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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-13-104696
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20130313
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant
ITEM INFORMATION:		Other Events
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20130313
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20130313

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Meritage Homes CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000833079
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	OPERATIVE BUILDERS [1531]
		IRS NUMBER:				860611231
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09977
		FILM NUMBER:		13686542

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		17851 NORTH 85TH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85255
		BUSINESS PHONE:		480-515-8100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		17851 NORTH 85TH STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 300
		CITY:			SCOTTSDALE
		STATE:			AZ
		ZIP:			85255

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MERITAGE CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19981009

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MONTEREY HOMES CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970113

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HOMEPLEX MORTGAGE INVESTMENTS CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="4"><B>CURRENT REPORT </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 or 15(d) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of
1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March&nbsp;13, 2013 </B></FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>17851 N. 85<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">th</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"> Street, Suite 300,</FONT></B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Scottsdale, Arizona</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>85255</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Registrant&#146;s telephone number, including area code) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>(Former Name
or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD WIDTH="9%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>ITEM&nbsp;1.01</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT<B> </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Completion of Offering of 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On March&nbsp;13, 2013, Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Company&#148;), completed an offering of $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 (the
&#147;2018 Notes&#148;) that are guaranteed (the &#147;Guarantees,&#148; and collectively with the 2018 Notes, the &#147;Securities&#148;) by certain of the Company&#146;s subsidiaries (the &#147;Guarantors&#148;).&nbsp;The Securities were offered
to investors in a private placement in reliance on Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;).&nbsp;The Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state
securities laws and may not be sold except in a transaction registered under, or exempt from, the registration provisions of the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Securities were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated March&nbsp;13, 2013 among the Company, the Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank,
National Association, as trustee (the &#147;2018 Indenture&#148;).&nbsp;The material terms of the 2018 Notes and the 2018 Indenture are described below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The 2018 Notes are the general unsecured obligations of the Company. The 2018 Notes will rank senior in right to all future obligations of the Company that are, by their terms, expressly subordinated in
right of payment to the 2018 Notes and pari passu in right of payment with all existing and future unsecured obligations of the Company that are not so subordinated. The 2018 Notes bear interest at 4.50%&nbsp;per annum, payable on March&nbsp;1 and
September&nbsp;1 of each year, commencing on September&nbsp;1, 2013. Interest on the 2018 Notes will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Prior to February&nbsp;1, 2018, the Company may redeem the 2018 Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on at least 30 but not more than 60 days&#146; prior written notice, at a
redemption price equal to the greater of (i)&nbsp;100% of the principal amount of the notes being redeemed, or (ii)&nbsp;the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments on the 2018 Notes being redeemed, discounted to the date of
redemption (on a semiannual basis) at a discount rate equal to the rate payable with respect to comparable treasury securities plus 0.50%. On or after February&nbsp;1, 2018, the Company may redeem any or all of the 2018 Notes at any time at a
redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2018 Notes being redeemed. The Company will also pay accrued interest on any 2018 Notes being redeemed to the redemption date. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The terms of the 2018 Indenture, among other things, generally limit, subject to exceptions, the ability of the Company and certain of
its subsidiaries to (i)&nbsp;incur secured indebtedness and (ii)&nbsp;enter into certain sale and leaseback transactions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
2018 Indenture provides for customary events of default which include (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods), among others: nonpayment of principal or interest; breach of covenants or other agreements in the 2018 Indenture;
defaults under certain other indebtedness; and certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency.&nbsp;Generally, if an event of default occurs and is continuing under the 2018 Indenture, the Trustee or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal
amount of the 2018 Notes then outstanding may declare the principal </FONT></P>
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of, premium, of any, and accrued interest on all the 2018 Notes immediately due and payable.&nbsp;In addition, in the event there is both (i)&nbsp;a change in control and (ii)&nbsp;a ratings
decline by either Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s Ratings Services or Moody&#146;s Investors Service, Inc., the Company will be required to commence and consummate an offer to purchase all Notes then outstanding at a price equal to 101% of their
principal amount, plus accrued interest (if any) to the date of repurchase. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The foregoing description of the 2018 Notes and
the 2018 Indenture is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the 2018 Indenture, including the form of note, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated by
reference herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with the sale of the 2018 Notes, the Company and the Guarantors entered into a Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of March&nbsp;13, 2013 (the &#147;Registration Rights Agreement&#148;), with the initial purchasers of the 2018 Notes. Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to
register with the Securities and Exchange Commission exchange notes (&#147;Exchange Notes&#148;), which will have substantially identical terms as the 2018 Notes (except that the Exchange Notes will not contain terms with respect to transfer
restrictions), so the Company can offer to exchange freely tradable Exchange Notes for the 2018 Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The foregoing
description of the Registration Rights Agreement is only a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1 and is
incorporated by reference herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On March&nbsp;13, 2013, the Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the
offering of Notes described above. A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT<B> </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The information contained in Item&nbsp;1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference herein. </FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">OTHER EVENTS<B> </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Expiration of Early
Tender Period in Tender Offer for 7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On February&nbsp;27, 2013, the Company
announced in a press release the commencement of a cash tender offer to purchase any and all of its $99,825,000 outstanding principal amount of 2017 Notes and a related solicitation of consents (together, the &#147;Tender Offer and Consent
Solicitation&#148;) from the holders of the 2017 Notes to certain amendments to the 2017 Indenture (the &#147;Proposed Amendments&#148;). On March&nbsp;13, 2013, the Company announced in a press release the expiration of the early tender period in
the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation, and the preliminary results of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. </FONT></P>
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on March&nbsp;26, 2013, unless extended, after which the Company will announce final results of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. As previously disclosed on February&nbsp;27, 2013, the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation is part of a
series of related financing transactions that also included the private placement of 2018 Notes described in Item&nbsp;1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. A copy of the press release that the Company issued on March&nbsp;13, 2013 is attached as
Exhibit 99.2. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Notice of Redemption for 7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 </U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On March&nbsp;13, 2013, the Company delivered a notice of redemption (the &#147;Notice&#148;) to the holders of the 2017 Notes. The Notice
provides for the Company&#146;s redemption, pursuant to the terms of the 2017 Indenture, of all $99,825,000 outstanding aggregate principal amount of 2017 Notes on April&nbsp;12, 2013 (the &#147;Redemption Date&#148;) that were not validly tendered
and not validly withdrawn in the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation at a redemption price equal to 102.90% of the principal amount of each outstanding note plus accrued and unpaid interest to the Redemption Date. Any and all 2017 Notes still
outstanding following the expiration of the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation will be redeemed in accordance with the Notice. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:18px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS<B> </B></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indenture for 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018, and Form of Note </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registration Rights Agreement relating to 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated March&nbsp;13, 2013, announcing the closing of a private offering of $175 million of 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Press Release dated March&nbsp;13, 2013, announcing results of tender offer as of the early tender date for 7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ LARRY W. SEAY</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 4.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">EXECUTION VERSION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION,
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE GUARANTORS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">named herein </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Trustee </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">INDENTURE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">310&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a)(1)</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.10</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.10</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.08; 7.10; 12.02</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.10</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.11</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.11</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12.03</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12.03</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.06</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.06</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12.04</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12.05</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.05; 12.02</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.01(a)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.01(c)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.12</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.10</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.05</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.04</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">N.A.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b)</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.08</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8.04</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.09</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.10</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE ONE</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 1.01. Definitions</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 1.02. Other Definition</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 1.04. Rules of Construction</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE TWO</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.01. Amount of Notes</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.02. Form and Dating</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.06. Holder Lists</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE THREE</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 3.01. Election To Redeem; Notices to Trustee</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE FOUR</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.01. Payment of Notes</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE SEVEN</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.01. Duties of Trustee</FONT></P></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">INDENTURE, dated as of March&nbsp;13, 2013, among MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION, a Maryland
corporation, as issuer (the &#147;<U>Issuer</U>&#148;), the Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association as trustee (the &#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148;). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE ONE </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 1.01. <U>Definitions</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Additional Notes</U>&#148; means an
unlimited principal amount of Notes having identical terms and conditions to the Notes issued pursuant to Article Two. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Adjusted Net Assets</U>&#148; of a Guarantor at any date means the lesser of the amount by which (x)&nbsp;the fair value of the
property of such Guarantor exceeds the total amount of liabilities, including, without limitation, contingent liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities), but excluding liabilities under the Guarantee, of such
Guarantor at such date and (y)&nbsp;the present fair salable value of the assets of such Guarantor at such date exceeds the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Guarantor on its debts and all other fixed and contingent
liabilities (after giving effect to all other fixed and contingent liabilities and after giving effect to any collection from any Subsidiary of such Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such Guarantor under the Guarantee), excluding
Indebtedness in respect of the Guarantee, as they become absolute and matured. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Affiliate</U>&#148; of any Person
means any other Person which directly or indirectly controls or is controlled by, or is under direct or indirect common control with, the referent Person. For purposes of this definition, &#147;<U>control</U>&#148; of a Person shall mean the power
to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Agent</U>&#148; means any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>amend</U>&#148; means to amend, supplement, restate, amend and restate or otherwise modify; and &#147;<U>amendment</U>&#148; shall have a correlative meaning. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>asset</U>&#148; means any asset or property. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Attributable Indebtedness</U>&#148;, when used with respect to any Sale and
Leaseback Transaction, means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at a rate equivalent to the Issuer&#146;s then-current weighted average cost of funds for borrowed money as at the time of determination, compounded on a
semi-annual basis) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of any Capitalized Lease included in any such Sale and Leaseback Transaction. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Bankruptcy Event</U>&#148; means the commencement of any case under the Bankruptcy Code (Title&nbsp;11 of the United States
Code) or the commencement of any other bankruptcy, reorganization, receivership, or similar proceeding under any federal, state or foreign law or by or against any Person for whom the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary has executed a Springing
Guarantee for the benefit of such Person; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the filing of an involuntary case against such Person shall only be a Bankruptcy Event if (i)&nbsp;such involuntary case is filed in whole or in part by the Issuer or a
Restricted Subsidiary, any member in such Person which is an Affiliate of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, or any other Affiliate of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, or (ii)&nbsp;the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, any member in such
Person which is an Affiliate of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, or any other Affiliate of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall in any way induce or participate in the filing, whether directly or indirectly, of an involuntary bankruptcy
case against such Person or any other Person, and such involuntary case or proceeding is not dismissed with prejudice within 120&nbsp;days of the filing thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Bankruptcy Law</U>&#148; means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended, or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Board of Directors</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, the board of directors or comparable governing body of such
Person. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Board Resolution</U>&#148; means a copy of a resolution certified pursuant to an Officers&#146; Certificate
to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Issuer and to be in full force and effect, and delivered to the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Business Day</U>&#148; means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York are authorized or required by law to close. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Capitalized Lease</U>&#148; means a lease required to be capitalized for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Capitalized Lease Obligations</U>&#148; of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other
amounts under a Capitalized Lease, and the amount of such obligation shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Change of Control</U>&#148; means the occurrence of any of the following events:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) any &#147;person&#148; or &#147;group&#148; (as such terms are used in Sections&nbsp;13(d) and 14(d) of
the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders, is or becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules&nbsp;13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause that person or group shall be deemed to have
&#147;beneficial ownership&#148; of all securities that any such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of Voting Stock representing more
than 50% of the voting power of the total outstanding Voting Stock of the Issuer; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) during any period of two
consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of the Issuer (together with any new directors whose election to such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of
the Issuer was approved by a vote of the majority of the directors of the Issuer then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any
reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of the Issuer; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)&nbsp;(a) all or substantially all
of the assets of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries are sold or otherwise transferred to any Person other than a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary or one or more Permitted Holders or (b)&nbsp;the Issuer consolidates or merges with or into
another Person other than a Permitted Holder or any Person other than a Permitted Holder consolidates or merges with or into the Issuer, in either case under this clause (3), in one transaction or a series of related transactions in which
immediately after the consummation thereof Persons owning Voting Stock representing in the aggregate 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer immediately prior to such consummation do not own Voting Stock representing a
majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or the surviving or transferee Person;&nbsp;or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) the Issuer shall adopt a Plan of Liquidation or dissolution or any such plan shall be approved by the stockholders of the Issuer. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Change of Control Triggering Event</U>&#148; means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Decline. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Comparable Treasury Issue</U>&#148; means the United States Treasury security selected by the Reference Treasury Dealer as
having a maturity comparable to the remaining term of the Notes to be redeemed that would be utilized, at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of corporate debt securities of comparable
maturity to the remaining term of the Notes. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Comparable Treasury Price</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date,
(1)&nbsp;the average of the Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations for such Redemption Date, after excluding the highest and lowest Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations, or (2)&nbsp;if fewer than four such Reference Treasury Dealer Quotations are
provided to the Issuer, the average of all such quotations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Consolidated Net Tangible Assets</U>&#148; means, as of
any date, the total amount of assets which would be included on a combined balance sheet of the Restricted Subsidiaries (not including the Issuer) together with the total amount of assets that would be included on the Issuer&#146;s balance sheet,
not including its subsidiaries, under GAAP (less applicable reserves and other properly deductible items) after deducting therefrom: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) all short-term liabilities, except for liabilities payable by their terms more than one year from the date of determination (or renewable or extendible at the option of the obligor for a period ending
more than one year after such date); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) investments in Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries; and
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) all goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt discount, unamortized expense incurred in
the issuance of debt and other intangible assets. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Corporate Trust Office</U>&#148; means the office of the Trustee
at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be principally administered, which office at the date of execution is located at Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, Corporate, Municipal&nbsp;&amp; Escrow Services, 707 Wilshire
Boulevard, 17th Floor, Los Angeles, California 90017. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Custodian</U>&#148; means any receiver, trustee, assignee,
liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Default</U>&#148; means (1)&nbsp;any Event of Default or
(2)&nbsp;any event, act or condition that, after notice or the passage of time or both, would be an Event of Default. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Depository</U>&#148; means, with respect to the Notes issued in the form of one or more Global Notes, The Depository Trust
Company or another Person designated as Depository by the Issuer, which Person must be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Equity Interests</U>&#148; of any Person means (1)&nbsp;any and all shares or other equity interests (including common stock, preferred stock, limited liability company interests and partnership
interests) in such Person and (2)&nbsp;all rights to purchase, warrants or options (whether or not currently exercisable), participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) such shares or other interests in such Person.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148; means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Exchange Notes</U>&#148; has the meaning provided in the Registration Rights Agreement. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Financial Services Subsidiary</U>&#148; means a Subsidiary engaged exclusively in
mortgage banking (including mortgage origination, loan servicing, mortgage brokerage and title and escrow businesses), master servicing and related activities, including, without limitation, a Subsidiary which facilitates the financing of mortgage
loans and mortgage-backed securities and the securitization of mortgage-backed bonds and other activities ancillary thereto. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>GAAP</U>&#148; means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of
the accounting profession of the United States, as in effect on the Measurement Date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>guarantee</U>&#148; means a
direct or indirect guarantee by any Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person and includes any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person: (1)&nbsp;to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or
payment of) Indebtedness of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services (unless such purchase arrangements are on arm&#146;s-length terms
and are entered into in the ordinary course of business), to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or (2)&nbsp;entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness of the
payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part). &#147;<U>guarantee</U>,&#148; when used as a verb, and &#147;<U>guaranteed</U>&#148; have correlative meanings. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Guarantors</U>&#148; means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer on the Issue Date, and each other Person that is required to
become a Guarantor by the terms of this Indenture after the Issue Date, in each case, until such Person is released from its Note Guarantee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Holder</U>&#148; means any registered holder, from time to time, of the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>incur</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Indebtedness or Obligation, incur, create, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with
respect to such Indebtedness or Obligation; <U>provided</U> that (1)&nbsp;the Indebtedness of a Person existing at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time such Person merged with or into the Issuer or a Restricted
Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been incurred at such time and (2)&nbsp;neither the accrual of interest nor the accretion of original issue discount shall be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Indebtedness</U>&#148; means: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) any liability of any Person: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) for borrowed money,&nbsp;or
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) evidenced by a bond, note, debenture or similar instrument (including a
purchase money obligation) given in connection with the acquisition of any businesses, properties or assets of any kind (other than a trade payable or a current liability arising in the ordinary course of business),&nbsp;or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) for the payment of money relating to a Capitalized Lease Obligation, or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) for all Redeemable Capital Stock valued at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus
accrued and unpaid dividends; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) any liability of others described in the preceding clause&nbsp;(1) that such
Person has guaranteed or that is otherwise its legal liability; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that a Springing Guarantee shall not be deemed to be Indebtedness under this clause&nbsp;(2) until the earliest to occur of (a)&nbsp;the demand by a
lender for payment under such Springing Guarantee, (b)&nbsp;the occurrence or failure to occur of any event, act or circumstance that, with or without the giving of notice and/or passage of time, entitles a lender to make a demand for payment
thereunder or (c)&nbsp;a Bankruptcy Event; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) all Indebtedness referred to in (but not excluded from)
clauses&nbsp;(1) and (2)&nbsp;above of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons, the payment of which is secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien upon
or in property (including, without limitation, accounts and contract rights) owned by such Person, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment of such Indebtedness;&nbsp;and </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) any amendment, supplement, modification, deferral, renewal, extension or refunding or any liability of the types
referred to in clauses (1), (2)&nbsp;and (3)&nbsp;above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148; means this Indenture as amended,
restated or supplemented from time to time. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Initial Purchaser</U>&#148; means Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Institutional Accredited Investor</U>&#148; means an institution that is an &#147;accredited investor&#148; as that
term is defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;promulgated under the Securities Act. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>interest</U>&#148; means, with respect to the Notes, interest and Liquidated Damages, if any, on the Notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Interest Payment Dates</U>&#148; means each March&nbsp;1 and September&nbsp;1, commencing September&nbsp;1, 2013. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Issue Date</U>&#148; means March&nbsp;13, 2013. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Issuer</U>&#148; means the party named as such in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor replaces such party
pursuant to Article Five and thereafter means the successor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Issuer Request</U>&#148; means any written request
signed in the name of the Issuer by the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Chief Financial Officer or the Treasurer of the Issuer and attested to by the Secretary or any Assistant
Secretary of the Issuer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Lien</U>&#148; means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien
(statutory or other), pledge, lease, easement, restriction, covenant, charge, security interest or other encumbrance of any kind or nature in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law,
including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell, and any filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction (other than cautionary filings in respect of operating leases). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Liquidated
Damages</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Moody&#146;s</U>&#148; means
Moody&#146;s Investors Service, Inc., and its successors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Non-Recourse Land Financing</U>&#148; means any
Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary for which the holder of such Indebtedness has no recourse, directly or indirectly, to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such
Indebtedness, and for which the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary is not, directly or indirectly, obligated or otherwise liable for the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Indebtedness, except pursuant to mortgages, deeds of trust
or other Liens or other recourse obligations or liabilities in respect of specific land or other real property interests of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary; <U>provided</U> that recourse obligations or liabilities of the Issuer or such
Restricted Subsidiary solely for indemnities, covenants (including, without limitation, performance, completion or similar covenants), or breach of any warranty, representation or covenant in respect of any Indebtedness, including liability by
reason of any agreement by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to provide additional capital or maintain the financial condition of or otherwise support the credit of the Person incurring the Indebtedness, shall not prevent Indebtedness from
being classified as Non-Recourse Land Financing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Non-U.S. Person</U>&#148; means a Person who is not a U.S. person,
as defined in Regulation S. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Note Guarantee</U>&#148; means the guarantee of the Notes by the Guarantors. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148; means the 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 issued by the Issuer,
including, without limitation, the Private Exchange Notes, if any, and the Exchange Notes, treated as a single class of securities, as amended from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, that are issued pursuant to this Indenture.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Obligation</U>&#148; means any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnification, reimbursements, costs,
expenses, damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Offer</U>&#148;
has the meaning set forth in the definition of &#147;Offer to Purchase.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Offer Expiration Date</U>&#148; has
the meaning set forth in the definition of &#147;Offer to Purchase.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Offer to Purchase</U>&#148; means a
written offer (the &#147;<U>Offer</U>&#148;) sent by or on behalf of the Issuer by first-class mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of Notes held in book-entry form, sent by electronic transmission to each Holder at its address appearing in the
register for the Notes on the date of the Offer offering to purchase up to the principal amount of Notes specified in such Offer at the purchase price specified in such Offer (as determined pursuant to this Indenture). Unless otherwise required by
applicable law, the Offer shall specify an expiration date (the &#147;<U>Offer Expiration Date</U>&#148;) of the Offer to Purchase, which shall be not less than 30 Business Days nor more than 60 days after the date of such Offer, and a settlement
date (the &#147;<U>Purchase Date</U>&#148;) for purchase of Notes to occur no later than three Business Days after the Offer Expiration Date. The Offer shall contain all the information required by applicable law to be included therein. The Offer
shall also contain information concerning the business of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries which the Issuer in good faith believes will enable such Holders to make an informed decision with respect to the Offer to Purchase. Such information shall
include, at a minimum, (i)&nbsp;the most recent annual and quarterly financial statements and &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#148; contained in the document required to be delivered
to Holders pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.02 (which requirements may be satisfied by delivery of such documents together with the Offer), (ii)&nbsp;a description of material developments in the Issuer&#146;s business subsequent to the date of the latest
of such financial statements referred to in clause (i)&nbsp;(including a description of the events requiring the Issuer to make the Offer to Purchase), (iii)&nbsp;if applicable, appropriate pro forma financial information concerning the Offer to
Purchase and the events requiring the Issuer to make the Offer to Purchase and (iv)&nbsp;any other information required by applicable law to be included therein. The Offer shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders
to tender Notes pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The Offer shall also state: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) the Section of this
Indenture pursuant to which the Offer to Purchase is being made; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) the Offer Expiration Date and the
Purchase Date; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes offered to be
purchased by the Issuer pursuant to the Offer to Purchase (including, if less than 100%, the manner by which such amount has been determined pursuant to the Section of this Indenture requiring the Offer to Purchase) (the &#147;<U>Purchase
Amount</U>&#148;); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) the purchase price to be paid by the Issuer for each $1,000 aggregate principal amount
of Notes accepted for payment (the &#147;<U>Purchase Price</U>&#148;); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) that the Holder may tender all or
any portion of the Notes registered in the name of such Holder and that any portion of a Note tendered must be tendered in a minimum denomination of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) the place or places where Notes are to be surrendered for tender pursuant to the Offer to Purchase; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) that interest on any Note not tendered or tendered but not purchased by the Issuer pursuant to the Offer to Purchase
will continue to accrue; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) that on the Purchase Date the Purchase Price will become due and payable upon
each Note being accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer to Purchase and that interest thereon shall cease to accrue on and after the Purchase Date; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(9) that each Holder electing to tender all or any portion of a Note pursuant to the Offer to Purchase will be required to surrender such Note, with the form entitled &#147;Option of Holder to Elect
Purchase&#148; on the reverse of the Note completed, at the place or places specified in the Offer prior to the close of business on the Offer Expiration Date (such Note being, if the Issuer so requires, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer duly executed by, the Holder thereof or its attorney duly authorized in writing); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(10) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw all or any portion of Notes tendered if the Issuer receives, not later than the close of business on the fifth Business Day preceding the Offer Expiration
Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder tendered, the certificate number of the Note the Holder tendered and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing all or a
portion of its tender; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(11) that (a)&nbsp;if Notes in an aggregate principal amount less than or equal to the
Purchase Amount are duly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Issuer shall purchase all such Notes and (b)&nbsp;if Notes in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the Purchase Amount are tendered and not withdrawn
pursuant to the Offer to Purchase, the Issuer shall purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the Purchase Amount on a <U>pro</U> <U>rata</U> basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate so that only Notes in minimum
denominations of $2,000 principal amount or integral multiples of $1,000 principal amount in excess thereof shall be purchased); and </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(12) that in the case of any Holder whose Note is purchased only in part,
the Issuer shall execute and deliver to the Holder of such Note without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unpurchased
portion of the Note so tendered. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">An Offer to Purchase shall be governed by and effected in accordance with the provisions
above pertaining to any Offer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On or before the Purchase Date, the Issuer shall (i)&nbsp;accept for payment Notes or portions
thereof tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, (ii)&nbsp;deposit with the Trustee U.S. Dollars sufficient to pay the Purchase Price, plus accrued interest, if any, of all Notes to be purchased and (iii)&nbsp;deliver to the Trustee Notes
so accepted together with an Officers&#146; Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Issuer. The Trustee shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the Purchase Price, plus
accrued interest, if any, thereon. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Offering</U>&#148; means the offering of the Notes as described in the Offering
Memorandum dated February&nbsp;27, 2013 pursuant to which the Notes were offered. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Officer</U>&#148; means any of the
following of the Issuer: the Chairman of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, the Controller or the Chief Accounting Officer. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Officers&#146; Certificate</U>&#148; means a certificate signed by two Officers. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Opinion of Counsel</U>&#148; means a written opinion reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Trustee from legal
counsel, which counsel is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, stating the matters required by Section&nbsp;12.05 and delivered to the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Permitted Holders</U>&#148; means Steven J. Hilton, his wife and children, any corporation, limited liability company or partnership in which he has voting control and is the direct and
beneficial owner of a majority of the Equity Interests and any trust for the benefit of him or his wife or children. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Person</U>&#148; means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated organization, limited liability company, government or any agency or political subdivision hereof or any other entity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Physical Notes</U>&#148; means certificated Notes in registered form in substantially the form set forth in <U>Exhibit A</U>. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Plan of Liquidation</U>&#148; with respect to any Person, means a plan that
provides for, contemplates or the effectuation of which is preceded or accompanied by (whether or not substantially contemporaneously, in phases or otherwise): (1)&nbsp;the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the assets of such Person otherwise than as an entirety or substantially as an entirety; and (2)&nbsp;the distribution of all or substantially all of the proceeds of such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of
the remaining assets of such Person to creditors and holders of Equity Interests of such Person. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Preferred
Stock</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Person, any and all preferred or preference stock or other equity interests (however designated) of such Person whether now outstanding or issued after the Issue Date. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>principal</U>&#148; means, with respect to the Notes, the principal of, and premium, if any, on the Notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Private Exchange</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Private Exchange Notes</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Private Placement Legend</U>&#148; means the legend initially set forth on the Rule 144A Notes and Other Notes that are
Restricted Notes in the form set forth in <U>Exhibit B</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Purchase Amount</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in
the definition of &#147;Offer to Purchase.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Purchase Date</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the definition
of &#147;Offer to Purchase.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Purchase Price</U>&#148; has the meaning set forth in the definition of
&#147;Offer to Purchase.&#148; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Qualified Institutional Buyer</U>&#148; or &#147;<U>QIB</U>&#148; shall have the
meaning specified in Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rating Agency</U>&#148; means each of
(a)&nbsp;S&amp;P and (b)&nbsp;Moody&#146;s. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rating Category</U>&#148; means: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) with respect to S&amp;P, any of the following categories: BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) with respect to Moody&#146;s, any of the following categories: Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor
categories). </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In determining whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more gradations,
gradations within Rating Categories (+ and&#151;for S&amp;P; or 1, 2 and 3 for Moody&#146;s) will be taken into account (e.g., with respect to S&amp;P a decline in rating from BB+ to BB, as well as from BB- to B+, will constitute a decrease of one
gradation). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rating Date</U>&#148; means the date which is 90 days prior to the earlier of (1)&nbsp;a Change of
Control and (2)&nbsp;public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the intention by the Issuer to effect a Change of Control. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rating Decline</U>&#148; means the decrease (as compared with the Rating Date) by one or more gradations within Rating Categories as well as between Rating Categories of the rating of the Notes
by a Rating Agency on, or within 120 days after, the earlier of the date of public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the intention by the Issuer to effect a Change of Control (which period will be extended for so long as the
rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by any of the Rating Agencies). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>redeem</U>&#148; means to redeem, repurchase, purchase, defease, retire, discharge or otherwise acquire or retire for value; and
&#147;<U>redemption</U>&#148; shall have a correlative meaning. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Redeemable Capital Stock</U>&#148; means any capital
stock of the Issuer or any Subsidiary that, either by its terms, by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or exchangeable or otherwise, (1)&nbsp;is or upon the happening of an event or passage of time would be required to be
redeemed on or prior to the final stated maturity of the Notes or (2)&nbsp;is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof at any time prior to such final stated maturity or (3)&nbsp;is convertible into or exchangeable for debt securities at any
time prior to such final stated maturity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Redemption Date</U>&#148; when used with respect to any Note to be
redeemed means the date fixed for such redemption pursuant to the terms of the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Reference Treasury
Dealer</U>&#148; means Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and its successors; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that, if the foregoing ceases to be a primary U.S.&nbsp;Government securities dealer in the United States (a &#147;<U>Primary Treasury
Dealer</U>&#148;), the Issuer shall substitute another Primary Treasury Dealer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Reference Treasury Dealer
Quotation</U>&#148; means, with respect to the Reference Treasury Dealer and any Redemption Date, the average, as determined by the Issuer, of the bid and asked prices for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its
principal amount) quoted in writing to the Issuer by the Reference Treasury Dealer at 5:00&nbsp;p.m., New York City time, on the third Business Day preceding such Redemption Date. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Registration Rights Agreement</U>&#148; means the registration rights agreement dated as of the Issue Date among the Issuer, the
Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Regulation S</U>&#148; means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities
Act. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Remaining Scheduled Payments</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Note, the
remaining scheduled payments of the principal (or of the portion) thereof to be redeemed and interest thereon that would be due after the related Redemption Date but for such redemption; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that, if such Redemption Date
is not an Interest Payment Date with respect to such Note, the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment thereon will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued thereon to such Redemption Date. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Responsible Officer</U>&#148; when used with respect to the Trustee, means an officer or assistant officer assigned to the
corporate trust department of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) with direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such
matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Restricted
Note</U>&#148; has the same meaning as &#147;Restricted Security&#148; set forth in Rule 144(a)(3) promulgated under the Securities Act; <U>provided</U>, that the Trustee shall be entitled to request and conclusively rely upon an Opinion of Counsel
with respect to whether any Note is a Restricted Note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Restricted Subsidiary</U>&#148; means any Subsidiary of the
Issuer which is not (i)&nbsp;a Financial Services Subsidiary or (ii)&nbsp;an Unrestricted Subsidiary. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rule
144</U>&#148; means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rule 144A</U>&#148; means Rule 144A promulgated
under the Securities Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>S&amp;P</U>&#148; means Standard&nbsp;&amp; Poor&#146;s Ratings Services, a division of
the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and its successors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Sale and Leaseback Transaction</U>&#148; means a sale or
transfer made by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary (except a sale or transfer made to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) of any property which is either (1)&nbsp;a manufacturing facility, office building or warehouse whose book value
equals or exceeds 1% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of determination or (2)&nbsp;another property (not including a model home) which exceeds 5% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets as of the date of determination, if such sale or
transfer is made with the agreement, commitment or intention of leasing such property to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>SEC</U>&#148; means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Secured Debt</U>&#148; means any Indebtedness which is secured by (1)&nbsp;a Lien on any property of the Issuer or the property
of any Restricted Subsidiary or (2)&nbsp;a Lien on shares of stock owned directly or indirectly by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a corporation or on Equity Interests owned by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in a partnership or other
entity not organized as a corporation or in the Issuer&#146;s rights or the rights of a Restricted Subsidiary in </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">
respect of Indebtedness of a corporation, partnership or other entity in which the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary has an Equity Interest; <U>provided</U> that &#147;Secured Debt&#148; shall
not include Non-Recourse Land Financing that consists exclusively of &#147;land under development,&#148; &#147;land held for future development&#148; or &#147;improved lots and parcels,&#148; as such categories of assets are determined in accordance
with GAAP. The securing in the foregoing manner of any such Indebtedness which immediately prior thereto was not Secured Debt shall be deemed to be the creation of Secured Debt at the time security is given. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148; means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Senior Indebtedness</U>&#148; means the principal of (and premium, if any, on) and interest on (including interest accruing
after the occurrence of an Event of Default or after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding pursuant to any Bankruptcy Law whether or not such interest is an allowable claim in any such proceeding) and other amounts due on or in
connection with any Indebtedness of the Issuer, whether outstanding on the date hereof or hereafter created, incurred or assumed, unless, in the case of any particular Indebtedness, the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which
the same is outstanding expressly provides that such Indebtedness shall not be senior in right of payment to the debt securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, &#147;Senior Indebtedness&#148; shall not include (1)&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Issuer
that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, (2)&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Issuer that by operation of law is subordinate to any general unsecured obligations of the Issuer, (3)&nbsp;Indebtedness of the
Issuer to any Subsidiary, (4)&nbsp;Indebtedness of the Issuer incurred in violation of the restrictions of Section&nbsp;4.06 and 4.07 of this Indenture, (5)&nbsp;to the extent it might constitute Indebtedness, any liability for federal, state or
local taxes or other taxes, owed or owing by the Issuer and (6)&nbsp;to the extent it might constitute Indebtedness, trade account payables owed or owing by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Significant Subsidiary</U>&#148; means (1)&nbsp;any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a &#147;significant subsidiary&#148; as
defined in Regulation S-X promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act as such Regulation S-X is in effect on the Issue Date and (2)&nbsp;any Restricted Subsidiary that, when aggregated with all other Restricted Subsidiaries that are not otherwise
Significant Subsidiaries and as to which any event described in clause (7)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;6.01 has occurred and is continuing, would constitute a Significant Subsidiary under clause (1)&nbsp;of this definition. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Springing Guarantee</U>&#148; means a guarantee by a Person which by its express terms does not become effective until the
occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Subsidiary</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Person: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) any corporation, limited liability company, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total
voting power of the Equity Interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Board of Directors thereof are at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) any partnership (a)&nbsp;the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (b)&nbsp;the only general partners of which are such Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless otherwise specified, &#147;Subsidiary&#148; refers to a Subsidiary of the Issuer. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Treasury Rate</U>&#148; means, with respect to any Redemption Date, the rate per annum equal to the semiannual equivalent yield
to maturity of the Comparable Treasury Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable Treasury Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable Treasury Price for such Redemption Date. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Trust Indenture Act</U>&#148; or &#147;<U>TIA</U>&#148; means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148; means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it pursuant to this Indenture and
thereafter means the successor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Unrestricted Subsidiary</U>&#148; means a Subsidiary designated by the Issuer
(evidenced by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Issuer and an Officers&#146; Certificate, delivered to the Trustee certifying compliance with this definition) as a Subsidiary resulting from any investment (including any guarantee of
Indebtedness) made by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer in joint ventures engaged in homebuilding, land acquisition or land development businesses and businesses that are reasonably related thereto or reasonable extensions
thereof with unaffiliated third parties; <U>provided</U> that the aggregate amount of investments in all Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall not exceed (i)&nbsp;$15.0&nbsp;million or (ii)&nbsp;such lesser amount as may be applicable to the corresponding
investment limitation in any other capital markets Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Land Financing) of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which is outstanding on the Issue Date (with the amount of each investment being calculated
based upon the amount of investments made on or after the date such joint venture becomes a Subsidiary) (the &#147;<U>Investment Basket</U>&#148;); <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that if the Issuer subsequently designates a Subsidiary, which
previously had been designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, to be a Restricted Subsidiary (evidenced by resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Issuer and an Officers&#146; Certificate, delivered to the Trustee certifying compliance with this
definition) and causes such Subsidiary to comply with Section&nbsp;4.08, then the amount of any investments in such Unrestricted Subsidiary made on or after the date such joint venture became a Subsidiary shall be credited against the Investment
Basket (up to a maximum amount of (i)&nbsp;$15.0&nbsp;million or (ii)&nbsp;such lesser amount as may be applicable to the corresponding investment limitation in any other capital markets Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Land Financing) of the
Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which is outstanding on the Issue Date). As of the Issue Date, Buckeye Land, L.L.C., Arcadia Ranch L.L.C. and Sundance Buckeye, LLC are designated as Unrestricted Subsidiaries. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>U.S. Government Obligations</U>&#148; means direct non-callable obligations of, or
obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America for the payment of which guarantee or obligations the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Voting Stock</U>&#148; with respect to any Person, means securities of any class of Equity Interests of such Person entitling the holders thereof (whether at all times or only so long as no
senior class of stock or other relevant equity interest has voting power by reason of any contingency) to vote in the election of members of the Board of Directors of such Person. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary</U>&#148; means a Restricted Subsidiary of which 100% of the Equity Interests (except for
directors&#146; qualifying shares or certain minority interests owned by other Persons solely due to local law requirements that there be more than one stockholder, but which interest is not in excess of what is required for such purpose) are owned
directly by the Issuer or through one or more Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiaries. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 1.02. <U>Other Definitions</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The definitions of the following terms may be found in the sections indicated as follows: </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:17pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1">Term</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Act&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.19(a)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Agent Members&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.16(a)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Business Day&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12.07</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Change of Control Date&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.12</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Change of Control Offer&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.12</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Change of Control Payment Date&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.12</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Covenant Defeasance&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9.03</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Events of Default&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.01</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Global Notes&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.16(a)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Legal Defeasance&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9.02</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Legal Holiday&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12.07</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Liquidated Damages Notice&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.13</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Other Notes&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.02</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Paying Agent&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.04</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Registrar&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.04</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Regulation S Global Notes&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.16(a)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Regulation S Note&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.02</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Restricted Global Note&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.16(a)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Restricted Period&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.16(f)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Rule 144A Notes&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2.02</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;Successor&#148;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.01(b)(1)(b)</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 1.03. <U>Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the portion of such provision required to be incorporated herein in order for
this Indenture to be qualified under the TIA is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>indenture securities</U>&#148; means the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>indenture securityholder</U>&#148; means a Holder or Noteholder. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>indenture to be qualified</U>&#148; means this Indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>indenture trustee</U>&#148; or &#147;<U>institutional trustee</U>&#148; means the Trustee. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>obligor on the indenture securities</U>&#148; means the Issuer, the Guarantors or any other obligor on the Notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC
rule have the meanings therein assigned to them. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 1.04. <U>Rules of Construction</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless the context otherwise requires: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) a term has the meaning assigned to it herein, whether defined expressly or by reference; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) &#147;or&#148; is not exclusive; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) words in the singular
include the plural, and in the plural include the singular; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) words used herein implying any gender shall
apply to both genders; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) &#147;herein,&#148; &#147;hereof&#148; and other words of similar import refer to
this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other Subsection; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) unless otherwise
specified herein, all accounting terms used herein shall be interpreted, all accounting determinations hereunder shall be made, and all financial statements required to be delivered hereunder shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP as in effect
from time to time, applied on a basis consistent with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of the Issuer; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) &#147;$,&#148; &#147;U.S. Dollars&#148; and &#147;United States
Dollars&#148; each refer to United States dollars or such other money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts; and </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, principal, interest or any other amount payable under
or with respect to any Note, such mention shall be deemed to include mention of the payment of Liquidated Damages to the extent that, in such context, Liquidated Damages is, was or would be payable in respect thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE TWO </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THE
NOTES </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.01. <U>Amount of Notes</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall authenticate (i)&nbsp;Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in the aggregate principal amount not to exceed $175,000,000 and (ii)&nbsp;Additional Notes in an unlimited principal
amount, upon a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers&#146; Certificate of the Issuer. The Officers&#146; Certificate shall specify the amount of Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers&#146; Certificate, the Trustee shall authenticate
Notes in substitution for Notes originally issued to reflect any name change of the Issuer. Any Additional Notes shall be part of the same issue as the Notes being issued on the date hereof and will vote on all matters as one class with the Notes
being issued on the date hereof, including, without limitation, waivers, amendments, redemptions and Offers to Purchase. For the purposes of this Indenture, references to the Notes include Additional Notes, if any. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon receipt of an Issuer Request and an Officers&#146; Certificate certifying that a registration statement relating to an exchange
offer specified in the Registration Rights Agreement or any registration rights agreement relating to the Additional Notes is effective or that the conditions precedent to a Private Exchange thereunder have been met, the Trustee shall authenticate
an additional series of Notes for issuance in exchange for the Notes tendered for exchange pursuant to such exchange offer registered under the Securities Act or pursuant to a Private Exchange. Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes may have such
distinctive series designations and such changes in the form thereof as are specified in the Issuer Request referred to in the preceding sentence. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.02. <U>Form and Dating</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Notes and the Trustee&#146;s certificate of authentication with respect thereto shall be substantially in the form set forth in
<U>Exhibit A</U>, which is incorporated in and forms a part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, rule or usage to which the Issuer is subject. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Notes offered and sold to Qualified Institutional Buyers in reliance on Rule 144A (&#147;<U>Rule 144A Notes</U>&#148;) shall bear the legend and include the form of assignment set forth in <U>Exhibit B</U>, Notes offered and sold in offshore
transactions in reliance on Regulation S (&#147;<U>Regulation S Notes</U>&#148;) shall bear the legend and include the form of assignment set forth in <U>Exhibit&nbsp;C</U>, and Notes offered and sold to Institutional Accredited Investors in
transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act not made in reliance on Rule 144A or Regulation S (&#147;<U>Other Notes</U>&#148;) may be represented by a Restricted Global Note or, if such an investor may not hold an interest in the
Restricted Global Note, a Physical Note, in each case, bearing the Private Placement Legend. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are expressly made, a part of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their
execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and agree to be bound thereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The
Notes may be presented for registration of transfer and exchange at the offices of the Registrar. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.03. <U>Execution and
Authentication</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Two Officers shall sign, or one Officer shall sign and one Officer (each of whom shall, in each case,
have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate actions) shall attest to, the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an Officer whose signature is on a Note was an Officer at the time of such execution but no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid
nevertheless. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No Note shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless
there appears on such Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by the Trustee by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Note shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such
Note has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Note shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Issuer, and the Issuer shall deliver such Note to the Trustee
for cancellation as provided in Section&nbsp;2.12, for all purposes of this Indenture such Note shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to
authenticate the Notes. Unless otherwise provided in the appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate the Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by
such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with the Issuer and Affiliates of the Issuer. Each Paying Agent is designated as an authenticating agent for purposes of this Indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Notes shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.04. <U>Registrar and Paying Agent</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which shall be located in the City of Minneapolis, State of Minnesota) where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the
&#147;<U>Registrar</U>&#148;), and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the &#147;<U>Paying Agent</U>&#148;) and an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer, if any, in respect of the Notes and this
Indenture may be served. The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may have one or more additional Paying Agents. The term &#147;Paying Agent&#148; includes any additional Paying Agent. Neither
the Issuer nor any Affiliate thereof may act as Paying Agent. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement,
which shall incorporate the provisions of the TIA, with any Agent that is not a party to this Indenture. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the name and
address of any such Agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with Section&nbsp;7.07.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar, Paying Agent and Agent for service of notices and demands in
connection with the Notes and this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.05. <U>Paying Agent To Hold Money in Trust</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal of or premium or interest on the Notes (whether such money has been paid to it by the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes or the Guarantors), and the Issuer and the Paying Agent shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by
the Issuer (or any other obligor on the Notes) in making any such payment. Money held in trust by the Paying Agent need not be segregated except as required by law and in no event shall the Paying Agent be liable for any interest on any money
received by it hereunder. The Issuer at any time may require the Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and account for any funds disbursed and the Trustee may at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default specified in
Section&nbsp;6.01 (1)&nbsp;or (2), upon written request to the Paying Agent, require such Paying Agent to pay forthwith all money so held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed. Upon making such payment, the Paying Agent shall
have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.06. <U>Holder Lists</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of the Holders. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer
shall furnish to the Trustee at least five Business Days before each Interest Payment Date, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and
addresses of the Holders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.07. <U>Transfer and Exchange</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to Sections&nbsp;2.16 and 2.17, when Notes are presented to the Registrar with a request from the Holder of such Notes to register
a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer as requested. Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be
duly endorsed or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Registrar, duly executed by the Holder thereof or his attorneys duly authorized in writing. To permit registrations of transfers and
exchanges, the Issuer shall issue and execute and the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes (and the Guarantors shall execute the guarantee thereon) evidencing such transfer or exchange at the Registrar&#146;s request. No service charge shall be made
to the Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange. The Issuer may require from the Holder payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer taxes or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation to a transfer or exchange, but
this provision shall not apply to any exchange pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.11, 3.06, 4.12 or 8.05 (in which events the Issuer shall be responsible for the payment of such taxes). The Registrar shall not be required to exchange or register a transfer
of any Note for a period of 15 days immediately preceding the sending of notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed or of any Note selected, called or being called for redemption except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any Holder of the Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of the beneficial interests in
such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent), and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book-entry.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Holder of a Note agrees to indemnify the Issuer and the Trustee against any liability that may result from the transfer,
exchange or assignment of such Holder&#146;s Note in violation of any provision of this Indenture and/or applicable U.S. federal or state securities law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as expressly provided herein, neither the Trustee nor the Registrar shall have any duty to monitor the Issuer&#146;s compliance with or have any responsibility with respect to the Issuer&#146;s
compliance with any federal or state securities laws. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.08. <U>Replacement Notes</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or the Trustee, or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost,
destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Note (and the Guarantors shall execute the guarantee thereon) if the Holder of such Note furnishes to the Issuer and the Trustee evidence
reasonably acceptable to them of the ownership and the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and if the requirements of Section&nbsp;8-405 of the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect on the date of this Indenture are met. An indemnity
bond shall be posted, sufficient in the judgment of both to protect the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee or any Paying Agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if such Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge such Holder for the
Issuer&#146;s reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in replacing such Note and the Trustee may charge the Issuer for the Trustee&#146;s expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements) in replacing such Note. Every
replacement Note shall constitute a contractual obligation of the Issuer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.09. <U>Outstanding Notes</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes that have been authenticated by the Trustee except for (a)&nbsp;those cancelled by it,
(b)&nbsp;those delivered to it for cancellation, (c)&nbsp;to the extent set forth in Sections&nbsp;9.01 and 9.02, on or after the date on which the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;9.01 or 9.02 have been satisfied, those Notes theretofore
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and (d)&nbsp;those described in this Section&nbsp;2.09 as not outstanding. Subject to Section&nbsp;2.10, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or one of its Affiliates holds
the Note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.08, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Note is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Paying Agent holds, in its capacity as such, on any maturity date, money sufficient to pay all accrued interest and principal with respect to the Notes payable on that date and is not prohibited
from paying such money to the Holders thereof pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.10. <U>Treasury Notes</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In determining whether the Holders of the
required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any declaration of acceleration or notice of default or direction, waiver or consent or any amendment, modification or other change to this Indenture, Notes owned by the Issuer or any other
Affiliate of the Issuer shall be disregarded as though they were not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent or any amendment, modification
or other change to this </FONT></P>
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Indenture, only Notes as to which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received an Officers&#146; Certificate stating that such Notes are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned
which have been pledged in good faith shall not be disregarded if the pledgee established to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee&#146;s right so to act with respect to the Notes and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, a Guarantor, any other
obligor on the Notes or any of their respective Affiliates. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.11. <U>Temporary Notes</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Until definitive Notes are prepared and ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Notes.
Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of a written
request, shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes. Until such exchange, temporary Notes shall be entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as definitive Notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.12. <U>Cancellation</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall (subject to the record-retention requirements of the Exchange Act) dispose of such cancelled
Notes in accordance with customary procedures. The Issuer may not reissue or resell, or issue new Notes to replace, Notes that the Issuer has redeemed or paid, or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.13. <U>Defaulted Interest</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Issuer defaults on a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus (to the extent permitted by law) any interest payable on the defaulted interest, in accordance with
the terms hereof, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, which date shall be at least five Business Days prior to the payment date. The Issuer shall fix such special record date and payment date in a manner satisfactory
to the Trustee. At least 10 days before such special record date, the Issuer shall mail, or, in the case of Notes held in book-entry form, send by electronic transmission to each Holder a notice that states the special record date, the payment date
and the amount of defaulted interest, and interest payable on defaulted interest, if any, to be paid. The Issuer may make payment of any defaulted interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements (if applicable) of any
securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed and, upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after written notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this sentence, such manner of payment
shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.14. <U>CUSIP Number</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use a &#147;CUSIP&#148; number, and if so, such CUSIP number shall be included in notices of redemption or exchange as a convenience to Holders; <U>provided</U>, that
any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Notes, and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The
Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any such CUSIP number used by the Issuer in connection with the issuance of the Notes and of any change in the CUSIP number. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.15. <U>Deposit of Moneys</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Prior to 10:00 a.m., New York
City&nbsp;time, on each Interest Payment Date and maturity date, the Issuer shall have deposited with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to make cash payments, if any, due on such Interest Payment Date or maturity date,
as the case may be, in a timely manner which permits the Trustee to remit payment to the Holders on such Interest Payment Date or maturity date, as the case may be. The principal and interest on Global Notes shall be payable to the Depository or its
nominee, as the case may be, as the sole registered owner and the sole Holder of the Global Notes represented thereby. The principal and interest on Physical Notes shall be payable, either in person or by mail, at the office of the Paying Agent. If
a Holder has given wire transfer instructions to the Issuer at least ten Business Days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, then the Paying Agent (provided the Paying Agent has received a copy of such wire transfer instructions) shall make
such payment on such Holder&#146;s Notes in accordance with such instructions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.16. <U>Book-Entry Provisions for Global Notes</U>.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Rule 144A Notes initially shall be represented by one or more notes in registered, global form without interest coupons
(collectively, the &#147;<U>Restricted Global Note</U>&#148;). Regulation S Notes initially shall be represented by one or more notes in registered, global form without interest coupons (collectively, the &#147;<U>Regulation S Global Note</U>,&#148;
and, together with the Restricted Global Note and any other global notes representing Notes, the &#147;<U>Global Notes</U>&#148;). The Global Notes shall bear legends as set forth in <U>Exhibit D</U>. The Global Notes initially shall (i)&nbsp;be
registered in the name of the Depository or the nominee of such Depository, in each case for credit to an account of an Agent Member (or, in the case of the Regulation S Global Notes, of Euroclear System and Clearstream Bank, S.A.), (ii)&nbsp;be
delivered to the Trustee as custodian for such Depository and (iii)&nbsp;bear legends as set forth in <U>Exhibit&nbsp;B</U> with respect to Restricted Global Notes and <U>Exhibit&nbsp;C</U> with respect to Regulation S Global Notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Members of, or direct or indirect participants in, the Depository (&#147;<U>Agent Members</U>&#148;) shall have no rights under this
Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by the Depository, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under the Global Notes, and the Depository may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as
the absolute owner of the Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, </FONT></P>
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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
Depository or impair, as between the Depository and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Transfers of Global Notes shall be limited to transfer in whole, but not in part, to the Depository, its successors or their respective nominees. Interests of beneficial owners in the Global Notes may
be transferred or exchanged for Physical Notes in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depository and the provisions of Section&nbsp;2.17. In addition, a Global Note shall be exchangeable for Physical Notes if (i)&nbsp;the Depository
(x)&nbsp;notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depository for such Global Note and the Issuer thereupon fails to appoint a successor depository or (y)&nbsp;has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange
Act or (ii)&nbsp;there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to the Notes. In all cases, Physical Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein shall be registered in the names, and
issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depository (in accordance with its customary procedures). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) In connection with any transfer or exchange of a portion of the beneficial interest in any Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Registrar shall (if one or more Physical
Notes are to be issued) reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Issuer
shall execute, and the Trustee shall upon receipt of a written order from the Issuer authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) In connection with the transfer of Global Notes as an entirety to beneficial owners pursuant to paragraph (b), the Global Notes shall
be deemed to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, to each beneficial owner identified by the Depository in writing in exchange for its beneficial interest in
the Global Notes, an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes of authorized denominations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) Any Physical Note
constituting a Restricted Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to paragraph (b), (c)&nbsp;or (d)&nbsp;shall, except as otherwise provided by paragraphs (a)(i)(x) and (c)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;2.17, bear the Private
Placement Legend or, in the case of the Regulation S Global Note, the legend set forth in <U>Exhibit C</U>, in each case, unless the Issuer determines otherwise in compliance with applicable law. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) On or prior to the 40th day after the later of the commencement of the Offering of the Notes represented by the Regulation S Global
Note and the Issue Date of such Notes (such period through and including such 40th day, the &#147;<U>Restricted Period</U>&#148;), a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of
an interest in the corresponding Restricted Global Note only upon receipt by the Trustee </FONT></P>
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of a written certification from the transferor to the effect that such transfer is being made (i)(a) to a Person whom the transferor reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer in a
transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A or (b)&nbsp;pursuant to another exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act which is accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel regarding the availability of such exemption and
(ii)&nbsp;in accordance with all applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g)
Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in the Regulation S Global Note, whether before or after the expiration of the Restricted Period, only if the transferor
first delivers to the Trustee a written certificate to the effect that such transfer is being made in accordance with Rule 903 or 904 of Regulation S or Rule 144 (if available). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) Any beneficial interest in one of the Global Notes that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in
another Global Note shall, upon transfer, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in such other Global Note and, accordingly, shall thereafter be subject to all transfer restrictions and other procedures applicable to
beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) The Holder of any Global Note
may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.17. <U>Special Transfer Provisions</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>Transfers to Non-QIB Institutional Accredited Investors and Non-U.S. Persons</U>. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of a Note
constituting a Restricted Note to any Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB or to any Non-U.S. Person: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer of any Note constituting a Restricted Note, whether or not such Note bears the Private Placement Legend, if (x)&nbsp;the requested transfer is after
April&nbsp;13, 2011 or such other date as such Note shall be freely transferable under Rule 144 as certified in an Officers&#146; Certificate or (y)&nbsp;(1)&nbsp;in the case of a transfer to an Institutional Accredited Investor which is not a QIB
(excluding Non-U.S. Persons), the proposed transferee has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of <U>Exhibit E</U> hereto or (2)&nbsp;in the case of a transfer to a Non-U.S. Person (including a QIB), the proposed
transferor has delivered to the Registrar a certificate substantially in the form of <U>Exhibit F</U> hereto; <U>provided</U> that in the case of any transfer of a Note bearing the Private Placement Legend for a Note not bearing the Private
Placement Legend, the Registrar has received an Officers&#146; Certificate authorizing such transfer; and </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) if the proposed transferor is an Agent Member holding a beneficial
interest in a Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of (x)&nbsp;the certificate, if any, required by paragraph (i)&nbsp;above and (y)&nbsp;instructions given in accordance with the Depository&#146;s and the Registrar&#146;s procedures,
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">whereupon (a)&nbsp;the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and (if the transfer does not involve a transfer of
outstanding Physical Notes) a decrease in the principal amount of a Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in a Global Note to be transferred, and (b)&nbsp;the Registrar shall reflect on its books and
records the date and an increase in the principal amount of a Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note transferred or the Issuer shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and make
available for delivery one or more Physical Notes of like tenor and amount. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Transfers to QIBs</U>. The following
provisions shall apply with respect to the registration or any proposed registration of transfer of a Note constituting a Restricted Note to a QIB (excluding transfers to Non-U.S. Persons): </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the
box provided for on such Holder&#146;s Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Issuer and the Registrar in writing, that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed the certification
provided for on such Holder&#146;s Note stating, or has otherwise advised the Issuer and the Registrar in writing, that it is purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and
that it and any such account is a QIB within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as it has requested pursuant
to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; and </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) if the proposed transferee is an Agent Member, and the Notes to be transferred consist of Physical Notes which after
transfer are to be evidenced by an interest in the Global Note, upon receipt by the Registrar of instructions given in accordance with the Depository&#146;s and the Registrar&#146;s procedures, the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records
the date and an increase in the principal amount of the Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the Physical Notes to be transferred, and the Trustee shall cancel the Physical Notes so transferred. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Private Placement Legend</U>. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing the Private
Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend. Upon the registration of transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing the Private Placement Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only
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Notes that bear the Private Placement Legend unless (i)&nbsp;it has received the Officers&#146; Certificate required by paragraph (a)(i)(y) of this Section&nbsp;2.17, (ii)&nbsp;there is delivered
to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the
Securities Act or (iii)&nbsp;such Note has been sold pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and the Registrar has received an Officers&#146; Certificate from the Issuer to such effect. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <U>General</U>. By its acceptance of any Note bearing the Private Placement Legend, each Holder of such Note acknowledges the
restrictions on transfer of such Note set forth in this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend and agrees that it will transfer such Note only as provided in this Indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Registrar shall retain for a period of two years copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to
Section&nbsp;2.16 or this Section&nbsp;2.17. The Issuer shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable notice to the Registrar.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on
transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note) 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. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.18. <U>Computation of Interest</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 2.19. <U>Acts of Holders</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more
instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by agents duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are
delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the &#147;Act&#148; of the Holders signing
such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner
provided in this Section&nbsp;2.19. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may
be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to
such officer the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than such signer&#146;s individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of such signer&#146;s authority. The
fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustee deems sufficient. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The principal amount and serial numbers of Notes held by any Person, and the date of holding the same, shall be proved by the
register kept by the Registrar. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of
the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be
done by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) If
the Issuer shall solicit from the Holders any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, the Issuer may, at its option, by or pursuant to a Board Resolution, fix in advance a record date for the determination of
Holders entitled to give such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, but the Issuer shall have no obligation to do so. If such a record date is fixed, such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice,
consent, waiver or other Act may be given before or after such record date, but only the Holders of record at the close of business on such record date shall be deemed to be Holders for the purposes of determining whether Holders of the requisite
proportion of outstanding Notes have authorized or agreed or consented to such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act, and for that purpose the outstanding Notes shall be computed as of such record date;
<U>provided</U> that no such authorization, agreement or consent by the Holders on such record date shall be deemed effective unless it shall become effective pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture not later than six months after the record
date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE THREE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">REDEMPTION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 3.01. <U>Election To Redeem; Notices to Trustee</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Notes, at least 45 days prior to the Redemption Date (unless a shorter
notice shall be agreed to in writing by the </FONT></P>
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Trustee) but not more than 65 days before the Redemption Date, the Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the Redemption Date, the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed and the
redemption price, and deliver to the Trustee an Officers&#146; Certificate stating that such redemption will comply with the conditions contained in paragraph 6 of the Notes. Notice given to the Trustee pursuant to this Section&nbsp;3.01 may not be
revoked after the time that notice is given to Holders pursuant to Section&nbsp;3.03. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 3.02. <U>Selection by Trustee of Notes To Be
Redeemed</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event that less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed pursuant to a redemption made pursuant to
paragraph&nbsp;6 of the Notes, selection of the Notes for redemption shall be made by the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed or, if the Notes are not then
listed on a national securities exchange, pro rata, by lot or by such method as may be required by the Depository&#146;s procedures; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that no Notes of a principal amount of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. If
a partial redemption is made pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Notes, selection of the Notes or portions thereof for redemption shall be made by the Trustee on a <U>pro rata</U> basis, or by lot, unless that method is otherwise prohibited or as
otherwise required by the Depository&#146;s procedures. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuer of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed. The
Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of the Notes that have denominations larger than $2,000. For all purposes of this Indenture unless the context otherwise requires, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called
for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption. The Issuer may acquire Notes by means other than redemption, whether pursuant to an Issuer tender offer, open market purchase or otherwise <U>provided</U> such acquisition does
not otherwise violate the other terms of this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 3.03. <U>Notice of Redemption</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At least 30 days, and no more than 60 days, before a Redemption Date, the Issuer shall mail, or cause to be mailed, or, in the case of
Notes held in book-entry form, send by electronic transmission a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his or her last address as the same appears on the registry books maintained by the Registrar
pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.04. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The notice shall identify the Notes to be redeemed (including the CUSIP numbers thereof) and
shall state: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) the Redemption Date; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) the redemption price and the amount of premium, if any, and accrued interest to be paid; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal
amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the Redemption Date and upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion will be issued; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) that unless the Issuer defaults in making the redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to
accrue on and after the Redemption Date; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) the provision of paragraph 6 of the Notes, as the case may be,
pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) the aggregate principal amount
of Notes that are being redeemed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At the Issuer&#146;s written request made at least five Business Days prior to the date on
which notice is to be given, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer&#146;s name and at the Issuer&#146;s sole expense. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 3.04. <U>Effect of Notice of Redemption</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Once the notice of redemption described in Section&nbsp;3.03 is sent, Notes called for redemption become due and payable on the Redemption Date and at the redemption price, including premium (if any),
plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Notes shall be paid at the redemption price, including any premium, plus interest accrued to the Redemption Date; <U>provided</U> that if the Redemption Date is
after a regular record date and on or prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, the accrued interest shall be payable to the Holder of the redeemed Notes registered on the relevant record date; <U>provided</U>, <U>further</U>, that if a
Redemption Date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and no interest shall accrue for the period from such Redemption Date to such succeeding Business Day. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 3.05. <U>Deposit of Redemption Price</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On or prior to 10:00&nbsp;a.m., New York City time, on each Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent in immediately available funds money sufficient to pay the redemption price of,
including premium, if any, and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed on that date other than Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on that date which have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">On and after any Redemption Date, if money sufficient to pay the redemption price of,
including premium, if any, and accrued interest on Notes called for redemption shall have been made available in accordance with the preceding paragraph, the Notes called for redemption will cease to accrue interest and the only right of the Holders
of such Notes will be to receive payment of the redemption price of and, subject to the first proviso in Section&nbsp;3.04, accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes to the Redemption Date. If any Note surrendered for redemption shall not be so
paid, interest will be paid, from the Redemption Date until such redemption payment is made, on the unpaid principal of the Note and any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case, at the rate and in the manner provided in the Notes.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 3.06. <U>Notes Redeemed in Part</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder thereof a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE FOUR </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">COVENANTS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.01.
<U>Payment of Notes</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall pay the principal of and interest (including all Liquidated Damages as provided in
the Registration Rights Agreement) on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and this Indenture. An installment of principal or interest shall be considered paid on the date it is due if the Trustee or Paying Agent holds on
that date money designated for and sufficient to pay such installment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal
(including post-petition interest in a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law), and overdue interest, to the extent lawful, at the rate specified in the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.02. <U>Reports to Holders</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Whether or not required by the SEC, so
long as any Notes are outstanding, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee and the Holders of Notes, within the time periods specified in the SEC&#146;s rules and regulations (including any grace periods or extensions permitted by the SEC):
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) all quarterly and annual financial information that would be required to be contained in a filing with the
SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Issuer were required to file these Forms, including a &#147;Management&#146;s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations&#148; and, with respect to the annual information only, a report
on the annual financial statements by the Issuer&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm; and </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on
Form 8-K if the Issuer were required to file these reports. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition, whether or not required by the SEC, the Issuer shall
file a copy of all of the information and reports referred to in clauses (1)&nbsp;and (2)&nbsp;above with the SEC for public availability within the time periods specified in the SEC&#146;s rules and regulations (unless the SEC will not accept the
filing) and make the information available to securities analysts and prospective investors upon request. For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, the Issuer shall furnish to the Holders (with a copy to the Trustee) and to securities analysts
and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to determine if such filing or
posting has occurred. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only
and the Trustee&#146;s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer&#146;s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as
to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers&#146; Certificates). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.03. <U>Waiver of Stay, Extension or Usury
Laws</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each of the Issuer and the Guarantors covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any
time insist upon, or plead (as a defense or otherwise) or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay or extension law or any usury law or other law which would prohibit or forgive any of the Issuer and the
Guarantors from paying all or any portion of the principal of, premium, if any, and/or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or which may affect the covenants or the performance of
this Indenture; and (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) each of the Issuer and the Guarantors hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any
power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.04. <U>Compliance Certificate</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officers&#146; Certificate, one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive officer,
principal accounting officer or principal financial officer of the Issuer, stating that a review of the activities of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries during such fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to
determining whether the Issuer and the Guarantors have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under this Indenture, </FONT></P>
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and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge, the Issuer and the Guarantors have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each
and every covenant contained in this Indenture and are not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults of which he or she may
have knowledge and what action they are taking or propose to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal of or
interest, if any, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Issuer and the Guarantors is taking or propose to take with respect thereto. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Issuer and the Guarantors shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer
becoming aware of any Default, an Officers&#146; Certificate specifying such Default and what action the Issuer and the Guarantors are taking or propose to take with respect thereto. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The Issuer&#146;s fiscal year currently ends on December&nbsp;31. The Issuer will provide written notice to the Trustee of any change
in its fiscal year. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.05. <U>Taxes</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer and the Guarantors shall, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to, pay prior to delinquency all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except as contested in good faith and
by appropriate proceedings. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.06. <U>Restrictions on Secured Debt</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall not, and shall not cause or permit a Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or guarantee any Secured Debt unless
the Notes will be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) such Secured Debt, with certain exceptions. This restriction does not prohibit the creation, incurrence, assumption or guarantee of Secured Debt which is secured by: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) Liens on model homes, homes held for sale, homes that are under contract for sale, contracts for the sale of homes,
land (improved or unimproved), manufacturing plants, warehouses or office buildings and fixtures and equipment located thereat, or thereon; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) Liens on assets of a Person existing at the time such Person is acquired or merged with or into or consolidated with the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary (and not created in anticipation or
contemplation thereof); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) Liens arising from conditional sales agreements or title retention agreements with
respect to property acquired by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;&nbsp;and </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) Liens securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to the
Issuer or to a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Additionally, such permitted Secured Debt includes any
amendment, restatement, supplement, renewal, replacement, extension or refunding in whole or in part, of Secured Debt permitted at the time of the original incurrence thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries may create, incur, assume or guarantee Secured Debt, without equally or ratably securing the Notes, if immediately thereafter the sum of
(1)&nbsp;the aggregate principal amount of all Secured Debt outstanding (excluding (i)&nbsp;Secured Debt permitted under clauses&nbsp;(1) through (4)&nbsp;above and (ii)&nbsp;any Secured Debt in relation to which the Notes have been equally and
ratably secured) and (2)&nbsp;all Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions (excluding Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (1),
(2)&nbsp;and (3)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;4.07) as of the date of determination would not exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions described above with respect to limitations on Secured Debt are not applicable to Non-Recourse Land Financing by virtue of the definition of Secured Debt, and will not restrict or limit the
Issuer&#146;s or its Restricted Subsidiaries&#146; ability to create, incur, assume or guarantee any unsecured Indebtedness, or of any Subsidiary which is not a Restricted Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or guarantee any secured or unsecured
Indebtedness. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.07. <U>Restrictions on Sale and Leaseback Transactions</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, unless:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) written notice is promptly given to the Trustee of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) fair value is received by the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary for the property sold (as determined in
good faith pursuant to a resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer delivered to the Trustee); and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)
the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, within 365&nbsp;days after the completion of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction, applies an amount equal to the net proceeds therefrom either: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) to the redemption, repayment or retirement of Notes of any series under this Indenture (including the cancellation by
the Trustee of any Notes of any series delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee) or Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, or </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) to the purchase by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer
of property substantially similar to the property sold or transferred. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition, the Issuer and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may enter into a Sale and Leaseback Transaction if immediately thereafter the sum of (1)&nbsp;the aggregate principal amount of all Secured Debt outstanding (excluding Secured Debt permitted under clauses&nbsp;(1) through (4)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;4.06 or Secured Debt in relation to which the Notes have been equally and ratably secured) and (2)&nbsp;all Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions (excluding Attributable Indebtedness in respect of Sale
and Leaseback Transactions satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (1), (2)&nbsp;and (3)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;4.07) as of the date of determination would not exceed 20% of Consolidated Net Tangible Assets. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.08. <U>Additional Note Guarantees</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If, after the Issue Date, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary shall acquire or create another Restricted Subsidiary, then the Issuer shall cause such Restricted Subsidiary to: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) execute and deliver to the Trustee (a)&nbsp;a supplemental indenture in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee
pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer&#146;s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture and (b)&nbsp;a notation of guarantee in respect of its Note Guarantee;&nbsp;and </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) deliver to the Trustee one or more Opinions of Counsel that such supplemental indenture </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Restricted Subsidiary and </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) constitutes a valid, legally binding and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.09. <U>Maintenance of Properties; Insurance; Compliance with Law</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Issuer shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, at all times cause all properties used or useful in the
conduct of their business to be maintained and kept in good condition, repair and working order (reasonable wear and tear excepted) and supplied with all necessary equipment, and shall cause to be made all necessary repairs, renewals, replacements,
necessary betterments and necessary improvements thereto. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Issuer shall maintain, and shall cause to be maintained for
each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, insurance covering such risks as are usually and customarily insured against by corporations similarly situated in the markets where the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries conduct homebuilding operations, in
such amounts as shall be customary for corporations similarly situated and with such deductibles and by such methods as shall be customary and reasonably consistent with past practice. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The Issuer shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all statutes,
laws, ordinances or government rules and regulations to which they are subject, non-compliance with which would materially adversely affect the business, earnings, properties, assets or financial condition of the Issuer and their Subsidiaries taken
as a whole. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.10. <U>Payments for Consent</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall not, and shall not cause or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to any
Holder of any Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid or agreed to be paid to all Holders which so consent,
waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.11.
<U>Legal Existence</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to Article Five, the Issuer shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and
keep in full force and effect (i)&nbsp;its legal existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Restricted Subsidiary, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of
each Restricted Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries; <U>provided</U> that the Issuer shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the
corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries if the Board of Directors of the Issuer shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.12.
<U>Change of Control Offer</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event, the Issuer shall be obligated to
make an Offer to Purchase (the &#147;<U>Change of Control Offer</U>&#148;), and shall purchase, on a Business Day (the &#147;<U>Change of Control Payment Date</U>&#148;) not more than 60 nor less than 30 days following the occurrence of the Change
of Control, all of the then outstanding Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the Change of Control Payment Date. The Change of Control Offer shall remain open
for at least 20 Business Days and until the close of business on the Change of Control Payment Date. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Within 30 days following the date upon which a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs
(the &#147;<U>Change of Control Date</U>&#148;), the Issuer shall send, by first class mail, or, in the case of Notes held in book-entry form, send by electronic transmission a notice to each Holder, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall
govern the terms of the Change of Control Offer. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Change of Control Offer. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to the Issuer.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer&#146;s obligation to make a Change of Control Offer will be satisfied if a third party makes the Change of Control
Offer in the manner and at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes properly tendered and not withdrawn under the Change of Control Offer.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall comply with applicable tender rules, including the requirements of Rule&nbsp;14e-1 under the Exchange Act
and any other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions under this
Section&nbsp;4.12, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section&nbsp;4.12 by virtue thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 4.13.<U>Liquidated Damages Notice.</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event that the Issuer is required to pay Liquidated Damages to holders of Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuer will provide written notice (&#147;<U>Liquidated Damages
Notice</U>&#148;) to the Trustee of its obligation to pay Liquidated Damages no later than five days prior to the proposed payment date for the Liquidated Damages, and the Liquidated Damages Notice shall set forth the amount of Liquidated Damages to
be paid by the Issuer on such payment date. The Trustee shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine the Liquidated Damages, or with respect to the nature, extent, or calculation of the amount of Liquidated
Damages owed, or with respect to the method employed in such calculation of the Liquidated Damages. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE FIVE </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SUCCESSOR CORPORATION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION
5.01. <U>Limitations on Mergers, Consolidations, Etc</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall not, directly or indirectly, in a single
transaction or a series of related transactions, (a)&nbsp;consolidate or merge with or into (other than a merger that satisfies the requirements of clause&nbsp;(1) below with a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary solely for the purpose of changing
the Issuer&#146;s jurisdiction of incorporation to another State of the United States), </FONT></P>
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or sell, lease, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of or assign all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) or
(b)&nbsp;adopt a Plan of Liquidation unless, in either case: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) either: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) the Issuer will be the surviving or continuing Person;&nbsp;or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other
disposition shall be made (or, in the case of a Plan of Liquidation, any Person to which assets are transferred) (collectively, the &#147;<U>Successor</U>&#148;) is a corporation or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of
any State of the United States of America or the District of Columbia, and the Successor expressly assumes, by supplemental indenture in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes, this
Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement; <U>provided </U>that at any time the Successor is a limited liability company, there shall be a co-issuer of the Notes that is a corporation;&nbsp;and </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction and the assumption of the obligations as set forth in clause
(1)(b)&nbsp;above and the incurrence of any Indebtedness to be incurred in connection therewith, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except as provided under Section&nbsp;10.04, no Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into another Person, whether or not affiliated with such Guarantor, unless: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) either: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) such Guarantor will be the surviving or continuing Person;&nbsp;or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger assumes, by supplemental indenture in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of such Guarantor under
the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement;&nbsp;and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)
immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall
deliver to the Trustee on or prior to the consummation of a transaction proposed pursuant to clause 1(b) of the first or second paragraph of this Section&nbsp;5.01 an Officer&#146;s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the proposed
transaction and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a
single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, the Equity Interests of which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer, will be deemed to be the
transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon any consolidation, combination or merger of the Issuer
or a Guarantor, or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in accordance with the foregoing, in which the Issuer or such Guarantor is not the continuing obligor under the Notes or its Note Guarantee, the surviving entity
formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or such Guarantor is merged or to which the conveyance, lease or transfer is made will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or such Guarantor
under this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named therein as the Issuer or such Guarantor and, except in the case of a conveyance, transfer or lease, the Issuer or such Guarantor,
as the case may be, will be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes or in respect of its Note Guarantee, as the case may be, and all of the Issuer&#146;s or such Guarantor&#146;s other obligations and covenants
under the Notes, this Indenture and its Note Guarantee, if applicable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Restricted
Subsidiary may merge into the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 5.02. <U>Successor Person Substituted</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon any consolidation or merger, or any transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in
accordance with Section&nbsp;5.01, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or to which such transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the
Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor corporation had been named as the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary herein, and thereafter the predecessor corporation shall be relieved of all
obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Notes. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE SIX </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.01. <U>Events of Default</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each of the following is an &#147;<U>Event of Default</U>&#148;: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) failure by the Issuer to pay interest on any of the Notes when it becomes due and payable and the continuance of any
such failure for 30 days; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) failure by the Issuer to pay the principal on any of the Notes when it becomes
due and payable, whether at stated maturity, upon redemption, upon purchase, upon acceleration or otherwise; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) failure by the Issuer to comply with Section&nbsp;5.01; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) failure by the Issuer to comply with any other agreement or covenant in this Indenture and continuance of this failure
for 30 days after notice of the failure has been given to the Issuer by the Trustee or by the Holders of at least 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) default under any mortgage, indenture or other instrument or agreement under which there may be issued or by which
there may be secured or evidenced Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Land Financing) of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness now exists or is incurred after the Issue Date, which default: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) is caused by a failure to pay when due principal on such Indebtedness within the applicable express grace period,
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) results in the acceleration of such Indebtedness prior to its express final maturity or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) results in the commencement of judicial proceedings to foreclose upon, or to exercise remedies under applicable law or
applicable security documents to take ownership of, the assets securing such Indebtedness, and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">in each case, the principal amount of such
Indebtedness, together with any other Indebtedness with respect to which an event described in clause (a), (b)&nbsp;or (c)&nbsp;has occurred and is continuing, aggregates (i)&nbsp;$25.0 million or more or (ii)&nbsp;such lesser amount as may be
applicable to the corresponding event of default in any other capital markets Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Land Financing) of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which is outstanding on the Issue Date; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) one or more judgments or orders that exceed (i)&nbsp;$15.0 million or
(ii)&nbsp;such lesser amount as may be applicable to the corresponding event of default in any other capital market Indebtedness (other than Non-Recourse Land Financing) of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which is outstanding on the
Issue Date, in each case, in the aggregate (net of amounts covered by insurance or bonded) for the payment of money have been entered by a court or courts of competent jurisdiction against the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and such judgment or
judgments have not been satisfied, stayed, annulled or rescinded within 60 days of being entered; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) the
Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) commences a
voluntary case, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for all or substantially all of its assets, or
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) is for relief against the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary as debtor in an involuntary case, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) appoints a Custodian of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary or a Custodian for all or substantially all of the
assets of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) orders the liquidation of the Issuer or any
Significant Subsidiary, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(9) any Note Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with
the terms of such Note Guarantee and this Indenture) or is declared null and void and unenforceable or found to be invalid or any Guarantor denies its liability under its Note Guarantee (other than by reason of release of a Guarantor from its Note
Guarantee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Note Guarantee). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, the
Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default, Event of Default or Change of Control or the requirement for payment of Liquidated Damages unless written notice thereof shall have been given to a Responsible Officer at the Corporate
Trust Office of the Trustee by the Issuer or any other Person. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.02. <U>Acceleration</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (7)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;6.01 with respect to the Issuer), shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee, by
written notice to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding by written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may declare all amounts owing under the Notes to be due and payable
immediately. Upon such declaration of acceleration, the aggregate principal of and accrued and unpaid interest on the outstanding Notes shall immediately become due and payable; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that after such acceleration, but
before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such outstanding Notes may rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of accelerated principal
and interest, have been cured or waived as provided in this Indenture. If an Event of Default specified in clause&nbsp;(7) or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;6.01 with respect to the Issuer occurs, all outstanding Notes shall become due and payable without
any further action or notice. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.03. <U>Other Remedies</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, and interest on
the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture and may take any necessary action requested of it as Trustee to settle, compromise, adjust or otherwise conclude any proceedings to which it is a party.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the
proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is
exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative. Any costs associated with actions taken by the Trustee under this Section&nbsp;6.03 shall be reimbursed to the Trustee by the Issuer. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.04. <U>Waiver of Past Defaults and Events of Default</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to Sections 6.02, 6.08 and 8.02, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding have the right to waive any existing Default or compliance with any provision
of this Indenture or the Notes. Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any
subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereto. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.05. <U>Control by Majority</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may direct the time, method and place of conducting
any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee by this Indenture. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the
Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of another Holder not taking part in such direction, and the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that
the action so directed may not lawfully be taken or if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer, determine that the proceedings so directed may involve it in personal liability; <U>provided</U> that the Trustee may take any other
action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.06. <U>Limitation on Suits</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No Holder will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to this Indenture or for any remedy thereunder, unless the Trustee:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) has failed to act for a period of 60 days after receiving written notice of a continuing Event of Default
by such Holder and a request to act by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) has been offered indemnity against loss, liability or expense satisfactory to it in its reasonable judgment; and </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) has not received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes a direction
inconsistent with such request. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">However, such limitations do not apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of any Note for enforcement of
payment of the principal of or interest on such Note on or after the due date therefor (after giving effect to the grace period specified in clause (1)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;6.01). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.07. <U>No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No director, Officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Issuer will have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer under the Notes or this Indenture or of any Guarantor under its Note
Guarantee or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration
for issuance of the Notes and the Note Guarantees. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.08. <U>Rights of Holders To Receive Payment</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal of, or premium,
if any, and interest of the Note (including Liquidated Damages) on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, is absolute and unconditional and
shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of the Holder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.09. <U>Collection Suit by Trustee</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an Event of Default in payment of principal, premium or interest specified in Section&nbsp;6.01(1) or (2)&nbsp;occurs and is
continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer or any Guarantor (or any other obligor on the Notes) for the whole amount of unpaid principal and accrued interest remaining unpaid,
together with interest on overdue principal and, to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest on overdue installments of interest, in each case at the rate set forth in the Notes, and such further amounts as shall be sufficient to
cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.10. <U>Trustee May File Proofs of Claim</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee may file such
proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and
counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section&nbsp;7.07) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer or any Guarantor (or any other obligor upon the Notes), its creditors or its property and shall be
entitled and empowered to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same after deduction of its charges and expenses to the extent that any such charges and expenses are not paid
out of the estate in any such proceedings and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustee, and in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments
directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under this Indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder
any plan or reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceedings. </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article&nbsp;Six, it shall pay out the money in the following order: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">FIRST: to the Trustee for amounts due under Section&nbsp;7.07; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest (including
Liquidated Damages, if any) as to each, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">THIRD: to the Issuer or, to the extent the Trustee collects any amount from any Guarantor, to such Guarantor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section&nbsp;6.11. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.12. <U>Undertaking for Costs</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In any suit for the enforcement of
any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of
the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys&#146; fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by
the party litigant. This Section&nbsp;6.12 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section&nbsp;6.08 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 6.13. <U>Restoration of Rights and Remedies</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined
adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions
hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted. </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TRUSTEE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.01. <U>Duties of Trustee</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) If an Event of Default actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall
exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the same circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) The Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the
statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any
provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform on their face to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or
investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from
liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) This paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;7.01. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with
a direction received by it pursuant to the terms hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) No provision of this Indenture shall require the
Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights, powers or duties if it shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, paragraphs (a), (b), (c)&nbsp;and
(e)&nbsp;of this Section&nbsp;7.01 shall govern every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e)
The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it in its sole discretion against any loss, liability, expense or fee. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer or
any Guarantor. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by the law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION
7.02. <U>Rights of Trustee</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to Section&nbsp;7.01: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or
presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers&#146; Certificate or an Opinion of
Counsel, or both, which shall conform to the provisions of Section&nbsp;12.05. The Trustee shall be protected and shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate or opinion. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of
any agent appointed by it with due care. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits
to take in good faith which it reasonably believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers; <U>provided</U> that the Trustee&#146;s conduct does not constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law
shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage
of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event
of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice
references the Notes and this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits
given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(9) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers
and duties hereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(10) Any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently
evidenced by a written order of the Issuer in the form of an Officers&#146; Certificate or an Issuer Request. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(11) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at
the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by
it in compliance with such request or direction. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions of this Section&nbsp;7.02 shall survive satisfaction and
discharge or the termination, for any reason, of this Indenture and the resignation and/or removal of the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.03.
<U>Individual Rights of Trustee</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of
Notes and may make loans to, accept deposits from, perform services for or otherwise deal with the either of the Issuer or any Guarantor, or any Affiliates thereof, with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same
with like rights. The Trustee, however, shall be subject to Sections&nbsp;7.10 and 7.11. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.04. <U>Trustee&#146;s Disclaimer</U>.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the
Notes or any Guarantee, it shall not be accountable for the Issuer&#146;s or any Guarantor&#146;s use of the proceeds from the sale of Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or any Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and it shall not be
responsible for any statement in the Notes, Guarantee or this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.05. <U>Notice of Defaults</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall, within 30 days after the occurrence of any Default with respect to the Notes, give the Holders written notice of all
uncured Defaults thereunder known to it; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that, except in the case of an Event of Default in payment with respect to the Notes or a Default in complying with Section&nbsp;5.01, the Trustee shall be protected in
withholding such notice if and so long as it in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interest of the Holders. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.06. <U>Reports by Trustee to Holders</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If required by TIA &#167;&nbsp;313(a), within 60 days after January&nbsp;1 of any year, commencing January&nbsp;1, 2014 the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such January&nbsp;1
that complies with TIA &#167;&nbsp;313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA &#167;&nbsp;313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA &#167;&nbsp;313(c) and TIA &#167;&nbsp;313(d). </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Reports pursuant to this Section&nbsp;7.06 shall be transmitted by mail: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) to all Holders of Notes, as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Registrar&#146;s books; and
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) to such Holders of Notes as have, within the two years preceding such transmission, filed their names and
addresses with the Trustee for that purpose. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with
the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange and any delisting thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.07. <U>Compensation and Indemnity</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer and the Guarantors shall pay to the Trustee and Agents from time to time such compensation as shall be agreed in writing between the Trustee and the Issuer for its services hereunder (which
compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust). The Issuer and the Guarantors shall reimburse the Trustee and Agents upon request for all reasonable disbursements, expenses
and advances incurred or made by it in connection with its duties under this Indenture, including the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee&#146;s agents and counsel. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer and the Guarantors shall indemnify each of the Trustee and any predecessor Trustee and each of their officers, directors,
agents and employees for, and hold each of them harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claim, liability or expense, including without </FONT></P>
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limitation taxes (other than taxes based on the income of the Trustee or such Agent) and reasonable attorneys&#146; fees and expenses incurred by each of them in connection with the acceptance or
performance of its duties under this Indenture including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Holders or any other Person) or liability in connection with the
exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder (including, without limitation, settlement costs). The Trustee or Agent shall notify the Issuer and the Guarantors in writing promptly of any claim asserted against the Trustee or
Agent for which it may seek indemnity. However, the failure by the Trustee or Agent to so notify the Issuer and the Guarantors shall not relieve the Issuer and Guarantors of their obligations hereunder except to the extent the Issuer and the
Guarantors are prejudiced thereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer and the Guarantors need not reimburse the
Trustee for any expense or indemnify it against any loss or liability incurred by the Trustee through its negligence or willful misconduct. To secure the payment obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Section&nbsp;7.07, the Trustee
shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee except such money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes. The obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors under
this Section&nbsp;7.07 to compensate and indemnify the Trustee, Agents and each predecessor Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee, Agents and each predecessor Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be joint and several
liabilities of the Issuer and each of the Guarantors and shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee and the satisfaction, discharge or other termination of this Indenture, including any termination or rejection hereof under any
Bankruptcy Law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in
Section&nbsp;6.01(7) or (8)&nbsp;occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For purposes of this Section&nbsp;7.07, the term &#147;Trustee&#148; shall include any trustee appointed pursuant to this Article&nbsp;Seven. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.08. <U>Replacement of Trustee</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee may resign by so
notifying the Issuer and the Guarantors in writing at any time. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by notifying the Issuer and the removed Trustee in writing and may appoint a successor
Trustee with the Issuer&#146;s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Issuer may remove the Trustee at its election if: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) the Trustee fails to comply with Section&nbsp;7.10; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) the
Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its
property; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer shall promptly appoint a
successor Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is
removed, the retiring Trustee, the Issuer or the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes, at the expense of the Issuer, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Trustee fails to comply with Section&nbsp;7.10, any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the
removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of
its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Immediately following such delivery, the retiring Trustee shall, subject to its rights under Section&nbsp;7.07, transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, the
resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. A successor Trustee shall mail notice of its succession to each
Holder. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section&nbsp;7.08, the Issuer obligations under Section&nbsp;7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.09. <U>Successor Trustee by Consolidation, Merger, etc</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the
Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust assets to, another entity, subject to Section&nbsp;7.10, the successor entity without any further act shall be the successor Trustee;
<U>provided</U> such entity shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article Seven. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.10. <U>Eligibility;
Disqualification</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA &#167;&nbsp;310(a)(1)
and (2)&nbsp;in every respect. The Trustee (together with its corporate parent) shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in the most recent applicable published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall
comply with TIA &#167;&nbsp;310(b), including the provision in &#167;&nbsp;310(b)(1). </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.11. <U>Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall comply with TIA &#167;&nbsp;311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA &#167;&nbsp;311(b). A Trustee who
has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA &#167;&nbsp;311(a) to the extent indicated therein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 7.12. <U>Paying Agents</U>.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to it and the Trustee an instrument in
which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section&nbsp;7.12: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(A) that
it will hold all sums held by it as agent for the payment of principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes (whether such sums have been paid to it by the Issuer or by any obligor on the Notes) in trust for the benefit of Holders or the
Trustee; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(B) that it will at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon written request
from the Trustee, deliver to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by it together with a full accounting thereof; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(C) that it will give the Trustee written notice within three (3)&nbsp;Business Days of any failure of the Issuer (or by any obligor on the Notes) in the payment of any installment of the principal of,
premium, if any, or interest on, the Notes when the same shall be due and payable. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE EIGHT </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">AMENDMENTS, SUPPLEMENTS AND WAIVERS </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 8.01. <U>Without Consent of Holders</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer and the Trustee may
amend, waive or supplement this Indenture, the Note Guarantees or the Notes without consent of any Holder: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)
to provide for the assumption of the Issuer&#146;s obligations to the Holders pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.01; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) to release any Guarantor from any of its obligations under its Notes
Guarantee or this Indenture (to the extent permitted by this Indenture); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) to maintain the qualification of
this Indenture under the TIA; or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) to make any other change that does not materially adversely affect the
rights of any Holder hereunder as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors and evidenced by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Issuer and the Guarantors in the execution of any supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further
appropriate agreements and stipulations which may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into any such supplemental indenture which adversely affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 8.02. <U>With Consent of Holders</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Indenture or the Notes may be amended with the consent (which may include consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes) of the Holders of at least a majority in
aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, and any existing Default under, or compliance with any provision of, this Indenture may be waived (other than any continuing Default in the payment of the principal or interest on the Notes)
with the consent (which may include consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for Notes) of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding; <U>provided</U> that: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) no such amendment may, without the consent of the Holders of two-thirds in aggregate principal amount of Notes then
outstanding, amend the obligation of the Issuer under Section&nbsp;4.12 or the related definitions that could adversely affect the rights of any Holder; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) without the consent of each Holder affected, the Issuer and the Trustee may not: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) change the maturity of any Note; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) reduce the amount,
extend the due date or otherwise affect the terms of any scheduled payment of interest on or principal of the Notes; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) reduce any premium payable upon optional redemption of the Notes, change the date on which any Notes are subject to redemption or otherwise alter the provisions with respect to the redemption of the
Notes; </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) make any Note payable in money or currency other than that stated in the
Notes; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) modify or change any provision of this Indenture or the related definitions to affect the ranking
of the Notes or any Note Guarantee in a manner that adversely affects the Holders; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) reduce the percentage
of Holders necessary to consent to an amendment or waiver to this Indenture or the Notes; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) impair the
rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or interest on the Notes; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(8) release any Guarantor from
any of its obligations under its Note Guarantee or this Indenture, except as permitted by this Indenture; or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(9) make any change in this Section&nbsp;8.02. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section&nbsp;8.02 becomes effective, the Issuer shall promptly send to the Holders a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon the written request of the Issuer, accompanied by a Board Resolution authorizing the execution of any such supplemental
indenture, and upon the receipt by the Trustee of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders as aforesaid and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section&nbsp;8.06, the Trustee shall join with
the Issuer and the Guarantors in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee&#146;s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture, in which case the Trustee may, but shall not be
obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this
Section to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 8.03. <U>Compliance with Trust Indenture Act</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Every amendment or
supplement to this Indenture or the Notes shall comply with the TIA as then in effect. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 8.04. <U>Revocation and Effect of
Consents</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Until an amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note
is a continuing consent conclusive and binding upon such Holder and every subsequent Holder of the same Note or portion thereof, and of any Note issued </FONT></P>
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upon the transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in place thereof, even if notation of the consent is not made on any such Note. Any such Holder or subsequent Holder, however, may revoke the
consent as to his Note or portion of a Note, if the Trustee receives the written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement, waiver or other action becomes effective. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any
amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to
such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 90 days after such record date
unless the consent of the requisite number of Holders has been obtained. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">After an amendment, supplement, waiver or other
action becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder, unless it makes a change described in any of clauses (1)&nbsp;through (9)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;8.02. In that case the amendment, supplement, waiver or other action shall bind each Holder of a
Note who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder&#146;s Note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 8.05. <U>Notation on or Exchange of Notes</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an amendment,
supplement, or waiver changes the terms of a Note, the Trustee (in accordance with the specific written direction of the Issuer) shall request the Holder of the Note (in accordance with the specific written direction of the Issuer) to deliver it to
the Trustee. In such case, the Trustee shall place an appropriate notation on the Note about the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Issuer or the Trustee so determines, the Issuer in exchange for the Note shall issue,
the Guarantors shall endorse, and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Note that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or
waiver. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 8.06. <U>Trustee To Sign Amendments, etc</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article&nbsp;Eight if the amendment, supplement or waiver does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities
or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it. In signing or refusing to sign such amendment, supplement or waiver the Trustee shall receive and, subject to Section&nbsp;7.01, shall be fully protected in
conclusively relying upon an Officers&#146; Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating, in addition to the matters required by Section&nbsp;12.04, that such amendment, supplement or waiver is authorized or permitted by this Indenture and is a
legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer and Guarantors, enforceable against the Issuer and Guarantors in accordance with its terms (subject to customary exceptions). </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE NINE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE; DEFEASANCE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 9.01. <U>Discharge of Indenture</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer may terminate its obligations and the obligations of the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture, except
the obligations referred to in the last paragraph of this Section&nbsp;9.01, if </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) all the Notes that have
been authenticated and delivered (except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes which have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer
or discharged from this trust) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)&nbsp;(a) all Notes
not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation otherwise have become due and payable or have been called for redemption pursuant to paragraph&nbsp;6 of the Notes, and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee
trust funds in trust in an amount of money sufficient to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness (including all principal and accrued interest) on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) the Issuer has paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of
the Notes at maturity or on the Redemption Date, as the case may be, and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) the Trustee, for the benefit of
the Holders, has a valid, perfected, exclusive security interest in this trust. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In addition, the Issuer must deliver an
Officers&#146; Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (as to legal matters) stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been complied with. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">After such delivery, the Trustee shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of the Issuer&#146;s and the Guarantors&#146; obligations under the Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture except for those
surviving obligations specified below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of
the Issuer in Sections 7.07, 9.05 and 9.06 shall survive. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer may at its option, by Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, be discharged from its obligations with respect
to the Notes and the Guarantors discharged from their obligations under the Guarantees on the date the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;9.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, &#147;<U>Legal Defeasance</U>&#148;). For this purpose, such Legal
Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by the Notes and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes and this Indenture insofar as such Notes are concerned
(and the Trustee, at the expense of the Issuer, shall, subject to Section&nbsp;9.06, execute instruments in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and Issuer acknowledging the same), except for the following which shall survive
until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (A)&nbsp;the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive solely from the trust funds described in Section&nbsp;9.04 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such Notes when such payments are due, (B)&nbsp;the Issuer&#146;s obligations with respect to such Notes under Sections&nbsp;2.03, 2.04, 2.05, 2.06, 2.07, 2.08, 2.11 and 4.11, (C)&nbsp;the rights,
powers, trusts, duties, and immunities of the Trustee hereunder (including claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section&nbsp;7.07) and (D)&nbsp;this Article Nine. Subject to compliance with this Article&nbsp;Nine, the Issuer
may exercise its option under this Section&nbsp;9.02 with respect to the Notes notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section&nbsp;9.03 with respect to the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 9.03. <U>Covenant Defeasance</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">At the option of the Issuer, pursuant
to a Board Resolution of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, (x)&nbsp;the Issuer and the Guarantors shall be released from their respective obligations under Sections&nbsp;4.02 (except for obligations mandated by the TIA), 4.05 through 4.09,
inclusive, and 4.12 and (y)&nbsp;Sections&nbsp;6.01(5) and (6)&nbsp;shall no longer apply with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section&nbsp;9.04 are satisfied (hereinafter, &#147;<U>Covenant
Defeasance</U>&#148;). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section or
portion thereof, whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such specified Section or portion thereof or by reason of any reference in any such specified Section or portion thereof to any other provision herein
or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and the Notes shall be unaffected thereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 9.04. <U>Conditions to
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The following shall be the conditions to application of Section&nbsp;9.02 or
Section&nbsp;9.03 to the outstanding Notes: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in
trust, for the benefit of the Holders, U.S. legal tender, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient (without reinvestment) in the opinion of a
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nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants selected by the Issuer, to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes on the stated date for payment or on the Redemption Date of
the principal or installment of principal of or interest on the Notes, and the Trustee must have a valid, perfected, exclusive security interest in such trust, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by the Internal Revenue Service, a ruling, or </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) since the date hereof, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">in either case to the effect that, and based thereon this Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders will not recognize income,
gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of the Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance
had not occurred, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Opinion of Counsel in the United States reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S.
federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if the Covenant Defeasance had not occurred, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit and the grant of any Lien
securing such borrowing), </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) the Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or
violation of, or constitute a default under this Indenture or any other material agreement or instrument to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is bound, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers&#146; Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by
it with the intent of preferring the Holders over any other of its creditors or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other of its creditors or others, and </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(7) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers&#146;
Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that the conditions provided for in, in the case of the Officers&#146; Certificate, clauses (1)&nbsp;through (6)&nbsp;and, in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, clauses (1)&nbsp;(with respect to
the validity and perfection of the security interest), (2)&nbsp;and/or (3)&nbsp;and (5)&nbsp;of this paragraph have been complied with. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the funds deposited with the Trustee to effect Covenant Defeasance are insufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes when due, then the Issuer&#146;s obligations and the obligations of
Guarantors under this Indenture will be revived and no such defeasance will be deemed to have occurred. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9.05. <U>Deposited Money and U.S. Government Obligations To Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All money and U.S. Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section&nbsp;9.04 in
respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent, to the Holders of such Notes, of all
sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer and the Guarantors shall (on a joint and several basis) pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge
imposed on or assessed against the U.S. Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section&nbsp;9.04 or the principal, premium, if any, and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the
account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Anything in this Article&nbsp;Nine to the contrary notwithstanding, the
Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time any money or U.S. Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section&nbsp;9.04 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a
written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 9.06. <U>Reinstatement</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section&nbsp;9.01, 9.02 or 9.03 by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or
judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer&#146;s and each Guarantor&#146;s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees shall be revived and
reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article&nbsp;Nine until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section&nbsp;9.01; <U>provided</U>
that if the Issuer or the Guarantors have made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or accrued interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of their obligations, the Issuer or the Guarantors, as the case may be, shall be subrogated to
the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, all moneys then held by any Paying Agent under the provisions of this
Indenture shall, upon written demand of the Issuer, be paid to the Trustee, or if sufficient moneys have been deposited pursuant to Section&nbsp;9.04, to the Issuer (or, if such moneys had been deposited by the Guarantors, to such Guarantors), and
thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such moneys. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 9.08. <U>Moneys Held by
Trustee</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to applicable law, any moneys deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent or then held by the Issuer
or the Guarantors in trust for the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Note that are not applied but remain unclaimed by the Holder of such Note for two years after the date upon which the principal of, or premium, if
any, or interest on such Note shall have respectively become due and payable shall be repaid to the Issuer (or, if appropriate, the Guarantors), or if such moneys are then held by the Issuer or the Guarantors in trust, such moneys shall be released
from such trust; and the Holder of such Note entitled to receive such payment shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer and the Guarantors for the payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying
Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; <U>provided</U>, that the Trustee or any such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, shall, at the expense of the Issuer and the Guarantors, either mail to each
Holder affected, at the address shown in the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar pursuant to Section&nbsp;2.03, or cause to be published once a week for two successive weeks, in a newspaper published in the English language,
customarily published each Business Day and of general circulation in the City of New York, New York, a notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such
mailing or publication, any unclaimed balance of such moneys then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer. After payment to the Issuer or the Guarantors or the release of any money held in trust by the Issuer or any Guarantors, as the case may be,
Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Issuer and the Guarantors for payment as general creditors unless applicable abandoned property law designates another Person. </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">GUARANTEE OF NOTES </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 10.01. <U>Guarantee</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Subject to the provisions of this Article&nbsp;Ten, each Guarantor, by execution of this Indenture, fully and unconditionally guarantees,
jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis, to each Holder (i)&nbsp;the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on each Note, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual payment of all other Obligations and due and punctual performance of all Obligations of the
Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee all in accordance with the terms of such Note, this Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, and (ii)&nbsp;in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other
Obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Each Guarantor, by execution of this Indenture, agrees that
its obligations hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any such Note or this Indenture, any failure to enforce the provisions of any such Note,
this Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement, any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Issuer with respect thereto by the Holder of such Note, or any other circumstances which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable
discharge of a surety or such Guarantor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand for payment, filing of
claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to any such Note or the Indebtedness evidenced thereby and all demands whatsoever, and
covenants that this Guarantee will not be discharged as to any such Note except by payment in full of the principal thereof and interest thereon. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that, as between such Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders and the
Trustee, on the other hand, (i)&nbsp;the maturity of the Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article&nbsp;Six for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such
acceleration in respect of the Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (ii)&nbsp;in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Obligations as provided in Article&nbsp;Six, such Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become
due and payable by each Guarantor for the purpose of this Guarantee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 10.02. <U>Execution and Delivery of Guarantee</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">To further evidence the Guarantee set forth in Section&nbsp;10.01, each Guarantor hereby agrees that a notation of such Guarantee,
substantially in the form included in <U>Exhibit&nbsp;G </U> </FONT></P>
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hereto, shall be endorsed on each Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and such Guarantee shall be executed by either manual or facsimile signature of an Officer or an Officer of a
general partner, as the case may be, of each Guarantor. The validity and enforceability of any Guarantee shall not be affected by the fact that it is not affixed to any particular Note. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each of the Guarantors hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section&nbsp;10.01 shall remain in full force and effect
notwithstanding any failure to endorse on each Note a notation of such Guarantee. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If an officer of a Guarantor whose
signature is on this Indenture or a Guarantee no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note on which such Guarantee is endorsed or at any time thereafter, such Guarantor&#146;s Guarantee of such Note shall be valid
nevertheless. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due
delivery of any Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 10.03. <U>Limitation of Guarantee</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The obligations of each Guarantor are limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed
liabilities of such Guarantor and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution
obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law. Each Guarantor that makes a payment or distribution under
its Guarantee shall be entitled to a contribution from each other Guarantor in a <U>pro rata</U> amount based on the Adjusted Net Assets of each Guarantor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 10.04. <U>Release of Guarantor</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A Guarantor shall be released from
all of its obligations under its Guarantee if: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) all of the assets of such Guarantor have been sold or
otherwise disposed of in a transaction in compliance with the terms of this Indenture (including Sections&nbsp;4.12 and 5.01); or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) all of the Equity Interests held by the Issuer and the Subsidiaries of such Guarantor have been sold or otherwise disposed of in a transaction in compliance with the terms of this Indenture
(including Sections 4.12 and 5.01); </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and in each such case, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officers&#146; Certificate and an
Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transactions have been complied with and that such release is authorized and permitted hereunder. </FONT></P>
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Guarantor in order to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee endorsed on the Notes and under this Article Ten. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 10.05. <U>Waiver of Subrogation</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably
waives any claim or other rights which it may now or hereafter acquire against the Issuer that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor&#146;s obligations under its Guarantee and this Indenture, including,
without limitation, any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, indemnification, and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Holder of Notes against the Issuer, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity, or
under contract, statute or common law, including, without limitation, the right to take or receive from the Issuer, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or Note on account of such claim or
other rights. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the preceding sentence and the Notes shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall have been deemed to have been paid to such Guarantor for the benefit of, and held in
trust for the benefit of, the Holders, and shall forthwith be paid to the Trustee for the benefit of such Holders to be credited and applied upon the Notes, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Each Guarantor
acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the waiver set forth in this Section&nbsp;10.05 is knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE ELEVEN </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">ARTICLE TWELVE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MISCELLANEOUS </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.01. <U>Trust Indenture Act Controls</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the required provision shall control. If any
provision of this Indenture modifies any TIA provision that may be so modified, such TIA provision shall be deemed to apply to this Indenture as so modified. If any provision of this Indenture excludes any TIA provision that may be so excluded, such
TIA provision shall be excluded from this Indenture. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The provisions of TIA &#167;&#167;&nbsp;310 through 317 that impose duties on any Person
(including the provisions automatically deemed included unless expressly excluded by this Indenture) are a part of and govern this Indenture, whether or not physically contained herein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.02. <U>Notices</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Except for notice or communications to Holders,
any notice or communication shall be given in writing and delivered in person, sent by facsimile, delivered by commercial courier service or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If to the Issuer or any Guarantor: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17851 N. 85th Street </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Suite 300 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scottsdale, AZ 85255 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Chief Financial Officer </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fax Number: (480)&nbsp;998-9162 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">with, in the case of any notice furnished pursuant to Article Six, a copy to: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SNELL&nbsp;&amp; WILMER L.L.P. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">One Arizona Center </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">400 E. Van Buren Street </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Phoenix, AZ 85004 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Jeffrey Beck, Esq. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fax Number: (602)&nbsp;382-6070
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If to the Trustee: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">707 Wilshire Boulevard </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17th Floor </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Los Angeles, California 90017 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Corporate, Municipal&nbsp;&amp; Escrow Services </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fax Number:
(213)&nbsp;614-3355 </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Such notices or communications shall be effective when received and shall be sufficiently
given if so given within the time prescribed in this Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer, the Guarantors or the Trustee by written notice
to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any notice or
communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to him by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication to a Holder is mailed in the manner
provided above, it shall be deemed duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In case by reason of the suspension
of regular mail service, or by reason of any other cause, it shall be impossible to mail any notice as required by this Indenture, then such method of notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient
mailing of such notice. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.03. <U>Communications by Holders with Other Holders</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA &#167;&nbsp;312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the
Notes. The Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA &#167;&nbsp;312(c). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION
12.04. <U>Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Upon any request or application by the Issuer or any
Guarantor to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Issuer or such Guarantor shall furnish to the Trustee: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) an Officers&#146; Certificate (which shall include the statements set forth in Section&nbsp;12.05) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this
Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) an Opinion of Counsel (which shall
include the statements set forth in Section&nbsp;12.05) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.05. <U>Statements Required in Certificate and Opinion</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each
certificate and opinion with respect to compliance by or on behalf of the Issuer or any Guarantor with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include: </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read
such covenant or condition; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) a
statement that, in the opinion of such Person, it or he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable it or him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such covenant or condition has been
complied with. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.06. <U>Rules by Trustee and Agents</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or meetings of Holders. The Registrar and Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.07. <U>Business Days; Legal Holidays</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A &#147;Business Day&#148; is a day that is not a Legal Holiday. A &#147;Legal Holiday&#148; is a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which (i)&nbsp;commercial banks in the City of New York are authorized
or required by law to close or (ii)&nbsp;the New York Stock Exchange is not open for trading. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and
no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.08. <U>Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>This Indenture and the Notes shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, as applied to
contracts made and performed within the State of New York. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any action or proceeding arising out of or
relating to this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees or the transactions contemplated hereby. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.09. <U>No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan, security or debt
agreement of the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof. No such indenture, loan, security or debt agreement may be used to interpret this Indenture. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.10. <U>No Recourse Against Others</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No recourse for the payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest, including Liquidated Damages, on any of the Notes, or for
any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Issuer or any Guarantor in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture, or in any of the Notes, or because of the
creation of any Indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any stockholder, officer, director or employee, as such, past, present or future, of the Issuer or of any successor corporation or against the property or assets of any such
stockholder, officer, employee or director, either directly or through the Issuer or any Guarantor, or any successor corporation thereof, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or
penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that this Indenture and the Notes are solely obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors, and that no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall be incurred by, any
stockholder, officer, employee or director of the Issuer or any Guarantor, or any successor corporation thereof, because of the creation of the indebtedness hereby authorized, or under or by reason of the obligations, covenants or agreements
contained in this Indenture or the Notes or implied therefrom, and that any and all such personal liability of, and any and all claims against every stockholder, officer, employee and director, are hereby expressly waived and released as a condition
of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issuance of the Notes. It is understood that this limitation on recourse is made expressly for the benefit of any such shareholder, employee, officer or director and may be
enforced by any of them. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.11. <U>Successors</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All agreements of the Issuer and the Guarantors in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee, any additional trustee and any Paying Agents in this
Indenture shall bind its successor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.12. <U>Multiple Counterparts</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The parties may sign multiple counterparts of this Indenture. Each signed counterpart shall be deemed an original, but all of them
together represent one and the same agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile
or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.13. <U>Table of Contents, Headings, etc</U>. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for
convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.14. <U>Separability</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each provision of this Indenture shall be
considered separable and if for any reason any provision which is not essential to the effectuation of the basic purpose of this Indenture or the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the
remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.15. <U>U.S.A. Patriot Act.</U> </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section&nbsp;326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial
institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the
Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may reasonably request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the U.S.A. Patriot Act. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SECTION 12.16. <U>Force Majeure.</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its
control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts
which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances. </FONT></P>
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date and year first written above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES OPERATING COMPANY, LLC</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Texas Holding, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Paseo Crossing, LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">M&amp;M FORT MYERS HOLDINGS, LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Issuer&#148;), for value received, promises to pay to CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. or registered assigns the principal sum of
$[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;] dollars on March&nbsp;1, 2018. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Interest Payment
Dates: March&nbsp;1 and September&nbsp;1. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Record Dates: February&nbsp;15 and August&nbsp;15. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note contained herein, which will for all purposes have the same effect as if set
forth at this place. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This is one of the 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.50% SENIOR NOTE DUE 2018 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. <U>Interest</U>. MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION, a
Maryland corporation (the &#147;Issuer&#148;), promises to pay, until the principal hereof is paid or made available for payment, interest on the principal amount set forth on the face hereof at a rate of 4.50%&nbsp;per annum. Interest hereon will
accrue from and including the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from and including [<I>insert applicable issue date</I>] to but excluding the date on which interest is paid. Interest shall be payable
in arrears on each March&nbsp;1 and September&nbsp;1 commencing on [<I>insert first payment date</I>]. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal and on
overdue interest (to the full extent permitted by law) at a rate of 4.50%&nbsp;per annum. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2. <U>Method of Payment</U>. The
Issuer will pay interest hereon (except defaulted interest) to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on February&nbsp;15 or August&nbsp;15 next preceding the interest payment date (whether or not a Business Day). Holders
must surrender Notes to a Paying Agent to collect principal payments. The Issuer will pay principal and interest in money of the United States of America that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Interest
may be paid by check mailed to the Holder entitled thereto at the address indicated on the register maintained by the Registrar for the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3. <U>Paying Agent and Registrar</U>. Initially, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the &#147;Trustee&#148;) will act as a Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or
Registrar without notice. Neither the Issuer nor any of its Affiliates may act as Paying Agent or Registrar. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.
<U>Indenture</U>. The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;13, 2013 (the &#147;Indenture&#148;) among the Issuer, the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture) and the Trustee. This is one of an issue of Notes of the
Issuer issued, or to be issued, under the Indenture. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code &#167;&#167; 77aaa-77bbbb), as
amended from time to time. Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. Capitalized and certain other terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings set forth in the Indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5. [Intentionally Omitted] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6. <U>Optional Redemption</U>. (a)&nbsp;Prior to February&nbsp;1, 2018, the Issuer may, at its option, redeem the Notes in whole at any time or in part from time to time, on at least 30 but not more than
60 days&#146; prior notice to Holders, at a redemption price equal to the greater of: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) 100% of the
principal amount of the Notes being redeemed, or </FONT></P>
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the Notes being redeemed, discounted to the Redemption Date, on a semiannual basis, at the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points (0.50%). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) On or after February&nbsp;1, 2018, the Issuer may redeem any or all of the Notes at anytime, on at least 30 but not more than 60 days&#146; prior notice to Holders, at a redemption price equal to 100%
of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In each case, the Issuer shall also pay accrued interest on the Notes
being redeemed to the Redemption Date. For purposes of determining the redemption price and accrued Interest, Interest will be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) In the event of a redemption of fewer than all of the Notes, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be redeemed in compliance with the
requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, while such Notes are listed, or if such Notes are not then listed on a national securities exchange, prorate, by lot or in such other manner as may be required by the
Depository&#146;s procedures. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7. <U>Notice of Redemption</U>. Notice of redemption will be mailed, or, in the case of Notes
held in book-entry form, sent by electronic transmission at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at his registered address. On and after the Redemption Date, unless the Issuer
defaults in making the redemption payment, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions thereof called for redemption. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8.
<U>Offers To Purchase</U>. The Indenture provides that upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Triggering Event and subject to further limitations contained therein, the Issuer shall make an Offer to Purchase outstanding Notes in accordance with
the procedures set forth in the Indenture. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">9. <U>Registration Rights</U>. Pursuant to a Registration Rights Agreement among
the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchaser, the Issuer will be obligated to consummate an exchange offer pursuant to which the Holder of this Note shall have the right to exchange this Note for notes of a separate series issued under the
Indenture (or a trust indenture substantially identical to the Indenture in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement) which have been registered under the Securities Act, in like principal amount and having substantially
identical terms as the Notes. The Holders shall be entitled to receive certain additional interest payments in the event such exchange offer is not consummated and upon certain other conditions, all pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of
the Registration Rights Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">10. <U>Denominations, Transfer, Exchange</U>. The Notes are in registered form without
coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate
endorsements and transfer documents and to pay to it any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange any Notes or portion of a Note selected for redemption, or register
the transfer of or exchange any Notes for a period of 15 days before a sending of notice of redemption. </FONT></P>
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owner of this Note for all purposes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12. <U>Unclaimed Money</U>. If money for the payment of principal or interest remains
unclaimed for two years, the Trustee will pay the money back to the Issuer at its written request. After that, Holders entitled to the money must look to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an &#147;abandoned property&#148; law
designates another Person. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13. <U>Amendment, Supplement, Waiver, Etc</U>. The Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee (if a
party thereto) may, without the consent of the Holders of any outstanding Notes, amend, waive or supplement the Indenture or the Notes for certain specified purposes, including, among other things, curing ambiguities, defects or inconsistencies,
maintaining the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and making any change that does not materially and adversely affect the rights of any Holder. Other amendments and modifications of the Indenture or
the Notes may be made by the Issuer, the Guarantors and the Trustee with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, subject to certain exceptions requiring the consent of the
Holders of the particular Notes to be affected. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14. <U>Successor Corporation</U>. When a successor corporation assumes all
the obligations of its predecessor under the Notes and the Indenture and the transaction complies with the terms of Article Five of the Indenture, the predecessor corporation will, except as provided in Article Five, be released from those
obligations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15. <U>Defaults and Remedies</U>. Events of Default are set forth in the Indenture. Subject to certain
limitations in the Indenture, if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (7)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;6.01 with respect to the Issuer) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25%
in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may, by written notice to the Trustee and the Issuer, and the Trustee upon the request of the Holders of not less than 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes shall, declare
all principal of and accrued interest on all Notes to be immediately due and payable and such amounts shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in clause (7)&nbsp;or (8)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;6.01 occurs with respect
to the Issuer, the principal amount of and interest on, all Notes shall <U>ipso facto</U> become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder. Holders may not enforce the Indenture
or the Notes except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may require indemnity satisfactory to it before it enforces the Indenture or the Notes. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding
Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing default (except a default in payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes or a default in the
observance or performance of any of the obligations of the Issuer under Article Five of the Indenture) if it determines that withholding notice is in their best interests. </FONT></P>
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capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from, and perform services for the Issuer or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates, as if it were not Trustee. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17. <U>Discharge</U>. The Issuer&#146;s obligations pursuant to the Indenture will be discharged, except for obligations pursuant to
certain sections thereof, subject to the terms of the Indenture, upon the payment of all the Notes or upon the irrevocable deposit with the Trustee of United States dollars or U.S. Government Obligations sufficient to pay when due principal of and
interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18. <U>Guarantees</U>. The Note will be entitled to the
benefits of certain Guarantees made for the benefit of the Holders. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for a statement of the respective rights, limitations of rights, duties and obligations thereunder of the Guarantors, the Trustee and the
Holders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19. <U>Authentication</U>. This Note shall not be valid until the Trustee signs the certificate of authentication on
the other side of this Note. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20. <U>Governing Law</U>. This Note shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of New York, as applied to contracts made and performed within the State of New York. The Trustee, the Issuer, the Guarantor and the Holders agree to submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in any action
or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Indenture or the Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">21. <U>Abbreviations</U>. Customary abbreviations may
be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as: TEN COM (= tenants in common), TENANT (= tenants by the entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian), and U/G/M/A (=
Uniform Gifts to Minors Act). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the
Indenture. Requests may be made to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17851 N. 85th Street </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Suite 300 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scottsdale, AZ 85255 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Chief Financial Officer </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I or we assign and transfer this Note to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Insert assignee&#146;s social security
or tax I.D. number) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
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code of assignee) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and irrevocably appoint: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for him. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Your&nbsp;Signature:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date:<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note)</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signature Guarantee:_______________________ </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SIGNATURE GUARANTEE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signatures
must be guaranteed by an &#147;eligible guarantor institution&#148; meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (&#147;STAMP&#148;) or such other
&#147;signature guarantee program&#148; as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A-7
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If you want to elect to have all or any part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.12 of the Indenture, check
the box below: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:WINGDINGS">&#168;</FONT> Section&nbsp;4.12 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If you want to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section&nbsp;4.12 of the Indenture, state the amount you
elect to have purchased: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">$<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">($2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof)</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date:
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</U></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Your Signature:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">________________________________________ </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signature Guaranteed </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SIGNATURE GUARANTEE </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signatures must be guaranteed by an &#147;eligible guarantor institution&#148; meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include
membership or participation in the Security Transfer Agent Medallion Program (&#147;STAMP&#148;) or such other &#147;signature guarantee program&#148; as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in
accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">A-8
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EXHIBIT B </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[FORM OF LEGEND FOR 144A NOTES AND OTHER NOTES THAT ARE RESTRICTED NOTES] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Note (or its
predecessor) evidenced hereby was originally issued in a transaction exempt from registration under Section&nbsp;5 of the United States Securities Act of 1933, and the Note evidenced hereby may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred in the
absence of such registration or an applicable exemption therefrom. Each purchaser of the Note evidenced hereby is hereby notified that the seller may be relying on the exemption from the provisions of Section&nbsp;5 of the Securities Act provided by
Rule&nbsp;144A thereunder or another exemption under the Securities Act. The Holder of the Note evidenced hereby agrees for the benefit of Meritage Homes Corporation that (a)&nbsp;such Note may be resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only
(1)(a)&nbsp;to a person who the seller reasonably believes is a Qualified Institutional Buyer (as defined in Rule&nbsp;144A under the Securities Act), purchasing for its own account in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule&nbsp;144A under
the Securities Act, (b)&nbsp;in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule&nbsp;144 of the Securities Act, (c)&nbsp;outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule&nbsp;904 of Regulation&nbsp;S
under the Securities Act, (d)&nbsp;to an Institutional Accredited Investor that is purchasing at least $100,000 of Notes for its own account or for the account of an institutional accredited investor (and based upon an opinion of counsel if Meritage
Homes Corporation so requests) or (e)&nbsp;in accordance with another exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act provided that in the case of a transfer under clause (e)&nbsp;such transfer is subject to the receipt by the
Trustee (and Meritage Homes Corporation, if it so requests) of a certification of the transferor and an opinion of counsel to the effect that such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act, (2)&nbsp;to Meritage Homes Corporation or any of
its subsidiaries or (3)&nbsp;under an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and, in each case, in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction and the
Indenture governing the Notes and (b)&nbsp;the Holder will, and each subsequent Holder is required to, notify any purchaser from it of the Note evidenced hereby of the resale restrictions set forth in (a)&nbsp;above. If any resale or other transfer
of any Note is proposed to be made under clause&nbsp;(a)(1)(d) above while these transfer restrictions are in force then the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee to Meritage Homes Corporation and the Trustee which shall provide,
among other things, that the transferee is an institutional accredited investor and that it is acquiring the Securities for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B-1
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT FOR 144A NOTES AND OTHER NOTES THAT ARE RESTRICTED NOTES] </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I or we assign and transfer this Note to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Insert assignee&#146;s social security or tax I.D. number) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Print or type name, address and zip
code of assignee) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and irrevocably appoint: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the
Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for him. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[Check One] </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A thereunder. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a)&nbsp;above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in
this Note and the Indenture. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to
register this Note in the name of any person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Sections 2.16 and 2.17 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: <U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Your Signature:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="5"></TD></TR>
<TR>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signature Guarantee:
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SIGNATURE GUARANTEE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signatures must be guaranteed by an &#147;eligible guarantor institution&#148; meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program (&#147;STAMP&#148;) or such other &#147;signature guarantee program&#148; as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B-2
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a)&nbsp;ABOVE IS CHECKED </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it
exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a &#147;qualified institutional buyer&#148; within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned&#146;s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&nbsp;</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated:
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">B-3
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EXHIBIT C </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[FORM OF LEGEND FOR REGULATION S NOTE] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Note has not been registered under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Act&#148;), and, unless so registered, may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. Persons unless registered under the Act or except pursuant to an
exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Act. </FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">C-1
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT FOR REGULATION S NOTE] </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">I or we assign and transfer this Note to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Insert assignee&#146;s social security or tax I.D. number) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Print or type name, address and zip
code of assignee) </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and irrevocably appoint: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Agent to transfer this Note on the books of the
Issuer. The Agent may substitute another to act for him. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[Check One] </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;(a)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">this Note is being transferred in compliance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act provided by Rule 144A thereunder. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="8%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]&nbsp;(b)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">this Note is being transferred other than in accordance with (a)&nbsp;above and documents are being furnished which comply with the conditions of transfer set forth in
this Note and the Indenture. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If none of the foregoing boxes is checked, the Trustee or Registrar shall not be obligated to
register this Note in the name of any person other than the Holder hereof unless and until the conditions to any such transfer of registration set forth herein and in Sections 2.16 and 2.17 of the Indenture shall have been satisfied. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Your Signature:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signature Guarantee:
<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SIGNATURE GUARANTEE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Signatures must be guaranteed by an &#147;eligible guarantor institution&#148; meeting the requirements of the Registrar, which requirements include membership or participation in the Security Transfer
Agent Medallion Program (&#147;STAMP&#148;) or such other &#147;signature guarantee program&#148; as may be determined by the Registrar in addition to, or in substitution for, STAMP, all in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (a)&nbsp;ABOVE IS CHECKED </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it
exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a &#147;qualified institutional buyer&#148; within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and
acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the
undersigned&#146;s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOTICE: To be executed by an executive officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EXHIBIT D </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[FORM OF LEGEND FOR GLOBAL NOTE] </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Any Global Note authenticated and delivered
hereunder shall bear a legend (which would be in addition to any other legends required in the case of a Restricted Note) in substantially the following form: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Note is a Global Note within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of a depository or a nominee of a depository. This Note is not exchangeable for Notes
registered in the name of a person other than the depository or its nominee except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and no transfer of this Note (other than a transfer of this Note as a whole by the depository to a nominee of
the depository or by a nominee of the depository to the depository or another nominee of the depository) may be registered except in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized representative of The Depository Trust Company (a New York corporation)
(&#147;DTC&#148;) to the issuer or its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and any certificate issued is registered in the name of CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. or in such other name as it requested by an authorized representative of DTC
(and any payment is made to CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO. or such other entity as is requested by an authorized representative of DTC), any transfer, pledge or other use hereof for value or otherwise by or to any Person is wrongful inasmuch as the registered
owner hereof, CEDE&nbsp;&amp; CO., has an interest herein. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EXHIBIT E </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Certificate To Be </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Delivered in Connection with </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Transfers to Non-QIB Accredited Investors </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Wells Fargo Bank, National Association </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">625 Marquette Avenue </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Minneapolis, MN 55402 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Bondholder
Communications </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Ladies and Gentlemen: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with our proposed purchase of 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 (the &#147;Notes&#148;) of Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland Corporation (the &#147;Issuer&#148;), we confirm that: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1. We understand that any subsequent transfer of the Notes is subject to certain restrictions and conditions set forth in
the Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;13, 2013 relating to the Notes and we agree to be bound by, and not to resell, pledge or otherwise transfer the Notes except in compliance with, such restrictions and conditions and the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the
Securities Act or any other applicable securities laws, have not been and will not be qualified for sale under the securities laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction and that the Notes may not be offered, sold, pledged or otherwise transferred except as
permitted in the following sentence. We agree, on our own behalf and on behalf of any accounts for which we are acting as hereinafter stated, that if we should sell any Notes, we will do so only (i)&nbsp;to the Issuer or any subsidiary thereof,
(ii)&nbsp;in accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act to a &#147;qualified institutional buyer&#148; (as defined in Rule 144A), (iii)&nbsp;to an institutional &#147;accredited investor&#148; (as defined below) that, prior to such transfer,
furnishes (or has furnished on its behalf by a U.S. broker-dealer) to you a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements relating to the restrictions on transfer of the Notes, (iv)&nbsp;outside the United States to persons other
than U.S. persons in offshore transactions meeting the requirements of Rule 904 of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (v)&nbsp;pursuant to the exemption form registration provided by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (if applicable) or
(vi)&nbsp;pursuant to an effective registration statement, and we further agree to provide to any person purchasing any of the Notes from us a notice advising such purchaser that resales of the Notes are restricted as stated herein. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3. We understand that, on any proposed resale of any Notes, we will be required to furnish to you and the Issuer such
certifications, legal opinions and other information as you and the Issuer may reasonably require to confirm that the proposed sale complies with the foregoing restrictions. We further understand that the Notes purchased by us will bear a legend to
the foregoing effect. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4. We are an institutional &#147;accredited investor&#148; (as defined in
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3)&nbsp;or (7)&nbsp;under the Securities Act) and have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of our investment in the Notes, and we and any accounts
for which we are acting each are able to bear the economic risk of our or their investment, as the case may be. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5. We are acquiring the Notes purchased by us for our account or for one or more accounts (each of which is an
institutional &#147;accredited investor&#148;) as to each of which we exercise sole investment discretion. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.
We are not acquiring the Notes with a view toward the distribution thereof in a transaction that would violate the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party
in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[Name of Transferee]</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date: _______________________ </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EXHIBIT F </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form of Certificate To Be Delivered </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">in Connection with Transfers </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Pursuant to Regulation S</U></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Wells Fargo Bank, National Association </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">625
Marquette Avenue </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Minneapolis, MN 55402 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Bondholder Communications </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Re:</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Issuer&#148;) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 (the
&#147;Notes&#148;)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dear Sirs: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with our proposed sale of $&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected
pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), and, accordingly, we represent that: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) the offer of the Notes was not made to a U.S. person or to a person in the United States; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) either (a)&nbsp;at the time the buy offer was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any
person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States, or (b)&nbsp;the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person
acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)
no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 904(a) of Regulation S; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act; and </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5) we have advised the transferee of the transfer restrictions applicable to the Notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">You are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party
in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[Name of Transferee]</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>EXHIBIT G </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">NOTATION OF GUARANTEE </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each of the undersigned (the &#147;Guarantors&#148;)
hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees, jointly and severally, on a senior unsecured basis, to the extent set forth in the Indenture dated as of March&nbsp;13, 2013 by and among Meritage Homes Corporation, as issuer, the Guarantors, as
guarantors, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (as amended, restated or supplemented from time to time, the &#147;Indenture&#148;), and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, (a)&nbsp;the due and punctual payment of the
principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, the due and punctual payment of interest on overdue principal of, and premium and, to
the extent permitted by law, interest, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Issuer to the Holders or the Trustee, all in accordance with the terms set forth in Article&nbsp;Ten of the Indenture, and (b)&nbsp;in case
of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that the same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The obligations of the Guarantors to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and
the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article Ten of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms and limitations of this Guarantee. Each Holder of the Note to which this Guarantee is endorsed, by accepting
such Note, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">[Signatures on Following Pages] </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Exhibit 10.1 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">EXECUTION VERSION </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:0px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Dated as of March&nbsp;13, 2013 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By and Among </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES CORPORATION </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as Issuer, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">the
GUARANTORS named herein </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">as Initial Purchaser, </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Exchange Offer</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Shelf Registration Statement</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Liquidated Damages</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Registration Procedures</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Indemnification</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Rules 144 and 144A</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Governing Law</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Severability</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Third-Party Beneficiaries</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attorneys&#146; Fees</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Entire Agreement</FONT></TD>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Registration Rights Agreement (this &#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148;) is dated as of March&nbsp;13, 2013, by and among Meritage Homes
Corporation, a Maryland corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), and each of the Guarantors (as defined herein) (the Company and the Guarantors are referred to collectively herein as the &#147;<U>Issuers</U>&#148;), on the one hand, and
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (the &#147;<U>Initial Purchaser</U>&#148;), on the other hand. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This Agreement is entered into
in connection with the Purchase Agreement, dated as of February&nbsp;27, 2013, by and among the Issuers and the Initial Purchaser, (the &#147;<U>Purchase Agreement</U>&#148;), relating to the offering of $175,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
the Company&#146;s 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018 (including the guarantees thereof by the Guarantors, the &#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148;). The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the Initial Purchaser&#146;s obligation to purchase the
Notes under the Purchase Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The parties hereby agree as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;1. <U>Definitions</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>action</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;7(c) hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Advice</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;5 hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Agreement</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph hereto. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Applicable Period</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;2(b) hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Board of Directors</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;5 hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Business Day</U>&#148; shall mean a day that is not a Legal Holiday. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Commission</U>&#148; shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Company</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto and shall also include the
Company&#146;s permitted successors and assigns. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>day</U>&#148; shall mean a calendar day. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Delay Period</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;5 hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Effectiveness Period</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of Section&nbsp;3(a) hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Event Date</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;4(b) hereof. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Exchange Act</U>&#148; shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended,
and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Exchange Notes</U>&#148; shall have the
meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;2(a) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Exchange Offer</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;2(a) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Exchange Offer Registration Statement</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;2(a) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>FINRA</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;5(s) hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Free Writing Prospectus</U>&#148; shall mean each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act)
prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with sale of the Notes or the Exchange Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Guarantors</U>&#148; shall mean each of the Persons executing this Agreement (as set forth on <U>Schedule A</U>) on the date hereof and each Person who executes and delivers a counterpart of this
Agreement hereafter pursuant to Section&nbsp;10(e) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Holder</U>&#148; shall mean any holder of a Registrable
Note or Registrable Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Indenture</U>&#148; shall mean the Indenture, dated as of March&nbsp;13, 2013, by and
among the Issuers and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are being issued, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Initial Purchaser</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the first introductory paragraph hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Initial Shelf Registration Statement</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;3(a) hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Inspectors</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;5(n) hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Issue Date</U>&#148; shall mean March&nbsp;13, 2013, the date of original issuance of the Notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Issuers</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Legal Holiday</U>&#148; shall mean a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are
required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Liquidated Damages</U>&#148; shall have the meaning
set forth in Section&nbsp;4(a) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Losses</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;7(a)
hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Notes</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the second introductory paragraph hereto. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Participant</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;7(a) hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Participating Broker-Dealer</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;2(b) hereof. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Person</U>&#148; shall mean an individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture
association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated limited liability company, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Private Exchange</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;2(b) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Private Exchange Notes</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;2(b) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Prospectus</U>&#148; shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any prospectus subject to completion and a prospectus that includes any
information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A promulgated under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, and all other amendments
and supplements to the Prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Purchase Agreement</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in the second introductory paragraph hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Records</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;5(n) hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Registrable Notes</U>&#148; shall mean each Note upon its original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto, each Exchange
Note as to which Section&nbsp;2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable upon original issuance and at all times subsequent thereto and each Private Exchange Note upon original issuance thereof and at all times subsequent thereto, in each case until (i)&nbsp;a
Registration Statement (other than, with respect only to any Exchange Note as to which Section&nbsp;2(c)(iv) hereof is applicable, the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) covering such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note has been
declared effective by the Commission and such Note, Exchange Note or such Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, has been disposed of in accordance with such effective Registration Statement, (ii)&nbsp;such Note has been exchanged pursuant to
the Exchange Offer for an Exchange Note or Exchange Notes that may be resold without restriction under state and federal securities laws or (iii)&nbsp;such Note, Exchange Note or Private Exchange Note, as the case may be, ceases to be outstanding
for purposes of the Indenture or (iv)&nbsp;the later of (x)&nbsp;the date which is two years after the Issue Date and (y)&nbsp;the date upon which such Note or Private Exchange Note has been sold in compliance with Rule 144. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Registration Default</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;4(a) hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148; shall mean any appropriate registration statement of the Issuers covering any of the
Registrable Notes filed with the Commission under the Securities Act, and all amendments and supplements to any such Registration Statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits
thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Requesting Participating Broker-Dealer</U>&#148; shall
have the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;2(b) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rule 144</U>&#148; shall mean Rule 144 promulgated under the
Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule&nbsp;144A) or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission providing for offers and sales of securities made in compliance therewith resulting in
offers and sales by subsequent holders that are not affiliates of an issuer of such securities being free of the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rule 144A</U>&#148; shall mean Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act, as
such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule (other than Rule&nbsp;144) or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Rule 415</U>&#148; shall mean Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Securities Act</U>&#148; shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the
Commission promulgated thereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Shelf Filing Event</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;2(c) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Shelf Registration Statement</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;3(b) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement</U>&#148; shall have the meaning set forth in
Section&nbsp;3(b) hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>TIA</U>&#148; shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>Trustee</U>&#148; shall mean the trustee under the Indenture and the trustee (if any) under any indenture governing the Exchange
Notes and Private Exchange Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#147;<U>underwritten registration or underwritten offering</U>&#148; shall mean a
registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an underwriter for reoffering to the public. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;2.
<U>Exchange Offer</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Issuers shall (i)&nbsp;file a Registration Statement (the &#147;<U>Exchange Offer Registration
Statement</U>&#148;) within 120&nbsp;days after the Issue Date with the Commission on an appropriate registration form with respect to a registered offer (the &#147;<U>Exchange Offer</U>&#148;) to exchange any and all of the Registrable Notes for a
like aggregate principal amount of notes (including the guarantees with respect thereto, the &#147;<U>Exchange Notes</U>&#148;) that are identical in all material respects to the Notes (except that the Exchange Notes bear no restrictive legend
thereon and shall not contain terms with respect to Liquidated Damages upon a Registration Default), (ii)&nbsp;use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to be declared effective under the
Securities Act within 180 days after the Issue Date and (iii)&nbsp;use their respective reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer within 240&nbsp;days after the Issue Date. The Exchange Offer shall be deemed completed or consummated for
purposes of this Agreement upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee under the Indenture of Exchange Notes in the same aggregate principal amount as the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered (and not withdrawn) by Holders thereof pursuant
to the Exchange Offer. Upon the Exchange Offer Registration Statement being declared effective by the Commission, the Company will offer the Exchange Notes in exchange for surrender of the Notes. The Company shall keep the Exchange Offer open for
not less than 30 days (or longer if required by applicable law to complete the Exchange Offer) after the date notice of the Exchange Offer is mailed to Holders. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer will be required to represent to the
Company in writing (which may be contained in the applicable letter of transmittal) that (i)&nbsp;any Exchange Notes to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (ii)&nbsp;it has no arrangement or understanding with
any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Notes in violation of the Securities Act, (iii)&nbsp;it is not an affiliate (as defined in Rule&nbsp;405 under the Securities Act) of any Issuer
or, if it is an affiliate, it will comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act to the extent applicable, (iv)&nbsp;if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage
in, a distribution of Exchange Notes, (v)&nbsp;if such Holder is a broker-dealer that will receive Exchange Notes for its own account in exchange for Notes that were acquired as a result of market-making or other trading activities, it will deliver
a prospectus in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes and (vi)&nbsp;the Holder is not acting on behalf of any Persons who could not truthfully make the foregoing representations. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Company and the Initial Purchaser acknowledge that the staff of the Commission has taken the position that any broker-dealer that
elects to exchange Notes that were acquired by such broker-dealer for its own account as a result of market-making or other trading activities for Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer (a &#147;<U>Participating Broker-Dealer</U>&#148;) may be deemed
to be an &#147;underwriter&#148; within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Notes (other than a resale of an unsold allotment
resulting from the original offering of the Notes). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company and the Initial Purchaser also acknowledge that the staff of
the Commission has taken the position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may
resell the Exchange Notes, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Notes owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligations
under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Notes for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In light of the foregoing, if requested by a Participating Broker-Dealer (a &#147;<U>Requesting Participating Broker-Dealer</U>&#148;), the Issuers agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective for a period of up to 180 days after the date on which the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective, or such longer period if extended pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section&nbsp;5 hereof (such period, the &#147;<U>Applicable Period</U>&#148;), or such earlier date as all Requesting Participating Broker-Dealers shall have notified the Company in writing that such Requesting Participating Broker-Dealers have
resold all Exchange Notes acquired in the Exchange Offer. The Company shall include a plan of distribution in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement that meets the requirements set forth in the preceding paragraph. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If, prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer, any Holder holds any Notes acquired by it that have, or that are reasonably likely to be
determined to have, the status of an unsold allotment in an initial distribution, or if any Holder is not entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer, the Company upon the request of any such Holder shall simultaneously with the delivery of the
Exchange Notes in the Exchange Offer, issue and deliver to any such Holder, in exchange (the &#147;<U>Private Exchange</U>&#148;) for such Notes held by any such Holder, a like principal amount of notes (the &#147;<U>Private Exchange
Notes</U>&#148;) of the Company that are identical in all material respects to the Exchange Notes, except for the placement of a restrictive legend on such Private Exchange Notes. The Private Exchange Notes shall be issued pursuant to the same
indenture as the Exchange Notes and bear the same CUSIP number as the Exchange Notes. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder entitled to participate in the Exchange Offer a copy of the Prospectus
forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) utilize the services of a depositary for the Exchange Offer with an address in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York; </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Notes at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last
Business Day on which the Exchange Offer shall remain open; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4) otherwise comply in all material respects
with all applicable laws, rules and regulations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As soon as practicable after the close of the Exchange Offer and the Private
Exchange, if any, the Company shall: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1) accept for exchange all Registrable Notes validly tendered and not
validly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange, if any; </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2) deliver or cause to be
delivered to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Notes so accepted for exchange; and </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3) cause the
Trustee to authenticate and deliver promptly to each Holder of Notes, Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case may be, equal in principal amount to the Notes of such Holder so accepted for exchange. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Exchange Offer and the Private Exchange shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that (i)&nbsp;the Exchange Offer or
Private Exchange, as the case may be, does not violate applicable law or any applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission, (ii)&nbsp;no action or proceeding shall have been instituted or threatened in any court or by any governmental
agency which might materially impair the ability of the Issuers to proceed with the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, and no material adverse development shall have occurred in any existing action or proceeding with respect to the Issuers that
would impair their ability to so proceed and (iii)&nbsp;all governmental approvals shall have been obtained, which approvals the Issuers deem necessary for the consummation of the Exchange Offer or Private Exchange. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event that the Issuers are unable to consummate the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange due to any event listed in clauses
(i)&nbsp;through (iii)&nbsp;above, the Issuers shall not be deemed to have breached any covenant under this Section&nbsp;2. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Exchange Notes and the Private Exchange Notes shall be issued under (i)&nbsp;the Indenture or (ii)&nbsp;an indenture identical in all
material respects to the Indenture (in either case, with such changes as are necessary to comply with any requirements of the Commission to effect or maintain the qualification thereof under the TIA) and which, in either case, has been qualified
under the TIA and shall provide that the Exchange Notes shall not be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in the Indenture. The Indenture or such other indenture shall provide that when a vote or consent of the Holders is required,
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the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes and the Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and that none of the Exchange Notes, the Private Exchange Notes or the
Notes will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) In the event that (i)&nbsp;any changes in
law or the applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission do not permit the Issuers to effect the Exchange Offer, (ii)&nbsp;for any reason the Exchange Offer is not consummated within 240&nbsp;days of the Issue Date, (iii)&nbsp;any Holder
notifies the Company that it is prohibited by law or the applicable interpretations of the staff of the Commission from participating in the Exchange Offer, (iv)&nbsp;in the case of any Holder that participates in the Exchange Offer, such Holder
does not receive Exchange Notes on the date of the exchange that may be sold without restriction under state and federal securities laws (other than due solely to the status of such holder as an affiliate of any Issuer), (v)&nbsp;the Initial
Purchaser so requests with respect to Notes that have, or that are reasonably likely to be determined to have, the status of unsold allotments in an initial distribution or (vi)&nbsp;any Holder of Private Exchange Notes so requests (each such event
referred to in clauses (i)&nbsp;through (vi)&nbsp;of this sentence, a &#147;<U>Shelf Filing Event</U>&#148;), then the Issuers shall file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section&nbsp;3 hereof. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;3. <U>Shelf Registration Statement</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If at any time a Shelf Filing Event shall occur, then: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a)
<U>Shelf Registration Statement</U>. The Issuers shall file with the Commission a Registration Statement for an offering to be made on a continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable Notes not exchanged in the Exchange Offer,
Private Exchange Notes and Exchange Notes as to which Section&nbsp;2(c)(iv) is applicable, which may be an amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (the &#147;<U>Initial Shelf Registration Statement</U>&#148;). The Issuers shall file
with the Commission the Initial Shelf Registration Statement as promptly as practicable and in any event on or prior to 45 days after the Company determines or is notified that a Shelf Filing Event has occurred. The Initial Shelf Registration
Statement shall be on Form S-3 or another appropriate form permitting registration of such Registrable Notes for resale by Holders in the manner or manners designated by them (including, without limitation, one or more underwritten offerings). The
Issuers shall not permit any securities other than the Registrable Notes to be included in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or in any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement (as defined below). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event a
Shelf Filing Event occurs as a result of the event set forth in Section&nbsp;2(c)(ii), the Issuers&#146; obligation to file an Initial Shelf Registration pursuant to this Section&nbsp;3 shall cease <I>ab initio</I> if the Exchange Offer is completed
within 255 days of the Issue Date, or, if such date is not a Business Day, the next day that is a Business Day. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Issuers shall use their respective reasonable best efforts (x)&nbsp;to cause the Initial Shelf Registration Statement
to be declared effective under the Securities Act on or prior to the 90th day after the Company determines or is notified that such a Shelf Filing Event has occurred and (y)&nbsp;to keep the Initial Shelf Registration Statement continuously
effective under the Securities Act for the period ending on the date which is two years from the date it becomes effective (or one year if the Initial Shelf Registration Statement is filed at the request of the Initial Purchaser), subject to
extension pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section&nbsp;5 hereof (the &#147;<U>Effectiveness Period</U>&#148;), or such shorter period ending when (i)&nbsp;all Registrable Notes covered by the Initial Shelf Registration Statement have been
sold in the manner set forth and as contemplated in the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or cease to be outstanding or (ii)&nbsp;a Subsequent Shelf Registration </FONT></P>
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Statement covering all of the Registrable Notes covered by and not sold under the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or an earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement has been declared
effective under the Securities Act; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that (i)&nbsp;the Effectiveness Period in respect of the Initial Shelf Registration Statement shall be extended to the extent required to permit dealers to comply with the
applicable prospectus delivery requirements of Rule 174 under the Securities Act and as otherwise provided herein and (ii)&nbsp;the Company may suspend the effectiveness of the Initial Shelf Registration Statement by written notice to the Holders
solely as a result of the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Initial Shelf Registration Statement where such post-effective amendment is not yet effective and needs to be declared effective to permit holders to use the related Prospectus.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Subsequent Shelf Registration Statements</U>. If the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or any
Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effectiveness Period (other than because of the sale of all of the securities registered thereunder), the Issuers shall use their respective
reasonable best efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof, and in any event shall as soon as practicable after such cessation amend the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or such Subsequent Shelf
Registration Statement, as the case may be, in a manner to obtain the withdrawal of the order suspending the effectiveness thereof, or file an additional &#147;shelf&#148; Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 415 covering all of the Registrable
Notes covered by and not sold under the Initial Shelf Registration Statement or such earlier Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement (each, a &#147;<U>Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement</U>&#148;). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement
is filed, the Issuers shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as practicable after such filing and to keep such Subsequent
Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective for a period equal to the number of days in the Effectiveness Period less the aggregate number of days during which the Initial Shelf Registration Statement and any Subsequent Shelf Registration
Statement was previously continuously effective. As used herein, the term &#147;<U>Shelf Registration Statement</U>&#148; means the Initial Shelf Registration Statement and any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Supplements and Amendments</U>. The Issuers agree to supplement or make amendments to the Shelf Registration
Statement as and when required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder for shelf registration, or if
reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement or by any underwriter of such Registrable Notes; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Issuers shall
not be required to supplement or amend any Shelf Registration Statement upon the request of a Holder or any underwriter if such requested supplement or amendment would, in the good faith judgment of the Company (based on advice of counsel), violate
the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;4. <U>Liquidated
Damages</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) The Issuers and the Initial Purchaser agree that the Holders will suffer damages if the Issuers fail to
fulfill their obligations under Section&nbsp;2 or Section&nbsp;3 hereof and that it would not be feasible to ascertain the extent of such damages with precision. Accordingly, the Issuers agree that if: </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not filed with the
Commission on or prior to the 120th day following the Issue Date, or, if that day is not a Business Day, then the next day that is a Business Day, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is not declared effective on or prior to the 180th day following the Issue Date, or, if that day is not a Business Day, then the next day that is a Business
Day, </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) the Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the 240th day following the Issue Date, or, if
that day is not a Business Day, then the next day that is a Business Day, or </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iv) the Shelf Registration
Statement is required to be filed but is not filed or declared effective within the time periods set forth herein or is declared effective but thereafter ceases to be effective or usable prior to the expiration of the Effectiveness Period, except if
the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or usable as specifically permitted by the penultimate paragraph of Section&nbsp;5 hereof </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(each such event referred to in clauses (i)&nbsp;through (iv)&nbsp;a &#147;<U>Registration Default</U>&#148;), liquidated damages in the form of additional cash interest (&#147;<U>Liquidated
Damages</U>&#148;) will accrue on the affected Notes and the affected Exchange Notes, as applicable. The rate of Liquidated Damages will be 0.25%&nbsp;per annum for the first 90-day period (or portion thereof) immediately following the occurrence of
a Registration Default, increasing by an additional 0.25%&nbsp;per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period (or portion thereof) up to a maximum amount of additional interest of 1.00%&nbsp;per annum, from and including the date on which
any such Registration Default shall occur to, but excluding, the earlier of (1)&nbsp;the date on which all Registration Defaults have been cured or (2)&nbsp;the second anniversary of the Issue Date. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1)&nbsp;the amount of Liquidated Damages payable shall not increase because more than one Registration
Default has occurred and is pending, (2)&nbsp;a Holder of Notes or Exchange Notes who is not entitled to the benefits of the Shelf Registration Statement (<U>i.e</U>., such Holder has not elected to include information) shall not be entitled to
Liquidated Damages with respect to a Registration Default that pertains to the Shelf Registration Statement and (3)&nbsp;no Holder of Notes constituting an unsold allotment from the original sale of the Notes by the Company to the Initial Purchaser
shall be entitled to Liquidated Damages by reason of a Registration Default that pertains to an Exchange Offer. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, with respect to any Registration Default, (1)&nbsp;upon filing of the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement), in the case of clause (i)&nbsp;or (iv)&nbsp;above, (2)&nbsp;upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf
Registration Statement), in the case of clause (ii)&nbsp;or (iv)&nbsp;above, (3)&nbsp;upon completion of the Exchange Offer, in the case of clause (iii)&nbsp;above, or (4)&nbsp;upon the filing of a post-effective amendment to the Registration
Statement or an additional Registration Statement that causes the Exchange Offer Registration Statement (and/or, if applicable, the Shelf Registration Statement) to again be declared effective or made usable, the applicable Registration Default
shall be deemed to have been cured. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) The Company shall notify the Trustee within one Business Day after each and every
date on which an event occurs in respect of which Liquidated Damages are required to be paid (an &#147;<U>Event Date</U>&#148;). Any amounts of Liquidated Damages due pursuant to this Section&nbsp;4 will be payable in addition to any other interest
payable from time to time with respect to the Registrable Notes in cash </FONT></P>
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semi-annually on the interest payment dates specified in the Indenture (to the holders of record as specified in the Indenture), commencing with the first such interest payment date occurring
after any such Liquidated Damages commence to accrue. The amount of Liquidated Damages will be determined in a manner consistent with the calculation of interest under the Indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;5. <U>Registration Procedures</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In connection with the filing of any Registration Statement pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 or 3 hereof, the Issuers shall effect such registrations to permit the sale of the securities covered thereby in
accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof, and pursuant thereto and in connection with any Registration Statement filed by the Issuers hereunder, the Issuers shall: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Prepare and file with the Commission the Registration Statement or Registration Statements prescribed by
Section&nbsp;2 or 3 hereof, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause each such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective as provided herein; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that, if (1)&nbsp;such filing is pursuant to
Section&nbsp;3 hereof, or (2)&nbsp;a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell
Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period relating thereto, before filing any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto, the Company shall furnish to and afford the Holders of the Registrable Notes covered by
such Registration Statement or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, a reasonable opportunity to review copies of all such documents (including copies of any documents to be
incorporated by reference therein and all exhibits thereto) proposed to be filed (in each case at least five Business Days prior to such filing). The Issuers shall not file any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements
thereto if the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement, or any such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel, or the managing underwriters, if any,
shall reasonably object within five Business Days after receipt thereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Prepare and file with the
Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Initial Shelf Registration Statement or Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as the case may be, as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement continuously effective for
the Effectiveness Period or the Applicable Period, as the case may be; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any Prospectus supplement required by applicable law, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar
provisions then in force) promulgated under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such Registration Statement as so amended or in
such Prospectus as so supplemented and with respect to the subsequent resale of any securities being sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer covered by any such Prospectus, in each case, in accordance with the intended methods of distribution set
forth in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, as so amended. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) If (1)&nbsp;a Shelf Registration
Statement is filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;3 hereof, or (2)&nbsp;a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating
Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period relating thereto from whom the Issuers have received written notice that it will be a Participating Broker-Dealer in the Exchange
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Offer, notify the selling Holders of Registrable Notes, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, their counsel and the managing underwriters, if any, as promptly as possible,
and, if requested by any such Person, confirm such notice in writing, (i)&nbsp;when a Prospectus or any Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and, with respect to a Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment,
when the same has become effective under the Securities Act (including in such notice a written statement that any Holder may, upon request in writing, obtain, at the sole expense of the Company, one conformed copy of such Registration Statement or
post-effective amendment including financial statements and schedules, documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference and exhibits), (ii)&nbsp;of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a
Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of any preliminary prospectus or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, (iii)&nbsp;if at any time when a Prospectus is required by the Securities Act to be
delivered in connection with sales of the Registrable Notes or resales of Exchange Notes by Participating Broker-Dealers the representations and warranties of the Issuers contained in any agreement (including any underwriting agreement) contemplated
by Section&nbsp;5(m) hereof cease to be true and correct in all material respects, (iv)&nbsp;of the receipt by any of the Issuers of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification or exemption from qualification of a
Registration Statement or any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes for offer or sale in any jurisdiction, or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose, (v)&nbsp;of the happening of any event, the existence of any
condition or any information becoming known to any Issuer that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference untrue in any material
respect or that requires the making of any changes in or amendments or supplements to such Registration Statement, Prospectus or documents so that, in the case of the Registration Statement, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and that in the case of the Prospectus, it will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state
any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (vi)&nbsp;of the Company&#146;s determination that a post-effective
amendment to a Registration Statement would be appropriate. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) If (1)&nbsp;a Shelf Registration Statement is
filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;3 hereof, or (2)&nbsp;a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer
who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, use their reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or of any order preventing or suspending the use of a
Prospectus or suspending the qualification (or exemption from qualification) of any of the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, for sale in any jurisdiction, and, if any such order is issued, to use their reasonable best
efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any such order at the earliest practicable moment. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) If (1)&nbsp;a Shelf
Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;3 or (2)&nbsp;a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any
Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period and if requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes covered
by such Registration Statement or any Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, (i)&nbsp;as promptly as practicable incorporate in such Registration Statement or Prospectus a </FONT></P>
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prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information as the managing underwriter or underwriters (if any), such Holders or any Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be (based
upon advice of counsel), reasonably request as necessary to be included therein and (ii)&nbsp;make all required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as practicable after the Company has received notification
of the matters to be incorporated in such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Issuers shall not be required to take any action hereunder that would, in the good faith judgment of the Company
(based on advice of counsel), violate applicable laws. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) If (1)&nbsp;a Shelf Registration Statement is filed
pursuant to Section&nbsp;3 hereof or (2)&nbsp;a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who
seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, furnish to each selling Holder of Registrable Notes and a single counsel to such Holders, or each such Participating Broker-Dealer and their counsel, as the case may be, who so requests and
each managing underwriter, if any, and a single counsel for such underwriters, at the sole expense of the Company, one conformed copy of the Registration Statement or Registration Statements and each post-effective amendment thereto, including
financial statements and schedules, and, if requested, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and any exhibits. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) If (1)&nbsp;a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;3 hereof, or (2)&nbsp;a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;2
hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, deliver to each selling Holder of Registrable Notes and a single counsel to such Holders,
or each such Participating Broker-Dealer and their counsel, as the case may be, and the underwriters, if any, and a single counsel for such underwriters, at the sole expense of the Company, as many copies of the Prospectus or Prospectuses (including
each form of preliminary prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto and any documents incorporated by reference therein as such Persons may reasonably request; and, subject to the last paragraph of this Section&nbsp;5, the Issuers hereby
consent to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto (<U>provided</U> the manner of such use complies with any limitations resulting from any applicable laws, including state securities or &#147;Blue Sky&#148; laws, and
subject to the provisions of this Agreement) by each of the selling Holders of Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, and the underwriters or agents, if any, and dealers (if any), in connection with the
offering and sale of the Registrable Notes or the sale by Participating Broker-Dealers of the Exchange Notes covered by or pursuant to such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) Prior to any public offering of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes or any delivery of a Prospectus contained in the
Exchange Offer Registration Statement by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, use their reasonable best efforts to register or qualify, and to cooperate with the selling Holders of
Registrable Notes or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration
or qualification) of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any selling Holder, Participating Broker-Dealer, or the
managing underwriter or underwriters reasonably request in writing; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that where Exchange Notes held by Participating Broker-Dealers or Registrable Notes are offered other than
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through an underwritten offering, the Company agrees to cause the Company&#146;s counsel to perform Blue Sky investigations and file registrations and qualifications required to be filed pursuant
to this Section&nbsp;5(h), keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or
advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Exchange Notes or Registrable Notes covered by the applicable Registration Statement; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that no Issuer shall be required to (A)&nbsp;qualify generally
to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified, (B)&nbsp;take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or (C)&nbsp;subject itself to taxation in
excess of a nominal dollar amount in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) If a Shelf
Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;3 hereof, cooperate with the selling Holders of Registrable Notes and the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates
representing Registrable Notes to be sold, which certificates shall not bear any restrictive legends and shall be in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company; and enable such Registrable Notes to be in such denominations and
registered in such names as the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or selling Holders may reasonably request at least two Business Days prior to any sale of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j) Use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes covered by any Registration
Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental agencies or authorities as may be reasonably necessary to enable the seller or sellers thereof or the underwriter or underwriters, if any, to consummate the disposition of such
Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, except as may be required solely as a consequence of the nature of such selling Holder&#146;s business, in which case the Company will cooperate in all reasonable respects with the filing of such Registration
Statement and the granting of such approvals. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) If (1)&nbsp;a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant
to Section&nbsp;3 hereof, or (2)&nbsp;a Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to
sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section&nbsp;5(c)(v) or 5(c)(vi) hereof, as promptly as practicable prepare and (subject to Section&nbsp;5(a) and the penultimate paragraph of this
Section&nbsp;5) file with the Commission, at the sole expense of the Company, a supplement or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated
therein by reference, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Notes being sold thereunder or to the purchasers of the Exchange Notes to whom such Prospectus will be delivered by a
Participating Broker-Dealer, any such Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(l) Prior to the effective date of the first Registration
Statement relating to the Registrable Notes, (i)&nbsp;provide the Trustee with certificates for the Registrable Notes in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and (ii)&nbsp;provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Notes.
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pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, enter into an underwriting agreement as is customary in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes in form reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers and take all such other actions as are
reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of such Registrable Notes and, in such connection, (i)&nbsp;make such representations and warranties to,
and covenants with, the underwriters with respect to the business of the Issuers and their subsidiaries (including any acquired business, properties or entity, if applicable) and the Registration Statement, Prospectus and documents, if any,
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, in each case, as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes, and confirm the same in writing if and when requested
in form reasonably satisfactory to the Issuers; (ii)&nbsp;upon the request of any underwriter, use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the written opinions of counsel to the Company and written updates thereof in form, scope and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the managing underwriter or underwriters, addressed to the underwriters covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the
managing underwriter or underwriters; (iii)&nbsp;upon the request of any underwriter, use their reasonable best efforts to obtain &#147;cold comfort&#148; letters and updates thereof in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
managing underwriter or underwriters from the independent certified public accountants of the Company (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Company or of any business acquired by the Company
for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement), addressed to each of the underwriters, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of
the type customarily covered in &#147;cold comfort&#148; letters in connection with underwritten offerings of debt securities similar to the Notes, and such other matters as reasonably requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters as
permitted by the Statement on Auditing Standards No.&nbsp;72; and (iv)&nbsp;if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section&nbsp;7
hereof (or such other provisions and procedures acceptable to Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of Registrable Notes covered by such Registration Statement and the managing underwriter or underwriters or agents, if any) with
respect to all parties to be indemnified pursuant to said Section. The above shall be done at each closing under such underwriting agreement, or as and to the extent required thereunder. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(n) If (1)&nbsp;a Shelf Registration Statement is filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;3 hereof or (2)&nbsp;a Prospectus
contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section&nbsp;2 hereof is required to be delivered under the Securities Act by any Participating Broker-Dealer who seeks to sell Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period,
make available for inspection by any selling Holder of such Registrable Notes being sold or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, any underwriter participating in any such disposition of Registrable Notes, if any, and any
attorney, accountant or other agent retained by any such selling Holder or each such Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, or underwriter (collectively, the &#147;<U>Inspectors</U>&#148;), at the offices where normally kept, during
reasonable business hours, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and instruments of the Company and its subsidiaries (collectively, the &#147;<U>Records</U>&#148;) as shall be reasonably necessary to enable them to exercise
any applicable due diligence responsibilities, and cause the appropriate officers, directors and employees of the Company and its subsidiaries to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector in connection with such Registration
Statement and Prospectus. Each Inspector shall agree in writing that it will keep the Records confidential and not disclose any Records that the Company determines, </FONT></P>
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in good faith, to be confidential and that it notifies the Inspectors in writing are confidential unless (i)&nbsp;the disclosure of such Records is necessary to avoid or correct a misstatement or
omission in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, (ii)&nbsp;the release of such Records is ordered pursuant to a subpoena or other order from a court of competent jurisdiction, (iii)&nbsp;disclosure of such information is necessary or advisable
in connection with any action, claim, suit or proceeding, directly or indirectly, involving or potentially involving such Inspector and arising out of, based upon, relating to, or involving this Agreement or the Purchase Agreement, or any
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or arising hereunder or thereunder, or (iv)&nbsp;the information in such Records has been made generally available to the public other than through an act of such Inspector in violation of this
Section&nbsp;5(n); <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that, if practicable, prior notice shall be provided as soon as practicable to the Issuers of the potential disclosure of any information by such Inspector pursuant to clause (ii)&nbsp;of this
sentence to permit the Issuers to obtain a protective order or to take other appropriate action to prevent the disclosure of such information and that such Inspector shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality
of such information (if practicable) to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of the Holder or any Inspector. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(o) Provide an indenture trustee for the Registrable Notes or the Exchange Notes, as the case may be, and cause the
Indenture or the trust indenture provided for in Section&nbsp;2(b) hereof to be qualified under the TIA not later than the effective date of the Exchange Offer or the first Registration Statement relating to the Registrable Notes; and in connection
therewith, cooperate with the trustee under any such indenture and the Holders of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as applicable, to effect such changes to such indenture as may be required for such indenture to be so qualified in accordance
with the terms of the TIA; and execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes, and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the Commission to
enable such indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(p) Comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the Commission and make generally available to the Company&#146;s securityholders earnings statements satisfying the provisions of Section&nbsp;11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under
the Securities Act) (i)&nbsp;commencing at the end of any fiscal quarter in which Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes are sold to underwriters in a firm commitment or best efforts underwritten offering and (ii)&nbsp;if not sold to underwriters in
such an offering, commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company after the effective date of a Registration Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(q) Upon the request of a Holder, upon consummation of the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange, use their reasonable best efforts to obtain an opinion of counsel to the Issuers, in a form customary for
underwritten transactions, addressed to the Trustee for the benefit of all Holders of Registrable Notes participating in the Exchange Offer or the Private Exchange, as the case may be, that the Exchange Notes or Private Exchange Notes, as the case
may be, and the related indenture constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuers, enforceable against the Issuers in accordance with its respective terms, subject to customary exceptions and qualifications. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(r) If the Exchange Offer or a Private Exchange is to be consummated, upon delivery of the Registrable Notes by Holders to
the Company (or to such other Person as directed by the Company) in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case </FONT></P>
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may be, mark, or cause to be marked, on such Registrable Notes that such Registrable Notes are being cancelled in exchange for the Exchange Notes or the Private Exchange Notes, as the case may
be; in no event shall such Registrable Notes be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(s) Cooperate with each
seller of Registrable Notes covered by any Registration Statement and each underwriter, if any, participating in the disposition of such Registrable Notes and their respective counsel in connection with any filings required to be made with the
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (&#147;<U>FINRA</U>&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(t) Use their reasonable best
efforts to take all other steps necessary or advisable to effect the registration of the Exchange Notes and/or Registrable Notes covered by a Registration Statement contemplated hereby. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(u) The Company represents, warrants and covenants that it (including its agents and representatives) will not prepare,
make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any Free Writing Prospectus in connection with the Exchange Offer or any Shelf Registration Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company may require each seller of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes as to which any registration is being effected to furnish to the Issuers such information regarding such seller and the
distribution of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes as the Company may, from time to time, reasonably request. The Issuers may exclude from such registration the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes of any seller so long as such seller fails to
furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request. Each seller as to which any Shelf Registration Statement is being effected agrees to furnish promptly to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to
make any information previously furnished to the Company by such seller not materially misleading. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any such Registration
Statement refers to any Holder by name or otherwise as the holder of any securities of the Company, then such Holder shall have the right to require (i)&nbsp;the insertion therein of language, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such
Holder, to the effect that the holding by such Holder of such securities is not to be construed as a recommendation by such Holder of the investment quality of the securities covered thereby and that such holding does not imply that such Holder will
assist in meeting any future financial requirements of the Company, or (ii)&nbsp;in the event that such reference to such Holder by name or otherwise is not required by the Securities Act or any similar federal statute then in force, the deletion of
the reference to such Holder in any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement filed or prepared subsequent to the time that such reference ceases to be required. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Each Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating Broker-Dealer agrees by acquisition of such Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes that, upon actual receipt of any notice from the Company (x)&nbsp;of
the happening of any event of the kind described in Section&nbsp;5(c)(ii), 5(c)(iv), 5(c)(v), or 5(c)(vi) hereof, or (y)&nbsp;that the Board of Directors of the Company (the &#147;<U>Board of Directors</U>&#148;) has resolved that the Company has a
<I>bona fide</I> business purpose for doing so, then the Company may delay the filing or the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement (if not then filed or effective, as applicable) and shall not
be required to maintain the effectiveness thereof or amend or supplement the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement, in all cases, for a period (a &#147;<U>Delay Period</U>&#148;) expiring upon the earlier to occur
of (i)&nbsp;in the case of the immediately preceding clause&nbsp;(x), such Holder&#146;s or Participating Broker-Dealer&#146;s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus contemplated by Section&nbsp;5(k) hereof or until it is
advised in writing (the &#147;<U>Advice</U>&#148;) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and has received </FONT></P>
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copies of any amendments or supplements thereto or (ii)&nbsp;in the case of the immediately preceding clause&nbsp;(y), the date which is the earlier of (A)&nbsp;the date on which such business
purpose ceases to interfere with the Company&#146;s obligations to file or maintain the effectiveness of any such Registration Statement pursuant to this Agreement or (B)&nbsp;60 days after the Company notifies the Holders of such good faith
determination. There shall not be more than 60&nbsp;days of Delay Periods during any 12-month period. Each of the Effectiveness Period and the Applicable Period, if applicable, shall be extended by the number of days during any Delay Period. Any
Delay Period will not alter the obligations of the Company to pay Liquidated Damages under the circumstances set forth in Section&nbsp;4 hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">In the event of any Delay Period pursuant to clause (y)&nbsp;of the preceding paragraph, notice shall be given as soon as practicable after the Board of Directors makes such a determination of the need
for a Delay Period and shall state, to the extent practicable, an estimate of the duration of such Delay Period and shall advise the recipient thereof of the agreement of such Holder provided in the next succeeding sentence. Each Holder, by his
acceptance of any Registrable Note, agrees that during any Delay Period, each Holder will discontinue disposition of such Notes or Exchange Notes covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus or Exchange Notes to be sold by such Holder or
Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;6. <U>Registration Expenses</U> </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Issuers shall be borne by the Issuers,
whether or not the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement is filed or becomes effective or the Exchange Offer is consummated, including, without limitation, (i)&nbsp;all registration and filing fees (including,
without limitation, (A)&nbsp;fees with respect to filings required to be made with FINRA in connection with an underwritten offering and (B)&nbsp;fees and expenses of compliance with state securities or Blue Sky laws (including, without limitation,
reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel in connection with Blue Sky qualifications of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes and determination of the eligibility of the Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes for investment under the laws of
such jurisdictions (x)&nbsp;where the holders of Registrable Notes are located, in the case of an Exchange Offer, or (y)&nbsp;as provided in Section&nbsp;5(h) hereof, in the case of Exchange Notes to be sold by a Participating Broker-Dealer during
the Applicable Period)), (ii)&nbsp;printing expenses, including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company and of printing
prospectuses if the printing of prospectuses is requested by the managing underwriter or underwriters, if any, or by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Notes included in any Registration Statement or in
respect of Exchange Notes to be sold by any Participating Broker-Dealer during the Applicable Period, as the case may be, (iii)&nbsp;messenger, telephone and delivery expenses, (iv)&nbsp;fees and disbursements of counsel for the Issuers and
reasonable fees and disbursements of one special counsel for all of the sellers of Registrable Notes (exclusive of any counsel retained pursuant to Section&nbsp;7 hereof), (v)&nbsp;fees and disbursements of all independent certified public
accountants referred to in Section&nbsp;5(m)(iii) hereof (including, without limitation, the expenses of any special audit and &#147;cold comfort&#148; letters required by or incident to such performance), (vi)&nbsp;Securities Act liability
insurance, if the Issuers desire such insurance, (vii)&nbsp;fees and expenses of all other Persons retained by any of the Issuers, (viii)&nbsp;internal expenses of the Issuers (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of officers and
employees of any of the Issuers performing legal or accounting duties), (ix)&nbsp;the expense of any audit, (x)&nbsp;the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the securities to be registered on any securities exchange, and the
obtaining of a rating of the securities, in each case, if applicable, and (xi)&nbsp;the expenses relating to printing, word processing and distributing all Registration Statements, underwriting agreements, indentures and any other documents
necessary in order to comply with this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary, each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions of any underwriters with respect to any Registrable Notes sold by or on
behalf of it. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) Each Issuer, jointly and severally, agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Registrable Notes and each Participating
Broker-Dealer selling Exchange Notes during the Applicable Period, each Person, if any, who controls any such Person within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20(a) of the Exchange Act, the agents, employees,
officers and directors of each Holder and each such Participating Broker-Dealer and the agents, employees, officers and directors of any such controlling Person (each, a &#147;<U>Participant</U>&#148;) from and against any and all losses,
liabilities, claims, damages and expenses whatsoever (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys&#146; fees and any and all reasonable expenses whatsoever incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any litigation, commenced
or threatened, or any claim whatsoever, and any and all reasonable amounts paid in settlement of any claim or litigation) (collectively, &#147;<U>Losses</U>&#148;) to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the
Exchange Act or otherwise insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or
Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), any preliminary prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus used in violation of this Agreement or any issuer information filed or
required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or caused by, arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements
therein, in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; <U>provided</U> that the foregoing indemnity shall not be available to any Participant insofar as such Losses are caused by any
untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to such Participant furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use
therein. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) Each Participant agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless each Issuer, each Person, if
any, who controls any Issuer within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20(a) of the Exchange Act, and each of their respective agents, employees, officers and directors and the agents, employees, officers and
directors of any such controlling Person from and against any Losses to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or otherwise insofar as such Losses (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are
based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or Prospectus (as amended or supplemented if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or
supplements thereto) or any preliminary prospectus, or caused by, arising out of or based upon any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the case
of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that any such Loss arises out of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement
or omission or alleged omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to such Participant furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of such Participant expressly for use therein. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection 7(a) or 7(b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, suit
or proceeding (collectively, an &#147;<U>action</U>&#148;), such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under </FONT></P>
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such subsection, notify each party against whom indemnification is to be sought in writing of the commencement of such action (but the failure so to notify an indemnifying party shall not relieve
such indemnifying party from any liability that it may have under this Section&nbsp;7 except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure or from any liability which it otherwise may have). In case any such
action is brought against any indemnified party, and it notifies an indemnifying party of the commencement of such action, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in such action, and to the extent it may elect by written notice
delivered to the indemnified party promptly after receiving the aforesaid notice from such indemnified party, to assume the defense of such action with counsel reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
indemnified party or parties shall have the right to employ its or their own counsel in any such action, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such indemnified party or parties unless (i)&nbsp;the employment of such
counsel shall have been authorized in writing by the indemnifying parties in connection with the defense of such action, (ii)&nbsp;the indemnifying parties shall not have employed counsel to take charge of the defense of such action within a
reasonable time after notice of commencement of the action, or (iii)&nbsp;the indemnified party or parties shall have reasonably concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them that are different from or additional to those available to
one or all of the indemnifying parties (in which case the indemnifying parties shall not have the right to direct the defense of such action on behalf of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events such reasonable fees and expenses of
counsel shall be borne by the indemnifying parties; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the indemnifying party will not be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel (together with appropriate local counsel) designated by the
indemnified party or parties at any time for all indemnified parties in connection with any one action or separate but similar or related actions arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances. An indemnifying party shall not be liable
for any settlement of any claim or action effected without its written consent, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld. No indemnifying party shall, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, effect any settlement of any
pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (x)&nbsp;includes an unconditional release of
such indemnified party from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y)&nbsp;does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) In order to provide for contribution in circumstances in which the indemnification provided for in this Section&nbsp;7 is
for any reason held to be unavailable from the indemnifying party, or is insufficient to hold harmless a party indemnified under this Section&nbsp;7, each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as
a result of such aggregate Losses (i)&nbsp;in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by each indemnifying party, on the one hand, and each indemnified party, on the other hand, from the sale of the Notes to the
Initial Purchaser or the resale of the Registrable Notes by such Holder, as applicable, or (ii)&nbsp;if such allocation is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to
above but also the relative fault of each indemnified party, on the one hand, and each indemnifying party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses, as well as any other relevant equitable
considerations. The relative benefits received by the Issuers, on the one hand, and each Participant, on the other hand, shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (x)&nbsp;the total proceeds from the sale of the Notes to the Initial Purchaser
(net of discounts and commissions but before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers are to (y)&nbsp;the total net profit received by such Participant in connection with the sale of the Registrable Notes. The relative fault of the parties shall
be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers or such Participant and
the parties&#146; relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission or alleged statement or omission. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to
this Section&nbsp;7 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section&nbsp;7, (i)&nbsp;in no
case shall any Participant be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net profit received by such Participant in connection with the sale of the Registrable Notes exceeds the amount of any damages that such Participant
has otherwise been required to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission and (ii)&nbsp;no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section&nbsp;11(f) of the Securities Act)
shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section&nbsp;7, each Person, if any, who controls any Participant within the meaning of Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities
Act or Section&nbsp;20(a) of the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Participant shall have the same rights to contribution as such Participant, and each Person, if any, who controls any Issuer within the meaning of
Section&nbsp;15 of the Securities Act or Section&nbsp;20(a) of the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Issuer or Person who controls such Issuer shall have the same rights to contribution as such Issuer. Any party
entitled to contribution will, promptly after receipt of notice of commencement of any action against such party in respect of which a claim for contribution may be made against another party or parties under this Section&nbsp;7, notify such party
or parties from whom contribution may be sought, but the omission to so notify such party or parties shall not relieve the party or parties from whom contribution may be sought from any obligation it or they may have under this Section&nbsp;7 or
otherwise, except to the extent that it has been prejudiced in any material respect by such failure; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that no additional notice shall be required with respect to any action for which notice has been given under this
Section&nbsp;7 for purposes of indemnification. Anything in this section to the contrary notwithstanding, no party shall be liable for contribution with respect to any action or claim settled without its written consent; <U>provided</U>,
<U>however</U>, that such written consent was not unreasonably withheld. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;8. <U>Rules 144 and 144A</U>
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The Company covenants that it will file the reports required to be filed by it under the Securities Act and the Exchange Act
and the rules and regulations adopted by the Commission thereunder in a timely manner in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and, if at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon
the request of any Holder or beneficial owner of Registrable Notes, make available such information necessary to permit sales pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, in each case for so long as any Registrable Notes remain outstanding. The
Issuers further covenant for so long as any Registrable Notes remain outstanding that they will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Notes may reasonably request from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Notes
without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by (a)&nbsp;Rule 144 and Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as such Rules may be amended from time to time, or (b)&nbsp;any similar rule or regulation
hereafter adopted by the Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;9. <U>Underwritten Registrations</U> </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">If any of the Registrable Notes covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the investment
banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that will manage the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of such Registrable Notes included in such offering and shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Company. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No Holder of Registrable Notes may participate in any underwritten registration hereunder if
such Holder does not (a)&nbsp;agree to sell such Holder&#146;s Registrable Notes on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements and (b)&nbsp;complete and execute all
questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;10. <U>Miscellaneous</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(a) <U>No Inconsistent Agreements</U>. The
Issuers have not entered, as of the date hereof, and shall not enter, after the date of this Agreement, into any agreement with respect to any of their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Notes in
this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. The rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not conflict with and are not inconsistent with, in any material respect, the rights granted to the holders of any of the Issuers&#146;
other issued and outstanding securities under any such agreements. The Issuers have not entered and will not enter into any agreement with respect to any of their securities which will grant to any Person piggy-back registration rights with respect
to any Registration Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(b) <U>Adjustments Affecting Registrable Notes</U>. The Issuers shall not, directly or
indirectly, take any action with respect to the Registrable Notes as a class that would adversely affect the ability of the Holders of Registrable Notes to include such Registrable Notes in a registration undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(c) <U>Amendments and Waivers</U>. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers
or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given except pursuant to a written agreement duly signed and delivered by (I)&nbsp;the Issuers and (II) (A)&nbsp;the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of
the then outstanding Registrable Notes and (B)&nbsp;in circumstances that would adversely affect the Participating Broker-Dealers, the Participating Broker-Dealers holding not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Exchange Notes
held by all Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that Section&nbsp;7 and this Section&nbsp;10(c) may not be amended, modified or supplemented except pursuant to a written agreement duly signed and delivered by each Holder and each
Participating Broker-Dealer (including any Person who was a Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer of Registrable Notes or Exchange Notes, as the case may be, disposed of pursuant to any Registration Statement) adversely affected by any such
amendment, modification, supplement or waiver. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders of Registrable Notes whose securities
are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect, impair, limit or compromise the rights of other Holders of Registrable Notes may be given by Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal
amount of the Registrable Notes being sold pursuant to such Registration Statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(d) <U>Notices</U>. All notices and other
communications (including, without limitation, any notices or other communications to the Trustee) provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, next-day air courier or telecopier:
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) if to a Holder of the Registrable Notes or any Participating
Broker-Dealer, at the most current address of such Holder or Participating Broker-Dealer, as the case may be, set forth on the records of the registrar under the Indenture. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(ii) if to the Issuers, at the address as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes Corporation </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17851 N. 85th Street </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Suite 300 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Scottsdale, AZ 85255 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Telephone: (480)&nbsp;515-8100 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fax: (480)&nbsp;998-9162
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Larry W. Seay </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With a copy to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Snell&nbsp;&amp; Wilmer L.L.P. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">One Arizona Center </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">400 E. Van Buren Street </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Phoenix, AZ 85004-2223 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Telephone: (602)&nbsp;382-6000
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fax: (602)&nbsp;382-6070 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Jeffrey Beck, Esq. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(iii) if to the Initial Purchaser, at the address as follows: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Citigroup Global Markets Inc. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">388 Greenwich Street </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New York, NY 10010 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fax: (212)&nbsp;816-7912 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: General Counsel </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">With a copy to: </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Cahill Gordon&nbsp;&amp; Reindel <SMALL>LLP</SMALL> </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">80 Pine Street </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">New York, NY 10005 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Telephone: (212)&nbsp;701-3000 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fax: (212)&nbsp;269-5420 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Attention: Daniel J. Zubkoff, Esq. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">All such notices and communications shall be
deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged by the recipient&#146;s telecopier machine, if
telecopied; and on the next Business Day, if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Copies of
all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee at the address and in the manner specified in such Indenture. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(e) <U>Guarantors</U>. So long as any Registrable Notes remain outstanding, the Issuers
shall cause each Person that becomes a guarantor of the Notes under the Indenture to execute and deliver a counterpart to this Agreement which subjects such Person to the provisions of this Agreement as a Guarantor. Each of the Guarantors agrees to
join the Company in all of its undertakings hereunder to effect the Exchange Offer for the Exchange Notes and the filing of any Shelf Registration Statement required hereunder. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(f) <U>Successors and Assigns</U>. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of each of
the parties hereto, the Holders and the Participating Broker-Dealers; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not inure to the benefit of or be binding upon a successor or assign of a Holder unless and to the extent such successor or assign
holds Registrable Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(g) <U>Counterparts</U>. This Agreement may be executed by facsimile or PDF and in any number of
counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(h) <U>Headings</U>. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the
meaning hereof. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(i) <U>Governing Law</U>. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE RELATING TO OR ARISING OUT OF
THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AS APPLIED TO CONTRACTS MADE AND PERFORMED WHOLLY WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(j) <U>Severability</U>. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction
to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto
shall use their reasonable best efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(k) <U>Securities Held by the Company or Its Affiliates</U>. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of
Registrable Notes is required hereunder, Registrable Notes held by the Company or any of its affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by
the Holders of such required percentage. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(l) <U>Third-Party Beneficiaries</U>. Holders and beneficial owners of Registrable
Notes and Participating Broker-Dealers are intended third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and this Agreement may be enforced by such Persons. No other Person is intended to be, or shall be construed as, a third-party beneficiary of this
Agreement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(m) <U>Attorneys&#146; Fees</U>. As between the parties to this Agreement, in any action or proceeding brought to
enforce any provision of this Agreement, or where any provision hereof is validly asserted as a defense, the successful party shall be entitled to recover reasonable attorneys&#146; fees actually incurred in addition to its costs and expenses and
any other available remedy. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(n) <U>Entire Agreement</U>. This Agreement, together with the Purchase Agreement and the
Indenture, is intended by the parties as a final and exclusive statement of the agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter contained herein and therein and any and all prior oral or written agreements,
representations, or warranties, contracts, understandings, correspondence, conversations and memoranda between the Holders on the one hand and the Issuers on the other, or between or among any agents, representatives, parents, subsidiaries,
affiliates, predecessors in interest or successors in interest with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof are merged herein and replaced hereby. </FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:8%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written
above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE PASEO CROSSING, LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE PASEO CONSTRUCTION, LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes Construction, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sole Member</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="13" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOLDINGS, L.L.C.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES OF THE CAROLINAS, INC.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">CAREFREE TITLE AGENCY, INC.</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">M&amp;M FORT MYERS HOLDINGS, LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Paseo Crossing, LLC</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Its:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sole Member and Manager</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Its:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sole Member</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MERITAGE HOMES OF FLORIDA REALTY LLC</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Florida, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Its:</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Sole Member and Manager</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">By:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Larry W. Seay</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Larry W. Seay</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">/s/ Justin Tichauer</FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Name:</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Justin Tichauer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Director</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>Guarantors </U></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">1.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Paseo Crossing, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Paseo Construction, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">3.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Arizona, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">4.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes Construction, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">5.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Texas Holding, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">6.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of California, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">7.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Texas Joint Venture Holding Company, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">8.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Holdings, L.L.C. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Nevada, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MTH-Cavalier, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">11.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">MTH Golf, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">12.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Colorado, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">13.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Florida, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">14.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">California Urban Homes, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">15.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Texas, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">16.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes Operating Company, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">17.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">WW Project Seller, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">18.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of the Carolinas, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">19.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Carefree Title Agency, Inc. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">20.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">M&amp;M Fort Myers Holdings, LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">21.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes of Florida Realty LLC </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B></B>Brent Anderson, VP Investor Relations</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(972) 580-6360 (office)</FONT></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Meritage Homes Announces Closing of $175 Million 4.50% Senior Notes Due 2018 </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#150; Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH), a leading U.S. homebuilder, today announced the closing
and settlement of a private placement of $175 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.50% Senior Notes due 2018. The notes were offered only to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;) and outside the United States to persons other than U.S. persons in reliance upon Regulation S under the Securities Act. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As announced on February 27, 2013, Meritage intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repurchase or redeem all $99,825,000 aggregate principal amount of its 7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due
2017 with the remaining proceeds to be used for general corporate purposes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation
of an offer to buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation, or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful. The securities have not been registered under the Securities Act or any
state securities laws, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state laws. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>About Meritage Homes Corporation</B> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes is the ninth-largest public homebuilder in the United States based on homes closed in 2011. Meritage builds a variety of homes across the Southern and Western states to appeal to a wide
range of buyers, including first-time, move-up, luxury and active adults. As of December 31, 2012, the company had 158 actively selling communities in 15 metropolitan areas, including Northern California, East Bay/Central Valley and Southern
California, Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Phoenix/Scottsdale, Tucson, Las Vegas, Denver, Orlando, Tampa and Raleigh-Durham. In 2012, Meritage also announced its entry into the Charlotte market. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage is an industry leader in innovation and energy efficiency. Meritage was the first national homebuilder to
be 100 percent ENERGY STAR<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> qualified in every home it builds, and far exceeds ENERGY STAR standards in most of
its communities. Meritage has designed and built more than 75,000 homes in its 27-year history, and has a reputation for its distinctive style, quality construction, and positive customer experience. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For more information, visit <U>meritagehomes.com.</U> </FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><U>http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=2624</U> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements include those regarding Meritage&#146;s intention to
repurchase $99.8 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017, all of which are subject to significant risks and uncertainties. The company makes no commitment, and disclaims any duty, to update or revise any
forward-looking statements to reflect future events or changes in these expectations. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage&#146;s business is subject to
a number of risks and uncertainties. As a result of those risks and uncertainties, the company&#146;s stock and note prices may fluctuate dramatically. The risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to the following: weakness in the
homebuilding market resulting from an unexpected setback in the current economic recovery; the availability of finished lots and undeveloped land; interest rates and changes in the availability and pricing of residential mortgages; the availability
and cost of materials and labor; adverse changes in tax laws that benefit our homebuyers; the ability of our potential buyers to sell their existing homes; cancellation rates and home prices in our markets; inflation in the cost of materials used to
construct homes; the adverse effect of slower order absorption rates; potential write-downs or write-offs of assets, including pre-acquisition costs and deposits; our potential exposure to natural disasters; competition; the adverse impacts of
cancellations resulting from small deposits relating to our sales contracts; construction defect and home warranty claims; our success in prevailing on contested tax positions; our ability to preserve our deferred tax assets and use them within the
statutory time limits; our ability to obtain performance bonds in connection with our development work; the liquidity of our joint ventures and the ability of our joint venture partners to meet their obligations to us and the joint venture; the loss
of key personnel; our failure to comply with laws and regulations; our lack of geographic diversification; fluctuations in quarterly operating results; the company&#146;s financial leverage and level of indebtedness; our ability to take certain
actions because of restrictions contained in the indentures for the company&#146;s senior and senior subordinated notes and our ability to raise additional capital when and if needed; our credit ratings; successful integration of future
acquisitions; government regulations and legislative or other initiatives that seek to restrain growth or new housing construction or similar measures; acts of war; the replication of our &#147;Green&#148; technologies by our competitors; our
exposure to information technology failures and security breaches; and other factors identified in documents filed by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including those set forth in our Form 10-K for the year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2012 under the caption &#147;Risk Factors,&#148; which can be found on our website. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"># # # </FONT></P>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Meritage Homes Announces Expiration of Early Tender Period, Preliminary Results of </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Tender Offer for 2017 Notes and Notice of Redemption to Holders of 2017 Notes </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March&nbsp;13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#150; Meritage Homes Corporation (NYSE: MTH), a leading U.S. homebuilder, today announced the
expiration of the early tender period and preliminary results for the Company&#146;s cash tender offer to purchase any or all of its outstanding $99,825,000 aggregate principal amount 7.731% Senior Subordinated Notes due 2017 (&#147;2017
Notes&#148;) and its related consent solicitation (together, the &#147;Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation&#148;). The Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation was made pursuant to the Company&#146;s Offer to Purchase and Solicitation of Consents,
the related Consent and Letter of Transmittal and press release, each dated February&nbsp;27, 2013, (collectively, the &#147;Offer Documents&#148;), which set forth a more detailed description of the terms. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Based on information provided by the depositary for the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation, an aggregate principal amount of approximately $16,700,000
of 2017 Notes were validly tendered and not validly withdrawn in the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Holders of 2017 Notes who validly
tendered their 2017 Notes in the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation as of 12:00 midnight, New York City time on Tuesday, March&nbsp;12, 2013 (the &#147;Early Tender&nbsp;&amp; Consent Date&#148;) will receive $1,033.75 per $1,000 principal amount
of 2017 Notes accepted in the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">The tender offer for the 2017 notes will expire at 12:00 midnight, New
York City time, on March&nbsp;26, 2013 (the &#147;Expiration Date&#148;). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Holders of 2017 Notes who validly tender after the Early
Tender&nbsp;&amp; Consent Date and at or before the Expiration Date will receive $1,003.75 per $1,000 principal amount of 2017 Notes accepted in the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation, which excludes the early consent payment of $30.00 per $1,000
principal amount of 2017 Notes. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage intends to retire the remaining, untendered 2017 Notes through a call for redemption, and has
provided notice of such call to the holders of the 2017 Notes. </FONT></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Payments for the 2017 Notes purchased in the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation will include accrued and
unpaid interest from and including the last interest payment date to, but excluding, the settlement date. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">As previously disclosed in the
press releases issued on February&nbsp;27, 2013, the Tender Offer and Consent Solicitation is part of a series of related financing transactions that also included a private placement of $175 million aggregate principal amount of its 4.50% Senior
Notes due 2018, which was completed on March&nbsp;13, 2013. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">This announcement is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to
buy any of these securities and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation, or sale in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale is unlawful. The securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), or any state securities laws, and unless so registered, may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and applicable state
laws. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>About Meritage Homes Corporation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage Homes is the ninth-largest public homebuilder in the United States based on homes closed in 2011. Meritage builds a variety of homes across the Southern and Western states to appeal to a wide
range of buyers, including first-time, move-up, luxury and active adults. As of December&nbsp;31, 2012, the company had 158 actively selling communities in 15 metropolitan areas, including Northern California, East Bay/Central Valley and Southern
California, Houston, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Phoenix/Scottsdale, Tucson, Las Vegas, Denver, Orlando, Tampa and Raleigh-Durham. In 2012, Meritage also announced its entry into the Charlotte market. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Meritage is an industry leader in innovation and energy efficiency. Meritage was the first national homebuilder to
be 100 percent ENERGY STAR<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">&reg;</SUP></FONT> qualified in every home it builds, and far exceeds ENERGY STAR standards in most of
its communities. Meritage has designed and built more than 75,000 homes in its 27-year history, and has a reputation for its distinctive style, quality construction, and positive customer experience. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">For more information, visit <U>meritagehomes.com</U>. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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