Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

FORESIGHT ENERGY LLC,

FORESIGHT ENERGY FINANCE CORPORATION,

THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO

AND

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

AS TRUSTEE

INDENTURE

Dated as of March 28, 2017

$425,000,000

11.50% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2023

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INDENTURE dated as of March 28, 2017 among Foresight Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (including any successor thereof, the “ Company ”), Foresight Energy Finance Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Co-Issuer ,” and together with the Company, the “ Issuers ”), the Guarantors (including any successor thereof, as defined herein) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (including any successor thereof, the “ Trustee ”).

Each of the parties agrees as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of the 11.50% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2023 (the “ Notes ”):

ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01                             Definitions.

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

“ Acquired Debt ” means Debt of a Person existing at the time the Person is acquired by, or merges with or into, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, whether or not such Debt is Incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, the Person being acquired by or merging with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.

“ Act of Required Secured Parties ” means, as to any matter at any time:

(i)                                      until the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations and (y) the Outstanding Loan Threshold Date, a direction in writing delivered to the Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent of, the Required Lenders;

(ii)                                   from and after the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations and (y) the Outstanding Loan Threshold Date, but prior to the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations, a direction in writing delivered to the Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent of the Priority Lien Representatives representing the holders of more than 50% of the sum of:

(a) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Priority Lien Debt (including the face amount of outstanding letters of credit whether or not then available or drawn); and

(b) other than in connection with the exercise of remedies, the aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit which, when funded, would constitute Priority Lien Debt; provided, however, that if at any time prior to the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations the only remaining Priority Lien Obligations are Secured Hedging Obligations, then the term “Act of Required Secured Parties” will mean the representatives representing the holders of a majority of the aggregate “settlement amount” (or similar term) as defined in the Secured Hedging Agreements (or, with respect to any Secured Hedging Agreement that has been terminated in accordance with its terms, the amount, if any, then due and payable by the Company or any other Grantor (exclusive of expenses and similar payments but including any early termination payments then due) under such Secured Hedging Agreement) under all Secured Hedging Agreements; provided further, that any Secured Hedging Agreement with a “settlement amount”

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(or similar term) or termination payment that is a negative number shall be disregarded for purposes of all calculations required by the term “Act of Required Secured Parties;” and

(iii)                                at any time after the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations, a direction in writing delivered to the Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent of the Parity Lien Representatives representing the holders of Parity Lien Debt representing the Required Parity Lien Debtholders.

For purposes of this definition, (a) Secured Debt registered in the name of, or beneficially owned by, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company will be deemed not to be outstanding and neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company will be entitled to vote such Secured Debt and (b) votes will be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement. The Collateral Trustee will not be deemed to have knowledge thereof unless it receives written notice thereof.

“ Additional Assets ” means all or substantially all of the assets of a Permitted Business, or Voting Stock of another Person engaged in a Permitted Business that will on the date of acquisition be a Restricted Subsidiary, or other properties or assets (other than cash and Cash Equivalents or securities (including Equity Interests)) that are to be used or useful in a Permitted Business.

“ Additional Notes ” means any additional Notes that may be issued after the Issue Date in the form of Exhibit A under this Indenture.

“ Additional Refinancing Amount ” means, with respect to any Permitted Refinancing Debt, the amount by which the aggregate principal amount of such Permitted Refinancing Debt exceeds the aggregate principal amount of the Debt refinanced, but only to the extent of the amount, if any, of accrued and unpaid interest, premiums, defeasance costs, fees and expenses contemplated by Section 4.09(b)(5) hereof.

“ Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with, such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlled” has a meaning correlative thereto.

“ Agent ” means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent, transfer agent or authentication agent.

“ Applicable Premium ” means with respect to any Note on any redemption date the excess (if any) of (a) the present value at such redemption date of (1) the redemption price of such Note at April 1, 2020 as set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.07 hereof plus (2) all required interest payments due on such Note from the redemption date through April 1, 2020 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate with respect to such redemption date plus 50 basis points over (b) the principal amount of such Note. The Trustee shall have no duty to calculate or verify the calculation of the Applicable Premium.  Any calculation of the Applicable Premium made pursuant to this Indenture or the Notes shall be made by the Issuers and delivered to the Trustee pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate.

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

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“ Applicable Tax Distribution Amount ” means, with respect to any taxable period during which the Company is treated as a partnership or disregarded entity for United States federal income tax purposes, distributions to each Person who holds Equity Interests of the Company, in an amount equal to the product of (a) such Person’s allocable share of the taxable income of the Company for such taxable period (including any additional taxable income resulting from any audit adjustment and taking into account any items of income, gain, loss or deduction included in the Company’s taxable income as a result of holding any Equity Interest of a Subsidiary); and (b) the maximum combined United States federal, state and local income tax rate (taking into account the character of the income in question and the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes and any limitations thereon including pursuant to Section 67 and 68 of the Code) applicable to any individual resident of New York, New York for such period. For purposes of clause (a) above, the net taxable income of the Company shall be determined without regard to any adjustments to the tax basis of any assets of the Company that arise pursuant to Section 743 of the Code.

“ Asset Sale ” means any sale, transfer or other disposition of any assets by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary outside of the ordinary course of business, including by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction and including any sale or issuance of the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (each of the above referred to as a “ disposition ”), provided that the following are not included in the definition of “ Asset Sale ”:

(1)                                  a disposition to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, including the sale or issuance by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(2)                                  (i) the sale, disposition or discount of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof, (ii) dispositions of Receivables and related assets by a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing and (iii) any transactions in connection with factoring of receivables by a non-Guarantor Restricted Subsidiary of the Company undertaken consistent with past practice or in the ordinary course of business;

(3)                                  a transaction covered by Section 5.01 hereof;

(4)                                  a Restricted Payment permitted under Section 4.07 hereof or a Permitted Investment;

(5)                                  any transfer of property or assets that consists of grants by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business of licenses or sub-licenses, including with respect to intellectual property rights;

(6)                                  the sale or other disposition of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(7)                                  the sale or other disposition of assets by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of Real Property solely to the extent that such Real Property is not necessary for the normal conduct of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(8)                                  (x) the granting of a Lien permitted under this Indenture or (y) the foreclosure of assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to the extent not constituting a Default;

(9)                                  the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents;

(10)                           the unwinding or termination of any Hedging Agreements;

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(11)                           the surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;

(12)                           the issuance of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof;

(13)                           (a) the sale or other disposition of damaged, obsolete, unusable or worn out equipment or equipment that is no longer needed in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) sales or other dispositions of inventory, used or surplus equipment or reserves and dispositions related to the burn-off of mines or (c) the abandonment or allowance to lapse or expire or other disposition of intellectual property by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(14)                           dispositions of assets by virtue of an asset exchange or swap with a third party in any transaction (a) with an aggregate Fair Market Value less than or equal to $15.0 million, (b) involving a coal-for-coal swap, (c) to the extent that an exchange is for Fair Market Value and for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (d) consisting of a coal swap involving any Real Property;

(15)                           any disposition in a transaction or series of related transactions of assets with a Fair Market Value of less than $20.0 million;

(16)                           exchanges and relocation of easements for pipelines, oil and gas infrastructure and similar arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(17)                           dispositions of assets resulting from condemnation or casualty events; and

(18)                           other agreements and transactions described under “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” in the Offering Circular.

If, in connection with an acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, a portion of the acquired assets are disposed of within 90 days of such acquisition, such disposition shall not be deemed to be an Asset Sale; provided that such assets are disposed of for Fair Market Value.

“ Attributable Debt ” means, at any date, in respect of Capital Leases of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issue Date Sale-Leaseback Financing Arrangements, and obligations and liabilities in respect thereof, shall not constitute “Attributable Debt,” “Capital Leases” or “Capital Lease Obligations” for purposes of the Note Documents, the Collateral Trust Agreement or otherwise (regardless of whether such Issue Date Sale-Leaseback Financing Arrangements continue to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the MLP or the Company as “sale-leaseback financing arrangements” after the Issue Date or the accounting thereof after the Issue Date changes due to a change in accounting treatment, change in GAAP or otherwise).

“ Average Life ” means, as of the date of determination with respect to any Debt, the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the sum of the products of (x) the number of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Debt and (y) the amount of such principal payment by (ii) the sum of all such principal payments.

“ Bank Products Obligations ” means any and all obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary arising out of (a) the execution or processing of electronic transfers of funds by automated clearing house transfer, wire transfer or otherwise to or from the deposit accounts of the Company and/or

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any Restricted Subsidiary now or hereafter maintained with any of such lenders or their affiliates, (b) the acceptance for deposit or the honoring for payment of any check, draft or other item with respect to any such deposit accounts, (c) any other treasury, deposit, disbursement, overdraft, and cash management services afforded to the Company or Restricted Subsidiary by any of such lenders or their affiliates, and (d) stored value card, commercial credit card and merchant card services.

“ Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

“ Bankruptcy Law ” means the Bankruptcy Code and any federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

“ beneficial owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. The terms “beneficially owns” and “beneficially owned” have correlative meanings.

“ Board of Directors ” means:

(1)                                  with respect to the Company, the board of directors of the General Partner; and

(2)                                  with respect to any other Person, (i) if the Person is a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation, (ii) if the Person is a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership and (iii) with respect to any other Person, the board, committee or other group or entity of such Person serving a similar function.

“ Business Day ” means any day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) which is not a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or in any place of payment are authorized or obligated by law to close for business.

“ Capital Expenditures ” means for any Person for any period, the sum of, without duplication, all expenditures made by such Person during such period that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “purchase of property and equipment” or similar items, or which should otherwise be capitalized, reflected in the statement of cash flows of such Person; provided that Capital Expenditures shall not include any expenditure (i) for replacements and substitutions for fixed assets, capital assets or equipment to the extent made with insurance or condemnation net proceeds or with asset sale net proceeds re-invested in accordance with the mandatory prepayment provisions of the New Credit Agreement or the substantially concurrent trade-in of existing equipment (solely to the extent of the value of the trade-in) or (ii) which constitute a Permitted Acquisition.

“ Capital Lease ” means, with respect to any Person, any lease of any property which, in conformity with GAAP, is required to be capitalized on the balance sheet of such Person, and “ Capital Lease Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person as of the date of determination, the aggregate liability of such person under Capital Leases reflected on a balance sheet of such person under GAAP; provided that obligations of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, or of a special purpose or other entity not consolidated with the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, either existing on the Issue Date or created thereafter that (a) initially were not included on the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as capital lease obligations and were subsequently recharacterized as capital lease obligations or, in the case of such a special purpose or other entity becoming consolidated with the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries were required to be characterized as capital lease obligations upon such consolidation, in either case, due to a change in accounting treatment or otherwise, or (b) did not exist on the Issue Date and were required to be characterized as capital lease obligations but would not have been required to be treated as capital lease obligations on the Issue Date had they existed at that time, shall for all purposes

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not be treated as Capital Leases, Capital Lease Obligations or Debt. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Issue Date Sale-Leaseback Financing Arrangements, and obligations and liabilities in respect thereof, shall not constitute “Attributable Debt,” “Capital Leases” or “Capital Lease Obligations” for purposes of the Note Documents, the Collateral Trust Agreement or otherwise (regardless of whether such Issue Date Sale-Leaseback Financing Arrangements continue to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the MLP or the Company as “sale-leaseback financing arrangements” after the Issue Date or the accounting thereof after the Issue Date changes due to a change in accounting treatment, change in GAAP or otherwise).

“ Capital Stock ” means:

(1)                                  in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

(2)                                  in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3)                                  in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests; and

(4)                                  any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.

“ Cash Equivalents ” means:

(1)                                  U.S. Government Obligations or certificates representing an ownership interest in U.S. Government Obligations with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

(2)                                  (i) demand deposits, (ii) time deposits and certificates of deposit with maturities of two years or less from the date of acquisition, (iii) bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition, and (iv) overnight bank deposits, in each case with any bank or trust company organized or licensed under the laws of the United States or any state thereof (including any branch of a foreign bank licensed under any such laws) having capital, surplus and undivided profits in excess of $250 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) whose short-term debt is rated A-2 or higher by S&P or P-2 or higher by Moody’s;

(3)                                  commercial paper maturing within 364 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, ratings of at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody’s;

(4)                                  readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the U.S. or any political subdivision thereof, in each case rated at least A-1 by S&P or P-1 by Moody’s with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition;

(5)                                  bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition issued by any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity whose long-term unsecured debt has a credit rate of A2 or better by Moody’s and A or better by S&P;

(6)                                  investment funds at least 95% of the assets of which consist of investments of the type described in clauses (1) through (5) above (determined without regard to the maturity and duration limits

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for such investments set forth in such clauses, provided that the weighted average maturity of all investments held by any such fund is two years or less);

(7)                                  fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (1) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria described in clause (2) above; and

(8)                                  in the case of a Foreign Restricted Subsidiary, substantially similar investments, of comparable credit quality, denominated in the currency of any jurisdiction in which such Person conducts business.

“ Cash Management Bank ” means the counterparty to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under any Secured Cash Management Agreement.

“ Change of Control ” means:

(1)                                  the sale, lease, transfer, or 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 assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any “person” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than any of the Permitted Holders;

(2)                                  the Company becomes aware (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) that any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than any of the Permitted Holders, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as such term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Company or the General Partner; or

(3)                                  the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) a conversion of the General Partner, the MLP or the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from a limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other form of entity to a limited partnership, corporation, limited liability company or other form of entity or an exchange of all of the outstanding Equity Interests in such Person for Equity Interests of another Person, including in connection with a merger, amalgamation or consolidation, shall not constitute a Change of Control, so long as following such transaction either (a) the “persons” (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) who beneficially owned the Voting Stock of such Person immediately prior to such transaction continue to beneficially own in the aggregate more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such Person, or continue to beneficially own sufficient Equity Interests in such Person to elect a majority of its directors, managers, trustees or other persons serving in a similar capacity for such Person or its general partner, as applicable, or (b) no “person,” other than a Permitted Holder, beneficially owns more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such Person or its general partner, as applicable, and (y) the transfer of assets between or among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not itself constitute a Change of Control.

In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) a transaction will not be deemed to involve a Change of Control if the General Partner, the MLP or the Company becomes a direct or indirect wholly owned subsidiary of a Person and (1) the direct or indirect holders of the Voting Stock of such Person immediately following that transaction are substantially the same as the holders of the Voting Stock of the General Partner, the MLP or the Company, as applicable, immediately prior to that transaction or (2) immediately following that transaction no “person” or “group” of related persons (as such terms are

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used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act as in effect on the Issue Date), other than a parent entity satisfying the requirements of this sentence or a Permitted Holder, is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such Person and (b) the right to acquire Voting Stock (so long as such Person does not have the right to direct the voting of the Voting Stock subject to such right) or any veto power in connection with the acquisition or disposition of Voting Stock will not cause a party to be a beneficial owner.

For purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed not to beneficially own securities that are the subject of a stock purchase agreement, merger agreement, amalgamation agreement, arrangement agreement or similar agreement until consummation of the transactions or, as applicable, series of related transactions contemplated thereby.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the consummation of all or any part of the Transactions constitute a Change of Control under this Indenture.

“ Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

“ Coal Liens ” means:

(1)                                  Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business on any specific coal producing property or any interest therein, construction thereon or improvement thereto to secure all or any part of the costs incurred for surveying, exploration, drilling, extraction, development, operation, production, construction, alteration, repair or improvement of, in, under or on such property and the plugging and abandonment of coal mines located thereon (understood that costs incurred for “development” shall include costs incurred for all facilities relating to such coal producing properties or to projects, ventures or other arrangements of which such properties form a part or which relate to such coal producing properties or interests) as long as such Lien do not secure obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Debt;

(2)                                  Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business on a coal producing property to secure obligations incurred or guarantees of obligations incurred in connection with or necessarily incidental to commitments for the purchase or sale of, or the transportation or distribution of, the products derived from such coal producing property as long as such Liens do not secured obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Debt;

(3)                                  Liens arising in the ordinary course of business under partnership agreements, coal leases, overriding royalty agreements, joint operating agreements or similar agreements, net profits agreements, production payment agreements, royalty trust agreements, incentive compensation programs on terms that are reasonably customary in the coal business for geologists, geophysicists and other providers of technical services to any of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, master limited partnership agreements, farm-out agreements, farm-in agreements, division orders, contracts for the sale, purchase, exchange, transportation, gathering or processing of coal, unitizations and pooling designations, declarations, orders and agreements, development agreements, operating agreements, production sales contracts, area of mutual interest agreements, gas balancing or deferred production agreements, injection, repressuring and recycling agreements, salt water or other disposal agreements, seismic or geophysical permits or agreements, and other agreements which are customary in the coal business as long as such Liens do not secure obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Debt and attach solely to the proceeds of sales of the products derived from such coal producing property; and

(4)                                  Liens pursuant to contract mining agreements and leases granted in the ordinary course of business to others that do not interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure obligations for the payment of borrowed money or other Debt.

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

“ Co-Issuer ” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

“ Collateral ” means all property and assets subject or purported to be subject, from time to time, to a Lien under any Security Document for the benefit of the relevant Series of Secured Debt.  For the avoidance of doubt, references in this Indenture to Collateral do not include Excluded Assets.

“ Collateral Trust Agreement ” means that certain collateral trust agreement dated the Issue Date, by and among the Issuers, the other Grantors, the Collateral Trustee, the Trustee and the Credit Agreement Agent, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented or replaced in whole or in part from time to time.

“ Collateral Trust Joinder ” means (1) with respect to the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement relating to any additional Secured Debt, an agreement substantially in the form attached to the Collateral Trust Agreement and (2) with respect to the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement relating to the addition of additional Guarantors, an agreement substantially in the form attached to the Collateral Trust Agreement.

“ Collateral Trustee ” means Lord Securities Corporation, in its capacity as Collateral Trustee under the Collateral Trust Agreement, together with its successors in such capacity.

“ Colt Assignment ” means the agreement by and between Colt LLC, an affiliate of Foresight Reserves LP, and Murray American, whereby Colt agrees to assign to Murray American all of Colt’s rights to be paid minimum coal royalties under six coal leases between Colt and subsidiaries of FELP, until May 31, 2022, as amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified.

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

“ common equity ,” when used with respect to a contribution of capital to the Company, means a capital contribution to the Company in a manner that does not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests.

“ Company ” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

“ Company Order ” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer thereof and delivered to the Trustee.

“ Consolidated Assets ” means, as of any particular time, the total of all the assets appearing on the most recent consolidated balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as of the end of the last fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee.

The calculation of “Consolidated Assets” will be made by the Company on a pro forma basis consistent with the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

“ Consolidated Capital Expenditures ” means, for any period, the aggregate of all Capital Expenditures of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

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“ Consolidated Current Assets ” means, as at any date of determination, the total assets of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current assets in conformity with GAAP, excluding cash and Cash Equivalents.

“ Consolidated Current Liabilities ” means, as at any date of determination, the total liabilities of Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis that may properly be classified as current liabilities in conformity with GAAP, excluding the current portion of long term debt (including any revolving credit loans).

“ Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the net income (loss) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis (excluding the net income (loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person), determined in accordance with GAAP and for the avoidance of doubt including any variable interest entity with financial results that are required by GAAP to be consolidated with such Person’s financial results, and without any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends; provided that:

(1)                                  all extraordinary gains or losses and all gains (but not losses) realized in connection with any asset sale or the disposition of securities or the early extinguishment of Debt, together with any related provision for taxes on any such gain, will be excluded;

(2)                                  (a) the net income (and loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting will not be included and (b) Consolidated Net Income for such period shall be increased by the amount of any dividend, distribution or other payments in respect of Capital Stock paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) by any such Person described in clause (a) to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(3)                                  the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Guarantor) will be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of that net income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived or consent has otherwise been obtained; provided, however, that Consolidated Net Income will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiary during such period, to the extent not already included therein;

(4)                                  the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles will be excluded;

(5)                                  any (i) extraordinary, exceptional, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss, charge or expense, or any charges, expenses or reserves in respect of any restructuring, redundancy or severance expense, and any charge or expense constituting Transaction Costs will be excluded, (ii) non-cash items in respect of reclamation liabilities, pension, OPEB and workers’ compensation and other employee insurance-related liabilities, including any withdrawal liabilities, will be excluded and (iii) cash payments in respect of pension, OPEB and workers’ compensation and other employee insurance-related liabilities, including any withdrawal liabilities, will be deducted from Consolidated Net Income (but only to the extent not already reducing Consolidated Net Income in accordance with GAAP);

(6)                                  any non-cash compensation charge or expense arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards and any non-cash deemed finance charges in respect of any pension liabilities or other provisions, will be excluded;

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(7)                                  any (i) non-cash gains and losses attributable to movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Obligations under Hedging Agreements pursuant to Financial Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 133 and other mark-to-market adjustments arising pursuant to GAAP will be excluded and (ii) cash settlements of any commodity derivative contracts will be included;

(8)                                  any expense (or income) as a result of adjustments recorded to earn-out obligations or contingent consideration liabilities relating to the acquisition or any other Permitted Investment shall be excluded; and

(9)                                  an amount equal to the Applicable Tax Distribution Amounts actually distributed by such Person to any Parent or direct or indirect equity holder of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 4.07(b)(14) hereof shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall not be reduced by the amount of any insurance proceeds received in connection with, or in respect of, the Deer Run mine that increased net income (loss) for such period.

“ Consolidated Working Capital ” means, as at any date of determination, the excess of the Consolidated Current Assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries over the Consolidated Current Liabilities of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“ Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment ” means, for any period on a consolidated basis, the amount (which may be a negative number) by which Consolidated Working Capital as of the beginning of such period exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital as of the end of such period. In calculating the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment there shall be excluded the effect of reclassification during such period of current assets to long term assets and current liabilities to long term liabilities, the effect of any Permitted Acquisition and the effect of the designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period; provided that (i) there shall be included with respect to any Permitted Acquisition during such period an amount (which may be a negative number) by which the Consolidated Working Capital acquired in such Permitted Acquisition as at the time of such acquisition exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital at the end of such period and (ii) there shall be included with respect to any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is designated as a Restricted Subsidiary during such period an amount (which may be a negative number) by which the Consolidated Working Capital gained in such designation as at the time of such designation exceeds (or is less than) Consolidated Working Capital at the end of such period.

“ Controlled Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any consent, waiver or right to terminate or accelerate the obligations under a Contract, any Subsidiary that the Company directly or indirectly controls for purposes of the provision of such consent, waiver or exercise of such right to terminate or accelerate the obligations under such Contract.

“ Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” will be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Company.

“ Credit Agreement Agent ” means, at any time, the Person serving at such time as the “Agent” or “Administrative Agent” under the New Credit Agreement or any other representative then most recently designated in accordance with the applicable provisions of the New Credit Agreement, together with its successors in such capacity.

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“ Credit Facilities ” means, if designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “Credit Facilities,” (i) one or more credit facilities (including, without limitation, the New Credit Agreement) or commercial paper facilities with banks, financial institutions or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or the issuance of letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances or the like, (ii) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments), or (iii) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Debt, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, restructured, refinanced or replaced or substituted in whole or in part from time to time and whether by the same or any other agent, trustee, lender or group of lenders or other party. The New Credit Agreement is designated as a “Credit Facility.”

“ Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount ” means, at any date, an amount (which shall not be less than zero in the aggregate) determined on a cumulative basis equal to the aggregate cumulative sum of (i) the Retained Percentage of Excess Cash Flow for all Excess Cash Flow Periods ending after the Issue Date and prior to such date, plus (ii) any mandatory prepayments required to be made by the Company under the New Credit Agreement that the lenders under the New Credit Agreement have elected to refuse or decline prior to such date, plus (iii) voluntary prepayments of the loans under the New Credit Agreement made with Internally Generated Cash prior to such date.

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

“ Debt ” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication;

(1)                                  all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

(2)                                  all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments (other than any obligations in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, reclamation bonds and completion guarantees, bank guarantees and similar obligations under any Mining Law or Environmental Law or with respect to workers’ compensation benefits);

(3)                                  all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments (solely to the extent such letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments have been drawn and remain unreimbursed);

(4)                                  all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services;

(5)                                  the Attributable Debt of such Person in respect of Capital Leases;

(6)                                  all Debt of other Persons Guaranteed by such Person to the extent so Guaranteed;

(7)                                  all Debt of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; and

(8)                                  all obligations of such Person under Hedging Agreements;

if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than Guarantees referred to in clause (6)) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided that in no event shall Debt include (i) asset retirement obligations, (ii) obligations (other than

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obligations with respect to Debt for borrowed money or other Funded Debt) related to surface rights under an agreement for the acquisition of surface rights for the production of coal reserves in the ordinary course of business in a manner consistent with historical practice of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (iii) obligations under coal purchase and sale contracts, (iv) trade accounts payable and accrued expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, (v) obligations under federal coal leases, (vi) obligations under coal leases which may be terminated at the discretion of the lessee, (vii) obligations for take-or-pay arrangements or (viii) royalties, the dedication of reserves under supply agreements or similar rights or interests granted, taken subject to, or otherwise imposed on properties consistent with customary practices in the mining industry.

The amount of Debt of any Person will be deemed to be:

(a)                                  with respect to Debt secured by a Lien on an asset of such Person but not otherwise the obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person, the lesser of (x) the Fair Market Value of such asset on the date the Lien attached and (y) the principal amount of such Debt;

(b)                                  with respect to any Debt issued with original issue discount, the face amount of such Debt less the remaining unamortized portion of the original issue discount of such Debt;

(c)                                   with respect to any Hedging Agreement of any Person, the amount payable by such Person (determined after giving effect to all contractually permitted netting) if such Hedging Agreement terminated at that time; and

(d)                                  otherwise, the outstanding principal amount thereof.

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

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

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

“ Designated Non-cash Consideration ” means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

“ Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations ” means that the Priority Lien Obligations pursuant to the New Credit Agreement (other than Secured Hedging Obligations, Secured Cash Management Obligations and any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at such time) are no longer secured by, and no longer required to be secured by, the Collateral pursuant to the terms of the New Credit Agreement or the other applicable Priority Lien Documents; provided that a Discharge of Credit Agreement Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred if the Company has entered into any

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replacement credit agreement that has been designated as such in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement.

“ Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations ” means the occurrence of all of the following:

(1)                                  termination or expiration of all commitments to extend credit that would constitute Priority Lien Debt;

(2)                                  with respect to each Series of Priority Lien Debt, either (x) payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on all Priority Lien Debt of such Series (other than any undrawn letters of credit) or (y) there has been a legal defeasance, covenant defeasance or satisfaction and discharge pursuant to the terms of the applicable Priority Lien Documents for such Series of Priority Lien Debt;

(3)                                  with respect to any undrawn letters of credit constituting Priority Lien Debt, either (x) discharge or cash collateralization (at the lower of (A) 105% of the aggregate undrawn amount and (B) the percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount required for release of liens under the terms of the applicable Priority Lien Document) of all outstanding letters of credit constituting Priority Lien Debt or (y) the issuer of each such letter of credit has notified the Collateral Trustee in writing that alternative arrangements satisfactory to such issuer and to the holders of the related Series of Priority Lien Debt that has reimbursement obligations with respect thereto have been made;

(4)                                  payment in full in cash of all other Priority Lien Obligations (other than Secured Hedging Obligations) that are outstanding and unpaid at the time the Priority Lien Debt is paid in full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at such time); and

(5)                                  with respect to any Secured Hedging Obligations, (A) the cash collateralization of all such Secured Hedging Obligations on terms satisfactory to each applicable Hedge Bank or the making of such other arrangements satisfactory to the applicable Hedge Bank or (B) the expiration or termination of all Secured Hedging Agreements evidencing such Secured Hedging Obligations and payment in full in cash of all Secured Hedging Obligations due and payable after giving effect to such expiration or termination;

provided, however , that if, at any time after the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations has occurred, the Company thereafter enters into any Priority Lien Document evidencing a Priority Lien Debt the incurrence of which is not prohibited by any applicable Secured Debt Document, then such Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes of the Collateral Trust Agreement with respect to such new Priority Lien Debt (other than with respect to any actions taken as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations), and, from and after the date on which the Company designates such Funded Debt as Priority Lien Debt in accordance with the Collateral Trust Agreement, the Secured Debt Obligations under such Priority Lien Document shall automatically and without any further action be treated as Priority Lien Obligations for all purposes of the Collateral Trust Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein and any Parity Lien Obligations shall be deemed to have been at all times Parity Lien Obligations and at no time Priority Lien Obligations.

“ Disqualified Equity Interests ” means Equity Interests that by their terms (or by the terms of any security into which such Equity Interests are convertible, or for which such Equity Interests are exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder thereof) or upon the happening of any event

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(1)                                  mature or are mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or are required to be redeemed or redeemable at the option of the holder for consideration other than Qualified Equity Interests, or

(2)                                  are convertible at the option of the holder into Disqualified Equity Interests or exchangeable for Debt,

in each case prior to the date that is 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided that Equity Interests will not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests solely because of provisions giving holders thereof the right to require the repurchase or redemption upon an “asset sale” or “change of control” occurring prior to 91 days after the Stated Maturity of the Notes if those provisions

(a)                                  are no more favorable to the holders of such Equity Interests than the provisions of Sections 4.10 and 4.14 hereof, and

(b)                                  specifically state that repurchase or redemption pursuant thereto will not be required prior to the Company’s repurchase of the Notes as required by this Indenture.

“ Disqualified Stock ” means Capital Stock constituting Disqualified Equity Interests.

“ Domestic Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

“ EBITDA ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus , without duplication:

(1)                                  an amount equal to any extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an asset sale, to the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(2)                                  provision for taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period and any Applicable Tax Distribution Amounts, in each case to the extent that such provision for taxes and/or Applicable Tax Distribution Amounts were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(3)                                  the Fixed Charges of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such Fixed Charges were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(4)                                  any foreign currency translation losses (including losses related to currency remeasurements of Debt) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such losses were taken into account in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

(5)                                  depreciation, depletion, amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior period) and other non-cash charges and expenses (excluding any such non-cash charge or expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash charges or expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash charge or expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such depreciation, depletion, amortization and other non-cash charges or expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus

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(6)                                  to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual losses for such period; plus

(7)                                  to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, the amortization of debt discount for such period; plus

(8)                                  any expenses, costs or charges (other than amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence, amendment or waiver of Debt permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (in each case, whether or not successful); plus

(9)                                  the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve, integration cost or cost associated with establishing new facilities that is deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Issue Date, and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; provided that the aggregate amount of cash charges and cash costs that are included in this clause (9) shall not exceed 15% of EBITDA in any four-quarter period; plus

(10)                           to the extent deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income, costs and expenses, including fees, incurred directly in connection with the consummation of the transactions described in this offering circular and any amendment or other modification thereof, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(11)                           commissions, premiums, discounts, fees or other charges relating to performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, reclamation and completion guarantees and similar other obligations; minus

(12)                           non-cash items increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business,

in each case, on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with GAAP.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, EBITDA shall not be reduced by the amount of any insurance proceeds received in connection with, or in respect of, the Deer Run mine that increased net income (loss) for such period.

“ Environment ” means soil, land surface or subsurface strata, water, surface waters (including navigable waters, ocean waters within applicable territorial limits, streams, ponds, drainage basins, and wetlands), ground waters, drinking water supply, water related sediments, air, plant and animal life, and any other environmental medium.

“ Environmental Laws ” means all laws (including common law), rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, relating in any way to the Environment, the preservation, restoration or reclamation of natural resources, or the presence, use, storage, discharge, management, release or threatened release of any pollutants, contaminants or hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or material or the effect of the environment on human health and safety.

“ Equity Interests ” means all Capital Stock and all warrants or options with respect to, or other rights to purchase, Capital Stock, but excluding Debt convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.

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“ Equity Offering ” means an offer and sale of Qualified Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company after the Issue Date other than an issuance registered on Form S-4 or S-8 or any successor thereto or any issuance pursuant to employee benefit plans or otherwise relating to compensation to officers, directors or employees.

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

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

“ Excess Cash Flow ” means, for any period, determined for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, an amount (if positive) equal to:

(i)                                      the sum, without duplication, of the amounts for such period of (a) Consolidated Net Income, plus, (b) to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication, of amounts for non-cash charges reducing Consolidated Net Income, including for depreciation and amortization (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for a potential cash charge in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash gain that was paid in a prior period), plus (c) the Consolidated Working Capital Adjustment, minus

(ii)                                   the sum, without duplication, of

(a)                                  the amounts for such period paid from Internally Generated Cash (except to the extent made pursuant to Section 4.07(a) hereof) of (1) scheduled repayments of Debt for borrowed money (excluding repayments of any revolving loans under the New Credit Agreement except to the extent the applicable revolving commitments thereunder are permanently reduced in connection with such repayments) and scheduled repayments of Capital Lease Obligations (excluding any interest expense portion thereof), (2) Consolidated Capital Expenditures, (3) Permitted Acquisitions and other Investments in Persons that are not the Company or Restricted Subsidiary made as Permitted Investments (other than Permitted Investments made pursuant to clause (21) of the definition thereof), (4) to the extent not otherwise reducing Consolidated Net Income, cash payments in respect of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Sections 4.07(b)(7), (10), (14), (15), (16) or (17) hereof, (5) pre-funding of royalty payments in the ordinary course of business, (6) federal coal lease expenditures, (7) net cash generated from proceeds of any Permitted Receivables Financing (excluding interest costs), (8) deposits permitted as Permitted Liens, (9) to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, insurance proceeds received from a loss of property the subject of an agreement where a third party is entitled to such insurance proceeds (and such proceeds are in fact paid to such third party), (10) to the extent paid in such year, reclamation liabilities required under law to be paid, (11) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior period and at the Company’s option, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts or executed letters of intent (the “ Contract Consideration ”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Permitted Acquisitions, any Investment made as a Permitted Investment, Consolidated Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property (to the extent not expensed) to be consummated or made, in each case during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of Company following the end of such period; provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of Internally Generated Cash actually utilized to finance such acquisitions, Permitted Investments, Consolidated Capital Expenditures, or acquisitions of intellectual property during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, (12) amounts increasing Consolidated Net Income in respect of cash losses, charges and expenses pursuant to

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clauses (1) and (6) of the definition thereof and (13) to the extent not otherwise reducing Consolidated Net Income, regularly scheduled payments under the Issue Date Sale-Leaseback Financing Arrangements, plus

(b)                                  other non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for potential cash gain in any prior period).

As used in this clause (ii), “scheduled repayments of Debt” does not include (x) repurchases of term loans under the New Credit Agreement pursuant to “Dutch auction” procedures or through “open market” repurchases and (y) repayments of loans under the New Credit Agreement made with the cash proceeds of any Permitted Refinancing Debt.

“ Excess Cash Flow Period ” shall mean each fiscal year of the Company, commencing with the fiscal year of the Company ending on December 31, 2017.

“ Excluded Account ” means (a) any deposit account used solely for: (i) funding payroll or segregating payroll taxes or funding other employee wage or benefit payments in the ordinary course of business or (ii) segregating 401(k) contributions or contributions to an employee stock purchase plan and other health and benefit plan, in each case for payment in accordance with any applicable laws, (b) any deposit account or securities account the funds in which consist solely of funds held by the Company or any Subsidiary on behalf of or in trust for the benefit of any third party that is not an Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary and (c) any deposit account the funds in which consist solely of cash earnest money deposits or funds deposited under escrow or similar arrangements in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement for an acquisition or any other transaction permitted under this Indenture and (d) account holding cash and cash equivalents and such cash and cash equivalents that may be pledged to secure Priority Lien Obligations consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit and swing line loans (and/or any obligations of lenders participating in the facilities under which such letters of credit are issued and swing line loans made) pursuant to the Priority Lien Documents without granting a Lien thereon to secure any other Priority Lien Obligations, Parity Lien Obligations or any other Secured Obligation.

“ Excluded Assets ” means

(1)                                  motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title;

(2)                                  commercial tort claims where the amount of the net proceeds claimed is less than $10.0 million;

(3)                                  (i) those assets over which the pledging or granting of a security interest in such assets (x) would be prohibited by any applicable law (other than any organizational document), rule or regulation (except to the extent such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC, other than proceeds thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC notwithstanding such prohibitions), (y) would be prohibited by, or cause a default under or result in a breach, violation or invalidation of, any lease, license or other written agreement or written obligation (each, a “ Contract ”) to which such assets are subject, including the Longwall Financing Arrangements, or would give another Person (other than the Company or any Controlled Subsidiary) a right to terminate or accelerate the obligations under such Contract or to obtain a Lien to secure obligations owing to such Person (other than the Company or any Controlled Subsidiary) under such Contract (but only to the extent such assets are subject to such Contract and such Contract is not entered into for purposes of circumventing or avoiding the collateral requirements of this Indenture),

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unless the Company or any Guarantor may unilaterally waive it (in each case, except to the extent any such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC) or (z) would require obtaining the consent, approval, license or authorization of any Person (other than the Company or any Guarantor) or applicable Governmental Authority, except to the extent that such consent, approval, license or authorization has already been obtained, and (ii) any Contract or any property or other asset subject to Liens securing permitted Acquired Debt (limited to the acquired assets), a purchase money security interest, Capital Lease Obligation or similar arrangement or sale and leaseback transaction to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein requires the consent of any Person (other than the Company or any Guarantor) as a condition to the creating of another security interest, would violate or invalidate such Contract or purchase money, capital lease or similar arrangement or create a right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or a Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC), other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the UCC notwithstanding such prohibition;

(4)                                  those assets with respect to which in the good faith judgment of the Company, (i) the costs or other consequences of obtaining or perfecting such a security interest are excessive in relation to the benefits to be obtained by the Secured Parties therefrom or (ii) obtaining or perfecting a security interest would result in adverse tax consequences to the Company or its Subsidiaries;

(5)                                  any Letter of Credit Rights (as defined in the UCC) (other than to the extent a Lien thereon can be perfected by filing a customary financing statement);

(6)                                  any right, title or interest in receivables assets sold, pledged or financed pursuant to a Permitted Receivables Financing, and all of the Company’s and any Subsidiary’s rights, interests and claims under a Permitted Receivables Financing, and any other assets subject to a Permitted Receivables Financing;

(7)                                  any real property and leasehold rights and interests in real property other than Material Real Property;

(8)                                  any “intent-to-use” application for registration of a Trademark (as defined in the Parity Lien Security Documents) filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing and acceptance of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto;

(9) (i) any Equity Interest that is Voting Stock of a first-tier Foreign Subsidiary or Foreign Subsidiary Holdco in excess of 65% of the Voting Stock of such Subsidiary, (ii) any Equity Interests of captive insurance subsidiaries and not-for-profit subsidiaries, (iii) any Equity Interests in, or assets of, any Securitization Subsidiary, (iv) any Equity Interests in an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than Hillsboro or Patton), (v) margin stock, and (vi) any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary that is not Wholly Owned by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or in a Joint Venture, if the granting of a security interest therein (A) would be prohibited by, cause a default under or result in a breach of, or would give another Person (other than the Company or any Controlled Subsidiary) a right to terminate, under any Organizational Document, shareholders, joint venture or similar agreement applicable to such Subsidiary or Joint Venture or (B) would require obtaining the consent of any Person (other than the Company or any Controlled Subsidiary) (it being understood and agreed that nothing herein shall prohibit or otherwise limit the Lien on the Equity Interests in Hillsboro or Patton as security for the Obligations of the Guarantors holding such Equity Interests under the Note Guarantees, which shall be required and granted pursuant to the Parity Lien Security Documents);

(10)                           except as required pursuant to clause (9)(i) above, any foreign collateral or credit support;

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(11)                           to the extent requiring the consent of one or more third parties or prohibited by the terms of any applicable organizational documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement, Equity Interests in any Person other than Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries;

(12)                           any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters and authorizations, in each case, to the extent security interests in such licenses, franchises, charters or authorizations are prohibited or restricted thereby (in each case, except to the extent any such prohibition is unenforceable after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC);

(13)                           deposits subject to Permitted Liens (other than the Liens in favor of the Collateral Trustee); and

(14)                           Excluded Accounts;

provided that the Collateral shall include the replacements, substitutions and proceeds of any of the foregoing unless such replacements, substitutions or proceeds also constitute Excluded Assets.

“ Existing Debt ” means Debt of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date.

“ Fair Market Value ” means, with respect to any property, the price that could be negotiated in an arm’s-length transaction between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction, or, where the price is established by an existing contract, the contract price. Fair Market Value shall be determined, except as otherwise provided, (a) if such property has a Fair Market Value equal to or less than $50.0 million (as determined in good faith by the Company), by any Officer; or (b) if such property has a Fair Market Value in excess of $50.0 million (as determined in good faith by the Company), by (x) at least a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company and evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors or (y) a written opinion from a nationally recognized investment banking firm as to the Fair Market Value of the relevant property.

“ Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ” means, on any date (the “ transaction date ”), the ratio of: (1) the aggregate amount of EBITDA of the specified Person for the four fiscal quarters immediately prior to the transaction date for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee (the “ reference period ”) to (2) the aggregate Fixed Charges for such Person during such reference period. In the event that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, repays, repurchases, redeems, defeases or otherwise discharges any Debt (other than ordinary working capital borrowings) or issues, repurchases or redeems preferred stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is being calculated and on or prior to the date on which the event for which the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio is made (the “ Calculation Date ”), then the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio will be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, repayment, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other discharge of Debt, or such issuance, repurchase or redemption of preferred stock, and the use of the proceeds therefrom, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable reference period.

In addition, for purposes of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio:

(1)                                  Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP) that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired or disposed of by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including all related

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financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, and operational changes, business realignment projects or initiatives, restructurings and reorganizations that the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has determined to make and or made, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date, or that are to be made on the Calculation Date (each, for purposes of this definition and related definitions, a “ pro forma event ”), will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;

(2)                                  any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period;

(3)                                  any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period;

(4)                                  whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction or pro forma event, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company or a Parent (and may include (a) operating expense reductions, cost savings, operating efficiencies and other synergies that are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable resulting from such transaction or pro forma event or actions taken or to be taken in connection therewith and that have been realized or are reasonably expected to be realized within 12 months after the date of such transaction or pro forma event and (b) all adjustments of the nature used in calculating “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote 3 to the “Offering Circular Summary — Summary Historical Consolidated Financial and Other Information” section of the Offering Circular);

(5)                                  Interest on a Capital Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Parent to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capital Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP; and

(6)                                  if any Debt  bears a floating rate of interest, the interest expense on such Debt will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Agreement applicable to such Debt if such Hedging Agreement has a remaining term as at the Calculation Date in excess of 12 months).

“ Fixed Charges ” means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

(1)                                  the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, including, without limitation, non-cash interest payments, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with Capital Lease Obligations, commissions, discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made or received pursuant to Hedging Agreements in respect of interest rates; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, consolidated interest expense shall exclude the write off of any deferred financing fees or debt discounts or premiums, amortization of debt issuance costs and original issue discount or other deferred financing fees or charges; plus

(2)                                  the consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus

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(3)                                  any interest on Debt of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such guarantee or Lien is called upon; plus

(4)                                  all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not in cash, on any series of preferred stock of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than dividends on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company.

“ Foreign Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Foreign Subsidiary.

“ Foreign Subsidiary ” means (x) a Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia and (y) any Subsidiary thereof.

“ Foreign Subsidiary Holdco ” means any domestic Subsidiary that has no material assets other than equity interests of (x) a Foreign Subsidiary and (y) any other Foreign Subsidiary Holdco.

“ Funded Debt ” means, with respect to any specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:

(1)                                  in respect of borrowed money or advances; or

(2)                                  evidenced by loan agreements, bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (solely to the extent such letters of credit or other similar instruments have been drawn and remain unreimbursed) or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof.

For the avoidance of doubt, “Funded Debt” shall not include Obligations under Hedging Agreements, Secured Hedging Obligations, Bank Products Obligations or Secured Cash Management Obligations.

“ GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the Issue Date.

“ General Partner ” means the general partner of the MLP and any successor thereof.

“ Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(2) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

“ Global Notes ” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, issued in accordance with Sections 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4), 2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(f) hereof.

“ Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

“ Government Securities ” means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.

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“ Grantors ” means the Issuers, the Guarantors, and any other Person (if any) that at any time provides collateral security for any Secured Obligations.

“ Guarantee ” by any Person (the “ guarantor ”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing any Debt or other obligation of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”), whether directly or indirectly, and including any written obligation of the guarantor, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Debt or other obligation or to purchase (or advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Debt or other obligation or (c) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Debt or other obligation; provided that the term “Guarantee” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

“ Guarantor ” means (i) each Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that executes this Indenture as a guarantor on the Issue Date and (ii) each other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that thereafter guarantees the Notes pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

“ Hedge Bank ” means the counterparty to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company under any Secured Hedging Agreement.

“ Hedging Agreement ” means any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement (regardless of whether such agreement or instrument is classified as a “derivative” pursuant to FASB ASC Topic No. 815 and required to be marked-to-market) and any other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk and other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.

For the avoidance of doubt, Hedging Agreements do not include coal sales contracts requiring the delivery of coal that is priced pursuant to an established index created for the purposes of establishing a market price for the underlying commodity.

“ Hillsboro ” means Hillsboro Energy LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

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

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

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

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

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“ Initial Notes ” means the $425,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date.

“ Initial Purchasers ” means Goldman, Sachs & Co., The Huntington Investment Company, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

“ Incur ” means, with respect to any Debt or Capital Stock, to incur, create, issue, assume or Guarantee such Debt or Capital Stock. If any Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary on any date after the date of this Indenture (including by redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or failure of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to meet the qualifications necessary to remain an Unrestricted Subsidiary), the Debt and Capital Stock of such Person outstanding on such date will be deemed to have been Incurred by such Person on such date for purposes of Section 4.09 hereof, but will not be considered the sale or issuance of Equity Interests for purposes of Section 4.10 hereof.

“ Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ” means:

(1)                                  any voluntary or involuntary case commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization, receivership, liquidation or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;

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

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

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

“ Interest Payment Date ” means April 1 and October 1 with the first Interest Payment Date being October 1, 2017.

“ Internally Generated Cash ” means, with respect to any period, any cash of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary generated during such period, excluding:

(1)                                  Net Cash Proceeds;

(2)                                  (i) any cash payments or proceeds received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (a) under any casualty insurance policy in respect of a covered loss thereunder or (b) as a result of the taking of any assets of the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary by any Person pursuant to the power of eminent domain, condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a sale of any such assets to a purchaser with such power under threat of such a taking, minus (ii) (a) any actual and reasonable costs incurred by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the adjustment or settlement of any claims of the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary in respect thereof, (b) any bona fide direct costs incurred in connection with any sale of such assets as referred to in clause (i)(b) of this clause (2), including income

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taxes payable as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith, and (c) payment of the outstanding principal amount of, premium or penalty, if any, and interest on any Debt (other than loans under the New Credit Agreement) that is secured by a Lien on the assets subject to the relevant event described in clause (i)(a) or (b) above that is required to be repaid as a result of such event; and

(3)                                  any cash that is generated from an incurrence of Debt, an issuance of Equity Interests by or a capital contribution to such Person.

“ Investment ” by any Person means:

(1)                                  any advance, loan or other extension of credit to another Person (but excluding (i) advances to customers, suppliers, Joint Venture partners or the like in the ordinary course of business that are, in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivables, prepaid expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries and endorsements for collection or deposit arising in the ordinary course of business, (ii) commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business and (iii) advances, loans or extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries);

(2)                                  any capital contribution to another Person, by means of any transfer of cash or other property or in any other form;

(3)                                  any purchase or acquisition of Equity Interests, bonds, notes or other Debt of, or other instruments or securities issued by, another Person, including the receipt of any of the above as consideration for the disposition of assets or rendering of services; or

(4)                                  any Guarantee of any Debt or Disqualified Stock of another Person.

If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (x) sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary so that, after giving effect to that sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Subsidiary of the Company, or (y) designates any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, all remaining Investments of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person shall be deemed to have been made at such time.

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

“ Issue Date ” means March 28, 2017.

“ Issue Date Sale-Leaseback Financing Arrangements ” means the sale-leaseback financing arrangements of the MLP, the Company and/or any of their Subsidiaries reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the MLP included in this offering circular as “sale-leaseback financing arrangements” and in existence on the Issue Date, and obligations and liabilities in respect of such sale-leaseback financing arrangements, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed, refunded, restructured, refinanced or replaced or substituted in whole or in part from time to time and whether by the same or any other Person (regardless of whether such Issue Date Sale-Leaseback Financing Arrangements continue to be reflected on a consolidated balance sheet of the MLP or the Company as “sale-leaseback financing arrangements” after the Issue Date or the accounting thereof after the Issue Date changes due to a change in accounting treatment, change in GAAP or otherwise).

“ Issuers ” means, collectively, the Company and the Co-Issuer.

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“ Joint Venture ” means any Person (a) other than a Subsidiary in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries hold an ownership interest or (b) which is an unincorporated joint venture of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

“ Junior Lien Obligations ” means the Obligations with respect to other Debt permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture, which is by its terms intended to be secured by the Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a basis junior to the Notes; provided that such Lien is permitted to be incurred under this Indenture.

“ Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.

“ Longwall Financing Arrangements ” means collectively, (a) the credit agreement, dated January 5, 2010, by and among Sugar Camp Energy, LLC, as borrower, Foresight Energy LLC, as guarantor, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Deutschland, Niederlassung Einer Französischen Société Anonyme, and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and (b) if and solely to the extent Hillsboro becomes a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 4.16 hereof, the credit agreement, dated May 14, 2010, by and among Hillsboro, as the borrower, Foresight Energy LLC, as a guarantor, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank Deutschland Niederlassung, Einer Französischen Société Anonyme and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as administrative agent, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, each for the purpose of financing longwall mining equipment.

“ Management Services Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement entered into as of April 30, 2015 by and between Foresight Energy GP LLC and Murray American (or their respective successors), as amended, amended and restated, modified or replaced from time to time pursuant to one or more agreements.

“ Material Real Property ” means (a) any fee owned or leased real property interest held by the Issuers or a Guarantor on the Issue Date that has a fair market value (as determined by the Company in good faith) in excess of $5.0 million on the Issue Date, (b) any fee owned real property acquired by the Issuers or a Guarantor after the Issue Date that has a total fair market value (as determined by the Company in good faith) in excess of $5.0 million as of the date acquired and (c) any leasehold interest in real property leased by the Issuers or a Guarantor after the Issue Date with a total fair market value (as determined by the Company in good faith) in excess of $5.0 million as of the date of the lease thereof.

“ Mine ” means any excavation or opening into the earth now and hereafter made from which coal is or can be extracted from any of the Real Properties.

“ Mining Financial Assurances ” means letters of credit or performance bonds for reclamation or otherwise, surety bonds or escrow agreements and any payment or prepayment made with respect to, or certificates of deposit or other sums or assets required to be posted by the Issuers under Mining Laws for reclamation or otherwise.

“ Mining Laws ” means any and all current or future applicable federal, state, local and foreign statutes, laws, regulations, legally-binding guidance, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees or common law causes of action relating to mining operations and activities, including, but not be limited to,

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the Federal Coal Leasing Amendments Act; the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act; all other applicable land reclamation and use statutes and regulations; the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920; the Federal Mine Safety Act of 1977; the Black Lung Act; and the Coal Act; each as amended, and any comparable state and local laws or regulations.

“ Mining Lease ” means a lease, license or other use agreement which provides the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary the real property and water rights, other interests in land, including coal, mining and surface rights, easements, rights of way and options, and rights to timber and natural gas (including coalbed methane and gob gas) necessary or integral in order to recover coal from any Mine. Leases (other than Capital Leases or operating leases of personal property even if such personal property would become fixtures) which provide the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary the right to construct and operate a conveyor, crusher plant, silo, load out facility, rail spur, shops, offices and related facilities on the surface of the Real Property containing such reserves shall also be deemed a Mining Lease.

“ MLP ” means Foresight Energy LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and any successor thereof.

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

“ Mortgages ” means all mortgages, debentures, hypothecs, deeds of trust, deeds to secure Debt and similar documents, instruments and agreements (and all amendments, modifications and supplements thereof) creating, evidencing, perfecting or otherwise establishing the Liens on real estate and other related assets to secure payment of the Notes and the Note Guarantees or any part thereof.

“ Murray American ” means Murray American Coal, Inc. or any successor thereof.

“ Net Cash Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the proceeds of such Asset Sale in the form of cash (including (i) payments in respect of deferred payment obligations to the extent corresponding to principal, but not interest, when received in the form of cash, and (ii) proceeds from the conversion of other consideration received when converted to cash), net of

(1)                                  brokerage commissions and other fees and expenses related to such Asset Sale, including fees and expenses of counsel, accountants and investment bankers, discounts and sales commissions and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof;

(2)                                  provisions for Taxes as a result of such Asset Sale taking into account the consolidated results of operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3)                                  payments required to be made to holders of minority interests in Restricted Subsidiaries as a result of such Asset Sale or to repay Debt outstanding at the time of such Asset Sale that is secured by a Lien on the property or assets sold; and

(4)                                  appropriate amounts to be provided as a reserve against liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters and indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale, purchase price adjustments, with any subsequent reduction of the reserve other than by payments made and charged against the reserved amount to be deemed a receipt of cash.

“ New Credit Agreement ” means the credit and guaranty agreement, dated the Issue Date, entered into by and among the Company, the Grantors, the Credit Agreement Agent, and the lenders and other parties party thereto, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, replacements, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof.

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“ Non-Recourse Debt ” means Debt as to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary provides any Guarantee giving the lender thereunder recourse to the Capital Stock or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Equity Interests in a Person who is the primary obligor in respect of such Debt).

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

“ Note Documents ” means this Indenture, the Notes and the Parity Lien Security Documents securing the Obligations in respect thereof.

“ Note Guarantee ” means the guarantee of the Notes by a Guarantor pursuant to this Indenture.

“ Notes ” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.

“ Obligations ” means, with respect to any Debt, all obligations (whether in existence on the Issue Date or arising afterwards, absolute or contingent, direct or indirect) for or in respect of principal (when due, upon acceleration, upon redemption, upon mandatory repayment or repurchase pursuant to a mandatory offer to purchase, or otherwise), premium, interest, penalties, fees, indemnification, reimbursement, expenses, damages and other amounts payable and liabilities with respect to such Debt, including all interest accrued or accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or similar case or proceeding at the contract rate (including, without limitation, any contract rate applicable upon default) specified in the relevant documentation, whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such case or proceeding.

“ Offering Circular ” means the Confidential Offering Circular, dated March 16, 2017, containing the description of the Notes.

“ Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President or any Assistant Vice President of such Person or any parent thereof.

“ Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company (or when applicable, the Issuers) by an Officer of the Company, the MLP or the General Partner.

“ Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion to the Trustee from legal counsel that meets the requirements of the applicable provisions of this Indenture and Section 13.03 in any case. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

“ OPEB ” means post-employment benefits other than pension benefits, including, as applicable, medical, dental, vision, life and accidental death and dismemberment.

“ Outstanding Loan Threshold Date ” means the date that both (x) the outstanding principal amount of, without duplication, Loans, L/C Obligations and unused Revolving Loan Commitments (each as defined in the New Credit Agreement) under the New Credit Agreement (or the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all loans or other evidences of indebtedness, issued and outstanding letters of credit and commitments in respect thereof under any replacement credit agreement designated as such in accordance with the Collateral Trust Agreement) is less than 15% of the aggregate outstanding principal

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amount of all Priority Lien Debt and (y) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of another Series of Priority Lien Debt exceeds the outstanding principal amount of, without duplication, Loans. L/C Obligations and unused Revolving Loan Commitments under the New Credit Agreement.

“ Parent ” means (i) the MLP, (ii) the General Partner and (iii) any direct or indirect parent entity of the Company, the MLP, or the General Partner, the only material assets of which consist of cash, Cash Equivalents, or Equity Interests in the Company, the MLP, the General Partner or any other Parent.

“ Parity Lien ” means a Lien granted, or purported to be granted, by a Security Document to the Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any property of the Company or any other Grantor to secure Parity Lien Obligations.

“ Parity Lien Debt ” means:

(1)                                  the Notes issued on the Issue Date until such time as the Liens securing such Debt are released in accordance with their respective terms; and

(2)                                  any other Funded Debt (including Additional Notes) that is secured equally and ratably with the Notes by a Parity Lien and that was permitted to be incurred and permitted to be so secured under each applicable Secured Debt Document, as designated by the Company to be included in this definition.

“ Parity Lien Documents ” means, collectively, the Note Documents and any other indenture, credit agreement or other agreement pursuant to which any Parity Lien Debt is incurred and the Parity Lien Security Documents.

“ Parity Lien Obligations ” means Parity Lien Debt and all other Obligations in respect thereof including, without limitation, interest and premium (if any) (including Post-Petition Interest whether or not allowable), and all guarantees of any of the foregoing.

“ Parity Lien Representative ” means:

(1)                                  in the case of the Notes, the Trustee; and

(2)                                  in the case of any other Series of Parity Lien Debt, the trustee, agent or representative of the holders of such Series of Parity Lien Debt who maintains the transfer register for such Series of Parity Lien Debt and (A) is appointed as a Parity Lien Representative (for purposes related to the administration of the security documents) pursuant to this Indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing such Series of Parity Lien Debt, together with its successors in such capacity, and (B) who has executed a Collateral Trust Joinder, together with its successor in such capacity.

“Parity Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of Parity Lien Obligations and each Parity Lien Representative.

“Parity Lien Security Documents” means all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any other Grantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of any of the Parity Lien Secured Parties, in each case, as amended, modified, supplemented, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and the Collateral Trust Agreement.

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

“ Patton ” means Patton Mining LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

“ Permitted Acquisition ” means any acquisition, whether by purchase, merger or otherwise, of all or substantially all the property and assets or businesses of (or the assets constituting a business line, unit or division of) any Person, or the majority of the Equity Interests or other controlling interest in any Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted Subsidiary, solely to the extent made as a Permitted Investment.

“ Permitted Business ” means any of the following, whether domestic or foreign: the mining, production, marketing, sale, trading and transportation (including, without limitation, any business related to terminals) of natural resources including coal, ancillary natural resources and mineral products, exploration of natural resources, any acquired business activity so long as a material portion of such acquired business was otherwise a Permitted Business, and any business that is ancillary or complementary to the foregoing.

“ Permitted Holders ” means collectively, (a) (i) Chris Cline and his children and other lineal descendants, Robert E. Murray, Brenda L. Murray, Robert Edward Murray (son), Jonathan Robert Murray, Ryan Michael Murray (or any of their estates, or heirs or beneficiaries by will) and any Related Party; (ii) the spouses or former spouses, widows or widowers and estates of any of the Persons referred to in clause (i) above; (iii) any trust having as its sole beneficiaries one or more of the persons listed in clauses (i) and (ii) above; and (iv) any Person a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Equity Interests of which is owned by one or more of the Persons referred to in clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) above, (b) Murray Energy Corporation, an Ohio corporation, and its Subsidiaries, (c) Foresight Reserves L.P., (d) the MLP and any other Parent, (e) the General Partner and (f) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision) of which any of the foregoing are members; provided that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, such Persons referenced in clauses (a) through (e) above, collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of (A) the General Partner or (B) the Company.

“ Permitted Investments ” means:

(1)                                  any Investment in the Company or in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(2)                                  any Investment in cash or Cash Equivalents;

(3)                                  any Investment by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment

(a)                                  such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or

(b)                                  such Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(4)                                  Investments received as non-cash consideration in an Asset Sale made in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

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(5)                                  any Investment acquired solely in exchange for (i) Qualified Stock of the Company or any Parent or in exchange for Capital Stock of the Company or any Parent or (ii) management services provided by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;

(6)                                  Hedging Agreements permitted under this Indenture;

(7)                                  (i) receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business, (ii) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) securities, instruments or other obligations received in compromise or settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business, or by reason of a composition or readjustment of debts or reorganization of another Person, or in satisfaction of claims or judgments;

(8)                                  Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Investments made in reliance on this clause (8) and then outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $50.0 million and (y) 3.0% of Consolidated Assets (net of, with respect to the Investment in any particular Person, the cash return thereon received after the Issue Date as a result of any sale for cash, return, repayment, redemption, liquidating distribution or other cash realization (not included in Consolidated Net Income), not to exceed the amount of Investments in such Person made after the Issue Date in reliance on this clause (8)); provided, however , that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (8) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (8) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(9)                                  loans or advances, payroll, travel and other loans or advances to current or former officers, directors, employees, managers, directors or consultants of the Company, any Parent or the General Partner in an aggregate amount not to exceed $3.0 million at any time outstanding, made in the ordinary course of business;

(10)                           to the extent they involve an Investment, extensions of credit or letters of support to lessors, customers, suppliers and Joint Venture partners in the ordinary course of business;

(11)                           Investments arising as a result of any Permitted Receivables Financing;

(12)                           any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to a legally binding written commitment in existence on the Issue Date and, in each case, any Investment that replaces, refinances or refunds any Investment made pursuant to this clause (12); provided that the amount of any such Investment may be increased (a) as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the date of the Issue Date or (b) as otherwise permitted under this Indenture;

(13)                           (i) Investments in the nature of Production Payments, royalties, dedication of reserves under supply agreements or similar or related rights or interests granted, taken subject to, or otherwise imposed on properties, (ii) cross charges, Liens or security arrangements entered into in respect of a Joint Venture for the benefit of a participant, manager or operator of such Joint Venture, in each case, consistent with normal practices in the mining industry or (iii) payments or other arrangements whereby the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary provides a loan, advance payment or guarantee in return for future coal deliveries consistent with normal practices in the mining industry;

(14)                           (i) promissory notes and other similar non-cash consideration received by the Company in connection with Asset Sales not otherwise prohibited under this Indenture and (ii) Investments received

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in compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company, including pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer, (B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes or (C) the foreclosure with respect to any secured investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured investment;

(15)                           to the extent they involve an Investment, purchases and acquisitions, in the ordinary course of business, of inventory, supplies, material or equipment or the licensing or contribution of intellectual property;

(16)                           Investments made pursuant to surety bonds, reclamation bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds and related letters of credit or similar obligations, in each case, to the extent such surety bonds, reclamation bonds, performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, related letters of credit and similar obligations are permitted under this Indenture;

(17)                           Investments (including debt obligations and Capital Stock) received in satisfaction of judgments or in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, such customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;

(18)                           Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss;

(19)                           Investments resulting from liens, pledges and deposits permitted under the definition of “Permitted Liens;”

(20)                           Investments consisting of indemnification obligations in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, reclamation bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations in respect of coal sales contracts (and extensions or renewals thereof on similar terms), under any Mining Law, Environmental Law or other applicable law or with respect to workers’ compensation benefits, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations or similar legislation, or to secure liabilities to insurance carries under insurance arrangements in respect of such obligations, or good faith deposits, prepayments or cash payments in connection with bids, tenders, contracts or leases or to secure public or statutory obligations, customs duties and the like, or for payment of rent, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business, and pledges or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in support of obligations under coal sales contracts (and extensions or renewals thereof on similar terms) or any other Debt, or Liens securing Debt, of the type referred to in Section 4.09(b)(7) hereof;

(21)                           other Investments in an aggregate amount (without taking into account any changes in value after the making of any such Investment), taken together with all other Investments made in reliance on this clause (21) and then outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $75.0 million and (y) 4.0% of Consolidated Assets (net of, with respect to the Investment in any particular Person made pursuant to this clause, the cash return thereon received after the Issue Date as a result of any sale for cash, repayment, return, redemption, liquidating distribution or other cash realization (not included in Consolidated Net Income) not to exceed the amount of such Investments in such Person made after the Issue Date in reliance on this clause (21)); provided, however , that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (21) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after such

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date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (21) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;

(22)                           Investments in a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company acquired after the Issue Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with, or consolidated with either Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 5.01 hereof after the Issue Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

(23)                           any Permitted Payments to Parent, to the extent constituting an Investment; and

(24)                           any Investments in Hillsboro or Patton (i) at any time prior to their full operations recommencing, for the purpose of facilitating the return to full operations of Hillsboro or Patton in a manner consistent with their (x) maintenance practices at any time in effect since March 15, 2015 or (y) prior mining operations, (ii) at any time after such full operations have recommenced, for the purpose of maintaining operations of Hillsboro or Patton in a manner consistent with their prior mining operations, in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Investments made in reliance on subclauses (i) or (ii) of this clause (24) and then outstanding, not to exceed $20.0 million and (iii) with the proceeds of insurance relating to Hillsboro, Patton, their assets or the Deer Run mine.

“ Permitted Liens ” means

(1)                                  Liens securing (x) (A) Debt Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt plus (B) all other Obligations relating to such Debt and (y) any other Debt permitted to be Incurred under this Indenture if, as of the date of Incurrence of such Debt, and after giving pro forma effect thereto and the application of the net proceeds therefrom, the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company does not exceed 3.75 to 1.00; provided that in the case of this clause (y), (i) such Lien is a Parity Lien or secures a Junior Lien Obligation and (ii) solely for purposes of calculating the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company for purposes of this clause (y), the aggregate principal amount of Debt outstanding under clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt as of such date of Incurrence shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the greater of (a) $1,020 million and (b) the aggregate principal amount of Debt actually outstanding under such clause as of such date of Incurrence, all of which shall be treated as Secured Debt solely for such purpose;

(2)                                  Liens securing the Notes (other than Additional Notes) and any Note Guarantees thereof and other Obligations under this Indenture in respect thereof;

(3)                                  [Reserved];

(4)                                  Liens existing on the Issue Date other than any Lien described under clauses (1), (2) or (32) of this definition of “Permitted Liens”;

(5)                                  Liens incurred or pledges or deposits under (or to secure the performance of) Mining Financial Assurances, statutory obligations, utility services, government contracts, reclamation liabilities, water treatment, workers’ compensation obligations, claims and laws, unemployment insurance laws, social security and employee health and disability benefits laws or similar legislation, or casualty or liability or other insurance or self-insurance including any Lien securing letters of credit, letters of guarantee or bankers’ acceptances issued in the ordinary course of business in connection therewith;

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(6)                                  Liens imposed by law, such as landlords’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, workmen’s, construction and repairmen’s, vendors’ and mechanics’ Liens and other similar Liens, with respect to amounts which are not yet overdue for a period of more than 60 days or are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

(7)                                  (i) Liens to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Debt), reclamation bonds, return of money bonds, insurance bonds, Mining Financial Assurances, statutory obligations or bonds, health or social security benefits, unemployment or other insurance obligations, workers’ compensation claims, water treatment obligations, insurance obligations, reclamation obligations, obligations under Mining Laws or similar legislation, stay bonds, utility bonds, surety and appeal bonds (including surety bonds obtained as required in connection with federal coal leases), performance bonds, bid bonds, performance guarantees (including, without limitation, performance guarantees pursuant to coal supply agreements or equipment leases), bankers acceptances, completion guarantees, bank guarantees and letters of credit, customs duties and other obligations, including self-bonding arrangements, of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) Liens on assets to secure obligations under surety bonds obtained as required in connection with the entering into of federal coal leases or (iii) Liens created under or by any turnover trust;

(8)                                  Liens for utilities, taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies on the property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if the same shall not at the time be delinquent or thereafter can be paid without penalty, or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision that shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made therefor;

(9)                                  survey exceptions, easements, rights-of-way, zoning restrictions, leases, subleases, licenses, other restrictions and other similar encumbrances which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person, Liens set forth as exceptions to the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s title insurance policies and Liens set forth as exceptions to the mortgage title insurance policies or title opinions delivered;

(10)                           Liens on the property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries, as a tenant under a lease or sublease entered into in the ordinary course of business by such Person, in favor of the landlord under such lease or sublease, securing the tenant’s performance under such lease or sublease, as such Liens are provided to the landlord under applicable law and not waived by the landlord;

(11)                           customary Liens in favor of trustees, paying agents and escrow agents, and netting and setoff rights, banker’s liens and the like in favor of financial institutions and counterparties to financial obligations and instruments, including Hedging Agreements;

(12)                           Liens on assets pursuant to merger agreements, stock or asset purchase agreements and similar agreements in respect of the disposition of such assets;

(13)                           judgment Liens that are being contested in good faith by appropriate legal proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made;

(14)                           Permitted Real Estate Encumbrances;

(15)                           Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business securing obligations not securing Debt for borrowed money and not in the aggregate materially detracting from the value of the properties or their use in the operation of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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(16)                           Liens securing obligations in respect of trade-related letters of credit permitted under Section 4.09(b)(7) hereof covering only the goods (or the documents of title in respect of such goods) financed by such letters of credit and the proceeds and products thereof;

(17)                           Liens (including the interest of a lessor under a Capital Lease) on property and improvements that secure Debt Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(b)(10) hereof for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement of such property provided that the Lien does not (x) extend to any additional property or (y) secure any additional obligations, in each case other than the initial property so subject to such Lien and the Debt and other obligations originally so secured (other than improvements on and accessions to such property, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and any other assets pursuant to after-acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition on property of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition);

(18)                           Liens on property or assets of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, provided such Liens were not created in contemplation thereof and do not extend to any other property or assets of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than improvements on and accessions to such property or assets, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and any other property or assets pursuant to after-acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition on property or assets of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition);

(19)                           Liens on property or assets (including Equity Interests) at the time the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries acquires such property or assets, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person, provided such Liens were not created in contemplation thereof and do not extend to any other property or assets of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than improvements on and accessions to such property or assets, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and any other property or assets pursuant to after-acquired property clauses in effect with respect to such Lien at the time of acquisition on property or assets of the type that would have been subject to such Lien notwithstanding the occurrence of such acquisition);

(20)                           Liens securing Debt or other obligations of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary owed to the Company or a Guarantor;

(21)                           Liens incurred or assumed in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds the interest on which is tax-exempt under the Code;

(22)                           Liens on specific items of inventory, equipment or other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect thereof or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

(23)                           Liens on Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(24)                           Liens in favor of collecting or payor banks having a right of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or instruments of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary on deposit with or in possession of such bank;

(25)                           deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure reclamation liabilities, insurance liabilities and/or surety liabilities;

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(26)                           Liens on assets of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors securing Debt of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Guarantors;

(27)                           Liens constituting extensions, renewals or replacements of any Lien referred to in clauses (1) (x) (provided that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien in respect of a Lien referred to in clause (1)(x) secures Permitted Refinancing Debt Incurred under clause (5) of the definition of Permitted Debt with respect to the refinancing, or any successive refinancing, of Debt originally Incurred under clause (1) of the definition of Permitted Debt), (1)(y), (2), (4), (17) (provided that such extension, renewal or replacement Lien in respect of a Lien referred to in clause (17) secures Permitted Refinancing Debt Incurred under clause (5) of the definition of Permitted Debt with respect to the refinancing, or any successive refinancing, of Debt originally Incurred under clause (10) of the definition of Permitted Debt), (18), (19), (32), (33) or (37) of this definition of “Permitted Liens” in connection with the refinancing of the obligations secured thereby; provided that (i) such extension, renewal or replacement Lien does not extend to any other property (plus improvements on and accessions to such property, proceeds and products thereof, customary security deposits and any other assets pursuant to after-acquired property clauses to the extent such assets secured (or would have secured) the Debt being refinanced, refunded, extended, renewed or replaced), (ii) except as contemplated by the definition of “Permitted Refinancing Debt,” the aggregate principal amount of Debt secured by such Lien is not increased, (iii) if extending, renewing or replacing any Parity Lien, such new Lien shall either be a Parity Lien or a Lien securing a Junior Lien Obligation and (iv) if extending, renewing or replacing any Lien securing a Junior Lien Obligation, such new Lien shall also secure a Junior Lien Obligation;

(28)                           (i) surface use agreements, easements, zoning restrictions, rights of way, encroachments, pipelines, leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), subleases, rights of use, licenses, special assessments, trackage rights, transmission and transportation lines related to Mining Leases or mineral right or constructed coal mine assets or other Real Property including any re-conveyance obligations to a surface owner following mining, royalty payments and other obligations under surface owner purchase or leasehold arrangements necessary to obtain surface disturbance rights to access the subsurface coal deposits and similar encumbrances on Real Property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligation and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Company or any Subsidiary and (ii) Liens on the property of the Company or any of Restricted Subsidiary, as a tenant under a lease or sublease entered into in the ordinary course of business by such Person, in favor of the landlord under such lease or sublease, securing the tenant’s performance under such lease or sublease, as such Liens are provided to the landlord under applicable law and not waived by the landlord;

(29)                           pledges, deposits or non-exclusive licenses to use intellectual property rights of the Company or its Subsidiaries to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade contracts, leases, public or statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, reclamation bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(30)                           (i) Liens (including those arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings (and those which are security interests for purposes of the Personal Property Securities Act of 2009 (Cth)) with respect to bailments, leases or consignment or retention of title arrangements entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Liens as a result of the filing of UCC financing statements as a precautionary measure in connection with leases, operating leases or consignment arrangements;

(31)                           (x) Production Payments, royalties, dedication of reserves under supply agreements or similar or related rights or interests granted, taken subject to, or otherwise imposed on properties or (y) cross charges, Liens or security arrangements entered into in respect of a Joint Venture for the benefit

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of a participant, manager or operator of such Joint Venture, in each case, consistent with normal practices in the mining industry;

(32)                           Liens on accounts receivable and related assets and proceeds thereof arising in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof;

(33)                           other Liens securing Obligations in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $25.0 million;

(34)                           options, put and call arrangements, rights of first refusal and similar rights relating to Investments in joint ventures, partnerships and the like;

(35)                           Coal Liens;

(36)                           Liens on insurance policies and proceeds thereof, or other deposits, to secure insurance premium financings; and

(37)                           Liens securing Obligations in respect of Debt permitted by Sections 4.09(b)(6), (11) (to the extent the Debt that is guaranteed in reliance on such clause is permitted to be secured and such guarantee is secured only by the assets that are permitted to secure such Debt) and (19) hereof.

“ Permitted Payments to Parent ” means, without duplication as to amounts, dividends, distributions or the making of loans to any Parent (including the MLP) or the General Partner:

(1)                                  in amounts required for such entity to pay general overhead expenses (including, but not limited to, franchise taxes, legal expenses, accounting expenses, expenses to maintain their corporate existence and salaries, bonuses, benefits paid to directors, officers, managers, consultants and employees of any Parent or the General Partner and professional and administrative expenses) when due, including amounts relating to any Parent being a public company;

(2)                                  to the extent such amounts do not constitute Applicable Tax Distribution Amounts, for so long as the Company is a member of a group filing a consolidated or combined tax return with a Parent, payments to such Parent to pay the consolidated or combined tax liabilities of such Parent in respect of an allocable portion of the tax liabilities of such group that is attributable to the income of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are members of such group in an amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the amount that the Company and such Subsidiaries would be required to pay in respect of such taxes for such fiscal year were the Company and each such Subsidiary to pay such taxes on a consolidated or combined basis on behalf of a group consisting only of the Company and such Subsidiaries, taking into account any net operating losses or other attributes of the Company and such Subsidiaries, less any amounts paid directly by the Company and such Subsidiaries with respect to such taxes; provided that such amount in respect of any taxes of any Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall be limited to the extent of any amounts actually received from the Unrestricted Subsidiaries for such taxes by the Company and/or the Restricted Subsidiaries that are members of such group;

(3)                                  fees and expenses related to any offering or Incurrence of Equity Interests or Debt of any Parent, whether or not successful, to the extent all or a portion of the proceeds thereof are contributed, or intended to be contributed, to the Company;

(4)                                  customary indemnification obligations of any Parent (including the MLP) or the General Partner, directors’ fees and expense reimbursements, in each case, owing to directors, officers, employees

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or other Persons under its charter or by-laws or pursuant to written agreements with any such Person to the extent relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries; and

(5)                                  obligations of any Parent (including the MLP) or the General Partner in respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums therefor) to the extent relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries.

“ Permitted Real Estate Encumbrances ” means the following encumbrances which do not, in any case, individually or in the aggregate, materially detract from the value of any Mine subject thereto or interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business or operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as presently conducted on, at or with respect to such Mine and as to be conducted following the Issue Date: (a) encumbrances customarily found upon real property used for mining purposes in the applicable jurisdiction in which the applicable real property is located to the extent such encumbrances would be permitted or granted by a prudent operator of mining property similar in use and configuration to such real property (e.g., surface rights agreements, wheelage agreements and reconveyance agreements); (b) rights and easements of (i) owners of undivided interests in any of the real property where the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries owns less than 100% of the fee interest, (ii) owners of interests in the surface of any real property where the applicable party does not own or lease such surface interest, (iii) lessees, if any, of coal or other minerals (including oil, gas and coal bed methane) where the applicable the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries does not own such coal or other minerals, and (iv) lessees of other coal seams and other minerals (including oil, gas and coal bed methane) not owned or leased by such party; (c) with respect to any real property in which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary holds a leasehold interest, terms, agreements, provisions, conditions, and limitations (other than royalty and other payment obligations which are otherwise permitted hereunder) contained in the leases granting such leasehold interest and the rights of lessors thereunder (and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, and assigns), subject to any amendments or modifications set forth in any landlord consent delivered in connection with a Mortgage; (d) farm, grazing, hunting, recreational and residential leases with respect to which the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary is the lessor encumbering portions of the real properties to the extent such leases would be granted or permitted by, and contain terms and provisions that would be acceptable to, a prudent operator of mining properties similar in use and configuration to such real properties; (e) royalty and other payment obligations to sellers or transferors of fee coal or lease properties to the extent such obligations constitute a lien not yet delinquent; (f) rights of others to subjacent or lateral support and absence of subsidence rights or to the maintenance of barrier pillars or restrictions on mining within certain areas as provided by any mining lease, unless in each case waived by such other person; and (g) rights of repurchase or reversion when mining and reclamation are completed.

“ Permitted Receivables Financing ” means any receivables financing facility or arrangement pursuant to which a Securitization Subsidiary purchases or otherwise acquires Receivables of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and enters into a third party financing thereof on terms that the Board of Directors of the Company has concluded are customary and fair to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, the First Amended and Restated Receivables Financing Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2016, by and among Foresight Receivables LLC, the persons from time to time party thereto as Lenders, Group Agents and LC Participants, PNC Bank, National Association, as both LC Bank and Administrative Agent, the Company and Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC, as in effect on the Issue Date, is a Permitted Receivables Financing.

“ Person ” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity, including a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof.

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“ Post-Petition Interest” means interest, fees, expenses and other charges that pursuant to the Priority Lien Documents or Parity Lien Documents, as applicable, continue to accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency of Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under the Bankruptcy Code or in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

“Preferred Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, any and all Capital Stock which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, upon liquidation or otherwise, over another class of Capital Stock of such Person.

“ Priority Lien ” means a Lien granted, or purported to be granted, by a Security Document to the Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any property of the Company or any other Grantor to secure Priority Lien Obligations.

“ Priority Lien Debt ” means:

(1)                                  any Funded Debt incurred under the New Credit Agreement that is secured by a Priority Lien and that is permitted to be incurred and permitted to be so secured under each applicable Secured Debt Document; and

(2)                                  any other Funded Debt (including, without limitation (x) Funded Debt incurred under any replacement credit agreement and (y) borrowings under any other Credit Facility) that is secured by a Priority Lien and that is permitted to be incurred and permitted to be so secured under each applicable Secured Debt Document, as designated by the Company to be included in this definition.

For the avoidance of doubt, Obligations under Hedging Agreements, Secured Hedging Obligations, Bank Products Obligations and Secured Cash Management Obligations do not constitute Priority Lien Debt but may constitute Priority Lien Obligations. Secured Hedging Obligations and Secured Cash Management Obligations that are secured pursuant to the Priority Lien Documents with respect to a Series of Priority Lien Debt shall be “related to” such Series of Priority Lien Debt for purposes of the Collateral Trust Agreement.

“ Priority Lien Documents ” means, collectively, the New Credit Agreement and any other indenture, credit agreement or other agreement pursuant to which any Priority Lien Debt is incurred and the Priority Lien Security Documents.

“ Priority Lien Obligations ” means the Priority Lien Debt and all other Obligations in respect of Priority Lien Debt, including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest whether or not allowable, together with all Secured Hedging Obligations and Secured Cash Management Obligations and all guarantees of any of the foregoing. In addition to the foregoing, all obligations owing to the Collateral Trustee in its capacity as such, whether pursuant to the Collateral Trust Agreement or one or more of the Priority Lien Documents or Parity Lien Documents, shall in each case be deemed to constitute Priority Lien Obligations (with the obligations described in this sentence being herein the “Collateral Trustee Obligations”), which Collateral Trustee Obligations shall be entitled to the priority provided in clause FIRST under Section 3.4(a) of the Collateral Trust Agreement.

“ Priority Lien Representative ” means:

(a)                                  in the case of the New Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement Agent; and

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(b)                                  in the case of any other Series of Priority Lien Debt, the trustee, agent or representative of the holders of such Series of Priority Lien Debt who maintains the transfer register for such Series of Priority Lien Debt and is appointed as a representative of the Priority Lien Debt (for purposes related to the administration of the Security Documents) pursuant to this Indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing such Series of Priority Lien Debt, and who has executed a Collateral Trust Joinder, together with any successor in such capacity.

“Priority Lien Secured Parties” means the holders of Priority Lien Obligations, each Priority Lien Representative and the Collateral Trustee.

“Priority Lien Security Documents” means all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any other Grantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of any of the Priority Lien Secured Parties, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement.

“ Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(1) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

“ Production Payments ” means with respect to any Person, all production payment obligations and other similar obligations with respect to coal and other natural resources of such Person that are recorded as a liability or deferred revenue on the financial statements of such Person in accordance with GAAP.

“ pro forma basis ” and “ pro forma effect ” mean giving effect to one or more transactions or pro forma events in the manner set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

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

“ Qualified Equity Interests ” means all Equity Interests of a Person other than Disqualified Equity Interests.

“ Qualified Stock ” means all Capital Stock of a Person other than Disqualified Stock.

“ Rating Agencies ” means S&P and Moody’s; provided, that if either S&P or Moody’s (or both) shall cease issuing a rating on the Notes for reasons outside the control of the Company, the Company may select a nationally recognized statistical rating agency to substitute for S&P or Moody’s (or both).

“ Related Party ” means:

(1)                                  any immediate family member of any Permitted Holder; or

(2)                                  any trust, corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity, the beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, members, owners or Persons beneficially holding a majority (and controlling) interest of which consist of any one or more Permitted Holders and/or such other Persons referred to in the immediately preceding clause (1).

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“ Real Property ” shall mean, collectively, all right, title and interest of the Company or any Subsidiary (including any leasehold or mineral estate) in and to any and all parcels of real property owned or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary, whether by lease, license or other use agreement, including but not limited to, coal leases and surface use agreements, together with, in each case, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures (including all conveyors, preparation plants or other coal processing facilities, silos, shops and load out and other transportation facilities), easements and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof, including but not limited to, access rights, water rights and extraction rights for minerals.

“Receivables ” means accounts receivable (including all rights to payment created by or arising from the sale of goods, leases of goods or the rendition of services, no matter how evidenced (including in the form of a chattel paper)).

“ Record Date ” means March 15 and September 15.

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

“ Regulation S Global Note ” means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.

“ Required Parity Lien Debtholders ” means, at any time, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of all Parity Lien Debt then outstanding, calculated in accordance with the Collateral Trust Agreement. For purposes of this definition, Parity Lien Debt registered in the name of, or beneficially owned by, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company (as certified in writing to the Collateral Trustee by the applicable Secured Debt Representative (other than the Trustee)) will be deemed not to be outstanding and neither the Company nor any Affiliate of the Company will be entitled to vote any of the Parity Lien Debt.

“ Required Lenders ” means the “Required Lenders” (or an equivalent term with substantially the same meaning) under and as defined in the New Credit Agreement (or a replacement credit agreement that has been designated in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement).

“ Responsible Officer ,” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject, and who, in each case, shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“ Restricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

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

“ Restricted Investment ” means any Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

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

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“ Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of a Person other than any Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, “Restricted Subsidiary” means a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Co-Issuer shall also constitute a Restricted Subsidiary.

“ Retained Percentage ” means, with respect to an Excess Cash Flow Period, 25%; provided that, commencing with the Excess Cash Flow Period for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, such percentage shall be (i) 50% if the Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is less than or equal to 4.00 to 1.00 and greater than 3.00 to 1.00, (ii) 75% if the Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is less than or equal to 3.00 to 1.00 and greater than 1.75 to 1.00 and (iii) 100% if the Secured Leverage Ratio at the end of such Excess Cash Flow Period is less than or equal to 1.75 to 1.00.

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

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

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

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

“ S&P ” means S&P Global Ratings and its successors.

“ Secured Cash Management Agreement ” means any agreement to provide any of the following services (a) the execution or processing of electronic transfers of funds by automatic clearing house transfer, wire transfer or otherwise to or from the deposit accounts of the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, (b) the acceptance for deposit or the honoring for payment of any check, draft or other item with respect to any such deposit accounts, (c) any other treasury, deposit, disbursement, overdraft, and cash management services afforded to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, and (d) stored value card, commercial credit card and merchant card services, in each case, that is secured under the Priority Lien Documents.

“ Secured Cash Management Obligations ” means all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in respect of any Secured Cash Management Agreement.

“ Secured Debt ” means Parity Lien Debt and Priority Lien Debt.

“ Secured Debt Documents ” means the Parity Lien Documents and the Priority Lien Documents.

“ Secured Debt Obligations ” means any principal (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit whether or not drawn), interest (at the rate specified in the applicable Secured Debt Documents, including any applicable post-default rate), premium (if any), fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses and other charges and liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Secured Obligations, including any and all interest, premium, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses and other charges and liabilities accruing or incurred after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding pursuant to the applicable Secured Debt Documents, even if any of the foregoing is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding.

“ Secured Debt Representative ” means each Parity Lien Representative and each Priority Lien Representative.

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“ Secured Hedging Agreement ” means any Hedging Agreement that is secured under the Priority Lien Documents.

“ Secured Hedging Obligations ” means all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in respect of any Secured Hedging Agreement.

“ Secured Leverage Ratio ” means, on any date, the ratio of:

(1) the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate principal amount of Secured Debt and Junior Lien Obligations representing Debt for borrowed money (less the amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of such date) outstanding on such date (and, for this purpose, letters of credit will be deemed to have a principal amount equal to the amount drawn, and not reimbursed thereunder, if any), plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of Attributable Debt in respect of Capital Lease Obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, outstanding on such date, plus (c) to the extent constituting Debt for borrowed money, the aggregate principal amount of Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred to finance all or a part of the acquisition of any longwall equipment (or other mining equipment acquired after the Issue Date) and that is secured by a Lien on such equipment outstanding on such date, to:

(2) the aggregate amount of the Company’s EBITDA for the most recent four-quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee.

In addition, the Secured Leverage Ratio will be determined in accordance with such pro forma adjustments as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

“ Secured Obligations ” means Parity Lien Obligations and Priority Lien Obligations.

“ Secured Parties ” means the holders of Secured Obligations, the Secured Debt Representatives and the Collateral Trustee.

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

“ Securitization Subsidiary ” means (x) any Subsidiary of the Company:

(i)                                      that is designated a “Securitization Subsidiary” by the Company,

(ii)                                   that does not engage in, and whose charter prohibits it from engaging in, any activities other than Permitted Receivables Financings and any activity necessary, incidental or related thereto,

(iii)                                no portion of the Debt or any other obligation, contingent or otherwise, of which

(a)                                  is Guaranteed by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company,

(b)                                  is recourse to or obligates the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in any way, or

(c)                                   subjects any property or asset of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, and

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(iv)                               with respect to which neither the Company nor any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) has any obligation to maintain or preserve its financial condition or cause it to achieve certain levels of operating results;

other than, in respect of clauses (iii) and (iv), pursuant to customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into in connection with a Permitted Receivables Financing; and (y), if at such time such Subsidiary complies with the requirements of the foregoing clause (x), Foresight Receivables LLC.

“ Security Documents ” means the Collateral Trust Agreement, any applicable intercreditor agreement, each Collateral Trust Joinder, each Priority Lien Security Document and each Parity Lien Security Document, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Collateral Trust Agreement.

“ Senior Secured Leverage Ratio ” means, on any date, the ratio of:

(1) the sum, without duplication, of (a) the aggregate principal amount of Priority Lien Debt representing Debt for borrowed money (less the amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as of such date) outstanding on such date (and, for this purpose, letters of credit will be deemed to have a principal amount equal to the amount drawn, and not reimbursed thereunder, if any), plus (b) the aggregate principal amount of Attributable Debt in respect of Capital Lease Obligations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, outstanding on such date, plus (c) to the extent constituting Debt for borrowed money, the aggregate principal amount of Debt of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurred to finance all or a part of the acquisition of any longwall equipment (or other mining equipment acquired after the Issue Date) and that is secured by a Lien on such equipment outstanding on such date, to

(2) the aggregate amount of the Company’s EBITDA for the most recent four-quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered to the Trustee.

In addition, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio will be determined in accordance with such pro forma adjustments as are consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio.

“ Series of Parity Lien Debt ” means, severally, the Notes and each other issue or series of Parity Lien Debt for which a single transfer register is maintained. For the avoidance of doubt, all reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued pursuant to a Parity Lien Document shall be part of the same Series of Parity Lien Debt as all other Parity Lien Debt incurred pursuant to such Parity Lien Document.

“ Series of Priority Lien Debt ” means, severally, Funded Debt under the New Credit Agreement and each other issue or series of Priority Lien Debt for which a single transfer register is maintained. For the avoidance of doubt, all reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued pursuant to a Priority Lien Document shall be part of the same Series of Priority Lien Debt as all other Priority Lien Debt incurred pursuant to such Priority Lien Document.

“ Series of Secured Debt ” means, severally, each Series of Priority Lien Debt and each Series of Parity Lien Debt.

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“ Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

“ Stated Maturity ” means (i) with respect to any Debt, the date specified as the fixed date on which the final installment of principal of such Debt is due and payable or (ii) with respect to any scheduled installment of principal of or interest on any Debt, the date specified as the fixed date on which such installment is due and payable as set forth in the documentation governing such Debt, not including any contingent obligation to repay, redeem or repurchase prior to the regularly scheduled date for payment.

“ Subordinated Debt ” means any Debt of an Issuer or any Guarantor which is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or the Note Guarantee, as applicable, pursuant to a written agreement to that effect.

“ Subsidiary ” means with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, limited liability company or other business entity of which more than 50% of the outstanding Voting Stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by, or, in the case of a partnership, the sole general partner or the managing partner or the only general partners of which are, such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or a combination thereof). Unless otherwise specified, “Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company.

“ Taxes ” means any present or future tax, levy, import, duty, charge, deduction, withholding, assessment or fee of any nature (including interest, penalties, and additions thereto) that is imposed by any Governmental Authority or other taxing authority.

“ Transactions ” means the transactions described under “ Offering Circular Summary — The Refinancing Transactions ” in the Offering Circular.

“ Transaction Costs ” means all fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions.

“ Treasury Rate ” means with respect to the Notes, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H. 15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two business days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to April 1, 2020; provided, however , that if the period from the redemption date to April 1, 2020 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used. The Company will calculate the applicable Treasury Rate at least two but not more than four Business Days prior to the applicable redemption date and file with the Trustee, before such redemption date, a written statement setting forth the Applicable Premium and showing the calculation of the Applicable Premium in reasonable detail, and the Trustee will have no responsibility for verifying any such calculation.

“ Trustee ” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble of this Indenture, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

“ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is governed by the Uniform

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Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, priority or remedies.

“ U.S. Government Obligations ” means obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States of America or by any agency or instrumentality thereof, provided that the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged in support thereof.

“ Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

“ Unrestricted Global Note ” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

“ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means (1) Hillsboro, (2) Patton and (3) (i) any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination has previously been designated and, with respect to each of clauses (1), (2) and (3), continues to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 4.16 hereof and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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

“ Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, Capital Stock of any class or kind ordinarily having the power to vote for the election of directors, managers or other voting members of the governing body of such Person.

“ Wholly Owned ” means, with respect to any Restricted Subsidiary, a Restricted Subsidiary all of the outstanding Capital Stock of which (other than any director’s qualifying shares) is owned by the Company and one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries (or a combination thereof).

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Section 1.03                             Rules of Construction.

(a)                                  Unless the context otherwise requires:

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

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

(3)                                  “or” is not exclusive;

(4)                                  the term “including” is not limiting;

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

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

(7)                                  provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

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

(9)                                  unsecured Debt shall not be deemed to be subordinate or junior to Secured Debt merely by virtue of its nature as unsecured Debt;

(10)                           the principal amount of any non-interest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;

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(11)                           the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock, whichever is greater;

(12)                           unless otherwise specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP; and

(13)                           “$” and “U.S. dollars” each refer to United States dollars, or such other money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

ARTICLE II.
THE NOTES

Section 2.01                             Form and Dating.

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

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

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

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

Section 2.02                             Execution and Authentication.

At least one Officer must sign the Notes for the Issuers by manual or facsimile signature.

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

A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.  The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

The Trustee will, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuers signed by an Officer of the Issuers (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by the Issuers pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.

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

Section 2.03                             Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Issuers will maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”).  The Registrar will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange.  The Issuers may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents.  The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar and the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent.  The Issuers may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder.  The Issuers will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture.  If the Issuers fail to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.  The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

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

The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

Section 2.04                             Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Issuers will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium on, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuers in making any such payment.  While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  The Issuers at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.  Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries) will have no further liability for the money.  If the Company or one of its Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it will segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent.  Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to either Issuer, the Trustee will serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

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Section 2.05                             Holder Lists.

The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders.  If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuers will furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Interest Payment Date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders of Notes.

Section 2.06                             Transfer and Exchange.

(a)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes .  A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary.  All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Issuers for Definitive Notes if:

(1)                                  the Issuers deliver to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuers within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;

(2)                                  the Issuers in their sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and deliver a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or

(3)                                  there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes and the Depositary so requests.

Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (1), (2) or (3) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee.  Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof.  Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note.  A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.

(b)                                  Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes .  The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.  Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act.  Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

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

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an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note.  No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(1).

(2)           All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes.   In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:

(A)          both:

(i)            a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

(ii)           instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or

(B)          both:

(i)            a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and

(ii)           instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above;

Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof.

(3)           Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note.   A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

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

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

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

(4)           Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note .  A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(2) above and the Registrar receives the following:

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

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

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (4), if the Company or the Registrar so request or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company and the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this subparagraph (4) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this subparagraph (4).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(F)           if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Issuers or any of their Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(B) thereof; or

(G)          if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3(C) thereof;

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.  The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

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

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

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

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Company or the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company or the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(3)           Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes.   If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Unrestricted Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuers will execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant.  The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.  Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.

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

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

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

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

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

(D)          if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with

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Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(A) thereof;

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

(F)           if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(B) thereof; or

(G)          if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item 3(C) thereof;

the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the appropriate Restricted Global Note.

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

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

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

and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Company or the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company or the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

(3)           Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes.   A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time.

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Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2) or (3) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (2), if the Company or the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Company or the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

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

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

(1)           Private Placement Legend.

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

“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE U.S. SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION AND, ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT (A) (1) TO AN ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (2) TO A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (3) IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 903 OR RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (4) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR THAT IS AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501 OF REGULATION D UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES TO THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS REQUESTED BY THE ISSUERS RELATING TO THE TRANSFER OF THE NOTES AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE ISSUERS THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, (5) PURSUANT TO THE EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (IF AVAILABLE), (6) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUERS SO REQUEST), OR (7) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND (B) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND ALL OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTIONS. EACH HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL GIVE TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. AS USED HEREIN, THE

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TERMS “OFFSHORE TRANSACTION,” “UNITED STATES” AND “U.S. PERSON” HAVE THE MEANING GIVEN TO THEM BY REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”

In the case of the notes sold pursuant to Regulation S, the notes will bear an additional legend substantially to the following effect, unless we determine otherwise in compliance with applicable law:

“BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON, NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON, AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.”

(B)          Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2), (e)(3) or (f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.

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

“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 SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO., OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL NOTE SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO HEREIN.”

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

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Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(h)           General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges .

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

(2)           No service charge will be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuers may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.04 hereof).

(3)           The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

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

(5)           Neither the Registrar nor the Issuers will be required:

(A)          to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;

(B)          to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or

(C)          to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.

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

(7)           The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

(8)           [Reserved.]

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(9)           The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Participants or Indirect Participants) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(10)         Neither the Trustee, the Issuers nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Note, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuers, the Trustee, or any agent of the Issuers or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Note or shall impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Note, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Note.

Section 2.07          Replacement Notes.

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuers and the Trustee receive evidence to each of their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Issuers will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Issuers’ and the Trustee’s requirements are met.  If required by the Trustee or the Issuers, an indemnity bond or security must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee (with respect to the Trustee) and the Issuers (with respect to the Issuers) to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss or expense that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced.  The Issuers and the Trustee may charge such Holder for their expenses in replacing a Note.

Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Issuers and will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

Section 2.08          Outstanding Notes.

The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding.  Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuers or an Affiliate of the Issuers holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company and not cancelled shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(a) hereof.

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

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

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

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date, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.

Section 2.09          Treasury Notes.

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuers or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuers or any Guarantor, will be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee has been notified by the Company in writing are so owned will be so disregarded.

Section 2.10          Temporary Notes.

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

Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

Section 2.11          Cancellation.

The Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation upon their written order.  The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.  The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will destroy canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act and the Trustee).  Certification of the cancellation of all canceled Notes will be delivered to the Issuers upon the Company’s written request.  The Issuers may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that they have paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.12          Defaulted Interest.

If the Issuers default in a payment of interest on the Notes, they will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.  The Company will notify the Trustee in writing in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment.  The Issuers will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest.  At least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuers (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Issuers) will send or cause to be sent to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

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Section 2.13          CUSIP Numbers, ISINs, Etc.

The Issuers in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers (if then generally in use), and the Trustee shall use any such CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however , that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers, either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption that reliance may be placed only on the identification numbers printed on the Notes and that any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuers shall advise the Trustee in writing of any change in any such CUSIP numbers, ISINs and “Common Code” numbers.

Section 2.14          Calculation of Principal Amount of Notes.

The aggregate principal amount of the Notes, at any date of determination, shall be the principal amount of the Notes at such date of determination. With respect to any matter requiring consent, waiver, approval or other action of the Holders of a specified percentage of the principal amount of all the Notes, such percentage shall be calculated, on the relevant date of determination, by dividing (a) the principal amount, as of such date of determination, of Notes, the Holders of which have so consented, by (b) the aggregate principal amount, as of such date of determination, of the Notes then outstanding, in each case, as determined in accordance with the preceding sentence, Section 2.08 and 2.09 of this Indenture.

ARTICLE III.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

Section 3.01          Notices to Trustee.

If the Issuers elect to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, the Company must furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date an Officer’s Certificate setting forth:

(1)           the Notes to be redeemed;

(2)           the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;

(3)           the redemption date;

(4)           any conditions to redemption;

(5)           the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and

(6)           the redemption price.

Section 3.02          Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption as follows:

(a)           if the Notes are listed for trading on a national securities exchange and a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notice of such listing from the Issuers, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are so listed as advised by the Issuers in such notice (subject to the Applicable Procedures of DTC); or

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(b)           if the Notes are not so listed or there are no such requirements, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption on a pro rata basis by lot or by such other method as the Trustee deems fair and appropriate (subject to the Applicable Procedures of DTC).

No Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part.  If any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the notice of redemption that relates to that Note shall state the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.  A new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note.

Section 3.03          Notice of Redemption.

At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuers shall give or cause to be given, by first class mail (or electronically in accordance with the Applicable Procedures of DTC in the case of Global Notes), a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be given more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 11 hereof.

The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including CUSIP numbers) and shall state:

(a)           the redemption date;

(b)           the redemption price (if then determined);

(c)           if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

(d)           the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(e)           that Notes called for redemption (other than a Global Note) must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(f)            that, unless the Issuers default in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

(g)           the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed;

(h)           any conditions to redemption; and

(i)            that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

If any of the Notes to be redeemed is in the form of a Global Note, then the Issuers shall modify such notice to the extent necessary to accord with the Applicable Procedures applicable to redemption.

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuers’ name and at their expense; provided, however, that the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee, five Business Days (or three Business Days in the case of Global Notes) prior to the date notice of such redemption is to be given to Holders (unless a shorter notice period shall be agreed to by the Trustee) and,

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as provided in Section 3.01, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

Section 3.04          Effect of Notice of Redemption.

Once notice of redemption is given in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption without a condition become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price.

Notice of any redemption of the Notes (including upon the consummation of an Equity Offering, issuance of Debt, Change of Control or other transactions) may, at the Issuers’ discretion, be given prior to the consummation of such transaction or event and any such redemption may, at the Issuers’ discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, consummation or occurrence of the related transaction or event, as the case may be.

If a redemption or purchase is subject to satisfaction of one or more conditions precedent, such notice shall describe each such condition, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Issuers’ discretion, the redemption date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions shall be satisfied, or such redemption or purchase may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that any or all such conditions shall not have been satisfied by the redemption date, or by the redemption date as so delayed, or such notice may be rescinded at any time in the Issuers’ discretion if in the good faith judgment of the Issuers any or all of such conditions will not be satisfied. The Issuers may provide in such notice that payment of the redemption price and performance of the Issuers’ obligations with respect to such redemption may be performed by another Person.

Section 3.05          Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

On or prior to the redemption or purchase date, the Issuers will deposit no later than 11:00 a.m. New York City time on such date with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date.  The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly, upon written request thereof, return to the Issuers any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuers in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

If the Issuers comply with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.  If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date.  If any Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuers to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof.

Section 3.06          Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuers will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuers a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.

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Section 3.07          Optional Redemption.

(a)           (1) At any time and from time to time prior to April 1, 2020, the Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed plus the Applicable Premium and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date).

(2) At any time and from time to time on or after April 1, 2020, the Issuers may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to the percentage of principal amount set forth below plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date):

(b)           At any time and from time to time prior to April 1, 2020, the Issuers may redeem up to 35% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Notes) at a redemption price equal to 111.50% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date), but in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount of net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings (1) by the Company or (2) by any direct or indirect parent of the Company to the extent the net cash proceeds thereof are contributed to the common equity capital of the Company or are used to purchase Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company, provided that

(1)           in each case, the redemption takes place not later than 180 days after the closing of the related Equity Offering, and

(2)           not less than 50% of the aggregate principal amount of the  Notes originally issued under this Indenture (including any Additional Notes) remains outstanding immediately thereafter.

The Issuers may also redeem all of the remaining Notes at the time, at the redemption price and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.14(e) hereof.

Unless the Issuers default in the payment of the redemption price, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable redemption date.

(c)           Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

Section 3.08          Mandatory Redemption.

The Issuers are not required to make any mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

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Section 3.09          Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Issuers shall be required to commence a pro rata offer (an “ Offer to Purchase ”) to all Holders of the Notes and all holders of other Parity Lien Obligations containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the Net Cash Proceeds of sales of assets to purchase such Notes and such other Parity Lien Debt, it shall follow the procedures specified below.

The Offer to Purchase shall remain open for a period of at least 30 days following its commencement but no longer than 60 days, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “ Offer Period ”).  Promptly after the termination of the Offer Period (the “ Purchase Date ”), the Issuers shall purchase the principal amount of the Notes and such other Parity Lien Obligations required to be purchased pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof (the “ Offer Amount ”) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and other Parity Lien Obligations tendered and not withdrawn in response to the Offer to Purchase.

Upon the commencement of an Offer to Purchase, the Issuers shall send, by first class mail (or in the case of Global Notes, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures), a notice to each of the Holders of the Notes, with a copy to the Trustee.  The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase.  The Offer to Purchase shall be made to all Holders of the Notes.  The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Offer to Purchase, shall state:

(a)           that the Offer to Purchase is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Offer to Purchase shall remain open;

(b)           the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

(c)           that any Note not validly tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

(d)           that, unless the Issuers default in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

(e)           that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Offer to Purchase shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Issuers, or a paying agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

(f)            that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuers, the depositary or the paying agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

(g)           that, if the aggregate principal amount of the Notes and other Parity Lien Obligations surrendered by the holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Issuers shall select the Notes and other Parity Lien Obligations to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of the Notes and such other Parity Lien Obligations surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate

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by the Issuers so that only Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, shall remain outstanding after such purchase); and

(h)           that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

On the Purchase Date, the Issuers shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of the Notes or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, or if less than the Offer Amount has been validly tendered and not properly withdrawn, all Notes so tendered and not withdrawn, shall deposit by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, with the paying agent or depositary an amount equal to the purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Issuers in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09.  The Issuers, the depositary or the paying agent, as the case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Issuers for purchase, and the Issuers shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book entry) such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered.  Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Issuers to the Holder thereof.  The Issuers shall publicly announce the results of the Offer to Purchase on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date. The Issuers shall deliver tendered notes accepted for purchase to the Trustee for cancellation with a cancellation order.

ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS

Section 4.01          Payment of Notes.

The Issuers will pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium on, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes.  Principal, premium, if any, and interest will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the due date money deposited by the Issuers in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest, if any, then due.

The Issuers will pay interest on overdue principal at the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; they will pay interest on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period), at the same rate to the extent lawful.

Section 4.02          Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Issuers will maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be made.  The Issuers 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 Issuers fail to maintain any such required office or agency or fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no service of legal process may be made on the Issuers at any office of the Trustee.

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The Issuers may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes 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 will in any manner relieve the Issuers of their obligation to maintain an office or agency in the United States for such purposes.  The Issuers 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.

The Issuers hereby designate the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Issuers in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.

Section 4.03          Reports.

(a)           Whether or not the Company is subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company must provide the Trustee and Holders of the Notes (or make available on EDGAR or, with respect to the Holders of the Notes only, by posting such information to its website (or the website of any Parent) or on IntraLinks or any comparable online data system or website) with:

(1)           within the time periods specified in the Exchange Act, all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the Commission on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such forms, including a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and, with respect to annual information only, a report thereon by the Company’s certified independent accountants, and

(2)           within 10 Business Days of the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K if the Company were required to file such reports.

(b)           Any and all Defaults or Events of Default arising from a failure to furnish or file in a timely manner any information or report required by this Section 4.03 shall be deemed cured (and the Company shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Section 4.03) upon furnishing or filing such information or report as contemplated by this Section 4.03 (but without regard to the date on which such information or report is so furnished or filed); provided that such cure shall not otherwise affect the rights of the Holders of the Notes under Article VI hereof if the principal and interest have been accelerated in accordance with the terms of Article VI hereof and such acceleration has not been rescinded or cancelled prior to such cure.

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, such reports (A) will not be required to comply with Section 302, Section 906 or Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, or Items 307, 308, and 402 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, or Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K (with respect to any non-GAAP financial measures contained therein) and (B) will not be required to contain the separate financial information for Guarantors or Subsidiaries whose securities are pledged to secure the Notes contemplated by Rule 3-10 or Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC, or otherwise required by Rule 3-09 of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

(d)           So long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company will also: (a) not later than 10 Business Days after providing the information required by Section 4.03(a)(1) hereof, hold a publicly accessible conference call to discuss such information for the relevant fiscal period; and (b) issue a press release to an internationally recognized wire service no fewer than three Business Days prior to the date of the conference call required by the foregoing clause (a) of this Section 4.03(d), announcing the time

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and date of such conference call and either including all information necessary to access the call or directing Holders of the Notes, prospective investors, broker dealers and securities analysts to contact the appropriate person at the Issuers to obtain such information.

(e)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, so long as any Parent (1) controls, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, (2) consolidates the Company in accordance with GAAP and (3) has no material operations, assets or revenues other than those of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the filing by such Parent of its quarterly, annual and current reports and consolidated financial statements referred to above on the SEC’s EDGAR filing system or, with respect to the Holders of the Notes only, another publicly accessible website or on IntraLinks (or any comparable online data system or website), and a publicly accessible quarterly conference call of such Parent, will be deemed to satisfy the obligations of the Issuers under this Section 4.03; provided that in the case of the quarterly and annual reports, unless such information would not be material to Holders of the Notes or prospective investors, the same are accompanied by information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to such Parent and any of its Subsidiaries other than the Company and its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the information relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries on a stand-alone basis, on the other hand.

(f)            In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, if at any time the MLP or any other Parent provides a guarantee of the Notes, then until such guarantee is released, if the MLP or such other Parent files reports with the Commission in accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, whether voluntarily or otherwise, furnishes such reports to Holders of the Notes and the Trustee or, with respect to the Holders of the Notes only, posts such reports on its website, and holds a publicly accessible quarterly conference call, in compliance with the time periods specified in Sections 4.03(a) and (d) hereof, then the Company shall be deemed to comply in full with this Sections 4.03. For the avoidance of doubt, if the MLP or any other Parent provides a guarantee, such Person shall not be subject to the covenants of this Indenture and will not be deemed a “Guarantor” thereunder, and such guarantee will terminate and be automatically released upon the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Company ceasing to be a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Person providing such guarantee, (ii) the Company’s transfer of all or substantially all of its assets to, or merger with, an entity that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Person providing such guarantee in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof and such transferee entity assuming the Company’s obligations under this Indenture, or (iii) the Issuers’ exercise of their legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option pursuant to Article VIII of this Indenture or if the Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture are satisfied and discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

(g)           In addition, the Issuers agree that, for so long as any Notes remain outstanding, at any time they are not required to file the reports required by this Section 4.03 with the Commission, they will furnish to the Trustee, Holders of the Notes and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request (with a copy to the Trustee), the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(h)           Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee pursuant to this Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such reports shall not constitute actual or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s or any other Person’s compliance with any of its covenants under this Indenture or the Notes (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate). The Trustee shall have no duty to determine whether any filings on EDGAR have been made.

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Section 4.04          Compliance Certificate.

The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee:

(a)           within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuers, beginning with the fiscal year ending in December 31, 2017, an Officer’s Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signer of his or her duties as an Officer of the Issuers he or she would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signer knows of any Default that occurred during such period. If such Officer does, the certificate shall describe the Default, its status and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.

(b)           so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto.

Section 4.05          [Reserved.]

Section 4.06          Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

The Issuers and each of the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuers and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, 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 has been enacted.

Section 4.07          Restricted Payments.

(a)           The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(1)           declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on its Equity Interests (other than dividends or distributions paid in the Company’s Qualified Equity Interests) held by Persons other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2)           purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Company or the MLP held by Persons other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(3)           repay, redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, or make any payment on or with respect to, any Debt for borrowed money of the Issuers or any Guarantor that is unsecured or Subordinated Debt (other than (x) a payment of interest or principal when due, including at Stated Maturity thereof, or the redemption, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Debt that is unsecured or Subordinated Debt in anticipation of satisfying a scheduled maturity, sinking fund or amortization or other installment obligation, in each case due within one year of the date of such redemption, repurchase, acquisition or retirement or (y) Debt permitted under Section 4.09(b)(4) hereof); or

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(all such payments and other actions described in clauses (1) through (4) above being collectively referred to as “ Restricted Payments ”); unless, at the time of, and after giving effect to, the proposed Restricted Payment:

(i)            no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

(ii)                                   the Secured Leverage Ratio of the Company on a pro forma basis does not exceed 4.50 to 1.00 ( provided that the requirement of this clause (ii) shall not apply to Restricted Payments made in reliance on clause (iii)(A)(x) below or to Restricted Investments); and

(iii)                                the aggregate amount expended for all Restricted Payments made on or after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b)(1) hereof but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b) hereof), would not exceed the sum of:

(A)          (x) $10.0 million plus (y) the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount available at the time of such Restricted Payment; plus

(B)          100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash proceeds and the Fair Market Value of property other than cash, received by the Company (other than from a Subsidiary) after the Issue Date,

(i)            from the issuance and sale of its Qualified Equity Interests, including by way of issuance of its Disqualified Equity Interests or Debt to the extent since converted into Qualified Equity Interests of the Company, or

(ii)           as a contribution to its common equity; plus

(C)          to the extent that any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company designated as such after the Issue Date is re-designated as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the Fair Market Value of the Company’s Investments in such Subsidiary as of the date of such re-designation; provided that the amount of the increase pursuant to this clause (C) will be reduced by the aggregate amount of Investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary made in reliance on Section 4.07(b)(11) hereof or clauses (8) or (21) of the definition of Permitted Investments; plus

(D)          to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date is (a) sold for cash (other than to either Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) or otherwise cancelled, liquidated or repaid for cash, the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (except to the extent increasing the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount for any period), less cost of disposition or (b) made in an entity that subsequently becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor, the Fair Market Value of such Restricted Investment as of the date of such designation (without duplication of amounts included in clause (C) above); provided that the amount of the increase pursuant to this clause (D) will be reduced by the aggregate amount of such Restricted Investment that was made in reliance on Section 4.07(b)(11) hereof; plus

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(x)                      any distribution in cash received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor after the Issue Date from an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company, to the extent that such dividends do not increase the Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow Amount for any period, and

(y)                      without duplication of amounts included in clauses (C) or (D) above, any cash received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor from the sale (other than to either Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that in the case of the sale of Equity Interests of an Unrestricted Subsidiary designated as such after the Issue Date, the amount of the increase pursuant to this clause (y) will be reduced by the aggregate amount of Investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary made in reliance on Section 4.07(b)(11) hereof or clauses (8) or (21) of the definition of Permitted Investments.

The amount of any Restricted Payment, if other than in cash, will be the Fair Market Value, on the date of the Restricted Payment, of the assets or securities proposed to be transferred or issued to or by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment, except that the Fair Market Value of any non-cash dividend or distribution paid within 60 days after the date of its declaration shall be determined as of such date of declaration.

(b)           The provisions of Section 4.07(a) hereof will not prohibit:

(1)           the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or giving of the redemption notice therefor if, at the date of declaration or giving of the redemption notice therefor, such payment or redemption would be permitted under this Section 4.07;

(2)           dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary payable, on a pro rata basis or on a basis more favorable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, to all holders of any class of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary a majority of which is held, directly or indirectly through Restricted Subsidiaries, by the Company;