except for the provisions of this Section 1403, any Holder of a Security or Securities would be entitled to a fractional share of Common Stock of the Company upon the conversion or exchange of such Security or Securities, or specified portions thereof, the Company shall pay to such Holder an amount in cash equal to the current market value of such fractional share computed (unless otherwise specified with respect to any series of Securities), (i) if such Common Stock is listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on a national securities exchange or market, on the basis of the last reported sale price regular way on such exchange or market on the last trading day prior to the date of conversion or exchange upon which such a sale shall have been effected, or (ii) if such Common Stock is not at the time so listed or admitted to unlisted trading privileges on a national securities exchange or market, on the basis of the average of the bid and asked prices of such Common Stock in the over-the counter market, on the last trading day prior to the date of conversion or exchange, as reported by the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated or similar organization if the National Quotation Bureau, Incorporated is no longer reporting such information, or if not so available, the fair market price as determined by the Board of Directors. For purposes of this Section, “trading day” shall mean each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday other than any day on which the Common Stock is not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, or if the Common Stock is not traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal exchange or market on which the Common Stock is traded or quoted.
      Section 1404. Adjustment of Conversion and Exchange Price.
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combinations or similar transactions in accordance with the terms of the supplemental indenture or Board Resolutions setting forth the terms of the Securities of such series.
     Whenever the conversion or exchange price is adjusted, the Company shall compute the adjusted conversion or exchange price in accordance with terms of the applicable Board Resolution or supplemental indenture and shall prepare an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the adjusted conversion or exchange price and showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, and such certificate shall forthwith be filed at each office or agency maintained for the purpose of conversion or exchange of Securities pursuant to Section 1002 and, if different, with the Trustee. The Company shall forthwith cause a notice setting forth the adjusted conversion or exchange price to be mailed, first class postage prepaid, to each Holder of Securities of such series at its address appearing on the Security Register and to any conversion or exchange agent other than the Trustee.
      Section 1405. Notice of Certain Corporate Actions.
     In case:
     (1) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock payable otherwise than in cash out of its retained earnings (other than a dividend for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required) that would require an adjustment pursuant to Section 1404; or
     (2) the Company shall authorize the granting to all or substantially all of the holders of its Common Stock of rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any shares of capital stock of any class or of any other rights (other than any such grant for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required); or
     (3) of any reclassification of the Common Stock of the Company (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding shares of Common Stock, or of any consolidation, merger or share exchange to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any shareholders of the Company is required), or of the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or
     (4) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company; then the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee, and shall cause to be mailed to all Holders at their last addresses as they shall appear in the Security Register, at least 20 days (or 10 days in any case specified in Clause (1) or (2) above) prior to the applicable record date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (i) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution, rights, options or warrants are to be determined, or (ii) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective, and the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their shares of Common Stock for securities, cash or other property deliverable upon such reclassification, consolidation, merger, share exchange, sale, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. If at any time the Trustee shall not be the conversion or exchange agent, a copy of such notice shall also forthwith be filed by the Company with the Trustee.

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      Section 1406. Reservation of Shares of Common Stock.
     The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, for the purpose of effecting the conversion or exchange of Securities, the full number of shares of Common Stock of the Company then issuable upon the conversion or exchange of all outstanding Securities of any series that has conversion or exchange rights.
      Section 1407. Payment of Certain Taxes Upon Conversion and Exchange.
     Except as provided in the next sentence, the Company will pay any and all taxes that may be payable in respect of the issue or delivery of shares of its Common Stock on conversion or exchange of Securities pursuant hereto. The Company shall not, however, be required to pay any tax which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue and delivery of shares of its Common Stock in a name other than that of the Holder of the Security or Securities to be converted or exchanged, and no such issue or delivery shall be made unless and until the person requesting such issue has paid to the Company the amount of any such tax, or has established, to the satisfaction of the Company, that such tax has been paid.
      Section 1408. Nonassessability.
     The Company covenants that all shares of its Common Stock which may be issued upon conversion or exchange of Securities will upon issue in accordance with the terms hereof be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable.
      Section 1409. Provision in Case of Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets.
     In case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person in a transaction in which the Company is not the surviving Person, any merger of another Person with or into the Company (other than a merger which does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company) or any conveyance, sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property or assets of the Company in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, the Person formed by such consolidation or resulting from such merger or which acquires such assets, as the case may be, shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of each Security of a series then Outstanding that is convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock of the Company shall have the right thereafter (which right shall be the exclusive conversion or exchange right thereafter available to said Holder), during the period such Security shall be convertible or exchangeable, to convert or exchange such Security only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Company into which such Security might have been converted or exchanged immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease, assuming such holder of Common Stock of the Company (i) is not a Person with which the Company consolidated or merged with or into or which merged into or with the Company or to which such conveyance, sale, transfer or lease was made, as the case may be (a “ Constituent Person ”), or an Affiliate of a Constituent Person and (ii) failed to exercise his rights of election, if any, as to the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease ( provided that if the kind or amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer, or lease is not the same for each share of Common Stock of the Company held immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale, transfer or lease by others than a Constituent Person or an Affiliate thereof and in respect of which such rights of election shall not have been exercised (“ Non-electing Share ”), then for the purpose of this Section 1409 the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger,

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conveyance, sale, transfer or lease by the holders of each Non-electing Share shall be deemed to be the kind and amount so receivable per share by a plurality of the Non-electing Shares). Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments which, for events subsequent to the effective date of such supplemental indenture, shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Article or in accordance with the terms of the supplemental indenture or Board Resolutions setting forth the terms of such adjustments. The above provisions of this Section 1409 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, conveyances, sales, transfers or leases. Notice of the execution of such a supplemental indenture shall be given by the Company to the Holder of each Security of a series that is convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock of the Company as provided in Section 106 promptly upon such execution.
     Neither the Trustee nor any conversion or exchange agent, if any, shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property or cash receivable by Holders of Securities of a series convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock of the Company upon the conversion or exchange of their Securities after any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease or to any such adjustment, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel with respect thereto, which the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Trustee upon request.
      Section 1410. Duties of Trustee Regarding Conversion and Exchange.
     Neither the Trustee nor any conversion or exchange agent shall at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Securities of any series that is convertible or exchangeable into Common Stock of the Company to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the conversion or exchange price, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, whether herein or in any supplemental indenture (or whether any provisions of any supplemental indenture are correct), any resolutions of the Board of Directors or written instrument executed by one or more officers of the Company provided to be employed in making the same. Neither the Trustee nor any conversion or exchange agent shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock of the Company, or of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion or exchange of any Securities and neither the Trustee nor any conversion or exchange agent makes any representation with respect thereto. Subject to the provisions of Section 601, neither the Trustee nor any conversion or exchange agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of its Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion or exchange or to comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in this Article Fourteen or in the applicable supplemental indenture, resolutions of the Board of Directors or written instrument executed by one or more duly authorized officers of the Company.
      Section 1411. Repayment of Certain Funds Upon Conversion and Exchange.
     Any funds which at any time shall have been deposited by the Company or on its behalf with the Trustee or any other paying agent for the purpose of paying the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any of the Securities (including, but not limited to, funds deposited for the sinking fund referred to in Article Twelve hereof and funds deposited pursuant to Article Thirteen hereof) and which shall not be required for such purposes because of the conversion or exchange of such Securities as provided in this Article Fourteen shall after such conversion or exchange be repaid to the Company by the Trustee upon the Company’s written request.

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ARTICLE FIFTEEN
GUARANTEE
      Section 1501. Unconditional Guarantee.
     (1) Notwithstanding any provision of this Article Fifteen to the contrary, the provisions of this Article Fifteen shall be applicable only to, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Securities of any series designated, pursuant to Section 301, as entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee of each of the Guarantors.
     (2) For value received, each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally, fully, unconditionally and absolutely guarantees (the “ Guarantee ”) to the Holders and to the Trustee the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under this Indenture and the Securities by the Company, when and as such principal, premium, if any, and interest shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, according to the terms of the Securities and this Indenture, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1503.
     (3) Failing payment when due of any amount guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantee, for whatever reason, each of the Guarantors will be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. The Guarantee hereunder is intended to be a general, unsecured, senior obligation of each of the Guarantors and will rank pari passu in right of payment with all Debt of each Guarantor that is not, by its terms, expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be full, unconditional and absolute, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Securities, the Guarantee (including the Guarantee of any other Guarantor) or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Securities with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other Guarantor, or any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of any of the Guarantors. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that in the event of a default in payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, legal proceedings may be instituted by the Trustee on behalf of the Holders or, subject to Section 507, by the Holders, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Indenture, directly against such Guarantor to enforce the Guarantee without first proceeding against the Company or any other Guarantor.
     (4) The obligations of each of the Guarantors under this Article Fifteen shall be as aforesaid full, unconditional and absolute and shall not be impaired, modified, released or limited by any occurrence or condition whatsoever, including (i) any compromise, settlement, release, waiver, renewal, extension, indulgence or modification of, or any change in, any of the obligations and liabilities of the Company or any of the Guarantors contained in the Securities or this Indenture, (ii) any impairment, modification, release or limitation of the liability of the Company, any of the Guarantors or any of their estates in bankruptcy, or any remedy for the enforcement thereof, resulting from the operation of any present or future provision of any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law, or other statute or from the decision of any court, (iii) the assertion or exercise by the Company, any of the Guarantors or the Trustee of any rights or remedies under the Securities or this Indenture or their delay in or failure to assert or exercise any such rights or remedies, (iv) the assignment or the purported assignment of any property as security for the Securities, including all or any part of the rights of the Company or any of the Guarantors under this Indenture, (v) the extension of the time for payment by the Company or any of the Guarantors of any payments or other sums or any part thereof owing or payable under any of the terms and provisions of the Securities or this Indenture or of the time for performance by the Company or any of

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the Guarantors of any other obligations under or arising out of any such terms and provisions or the extension or the renewal of any thereof, (vi) the modification or amendment (whether material or otherwise) of any duty, agreement or obligation of the Company or any of the Guarantors set forth in this Indenture, (vii) the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution, sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, marshaling of assets and liabilities, receivership, insolvency, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, reorganization, arrangement, composition or readjustment of, or other similar proceeding affecting, the Company or any of the Guarantors or any of their respective assets, or the disaffirmance of the Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture in any such proceeding, (viii) the release or discharge of the Company or any of the Guarantors from the performance or observance of any agreement, covenant, term or condition contained in any of such instruments by operation of law, (ix) the unenforceability of the Securities, the Guarantee or this Indenture or (x) any other circumstances (other than payment in full or discharge of all amounts guaranteed pursuant to the Guarantee) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor.
     (5) Each of the Guarantors hereby (i) waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of the merger, bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or any of the Guarantors, and all demands whatsoever, (ii) acknowledges that any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee may be transferred and that the benefit of its obligations hereunder shall extend to each holder of any agreement, instrument or document evidencing the Guarantee without notice to it and (iii) covenants that the Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the Guarantee. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that if at any time all or any part of any payment theretofore applied by any Person to the Guarantee is, or must be, rescinded or returned for any reason whatsoever, including the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Company or any of the Guarantors, the Guarantee shall, to the extent that such payment is or must be rescinded or returned, be deemed to have continued in existence notwithstanding such application, and the Guarantee shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such application had not been made.
     (6) Each of the Guarantors shall be subrogated to all rights of the Holders and the Trustee against the Company in respect of any amounts paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, provided , however , that such Guarantor, shall not be entitled to enforce or to receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all of the Securities and the Guarantee shall have been paid in full or discharged.
      Section 1502. Execution and Delivery of Guarantee.
     To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section 1501, each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that a notation relating to such Guarantee, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A, shall be endorsed on each Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an officer of such Guarantor, or in the case of a Guarantor that is a limited partnership, an officer of the general partner of each Guarantor, or in the case of a Guarantor that is a limited liability company, an officer or manager of such Guarantor. Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that the Guarantee set forth in Section 1501 shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Security a notation relating to the Guarantee. If any officer of any Guarantor, or in the case of a Guarantor that is a limited partnership, any officer of the general partner of the Guarantor, or in the case of a Guarantor that is a limited liability company, an officer or manager of such Guarantor, whose signature is on this Indenture or a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates such Security or at any time thereafter, the Guarantee of such Security shall be valid nevertheless. The delivery of any Security by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.
     The Trustee hereby accepts the trusts in this Indenture upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.

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      Section 1503. Limitation on Guarantors’ Liability.
     (1) Each Guarantor and by its acceptance hereof each Holder of a Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee hereby confirm that it is the intention of all such parties that the guarantee by such Guarantor pursuant to the Guarantee not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of any Federal or State law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders of a Security entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor under the Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor and to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under the Guarantee, not result in the obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under Federal or State law.
     (2) The Guarantee is expressly limited so that in no event, including the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid in respect of interest on the Securities (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) exceed the maximum permissible amount under applicable law, as in effect on the date hereof and as subsequently amended or modified to allow a greater amount of interest (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) to be paid under the Guarantee. If for any reason the amount in respect of interest (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) required by the Guarantee exceeds such maximum permissible amount, the obligation to pay interest under the Guarantee (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) shall be automatically reduced to such maximum permissible amount and any amounts collected by any holder of any Security in excess of the permissible amount shall be automatically applied to reduce the outstanding principal on such Security.
      Section 1504. Release of Guarantors from Guarantee.
     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Guarantee of any Guarantor may be released upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 1302 and in this Section 1504. Provided that no Default shall have occurred and shall be continuing under this Indenture, the Guarantee issued by a Guarantor pursuant to this Article Fifteen shall be unconditionally released and discharged: (i) automatically upon (A) any sale, exchange or transfer, whether by way of merger or otherwise, to any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company, of all of the Company’s direct or indirect limited partnership or other equity interests in such Guarantor (provided such sale, exchange or transfer is not prohibited by this Indenture) or (B) the merger of such Guarantor into the Company or any other Guarantor or the liquidation and dissolution of such Guarantor (in each case to the extent not prohibited by this Indenture); or (ii) as set forth in an applicable indenture supplemental hereto.
     (2) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing any release of a Guarantor from the Guarantee upon receipt of a written request of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the Guarantor is entitled to such release in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture. Any Guarantor not so released shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities entitled to the benefits of the Guarantee as provided in this Indenture, subject to the limitations of Section 1503.

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      Section 1505. Guarantor Contribution.
     In order to provide for just and equitable contribution among the Guarantors, the Guarantors hereby agree, inter se, that in the event any payment or distribution is made by any Guarantor (a “ Funding Guarantor ”) under the Guarantee, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor (if any) in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each Guarantor (including the Funding Guarantor) for all payments, damages and expenses incurred by that Funding Guarantor in discharging the Company’s obligations with respect to the Securities or any other Guarantor’s obligations with respect to the Guarantee.
[Signature page follows]

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
         
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz  
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
         
  AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC

 
 
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member    
     
  By:   /s/ George Paz  
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   

 


 

         
         
  BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CURASCRIPT, INC.
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY
     DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
     PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
IBIOLOGIC, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
NEXTRX SUB I, LLC
NEXTRX SUB II, LLC
NEXTRX SUB III, LLC
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee  
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 
         
  CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
PHOENIX MARKETING GROUP, LLC
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes  
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   

 


 

         
         
  CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
IVTX, INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   President   
 
  CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Marc Palmer   
    Name:   Marc Palmer   
    Title:   President   
 
  ESI PARTNERSHIP
 
 
     
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ George Paz     
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
     
  By:    ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford     
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   

 


 

         
         
  ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford   
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
 
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, CO.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Biskey   
    Name:   Michael Biskey   
    Title:   President   
 
  MSC — MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY
SPEEDY RE-EMPLOYMENT, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Edward Ignaczak   
    Name:   Edward Ignaczak   
    Title:   President   
 
  SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
 
 
  By:    Spectracare, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee     
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
     
  By:    Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes     
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   

 


 

         
         
  UNION BANK, N.A.,
As Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ Patricia Phillips-Coward  
    Name:   Patricia Phillips-Coward  
    Title:   Vice President  

 


 

         
Annex A
NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
     Each of the Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the Indenture), has fully, unconditionally and absolutely guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture and subject to the provisions in the Indenture, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Securities and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture and the Securities by the Company.
     The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Securities and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Fifteen of the Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee.
         
  AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC

 
 
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member    
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   

 


 

         
         
  BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CURASCRIPT, INC.
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY
     DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION
     MANAGEMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
     PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
IBIOLOGIC, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
NEXTRX SUB I, LLC
NEXTRX SUB II, LLC
NEXTRX SUB III, LLC
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee   
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 
         
  CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
PHOENIX MARKETING GROUP, LLC
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes   
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   

 


 

         
         
  CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
IVTX, INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   President   
 
  CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Marc Palmer   
    Name:   Marc Palmer   
    Title:   President   
 
  ESI PARTNERSHIP
 
 
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ George Paz     
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
     
  By:    ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford     
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   

 


 

         
         
  ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford   
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
 
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, CO.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Biskey   
    Name:   Michael Biskey   
    Title:   President   
 
  MSC — MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY
SPEEDY RE-EMPLOYMENT, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Edward Ignaczak   
    Name:   Edward Ignaczak   
    Title:   President   
 
  SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
 
 
  By:    Spectracare, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee     
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 
     
  By:    Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes     
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 

 

Exhibit 4.2
     
 
FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 9, 2009
Supplementing that Certain
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 9, 2009
 
Among

EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS PARTIES HERETO
and
UNION BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
 
5.250% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2012
     
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page  
ARTICLE I
 
       
Issuance of Securities
 
       
SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Notes; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title
    1  
SECTION 1.2. Interest
    2  
SECTION 1.3. Relationship with Indenture
    3  
 
       
ARTICLE II
 
       
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
 
       
SECTION 2.1. Definitions
    3  
 
       
ARTICLE III
 
       
Security Forms
 
       
SECTION 3.1. Form Generally
    13  
SECTION 3.2. Form of Note
    13  
SECTION 3.3. Form of Purchase Notice
    19  
SECTION 3.4. Form of Guarantee
    20  
 
       
ARTICLE IV
 
       
Remedies
 
       
SECTION 4.1. Events of Default
    21  
SECTION 4.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
    23  
 
       
ARTICLE V
 
       
Redemption of Securities
 
       
SECTION 5.1. Optional Redemption
    24  
SECTION 5.2. Optional Redemption Procedures
    24  
SECTION 5.3. Special Mandatory Redemption
    26  
SECTION 5.4. Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures
    27  
 
       
ARTICLE VI
 
       
Particular Covenants
 
       
SECTION 6.1. Liens
    28  

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SECTION 6.2. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
    30  
SECTION 6.3. Right to Require Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event
    30  
SECTION 6.4. Additional Guarantors
    32  
 
       
ARTICLE VII
 
       
Supplemental Indentures
 
       
SECTION 7.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders of Notes
    33  
SECTION 7.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of Notes
    34  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII
 
       
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
 
       
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms
    35  
SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted
    36  
 
       
ARTICLE IX
 
       
Guarantors
 
       
SECTION 9.1. Guarantee
    36  
SECTION 9.2. Waiver
    37  
SECTION 9.3. Guarantee of Payment
    37  
SECTION 9.4. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guarantee
    38  
SECTION 9.5. Defenses of Company Waived
    38  
SECTION 9.6. Continued Effectiveness
    38  
SECTION 9.7. Subrogation
    38  
SECTION 9.8. Information
    39  
SECTION 9.9. Subordination
    39  
SECTION 9.10. Release of Guarantor
    39  
SECTION 9.11. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability
    40  
SECTION 9.12. Contribution from Other Guarantors
    41  
SECTION 9.13. No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company
    41  
SECTION 9.14. Execution and Delivery of the Guarantee
    41  
SECTION 9.15. Successor Guarantor
    42  
 
       
ARTICLE X
 
       
Discharge of Obligations Under the First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes; Defeasance
 
       
SECTION 10.1. Termination of the Obligations of the Company
    42  
SECTION 10.2. Repayment to Company
    43  
SECTION 10.3. Amendment to Section 1302; Survival of Provisions of First Supplemental Indenture upon Defeasance
    43  

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          This First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009 (the “ First Supplemental Indenture ”), among Express Scripts, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at One Express Way, St. Louis, Missouri (herein called the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party hereto and Union Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the “ Trustee ”), supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
          A. The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as provided for in the Indenture.
          B. Each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Guarantees, the form of which is attached hereto, in order to fully and unconditionally guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Indenture.
          C. The Indenture provides that the Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in the Indenture, or in such other form as may be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more supplemental indentures thereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently therewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
          D. The Company and the Trustee have agreed that the Company shall issue and deliver, and the Trustee shall authenticate, Securities denominated “5.250% Senior Notes due 2012” pursuant to the terms of this First Supplemental Indenture and substantially in the form set forth in Section 3.2 below, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture, and with such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
ARTICLE I
Issuance of Securities
          SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Notes; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title.
          (1) On June 9, 2009, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall authenticate, the Initial Notes substantially in the form set forth in

 


 

Section 3.2 below, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture, and with such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
          (2) The Initial Notes to be issued pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture shall be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000 and shall mature on June 15, 2012 unless the Notes are redeemed prior to that date as described in Section 5.1 and 5.3. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,000,000,000, except for Notes issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the Series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Company may without the consent of the Holders, issue additional notes hereunder as part of the same series and on the same terms and conditions (and having the same Guarantors) and with the same CUSIP numbers as the Initial Notes (“Additional Notes”); provided that if any Additional Notes are issued at a price that causes such Additional Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations of the United States Department of Treasury thereunder (the “ Code ”), such Additional Notes shall not have the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes.
          (3) The Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.
          (4) Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 301 of the Indenture, the Company hereby creates a series of Securities designated as the “5.250% Notes due 2012” of the Company (as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under this First Supplemental Indenture, including both the Initial Notes and the Additional Notes, if any, the “ Notes ”), which Notes shall be deemed “Securities” for all purposes under the Indenture.
          SECTION 1.2. Interest.
          (1) Interest on a Note will accrue at the per annum rate of 5.250% (the “ Note Interest Rate ”), from and including the date specified on the face of such Note until the principal thereof is paid, deemed paid, or made available for payment and, in each case, will be paid on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
          (2) The Company shall pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing December 15, 2009.

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          (3) Interest shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders of the Notes after the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
          (4) Amounts due on the Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date of the Notes will be payable at the corporate trust office of the Trustee at 551 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022. The Company may make payment of interest on an Interest Payment Date in respect of Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled to the payment as it appears in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States. The Company shall make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of Notes in book-entry form to DTC in immediately available funds, while disbursement of such payments to owners of beneficial interests in Notes in book-entry form will be made in accordance with the procedures of DTC and its participants in effect from time to time.
          (5) Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall impose any service charge for any transfer or exchange of a Note. However, the Company may ask Holders of the Notes to pay any taxes or other governmental charges in connection with a transfer or exchange of Notes.
          (6) If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity Date or Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day in the City of New York, the Company will make the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date, as the case may be, to such next succeeding Business Day.
          SECTION 1.3. Relationship with Indenture.
          The terms and provisions contained in the Indenture will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this First Supplemental Indenture. However, to the extent any provision of the Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling.
ARTICLE II
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
          SECTION 2.1. Definitions.
          The terms defined in this Section 2.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context of this First Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires) for all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto have the respective meanings specified in this Section 2.1. All other terms used in this First Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein (except as herein otherwise expressly provided

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or unless the context of this First Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires), have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, as the case may be, as in force at the date of this First Supplemental Indenture as originally executed; provided that any term that is defined in both the Indenture and this First Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in this First Supplemental Indenture.
          “ 2014 Notes Supplemental Indenture ” means the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee related to the 2014 Notes.
          “ 2014 Notes ” means the 6.250% Senior Notes due 2014 as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under the 2014 Notes Supplemental Indenture.
          “ 2019 Notes Supplemental Indenture ” means the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee related to the 2019 Notes.
          “ 2019 Notes ” means the 7.250% Senior Notes due 2019 as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under the 2019 Notes Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Acquisition ” means the acquisition of the Pharmacy Benefit Management Business of WellPoint, Inc., including all of the shares and equity interest of the Target Companies by the Company as contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement.
          “ Acquisition Agreement ” means the Stock and Interest Purchase Agreement between the Company and WellPoint, Inc., dated April 9, 2009.
          “ Additional Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
          “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
          “ Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
          “ Applied Amounts ” means an amount (which may be conclusively determined by the Board of Directors) equal to the greater of (i) capitalized rent with respect to the applicable machinery and/or equipment and (ii) the fair value of the

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applicable machinery and/or equipment, that is applied within 180 days of the applicable transaction or transactions to repayment of the Notes or to the repayment of any Indebtedness which, in accordance with GAAP, is classified as long-term debt and that is on parity with the Notes.
          “ Below Investment Grade Rating Event ” means the Notes are not rated, or are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date during the period commencing 60 days prior to the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in, or termination of, any rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect to a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of a Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies ceasing to rate the Notes or making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the termination or reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
          “ Beneficial Owner ” shall mean any Person who is considered a beneficial owner of a security for purposes of Rule 13d-3 promulgated of the Exchange Act.
          “ Bridge Loan ” means the proposed bridge financing to be used to finance the Acquisition incurred on or prior to the date of the Acquisition.
          “ Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of such Person and all warrants or options to acquire such capital stock.
          “ Change of Control Offer ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(1).
          “ Change of Control Payment ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(1).
           “Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(2)(iii).
          “ Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.
          “ Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person or Group other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the approval

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by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture); (3) the consummation of any transaction (including any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person or Group becomes the Beneficial Owner directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock; (4) the Company consolidates with or merges with or into any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or mergers with or into, the Company, pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property (except when Voting Stock of the Company is converted into, or exchanged for, at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to the transaction); or (5) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.
          “ Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
          “ Code ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
          “ Common Stock ” shall mean shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, as they exist on the date of this First Supplemental Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which the Common Stock shall be reclassified or changed.
          “ Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
          “ Comparable Treasury Price ” means with respect to any Redemption Date: (i) the average of three Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date so obtained.
          “ Consolidated Net Worth ” means, at any date, the sum of all amounts which would be included under stockholders’ equity on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP on such date or, in the event such date is not a fiscal quarter end, as of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter end.
          “ Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (1) was a member of the Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Initial Notes; or (2) was nominated for

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election or elected to the Board of Directors with the approval of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).
          “ Covenant Defeasance ” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture except that the covenants included in such definition shall include Articles VI, VII, VIII and IX of this First Supplemental Indenture and Article Fifteen of the Indenture.
          “ Default ” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
          “ Domestic Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America, or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
          “ DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
          “ Effective Date ” means the closing date of the Acquisition.
          “ Environmental Laws ” means any and all current or future legally-binding statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, permits, licenses, authorizations, plans, directives, consent orders or consent decrees of or from any federal, state or local governmental authority, agency or court, or any other binding requirements of governmental authorities relating to (i) the protection of the environment, (ii) any activity, event or occurrence involving hazardous materials, or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or, as relating to the environment, the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or facilities.
          “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
          “ Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
          “ Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1.
          “ Existing Credit Facility ” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 14, 2005 among the Company and the lenders and agents from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time.
          “ Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary other than a Domestic Subsidiary.

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          “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect on the date of this First Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Group ” means any group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.
          “ Guarantee ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
          “ Guarantor ” means (1) certain of the Company’s Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, named on the signature pages hereto, (2) upon the closing of the Acquisition, the Target Companies and (3) in the future, certain Subsidiaries that become Guarantors pursuant to Section 6.4, but in each case excluding Persons who cease to be obligated under the Guarantee in accordance with the First Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Hazardous Materials ” means (i) any chemical, material or substance defined as or included in any environmental law in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “acutely hazardous waste,” “radioactive waste,” “biohazardous waste,” “pollutant,” “toxic pollutant,” “contaminant,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “infectious waste,” “toxic substances,” or any other term or expression intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of properties harmful to health, safety or the indoor or outdoor environment (including harmful properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity, reproductive toxicity, “TCLP toxicity” or “EP toxicity” or words of similar import under any applicable Environmental Laws); (ii) any oil, petroleum, petroleum fraction or petroleum derived substance; (iii) any drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal resources; (iv) any flammable substances or explosives; (v) any radioactive materials; (vi) any friable asbestos-containing materials; (vii) urea formaldehyde foam insulation; (viii) electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyls; (ix) pesticide; and (x) any other chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any governmental authority pursuant to Environmental Laws.
          “ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than accounts payable, deferred compensation, customer advances, earn-outs, agreements providing for the holdback of up to 10% of the purchase price relating to an acquisition and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) obligations with respect to any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (excluding operating leases), (d) indebtedness arising under acceptance facilities and the amount available to be drawn under all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication,

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all drafts drawn thereunder to the extent such Person shall not have reimbursed the issuer in respect of the issuer’s payment of such drafts, (e) all liabilities secured by any Lien (other than carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s or other like non-consensual Liens arising in the ordinary course of business) on any Property owned by such Person even though such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof; provided that in the event such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, the amount of such liabilities shall be deemed to be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the assets of such Person subject to such Lien and (ii) the amount of the liability secured by such Lien, (f) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person, (g) Securitized Indebtedness, and (h) all guarantees by such Person of any of the foregoing; provided , however , that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of this definition, “Indebtedness” shall not include any intercompany indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries.
          “ Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
          “ Initial Notes ” means Notes in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000,000 initially issued under this First Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section 1.1(2).
          “ Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(2).
          “ Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating of Baa3 (or better) by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s) and a rating of BBB- (or better) by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P), respectively, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company under the circumstances permitting the Company to select a replacement agency and in the manner for selecting a replacement agency, in each case as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency.”
          “ Liens ” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing.
          “ Margin Stock ” means any “margin stock”, as said term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America (or any successor), as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
          “ Maturity Date ” means June 15, 2012.
          “ Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

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          “ NextRx, Inc. ” means NextRx, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
          “ NextRx LLC ” means NextRx, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company.
          “ NextRx Services, Inc. ” means NextRx Services, Inc., a New York corporation.
          “ NextRx Sub ” means each of NextRx Sub I, NextRx Sub II and NextRx Sub III
          “ NextRx Sub I ” means NextRx Sub I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          “ NextRx Sub II ” means NextRx Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          “ NextRx Sub III ” means NextRx Sub III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          “ Note Interest Rate ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(1).
          “ Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(4).
          “ Notice of Default ” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 4.1(4).
          “ Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
          “ Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transactions ” means sales or transfers by the Company or any Subsidiary of any real property, improvements, fixtures, machinery and/or equipment with the intention of taking back a lease thereof; provided , however , that “Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions” shall not include such transactions involving machinery and/or equipment (excluding any lease for a temporary period of not more than thirty-six months with the intent that the use of the subject machinery and/or equipment will be discontinued at or before the expiration of such period) relating to facilities (a) in full operation for more than 180 days as of the date hereof and (b) that are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to the extent that the sum of the aggregate sale price of such machinery and/or equipment from time to time involved in such transactions (giving effect to payment in full under any such transaction and excluding the Applied Amounts plus the amount of obligations and Indebtedness from time to time secured by Liens permitted under Section 6.1(21) herein, exceeds 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth.
          “ Person ” includes any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, trust, trust company, bank, association, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal

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entities, incorporated or unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
          “ Property ” means, with respect to any Person, all types of real, personal or mixed property and all types of tangible or intangible property owned or leased by such Person.
          “ Purchase Notice ” means a notice delivered by a Holder in accordance with Section 6.3 in the form set forth in Section 3.3.
          “ Rating Agency ” or “ Rating Agencies ” means each of Moody’s and S&P; provided that if any of Moody’s or S&P ceases to provide rating services to issuers or investors, the Company may appoint another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency that is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
          “ Redemption Date ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Redemption Price ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and J. P. Morgan Securities Inc. (in each case, or their Affiliates and their respective successors); provided that if any of the aforementioned Reference Treasury Dealers resigns, then the respective successor will be a primary United States government securities dealer in The City of New York selected by the Company.
          “ Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at approximately 3:30 p.m. New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
          “ Registrar ” means the Security Registrar for the Notes, which shall initially be Union Bank, N.A., or any successor entity thereof, subject to replacement as set forth in the Indenture.
          “ Regular Record Date ” for interest payable in respect of any Note on any Interest Payment Date means the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).
          “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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          “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
          “ Securitized Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the reasonably expected liability of such Person for the repayment of, or otherwise relating to, all accounts receivable, general intangibles, chattel paper or other financial assets and related rights and assets sold or otherwise transferred by such Person, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof, on or prior to such date.
          “ Significant Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary that qualifies as a “significant subsidiary” under Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
          “ Special Mandatory Redemption Date ” means the earlier to occur of (1) January 25, 2010 if the Acquisition has not been completed on or prior to January 9, 2010 or (2) the 30th day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the termination of the Acquisition Agreement for any reason.
          “ Special Mandatory Redemption Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(1).
          “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.3.
          “ Stated Maturity ” when used with respect to the Notes or any installment of principal thereof or interest, if any, thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of the Note or such installment of principal or interest, if any, is due and payable.
          “ Target Companies ” means each of NextRx LLC, NextRx and NextRx Services.
          “ Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
          “ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that from time to time is not a Guarantor or required to be a Guarantor.
          “ Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
          “ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” when used with respect to any Person means (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which 100% of the shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or

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combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company or similar pass-through entity the sole partners, members or persons, however designated in corresponding roles, of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
ARTICLE III
Security Forms
          SECTION 3.1. Form Generally.
          (1) The Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 3.2 of this Article III, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this First Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, the Code, or any applicable securities laws, or as may, consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval). All Notes shall be in fully registered form.
          (2) Purchase Notices shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 3.3.
          (3) Guarantees shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 3.4.
          (4) The Notes shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any automated quotation system or securities exchange (including on steel engraved borders if so required by any securities exchange upon which the Notes may be listed) on which the Notes may be quoted or listed, as the case may be, all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
          (5) Upon their original issuance, the Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons. Each such Global Security shall be duly executed by the Company, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and shall be registered in the name of DTC, as Depositary, or its nominee, and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC. Beneficial interests in the Global Securities will be shown on, and transfers will only be made through, the records maintained by DTC and its participants, including Clearstream and the Euroclear System.
          SECTION 3.2. Form of Note.
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

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          [THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL SECURITY:
          THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.].
          [THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL SECURITY FOR WHICH DTC IS TO BE THE DEPOSITARY:
          UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
5.250% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2012
No.                        Principal Amount (US)$                     
CUSIP NO.                         
          Express Scripts, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the First Supplemental Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      United States Dollars (U.S.$                      ) on June 15, 2012 and to pay interest thereon, from June 9, 2009, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2009, at the per annum rate of 5.250%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof, per annum (the “ Note Interest Rate ”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

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          The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the First Supplemental Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Except as otherwise provided in the First Supplemental Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to the Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Notes may be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the First Supplemental Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
          Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the corporate trust office of the Trustee at 551 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. With respect to Global Securities, the Company will make such payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to DTC, or its nominee, as registered owner of the Global Securities. With respect to certificated Notes, the Company will make such payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a United States Dollar account maintained in St Louis, Missouri or New York, New York to each Holder of an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of U.S. $5,000,000 that has furnished wire instructions in writing to the Trustee no later than 15 days prior to the relevant payment date. If a Holder of a certificated Note (i) does not furnish such wire instructions as provided in the preceding sentence or (ii) holds $5,000,000 or less aggregate principal amount of Notes, the Company will make such payments by mailing a check to such Holder’s registered address.
          Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.

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  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 
Attest:
         
By:
       
 
       
Name:    
Title:    
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
UNION BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
         
By:
       
 
       
 
  Authorized Signatory    
[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
          1. Indenture . This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its “5.250% Senior Notes due 2012” (herein called the “ Notes ”), issued under a First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, to an indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Indenture ” and herein with the First Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the “ Indenture ”), between the Company, the Guarantors and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the Series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The First Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which this Note is issued provides that Additional Notes may be issued thereunder, if certain conditions are met.

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          All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern.
          2. Optional Redemption . At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus, unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
          3. Mandatory Redemption . Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
          4. Special Mandatory Redemption . If for any reason (i) the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to January 9, 2010 or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company will redeem all the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of initial issuance to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
          5. Change of Control Triggering Event . In the event of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3 of the First Supplemental Indenture.
          6. Global Security . If this Note is a Global Security, then, in the event of a deposit or withdrawal of an interest in this Note, including an exchange, transfer, redemption, repurchase or conversion of this Note in part only, the Trustee, as custodian of the Depositary, shall make an adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
          7. Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes, together with any unpaid premium and accrued interest to the date of declaration, may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the First Supplemental Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable, together with any unpaid premium and accrued interest to the date of declaration, and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal

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and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest, all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes shall terminate.
          As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, and, among other things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal or premium hereof or interest hereon, on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
          8. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note or such other Note. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected.
          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair (without the consent of the Holder hereof) the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
          9. Registration and Transfer . As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable on the Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at such office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such purpose in St. Louis, Missouri, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees by the Registrar. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount

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of Notes of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder surrendering the same upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged, at such office or agency of the Company. The Trustee upon such surrender by the Holder will issue the new Notes in the requested denominations. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
          Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any Paying Agent or other such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
          10. Guarantee . Payment of this Note is jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
          11. Governing Law . THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
ABBREVIATIONS
          The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
          Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
          SECTION 3.3. Form of Purchase Notice.
PURCHASE NOTICE
          (1) Pursuant to Section 6.3 of the First Supplemental Indenture, the undersigned hereby elects to have this Note repurchased by the Company.
          (2) The undersigned hereby directs the Trustee or the Company to pay it or                      an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount to be

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repurchased (as set forth below), plus interest accrued to, but excluding, the Change of Control Payment Date, as applicable, as provided in the First Supplemental Indenture.
     
Dated:
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Signature(s)
   
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an
Eligible Guarantor Institution with
membership in an approved signature
guarantee program pursuant to
Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

 
Signature Guaranteed
Principal amount to be repurchased (at least
U.S.$2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000
in excess thereof):                     
Remaining aggregate principal amount
following such repurchase (not less than
U.S.$2,000):
                                         
NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing election must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.
          SECTION 3.4. Form of Guarantee.
          The form of Guarantee shall be set forth on the Notes substantially as follows:
          For value received, each of the Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the First Supplemental Indenture) has jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the First Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and subject to the provisions in the First Supplemental Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment in full when due of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture, First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes by the Company and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or

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renewal of any Obligations (with or without notice to the Guarantor), that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the First Supplemental Indenture are expressly set forth in Article IX of the First Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to the First Supplemental Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee, including provisions for the release thereof. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for the purpose of such provisions.
             
    [NAME OF GUARANTOR(S)]    
 
           
 
  By:        
         
 
  Name:        
         
 
  Title:       ]
         
ARTICLE IV
Remedies
          SECTION 4.1. Events of Default.
          Section 501 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          “ Event of Default ,” wherever used herein with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
     (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 calendar days;
     (2) default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Note at its Maturity or when otherwise due;
     (3) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness (or the payment of which is guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary), if that default is caused by a failure to pay principal at its Stated Maturity after giving effect to any applicable grace period, or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its stated maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other Indebtedness under which there has been a payment default after stated maturity or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100,000,000 or more;

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     (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant, agreement or warranty of the Company in this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture as supplemented or amended and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “ Notice of Default ” hereunder;
     (5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Guarantors of an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its Guarantors a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any of the Guarantors under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of the Guarantors or of any substantial part of the property of either, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs;
     (6) the commencement by the Company or any of the Guarantors of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of the Guarantors in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against either, or the filing by either of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or similar relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by either to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of the Guarantors or of any substantial part of the property of either, or the making by either of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by either in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any of the Guarantors in furtherance of any such action;
     (7) a Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or the Guarantee is found to be invalid or a Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of the Guarantor in accordance with the terms hereof); or
     (8) the Company fails to timely deliver a required Special Mandatory Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 5.4 of this First Supplemental Indenture.

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          SECTION 4.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
          Section 502 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          (1) If an Event of Default occurs and continues (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 4.1(5) or 4.1(6)), then in each such case the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may require the Company to repay immediately the principal of, and any unpaid premium if any, and interest on, all the Notes. The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may rescind and annul that acceleration if all Events of Default with respect to the Notes, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture. An Event of Default arising pursuant to Sections 4.1(5) or 4.1(6) shall cause the principal of, and any unpaid premium and interest on, all Notes to become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act by the Trustee, the Holders of the Notes or any other party.
          (2) Other than its duties in the case of a default, the Trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder of the Notes, unless the Holders offer reasonable indemnity to the Trustee. If the Holders offer reasonable indemnity to the Trustee, then the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes will have the right, subject to some limitations, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes.
          No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or for any remedy under this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture unless:
     (i) the Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes;
     (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have made a written request, and offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee to institute a proceeding as Trustee;
     (iii) the Trustee has failed to institute the requested proceeding within 60 calendar days after receipt of such notice; and
     (iv) the Trustee has not received from the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with the request during that 60-day period.
          (3) The Holder of any Note will have the absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, that Note as expressed therein, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment.

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          (4) The Company is required to furnish to the Trustee annually within 120 days after the end of its fiscal year a statement as to the absence of any Event of Default under this First Supplemental Indenture. Within 30 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall give notice of such Event of Default or of any event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, known to it, to the Holders of the Notes, except that, in the case of a default other than a payment default, the Trustee may withhold notice if the Trustee determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders.
ARTICLE V
Redemption of Securities
          SECTION 5.1. Optional Redemption.
          (1) The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole or from time to time in part, prior to the Maturity Date at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus, unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
          (2) In the case of any optional redemption of the Notes, interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Notes at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date. Notes (or portions thereof) for whose redemption provision is made in accordance with this First Supplemental Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.
          SECTION 5.2. Optional Redemption Procedures.
          (1) The election of the Company to redeem any Notes shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Notes, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be acceptable to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.
          (2) If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 5.1, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, not more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date, by the Trustee from among the Outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for the Notes or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal

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amount of the Notes of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for the Notes.
          The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption, the aggregate principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
          For all purposes of this First Supplemental Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Notes redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Notes which has been or is to be redeemed.
          (3) Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s address as shown in the Security Register for the affected Notes. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Notes designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Notes or portion thereof.
          All notices of redemption shall state:
     (i) the Redemption Date;
     (ii) the Redemption Price;
     (iii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;
     (iv) if less than all of the Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the portions of the principal amounts) of the particular Notes to be redeemed;
     (v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note to be redeemed and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
     (vi) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
     (vii) the CUSIP numbers of such Notes, if any (or any other numbers used by the Depositary to identify such Notes); and
     (viii) if notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed has been given by the Company and funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date are irrevocably available for the redemption of the Notes called for redemption on the Redemption Date, that the Notes called for redemption shall cease to bear

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interest on and after such Redemption Date and that the only remaining right of the Holders will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.
          Notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed shall be given by the Company or, on Company Request, by the Trustee at the expense of the Company.
          (4) On or before 11:00 a.m., New York time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003 of the Indenture) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all the Notes which are to be redeemed on that date.
          (5) Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided , however , that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms.
          If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Note.
          (6) Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency in accordance with the notice of redemption (with, if the Company or the Trustee shall so require, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or other appropriate person), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes of any authorized denominations as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.
          SECTION 5.3. Special Mandatory Redemption.
          If for any reason (i) the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to January 9, 2010 or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to thereto, then the Company will redeem all the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ”) (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

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          SECTION 5.4. Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures.
          (1) Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 5.4 (a “ Special Mandatory Redemption Notice ”) shall be mailed, with a written copy to the Trustee, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed within five Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering redemption to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s address as shown in the Security Register. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Notes designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Notes or portion thereof.
          All notices of redemption shall state:
     (i) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date;
     (ii) the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
     (iii) that on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date the Special Mandatory Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note to be redeemed;
     (iv) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
     (v) the CUSIP numbers of such Notes, if any (or any other numbers used by the Depositary to identify such Notes); and
     (vi) if funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, that the Notes shall cease to bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
          (2) Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price therein specified. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Notes shall cease to bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price; provided , however , that installments of interest whose Interest Payment Date is on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms.

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ARTICLE VI
Particular Covenants
          SECTION 6.1. Liens.
          The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or assume, except in the Company’s favor or in favor of one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, any Lien against or on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to do so, unless the Outstanding Notes are secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured by such Lien, except that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to the following types of Liens:
     (1) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations (which phrase shall not be construed to refer to ERISA or the minimum funding obligations under Section 412 of the Code);
     (2) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, letters of credit, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs, appeal, performance and payment bonds and other obligations of like nature, in each such case arising in the ordinary course of business;
     (3) mechanics’, workmen’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate action;
     (4) Liens for taxes, assessments, fees or governmental charges or levies that are not delinquent or which are payable without penalty, or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate action, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (5) Liens consisting of attachments, judgments or awards against the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to which an appeal or proceeding for review shall be pending or a stay of execution shall have been obtained, or which are otherwise being contested in good faith and by appropriate action, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (6) easements, rights of way, restrictions, leases of Property to others, easements for installations of public utilities, title imperfections and restrictions, zoning ordinances and other similar encumbrances affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially adversely affect the value of such Property or

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materially impair its use for the operations of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (7) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture and securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (8) statutory Liens in favor of lessors arising in connection with Property leased to the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (9) Liens on Margin Stock to the extent that a prohibition on such Liens pursuant to this Section 6.1 would violate Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time;
     (10) purchase money Liens on Property hereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary created within 180 days of such acquisition (or in the case of real property, completion of construction including any improvements or the commencement of operation of the Property, whichever occurs later) to secure or provide for the payment or financing of all or any part of the purchase price thereof; provided that the Lien secured thereby shall attach only to the Property so acquired and related assets (except that individual financings by one Person (or an Affiliate thereof) may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such Person and its Affiliates that are independently permitted by this clause (10));
     (11) Liens in respect of Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions;
     (12) Liens on the Property of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof; provided that (i) such Liens existed at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and were not created in anticipation thereof, (ii) any such Lien does not by its terms cover any Property after the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary that was not covered immediately prior thereto and (iii) any such Lien does not by its terms secure any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness existing immediately prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that such Indebtedness was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
     (13) Liens on Property and proceeds thereof existing at the time of acquisition thereof and not created in contemplation thereof;
     (14) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 of the Uniform Commercial Code on the items in the course of collection, and (ii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
     (15) Liens securing Securitized Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $750,000,000 at any one time outstanding upon the granting of such Liens;

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     (16) any extension, renewal, refinancing, substitution or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, substitutions or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any of the Liens referred to in paragraphs (7), (10), (12) and (13) of this Section; provided that such extension, renewal, refinancing substitution or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or any part of substantially the same property or assets that secured the Lien extended, renewed, refinanced, substituted or replaced (plus improvements on such Property) and the liability secured by such Lien at such time is not increased;
     (17) Liens on proceeds of any of the assets permitted to be the subject of any Lien or assignment permitted by this Section 6.1;
     (18) Liens imposed in respect of Environmental Laws;
     (19) Licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary;
     (20) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and
     (21) other Liens; provided that, without duplication, the aggregate sum of all obligations and Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under this clause (21), together with all Property subject to Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions would not exceed 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth, measured upon granting of such Liens based on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet for the end of the then most recent quarter for which financial statements are available.
          SECTION 6.2. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.
          The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to engage in sale and leaseback transactions except for Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions.
          SECTION 6.3. Right to Require Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.
          (1) Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require, by delivery to the Company of a Purchase Notice, the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth in the Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase

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(subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) (the “ Change of Control Payment ”).
          (2) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or at our option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to Holders of Notes, with a written copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state:
     (i) a description of the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event;
     (ii) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 6.3 and that all Notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment;
     (iii) the Change of Control Payment and the Change of Control Payment Date, which date shall be a Business Day that is no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”); and
     (iv) if the notice is mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control, the notice will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
          (3) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall be required, to the extent lawful, to:
     (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
     (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
     (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased and that all conditions precedent provided for in this First Supplemental Indenture to the Change of Control Offer and to the repurchase by the Company of Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer have been complied with.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.

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          (4) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 6.3, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 6.3 by virtue of such conflicts.
          (5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if (i) a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all the Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer or (ii) the Company has given written notice of a redemption as provided under Section 5.2 unless the Company has failed to pay the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date.
          SECTION 6.4. Additional Guarantors.
          (1) Upon the closing of the Acquisition, the Target Companies shall merge into each of NextRx Sub I, NextRx Sub II and NextRx Sub III and shall become successor guarantors to the NextRx Subs by executing a supplemental indenture and delivering it to the Trustee. If, after the date of the Indenture, any Subsidiary of the Company that is not then a Guarantor guarantees, becomes a borrower or guarantor under, or grants any Lien to secure any obligations pursuant to, the Existing Credit Facility or the Bridge Loan, any refinancing or replacement thereof or any other Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount outstanding in excess of 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth as of the end of the Company’s most recent quarter for which financial statements are available (such Consolidated Net Worth to be measured at the time of the incurrence of each such guarantee or borrowing or the granting of such Lien), then in any such case such Subsidiary will become a Guarantor by executing a supplemental indenture and delivering it to the Trustee promptly (but in any event, within two Business Days of the date on which it guaranteed or incurred such Indebtedness or granted such Lien, as the case may be).
          (2) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, any Guarantee by a Guarantor that was issued pursuant to this Section 6.4 solely as a result of its guarantee or incurrence of, or granting of a Lien in respect of, any such Indebtedness shall be automatically and unconditionally released upon the release or discharge of the guarantee that resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary’s Guarantee (or upon such Subsidiary ceasing to be a borrower or the release of Liens granted by such Subsidiary, as the case may be), except a discharge or release as a result of payment under such guarantee, or of the refinancing or replacement of any such Indebtedness that is guaranteed or incurred by such Guarantor.

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ARTICLE VII
Supplemental Indentures
          SECTION 7.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders of Notes.
          Section 901 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          Without seeking the consent of any Holders, the Company, together with the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may modify and amend the Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Notes to:
     (1) allow the Company’s or any Guarantor’s successor (or successive successors) to assume the Company’s or such Guarantor’s obligations under the Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes pursuant to the provisions under Article VIII or Section 9.15;
     (2) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company under this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes;
     (3) add any additional Events of Default;
     (4) secure the Notes;
     (5) provide for a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes and add or change any of the provisions of the Indenture or the First Supplemental Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts thereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611 of the Indenture;
     (6) add or release a Guarantor as required or permitted by this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture;
     (7) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
     (8) modify the legends regarding restrictions on transferability on the Notes, which modifications may not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes or owners of beneficial interests in the Notes; or
     (9) make any other amendment or supplement to this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, as long as that amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes in any material respect (to be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel).
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Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes to the Description of the Notes contained in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated June 4, 2009, to the extent that such provision in the Description of the Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, shall be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes.
          SECTION 7.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of Notes.
          Section 902 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          The Company, together with the Trustee, may modify and amend the Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Notes, but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes; provided that no modification or amendment may, without the consent of each affected Holder of the Notes:
     (1) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
     (2) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;
     (3) reduce the principal of, or any premium if any, or rate of interest on, any Note;
     (4) reduce any amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or, except as expressly provided elsewhere herein, change the time at which any Note may be redeemed pursuant to Article V;
     (5) change any place of payment where, or the currency in which, any principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note is payable;
     (6) impair the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, any Note on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
     (7) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture or waiver of certain defaults;
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     (9) modify any of the above provisions.
          The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, waive any past default under the Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes or in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture or this First Supplemental Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder. In addition, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes waive compliance with the Company’s covenants described under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of this First Supplemental Indenture. Section 6.3 hereof may not be waived or modified without the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of Notes and Sections 5.3 and 5.4 hereof may not be waived or modified without the written consent of Holders of at least 90% in principal amount of Notes.
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
          SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.
          Section 801 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          The Company shall not in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge with and into the Company or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person, unless:
     (1) the Company is the surviving entity, or the Person formed by such consolidation or merger or the Person to which all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company are conveyed, transferred or leased, as the case may be, shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Outstanding Notes and the performance and observance of every covenant of this First Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
     (2) immediately after giving effect to any such transaction and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company at the time of such transaction, there shall not be any Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default;

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     (3) if, as a result of any such transaction, the properties or assets of the Company would become subject to a Lien which would not be permitted under Section 6.1 of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take those steps that are necessary to secure all the Outstanding Notes equally and ratably with Indebtedness secured by that Lien; and
     (4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or transfer and supplemental indenture, if applicable, comply with this First Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the particular consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease under this First Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture have been complied with.
          SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.
          Section 802 shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to any other Person in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this First Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person has been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease to another Person, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (to the extent the Company was the predecessor Person).
ARTICLE IX
Guarantors
          Article 15 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          SECTION 9.1. Guarantee.
          (1) For value received, each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guarantees (each a “ Guarantee ”), 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 First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes or the obligations of the Company or any other Guarantor to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be duly and promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by law) interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Company or the Guarantor to the Holders of or

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the Trustee hereunder or thereunder (including fees, expenses or others) (collectively, the “ Obligations ”) will 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 Obligations (with or without notice to such Guarantor), the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. If the Company shall fail to pay when due, or to perform, any Obligations, for whatever reason, each Guarantor shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay in cash, or to perform or cause the performance of, the same promptly. An Event of Default under this First Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall entitle the Holders of the Notes to accelerate the Obligations of the Guarantor hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the Obligations of the Company.
          (2) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes, this First Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions of this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, any release of any other Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same, whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular Note, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
          (3) Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (a) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article IV of this First Supplemental Indenture for the purposes of the Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations, and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article IV of this First Supplemental Indenture, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of its Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.2. Waiver.
          To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives diligence, presentment, demand of, payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the Obligations contained in the Notes, this First Supplemental Indenture and Indenture.
          SECTION 9.3. Guarantee of Payment.
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collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes to the security, if any, held for payment of the Obligations.
          SECTION 9.4. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guarantee.
          Subject to Section 9.10 of this First Supplemental Indenture, the obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, termination, impairment or for any reason (other than the payment in full in cash of the Obligations), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, any other guarantee or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any provision thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or omission or delay to do any other act that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash of all the Obligations).
          SECTION 9.5. Defenses of Company Waived.
          To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Company or any other Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Company, other than final payment in full in cash of the Obligations. Each of the Guarantors waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of each of the Guarantors against the Company or any security.
          SECTION 9.6. Continued Effectiveness.
          Subject to Section 9.10 of this First Supplemental Indenture, each of the Guarantors further agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
          SECTION 9.7. Subrogation.
          In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right of each of the Guarantors by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each of the Guarantors hereby promises to and

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will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Holders in cash the amount of such unpaid Obligations, and thereupon the Holders shall, assign (except to the extent that such assignment would render a Guarantor a “creditor” of the Company within the meaning of Section 547 of Title 11 of the United States Code as now in effect or hereafter amended or any comparable provision of any successor statute) the amount of the Obligations owed to it and paid by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guarantee to such Guarantor, such assignment to be pro rata to the extent the Obligations in question were discharged by such Guarantor, or make such other disposition thereof as such Guarantor shall direct (all without recourse to the Holders, and without any representation or warranty by the Holders). If (a) a Guarantor shall make payment to the Holders of all or any part of the Obligations and (b) all the Obligations and all other amounts payable under this First Supplemental Indenture shall be paid in full, the Trustee will, at such Guarantor’s request, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Obligations resulting from such payment by such Guarantor.
          SECTION 9.8. Information.
          Each of the Guarantors assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Company’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that each of the Guarantors assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes will have no duty to advise the Guarantors of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
          SECTION 9.9. Subordination.
          Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Holders, as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the Company, arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise, shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of all the Obligations to the Trustee; provided , however , that any right of subrogation that such Guarantor may have pursuant to this First Supplemental Indenture is subject to Section 9.7 hereof.
          SECTION 9.10. Release of Guarantor.
          (1) A Guarantor shall, upon the occurrence of any of the following events, be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this First Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder; provided that such Guarantor would not, immediately after such release and discharge, be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof if such Guarantor had incurred its then-existing guarantees, indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) and Liens at the time of such release and discharge:

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     (i) upon notice by the Company to the Trustee, at any time such Guarantor is not a borrower or guarantor under, and has not granted any then-existing Lien to secure any obligations pursuant to, the Existing Credit Facility as amended, or the Bridge Loan, any refinancing or replacement thereof (including as a result of any release from such obligations in connection with being designated an “exempt subsidiary” by the Company (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)) or any other Indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding in excess of 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth (other than obligations arising under this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, the 2014 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2019 Notes) except where resulting from a discharge or release as a result of payment under such guarantee; provided , however , that no Guarantor shall be released under this subsection unless the Guarantor is substantially concurrently released from its guarantees under the 2014 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2014 Notes and the 2019 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2019 Notes, or such guarantees have previously been terminated or released;
     (ii) upon the occurrence of the circumstances described in Section 6.4 hereof, of which the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee; or
     (iii) upon the sale, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of the Guarantor to another Person (other than to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates).
          (2) A Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this First Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder upon any Covenant Defeasance or Defeasance with respect to the Notes, subject to reinstatement pursuant to Section 1306 of the Indenture.
          (3) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release upon receipt of a request of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate certifying as to the compliance with this Section. Any Guarantor not so released will remain liable for the full amount of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes provided in this First Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.11. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability.
          (1) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee by such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 of the United States Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantor. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and such Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor under this First Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum aggregate amount which, after giving

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effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor, and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of, any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this First Supplemental Indenture, will result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
          (2) The Guarantee is expressly limited so that in no event, including the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid in respect of interest on the Securities (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) exceed the maximum permissible amount under applicable law, as in effect on the date hereof and as subsequently amended or modified to allow a greater amount of interest (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) to be paid under the Guarantee. If for any reason the amount in respect of interest (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) required by the Guarantee exceeds such maximum permissible amount, the obligation to pay interest under the Guarantee (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) shall be automatically reduced to such maximum permissible amount and any amounts collected by any holder of any Security in excess of the permissible amount shall be automatically applied to reduce the outstanding principal on such Security.
          SECTION 9.12. Contribution from Other Guarantors.
          Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Guarantee shall be entitled to seek contribution from each other non-paying Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each Guarantor, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America as of the date hereof so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.13. No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company.
          Neither the Trustee, any Holder nor any other Person shall have any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or take any other steps under any security for the Obligations or against the Company or any other Person or any Property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee, such Holder or such other Person is entitled to demand payment and performance by any or all Guarantors of their liabilities and obligations under their Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.14. Execution and Delivery of the Guarantee.
          (1) To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in this Article IX, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee substantially in the form of Section 3.4 hereof shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an officer, manager or member, as applicable, of each Guarantor.

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          (2) Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in this Article IX shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
          (3) If an officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this First Supplemental Indenture or a Guarantee no longer holds that office or is no longer a manager or member, as applicable, at the time the Trustee authenticates such Guarantee or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s Guarantee of such Note shall be valid nevertheless.
          (4) The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this First Supplemental Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
          SECTION 9.15. Successor Guarantor.
          Unless otherwise released and discharged from its obligations in accordance with this First Supplemental Indenture, upon any consolidation or merger by any Guarantor with or into any other Person, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger shall sign a supplemental indenture and guarantee and succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this First Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person has been named as a Guarantor herein, and thereafter the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture, this First Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (to the extent the Guarantor was the predecessor Person).
ARTICLE X
Discharge of Obligations Under the First Supplemental Indenture,
the Indenture and the Notes; Defeasance
          SECTION 10.1. Termination of the Obligations of the Company.
          The obligations of the Company with respect to the Notes under this First Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes shall cease to be of further effect or, at the option of the Company, the Company shall no longer be under any obligation to comply with the covenants described in Articles VI, VII, VIII and IX of the First Supplemental Indenture and Article 15 of the Indenture and the Events of Default relating to those covenants shall no longer apply to the Company if (a) either (i) all Outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 306 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable on the Maturity Date or pursuant to Article V or Section 6.3, and in any case the Company irrevocably deposits, prior to the applicable due date, with the Paying Agent or Trustee (if the Paying Agent is not the Company or any of its Affiliates) cash in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all Outstanding

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Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 306 of the Indenture) on the Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Special Mandatory Redemption Date or Change of Control Payment Date, as the case may be; (b) the Company pays to the Trustee or Paying Agent all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; (c) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall exist on the date of such deposit; (d) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, this First Supplemental Indenture or any other agreement or instrument of which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound; and (e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this First Supplemental Indenture relating to the termination of the obligations of the Company hereunder have been complied with provided , however , that (i) Sections 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 606, 607, 610, 611, 1002 and 1003 of the Indenture, and (ii) Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the First Supplemental Indenture and Articles I and X of the First Supplemental Indenture and (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture shall survive any discharge of obligations pursuant to this Section 10.1 until such time as the Notes have been paid in full and there are no Notes Outstanding.
          SECTION 10.2. Repayment to Company.
          The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of, and pay to the Company upon the request of the Company, any excess money held by them at any time. The Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall provide written notice to the Company of any money that has been held by it and has, for a period of two years, remained unclaimed for the payment of the principal of, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon the written request of the Company any money held by them for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall (in no event later than five days after the Company requests repayment pursuant to this Section 10.2), at the expense of the Company, cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or cause to be mailed to each Holder, notice stating that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, subject to applicable law, and all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to such money and payment shall, subject to applicable law, cease.
          SECTION 10.3. Amendment to Section 1302; Survival of Provisions of First Supplemental Indenture upon Defeasance.
          Section 1302 of the Indenture is hereby amended to delete all of the words following the colon and the words “hereunder:” in the second sentence of Section 1302 and to replace them with the following words “(i) Sections 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309,

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606, 607, 610, 611, 1002 and 1003 of the Indenture and (ii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture.” In addition, upon Defeasance in accordance Section 1302 of the Indenture, (i) Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the First Supplemental Indenture and Articles I and X of the First Supplemental Indenture and (ii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the First Supplemental Indenture shall survive such Defeasance.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this First Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
         
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
  AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC

 
 
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member    
     
  By:   /s/ George Paz     
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 

 


 

         
  BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CURASCRIPT, INC.
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND
     PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
IBIOLOGIC, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
NEXTRX SUB I, LLC
NEXTRX SUB II, LLC
NEXTRX SUB III, LLC
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee   
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
PHOENIX MARKETING GROUP, LLC
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes   
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 
         
  CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL
   PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
IVTX, INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   President   
 
  CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Marc Palmer   
    Name:   Marc Palmer   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  ESI PARTNERSHIP
 
 
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ George Paz     
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
     
  By:    ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford     
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
 
  ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford   
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
 
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, CO.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Biskey   
    Name:   Michael Biskey   
    Title:   President   
 
  MSC — MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY
SPEEDY RE-EMPLOYMENT, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Edward Ignaczak   
    Name:   Edward Ignaczak   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
 
 
  By:    Spectracare, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee     
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
     
  By:    Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner    
     
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes     
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  UNION BANK, N.A.,
As Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ Patricia Phillips-Coward  
    Name:   Patricia Phillips-Coward  
    Title:   Vice President  
 
         
     
     
     
     
 

 

Exhibit 4.3
 
SECOND SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 9, 2009
Supplementing that Certain
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 9, 2009
 
Among
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS PARTIES HERETO
and
UNION BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
 
6.250% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2014
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page
 
       
ARTICLE I

Issuance of Securities
 
       
SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Notes; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title
    1  
SECTION 1.2. Interest
    2  
SECTION 1.3. Relationship with Indenture
    3  
 
       
ARTICLE II

Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
 
       
SECTION 2.1. Definitions
    3  
 
       
ARTICLE III

Security Forms
 
       
SECTION 3.1. Form Generally
    13  
SECTION 3.2. Form of Note
    13  
SECTION 3.3. Form of Purchase Notice
    19  
SECTION 3.4. Form of Guarantee
    20  
 
       
ARTICLE IV

Remedies
 
       
SECTION 4.1. Events of Default
    21  
SECTION 4.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
    23  
 
       
ARTICLE V

Redemption of Securities
 
       
SECTION 5.1. Optional Redemption
    24  
SECTION 5.2. Optional Redemption Procedures
    24  
SECTION 5.3. Special Mandatory Redemption
    26  
SECTION 5.4. Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures
    27  
 
       
ARTICLE VI

Particular Covenants
 
       
SECTION 6.1. Liens
    28  

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SECTION 6.2. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
    30  
SECTION 6.3. Right to Require Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event
    30  
SECTION 6.4. Additional Guarantors
    32  
 
       
ARTICLE VII

Supplemental Indentures
 
       
SECTION 7.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders of Notes
    33  
SECTION 7.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of Notes
    34  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII

Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
 
       
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms
    35  
SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted
    36  
 
       
ARTICLE IX

Guarantors
 
       
SECTION 9.1. Guarantee
    36  
SECTION 9.2. Waiver
    37  
SECTION 9.3. Guarantee of Payment
    37  
SECTION 9.4. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guarantee
    38  
SECTION 9.5. Defenses of Company Waived
    38  
SECTION 9.6. Continued Effectiveness
    38  
SECTION 9.7. Subrogation
    38  
SECTION 9.8. Information
    39  
SECTION 9.9. Subordination
    39  
SECTION 9.10. Release of Guarantor
    39  
SECTION 9.11. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability
    40  
SECTION 9.12. Contribution from Other Guarantors
    41  
SECTION 9.13. No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company
    41  
SECTION 9.14. Execution and Delivery of the Guarantee
    41  
SECTION 9.15. Successor Guarantor
    42  
 
       
ARTICLE X

Discharge of Obligations Under the Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture and
the Notes; Defeasance
 
       
SECTION 10.1. Termination of the Obligations of the Company
    42  
SECTION 10.2. Repayment to Company
    43  
SECTION 10.3. Amendment to Section 1302; Survival of Provisions of Second Supplemental Indenture upon Defeasance
    43  
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          This Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009 (the “ Second Supplemental Indenture ”), among Express Scripts, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at One Express Way, St. Louis, Missouri (herein called the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party hereto and Union Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the “ Trustee ”), supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
          A. The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as provided for in the Indenture.
          B. Each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Guarantees, the form of which is attached hereto, in order to fully and unconditionally guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Indenture.
          C. The Indenture provides that the Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in the Indenture, or in such other form as may be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more supplemental indentures thereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently therewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
          D. The Company and the Trustee have agreed that the Company shall issue and deliver, and the Trustee shall authenticate, Securities denominated “6.250% Senior Notes due 2014” pursuant to the terms of this Second Supplemental Indenture and substantially in the form set forth in Section 3.2 below, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture, and with such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
ARTICLE I
Issuance of Securities
          SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Notes; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title.
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Section 3.2 below, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture, and with such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
          (2) The Initial Notes to be issued pursuant to this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000,000 and shall mature on June 15, 2014 unless the Notes are redeemed prior to that date as described in Section 5.1 and 5.3. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,000,000,000, except for Notes issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the Series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Company may without the consent of the Holders, issue additional notes hereunder as part of the same series and on the same terms and conditions (and having the same Guarantors) and with the same CUSIP numbers as the Initial Notes (“Additional Notes”); provided that if any Additional Notes are issued at a price that causes such Additional Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations of the United States Department of Treasury thereunder (the “ Code ”), such Additional Notes shall not have the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes.
          (3) The Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.
          (4) Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 301 of the Indenture, the Company hereby creates a series of Securities designated as the “6.250% Notes due 2014” of the Company (as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under this Second Supplemental Indenture, including both the Initial Notes and the Additional Notes, if any, the “ Notes ”), which Notes shall be deemed “Securities” for all purposes under the Indenture.
          SECTION 1.2. Interest.
          (1) Interest on a Note will accrue at the per annum rate of 6.250% (the “ Note Interest Rate ”), from and including the date specified on the face of such Note until the principal thereof is paid, deemed paid, or made available for payment and, in each case, will be paid on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
          (2) The Company shall pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing December 15, 2009.

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          (3) Interest shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders of the Notes after the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
          (4) Amounts due on the Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date of the Notes will be payable at the corporate trust office of the Trustee at 551 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022. The Company may make payment of interest on an Interest Payment Date in respect of Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled to the payment as it appears in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States. The Company shall make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of Notes in book-entry form to DTC in immediately available funds, while disbursement of such payments to owners of beneficial interests in Notes in book-entry form will be made in accordance with the procedures of DTC and its participants in effect from time to time.
          (5) Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall impose any service charge for any transfer or exchange of a Note. However, the Company may ask Holders of the Notes to pay any taxes or other governmental charges in connection with a transfer or exchange of Notes.
          (6) If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity Date or Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day in the City of New York, the Company will make the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date, as the case may be, to such next succeeding Business Day.
          SECTION 1.3. Relationship with Indenture.
          The terms and provisions contained in the Indenture will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Second Supplemental Indenture. However, to the extent any provision of the Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling.
ARTICLE II
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
          SECTION 2.1. Definitions.
          The terms defined in this Section 2.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context of this Second Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto have the respective meanings specified in this Section 2.1. All other terms used in this Second Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein (except as herein otherwise

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expressly provided or unless the context of this Second Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires), have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, as the case may be, as in force at the date of this Second Supplemental Indenture as originally executed; provided that any term that is defined in both the Indenture and this Second Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in this Second Supplemental Indenture.
          “ 2012 Notes Supplemental Indenture ” means the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee related to the 2012 Notes.
          “ 2012 Notes ” means the 5.250% Senior Notes due 2012 as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under the 2012 Notes Supplemental Indenture.
          “ 2019 Notes Supplemental Indenture ” means the Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee related to the 2019 Notes.
          “ 2019 Notes ” means the 7.250% Senior Notes due 2019 as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under the 2019 Notes Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Acquisition ” means the acquisition of the Pharmacy Benefit Management Business of WellPoint, Inc., including all of the shares and equity interest of the Target Companies by the Company as contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement.
          “ Acquisition Agreement ” means the Stock and Interest Purchase Agreement between the Company and WellPoint, Inc., dated April 9, 2009.
          “ Additional Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
          “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
          “ Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
          “ Applied Amounts ” means an amount (which may be conclusively determined by the Board of Directors) equal to the greater of (i) capitalized rent with respect to the applicable machinery and/or equipment and (ii) the fair value of the

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applicable machinery and/or equipment, that is applied within 180 days of the applicable transaction or transactions to repayment of the Notes or to the repayment of any Indebtedness which, in accordance with GAAP, is classified as long-term debt and that is on parity with the Notes.
          “ Below Investment Grade Rating Event ” means the Notes are not rated, or are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date during the period commencing 60 days prior to the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in, or termination of, any rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect to a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of a Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies ceasing to rate the Notes or making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the termination or reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
          “ Beneficial Owner ” shall mean any Person who is considered a beneficial owner of a security for purposes of Rule 13d-3 promulgated of the Exchange Act.
          “ Bridge Loan ” means the proposed bridge financing to be used to finance the Acquisition incurred on or prior to the date of the Acquisition.
          “ Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of such Person and all warrants or options to acquire such capital stock.
          “ Change of Control Offer ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(1).
          “ Change of Control Payment ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(1).
           “Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(2)(iii).
          “ Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.
          “ Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person or Group other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the approval

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by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture); (3) the consummation of any transaction (including any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person or Group becomes the Beneficial Owner directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock; (4) the Company consolidates with or merges with or into any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or mergers with or into, the Company, pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property (except when Voting Stock of the Company is converted into, or exchanged for, at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to the transaction); or (5) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.
          “ Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
          “ Code ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
          “ Common Stock ” shall mean shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, as they exist on the date of this Second Supplemental Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which the Common Stock shall be reclassified or changed.
          “ Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
          “ Comparable Treasury Price ” means with respect to any Redemption Date: (i) the average of three Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date so obtained.
          “ Consolidated Net Worth ” means, at any date, the sum of all amounts which would be included under stockholders’ equity on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP on such date or, in the event such date is not a fiscal quarter end, as of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter end.
          “ Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (1) was a member of the Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Initial Notes; or (2) was nominated for

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election or elected to the Board of Directors with the approval of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).
          “ Covenant Defeasance ” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture except that the covenants included in such definition shall include Articles VI, VII, VIII and IX of this Second Supplemental Indenture and Article Fifteen of the Indenture.
          “ Default ” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
          “ Domestic Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America, or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
          “ DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
          “ Effective Date ” means the closing date of the Acquisition.
          “ Environmental Laws ” means any and all current or future legally-binding statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, permits, licenses, authorizations, plans, directives, consent orders or consent decrees of or from any federal, state or local governmental authority, agency or court, or any other binding requirements of governmental authorities relating to (i) the protection of the environment, (ii) any activity, event or occurrence involving hazardous materials, or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or, as relating to the environment, the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or facilities.
          “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
          “ Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
          “ Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1.
          “ Existing Credit Facility ” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 14, 2005 among the Company and the lenders and agents from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time.
          “ Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary other than a Domestic Subsidiary.

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          “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect on the date of this Second Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Group ” means any group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.
          “ Guarantee ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
          “ Guarantor ” means (1) certain of the Company’s Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, named on the signature pages hereto, (2) upon the closing of the Acquisition, the Target Companies and (3) in the future, certain Subsidiaries that become Guarantors pursuant to Section 6.4, but in each case excluding Persons who cease to be obligated under the Guarantee in accordance with the Second Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Hazardous Materials ” means (i) any chemical, material or substance defined as or included in any environmental law in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “acutely hazardous waste,” “radioactive waste,” “biohazardous waste,” “pollutant,” “toxic pollutant,” “contaminant,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “infectious waste,” “toxic substances,” or any other term or expression intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of properties harmful to health, safety or the indoor or outdoor environment (including harmful properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity, reproductive toxicity, “TCLP toxicity” or “EP toxicity” or words of similar import under any applicable Environmental Laws); (ii) any oil, petroleum, petroleum fraction or petroleum derived substance; (iii) any drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal resources; (iv) any flammable substances or explosives; (v) any radioactive materials; (vi) any friable asbestos-containing materials; (vii) urea formaldehyde foam insulation; (viii) electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyls; (ix) pesticide; and (x) any other chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any governmental authority pursuant to Environmental Laws.
          “ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than accounts payable, deferred compensation, customer advances, earn-outs, agreements providing for the holdback of up to 10% of the purchase price relating to an acquisition and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) obligations with respect to any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (excluding operating leases), (d) indebtedness arising under acceptance facilities and the amount available to be drawn under all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication,

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all drafts drawn thereunder to the extent such Person shall not have reimbursed the issuer in respect of the issuer’s payment of such drafts, (e) all liabilities secured by any Lien (other than carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s or other like non-consensual Liens arising in the ordinary course of business) on any Property owned by such Person even though such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof; provided that in the event such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, the amount of such liabilities shall be deemed to be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the assets of such Person subject to such Lien and (ii) the amount of the liability secured by such Lien, (f) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person, (g) Securitized Indebtedness, and (h) all guarantees by such Person of any of the foregoing; provided , however , that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of this definition, “Indebtedness” shall not include any intercompany indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries.
          “ Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
          “ Initial Notes ” means Notes in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,000,000,000 initially issued under this Second Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section 1.1(2).
          “ Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(2).
          “ Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating of Baa3 (or better) by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s) and a rating of BBB- (or better) by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P), respectively, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company under the circumstances permitting the Company to select a replacement agency and in the manner for selecting a replacement agency, in each case as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency.”
          “ Liens ” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing.
          “ Margin Stock ” means any “margin stock”, as said term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America (or any successor), as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
          “ Maturity Date ” means June 15, 2014.
          “ Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

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          “ NextRx, Inc. ” means NextRx, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
          “ NextRx LLC ” means NextRx, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company.
          “ NextRx Services, Inc. ” means NextRx Services, Inc., a New York corporation.
          “ NextRx Sub ” means each of NextRx Sub I, NextRx Sub II and NextRx Sub III
          “ NextRx Sub I ” means NextRx Sub I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          “ NextRx Sub II ” means NextRx Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          “ NextRx Sub III ” means NextRx Sub III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          “ Note Interest Rate ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(1).
          “ Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(4).
          “ Notice of Default ” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 4.1(4).
          “ Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
          “ Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transactions ” means sales or transfers by the Company or any Subsidiary of any real property, improvements, fixtures, machinery and/or equipment with the intention of taking back a lease thereof; provided , however , that “Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions” shall not include such transactions involving machinery and/or equipment (excluding any lease for a temporary period of not more than thirty-six months with the intent that the use of the subject machinery and/or equipment will be discontinued at or before the expiration of such period) relating to facilities (a) in full operation for more than 180 days as of the date hereof and (b) that are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to the extent that the sum of the aggregate sale price of such machinery and/or equipment from time to time involved in such transactions (giving effect to payment in full under any such transaction and excluding the Applied Amounts plus the amount of obligations and Indebtedness from time to time secured by Liens permitted under Section 6.1(21) herein, exceeds 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth.
          “ Person ” includes any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, trust, trust company, bank, association, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal

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entities, incorporated or unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
          “ Property ” means, with respect to any Person, all types of real, personal or mixed property and all types of tangible or intangible property owned or leased by such Person.
          “ Purchase Notice ” means a notice delivered by a Holder in accordance with Section 6.3 in the form set forth in Section 3.3.
          “ Rating Agency ” or “ Rating Agencies ” means each of Moody’s and S&P; provided that if any of Moody’s or S&P ceases to provide rating services to issuers or investors, the Company may appoint another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency that is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
          “ Redemption Date ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Second Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Redemption Price ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Second Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and J. P. Morgan Securities Inc. (in each case, or their Affiliates and their respective successors); provided that if any of the aforementioned Reference Treasury Dealers resigns, then the respective successor will be a primary United States government securities dealer in The City of New York selected by the Company.
          “ Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at approximately 3:30 p.m. New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
          “ Registrar ” means the Security Registrar for the Notes, which shall initially be Union Bank, N.A., or any successor entity thereof, subject to replacement as set forth in the Indenture.
          “ Regular Record Date ” for interest payable in respect of any Note on any Interest Payment Date means the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).
          “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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          “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
          “ Securitized Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the reasonably expected liability of such Person for the repayment of, or otherwise relating to, all accounts receivable, general intangibles, chattel paper or other financial assets and related rights and assets sold or otherwise transferred by such Person, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof, on or prior to such date.
          “ Significant Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary that qualifies as a “significant subsidiary” under Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
          “ Special Mandatory Redemption Date ” means the earlier to occur of (1) January 25, 2010 if the Acquisition has not been completed on or prior to January 9, 2010 or (2) the 30th day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the termination of the Acquisition Agreement for any reason.
          “ Special Mandatory Redemption Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(1).
          “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.3.
          “ Stated Maturity ” when used with respect to the Notes or any installment of principal thereof or interest, if any, thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of the Note or such installment of principal or interest, if any, is due and payable.
          “ Target Companies ” means each of NextRx LLC, NextRx and NextRx Services.
          “ Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
          “ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that from time to time is not a Guarantor or required to be a Guarantor.
          “ Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
          “ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” when used with respect to any Person means (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which 100% of the shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or

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combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company or similar pass-through entity the sole partners, members or persons, however designated in corresponding roles, of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
ARTICLE III
Security Forms
          SECTION 3.1. Form Generally.
          (1) The Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 3.2 of this Article III, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, the Code, or any applicable securities laws, or as may, consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval). All Notes shall be in fully registered form.
          (2) Purchase Notices shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 3.3.
          (3) Guarantees shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 3.4.
          (4) The Notes shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any automated quotation system or securities exchange (including on steel engraved borders if so required by any securities exchange upon which the Notes may be listed) on which the Notes may be quoted or listed, as the case may be, all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
          (5) Upon their original issuance, the Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons. Each such Global Security shall be duly executed by the Company, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and shall be registered in the name of DTC, as Depositary, or its nominee, and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC. Beneficial interests in the Global Securities will be shown on, and transfers will only be made through, the records maintained by DTC and its participants, including Clearstream and the Euroclear System.
          SECTION 3.2. Form of Note.
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

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          [THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL SECURITY:
          THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.].
          [THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL SECURITY FOR WHICH DTC IS TO BE THE DEPOSITARY:
          UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
6.250% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2014
     
No.                        Principal Amount (US)$                     
CUSIP NO.                         
          Express Scripts, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Second Supplemental Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      United States Dollars (U.S.$                      ) on June 15, 2014 and to pay interest thereon, from June 9, 2009, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2009, at the per annum rate of 6.250%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof, per annum (the “ Note Interest Rate ”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

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          The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to the Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Notes may be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
          Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the corporate trust office of the Trustee at 551 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. With respect to Global Securities, the Company will make such payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to DTC, or its nominee, as registered owner of the Global Securities. With respect to certificated Notes, the Company will make such payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a United States Dollar account maintained in St Louis, Missouri or New York, New York to each Holder of an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of U.S. $5,000,000 that has furnished wire instructions in writing to the Trustee no later than 15 days prior to the relevant payment date. If a Holder of a certificated Note (i) does not furnish such wire instructions as provided in the preceding sentence or (ii) holds $5,000,000 or less aggregate principal amount of Notes, the Company will make such payments by mailing a check to such Holder’s registered address.
          Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

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    EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
  Title:        
         
Attest:    
 
       
By:
       
 
       
Name:
       
Title:
       
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
UNION BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
         
By:
       
 
 
 
Authorized Signatory
   
[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
          1. Indenture . This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its “6.250% Senior Notes due 2014” (herein called the “ Notes ”), issued under a Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, to an indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Indenture ” and herein with the Second Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the “ Indenture ”), between the Company, the Guarantors and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the Series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Second Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which this Note is issued provides that Additional Notes may be issued thereunder, if certain conditions are met.

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          All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern.
          2. Optional Redemption . At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus, unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
          3. Mandatory Redemption . Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
          4. Special Mandatory Redemption . If for any reason (i) the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to January 9, 2010 or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company will redeem all the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of initial issuance to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
          5. Change of Control Triggering Event . In the event of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3 of the Second Supplemental Indenture.
          6. Global Security . If this Note is a Global Security, then, in the event of a deposit or withdrawal of an interest in this Note, including an exchange, transfer, redemption, repurchase or conversion of this Note in part only, the Trustee, as custodian of the Depositary, shall make an adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
          7. Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes, together with any unpaid premium and accrued interest to the date of declaration, may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable, together with any unpaid premium and accrued interest to the date of declaration, and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal

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and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest, all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes shall terminate.
          As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, and, among other things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal or premium hereof or interest hereon, on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
          8. Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note or such other Note. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected.
          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair (without the consent of the Holder hereof) the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
          9. Registration and Transfer . As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable on the Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at such office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such purpose in St. Louis, Missouri, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees by the Registrar. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount

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of Notes of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder surrendering the same upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged, at such office or agency of the Company. The Trustee upon such surrender by the Holder will issue the new Notes in the requested denominations. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
          Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any Paying Agent or other such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
          10. Guarantee . Payment of this Note is jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
          11. Governing Law . THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
ABBREVIATIONS
          The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
          Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
          SECTION 3.3. Form of Purchase Notice.
PURCHASE NOTICE
          (1) Pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Second Supplemental Indenture, the undersigned hereby elects to have this Note repurchased by the Company.
          (2) The undersigned hereby directs the Trustee or the Company to pay it or                      an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount to be

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repurchased (as set forth below), plus interest accrued to, but excluding, the Change of Control Payment Date, as applicable, as provided in the Second Supplemental Indenture.
     
Dated:
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Signature(s)
   
 
   
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an Eligible Guarantor Institution with membership in an approved signature guarantee program pursuant to Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
   
 
   
 
Signature Guaranteed
   
 
   
Principal amount to be repurchased (at least U.S.$2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof):                          
   
 
   
Remaining aggregate principal amount following such repurchase (not less than U.S.$2,000):
   
 
   
 
   
NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing election must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.
          SECTION 3.4. Form of Guarantee.
          The form of Guarantee shall be set forth on the Notes substantially as follows:
          For value received, each of the Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the Second Supplemental Indenture) has jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Second Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and subject to the provisions in the Second Supplemental Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment in full when due of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture, Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes by the Company and (b) in case of any extension of time of

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payment or renewal of any Obligations (with or without notice to the Guarantor), that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Second Supplemental Indenture are expressly set forth in Article IX of the Second Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Second Supplemental Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee, including provisions for the release thereof. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for the purpose of such provisions.
             
    [NAME OF GUARANTOR(S)]    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
           
 
  Name:        
 
           
 
  Title:     ]
 
           
ARTICLE IV
Remedies
          SECTION 4.1. Events of Default.
          Section 501 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          “ Event of Default ,” wherever used herein with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
     (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 calendar days;
     (2) default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Note at its Maturity or when otherwise due;
     (3) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness (or the payment of which is guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary), if that default is caused by a failure to pay principal at its Stated Maturity after giving effect to any applicable grace period, or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its stated maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other Indebtedness under which there has been a payment default after stated maturity or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100,000,000 or more;

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     (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant, agreement or warranty of the Company in this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture as supplemented or amended and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “ Notice of Default ” hereunder;
     (5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Guarantors of an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its Guarantors a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any of the Guarantors under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of the Guarantors or of any substantial part of the property of either, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs;
     (6) the commencement by the Company or any of the Guarantors of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of the Guarantors in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against either, or the filing by either of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or similar relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by either to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of the Guarantors or of any substantial part of the property of either, or the making by either of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by either in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any of the Guarantors in furtherance of any such action;
     (7) a Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or the Guarantee is found to be invalid or a Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of the Guarantor in accordance with the terms hereof); or
     (8) the Company fails to timely deliver a required Special Mandatory Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 5.4 of this Second Supplemental Indenture.

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          SECTION 4.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
          Section 502 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          (1) If an Event of Default occurs and continues (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 4.1(5) or 4.1(6)), then in each such case the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may require the Company to repay immediately the principal of, and any unpaid premium if any, and interest on, all the Notes. The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may rescind and annul that acceleration if all Events of Default with respect to the Notes, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture. An Event of Default arising pursuant to Sections 4.1(5) or 4.1(6) shall cause the principal of, and any unpaid premium and interest on, all Notes to become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act by the Trustee, the Holders of the Notes or any other party.
          (2) Other than its duties in the case of a default, the Trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder of the Notes, unless the Holders offer reasonable indemnity to the Trustee. If the Holders offer reasonable indemnity to the Trustee, then the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes will have the right, subject to some limitations, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes.
          No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or for any remedy under this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture unless:
     (i) the Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes;
     (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have made a written request, and offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee to institute a proceeding as Trustee;
     (iii) the Trustee has failed to institute the requested proceeding within 60 calendar days after receipt of such notice; and
     (iv) the Trustee has not received from the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with the request during that 60-day period.
          (3) The Holder of any Note will have the absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, that Note as expressed therein, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment.

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          (4) The Company is required to furnish to the Trustee annually within 120 days after the end of its fiscal year a statement as to the absence of any Event of Default under this Second Supplemental Indenture. Within 30 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall give notice of such Event of Default or of any event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, known to it, to the Holders of the Notes, except that, in the case of a default other than a payment default, the Trustee may withhold notice if the Trustee determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders.
ARTICLE V
Redemption of Securities
          SECTION 5.1. Optional Redemption.
          (1) The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole or from time to time in part, prior to the Maturity Date at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus, unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
          (2) In the case of any optional redemption of the Notes, interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Notes at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date. Notes (or portions thereof) for whose redemption provision is made in accordance with this Second Supplemental Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.
          SECTION 5.2. Optional Redemption Procedures.
          (1) The election of the Company to redeem any Notes shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Notes, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be acceptable to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.
          (2) If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 5.1, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, not more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date, by the Trustee from among the Outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for the Notes or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal

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amount of the Notes of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for the Notes.
          The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption, the aggregate principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
          For all purposes of this Second Supplemental Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Notes redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Notes which has been or is to be redeemed.
          (3) Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s address as shown in the Security Register for the affected Notes. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Notes designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Notes or portion thereof.
          All notices of redemption shall state:
     (i) the Redemption Date;
     (ii) the Redemption Price;
     (iii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;
     (iv) if less than all of the Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the portions of the principal amounts) of the particular Notes to be redeemed;
     (v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note to be redeemed and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
     (vi) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
     (vii) the CUSIP numbers of such Notes, if any (or any other numbers used by the Depositary to identify such Notes); and
     (viii) if notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed has been given by the Company and funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date are irrevocably available for the redemption of the Notes called for redemption on the Redemption Date, that the Notes called for redemption shall cease to bear

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interest on and after such Redemption Date and that the only remaining right of the Holders will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.
          Notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed shall be given by the Company or, on Company Request, by the Trustee at the expense of the Company.
          (4) On or before 11:00 a.m., New York time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003 of the Indenture) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all the Notes which are to be redeemed on that date.
          (5) Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided , however , that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms.
          If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Note.
          (6) Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency in accordance with the notice of redemption (with, if the Company or the Trustee shall so require, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or other appropriate person), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes of any authorized denominations as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.
          SECTION 5.3. Special Mandatory Redemption.
          If for any reason (i) the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to January 9, 2010 or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to thereto, then the Company will redeem all the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ”) (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

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          SECTION 5.4. Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures.
          (1) Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 5.4 (a “ Special Mandatory Redemption Notice ”) shall be mailed, with a written copy to the Trustee, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed within five Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering redemption to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s address as shown in the Security Register. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Notes designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Notes or portion thereof.
          All notices of redemption shall state:
     (i) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date;
     (ii) the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
     (iii) that on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date the Special Mandatory Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note to be redeemed;
     (iv) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
     (v) the CUSIP numbers of such Notes, if any (or any other numbers used by the Depositary to identify such Notes); and
     (vi) if funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, that the Notes shall cease to bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
          (2) Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price therein specified. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Notes shall cease to bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price; provided , however , that installments of interest whose Interest Payment Date is on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms.

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ARTICLE VI
Particular Covenants
          SECTION 6.1. Liens.
          The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or assume, except in the Company’s favor or in favor of one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, any Lien against or on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to do so, unless the Outstanding Notes are secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured by such Lien, except that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to the following types of Liens:
     (1) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations (which phrase shall not be construed to refer to ERISA or the minimum funding obligations under Section 412 of the Code);
     (2) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, letters of credit, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs, appeal, performance and payment bonds and other obligations of like nature, in each such case arising in the ordinary course of business;
     (3) mechanics’, workmen’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate action;
     (4) Liens for taxes, assessments, fees or governmental charges or levies that are not delinquent or which are payable without penalty, or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate action, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (5) Liens consisting of attachments, judgments or awards against the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to which an appeal or proceeding for review shall be pending or a stay of execution shall have been obtained, or which are otherwise being contested in good faith and by appropriate action, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (6) easements, rights of way, restrictions, leases of Property to others, easements for installations of public utilities, title imperfections and restrictions, zoning ordinances and other similar encumbrances affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially adversely affect the value of such Property or

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materially impair its use for the operations of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (7) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture and securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (8) statutory Liens in favor of lessors arising in connection with Property leased to the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (9) Liens on Margin Stock to the extent that a prohibition on such Liens pursuant to this Section 6.1 would violate Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time;
     (10) purchase money Liens on Property hereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary created within 180 days of such acquisition (or in the case of real property, completion of construction including any improvements or the commencement of operation of the Property, whichever occurs later) to secure or provide for the payment or financing of all or any part of the purchase price thereof; provided that the Lien secured thereby shall attach only to the Property so acquired and related assets (except that individual financings by one Person (or an Affiliate thereof) may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such Person and its Affiliates that are independently permitted by this clause (10));
     (11) Liens in respect of Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions;
     (12) Liens on the Property of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof; provided that (i) such Liens existed at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and were not created in anticipation thereof, (ii) any such Lien does not by its terms cover any Property after the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary that was not covered immediately prior thereto and (iii) any such Lien does not by its terms secure any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness existing immediately prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that such Indebtedness was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
     (13) Liens on Property and proceeds thereof existing at the time of acquisition thereof and not created in contemplation thereof;
     (14) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 of the Uniform Commercial Code on the items in the course of collection, and (ii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
     (15) Liens securing Securitized Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $750,000,000 at any one time outstanding upon the granting of such Liens;

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     (16) any extension, renewal, refinancing, substitution or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, substitutions or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any of the Liens referred to in paragraphs (7), (10), (12) and (13) of this Section; provided that such extension, renewal, refinancing substitution or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or any part of substantially the same property or assets that secured the Lien extended, renewed, refinanced, substituted or replaced (plus improvements on such Property) and the liability secured by such Lien at such time is not increased;
     (17) Liens on proceeds of any of the assets permitted to be the subject of any Lien or assignment permitted by this Section 6.1;
     (18) Liens imposed in respect of Environmental Laws;
     (19) Licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary;
     (20) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and
     (21) other Liens; provided that, without duplication, the aggregate sum of all obligations and Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under this clause (21), together with all Property subject to Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions would not exceed 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth, measured upon granting of such Liens based on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet for the end of the then most recent quarter for which financial statements are available.
          SECTION 6.2. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.
          The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to engage in sale and leaseback transactions except for Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions.
          SECTION 6.3. Right to Require Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.
          (1) Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require, by delivery to the Company of a Purchase Notice, the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth in the Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase

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(subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) (the “ Change of Control Payment ”).
          (2) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or at our option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to Holders of Notes, with a written copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state:
     (i) a description of the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event;
     (ii) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 6.3 and that all Notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment;
     (iii) the Change of Control Payment and the Change of Control Payment Date, which date shall be a Business Day that is no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”); and
     (iv) if the notice is mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control, the notice will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
          (3) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall be required, to the extent lawful, to:
     (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
     (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
     (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Second Supplemental Indenture to the Change of Control Offer and to the repurchase by the Company of Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer have been complied with.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.

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          (4) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 6.3, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 6.3 by virtue of such conflicts.
          (5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if (i) a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all the Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer or (ii) the Company has given written notice of a redemption as provided under Section 5.2 unless the Company has failed to pay the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date.
          SECTION 6.4. Additional Guarantors.
          (1) Upon the closing of the Acquisition, the Target Companies shall merge into each of NextRx Sub I, NextRx Sub II and NextRx Sub III and shall become successor guarantors to the NextRx Subs by executing a supplemental indenture and delivering it to the Trustee. If, after the date of the Indenture, any Subsidiary of the Company that is not then a Guarantor guarantees, becomes a borrower or guarantor under, or grants any Lien to secure any obligations pursuant to, the Existing Credit Facility or the Bridge Loan, any refinancing or replacement thereof or any other Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount outstanding in excess of 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth as of the end of the Company’s most recent quarter for which financial statements are available (such Consolidated Net Worth to be measured at the time of the incurrence of each such guarantee or borrowing or the granting of such Lien), then in any such case such Subsidiary will become a Guarantor by executing a supplemental indenture and delivering it to the Trustee promptly (but in any event, within two Business Days of the date on which it guaranteed or incurred such Indebtedness or granted such Lien, as the case may be).
          (2) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, any Guarantee by a Guarantor that was issued pursuant to this Section 6.4 solely as a result of its guarantee or incurrence of, or granting of a Lien in respect of, any such Indebtedness shall be automatically and unconditionally released upon the release or discharge of the guarantee that resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary’s Guarantee (or upon such Subsidiary ceasing to be a borrower or the release of Liens granted by such Subsidiary, as the case may be), except a discharge or release as a result of payment under such guarantee, or of the refinancing or replacement of any such Indebtedness that is guaranteed or incurred by such Guarantor.

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ARTICLE VII
Supplemental Indentures
          SECTION 7.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders of Notes.
          Section 901 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          Without seeking the consent of any Holders, the Company, together with the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may modify and amend the Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Notes to:
     (1) allow the Company’s or any Guarantor’s successor (or successive successors) to assume the Company’s or such Guarantor’s obligations under the Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes pursuant to the provisions under Article VIII or Section 9.15;
     (2) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company under this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes;
     (3) add any additional Events of Default;
     (4) secure the Notes;
     (5) provide for a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes and add or change any of the provisions of the Indenture or the Second Supplemental Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts thereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611 of the Indenture;
     (6) add or release a Guarantor as required or permitted by this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture;
     (7) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
     (8) modify the legends regarding restrictions on transferability on the Notes, which modifications may not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes or owners of beneficial interests in the Notes; or
     (9) make any other amendment or supplement to this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, as long as that amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes in any material respect (to be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel).
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Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes to the Description of the Notes contained in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated June 4, 2009, to the extent that such provision in the Description of the Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, shall be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes.
          SECTION 7.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of Notes.
          Section 902 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          The Company, together with the Trustee, may modify and amend the Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Notes, but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes; provided that no modification or amendment may, without the consent of each affected Holder of the Notes:
     (1) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
     (2) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;
     (3) reduce the principal of, or any premium if any, or rate of interest on, any Note;
     (4) reduce any amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or, except as expressly provided elsewhere herein, change the time at which any Note may be redeemed pursuant to Article V;
     (5) change any place of payment where, or the currency in which, any principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note is payable;
     (6) impair the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, any Note on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
     (7) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture or waiver of certain defaults;
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     (9) modify any of the above provisions.
          The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, waive any past default under the Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes or in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture or this Second Supplemental Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder. In addition, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes waive compliance with the Company’s covenants described under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of this Second Supplemental Indenture. Section 6.3 hereof may not be waived or modified without the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of Notes and Sections 5.3 and 5.4 hereof may not be waived or modified without the written consent of Holders of at least 90% in principal amount of Notes.
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
          SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.
          Section 801 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          The Company shall not in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge with and into the Company or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person, unless:
     (1) the Company is the surviving entity, or the Person formed by such consolidation or merger or the Person to which all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company are conveyed, transferred or leased, as the case may be, shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Outstanding Notes and the performance and observance of every covenant of this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
     (2) immediately after giving effect to any such transaction and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company at the time of such transaction, there shall not be any Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default;

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     (3) if, as a result of any such transaction, the properties or assets of the Company would become subject to a Lien which would not be permitted under Section 6.1 of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take those steps that are necessary to secure all the Outstanding Notes equally and ratably with Indebtedness secured by that Lien; and
     (4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or transfer and supplemental indenture, if applicable, comply with this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the particular consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease under this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture have been complied with.
          SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.
          Section 802 shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to any other Person in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person has been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease to another Person, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (to the extent the Company was the predecessor Person).
ARTICLE IX
Guarantors
          Article 15 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          SECTION 9.1. Guarantee.
          (1) For value received, each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guarantees (each a “ Guarantee ”), 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 Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes or the obligations of the Company or any other Guarantor to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be duly and promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by law) interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Company or the Guarantor to the Holders of or

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the Trustee hereunder or thereunder (including fees, expenses or others) (collectively, the “ Obligations ”) will 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 Obligations (with or without notice to such Guarantor), the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. If the Company shall fail to pay when due, or to perform, any Obligations, for whatever reason, each Guarantor shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay in cash, or to perform or cause the performance of, the same promptly. An Event of Default under this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall entitle the Holders of the Notes to accelerate the Obligations of the Guarantor hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the Obligations of the Company.
          (2) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes, this Second Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, any release of any other Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same, whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular Note, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
          (3) Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (a) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article IV of this Second Supplemental Indenture for the purposes of the Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations, and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article IV of this Second Supplemental Indenture, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of its Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.2. Waiver.
          To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives diligence, presentment, demand of, payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the Obligations contained in the Notes, this Second Supplemental Indenture and Indenture.
          SECTION 9.3. Guarantee of Payment.
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collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes to the security, if any, held for payment of the Obligations.
          SECTION 9.4. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guarantee.
          Subject to Section 9.10 of this Second Supplemental Indenture, the obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, termination, impairment or for any reason (other than the payment in full in cash of the Obligations), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, any other guarantee or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any provision thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or omission or delay to do any other act that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash of all the Obligations).
          SECTION 9.5. Defenses of Company Waived.
          To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Company or any other Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Company, other than final payment in full in cash of the Obligations. Each of the Guarantors waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of each of the Guarantors against the Company or any security.
          SECTION 9.6. Continued Effectiveness.
          Subject to Section 9.10 of this Second Supplemental Indenture, each of the Guarantors further agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
          SECTION 9.7. Subrogation.
          In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right of each of the Guarantors by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each of the Guarantors hereby promises to and

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will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Holders in cash the amount of such unpaid Obligations, and thereupon the Holders shall, assign (except to the extent that such assignment would render a Guarantor a “creditor” of the Company within the meaning of Section 547 of Title 11 of the United States Code as now in effect or hereafter amended or any comparable provision of any successor statute) the amount of the Obligations owed to it and paid by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guarantee to such Guarantor, such assignment to be pro rata to the extent the Obligations in question were discharged by such Guarantor, or make such other disposition thereof as such Guarantor shall direct (all without recourse to the Holders, and without any representation or warranty by the Holders). If (a) a Guarantor shall make payment to the Holders of all or any part of the Obligations and (b) all the Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Second Supplemental Indenture shall be paid in full, the Trustee will, at such Guarantor’s request, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Obligations resulting from such payment by such Guarantor.
          SECTION 9.8. Information.
          Each of the Guarantors assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Company’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that each of the Guarantors assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes will have no duty to advise the Guarantors of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
          SECTION 9.9. Subordination.
          Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Holders, as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the Company, arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise, shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of all the Obligations to the Trustee; provided , however , that any right of subrogation that such Guarantor may have pursuant to this Second Supplemental Indenture is subject to Section 9.7 hereof.
          SECTION 9.10. Release of Guarantor.
          (1) A Guarantor shall, upon the occurrence of any of the following events, be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Second Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder; provided that such Guarantor would not, immediately after such release and discharge, be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof if such Guarantor had incurred its then-existing guarantees, indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) and Liens at the time of such release and discharge:

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     (i) upon notice by the Company to the Trustee, at any time such Guarantor is not a borrower or guarantor under, and has not granted any then-existing Lien to secure any obligations pursuant to, the Existing Credit Facility as amended, or the Bridge Loan, any refinancing or replacement thereof (including as a result of any release from such obligations in connection with being designated an “exempt subsidiary” by the Company (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)) or any other Indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding in excess of 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth (other than obligations arising under this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, the 2012 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2012 Notes and the 2019 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2019 Notes) except where resulting from a discharge or release as a result of payment under such guarantee; provided , however , that no Guarantor shall be released under this subsection unless the Guarantor is substantially concurrently released from its guarantees under the 2012 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2012 Notes and the 2019 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2019 Notes, or such guarantees have previously been terminated or released;
     (ii) upon the occurrence of the circumstances described in Section 6.4 hereof, of which the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee; or
     (iii) upon the sale, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of the Guarantor to another Person (other than to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates).
          (2) A Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Second Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder upon any Covenant Defeasance or Defeasance with respect to the Notes, subject to reinstatement pursuant to Section 1306 of the Indenture.
          (3) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release upon receipt of a request of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate certifying as to the compliance with this Section. Any Guarantor not so released will remain liable for the full amount of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes provided in this Second Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.11. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability.
          (1) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee by such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 of the United States Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantor. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and such Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor under this Second Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum aggregate amount which, after giving

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effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor, and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of, any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Second Supplemental Indenture, will result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
          (2) The Guarantee is expressly limited so that in no event, including the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid in respect of interest on the Securities (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) exceed the maximum permissible amount under applicable law, as in effect on the date hereof and as subsequently amended or modified to allow a greater amount of interest (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) to be paid under the Guarantee. If for any reason the amount in respect of interest (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) required by the Guarantee exceeds such maximum permissible amount, the obligation to pay interest under the Guarantee (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) shall be automatically reduced to such maximum permissible amount and any amounts collected by any holder of any Security in excess of the permissible amount shall be automatically applied to reduce the outstanding principal on such Security.
          SECTION 9.12. Contribution from Other Guarantors.
          Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Guarantee shall be entitled to seek contribution from each other non-paying Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each Guarantor, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America as of the date hereof so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.13. No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company.
          Neither the Trustee, any Holder nor any other Person shall have any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or take any other steps under any security for the Obligations or against the Company or any other Person or any Property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee, such Holder or such other Person is entitled to demand payment and performance by any or all Guarantors of their liabilities and obligations under their Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.14. Execution and Delivery of the Guarantee.
          (1) To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in this Article IX, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee substantially in the form of Section 3.4 hereof shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an officer, manager or member, as applicable, of each Guarantor.

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          (2) Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in this Article IX shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
          (3) If an officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Second Supplemental Indenture or a Guarantee no longer holds that office or is no longer a manager or member, as applicable, at the time the Trustee authenticates such Guarantee or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s Guarantee of such Note shall be valid nevertheless.
          (4) The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Second Supplemental Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
          SECTION 9.15. Successor Guarantor.
          Unless otherwise released and discharged from its obligations in accordance with this Second Supplemental Indenture, upon any consolidation or merger by any Guarantor with or into any other Person, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger shall sign a supplemental indenture and guarantee and succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person has been named as a Guarantor herein, and thereafter the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture, this Second Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (to the extent the Guarantor was the predecessor Person).
ARTICLE X
Discharge of Obligations Under the Second Supplemental Indenture,
the Indenture and the Notes; Defeasance
          SECTION 10.1. Termination of the Obligations of the Company.
          The obligations of the Company with respect to the Notes under this Second Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes shall cease to be of further effect or, at the option of the Company, the Company shall no longer be under any obligation to comply with the covenants described in Articles VI, VII, VIII and IX of the Second Supplemental Indenture and Article 15 of the Indenture and the Events of Default relating to those covenants shall no longer apply to the Company if (a) either (i) all Outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 306 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable on the Maturity Date or pursuant to Article V or Section 6.3, and in any case the Company irrevocably deposits, prior to the applicable due date, with the Paying Agent or Trustee (if the Paying Agent is not the Company or any of its Affiliates) cash in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on

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all Outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 306 of the Indenture) on the Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Special Mandatory Redemption Date or Change of Control Payment Date, as the case may be; (b) the Company pays to the Trustee or Paying Agent all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; (c) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall exist on the date of such deposit; (d) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, this Second Supplemental Indenture or any other agreement or instrument of which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound; and (e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Second Supplemental Indenture relating to the termination of the obligations of the Company hereunder have been complied with provided , however , that (i) Sections 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 606, 607, 610, 611, 1002 and 1003 of the Indenture, and (ii) Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the Second Supplemental Indenture and Articles I and X of the Second Supplemental Indenture and (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture and the Second Supplemental Indenture shall survive any discharge of obligations pursuant to this Section 10.1 until such time as the Notes have been paid in full and there are no Notes Outstanding.
          SECTION 10.2. Repayment to Company.
          The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of, and pay to the Company upon the request of the Company, any excess money held by them at any time. The Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall provide written notice to the Company of any money that has been held by it and has, for a period of two years, remained unclaimed for the payment of the principal of, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon the written request of the Company any money held by them for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall (in no event later than five days after the Company requests repayment pursuant to this Section 10.2), at the expense of the Company, cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or cause to be mailed to each Holder, notice stating that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, subject to applicable law, and all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to such money and payment shall, subject to applicable law, cease.
          SECTION 10.3. Amendment to Section 1302; Survival of Provisions of Second Supplemental Indenture upon Defeasance.
          Section 1302 of the Indenture is hereby amended to delete all of the words following the colon and the words “hereunder:” in the second sentence of Section 1302 and to replace them with the following words “(i) Sections 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309,

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606, 607, 610, 611, 1002 and 1003 of the Indenture and (ii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture.” In addition, upon Defeasance in accordance Section 1302 of the Indenture, (i) Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the Second Supplemental Indenture and Articles I and X of the Second Supplemental Indenture and (ii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the Second Supplemental Indenture shall survive such Defeasance.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Second Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
         
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
 
 
    By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member
         
    By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 

 


 

BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CURASCRIPT, INC.
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION MANAGEMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
IBIOLOGIC, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
NEXTRX SUB I, LLC
NEXTRX SUB II, LLC
NEXTRX SUB III, LLC
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
         
    By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee    
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
PHOENIX MARKETING GROUP, LLC
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
         
    By:   /s/ Michael Holmes    
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
IVTX, INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
         
    By:   /s/ George Paz    
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   President   
 
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY, LLC
         
    By:   /s/ Marc Palmer    
    Name:   Marc Palmer   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

ESI PARTNERSHIP
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
         
    By:   /s/ George Paz    
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
By: ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
         
    By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford    
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
 
ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.
         
    By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford    
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
 
EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, CO.
         
    By:   /s/ Michael Biskey    
    Name:   Michael Biskey   
    Title:   President   
 
MSC — MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY
SPEEDY RE-EMPLOYMENT, LLC
         
    By:   /s/ Edward Ignaczak    
    Name:   Edward Ignaczak   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
By: Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
         
    By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee    
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 
By: Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
         
    By:   /s/ Michael Holmes    
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  UNION BANK, N.A.,
As Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ Patricia Phillips-Coward  
    Name:   Patricia Phillips-Coward  
    Title:   Vice President  
 

 

Exhibit 4.4
 
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of June 9, 2009
Supplementing that Certain
INDENTURE
Dated as of June 9, 2009
 
Among
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.,
THE GUARANTORS PARTIES HERETO
and
UNION BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
 
7.250% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019
 

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
         
    Page
ARTICLE I
 
       
Issuance of Securities
 
       
SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Notes; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title
    1  
SECTION 1.2. Interest
    2  
SECTION 1.3. Relationship with Indenture
    3  
 
       
ARTICLE II
 
       
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
 
       
SECTION 2.1. Definitions
    3  
 
       
ARTICLE III
 
       
Security Forms
SECTION 3.1. Form Generally
    13  
SECTION 3.2. Form of Note
    13  
SECTION 3.3. Form of Purchase Notice
    19  
SECTION 3.4. Form of Guarantee
    20  
 
       
ARTICLE IV
 
       
Remedies
 
       
SECTION 4.1. Events of Default
    21  
SECTION 4.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
    23  
 
       
ARTICLE V
 
       
Redemption of Securities
 
       
SECTION 5.1. Optional Redemption
    24  
SECTION 5.2. Optional Redemption Procedures
    24  
SECTION 5.3. Special Mandatory Redemption
    26  
SECTION 5.4. Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures
    27  
 
       
ARTICLE VI
 
       
Particular Covenants
 
       
SECTION 6.1. Liens
    28  

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SECTION 6.2. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions
    30  
SECTION 6.3. Right to Require Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event
    30  
SECTION 6.4. Additional Guarantors
    32  
 
       
ARTICLE VII
 
       
Supplemental Indentures
 
       
SECTION 7.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders of Notes
    33  
SECTION 7.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of Notes
    34  
 
       
ARTICLE VIII
 
       
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
 
SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms
    35  
SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted
    36  
 
       
ARTICLE IX
 
       
Guarantors
 
       
SECTION 9.1. Guarantee
    36  
SECTION 9.2. Waiver
    37  
SECTION 9.3. Guarantee of Payment
    37  
SECTION 9.4. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guarantee
    38  
SECTION 9.5. Defenses of Company Waived
    38  
SECTION 9.6. Continued Effectiveness
    38  
SECTION 9.7. Subrogation
    38  
SECTION 9.8. Information
    39  
SECTION 9.9. Subordination
    39  
SECTION 9.10. Release of Guarantor
    39  
SECTION 9.11. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability
    40  
SECTION 9.12. Contribution from Other Guarantors
    41  
SECTION 9.13. No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company
    41  
SECTION 9.14. Execution and Delivery of the Guarantee
    41  
SECTION 9.15. Successor Guarantor
    42  
 
       
ARTICLE X
 
       
Discharge of Obligations Under the Third Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes; Defeasance
 
       
SECTION 10.1. Termination of the Obligations of the Company
    42  
SECTION 10.2. Repayment to Company
    43  
SECTION 10.3. Amendment to Section 1302; Survival of Provisions of Third Supplemental Indenture upon Defeasance
    43  

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          This Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009 (the “ Third Supplemental Indenture ”), among Express Scripts, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, having its principal office at One Express Way, St. Louis, Missouri (herein called the “ Company ”), the Guarantors party hereto and Union Bank, N.A., a national banking association, as Trustee hereunder (herein called the “ Trustee ”), supplements that certain Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee (the “ Indenture ”).
RECITALS OF THE COMPANY
          A. The Company has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of its unsecured debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness to be issued in one or more series as provided for in the Indenture.
          B. Each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of the Indenture and the Guarantees, the form of which is attached hereto, in order to fully and unconditionally guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Indenture.
          C. The Indenture provides that the Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form set forth in the Indenture, or in such other form as may be established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more supplemental indentures thereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently therewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
          D. The Company and the Trustee have agreed that the Company shall issue and deliver, and the Trustee shall authenticate, Securities denominated “7.250% Senior Notes due 2019” pursuant to the terms of this Third Supplemental Indenture and substantially in the form set forth in Section 3.2 below, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions, and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, and with such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
ARTICLE I
Issuance of Securities
          SECTION 1.1. Issuance of Notes; Principal Amount; Maturity; Title.
          (1) On June 9, 2009, the Company shall issue and deliver to the Trustee, and the Trustee shall authenticate, the Initial Notes substantially in the form set forth in

 


 

Section 3.2 below, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by the Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture, and with such letters, numbers, or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Notes.
          (2) The Initial Notes to be issued pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be issued in the aggregate principal amount of $500,000,000 and shall mature on June 15, 2019 unless the Notes are redeemed prior to that date as described in Section 5.1 and 5.3. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed $500,000,000, except for Notes issued, authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the Series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Company may without the consent of the Holders, issue additional notes hereunder as part of the same series and on the same terms and conditions (and having the same Guarantors) and with the same CUSIP numbers as the Initial Notes (“Additional Notes”); provided that if any Additional Notes are issued at a price that causes such Additional Notes to have “original issue discount” within the meaning of Section 1273 of the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and regulations of the United States Department of Treasury thereunder (the “ Code ”), such Additional Notes shall not have the same CUSIP number as the Initial Notes.
          (3) The Notes shall be issued only in fully registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000.
          (4) Pursuant to the terms hereof and Section 301 of the Indenture, the Company hereby creates a series of Securities designated as the “7.250% Notes due 2019” of the Company (as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under this Third Supplemental Indenture, including both the Initial Notes and the Additional Notes, if any, the “ Notes ”), which Notes shall be deemed “Securities” for all purposes under the Indenture.
          SECTION 1.2. Interest.
          (1) Interest on a Note will accrue at the per annum rate of 7.250% (the “ Note Interest Rate ”), from and including the date specified on the face of such Note until the principal thereof is paid, deemed paid, or made available for payment and, in each case, will be paid on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
          (2) The Company shall pay interest on the Notes semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year (each, an “ Interest Payment Date ”), commencing December 15, 2009.

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          (3) Interest shall be paid on each Interest Payment Date to the registered Holders of the Notes after the close of business on the Regular Record Date.
          (4) Amounts due on the Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date of the Notes will be payable at the corporate trust office of the Trustee at 551 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022. The Company may make payment of interest on an Interest Payment Date in respect of Notes in certificated form by check mailed to the address of the Person entitled to the payment as it appears in the Security Register or by transfer to an account maintained by the payee with a bank located in the United States. The Company shall make payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest in respect of Notes in book-entry form to DTC in immediately available funds, while disbursement of such payments to owners of beneficial interests in Notes in book-entry form will be made in accordance with the procedures of DTC and its participants in effect from time to time.
          (5) Neither the Company nor the Trustee shall impose any service charge for any transfer or exchange of a Note. However, the Company may ask Holders of the Notes to pay any taxes or other governmental charges in connection with a transfer or exchange of Notes.
          (6) If any Interest Payment Date, Stated Maturity Date or Redemption Date falls on a day that is not a Business Day in the City of New York, the Company will make the required payment of principal, premium, if any, and/or interest on the next succeeding Business Day as if it were made on the date payment was due, and no interest will accrue on the amount so payable for the period from and after that Interest Payment Date, the Stated Maturity Date or earlier Redemption Date, as the case may be, to such next succeeding Business Day.
          SECTION 1.3. Relationship with Indenture.
          The terms and provisions contained in the Indenture will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Third Supplemental Indenture. However, to the extent any provision of the Indenture conflicts with the express provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture will govern and be controlling.
ARTICLE II
Definitions and Other Provisions of General Application
          SECTION 2.1. Definitions.
          The terms defined in this Section 2.1 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context of this Third Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto have the respective meanings specified in this Section 2.1. All other terms used in this Third Supplemental Indenture that are defined in the Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, either directly or by reference therein (except as herein otherwise expressly provided

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or unless the context of this Third Supplemental Indenture otherwise requires), have the respective meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture or the Trust Indenture Act, as the case may be, as in force at the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture as originally executed; provided that any term that is defined in both the Indenture and this Third Supplemental Indenture shall have the meaning assigned to such term in this Third Supplemental Indenture.
          “ 2012 Notes Supplemental Indenture ” means the First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee related to the 2012 Notes.
          “ 2012 Notes ” means the 5.250% Senior Notes due 2012 as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under the 2012 Notes Supplemental Indenture.
          “ 2014 Notes Supplemental Indenture ” means the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee related to the 2014 Notes.
          “ 2014 Notes ” means the 6.250% Senior Notes due 2014 as amended or supplemented from time to time, that are issued under the 2014 Notes Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Acquisition ” means the acquisition of the Pharmacy Benefit Management Business of WellPoint, Inc., including all of the shares and equity interest of the Target Companies by the Company as contemplated by the Acquisition Agreement.
          “ Acquisition Agreement ” means the Stock and Interest Purchase Agreement between the Company and WellPoint, Inc., dated April 9, 2009.
          “ Additional Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
          “ Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
          “ Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any transfer or transaction involving a Global Security or beneficial interest therein, the rules and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream, in each case to the extent applicable to such transaction and as in effect from time to time.
          “ Applied Amounts ” means an amount (which may be conclusively determined by the Board of Directors) equal to the greater of (i) capitalized rent with respect to the applicable machinery and/or equipment and (ii) the fair value of the

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applicable machinery and/or equipment, that is applied within 180 days of the applicable transaction or transactions to repayment of the Notes or to the repayment of any Indebtedness which, in accordance with GAAP, is classified as long-term debt and that is on parity with the Notes.
          “ Below Investment Grade Rating Event ” means the Notes are not rated, or are rated below an Investment Grade Rating by each of the Rating Agencies on any date during the period commencing 60 days prior to the public notice of an arrangement that could result in a Change of Control until the end of the 60-day period following public notice of the occurrence of the Change of Control (which 60-day period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies); provided that a Below Investment Grade Rating Event otherwise arising by virtue of a particular reduction in, or termination of, any rating shall not be deemed to have occurred in respect to a particular Change of Control (and thus shall not be deemed a Below Investment Grade Rating Event for purposes of a Change of Control Triggering Event) if the Rating Agency or Rating Agencies ceasing to rate the Notes or making the reduction in rating to which this definition would otherwise apply do not announce or publicly confirm or inform the Trustee in writing at its request that the termination or reduction was the result, in whole or in part, of any event or circumstance comprised of or arising as a result of, or in respect of, the applicable Change of Control (whether or not the applicable Change of Control shall have occurred at the time of the Below Investment Grade Rating Event).
          “ Beneficial Owner ” shall mean any Person who is considered a beneficial owner of a security for purposes of Rule 13d-3 promulgated of the Exchange Act.
          “ Bridge Loan ” means the proposed bridge financing to be used to finance the Acquisition incurred on or prior to the date of the Acquisition.
          “ Capital Stock ” of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of such Person and all warrants or options to acquire such capital stock.
          “ Change of Control Offer ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(1).
          “ Change of Control Payment ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(1).
           “Change of Control Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 6.3(2)(iii).
          “ Change of Control Triggering Event ” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Below Investment Grade Rating Event.
          “ Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (1) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any Person or Group other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries; (2) the approval

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by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock of any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company (whether or not otherwise in compliance with the provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture); (3) the consummation of any transaction (including any merger or consolidation) the result of which is that any Person or Group becomes the Beneficial Owner directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the then outstanding number of shares of the Company’s Voting Stock; (4) the Company consolidates with or merges with or into any Person, or any Person consolidates with, or mergers with or into, the Company, pursuant to a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property (except when Voting Stock of the Company is converted into, or exchanged for, at least a majority of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person immediately after giving effect to the transaction); or (5) the first day on which a majority of the members of the Company’s Board of Directors are not Continuing Directors.
          “ Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
          “ Code ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(2).
          “ Common Stock ” shall mean shares of the Company’s Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share, as they exist on the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which the Common Stock shall be reclassified or changed.
          “ Comparable Treasury Issue ” means the United States Treasury security or securities selected by an Independent Investment Banker as having an actual or interpolated maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes being redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of a comparable maturity to the remaining term of such Notes.
          “ Comparable Treasury Price ” means with respect to any Redemption Date: (i) the average of three Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (ii) if the Trustee obtains fewer than four Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, the average of all Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for the Redemption Date so obtained.
          “ Consolidated Net Worth ” means, at any date, the sum of all amounts which would be included under stockholders’ equity on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP on such date or, in the event such date is not a fiscal quarter end, as of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter end.
          “ Continuing Directors ” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the Company’s Board of Directors who (1) was a member of the Board of Directors on the date of the issuance of the Initial Notes; or (2) was nominated for

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election or elected to the Board of Directors with the approval of at least a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of the Board of Directors at the time of such nomination or election (either by a specific vote or by approval of the Company’s proxy statement in which such member was named as a nominee for election as a director, without objection to such nomination).
          “ Covenant Defeasance ” has the meaning set forth in the Indenture except that the covenants included in such definition shall include Articles VI, VII, VIII and IX of this Third Supplemental Indenture and Article Fifteen of the Indenture.
          “ Default ” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
          “ Domestic Subsidiary ” means a Subsidiary organized under the laws of a jurisdiction located in the United States of America, or any state thereof or the District of Columbia.
          “ DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company, a New York corporation.
          “ Effective Date ” means the closing date of the Acquisition.
          “ Environmental Laws ” means any and all current or future legally-binding statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, permits, licenses, authorizations, plans, directives, consent orders or consent decrees of or from any federal, state or local governmental authority, agency or court, or any other binding requirements of governmental authorities relating to (i) the protection of the environment, (ii) any activity, event or occurrence involving hazardous materials, or (iii) occupational safety and health, industrial hygiene, land use or, as relating to the environment, the protection of human, plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or facilities.
          “ ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.
          “ Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
          “ Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1.
          “ Existing Credit Facility ” means that certain Credit Agreement dated as of October 14, 2005 among the Company and the lenders and agents from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented, replaced, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time.
          “ Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary other than a Domestic Subsidiary.

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          “ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect on the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Group ” means any group of related Persons for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act.
          “ Guarantee ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
          “ Guarantor ” means (1) certain of the Company’s Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, named on the signature pages hereto, (2) upon the closing of the Acquisition, the Target Companies and (3) in the future, certain Subsidiaries that become Guarantors pursuant to Section 6.4, but in each case excluding Persons who cease to be obligated under the Guarantee in accordance with the Third Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Hazardous Materials ” means (i) any chemical, material or substance defined as or included in any environmental law in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “acutely hazardous waste,” “radioactive waste,” “biohazardous waste,” “pollutant,” “toxic pollutant,” “contaminant,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “infectious waste,” “toxic substances,” or any other term or expression intended to define, list or classify substances by reason of properties harmful to health, safety or the indoor or outdoor environment (including harmful properties such as ignitability, corrosivity, reactivity, carcinogenicity, toxicity, reproductive toxicity, “TCLP toxicity” or “EP toxicity” or words of similar import under any applicable Environmental Laws); (ii) any oil, petroleum, petroleum fraction or petroleum derived substance; (iii) any drilling fluids, produced waters and other wastes associated with the exploration, development or production of crude oil, natural gas or geothermal resources; (iv) any flammable substances or explosives; (v) any radioactive materials; (vi) any friable asbestos-containing materials; (vii) urea formaldehyde foam insulation; (viii) electrical equipment which contains any oil or dielectric fluid containing polychlorinated biphenyls; (ix) pesticide; and (x) any other chemical, material or substance, exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any governmental authority pursuant to Environmental Laws.
          “ Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person, at a particular time, all items of such Person which constitute, without duplication, (a) indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) or the deferred purchase price of Property (other than accounts payable, deferred compensation, customer advances, earn-outs, agreements providing for the holdback of up to 10% of the purchase price relating to an acquisition and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business), (b) indebtedness evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) obligations with respect to any conditional sale or other title retention agreement (excluding operating leases), (d) indebtedness arising under acceptance facilities and the amount available to be drawn under all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication,

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all drafts drawn thereunder to the extent such Person shall not have reimbursed the issuer in respect of the issuer’s payment of such drafts, (e) all liabilities secured by any Lien (other than carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, repairmen’s or other like non-consensual Liens arising in the ordinary course of business) on any Property owned by such Person even though such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof; provided that in the event such Person shall not have assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof, the amount of such liabilities shall be deemed to be the lesser of (i) the fair market value of the assets of such Person subject to such Lien and (ii) the amount of the liability secured by such Lien, (f) that portion of any obligation of such Person, as lessee, which in accordance with GAAP is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person, (g) Securitized Indebtedness, and (h) all guarantees by such Person of any of the foregoing; provided , however , that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for purposes of this definition, “Indebtedness” shall not include any intercompany indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Subsidiaries.
          “ Independent Investment Banker ” means one of the Reference Treasury Dealers appointed by the Trustee after consultation with the Company.
          “ Initial Notes ” means Notes in an aggregate principal amount of up to $500,000,000 initially issued under this Third Supplemental Indenture in accordance with Section 1.1(2).
          “ Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(2).
          “ Investment Grade Rating ” means a rating of Baa3 (or better) by Moody’s (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of Moody’s) and a rating of BBB- (or better) by S&P (or its equivalent under any successor rating category of S&P), respectively, and the equivalent investment grade credit rating from any replacement Rating Agency or Rating Agencies selected by the Company under the circumstances permitting the Company to select a replacement agency and in the manner for selecting a replacement agency, in each case as set forth in the definition of “Rating Agency.”
          “ Liens ” means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any agreement to give any security interest) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing.
          “ Margin Stock ” means any “margin stock”, as said term is defined in Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America (or any successor), as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
          “ Maturity Date ” means June 15, 2019.
          “ Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and its successors.

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          “ NextRx, Inc. ” means NextRx, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
          “ NextRx LLC ” means NextRx, LLC, an Ohio limited liability company.
          “ NextRx Services, Inc. ” means NextRx Services, Inc., a New York corporation.
          “ NextRx Sub ” means each of NextRx Sub I, NextRx Sub II and NextRx Sub III
          “ NextRx Sub I ” means NextRx Sub I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          “ NextRx Sub II ” means NextRx Sub II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          “ NextRx Sub III ” means NextRx Sub III, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
          “ Note Interest Rate ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.2(1).
          “ Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.1(4).
          “ Notice of Default ” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 4.1(4).
          “ Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1.
          “ Permitted Sale Lease-Back Transactions ” means sales or transfers by the Company or any Subsidiary of any real property, improvements, fixtures, machinery and/or equipment with the intention of taking back a lease thereof; provided , however , that “Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions” shall not include such transactions involving machinery and/or equipment (excluding any lease for a temporary period of not more than thirty-six months with the intent that the use of the subject machinery and/or equipment will be discontinued at or before the expiration of such period) relating to facilities (a) in full operation for more than 180 days as of the date hereof and (b) that are material to the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, to the extent that the sum of the aggregate sale price of such machinery and/or equipment from time to time involved in such transactions (giving effect to payment in full under any such transaction and excluding the Applied Amounts plus the amount of obligations and Indebtedness from time to time secured by Liens permitted under Section 6.1(21) herein, exceeds 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth.
          “ Person ” includes any individual, corporation, partnership, limited partnership, general partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, business trust, association, joint stock company, joint venture, trust, trust company, bank, association, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal

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entities, incorporated or unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
          “ Property ” means, with respect to any Person, all types of real, personal or mixed property and all types of tangible or intangible property owned or leased by such Person.
          “ Purchase Notice ” means a notice delivered by a Holder in accordance with Section 6.3 in the form set forth in Section 3.3.
          “ Rating Agency ” or “ Rating Agencies ” means each of Moody’s and S&P; provided that if any of Moody’s or S&P ceases to provide rating services to issuers or investors, the Company may appoint another “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act as a replacement for such Rating Agency that is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.
          “ Redemption Date ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Redemption Price ,” when used with respect to any Note to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture.
          “ Reference Treasury Dealer ” means each of Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, and J. P. Morgan Securities Inc. (in each case, or their Affiliates and their respective successors); provided that if any of the aforementioned Reference Treasury Dealers resigns, then the respective successor will be a primary United States government securities dealer in The City of New York selected by the Company.
          “ Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations ” means with respect to each Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Trustee, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue, expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount, quoted in writing to the Trustee by such Reference Treasury Dealer at approximately 3:30 p.m. New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date.
          “ Registrar ” means the Security Registrar for the Notes, which shall initially be Union Bank, N.A., or any successor entity thereof, subject to replacement as set forth in the Indenture.
          “ Regular Record Date ” for interest payable in respect of any Note on any Interest Payment Date means the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day).
          “ Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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          “ S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors.
          “ Securitized Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the reasonably expected liability of such Person for the repayment of, or otherwise relating to, all accounts receivable, general intangibles, chattel paper or other financial assets and related rights and assets sold or otherwise transferred by such Person, or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof, on or prior to such date.
          “ Significant Subsidiary ” means a Restricted Subsidiary that qualifies as a “significant subsidiary” under Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
          “ Special Mandatory Redemption Date ” means the earlier to occur of (1) January 25, 2010 if the Acquisition has not been completed on or prior to January 9, 2010 or (2) the 30th day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter) following the termination of the Acquisition Agreement for any reason.
          “ Special Mandatory Redemption Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(1).
          “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.3.
          “ Stated Maturity ” when used with respect to the Notes or any installment of principal thereof or interest, if any, thereon, means the date specified in such Note as the fixed date on which the principal of the Note or such installment of principal or interest, if any, is due and payable.
          “ Target Companies ” means each of NextRx LLC, NextRx and NextRx Services.
          “ Treasury Rate ” means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per year equal to the semi-annual equivalent yield to maturity or interpolated (on a day count basis) of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date.
          “ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that from time to time is not a Guarantor or required to be a Guarantor.
          “ Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote generally in the election of the board of directors of such Person.
          “ Wholly-Owned Subsidiary ” when used with respect to any Person means (i) any corporation, association or other business entity of which 100% of the shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person (or

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combination thereof) and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company or similar pass-through entity the sole partners, members or persons, however designated in corresponding roles, of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof).
ARTICLE III
Security Forms
          SECTION 3.1. Form Generally.
          (1) The Notes shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 3.2 of this Article III, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules or regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, the Code, or any applicable securities laws, or as may, consistent herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Notes (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval). All Notes shall be in fully registered form.
          (2) Purchase Notices shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 3.3.
          (3) Guarantees shall be in substantially the form set forth in Section 3.4.
          (4) The Notes shall be printed, lithographed, typewritten or engraved or produced by any combination of these methods or may be produced in any other manner permitted by the rules of any automated quotation system or securities exchange (including on steel engraved borders if so required by any securities exchange upon which the Notes may be listed) on which the Notes may be quoted or listed, as the case may be, all as determined by the officers executing such Notes, as evidenced by their execution thereof.
          (5) Upon their original issuance, the Notes shall be issued in the form of one or more Global Securities in definitive, fully registered form without interest coupons. Each such Global Security shall be duly executed by the Company, authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and shall be registered in the name of DTC, as Depositary, or its nominee, and deposited with the Trustee, as custodian for DTC. Beneficial interests in the Global Securities will be shown on, and transfers will only be made through, the records maintained by DTC and its participants, including Clearstream and the Euroclear System.
          SECTION 3.2. Form of Note.
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]

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     [THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL SECURITY:
     THIS NOTE IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF. THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR A NOTE REGISTERED, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE IN WHOLE OR IN PART MAY BE REGISTERED, IN THE NAME OF ANY PERSON OTHER THAN SUCH DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE THEREOF, EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.].
     [THE FOLLOWING LEGEND SHALL APPEAR ON THE FACE OF EACH GLOBAL SECURITY FOR WHICH DTC IS TO BE THE DEPOSITARY:
     UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“ DTC ”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.]
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
7.250% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2019
     
No.                                           Principal Amount (US)$                     
CUSIP NO.                         
          Express Scripts, Inc., a corporation duly organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “ Company ”, which term includes any successor Person under the Third Supplemental Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received, hereby promises to pay to Cede & Co., or registered assigns, the principal sum of                      United States Dollars (U.S.$                      ) on June 15, 2019 and to pay interest thereon, from June 9, 2009, or from the most recent Interest Payment Date to which interest has been paid or duly provided for to but excluding the next Interest Payment Date, which shall be June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing December 15, 2009, at the per annum rate of 7.250%, or as such rate may be adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof, per annum (the “ Note Interest Rate ”), until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment.

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          The interest so payable, and punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date will, as provided in the Third Supplemental Indenture, be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest, which shall be the day that is 15 days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date (whether or not a Business Day). Except as otherwise provided in the Third Supplemental Indenture, any such interest not so punctually paid or duly provided for will forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on such Regular Record Date and may either be paid to the Person in whose name this Note is registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest to be fixed by the Trustee, notice of which shall be given to Holders of Notes not less than 10 days prior to the Special Record Date, or be paid at any time in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any automated quotation system or securities exchange on which the Notes may be quoted or listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, all as more fully provided in the Third Supplemental Indenture. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.
          Payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on this Note will be made at the corporate trust office of the Trustee at 551 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10022, in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts. With respect to Global Securities, the Company will make such payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to DTC, or its nominee, as registered owner of the Global Securities. With respect to certificated Notes, the Company will make such payments by wire transfer of immediately available funds to a United States Dollar account maintained in St Louis, Missouri or New York, New York to each Holder of an aggregate principal amount of Notes in excess of U.S. $5,000,000 that has furnished wire instructions in writing to the Trustee no later than 15 days prior to the relevant payment date. If a Holder of a certificated Note (i) does not furnish such wire instructions as provided in the preceding sentence or (ii) holds $5,000,000 or less aggregate principal amount of Notes, the Company will make such payments by mailing a check to such Holder’s registered address.
          Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as if set forth at this place.
          Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee referred to on the reverse hereof by manual signature, this Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.
          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be duly executed.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.

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  By:    
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
  Title:    
Attest:
         
By:
       
Name:
 
 
   
Title:
       
CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
This is one of the Securities of the series designated referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.
Dated:
UNION BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
         
By:
       
 
 
 
Authorized Signatory
   
[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
          1.  Indenture . This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of securities of the Company designated as its “7.250% Senior Notes due 2019” (herein called the “ Notes ”), issued under a Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009, to an indenture, dated as of June 9, 2009 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Indenture ” and herein with the Third Supplemental Indenture, collectively, the “ Indenture ”), between the Company, the Guarantors and Union Bank, N.A., as Trustee (herein called the “ Trustee ,” which term includes any successor trustee under the Indenture), to which reference is hereby made for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and immunities thereunder of the Company, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes and of the terms upon which the Notes are, and are to be, authenticated and delivered. The aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes Outstanding at any time may not exceed $500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount, except for, or in lieu of, other Notes of the Series pursuant to Sections 304, 305, 306, 906 or 1107 of the Indenture and except for any Notes which, pursuant to Section 303 of the Indenture, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered. The Third Supplemental Indenture pursuant to which this Note is issued provides that Additional Notes may be issued thereunder, if certain conditions are met.

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          All terms used in this Note which are defined in the Indenture shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture. In the event of a conflict or inconsistency between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern.
          2.  Optional Redemption . At any time prior to Maturity, the Company may at its option redeem all or a part of the Notes upon not more than 60 nor less than 30 days prior notice, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of any Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus, unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
          3.  Mandatory Redemption . Except as provided in Sections 4 and 5 below, the Company is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.
          4.  Special Mandatory Redemption . If for any reason (i) the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to January 9, 2010 or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior thereto, then the Company will redeem all the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a redemption price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of initial issuance to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).
          5.  Change of Control Triggering Event . In the event of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Holders may require the Company to purchase for cash all or a portion of their Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.3 of the Third Supplemental Indenture.
          6.  Global Security . If this Note is a Global Security, then, in the event of a deposit or withdrawal of an interest in this Note, including an exchange, transfer, redemption, repurchase or conversion of this Note in part only, the Trustee, as custodian of the Depositary, shall make an adjustment on its records to reflect such deposit or withdrawal in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.
          7.  Defaults and Remedies . If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of all the Notes, together with any unpaid premium and accrued interest to the date of declaration, may be declared due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided in the Third Supplemental Indenture. Upon payment (i) of the amount of principal so declared due and payable, together with any unpaid premium and accrued interest to the date of declaration, and (ii) of interest on any overdue principal

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and, to the extent permitted by applicable law, overdue interest, all of the Company’s obligations in respect of the payment of the principal of and interest on the Notes shall terminate.
          As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder of this Note shall not have the right to institute any proceeding with respect to the Indenture or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee or for any other remedy thereunder, unless such Holder shall have previously given the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default, and, among other things, the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default as Trustee. The foregoing shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Holder of this Note for the enforcement of any payment of principal or premium hereof or interest hereon, on or after the respective due dates expressed herein.
          8.  Amendment, Supplement and Waiver . The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holders of the Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company and the Trustee with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the Holders of specified percentages in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences. Any such consent or waiver by the Holder of this Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders of this Note and of any Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange herefor or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Note or such other Note. Certain modifications or amendments to the Indenture require the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Note affected.
          No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair (without the consent of the Holder hereof) the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of, premium, if any and interest on this Note at the times, places and rate, and in the coin or currency, herein prescribed.
          9.  Registration and Transfer . As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, the transfer of this Note is registrable on the Security Register upon surrender of this Note for registration of transfer at such office or agency of the Company as may be designated by it for such purpose in St. Louis, Missouri, or at such other offices or agencies as the Company may designate, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his attorney duly authorized in writing, and thereupon one or more new Notes, of authorized denominations and for the same aggregate principal amount, will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees by the Registrar. As provided in the Indenture and subject to certain limitations therein set forth, Notes are exchangeable for a like aggregate principal amount

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of Notes of any authorized denominations as requested by the Holder surrendering the same upon surrender of the Note or Notes to be exchanged, at such office or agency of the Company. The Trustee upon such surrender by the Holder will issue the new Notes in the requested denominations. No service charge shall be made for any such registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge payable in connection therewith.
          Prior to due presentment of this Note for registration of transfer, the Company, the Trustee, any Paying Agent and any agent of the Company, the Trustee or any Paying Agent may treat the Person in whose name such Note is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, whether or not such Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any Paying Agent or other such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
          10.  Guarantee . Payment of this Note is jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Guarantors that have become and continue to be Guarantors pursuant to the Indenture. Guarantors may be released from their obligations under the Indenture and their Guarantees under the circumstances specified under the Indenture.
          11.  Governing Law . THE INDENTURE AND THIS SECURITY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF.
ABBREVIATIONS
          The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM (= tenant in common)
TEN ENT (= tenants by the entireties (Cust))
JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common)
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT (= under Uniform Gifts to Minors Act )
          Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
          SECTION 3.3. Form of Purchase Notice.
PURCHASE NOTICE
          (1) Pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Third Supplemental Indenture, the undersigned hereby elects to have this Note repurchased by the Company.
          (2) The undersigned hereby directs the Trustee or the Company to pay it or                      an amount in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount to be

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repurchased (as set forth below), plus interest accrued to, but excluding, the Change of Control Payment Date, as applicable, as provided in the Third Supplemental Indenture.
     
Dated:
   
 
   
 
   
 
   
 
Signature(s)
   
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an
Eligible Guarantor Institution with
membership in an approved signature
guarantee program pursuant to
Rule 17Ad-15 under the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.
     
 
Signature Guaranteed
   
Principal amount to be repurchased (at least
U.S.$2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000
in excess thereof):                     
Remaining aggregate principal amount
following such repurchase (not less than
U.S.$2,000):                     
NOTICE: The signature to the foregoing election must correspond to the name as written upon the face of this Note in every particular, without alteration or any change whatsoever.
          SECTION 3.4. Form of Guarantee.
          The form of Guarantee shall be set forth on the Notes substantially as follows:
          For value received, each of the Guarantors (which term includes any successor Person under the Third Supplemental Indenture) has jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guaranteed, to the extent set forth in the Third Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture, among the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee and subject to the provisions in the Third Supplemental Indenture, (a) the due and punctual payment in full when due of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes and all other amounts due and payable under the Indenture, Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes by the Company and (b) in case of any extension of time of

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payment or renewal of any Obligations (with or without notice to the Guarantor), that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders of Notes and to the Trustee pursuant to the Guarantee and the Third Supplemental Indenture are expressly set forth in Article IX of the Third Supplemental Indenture and reference is hereby made to the Third Supplemental Indenture for the precise terms of the Guarantee, including provisions for the release thereof. Each Holder of a Note, by accepting the same, (a) agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions and (b) appoints the Trustee attorney-in-fact of such Holder for the purpose of such provisions.
             
    [NAME OF GUARANTOR(S)]    
 
           
 
  By:        
 
  Name:  
 
   
 
  Title:  
 
]  
 
     
 
   
ARTICLE IV
Remedies
          SECTION 4.1. Events of Default.
          Section 501 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          “ Event of Default ,” wherever used herein with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
     (1) default in the payment of any interest upon any Note when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 calendar days;
     (2) default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, on, any Note at its Maturity or when otherwise due;
     (3) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there may be issued or by which there may be secured or evidenced any Indebtedness (or the payment of which is guaranteed by any Restricted Subsidiary), if that default is caused by a failure to pay principal at its Stated Maturity after giving effect to any applicable grace period, or results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its stated maturity and, in each case, the principal amount of any such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other Indebtedness under which there has been a payment default after stated maturity or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregates $100,000,000 or more;

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     (4) default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant, agreement or warranty of the Company in this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture as supplemented or amended and continuance of such default for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a written notice specifying such default and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “ Notice of Default ” hereunder;
     (5) the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of its Guarantors of an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Company or any of its Guarantors a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Company or any of the Guarantors under any applicable Federal or State law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of the Guarantors or of any substantial part of the property of either, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of its affairs;
     (6) the commencement by the Company or any of the Guarantors of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by either to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Company or any of the Guarantors in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable Federal or State bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against either, or the filing by either of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or similar relief under any applicable Federal or State law, or the consent by either to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any of the Guarantors or of any substantial part of the property of either, or the making by either of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by either in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Company or any of the Guarantors in furtherance of any such action;
     (7) a Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect or is declared to be null and void and unenforceable or the Guarantee is found to be invalid or a Guarantor denies its liability under its Guarantee (other than by reason of release of the Guarantor in accordance with the terms hereof); or
     (8) the Company fails to timely deliver a required Special Mandatory Redemption Notice pursuant to Section 5.4 of this Third Supplemental Indenture.

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          SECTION 4.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.
          Section 502 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          (1) If an Event of Default occurs and continues (other than an Event of Default specified in Sections 4.1(5) or 4.1(6)), then in each such case the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may require the Company to repay immediately the principal of, and any unpaid premium if any, and interest on, all the Notes. The holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may rescind and annul that acceleration if all Events of Default with respect to the Notes, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal, have been cured or waived as provided in the Indenture. An Event of Default arising pursuant to Sections 4.1(5) or 4.1(6) shall cause the principal of, and any unpaid premium and interest on, all Notes to become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act by the Trustee, the Holders of the Notes or any other party.
          (2) Other than its duties in the case of a default, the Trustee is not obligated to exercise any of its rights or powers under this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder of the Notes, unless the Holders offer reasonable indemnity to the Trustee. If the Holders offer reasonable indemnity to the Trustee, then the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes will have the right, subject to some limitations, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes.
          No Holder of any Note shall have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or for any remedy under this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture unless:
     (i) the Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Notes;
     (ii) the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes have made a written request, and offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee to institute a proceeding as Trustee;
     (iii) the Trustee has failed to institute the requested proceeding within 60 calendar days after receipt of such notice; and
     (iv) the Trustee has not received from the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Notes a direction inconsistent with the request during that 60-day period.
          (3) The Holder of any Note will have the absolute and unconditional right to receive payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, that Note as expressed therein, and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment.

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          (4) The Company is required to furnish to the Trustee annually within 120 days after the end of its fiscal year a statement as to the absence of any Event of Default under this Third Supplemental Indenture. Within 30 days after the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Trustee shall give notice of such Event of Default or of any event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, known to it, to the Holders of the Notes, except that, in the case of a default other than a payment default, the Trustee may withhold notice if the Trustee determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders.
ARTICLE V
Redemption of Securities
          SECTION 5.1. Optional Redemption.
          (1) The Company may, at its option, redeem the Notes, in whole or from time to time in part, prior to the Maturity Date at a Redemption Price equal to the greater of: (i) 100% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes to the Redemption Date; or (ii) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal of and interest on the Notes to be redeemed (exclusive of unpaid interest accrued thereon to the Redemption Date) discounted to the Redemption Date on a semi-annual basis (assuming a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, plus, unpaid interest on the Notes to be redeemed, accrued to the Redemption Date.
          (2) In the case of any optional redemption of the Notes, interest installments whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Notes at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Date. Notes (or portions thereof) for whose redemption provision is made in accordance with this Third Supplemental Indenture shall cease to bear interest from and after the Redemption Date.
          SECTION 5.2. Optional Redemption Procedures.
          (1) The election of the Company to redeem any Notes shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company of less than all the Notes, the Company shall, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice shall be acceptable to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed.
          (2) If less than all the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 5.1, the particular Notes to be redeemed shall be selected, not more than 90 days prior to the Redemption Date, by the Trustee from among the Outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions (equal to the minimum authorized denomination for the Notes or any integral multiple thereof) of the principal

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amount of the Notes of a denomination larger than the minimum authorized denomination for the Notes.
          The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption, the aggregate principal amount thereof to be redeemed.
          For all purposes of this Third Supplemental Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Notes shall relate, in the case of any Notes redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Notes which has been or is to be redeemed.
          (3) Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 5.2 shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s address as shown in the Security Register for the affected Notes. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Notes designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Notes or portion thereof.
          All notices of redemption shall state:
     (i) the Redemption Date;
     (ii) the Redemption Price;
     (iii) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed;
     (iv) if less than all of the Outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption, the portions of the principal amounts) of the particular Notes to be redeemed;
     (v) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note to be redeemed and that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;
     (vi) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
     (vii) the CUSIP numbers of such Notes, if any (or any other numbers used by the Depositary to identify such Notes); and
     (viii) if notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed has been given by the Company and funds sufficient to pay the Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all Notes to be redeemed on the Redemption Date are irrevocably available for the redemption of the Notes called for redemption on the Redemption Date, that the Notes called for redemption shall cease to bear

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interest on and after such Redemption Date and that the only remaining right of the Holders will be to receive payment of the Redemption Price.
          Notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed shall be given by the Company or, on Company Request, by the Trustee at the expense of the Company.
          (4) On or before 11:00 a.m., New York time, on any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 1003 of the Indenture) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all the Notes which are to be redeemed on that date.
          (5) Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price; provided , however , that installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms.
          If any Note called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal thereof shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Note.
          (6) Any Note which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at an office or agency in accordance with the notice of redemption (with, if the Company or the Trustee shall so require, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or other appropriate person), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes of any authorized denominations as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Note so surrendered.
          SECTION 5.3. Special Mandatory Redemption.
          If for any reason (i) the Acquisition is not consummated on or prior to January 9, 2010 or (ii) the Acquisition Agreement is terminated at any time prior to thereto, then the Company will redeem all the Notes on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest from the date of original issuance to but excluding the Special Mandatory Redemption Date (the “ Special Mandatory Redemption Price ”) (subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

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          SECTION 5.4. Special Mandatory Redemption Procedures.
          (1) Notice of redemption pursuant to this Section 5.4 (a “ Special Mandatory Redemption Notice ”) shall be mailed, with a written copy to the Trustee, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed within five Business Days after the occurrence of the event triggering redemption to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s address as shown in the Security Register. Failure to give notice by mailing in the manner herein provided to the Holder of any Notes designated for redemption as a whole or in part, or any defect in the notice to any such Holder, shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Notes or portion thereof.
          All notices of redemption shall state:
     (i) the Special Mandatory Redemption Date;
     (ii) the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
     (iii) that on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date the Special Mandatory Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Note to be redeemed;
     (iv) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Special Mandatory Redemption Price;
     (v) the CUSIP numbers of such Notes, if any (or any other numbers used by the Depositary to identify such Notes); and
     (vi) if funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, that the Notes shall cease to bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date.
          (2) Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Notes so to be redeemed shall, on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price therein specified. If funds sufficient to pay the Special Mandatory Redemption Price (including any accrued and unpaid interest) of all Notes to be redeemed on the Special Mandatory Redemption Date are deposited with the Trustee or a Paying Agent on or before such Special Mandatory Redemption Date, the Notes shall cease to bear interest on and after such Special Mandatory Redemption Date. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Special Mandatory Redemption Price; provided , however , that installments of interest whose Interest Payment Date is on or prior to the Special Mandatory Redemption Date shall be payable to the Holders of such Notes registered as such at the close of business on the relevant Regular Record Dates according to their terms.

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ARTICLE VI
Particular Covenants
          SECTION 6.1. Liens.
          The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or assume, except in the Company’s favor or in favor of one or more of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries, any Lien against or on any Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to do so, unless the Outstanding Notes are secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured by such Lien, except that the foregoing restrictions do not apply to the following types of Liens:
     (1) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security obligations (which phrase shall not be construed to refer to ERISA or the minimum funding obligations under Section 412 of the Code);
     (2) Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, letters of credit, contracts (other than contracts for the payment of Indebtedness), leases, statutory obligations, surety, customs, appeal, performance and payment bonds and other obligations of like nature, in each such case arising in the ordinary course of business;
     (3) mechanics’, workmen’s, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, landlords’, or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate action;
     (4) Liens for taxes, assessments, fees or governmental charges or levies that are not delinquent or which are payable without penalty, or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate action, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (5) Liens consisting of attachments, judgments or awards against the Company or any Subsidiary with respect to which an appeal or proceeding for review shall be pending or a stay of execution shall have been obtained, or which are otherwise being contested in good faith and by appropriate action, and in respect of which adequate reserves shall have been established in accordance with GAAP on the books of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (6) easements, rights of way, restrictions, leases of Property to others, easements for installations of public utilities, title imperfections and restrictions, zoning ordinances and other similar encumbrances affecting Property which in the aggregate do not materially adversely affect the value of such Property or

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materially impair its use for the operations of the business of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (7) Liens existing on the date of the Indenture and securing Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (8) statutory Liens in favor of lessors arising in connection with Property leased to the Company or any Subsidiary;
     (9) Liens on Margin Stock to the extent that a prohibition on such Liens pursuant to this Section 6.1 would violate Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to time;
     (10) purchase money Liens on Property hereafter acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary created within 180 days of such acquisition (or in the case of real property, completion of construction including any improvements or the commencement of operation of the Property, whichever occurs later) to secure or provide for the payment or financing of all or any part of the purchase price thereof; provided that the Lien secured thereby shall attach only to the Property so acquired and related assets (except that individual financings by one Person (or an Affiliate thereof) may be cross-collateralized to other financings provided by such Person and its Affiliates that are independently permitted by this clause (10));
     (11) Liens in respect of Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions;
     (12) Liens on the Property of a Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the date hereof; provided that (i) such Liens existed at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and were not created in anticipation thereof, (ii) any such Lien does not by its terms cover any Property after the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary that was not covered immediately prior thereto and (iii) any such Lien does not by its terms secure any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness existing immediately prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that such Indebtedness was not incurred in anticipation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary;
     (13) Liens on Property and proceeds thereof existing at the time of acquisition thereof and not created in contemplation thereof;
     (14) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 of the Uniform Commercial Code on the items in the course of collection, and (ii) in favor of a banking institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;
     (15) Liens securing Securitized Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not in excess of $750,000,000 at any one time outstanding upon the granting of such Liens;

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     (16) any extension, renewal, refinancing, substitution or replacement (or successive extensions, renewals, refinancings, substitutions or replacements), as a whole or in part, of any of the Liens referred to in paragraphs (7), (10), (12) and (13) of this Section; provided that such extension, renewal, refinancing substitution or replacement Lien shall be limited to all or any part of substantially the same property or assets that secured the Lien extended, renewed, refinanced, substituted or replaced (plus improvements on such Property) and the liability secured by such Lien at such time is not increased;
     (17) Liens on proceeds of any of the assets permitted to be the subject of any Lien or assignment permitted by this Section 6.1;
     (18) Liens imposed in respect of Environmental Laws;
     (19) Licenses of patents, trademarks and other intellectual property rights granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any material respect with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company or such Subsidiary;
     (20) Liens securing obligations (other than obligations representing Indebtedness for borrowed money) under operating, reciprocal easement or similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries; and
     (21) other Liens; provided that, without duplication, the aggregate sum of all obligations and Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted under this clause (21), together with all Property subject to Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions would not exceed 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth, measured upon granting of such Liens based on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet for the end of the then most recent quarter for which financial statements are available.
          SECTION 6.2. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.
          The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to engage in sale and leaseback transactions except for Permitted Sale-Leaseback Transactions.
          SECTION 6.3. Right to Require Repurchase Upon a Change of Control Triggering Event.
          (1) Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control Triggering Event, each Holder of Notes shall have the right to require, by delivery to the Company of a Purchase Notice, the Company to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “ Change of Control Offer ”) on the terms set forth in the Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes repurchased, to the date of purchase

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(subject to the right of Holders on the relevant Regular Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) (the “ Change of Control Payment ”).
          (2) Within 30 days following any Change of Control Triggering Event, or at our option, prior to any Change of Control but after the public announcement of the pending Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to Holders of Notes, with a written copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. Such notice shall state:
     (i) a description of the transaction or transactions that constitute the Change of Control Triggering Event;
     (ii) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 6.3 and that all Notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment;
     (iii) the Change of Control Payment and the Change of Control Payment Date, which date shall be a Business Day that is no earlier than 30 days and no later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “ Change of Control Payment Date ”); and
     (iv) if the notice is mailed prior to the date of the consummation of the Change of Control, the notice will state that the Change of Control Offer is conditioned on the Change of Control Triggering Event occurring on or prior to the Change of Control Payment Date.
          (3) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Company shall be required, to the extent lawful, to:
     (i) accept for payment all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;
     (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount equal to the Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and
     (iii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Third Supplemental Indenture to the Change of Control Offer and to the repurchase by the Company of Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer have been complied with.
The Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the Change of Control Payment for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) to each Holder of Notes properly tendered a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of any Notes surrendered; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000.

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          (4) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes as a result of a Change of Control Triggering Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 6.3, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 6.3 by virtue of such conflicts.
          (5) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company will not be required to make an offer to repurchase the Notes upon a Change of Control Triggering Event if (i) a third party makes such an offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements for an offer made by the Company and such third party purchases all the Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under its offer or (ii) the Company has given written notice of a redemption as provided under Section 5.2 unless the Company has failed to pay the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date.
          SECTION 6.4. Additional Guarantors.
          (1) Upon the closing of the Acquisition, the Target Companies shall merge into each of NextRx Sub I, NextRx Sub II and NextRx Sub III and shall become successor guarantors to the NextRx Subs by executing a supplemental indenture and delivering it to the Trustee. If, after the date of the Indenture, any Subsidiary of the Company that is not then a Guarantor guarantees, becomes a borrower or guarantor under, or grants any Lien to secure any obligations pursuant to, the Existing Credit Facility or the Bridge Loan, any refinancing or replacement thereof or any other Indebtedness having an aggregate principal amount outstanding in excess of 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth as of the end of the Company’s most recent quarter for which financial statements are available (such Consolidated Net Worth to be measured at the time of the incurrence of each such guarantee or borrowing or the granting of such Lien), then in any such case such Subsidiary will become a Guarantor by executing a supplemental indenture and delivering it to the Trustee promptly (but in any event, within two Business Days of the date on which it guaranteed or incurred such Indebtedness or granted such Lien, as the case may be).
          (2) Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, any Guarantee by a Guarantor that was issued pursuant to this Section 6.4 solely as a result of its guarantee or incurrence of, or granting of a Lien in respect of, any such Indebtedness shall be automatically and unconditionally released upon the release or discharge of the guarantee that resulted in the creation of such Subsidiary’s Guarantee (or upon such Subsidiary ceasing to be a borrower or the release of Liens granted by such Subsidiary, as the case may be), except a discharge or release as a result of payment under such guarantee, or of the refinancing or replacement of any such Indebtedness that is guaranteed or incurred by such Guarantor.

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ARTICLE VII
Supplemental Indentures
          SECTION 7.1. Supplemental Indentures without Consent of Holders of Notes.
          Section 901 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          Without seeking the consent of any Holders, the Company, together with the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may modify and amend the Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Notes to:
     (1) allow the Company’s or any Guarantor’s successor (or successive successors) to assume the Company’s or such Guarantor’s obligations under the Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes pursuant to the provisions under Article VIII or Section 9.15;
     (2) add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company under this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes;
     (3) add any additional Events of Default;
     (4) secure the Notes;
     (5) provide for a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes and add or change any of the provisions of the Indenture or the Third Supplemental Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts thereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 611 of the Indenture;
     (6) add or release a Guarantor as required or permitted by this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture;
     (7) cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
     (8) modify the legends regarding restrictions on transferability on the Notes, which modifications may not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes or owners of beneficial interests in the Notes; or
     (9) make any other amendment or supplement to this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, as long as that amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes in any material respect (to be evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel).
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Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes to the Description of the Notes contained in the Company’s prospectus supplement dated June 4, 2009, to the extent that such provision in the Description of the Notes was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, shall be deemed to adversely affect the interests of the Holders of any Notes.
          SECTION 7.2. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders of Notes.
          Section 902 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          The Company, together with the Trustee, may modify and amend the Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture and the terms of the Notes, but with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes; provided that no modification or amendment may, without the consent of each affected Holder of the Notes:
     (1) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;
     (2) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any installment of interest on, any Note;
     (3) reduce the principal of, or any premium if any, or rate of interest on, any Note;
     (4) reduce any amount payable upon the redemption of any Note or, except as expressly provided elsewhere herein, change the time at which any Note may be redeemed pursuant to Article V;
     (5) change any place of payment where, or the currency in which, any principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Note is payable;
     (6) impair the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of and interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on, or with respect to, any Note on or after the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date;
     (7) reduce the percentage in principal amount of Outstanding Notes the consent of whose Holders is required for modification or amendment of the Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture or waiver of certain defaults;
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     (9) modify any of the above provisions.
          The Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, waive any past default under the Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture and its consequences, except a default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, any Notes or in respect of a covenant or provision that under the Indenture or this Third Supplemental Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder. In addition, the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Notes may, on behalf of the Holders of all Notes waive compliance with the Company’s covenants described under Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of this Third Supplemental Indenture. Section 6.3 hereof may not be waived or modified without the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of Notes and Sections 5.3 and 5.4 hereof may not be waived or modified without the written consent of Holders of at least 90% in principal amount of Notes.
ARTICLE VIII
Consolidation, Merger, Conveyance, Transfer or Lease
          SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms.
          Section 801 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          The Company shall not in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person, permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge with and into the Company or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any other Person, unless:
     (1) the Company is the surviving entity, or the Person formed by such consolidation or merger or the Person to which all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company are conveyed, transferred or leased, as the case may be, shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and any premium and interest on the Outstanding Notes and the performance and observance of every covenant of this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture on the part of the Company to be performed or observed;
     (2) immediately after giving effect to any such transaction and treating any Indebtedness that becomes an obligation of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company as a result of such transaction as having been incurred by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company at the time of such transaction, there shall not be any Event of Default or event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default;

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     (3) if, as a result of any such transaction, the properties or assets of the Company would become subject to a Lien which would not be permitted under Section 6.1 of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Company or such successor Person, as the case may be, shall take those steps that are necessary to secure all the Outstanding Notes equally and ratably with Indebtedness secured by that Lien; and
     (4) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or transfer and supplemental indenture, if applicable, comply with this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture and that all conditions precedent to the consummation of the particular consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease under this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture have been complied with.
          SECTION 8.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.
          Section 802 shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          Upon any consolidation or merger by the Company with or into any other Person or any conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to any other Person in accordance with Section 8.1, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger or to which such conveyance, transfer or lease is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person has been named as the Company herein, and thereafter, except in the case of a lease to another Person, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (to the extent the Company was the predecessor Person).
ARTICLE IX
Guarantors
          Article 15 of the Indenture shall not be applicable to the Notes.
          SECTION 9.1. Guarantee.
          (1) For value received, each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally and fully and unconditionally guarantees (each a “ Guarantee ”), 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 Third Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes or the obligations of the Company or any other Guarantor to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, that: (a) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes will be duly and promptly paid in full when due, whether at Stated Maturity, upon redemption, by acceleration or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal and (to the extent permitted by law) interest, if any, on the Notes and all other obligations of the Company or the Guarantor to the Holders of or

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the Trustee hereunder or thereunder (including fees, expenses or others) (collectively, the “ Obligations ”) will 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 Obligations (with or without notice to such Guarantor), the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. If the Company shall fail to pay when due, or to perform, any Obligations, for whatever reason, each Guarantor shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay in cash, or to perform or cause the performance of, the same promptly. An Event of Default under this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Notes shall entitle the Holders of the Notes to accelerate the Obligations of the Guarantor hereunder in the same manner and to the same extent as the Obligations of the Company.
          (2) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes, this Third Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, any release of any other Guarantor, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same, whether or not a Guarantee is affixed to any particular Note, or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Guarantor.
          (3) Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders of the Notes and the Trustee, on the other hand, (a) the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article IV of this Third Supplemental Indenture for the purposes of the Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Obligations, and (b) in the event of any acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article IV of this Third Supplemental Indenture, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantor for the purposes of its Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.2. Waiver.
          To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives diligence, presentment, demand of, payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that the Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of the Obligations contained in the Notes, this Third Supplemental Indenture and Indenture.
          SECTION 9.3. Guarantee of Payment.
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collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes to the security, if any, held for payment of the Obligations.
          SECTION 9.4. No Discharge or Diminishment of Guarantee.
          Subject to Section 9.10 of this Third Supplemental Indenture, the obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, termination, impairment or for any reason (other than the payment in full in cash of the Obligations), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise of any of the Obligations, and shall not be subject to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Notes, any other guarantee or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any provision thereof, by any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations, or by any other act or omission or delay to do any other act that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or that would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the payment in full in cash of all the Obligations).
          SECTION 9.5. Defenses of Company Waived.
          To the extent permitted by applicable law, each of the Guarantors waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Company or any other Guarantor or the unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Company, other than final payment in full in cash of the Obligations. Each of the Guarantors waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of each of the Guarantors against the Company or any security.
          SECTION 9.6. Continued Effectiveness.
          Subject to Section 9.10 of this Third Supplemental Indenture, each of the Guarantors further agrees that its Guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of or interest on any Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or otherwise.
          SECTION 9.7. Subrogation.
          In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right of each of the Guarantors by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Company to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each of the Guarantors hereby promises to and

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will, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee or any Holder of the Notes, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Holders in cash the amount of such unpaid Obligations, and thereupon the Holders shall, assign (except to the extent that such assignment would render a Guarantor a “creditor” of the Company within the meaning of Section 547 of Title 11 of the United States Code as now in effect or hereafter amended or any comparable provision of any successor statute) the amount of the Obligations owed to it and paid by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guarantee to such Guarantor, such assignment to be pro rata to the extent the Obligations in question were discharged by such Guarantor, or make such other disposition thereof as such Guarantor shall direct (all without recourse to the Holders, and without any representation or warranty by the Holders). If (a) a Guarantor shall make payment to the Holders of all or any part of the Obligations and (b) all the Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Third Supplemental Indenture shall be paid in full, the Trustee will, at such Guarantor’s request, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Obligations resulting from such payment by such Guarantor.
          SECTION 9.8. Information.
          Each of the Guarantors assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Company’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that each of the Guarantors assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes will have no duty to advise the Guarantors of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.
          SECTION 9.9. Subordination.
          Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Holders, as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the Company, arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation or otherwise, shall in all respects be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the prior payment in full in cash of all the Obligations to the Trustee; provided , however , that any right of subrogation that such Guarantor may have pursuant to this Third Supplemental Indenture is subject to Section 9.7 hereof.
          SECTION 9.10. Release of Guarantor.
          (1) A Guarantor shall, upon the occurrence of any of the following events, be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Third Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder; provided that such Guarantor would not, immediately after such release and discharge, be required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.4 hereof if such Guarantor had incurred its then-existing guarantees, indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) and Liens at the time of such release and discharge:

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     (i) upon notice by the Company to the Trustee, at any time such Guarantor is not a borrower or guarantor under, and has not granted any then-existing Lien to secure any obligations pursuant to, the Existing Credit Facility as amended, or the Bridge Loan, any refinancing or replacement thereof (including as a result of any release from such obligations in connection with being designated an “exempt subsidiary” by the Company (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)) or any other Indebtedness for borrowed money (including capital leases) having an aggregate principal amount outstanding in excess of 15% of the Company’s Consolidated Net Worth (other than obligations arising under this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes, the 2012 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2012 Notes and the 2014 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2014 Notes) except where resulting from a discharge or release as a result of payment under such guarantee; provided , however , that no Guarantor shall be released under this subsection unless the Guarantor is substantially concurrently released from its guarantees under the 2012 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2012 Notes and the 2014 Notes Supplemental Indenture and the 2014 Notes, or such guarantees have previously been terminated or released;
     (ii) upon the occurrence of the circumstances described in Section 6.4 hereof, of which the Company shall promptly notify the Trustee; or
     (iii) upon the sale, transfer or disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests or assets of the Guarantor to another Person (other than to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates).
          (2) A Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged from all obligations under this Third Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee without any action required on the part of the Trustee or any Holder upon any Covenant Defeasance or Defeasance with respect to the Notes, subject to reinstatement pursuant to Section 1306 of the Indenture.
          (3) The Trustee shall deliver an appropriate instrument evidencing such release upon receipt of a request of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate certifying as to the compliance with this Section. Any Guarantor not so released will remain liable for the full amount of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes provided in this Third Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.11. Limitation of Guarantor’s Liability.
          (1) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance hereof each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee by such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Title 11 of the United States Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantor. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and such Guarantor hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of such Guarantor under this Third Supplemental Indenture and its Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum aggregate amount which, after giving

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effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor, and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of, any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Third Supplemental Indenture, will result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting such fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
          (2) The Guarantee is expressly limited so that in no event, including the acceleration of the maturity of the Securities, shall the amount paid or agreed to be paid in respect of interest on the Securities (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) exceed the maximum permissible amount under applicable law, as in effect on the date hereof and as subsequently amended or modified to allow a greater amount of interest (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) to be paid under the Guarantee. If for any reason the amount in respect of interest (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) required by the Guarantee exceeds such maximum permissible amount, the obligation to pay interest under the Guarantee (or fees or other amounts deemed payment for the use of funds) shall be automatically reduced to such maximum permissible amount and any amounts collected by any holder of any Security in excess of the permissible amount shall be automatically applied to reduce the outstanding principal on such Security.
          SECTION 9.12. Contribution from Other Guarantors.
          Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under its Guarantee shall be entitled to seek contribution from each other non-paying Guarantor in a pro rata amount based on the net assets of each Guarantor, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect in the United States of America as of the date hereof so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.13. No Obligation to Take Action Against the Company.
          Neither the Trustee, any Holder nor any other Person shall have any obligation to enforce or exhaust any rights or remedies or take any other steps under any security for the Obligations or against the Company or any other Person or any Property of the Company or any other Person before the Trustee, such Holder or such other Person is entitled to demand payment and performance by any or all Guarantors of their liabilities and obligations under their Guarantee.
          SECTION 9.14. Execution and Delivery of the Guarantee.
          (1) To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in this Article IX, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee substantially in the form of Section 3.4 hereof shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an officer, manager or member, as applicable, of each Guarantor.

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          (2) Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in this Article IX shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee.
          (3) If an officer of a Guarantor whose signature is on this Third Supplemental Indenture or a Guarantee no longer holds that office or is no longer a manager or member, as applicable, at the time the Trustee authenticates such Guarantee or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor’s Guarantee of such Note shall be valid nevertheless.
          (4) The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Third Supplemental Indenture on behalf of each Guarantor.
          SECTION 9.15. Successor Guarantor.
          Unless otherwise released and discharged from its obligations in accordance with this Third Supplemental Indenture, upon any consolidation or merger by any Guarantor with or into any other Person, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or merger shall sign a supplemental indenture and guarantee and succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Guarantor under this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person has been named as a Guarantor herein, and thereafter the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under the Indenture, this Third Supplemental Indenture and the Notes (to the extent the Guarantor was the predecessor Person).
ARTICLE X
Discharge of Obligations Under the Third Supplemental Indenture,
the Indenture and the Notes; Defeasance
          SECTION 10.1. Termination of the Obligations of the Company.
          The obligations of the Company with respect to the Notes under this Third Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes shall cease to be of further effect or, at the option of the Company, the Company shall no longer be under any obligation to comply with the covenants described in Articles VI, VII, VIII and IX of the Third Supplemental Indenture and Article 15 of the Indenture and the Events of Default relating to those covenants shall no longer apply to the Company if (a) either (i) all Outstanding Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 306 of the Indenture) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation or (ii) all Outstanding Notes have become due and payable on the Maturity Date or pursuant to Article V or Section 6.3, and in any case the Company irrevocably deposits, prior to the applicable due date, with the Paying Agent or Trustee (if the Paying Agent is not the Company or any of its Affiliates) cash in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts, sufficient to pay all amounts due and owing on all Outstanding

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Notes (other than Notes replaced pursuant to Section 306 of the Indenture) on the Maturity Date, Redemption Date, Special Mandatory Redemption Date or Change of Control Payment Date, as the case may be; (b) the Company pays to the Trustee or Paying Agent all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; (c) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes shall exist on the date of such deposit; (d) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a Default or Event of Default under, this Third Supplemental Indenture or any other agreement or instrument of which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound; and (e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Third Supplemental Indenture relating to the termination of the obligations of the Company hereunder have been complied with provided , however , that (i) Sections 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309, 606, 607, 610, 611, 1002 and 1003 of the Indenture, and (ii) Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the Third Supplemental Indenture and Articles I and X of the Third Supplemental Indenture and (iii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture and the Third Supplemental Indenture shall survive any discharge of obligations pursuant to this Section 10.1 until such time as the Notes have been paid in full and there are no Notes Outstanding.
          SECTION 10.2. Repayment to Company.
          The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of, and pay to the Company upon the request of the Company, any excess money held by them at any time. The Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall provide written notice to the Company of any money that has been held by it and has, for a period of two years, remained unclaimed for the payment of the principal of, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon the written request of the Company any money held by them for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes that remains unclaimed for two years; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall (in no event later than five days after the Company requests repayment pursuant to this Section 10.2), at the expense of the Company, cause to be published once in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of New York or cause to be mailed to each Holder, notice stating that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication or mailing, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Company. After payment to the Company, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors, subject to applicable law, and all liability of the Trustee and the Paying Agent with respect to such money and payment shall, subject to applicable law, cease.
          SECTION 10.3. Amendment to Section 1302; Survival of Provisions of Third Supplemental Indenture upon Defeasance.
          Section 1302 of the Indenture is hereby amended to delete all of the words following the colon and the words “hereunder:” in the second sentence of Section 1302 and to replace them with the following words “(i) Sections 303, 304, 305, 306, 308, 309,

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606, 607, 610, 611, 1002 and 1003 of the Indenture and (ii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture.” In addition, upon Defeasance in accordance Section 1302 of the Indenture, (i) Sections 5.3, 5.4 and 5.5 of the Third Supplemental Indenture and Articles I and X of the Third Supplemental Indenture and (ii) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee under the Third Supplemental Indenture shall survive such Defeasance.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed all as of the day and year first above written.
         
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS, INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ George Paz   
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
         
  AIRPORT HOLDINGS, LLC
ESI REALTY, LLC

 
 
  By:    Express Scripts, Inc., as sole Member    
         
  By:   /s/ George Paz    
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 

 


 

BYFIELD DRUG, INC.
CHESAPEAKE INFUSION, INC.
CURASCRIPT, INC.
CURASCRIPT PBM SERVICES, INC.
ESI MAIL PHARMACY SERVICE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SPECIALTY DISTRIBUTION SERVICES, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS UTILIZATION
M ANAGEMENT CO.
FRECO, INC.
FREEDOM SERVICE COMPANY, LLC
HEALTHBRIDGE REIMBURSEMENT AND PRODUCT SUPPORT, INC.
IBIOLOGIC, INC.
LYNNFIELD DRUG, INC.
MATRIX GPO LLC
MOORESVILLE ON-SITE PHARMACY, LLC
NEXTRX SUB I, LLC
NEXTRX SUB II, LLC
NEXTRX SUB III, LLC
PRIORITYHEALTHCARE.COM, INC.
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE CORPORATION WEST
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE PHARMACY, INC.
SINUSPHARMACY, INC.
SPECIALTY INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
SPECTRACARE, INC.
SPECTRACARE HEALTH CARE VENTURES, INC.
SPECTRACARE INFUSION PHARMACY, INC.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee    
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

CARE CONTINUUM, INC.
HEALTHBRIDGE, INC.
LYNNFIELD COMPOUNDING CENTER, INC.
PHOENIX MARKETING GROUP, LLC
PRIORITY HEALTHCARE DISTRIBUTION, INC.
         
     
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes    
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 
CFI OF NEW JERSEY, INC.
DIVERSIFIED PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES, INC.
ESI CLAIMS, INC.
ESI ENTERPRISES, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS PHARMACEUTICAL PROCUREMENT, LLC
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SALES DEVELOPMENT CO.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE, INC.
EXPRESS SCRIPTS SENIOR CARE HOLDINGS, INC.
IVTX, INC.
NATIONAL PRESCRIPTION ADMINISTRATORS, INC.
VALUE HEALTH, INC.
YOURPHARMACY.COM, INC.
         
     
  By:   /s/ George Paz    
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   President   
 
CONNECTYOURCARE, LLC
CONNECTYOURCARE COMPANY, LLC
         
     
  By:   /s/ Marc Palmer    
    Name:   Marc Palmer   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  ESI PARTNERSHIP
 
 
By: Express Scripts, Inc., as Partner
         
  By:   /s/ George Paz  
    Name:   George Paz   
    Title:   Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President   
 
By: ESI-GP Holdings, Inc., as Partner
         
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford  
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
         
  ESI-GP HOLDINGS, INC.
ESI RESOURCES, INC.

 
 
  By:   /s/ Tom Rocheford  
    Name:   Tom Rocheford   
    Title:   President   
         
  EXPRESS SCRIPTS CANADA HOLDING, CO.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael Biskey  
    Name:   Michael Biskey   
    Title:   President   
         
  MSC — MEDICAL SERVICES COMPANY
SPEEDY RE-EMPLOYMENT, LLC

 
 
  By:   /s/ Edward Ignaczak  
    Name:   Edward Ignaczak   
    Title:   President   

 


 

SPECTRACARE OF INDIANA
By: Spectracare, Inc., as Partner
         
     
  By:   /s/ Patrick McNamee  
    Name:   Patrick McNamee   
    Title:   President   
 
By: Care Continuum, Inc., as Partner
         
     
  By:   /s/ Michael Holmes  
    Name:   Michael Holmes   
    Title:   President   
 

 


 

         
  UNION BANK, N.A.,
As Trustee
 
 
  By:   /s/ Patricia Phillips-Coward  
    Name:   Patricia Phillips-Coward  
    Title:   Vice President