Common use of Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer Clause in Contracts

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) As provided herein, interests in a Global Note will be exchanged, upon 45 days’ notice by a holder of an interest in such Global Note for Definitive Notes. Each Global Note shall be deposited with the Common Depositary, which shall hold such Global Note in safe custody for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream and instruct Euroclear or Clearstream or both of them, as the case may be, to credit the principal amounts of the Notes represented by such Global Note to the holder’s distribution account with Euroclear or Clearstream. Each relevant Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole for an interest, equal to the principal amount of such Global Note being exchanged, for Definitive Notes in the same principal amount, upon request of Euroclear or Clearstream to the Registrar, but only upon delivery by Euroclear or Clearstream, acting on behalf of the beneficial owners of such interests, to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York, of certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The delivery to the Registrar of any certificate in the form referred to above may be relied upon by the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar as conclusive evidence that related certificates have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream as contemplated by the terms of this Section. (b) In accordance with the terms of a Global Note and this Indenture, the Registrar shall deliver at the cost of the Company, upon not less than 45 days’ notice to the Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream, the relevant Definitive Notes in exchange for interests in such Global Note. For this purpose, the Registrar is authorized and it shall (A) authenticate each such Definitive Note and (B) deliver each such Definitive Note to or to the order of Euroclear or Clearstream, in exchange for interests in such Global Note. The Registrar shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive Notes the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note to be exchanged in connection therewith. The Company undertakes to deliver to, or to the order of, the Registrar sufficient numbers of duly executed Definitive Notes to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 2.05(b). Such exchange shall be made free of charge to the holder and the beneficial owners of the relevant Global Note and to the holders of the Definitive Notes issued in exchange as provided above, except that a Person receiving Definitive Notes must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive Notes in person at the offices of a Registrar. Notwithstanding the above, interests in a Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole (but not in part) at the cost of the Company for Definitive Notes under the conditions described in Section 2.02(e). (c) Upon any exchange of an interest in a Global Note for Definitive Notes, the relevant Global Note shall be endorsed by the Trustee or the Registrar to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the holder of any interest in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder. Once exchanged in full, a Global Note shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of disposition will be sent to the Company. (d) The Trustee or the Registrar shall cause all Global Notes and Definitive Notes delivered to it and held by it hereunder to be maintained in safe custody in accordance with this Section. (e) The Security Register shall be in written form in the English language and shall include a record of the certificate number of each Note that has been issued, and shall show the amount of such Notes, the date of issue, all subsequent transfers and changes in ownership in respect thereof and the names, tax identifying numbers (if relevant to a specific holder), addresses of the holders of the Notes and any payment instructions with respect thereto (if different from a holder’s registered address). (f) The Registrar shall at all reasonable times during office hours make the Security Register available to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Company and the holders of such Notes or any person authorized by the Company in writing for inspection and for taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and at the expense of the Company, the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all lists of holders of such Notes, their addresses, amounts of such holdings and other details as they may request. (g) The Registrar shall handle all requests for the registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, of Notes and receive certificates for the Notes deposited with the transfer agent for transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, and in doing so, shall ensure that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer (in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar) duly executed by the holder thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. (h) Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 14 or (b) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 (and not withdrawn). (i) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit D, if applicable) shall bear a legend set forth in Exhibit A, unless such Note has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee. (j) Any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Note shall bear a legend substantially in the form of Exhibit D. (k) The Trustee and the Registrar shall be entitled to treat a telephone, telex or facsimile communication from a person purporting to be (and who the Trustee or the Registrar believe in good faith to be) the authorized representative of the Company, named in a list furnished to the Trustee and the Registrar from time to time, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Company for the Trustee and the Registrar to act in accordance with this Section. (l) Title to the Notes shall pass by delivery. However, title to Notes issued in the form of Global Notes held through Euroclear and Clearstream shall be transferable only in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream, as appropriate.

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) As provided hereinThe Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office the Register in which, interests in a Global Note will be exchangedsubject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, upon 45 days’ notice by a holder the Company shall provide for the registration of an interest in such Global Note for Definitive Notes and of transfers of Notes. Each Global Note The Register shall be deposited with in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonably prompt period of time. Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Notes to the Common DepositaryRegistrar or any co-registrar, which shall hold such Global Note in safe custody for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream and instruct Euroclear or Clearstream or both of them, as the case may be, to credit the principal amounts satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.07, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes represented by such Global Note to the holder’s distribution account with Euroclear or Clearstream. Each relevant Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole for an interest, equal to the of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture. Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of such Global Note being exchanged, for Definitive Notes in the same any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon request of Euroclear or Clearstream to the Registrar, but only upon delivery by Euroclear or Clearstream, acting on behalf surrender of the beneficial owners of Notes to be exchanged at any such interests, to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York, of certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The delivery to the Registrar of any certificate in the form referred to above may be relied upon or agency maintained by the Company. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Company shall execute, and the Registrar as conclusive evidence that related certificates have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream as contemplated by the terms of this Section. (b) In accordance with the terms of a Global Note Trustee shall authenticate and this Indenturedeliver, the Registrar Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding. All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall deliver at be the cost valid obligations of the Company, upon not less than 45 days’ notice to evidencing the Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstreamsame debt, the relevant Definitive Notes in exchange for interests in such Global Note. For this purpose, the Registrar is authorized and it shall (A) authenticate each such Definitive Note and (B) deliver each such Definitive Note to or to the order of Euroclear or Clearstream, in exchange for interests in such Global Note. The Registrar shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive Notes the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note to be exchanged in connection therewith. The Company undertakes to deliver to, or to the order of, the Registrar sufficient numbers of duly executed Definitive Notes to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 2.05(b). Such exchange shall be made free of charge to the holder and the beneficial owners of the relevant Global Note and to the holders of the Definitive Notes issued in exchange as provided above, except that a Person receiving Definitive Notes must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive Notes in person at the offices of a Registrar. Notwithstanding the above, interests in a Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole (but not in part) at the cost of the Company for Definitive Notes under the conditions described in Section 2.02(e). (c) Upon any exchange of an interest in a Global Note for Definitive Notes, the relevant Global Note shall be endorsed by the Trustee or the Registrar to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the holder of any interest in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture Indenture, as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder. Once exchanged in full, a Global Note shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of disposition will be sent to the Company. (d) The Trustee or the Registrar shall cause all Global Notes and Definitive Notes delivered to it and held by it hereunder to be maintained in safe custody in accordance with this Section. (e) The Security Register shall be in written form in the English language and shall include a record of the certificate number of each Note that has been issued, and shall show the amount of such Notes, the date of issue, all subsequent transfers and changes in ownership in respect thereof and the names, tax identifying numbers (if relevant to a specific holder), addresses of the holders of the Notes and any payment instructions with respect thereto (if different from a holder’s registered address). (f) The Registrar shall at all reasonable times during office hours make the Security Register available to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Company and the holders of surrendered upon such Notes or any person authorized by the Company in writing for inspection and for taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and at the expense of the Company, the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all lists of holders of such Notes, their addresses, amounts of such holdings and other details as they may request. (g) The Registrar shall handle all requests for the registration of transfer, transfer or exchange, repurchase or conversion, of . All Notes and receive certificates for the Notes deposited with the transfer agent for transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, and in doing so, shall ensure that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, transfer or for exchange, repurchase or conversion, exchange pursuant to Article XI shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent Company or the Registrar) be duly endorsed byendorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer (in form satisfactory to the Company Company, and the Registrar) Notes shall be duly executed by the holder Holder thereof or by such holder’s his attorney duly authorized in writing. (h) . No service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company or the Trustee may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge required by law or permitted by this Indenture that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in the event a Holder requests any shares to be issued in a name other than such Holder’s name. Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to exchange exchange, issue or register a transfer or exchange of (a) any Notes Note or portions thereof surrendered for conversion exchange pursuant to Article 14 XI or (b) any Notes Note or portions thereof tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 repurchase (and not withdrawn)) pursuant to Article III. (b) The following provisions shall apply only to Global Notes: (i) Until Each Global Note authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the expiration name of the holding period applicable Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to sales such Depositary or a nominee thereof under Rule 144(kor custodian for the Global Notes therefor, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single Note for all purposes of this Indenture. (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof unless (A) the Depositary (x) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 calendar days or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Securities Act Exchange Act, and a successor Depositary has not been appointed by the Company within 90 calendar days, or (B) an Event of Default in respect of the Notes has occurred and is continuing; or (C) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it no longer wishes to have all the Notes represented by Global Notes. Any Global Note exchanged pursuant to this Section 2.07(b)(ii) shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part. (iii) In addition, certificated Notes will be issued in exchange for beneficial interests in a Global Note upon request by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures following the request of a beneficial owner seeking to enforce its rights under the Notes or this Indenture, including its rights following the occurrence of an Event of Default. (iv) Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note or any successor provision)portion thereof pursuant to clause (ii) or (iii) above shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Notes or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear any certificate evidencing legends required hereunder. Any Global Notes to be exchanged shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Registrar, provided that pending completion of the exchange of a Global Note or upon the exchange of a portion of a Global Note, the Trustee acting as custodian for the Global Note for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Note, shall reduce the principal amount thereof, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Notes issuable on such exchange to or upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof. (v) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (ii) above or upon any request described in clause (iii) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a sufficient supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons. (vi) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (the “Agent Members”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Notes registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Notes for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Notes. (vii) At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been repurchased pursuant to Article III or exchanged pursuant to Article XI, cancelled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is repurchased pursuant to Article III or exchanged pursuant to Article XI, cancelled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the custodian for the Global Note, be appropriately reduced. (c) Every Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall ) is required under this Section 2.07(c) to bear the legend Restricted Legend (a “Restricted Global Note”) and shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in Exhibit D, if applicablethis Section 2.07(c) shall bear a legend and in the Restricted Legend set forth in Exhibit A, and the holder of each such Restricted Global Note, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. Every share of OI Inc. Common Stock (and all securities issued in exchange therefore or in substitution thereof) issued upon exchange of a Note in accordance with Article XI is required under this Section 2.07(c) to bear the Restricted Legend (the “Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock,” and together with the Restricted Global Note, the “Restricted Securities”) and shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.07(c) and in the Restricted Legend set forth in Exhibit B, which is hereby incorporated in and expressly made a part of this Indenture, and the holder of each such share of Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock, by such holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. Each Holder which exchanges Notes for OI Inc. Common Stock will be deemed to have represented to the Company and OI Inc. that it is a QIB. As used in this Section 2.07(c), the term “transfer” means any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security or any interest therein. (d) Until the date (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) that is the later of (1) the date that is one year after the last date of issuance of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock upon exchange and (2) such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable laws, any certificate evidencing Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock shall bear the Restricted Legend set forth in Exhibit B, unless such Note Restricted OI Inc. Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writingwriting following receipt of legal advice supporting the permissibility of the waiver of such transfer restrictions, with written notice thereof to the Trustee. (je) Any stock In connection with any transfer of the Notes the Holder must complete and deliver the form of assignment set forth on the certificate representing the Note, with the appropriate box checked, to the Trustee (or any successor Trustee, as applicable), including the certification, that such Holder is a QIB and such Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A. In connection with any transfer of the OI Inc. Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Note shall bear a legend substantially in exchange, if any, prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the holder much complete and deliver the form of assignment set forth in Exhibit D.B, the appropriate box checked, to the transfer agent. (kf) The Trustee and the Registrar shall be entitled to treat a telephone, telex or facsimile communication from a person purporting to be (and who the Trustee or the Registrar believe in good faith to be) the authorized representative Any OI Inc. Common Stock issued upon exchange of the Company, named in a list furnished Notes as to the Trustee and the Registrar from time to time, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Company for the Trustee and the Registrar to act which such restriction on transfer shall have expired in accordance with this Section. (l) Title to the Notes shall pass by delivery. Howevertheir terms may, title to Notes issued in the form upon surrender of Global Notes held through Euroclear and Clearstream shall be transferable only certificates representing such shares of OI Inc. Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear the transfer agent for the OI Inc. Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like aggregate number of shares of OI Inc. Common Stock, which shall not bear the Restricted Legend. (g) The Trustee shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Agent Members or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the books or records, or the acts or omissions, of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any Agent Member or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and Clearstreamcommunications to be given to the holders of Notes and all payments to be made to holders of Notes under the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered holders of Notes (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Notes shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the customary procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its Agent Members. (h) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as appropriateto compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Notes (including any transfers between or among Agent Members) 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.

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) As provided herein, interests in a Global Note will be exchanged, upon 45 days’ ' notice by a holder of an interest in such Global Note for Definitive Notes. Each Global Note shall be deposited with the Common Depositary, which shall hold such Global Note in safe custody for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream DTC and instruct Euroclear or Clearstream DTC or both of them, as the case may be, to credit the principal amounts of the Notes represented by such Global Note to the holder’s 's distribution account with Euroclear or ClearstreamDTC. Each relevant Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole for an interest, equal to the principal amount of such Global Note being exchanged, for Definitive Notes in the same principal amount, upon request of Euroclear or Clearstream DTC to the Registrar, but only upon delivery by Euroclear or ClearstreamDTC, acting on behalf of the beneficial owners of such interests, to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York, of certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The delivery to the Registrar of any certificate in the form referred to above may be relied upon by the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar as conclusive evidence that related certificates have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream DTC as contemplated by the terms of this Section. (b) In accordance with the terms of a Global Note and this Indenture, the Registrar shall deliver at the cost of the Company, upon not less than 45 days’ ' notice to the Registrar by Euroclear or ClearstreamDTC, the relevant Definitive Notes in exchange for interests in such Global Note. For this purpose, the Registrar is authorized and it shall (A) authenticate each such Definitive Note and (B) deliver each such Definitive Note to or to the order of Euroclear or ClearstreamDTC, in exchange for interests in such Global Note. The Registrar shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive Notes the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note to be exchanged in connection therewith. The Company undertakes to deliver to, or to the order of, the Registrar sufficient numbers of duly executed Definitive Notes to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 2.05(b). Such exchange shall be made free of charge to the holder and the beneficial owners of the relevant Global Note and to the holders of the Definitive Notes issued in exchange as provided above, except that a Person receiving Definitive Notes must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive Notes in person at the offices of a Registrar. Notwithstanding the above, interests in a Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole (but not in part) at the cost of the Company for Definitive Notes under the conditions described in Section 2.02(e). (c) Upon any exchange of an interest in a Global Note for Definitive Notes, the relevant Global Note shall be endorsed by the Trustee or the Registrar to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the holder of any interest in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder. Once exchanged in full, a Global Note shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of disposition will be sent to the Company. (d) The Trustee or the Registrar shall cause all Global Notes and Definitive Notes delivered to it and held by it hereunder to be maintained in safe custody in accordance with this Section. (e) The Security Register shall be in written form in the English language and shall include a record of the certificate number of each Note that has been issued, and shall show the amount of such Notes, the date of issue, all subsequent transfers and changes in ownership in respect thereof and the names, tax identifying numbers (if relevant to a specific holder), addresses of the holders of the Notes and any payment instructions with respect thereto (if different from a holder’s 's registered address). (f) The Registrar shall at all reasonable times during office hours make the Security Register available to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Company and the holders of such Notes or any person authorized by the Company in writing for inspection and for taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and at the expense of the Company, the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all lists of holders of such Notes, their addresses, amounts of such holdings and other details as they may request. (g) The Registrar shall handle all requests for the registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase exchange or conversionrepurchase, of Notes and receive certificates for the Notes deposited with the transfer agent for transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversionrepurchase, and in doing so, shall ensure that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase exchange or conversionrepurchase, (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer (in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar) duly executed by the holder thereof or by such holder’s 's attorney duly authorized in writing. (h) Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 14 or (b) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 (and not withdrawn). (i) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), the Notes shall not be transferred and any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit D, if applicable) shall bear a legend set forth in Exhibit A, unless such Note has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or ), pursuant to Rule 144 or other available exemptions from registration under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee. (j) Any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Note shall bear a legend substantially in the form of Exhibit D. (k) The Trustee and the Registrar shall be entitled to treat a telephone, telex or facsimile communication from a person purporting to be (and who the Trustee or the Registrar believe in good faith to be) the authorized representative of the Company, named in a list furnished to the Trustee and the Registrar from time to time, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Company for the Trustee and the Registrar to act in accordance with this Section. (lk) Title to the Notes shall pass by delivery. However, title to Notes issued in the form of Global Notes held through Euroclear and Clearstream DTC shall be transferable only in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear and ClearstreamDTC, as appropriate.

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) As provided herein, interests in a Global Note will be exchanged, upon 45 days’ ' notice by a holder of an interest in such Global Note for Definitive Notes. Each Global Note shall be deposited with the Common Depositary, which shall hold such Global Note in safe custody for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream DTC and instruct Euroclear or Clearstream DTC or both of them, as the case may be, to credit the principal amounts of the Notes represented by such Global Note to the holder’s 's distribution account with Euroclear or ClearstreamDTC. Each relevant Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole for an interest, equal to the principal amount of such Global Note being exchanged, for Definitive Notes in the same principal amount, upon request of Euroclear or Clearstream DTC to the Registrar, but only upon delivery by Euroclear or ClearstreamDTC, acting on behalf of the beneficial owners of such interests, to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York, of certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The delivery to the Registrar of any certificate in the form referred to above may be relied upon by the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar as conclusive evidence that related certificates have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream DTC as contemplated by the terms of this Section. (b) In accordance with the terms of a Global Note and this Indenture, the Registrar shall deliver at the cost of the Company, upon not less than 45 days’ ' notice to the Registrar by Euroclear or ClearstreamDTC, the relevant Definitive Notes in exchange for interests in such Global Note. For this purpose, the Registrar is authorized and it shall (A) authenticate each such Definitive Note and (B) deliver each such Definitive Note to or to the order of Euroclear or ClearstreamDTC, in exchange for interests in such Global Note. The Registrar shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive Notes the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note to be exchanged in connection therewith. The Company undertakes to deliver to, or to the order of, the Registrar sufficient numbers of duly executed Definitive Notes to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 2.05(b). Such exchange shall be made free of charge to the holder and the beneficial owners of the relevant Global Note and to the holders of the Definitive Notes issued in exchange as provided above, except that a Person receiving Definitive Notes must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive Notes in person at the offices of a Registrar. Notwithstanding the above, interests in a Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole (but not in part) at the cost of the Company for Definitive Notes under the conditions described in Section 2.02(e). (c) Upon any exchange of an interest in a Global Note for Definitive Notes, the relevant Global Note shall be endorsed by the Trustee or the Registrar to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the holder of any interest in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder. Once exchanged in full, a Global Note shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of disposition will be sent to the Company. (d) The Trustee or the Registrar shall cause all Global Notes and Definitive Notes delivered to it and held by it hereunder to be maintained in safe custody in accordance with this Section. (e) The Security Register shall be in written form in the English language and shall include a record of the certificate number of each Note that has been issued, and shall show the amount of such Notes, the date of issue, all subsequent transfers and changes in ownership in respect thereof and the names, tax identifying numbers (if relevant to a specific holder), addresses of the holders of the Notes and any payment instructions with respect thereto (if different from a holder’s 's registered address). (f) The Registrar shall at all reasonable times during office hours make the Security Register available to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Company and the holders of such Notes or any person authorized by the Company in writing for inspection and for taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and at the expense of the Company, the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all lists of holders of such Notes, their addresses, amounts of such holdings and other details as they may request. (g) The Registrar shall handle all requests for the registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, of Notes and receive certificates for the Notes deposited with the transfer agent for transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, and in doing so, shall ensure that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer (in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar) duly executed by the holder thereof or by such holder’s 's attorney duly authorized in writing. (h) Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 14 or (b) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 (and not withdrawn). (i) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), the Notes shall not be transferred and any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit D, if applicable) shall bear a legend set forth in Exhibit A, unless such Note has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or ), pursuant to Rule 144 or other available exemptions from registration under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee. (j) Any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Note shall bear a legend substantially in the form of Exhibit D. (k) The Trustee and the Registrar shall be entitled to treat a telephone, telex or facsimile communication from a person purporting to be (and who the Trustee or the Registrar believe in good faith to be) the authorized representative of the Company, named in a list furnished to the Trustee and the Registrar from time to time, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Company for the Trustee and the Registrar to act in accordance with this Section. (l) Title to the Notes shall pass by delivery. However, title to Notes issued in the form of Global Notes held through Euroclear and Clearstream DTC shall be transferable only in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear and ClearstreamDTC, as appropriate.

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) As provided herein, interests in The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a Global Note will be exchanged, upon 45 days’ notice by a holder of an interest register (the register maintained in such Global office and in any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 5.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for Definitive the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Each Global The Note Register shall be deposited with the Common Depositary, which shall hold such Global in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonably prompt period of time. The Trustee is hereby appointed “Note in safe custody Registrar” for the account purpose of Euroclear and/or Clearstream registering Notes and instruct Euroclear transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or Clearstream or both more co-registrars in accordance with Section 5.02. Upon surrender for registration of them, as the case may be, to credit the principal amounts transfer of the Notes represented by such Global any Note to the holder’s distribution account with Euroclear Note Registrar or Clearstream. Each relevant Global Note any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Company shall be exchangeable execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in whole for an interestthe name of the designated transferee or transferees, equal to the one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture. Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of such Global Note being exchanged, for Definitive Notes in the same any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon request of Euroclear or Clearstream to the Registrar, but only upon delivery by Euroclear or Clearstream, acting on behalf surrender of the beneficial owners of Notes to be exchanged at any such interests, to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York, of certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The delivery to the Registrar of any certificate in the form referred to above may be relied upon or agency maintained by the CompanyCompany pursuant to Section 5.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Trustee Company shall execute, and the Registrar as conclusive evidence that related certificates have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream as contemplated by the terms of this Section. (b) In accordance with the terms of a Global Note Trustee shall authenticate and this Indenturedeliver, the Registrar Notes that the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding. All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes shall deliver at be the cost valid obligations of the Company, upon not less than 45 days’ notice to evidencing the Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstreamsame debt, the relevant Definitive Notes in exchange for interests in such Global Note. For this purpose, the Registrar is authorized and it shall (A) authenticate each such Definitive Note and (B) deliver each such Definitive Note to or to the order of Euroclear or Clearstream, in exchange for interests in such Global Note. The Registrar shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive Notes the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note to be exchanged in connection therewith. The Company undertakes to deliver to, or to the order of, the Registrar sufficient numbers of duly executed Definitive Notes to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 2.05(b). Such exchange shall be made free of charge to the holder and the beneficial owners of the relevant Global Note and to the holders of the Definitive Notes issued in exchange as provided above, except that a Person receiving Definitive Notes must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive Notes in person at the offices of a Registrar. Notwithstanding the above, interests in a Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole (but not in part) at the cost of the Company for Definitive Notes under the conditions described in Section 2.02(e). (c) Upon any exchange of an interest in a Global Note for Definitive Notes, the relevant Global Note shall be endorsed by the Trustee or the Registrar to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the holder of any interest in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture Indenture, as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder. Once exchanged in full, a Global Note shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of disposition will be sent to the Company. (d) The Trustee or the Registrar shall cause all Global Notes and Definitive Notes delivered to it and held by it hereunder to be maintained in safe custody in accordance with this Section. (e) The Security Register shall be in written form in the English language and shall include a record of the certificate number of each Note that has been issued, and shall show the amount of such Notes, the date of issue, all subsequent transfers and changes in ownership in respect thereof and the names, tax identifying numbers (if relevant to a specific holder), addresses of the holders of the Notes and any payment instructions with respect thereto (if different from a holder’s registered address). (f) The Registrar shall at all reasonable times during office hours make the Security Register available to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Company and the holders of surrendered upon such Notes or any person authorized by the Company in writing for inspection and for taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and at the expense of the Company, the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all lists of holders of such Notes, their addresses, amounts of such holdings and other details as they may request. (g) The Registrar shall handle all requests for the registration of transfer, transfer or exchange, repurchase or conversion, of . All Notes and receive certificates for the Notes deposited with the transfer agent for transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, and in doing so, shall ensure that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfertransfer or for exchange, or exchangeredemption, repurchase or conversion, conversion shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent Company or the Note Registrar) be duly endorsed byendorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer (in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar) Company, duly executed by the holder Noteholder thereof or by such holder’s his attorney duly authorized in writing. (h) . No service charge shall be made to any holder for any registration of, transfer or exchange of Notes, but the Company may require payment by the holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes. Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Note Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes for a period of 15 days next preceding any selection of Notes to be redeemed, (b) any Notes or portions thereof called for redemption pursuant to Section 3.01 (c) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 14 or 15, (bd) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 repurchase (and not withdrawn)) pursuant to Section 3.05 or (e) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) pursuant to Section 3.06. (b) The following provisions shall apply only to Global Notes: (i) Each Global Note authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or Custodian therefor, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single Note for all purposes of this Indenture. (ii) Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Note may be exchanged in whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof unless (A) the Depositary (i) has notified the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note and a successor depositary has not been appointed by the Company within ninety days or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, (B) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or (C) the Company, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it no longer wishes to have all the Notes represented by Global Notes. Any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above shall be so exchanged in whole and not in part and any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (C) above may be exchanged in whole or from time to time in part as directed by the Company. Any Note issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof shall be a Global Note; provided that any such Note so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Note. (iii) Securities issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof pursuant to clause (ii) above shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Note or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global Notes to be exchanged in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Note Registrar. With regard to any Global Note to be exchanged in part, either such Global Note shall be so surrendered for exchange or, if the Trustee is acting as Custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Note, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so exchanged, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the Trustee. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Note issuable on such exchange to or upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof, as appropriate. (iv) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (ii) above, the Company will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without interest coupons. (v) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note registered in the name of the Depositary or any nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner and holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a beneficial holder of any Note. (vi) At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been redeemed, retired, repurchased, converted, canceled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is redeemed, retired, repurchased, converted, canceled or exchanged for Notes in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction. (c) Every Note that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (together with any Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Notes and required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), collectively, the “Restricted Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (including those set forth in the legend below) unless such restrictions on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Company, and the holder of each such Restricted Security, by such holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in Section 2.05(c) and 2.05(d), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security or any interest therein. Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit DSection 2.05(d), if applicable) shall bear a legend set forth in Exhibit Asubstantially the following form, unless such Note has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee: THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, (1) REPRESENTS THAT IT IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”)); (2) AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY OR ANY COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE HOLDING PERIOD APPLICABLE TO SALES OF THIS SECURITY UNDER RULE 144(k) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION), ONLY (A) TO ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC. (THE “ISSUER”), (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AND WHICH CONTINUES TO BE EFFECTIVE AT THE TIME OF SUCH TRANSFER), (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A, IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A OR (D) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/ OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM; AND (3) AGREES THAT IT WILL DELIVER TO EACH PERSON TO WHOM THIS SECURITY IS TRANSFERRED A NOTICE SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE EFFECT OF THIS LEGEND. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE EARLIER OF THE TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 2(B) ABOVE OR UPON ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY UNDER RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (OR ANY SUCCESSOR PROVISION). THIS SECURITY IS SUBJECT TO UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX REGULATIONS GOVERNING CONTINGENT PAYMENT DEBT INSTRUMENTS. FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273 AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE, THE ISSUE DATE OF THIS SECURITY IS AUGUST 13, 2004 AND THE COMPARABLE YIELD OF THIS SECURITY IS 7.0%, COMPOUNDED SEMI-ANNUALLY (WHICH WILL BE TREATED AS THE YIELD TO MATURITY FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES). THE ISSUER AGREES, AND BY ACCEPTING A BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP INTEREST IN THIS SECURITY EACH HOLDER AND ANY BENEFICIAL OWNER OF THIS SECURITY WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE AGREED, FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES (1) TO TREAT THIS SECURITY AS A DEBT INSTRUMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO TREAS. REG. SEC. 1.1275-4 (THE “CONTINGENT PAYMENT REGULATIONS”), (2) TO TREAT THE FAIR MARKET VALUE OF ANY COMMON STOCK RECEIVED UPON ANY CONVERSION OF THIS SECURITY OR UPON A PURCHASE OF THIS SECURITY AT THE HOLDER’S OPTION AS A CONTINGENT PAYMENT FOR PURPOSES OF THE CONTINGENT PAYMENT REGULATIONS, AND (3) TO ACCRUE INTEREST WITH RESPECT TO THE SECURITY AS ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES ACCORDING TO THE “NONCONTINGENT BOND METHOD,” SET FORTH IN THE CONTINGENT PAYMENT REGULATIONS, AND TO BE BOUND BY THE ISSUER’S DETERMINATION OF THE “COMPARABLE YIELD” AND “PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE,” WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE CONTINGENT PAYMENT REGULATIONS, WITH RESPECT TO THIS SECURITY. THE ISSUER AGREES TO PROVIDE PROMPTLY TO THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUE PRICE, ISSUE DATE, YIELD TO MATURITY, COMPARABLE YIELD AND PROJECTED PAYMENT SCHEDULE. ANY SUCH WRITTEN REQUEST SHOULD BE SENT TO THE ISSUER AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: ALLIANT TECHSYSTEMS INC., ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ATTENTION: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY IS ENTITLED TO THE BENEFITS OF A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 13, 2004 AND, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES TO BE BOUND BY AND TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT. Any Note (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms or as to conditions for removal of the foregoing legend have been satisfied may, upon surrender of such Note for exchange to the Note Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.05, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(c). If the Restricted Security surrendered for exchange is represented by a Global Note bearing the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c), the principal amount of the legended Global Note shall be reduced by the appropriate principal amount and the principal amount of a Global Note without the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) shall be increased by an equal principal amount. If a Global Note without the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) has not been executed, authenticated and delivered, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver an unlegended Global Note to the Depositary. (jd) Any Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of such any Note shall bear a legend in substantially in the form of Exhibit D. following form, unless such Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (k) The Trustee and the Registrar shall be entitled to treat a telephone, telex or facsimile communication from a person purporting which continues to be (and who effective at the Trustee time of such transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Registrar believe Securities Act or any similar provision then in good faith force, or such Common Stock has been issued upon conversion of Notes that have been transferred pursuant to be) a registration statement that has been declared effective under the authorized representative of Securities Act or pursuant to Rule 144 under the CompanySecurities Act or any similar provision then in force, named or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in a list furnished writing with written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Registrar from time to time, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Company for the Trustee and the Registrar to act in accordance with this Section. (l) Title to the Notes shall pass by delivery. However, title to Notes issued in the form of Global Notes held through Euroclear and Clearstream shall be transferable only in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream, as appropriate.tr

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) As provided herein, interests in a Global Note will be exchanged, upon 45 days’ notice by a holder of an interest in such Global Note for Definitive Notes. Each Global Note shall be deposited with the Common Depositary, which shall hold such Global Note in safe custody for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream and instruct Euroclear or Clearstream or both of them, as the case may be, to credit the principal amounts of the Notes represented by such Global Note to the holder’s distribution account with Euroclear or Clearstream. Each relevant Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole for an interest, equal to the principal amount of such Global Note being exchanged, for Definitive Notes in the same principal amount, upon request of Euroclear or Clearstream to the Registrar, but only upon delivery by Euroclear or Clearstream, acting on behalf of the beneficial owners of such interests, to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York, of certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The delivery to the Registrar of any certificate in the form referred to above may be relied upon by the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar as conclusive evidence that related certificates have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream as contemplated by the terms of this Section. In addition, any transfer of Definitive Notes shall be made in compliance with the provisions of Exhibit C hereto, an executed copy of which certificate shall be delivered to to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York. (b) In accordance with the terms of a Global Note and this Indenture, the Registrar shall deliver at the cost of the Company, upon not less than 45 days’ notice to the Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream, the relevant Definitive Notes in exchange for interests in such Global Note. For this purpose, the Registrar is authorized and it shall (A) authenticate each such Definitive Note and (B) deliver each such Definitive Note to or to the order of Euroclear or Clearstream, in exchange for interests in such Global Note. The Registrar shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive Notes the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note to be exchanged in connection therewith. The Company undertakes to deliver to, or to the order of, the Registrar sufficient numbers of duly executed Definitive Notes to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 2.05(b). Such exchange shall be made free of charge to the holder and the beneficial owners of the relevant Global Note and to the holders of the Definitive Notes issued in exchange as provided above, except that a Person receiving Definitive Notes must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive Notes in person at the offices of a Registrar. Notwithstanding the above, interests in a Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole (but not in part) at the cost of the Company for Definitive Notes under the conditions described in Section 2.02(e). (c) Upon any exchange of an interest in a Global Note for Definitive Notes, the relevant Global Note shall be endorsed by the Trustee or the Registrar to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the holder of any interest in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder. Once exchanged in full, a Global Note shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of disposition will be sent to the Company. (d) The Trustee or the Registrar shall cause all Global Notes and Definitive Notes delivered to it and held by it hereunder to be maintained in safe custody in accordance with this Section. (e) The Security Register shall be in written form in the English language and shall include a record of the certificate number of each Note that has been issued, and shall show the amount of such Notes, the date of issue, all subsequent transfers and changes in ownership in respect thereof and the names, tax identifying numbers (if relevant to a specific holder), addresses of the holders of the Notes and any payment instructions with respect thereto (if different from a holder’s registered address). (f) The Registrar shall at all reasonable times during office hours make the Security Register available to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Company and the holders of such Notes or any person authorized by the Company in writing for inspection and for taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and at the expense of the Company, the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all lists of holders of such Notes, their addresses, amounts of such holdings and other details as they may request. (g) The Registrar shall handle all requests for the registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, of Notes and receive certificates for the Notes deposited with the transfer agent for transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, and in doing so, shall ensure that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer (in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar) duly executed by the holder thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. (h) Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 14 or (b) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 (and not withdrawn). (i) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit D, if applicable) shall bear a legend set forth in Exhibit A, unless such Note has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee. (j) Any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Note shall bear a legend substantially in the form of Exhibit D. (k) The Trustee and the Registrar shall be entitled to treat a telephone, telex or facsimile communication from a person purporting to be (and who the Trustee or the Registrar believe in good faith to be) the authorized representative of the Company, named in a list furnished to the Trustee and the Registrar from time to time, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Company for the Trustee and the Registrar to act in accordance with this Section. (l) Title to the Notes shall pass by delivery. However, title to Notes issued in the form of Global Notes held through Euroclear and Clearstream shall be transferable only in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream, as appropriate.

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) As provided herein, interests in a Global Note will be exchanged, upon 45 days’ notice by a holder of an interest in such Global Note for Definitive Notes. Each Global Note shall be deposited with the Common Depositary, which shall hold such Global Note in safe custody for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream and instruct Euroclear or Clearstream or both of them, as the case may be, to credit the principal amounts of the Notes represented by such Global Note to the holder’s distribution account with Euroclear or Clearstream. Each relevant Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole for an interest, equal to the principal amount of such Global Note being exchanged, for Definitive Notes in the same principal amount, upon request of Euroclear or Clearstream to the Registrar, but only upon delivery by Euroclear or Clearstream, acting on behalf of the beneficial owners of such interests, to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York, of certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The delivery to the Registrar of any certificate in the form referred to above may be relied upon by the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar as conclusive evidence that related certificates have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream as contemplated by the terms of this Section. (b) In accordance with the terms of a Global Note and this Indenture, the Registrar shall deliver at the cost of the Company, upon not less than 45 days’ notice to the Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream, the relevant Definitive Notes in exchange for interests in such Global Note. For this purpose, the Registrar is authorized and it shall (A) authenticate each such Definitive Note and (B) deliver each such Definitive Note to or to the order of Euroclear or Clearstream, in exchange for interests in such Global Note. The Registrar shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive Notes the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note to be exchanged in connection therewith. The Company undertakes to deliver to, or to the order of, the Registrar sufficient numbers of duly executed Definitive Notes to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 2.05(b). Such exchange shall be made free of charge to the holder and the beneficial owners of the relevant Global Note and to the holders of the Definitive Notes issued in exchange as provided above, except that a Person receiving Definitive Notes must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive Notes in person at the offices of a Registrar. Notwithstanding the above, interests in a Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole (but not in part) at the cost of the Company for Definitive Notes under the conditions described in Section 2.02(e). (c) Upon any exchange of an interest in a Global Note for Definitive Notes, the relevant Global Note shall be endorsed by the Trustee or the Registrar to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the holder of any interest in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder. Once exchanged in full, a Global Note shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of disposition will be sent to the Company. (d) The Trustee or the Registrar shall cause all Global Notes and Definitive Notes delivered to it and held by it hereunder to be maintained in safe custody in accordance with this Section. (e) The Security Register shall be in written form in the English language and shall include a record of the certificate number of each Note that has been issued, and shall show the amount of such Notes, the date of issue, all subsequent transfers and changes in ownership in respect thereof and the names, tax identifying numbers (if relevant to a specific holder), addresses of the holders of the Notes and any payment instructions with respect thereto (if different from a holder’s registered address). (f) The Registrar shall at all reasonable times during office hours make the Security Register available to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Company and the holders of such Notes or any person authorized by the Company in writing for inspection and for taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and at the expense of the Company, the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all lists of holders of such Notes, their addresses, amounts of such holdings and other details as they may request. (g) The the Registrar shall handle all requests for the registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, of Notes and receive certificates for the Notes deposited with the transfer agent for transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, and in doing so, shall ensure that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer (in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar) duly executed by the holder thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. (h) Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Security Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 14 or (b) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 (and not withdrawn)) or tendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) pursuant to Section 3.03. (i) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit D, if applicable) shall bear a legend set forth in Exhibit A, unless such Note has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee. (j) Any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Note shall bear a legend substantially in the form of Exhibit D. (k) The Trustee and the Registrar shall be entitled to treat a telephone, telex or facsimile communication from a person purporting to be (and who the Trustee or the Registrar believe in good faith to be) the authorized representative of the Company, named in a list furnished to the Trustee and the Registrar from time to time, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Company for the Trustee and the Registrar to act in accordance with this Section. (l) Title to the Notes shall pass by delivery. However, title to Notes issued in the form of Global Notes held through Euroclear and Clearstream shall be transferable only in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream, as appropriate.

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) As provided herein, interests in The Issuer shall cause to be kept initially at the Corporate Trust Office a Global Note will be exchanged, upon 45 days’ notice by a holder of an interest register (the register maintained in such Global office and in any other office or agency of the Issuer designated pursuant to Section 4.02 being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for Definitive the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Each Global The Trustee is hereby appointed “Note shall be deposited with the Common Depositary, which shall hold such Global Note in safe custody Registrar” for the account purpose of Euroclear and/or Clearstream registering Notes and instruct Euroclear transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Issuer may appoint one or Clearstream or both more co-registrars in accordance with Section 4.02. Upon surrender for registration of them, as the case may be, to credit the principal amounts transfer of the Notes represented by such Global any Note to the holder’s distribution account with Euroclear Note Registrar or Clearstream. Each relevant Global Note any co-registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Issuer shall be exchangeable execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in whole for an interestthe name of the designated transferee or transferees, equal to the one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture. Notes may be transferred for other Notes of such Global Note being exchanged, for Definitive Notes in the same any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon request of Euroclear or Clearstream to the Registrar, but only upon delivery by Euroclear or Clearstream, acting on behalf surrender of the beneficial owners of Notes to be transferred at any such interests, to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York, of certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The delivery to the Registrar of any certificate in the form referred to above may be relied upon or agency maintained by the CompanyIssuer pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for transfer, the Trustee Issuer shall execute, and the Registrar as conclusive evidence that related certificates have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream as contemplated by the terms of this Section. (b) In accordance with the terms of a Global Note Trustee shall authenticate and this Indenturedeliver, the Registrar Notes which the Noteholder making the transfer is entitled to receive bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding. All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer of Notes shall deliver at be the cost valid obligations of the CompanyIssuer, upon not less than 45 days’ notice to evidencing the Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstreamsame debt, the relevant Definitive Notes in exchange for interests in such Global Note. For this purpose, the Registrar is authorized and it shall (A) authenticate each such Definitive Note and (B) deliver each such Definitive Note to or to the order of Euroclear or Clearstream, in exchange for interests in such Global Note. The Registrar shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive Notes the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note to be exchanged in connection therewith. The Company undertakes to deliver to, or to the order of, the Registrar sufficient numbers of duly executed Definitive Notes to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 2.05(b). Such exchange shall be made free of charge to the holder and the beneficial owners of the relevant Global Note and to the holders of the Definitive Notes issued in exchange as provided above, except that a Person receiving Definitive Notes must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive Notes in person at the offices of a Registrar. Notwithstanding the above, interests in a Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole (but not in part) at the cost of the Company for Definitive Notes under the conditions described in Section 2.02(e). (c) Upon any exchange of an interest in a Global Note for Definitive Notes, the relevant Global Note shall be endorsed by the Trustee or the Registrar to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the holder of any interest in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture Indenture, as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder. Once exchanged in full, a Global Note shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of disposition will be sent to the Company. (d) The Trustee or the Registrar shall cause all Global Notes and Definitive Notes delivered to it and held by it hereunder to be maintained in safe custody in accordance with this Section. (e) The Security Register shall be in written form in the English language and shall include a record of the certificate number of each Note that has been issued, and shall show the amount of such Notes, the date of issue, all subsequent transfers and changes in ownership in respect thereof and the names, tax identifying numbers (if relevant to a specific holder), addresses of the holders of the Notes and any payment instructions with respect thereto (if different from a holder’s registered address). (f) The Registrar shall at all reasonable times during office hours make the Security Register available to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Company and the holders of surrendered upon such Notes or any person authorized by the Company in writing for inspection and for taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and at the expense of the Company, the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all lists of holders of such Notes, their addresses, amounts of such holdings and other details as they may request. (g) The Registrar shall handle all requests for the registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, of . All Notes and receive certificates for the Notes deposited with the transfer agent for transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, and in doing so, shall ensure that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, transfer shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent Issuer or the Note Registrar) be duly endorsed byendorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer (in form satisfactory to the Company Issuer, and the Registrar) Notes shall be duly executed by the holder Noteholder thereof or by such holder’s its attorney duly authorized in writing. No service charge shall be made to any Holder for any registration of, transfer of Notes, but the Issuer may require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax, assessment or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes. (hb) Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar The following provisions shall apply only to Global Notes: (1) Each Global Note authenticated under this Indenture shall be required registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee thereof and delivered to exchange such Depositary or register a transfer nominee thereof or Custodian therefor, and each such Global Note shall constitute a single Note for all purposes of (a) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 14 or (b) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 (and not withdrawn)this Indenture. (i2) Until Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Note may be transferred in whole or in part for Notes registered, and no transfer of a Global Note in whole or in part may be registered, in the expiration name of any Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof unless (1) the Depositary (x) has notified the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and a successor depositary has not been appointed by the Issuer within ninety (90) calendar days, or (2) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. Any Global Note exchanged pursuant to clause (1) or (2) above shall be so transferred in whole and not in part. Any Note issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof shall be a Global Note; provided that any such Note so issued that is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary or a nominee thereof shall not be a Global Note. (3) Notes issued in exchange for a Global Note or any portion thereof pursuant to clause (2) above shall be issued in definitive, fully registered form, without Interest coupons, shall have an aggregate principal amount equal to that of such Global Note or portion thereof to be so exchanged, shall be registered in such names and be in such authorized denominations as the Depositary shall designate and shall bear any legends required hereunder. Any Global Note to be transferred in whole shall be surrendered by the Depositary to the Trustee, as Note Registrar. With regard to any Global Note to be transferred in part, either such Global Note shall be so surrendered for transfer or, if the Trustee is acting as Custodian for the Depositary or its nominee with respect to such Global Note, the principal amount thereof shall be reduced, by an amount equal to the portion thereof to be so transferred, by means of an appropriate adjustment made on the records of the holding period applicable Note Registrar. Upon any such surrender or adjustment, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery the Note issuable on such transfer to sales thereof or upon the written order of the Depositary or an authorized representative thereof. (4) In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in clause (2) above, the Issuer will promptly make available to the Trustee a reasonable supply of certificated Notes in definitive, fully registered form, without Interest coupons. (5) Neither any members of, or participants in, the Depositary (“Agent Members”) nor any other Persons on whose behalf Agent Members may act shall have any rights under Rule 144(k) under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note registered in the Securities Act (name of the Depositary or any successor provision)nominee thereof, and the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any certificate evidencing agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner and Holder of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by the Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be, or impair, as between the Depositary, its Agent Members and any other Person on whose behalf an Agent Member may act, the operation of customary practices of such Persons governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note. (6) At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been repurchased, exchanged, or canceled for Notes in certificated form, such Global Note shall, upon receipt thereof, be canceled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is repurchased, exchanged, or canceled for Notes in certificated form, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction. (c) Every Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or in substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall ) that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the legend set forth in Exhibit Dthis Section 2.05(c) (the “Restricted Notes Legend”), if applicableand any Common Stock that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) shall to bear a the Common Stock legend set forth in Exhibit Athis Section 2.05(c) (the “Common Stock Legend”) (collectively, the “Restricted Notes”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (including those set forth in the legends below) unless such restrictions on transfer shall be waived by written consent of the Issuer, and the Holder of each such Restricted Note, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(c), the term “transfer” means any sale, pledge, loan, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Note or any interest therein. Until the Maturity Date for the Notes, every certificate evidencing the Notes shall bear a Restricted Notes Legend in substantially the following form unless otherwise determined by the Issuer in writing, with written notice thereof delivered to the Trustee: Until the date that is the later of (1) the date that is one year after the date of issuance of shares of Common Stock upon exchange of a Note, or such other period of time as permitted by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor provision thereto, and (2) such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable laws, any stock certificate evidencing shares of Common Stock issued upon exchange of such Note shall bear legends referring to the restrictions on ownership and transfer set forth in the Charter and a Common Stock Legend in substantially the following form unless such Common Stock has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared or become effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed determined by the Company Issuer in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee. (j) : Any stock certificate representing such shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of as to which such Note restrictions on transfer shall bear a legend substantially in the form of Exhibit D. (k) The Trustee and the Registrar shall be entitled to treat a telephone, telex or facsimile communication from a person purporting to be (and who the Trustee or the Registrar believe in good faith to be) the authorized representative of the Company, named in a list furnished to the Trustee and the Registrar from time to time, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Company for the Trustee and the Registrar to act have expired in accordance with this Section. (l) Title their terms or as to which the Notes shall pass by delivery. Howeverconditions for removal of the Common Stock Legend set forth therein have been satisfied may, title to Notes issued in upon surrender of the form certificates representing such shares of Global Notes held through Euroclear and Clearstream shall be transferable only Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like number of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the Common Stock Legend required by this Section 2.05(c). (d) By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Restricted Notes Legend, each Holder of such Note acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and Clearstreamin the Restricted Notes Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture and as permitted by applicable law. (e) Any Restricted Securities purchased or owned by the Issuer or any Affiliate thereof may not be resold by the Issuer or such Affiliate unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction which results in such Notes or Common Stock, as appropriatethe case may be, no longer being “restricted securities” (as defined under Rule 144). (f) The Trustee in each of its various capacities as designated from time to time hereunder shall have no responsibility or obligation to any Agent Members or any other Person with respect to the accuracy of the books or records, or the acts or omissions, of the Depositary or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any Agent Member or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Noteholders and all payments to be made to Noteholders under the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Noteholders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the customary procedures of the Depositary. The Trustee in each of its various capacities as designated from time to time hereunder may rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon any information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its Agent Members. The Trustee in each of its various capacities as designated from time to time hereunder 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 Agent Members in any Global Indenture) 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.

Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer. (a) As provided herein, interests in a Global Note will be exchanged, upon 45 days’ notice by a holder of an interest in such Global Note for Definitive Notes. Each Global Note shall be deposited with the Common Depositary, which shall hold such Global Note in safe custody for the account of Euroclear and/or Clearstream and instruct Euroclear or Clearstream or both of them, as the case may be, to credit the principal amounts of the Notes represented by such Global Note to the holder’s distribution account with Euroclear or Clearstream. Each relevant Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole for an interest, equal to the principal amount of such Global Note being exchanged, for Definitive Notes in the same principal amount, upon request of Euroclear or Clearstream to the Registrar, but only upon delivery by Euroclear or Clearstream, acting on behalf of the beneficial owners of such interests, to the Registrar at its principal office in the City of New York, of certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto. The delivery to the Registrar of any certificate in the form referred to above may be relied upon by the Company, the Trustee and the Registrar as conclusive evidence that related certificates have been delivered to Euroclear or Clearstream as contemplated by the terms of this Section. (b) In accordance with the terms of a Global Note and this Indenture, the Registrar shall deliver at the cost of the Company, upon not less than 45 days’ notice to the Registrar by Euroclear or Clearstream, the relevant Definitive Notes in exchange for interests in such Global Note. For this purpose, the Registrar is authorized and it shall (A) authenticate each such Definitive Note and (B) deliver each such Definitive Note to or to the order of Euroclear or Clearstream, in exchange for interests in such Global Note. The Registrar shall promptly notify the Company upon receipt of a request for issue of Definitive Notes the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note to be exchanged in connection therewith. The Company undertakes to deliver to, or to the order of, the Registrar sufficient numbers of duly executed Definitive Notes to enable the Registrar to comply with its obligations under this Section 2.05(b). Such exchange shall be made free of charge to the holder and the beneficial owners of the relevant Global Note and to the holders of the Definitive Notes issued in exchange as provided above, except that a Person receiving Definitive Notes must bear the cost of insurance, postage, transportation and the like in the event that such Person does not receive such Definitive Notes in person at the offices of a Registrar. Notwithstanding the above, interests in a Global Note shall be exchangeable in whole (but not in part) at the cost of the Company for Definitive Notes under the conditions described in Section 2.02(e). (c) Upon any exchange of an interest in a Global Note for Definitive Notes, the relevant Global Note shall be endorsed by the Trustee or the Registrar to reflect the reduction of its principal amount by the aggregate principal amount so exchanged. Until exchanged in full, the holder of any interest in any Global Note shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as Definitive Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder. Once exchanged in full, a Global Note shall be canceled and disposed of by the Trustee in accordance with its customary procedures and a certificate of disposition will be sent to the Company, upon the Company’s written request. (d) The Trustee or the Registrar shall cause all Global Notes and Definitive Notes delivered to it and held by it hereunder to be maintained in safe custody in accordance with this Section. (e) The Security Register shall be in written form in the English language and shall include a record of the certificate number of each Note that has been issued, and shall show the amount of such Notes, the date of issue, all subsequent transfers and changes in ownership in respect thereof and the names, tax identifying numbers (if relevant to a specific holder), addresses of the holders of the Notes and any payment instructions with respect thereto (if different from a holder’s registered address). (f) The Registrar shall at all reasonable times during office hours make the Security Register available to the Trustee, the Paying Agent, the Company and the holders of such Notes or any person authorized by the Company in writing for inspection and for taking of copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and at the expense of the Company, the Registrar shall deliver to such persons all lists of holders of such Notes, their addresses, amounts of such holdings and other details as they may request. (g) The Registrar shall handle all requests for the registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, of Notes and receive certificates for the Notes deposited with the transfer agent for transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, and in doing so, shall ensure that every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer, or exchange, repurchase or conversion, (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar) be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer (in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar) duly executed by the holder thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing. (h) Neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of (a) any Notes or portions thereof surrendered for conversion pursuant to Article 14 or (b) any Notes or portions thereof tendered for purchase pursuant to Section 3.02 (and not withdrawn). (i) Until the expiration of the holding period applicable to sales thereof under Rule 144(k) under the Securities Act (or any successor provision), any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof, which shall bear the legend set forth in Exhibit D, if applicable) shall bear a legend set forth in Exhibit A, unless such Note has been sold pursuant to a registration statement that has been declared effective under the Securities Act (and which continues to be effective at the time of such transfer) or pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any similar provision then in force, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company in writing, with written notice thereof to the Trustee. (j) Any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Note shall bear a legend substantially in the form of Exhibit D. (k) The Trustee and the Registrar shall be entitled to treat a telephone, telex or facsimile communication from a person purporting to be (and who the Trustee or the Registrar believe in good faith to be) the authorized representative of the Company, named in a list furnished to the Trustee and the Registrar from time to time, as sufficient instructions and authority of the Company for the Trustee and the Registrar to act in accordance with this Section. (l) Title to the Notes shall pass by delivery. However, title to Notes issued in the form of Global Notes held through Euroclear and Clearstream shall be transferable only in accordance with the rules and procedures of Euroclear and Clearstream, as appropriate.