WELL Welltower OP Inc

Exhibit 4.1

WELLTOWER OP LLC

as Issuer

WELLTOWER INC.

as REIT and Guarantor

AND

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

as Trustee

INDENTURE

Dated as of July 11, 2024

3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDENTURE dated as of July 11, 2024 among WELLTOWER OP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as issuer (the “Company,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01 hereof), WELLTOWER INC., a Delaware corporation, as the REIT and guarantor (the “REIT,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01 hereof), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (the “Trustee,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01 hereof).

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Company’s 3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029 (hereinafter called the “Notes”).

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS

Section 1.01. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01. The words “herein,” “hereof,” “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision. The terms defined in this Article include the plural as well as the singular.

“Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 6.03 and any liquidated damages payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, as applicable.

“Additional Shares” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.06(a).

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

“Applicable Law” shall have the meaning specified in Section 17.17.

“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any matter at any time, the policies and procedures of the Depositary, if any, that are applicable to such matter at such time.

“Authorized Officers” shall have the meaning specified in Section 17.03.

“Bid Solicitation Agent” means the Company or such other Person as may be appointed, from time to time, by the Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.01(b)(ii). Initially, the “Bid Solicitation Agent” means the Company.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors of the REIT, or other body with analogous authority with respect to the REIT, or any duly authorized committee of that board or body.

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“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the REIT or the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New York, New York are authorized or required by law or executive order to close or to be closed.

“Capital Stock” means, for any Person, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) the equity of such Person, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

“Cash Percentage” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).

“Cash Settlement Averaging Period” with respect to any Note surrendered for exchange means:

(1) subject to clause (2) below, if the relevant Exchange Date occurs prior to April 15, 2029, the 40 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the second Trading Day immediately succeeding such Exchange Date;

(2) if the relevant Exchange Date occurs on or after the date of issuance by the Company of a Redemption Notice and prior to the related Redemption Date, the 40 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on and including the 41st Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date; and

(3) subject to clause (2) above, if the relevant Exchange Date occurs on or after April 15, 2029, the 40 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on, and including, the 41st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date.

“Clause A Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

“Clause B Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

“Clause C Distribution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

“Close of Business” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).

“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Common Equity” of any Person means the Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person.

“Common Stock” means, subject to Section 14.07, the common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the REIT authorized at the date of this instrument as originally executed.

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“Common Stock Resale Restriction Termination Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(d).

“Company” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and subject to the provisions of Article 11, shall include its successors and assigns.

“Company Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Company by any one of its Chairman of the Board, its Chief Executive Officer, its President, its Vice Chairman, its Chief Financial Officer or a Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), its Treasurer, or its Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 311 South Wacker Drive, Suite 6200B, Floor 62, Mailbox #44, Chicago, IL 60606, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Welltower OP LLC 3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders, the Company and the REIT, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor trustee (or such other address as such successor trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders, the Company and the REIT).

“Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Notes (so long as the Notes constitute Global Notes), or any successor entity.

“Daily Exchange Value” means, for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period, 1/40th of the product of (a) the Exchange Rate on such Trading Day and (b) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day.

“Daily Net Settlement Amount” means, for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period:

(1) if the Company does not elect a Cash Percentage or the Company elects (or is deemed to have elected) a Cash Percentage of 0% as set forth herein, a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to (i) the difference between the Daily Exchange Value and $25, divided by (ii) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day;

(2) if the Company elects a Cash Percentage of 100% as set forth herein, cash in an amount equal to the difference between the Daily Exchange Value and $25; or

(3) if the Company elects a Cash Percentage of less than 100% but greater than 0% as set forth herein, (i) cash equal to the product of (x) the difference between the Daily Exchange Value and $25 and (y) the Cash Percentage, plus (ii) a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (x) (A) the difference between the Daily Exchange Value and $25, divided by (B) the Daily VWAP for such Trading Day and (y) 100% minus the Cash Percentage.

“Daily Settlement Amount,” for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period, shall consist of:

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(1) cash in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) $25 and (ii) the Daily Exchange Value on such Trading Day; and

(2) if the Daily Exchange Value on such Trading Day exceeds $25, the Daily Net Settlement Amount.

“Daily VWAP” means, for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “WELL <equity> AQR” (or its equivalent successor if such page is not available) in respect of the period from the scheduled open of trading until the scheduled close of trading of the primary trading session on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of the Common Stock on such Trading Day determined, using a volume-weighted average method, by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company). The “Daily VWAP” shall be determined without regard to after-hours trading or any other trading outside of the regular trading session trading hours.

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

“Defaulted Amounts” means any amounts on any Note (including, without limitation, the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, principal and interest) that are payable but are not punctually paid or duly provided for.

“Depositary” means, with respect to each Global Note, the Person specified in Section 2.05(c) as the Depositary with respect to such Notes, until a successor shall have been appointed and become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter, “Depositary” shall mean or include such successor.

“Designated Financial Institution” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.13(a).

“Effective Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.06(c).

“Electronic Means” shall mean the following communications methods: e-mail, secure electronic transmission containing applicable authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys issued by the Trustee, or another method or system specified by the Trustee as available for use in connection with its services hereunder.

“Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.01.

“Ex-Dividend Date” means the first date on which Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive the issuance, dividend or distribution in question.

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Exchange Agent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.

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“Exchange Consideration” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.13(a).

“Exchange Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(d).

“Exchange Election” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.13(a).

“Exchange Obligation” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(a).

“Exchange Price” means, in respect of each Note, as of any date, $1,000 divided by the Exchange Rate in effect on such date.

“Exchange Rate” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(a).

“Exempted Fundamental Change” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.10.

“Form of Assignment and Transfer” means the “Form of Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 3 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

“Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” means the “Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” attached as Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

“Form of Note” means the “Form of Note” attached hereto as Exhibit A.

“Form of Notice of Exchange” means the “Form of Notice of Exchange” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.

“Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the following occurs:

(1) any “person” or “group” (within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act), other than the REIT or its Subsidiaries, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect ultimate “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the REIT’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of the REIT’s Common Equity;

(2) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a change resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets; (B) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the REIT pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets; or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the REIT and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one or more of the REIT’s direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiaries; provided that a transaction described in clause (B) in which the holders of all classes of the REIT’s Common Equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of Common Equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions (relative to each other) as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction shall not be a Fundamental Change pursuant to this clause (2);

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(3) the shareholders of the REIT approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the REIT (other than in a transaction described in clause (2) above);

(4) the REIT (or any successor thereto permitted pursuant to the terms of this Indenture) ceases to be the Initial Member (as defined in the limited liability company agreement of the Company) or ceases to control the Company; provided, however, that the pro rata distribution by the REIT to its shareholders of shares of its Capital Stock or shares of any of the REIT’s other Subsidiaries will not, in and of itself, constitute a fundamental change for purposes of this definition; or

(5) the Common Stock (or other Common Equity underlying the Notes) ceases to be listed on any of The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors);

provided, however, that in the case of a transaction or event described in clause (1), (2) or (4) above, if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by holders of the Common Stock (excluding cash payments for fractional shares) in the transaction or transactions that would otherwise constitute a “Fundamental Change” consists of shares of common stock or common equity interests that are traded on The New York Stock Exchange, The NASDAQ Global Select Market or The NASDAQ Global Market (or any of their respective successors) or that will be so traded when issued or exchanged in connection with the transaction that would otherwise constitute a “Fundamental Change” under clause (1), (2) or (4) above (“Publicly Traded Securities”), and as a result of such transaction or transactions, the Notes become exchangeable into or by reference to such Publicly Traded Securities, excluding cash payments for fractional shares (subject to settlement in accordance with the provisions of Sections 14.02, 14.04 and 14.06), such event shall not be a “Fundamental Change.”

“Fundamental Change Company Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(b).

“Fundamental Change Expiration Time” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a)(i).

“Fundamental Change Purchase Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).

“Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a)(i).

“Fundamental Change Purchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 15.02(a).

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“Global Note” means a Note which is executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered to or on behalf of the Depositary or its nominee, all in accordance with this Indenture and pursuant to a Company Order, which shall be registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee and which shall represent the amount of uncertificated Notes as specified therein.

“Guarantee” means the guarantee by the REIT of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture in accordance with the provisions of Article 9.

“Holder,” as applied to any Note, or other similar terms (but excluding the term “beneficial holder”), means any Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Note Register.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.

“Initial Dividend Threshold” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(d).

“Initial Purchasers” means Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, as representatives of the initial purchasers named in the Purchase Agreement.

“Instructions” shall have the meaning specified in Section 17.03.

“Interest Payment Date” means, with respect to the payment of interest on the Notes, each January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2025.

“Issue Date” means, with respect to the Notes, July 11, 2024.

“Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock for any Trading Day means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and last ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average last bid and the average last ask prices) on that Trading Day as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded. If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange on the relevant Trading Day, the “Last Reported Sale Price” will be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. or a similar organization. If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the “Last Reported Sale Price” will be the average of the mid-point of the last bid and last ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant Trading Day from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose. Any such determination will be conclusive absent manifest error.

“Make-Whole Fundamental Change” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.06(a).

“Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.06(a).

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“Market Disruption Event” means, except for determining amounts due on exchange, if the Common Stock is listed for trading on The New York Stock Exchange or listed on another U.S. national or regional securities exchange, the occurrence or existence during the one-half-hour period ending on the scheduled close of trading on any Trading Day of any material suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock. For the purposes of determining amounts due upon exchange, “Market Disruption Event” means (i) a failure by the primary U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or (ii) the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on any scheduled trading day for the Common stock for more than one half-hour period in the aggregate during regular trading hours of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the relevant stock exchange or otherwise) in the Common Stock or in any options contracts or futures contracts relating to the Common Stock.

“Maturity Date” means, with respect to any Note and the payment of the principal amount thereof, July 15, 2029.

“Measurement Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.01(b)(ii).

“Merger Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).

“Merger Event Common Stock” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(d).

“Merger Event Valuation Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(e).

“Note” or “Notes” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals of this Indenture.

“Note Register” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).

“Note Registrar” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a).

“Notice of Exchange” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.02(d).

“Offering Memorandum” means the preliminary offering memorandum dated July 8, 2024, as supplemented by the related pricing term sheet dated July 8, 2024, relating to the offering and sale of the Notes.

“Officer” means any person holding any of the following positions with the REIT or the Company: the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, and the Secretary.

“Officer’s Certificate,” when used with respect to the Company or the REIT, means a certificate signed by any one Officer, and delivered to the Trustee.

“Open of Business” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).

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“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the REIT or the Company, or other counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee.

“Optional Redemption” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01.

“outstanding,” when used with reference to Notes, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:

(a) Notes theretofore cancelled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for cancellation;

(b) Notes, or portions thereof, that have become due and payable and in respect of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent);

(c) Notes that have been paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06 unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by protected purchasers in due course;

(d) Notes exchanged pursuant to Article 14 and required to be cancelled pursuant to Section 2.08; and

(e) Notes repurchased by the Company pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.10;

provided, however, that in determining whether the holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Notes have consented to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, amendment or modification hereunder, Notes held for the account of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its Affiliates shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making such a determination or relying upon any such consent, only Notes which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be so owned shall be so disregarded.

“Paying Agent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.

“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision thereof.

“Physical Notes” means permanent certificated Notes in registered form issued in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof.

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“Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of or in exchange for a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.

“Purchase Agreement” means that certain Purchase Agreement, dated July 8, 2024, among the Company, the REIT and the Initial Purchasers.

“Record Date” means, except to the extent otherwise provided under Section 4.04(c), with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of the Common Stock (or any other applicable security) have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which Common Stock (or any other applicable security) are exchanged for or converted into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of holders of the Common Stock entitled to receive such cash, securities or other property (whether such date is fixed by the Board of Directors, statute, contract or otherwise).

“Redemption Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).

“Redemption Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).

“Redemption Price” means, for any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 16.01, 100% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case interest accrued to the Interest Payment Date will be paid to Holders of record of such Notes on such Regular Record Date, and the Redemption Price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of such Notes and will not include accrued and unpaid interest on such Note to, but excluding, such redemption date).

“Reference Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of July 11, 2024, among the Company, the REIT and the Initial Purchasers, as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms.

“Regular Record Date” means, with respect to any Interest Payment Date, the January 1 (whether or not a Business Day) or the July 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding such Interest Payment Date.

“REIT” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and subject to the provisions of Article 11, shall include its successors and assigns.

“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer in the Corporate Trust Office, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

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“Restricted Securities” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).

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

“Sanctions” shall have the meaning specified in Section 17.18(a).

“Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the principal U.S. national or regional securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading. If the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Scheduled Trading Day” means a Business Day.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Settlement Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).

“Settlement Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.03(a).

“Significant Subsidiary” means, with respect to any person, a Subsidiary of such person that would constitute a “significant subsidiary” as such term is defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, as in effect on the original date of issuance of the Notes.

“Spin-Off” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

“Stock Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.06(c).

“Subsidiary” means, with respect to the Company or the REIT, a Person a majority of the outstanding voting stock of which is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or the REIT, or by one or more other Subsidiaries of the Company or the REIT. For the purposes of this definition, “voting stock” means having the voting power for the election of directors, general partners, trustees, managing members or Persons performing similar functions, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of securities has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

“Successor Entity” shall have the meaning specified in Section 11.01(a).

“Trading Day” means, except for determining amounts due upon exchange, a Scheduled Trading Day on which (i) trading in the Common Stock (or other security for which a closing sale price must be determined) generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then listed or, if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock (or such other security) is then traded and (ii) a there is no Market Disruption Event; provided that if the Common Stock (or such other security) is not so listed or traded, “Trading Day” means a Business Day; and provided further that, for purposes of determining amounts due upon exchange only, “Trading Day” means a day on which (x) there is no Market Disruption

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Event and (y) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the New York Stock Exchange or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on the New York Stock Exchange, on the principal other U.S. national or regional securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed or, if the Common Stock is not then listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then listed or admitted for trading, except that if the Common Stock is not so listed or admitted for trading, “Trading Day” means a Business Day.

“Trading Price” of the Notes on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $3,000,000 principal amount of Notes at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected for this purpose by the Company; provided, that if three such bids cannot reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent but two such bids are obtained, then the average of the two bids shall be used, and if only one such bid can reasonably be obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent, that one bid shall be used. If the Bid Solicitation Agent cannot reasonably obtain at least one bid for $3,000,000 principal amount of Notes from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of (i) the Last Reported Sale Price of Common Stock and (ii) the applicable Exchange Rate. If the Company is not acting as Bid Solicitation Agent, and the Company does not, when it is required to, instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to obtain bids, or if the Company gives such instruction to the Bid Solicitation Agent, and the Bid Solicitation Agent fails to make such determination, then, in either case, the trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of (i) the Last Reported Sale Price of Common Stock and (ii) the applicable Exchange Rate on each Trading Day of such failure.

“transfer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).

“Trigger Event” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of execution of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended.

“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.

“Unit of Reference Property” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(a).

“Valuation Percentage” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.07(e).

“Valuation Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 14.04(c).

Section 1.02. References to Interest. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note in this Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to Section 6.03 or the Registration Rights Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, any express mention of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.

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ARTICLE 2

ISSUE, DESCRIPTION, EXECUTION, REGISTRATION AND EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 2.01. Designation and Amount. The Notes shall be designated as the “3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029.” The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to $1,035,000,000, subject to Section 2.10 and except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of other Notes, or in exchange for other Notes, or in lieu of other Notes pursuant to Section 2.05, Section 2.06, Section 2.07, Section 10.04, Section 14.02 and Section 15.04.

Section 2.02. Form of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute, and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company, the REIT and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, and the Holders, by their acceptance of the Notes, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.

Any Global Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture as may be required by the Custodian or the Depositary, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends, changes or endorsements as the Officers executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.

Each Global Note shall represent such principal amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be increased or reduced to reflect redemptions, repurchases, cancellations, exchanges, transfers or exchanges for other Notes permitted hereby. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be made by the Trustee or

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the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in such manner and upon instructions given by the Holder of such Notes in accordance with this Indenture. Payment of principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, a Global Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.

Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts. (a) The Notes shall be issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from the date specified on the face of such Note. Accrued interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of actual days elapsed over a 30-day month.

(b) The Company will pay the principal of the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price for any Physical Note to the Holder of such Note in cash at the designated office of the Paying Agent at 240 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10286 in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York prior to 11:00 a.m. New York City time on the relevant payment date. The Company will pay any interest on any Physical Note to the Holder of such Note by check mailed to such Holder’s registered address or, if a Holder of more than $2,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes delivers to the Note Registrar a written request on or prior to a Regular Record Date that the Company make such payments by wire transfer to an account of such Holder within the United States, for each interest payment corresponding to each Regular Record Date occurring during the period beginning on the date on which such Holder delivered such request and ending on the date, if any, on which such Holder delivers to the Note Registrar a written instruction to the contrary, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account specified by such Holder.

The Company will pay the principal of, interest on, the Redemption Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price for any Global Note to the Depositary by wire transfer of immediately available funds on the relevant payment date in accordance with Applicable Procedures.

(c) Any Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date but shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Notes, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, such relevant payment date, and such Defaulted Amounts together with such interest thereon shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:

(i) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the Close of Business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to

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such Defaulted Amounts as in this clause provided. Thereupon, the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee of such special record date and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor to be sent to each Holder at its address as it appears in the Note Register, not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor having been so sent, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the Close of Business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.03(c).

(ii) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Amounts in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after written notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Section 2.04. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes. The Notes shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual, electronic or facsimile signature of an Officer.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes, without any further action by the Company hereunder.

Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually or electronically by an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 17.10), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

In case any Officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Notes shall cease to be such Officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the Person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such Officer of the Company; and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Company by such Persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall be the Officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such Person was not such an Officer.

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Section 2.05. Exchange of Notes for Other Notes and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer; Depositary. (a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Such register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable period of time. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed the “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-Note Registrars in accordance with Section 4.02.

Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note to the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.

Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.

All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange for other Notes, repurchase or exchange shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be imposed by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar, any co-Note Registrar or the Paying Agent for any exchange of Notes for other Notes or registration of transfer of Notes, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of new Notes issued upon such exchange or registration of transfer being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer.

None of the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar shall be required to exchange under this Section 2.05 or register a transfer of (i) any Notes surrendered for exchange in accordance with Article 14 or, if a portion of any Note is surrendered for exchange in accordance with Article 14, such portion thereof surrendered for exchange in accordance with Article 14, (ii) any Notes, or a portion of any Note, surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) in accordance with Article 15 or (iii) any Notes selected for redemption in accordance with Article 16.

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All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer of Notes or exchange of Notes for other Notes in accordance with this Indenture shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer of Notes or exchange of Notes for other Notes.

None of the Trustee, Custodian or any Note Registrar shall have any 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 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.

(b) So long as the Notes are eligible for book-entry settlement with the Depositary, unless otherwise required by law, subject to the fourth paragraph from the end of Section 2.05(c), all Notes shall be represented by one or more Notes in global form (each, a “Global Note”) registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary. The transfer and exchange in accordance with this Section 2.05 of beneficial interests in a Global Note that does not involve the issuance of a Physical Note shall be effected through the Depositary (but not the Trustee or the Custodian) in accordance with this Indenture (including the restrictions on transfer set forth herein) and the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary therefor.

(c) Every Note that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (together with any Common Stock issued upon exchange of the Notes in accordance with Article 14 that is required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), collectively, the “Restricted Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (including the legend set forth below), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company and the REIT, and the Holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(c) and Section 2.05(d), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.

Any certificate evidencing such Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form unless such Notes have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the REIT in writing, with notice thereof to the Trustee:

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO WELLTOWER OP LLC (THE “COMPANY”), WELLTOWER INC. (THE “REIT”) OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; OR (B) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE).

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No transfer of any Note will be registered by the Note Registrar unless the applicable box on the Form of Assignment and Transfer has been checked.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture (other than the provisions set forth in this Section 2.05(c)), a Global Note may not be transferred as a whole or in part except (i) by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary or by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary and (ii) for transfers of portions of a Global Note in certificated form made upon request of a member of, or a participant in, the Depositary (for itself or on behalf of a beneficial owner) by written notice given to the Trustee by or on behalf of the Depositary in accordance with customary procedures of the Depositary and in compliance with this Section 2.05(c).

The Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act. The Company initially appoints The Depository Trust Company to act as Depositary with respect to each Global Note. Initially, each Global Note shall be issued to the Depositary, registered in the name of Cede & Co., as the nominee of the Depositary, and deposited with the Trustee as custodian for Cede & Co.

If (i) the Depositary notifies the Company at any time that the Depositary is unwilling, unable or no longer permitted under applicable law to continue as depositary for the Global Notes and a successor depositary is not appointed within 90 days, (ii) the Company notifies the Trustee that the Company wishes to terminate the Global Notes (or reduce the principal amount of such Global Notes) and the beneficial owners of the majority of the principal amount of such Global Notes consent to such termination, or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Notes has occurred and is continuing and a beneficial owner of any Note requests that its beneficial interest therein be issued as a Physical Note, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver (x) in the case of clause (iii), a Physical Note to such beneficial owner in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of such Note corresponding to such beneficial owner’s beneficial interest and (y) in the case of clause (i) or (ii), Physical Notes to each beneficial owner of the related Global Notes (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Global Notes in exchange for such Global Notes, and upon delivery of the Global Notes to the Trustee such Global Notes shall be cancelled.

Physical Notes issued in exchange for all or a part of the Global Notes pursuant to this Section 2.05(c) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. Upon execution and authentication, the Trustee shall deliver such Physical Notes to the Persons in whose names such Physical Notes are so registered.

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At such time as all interests in a Global Note have been exchanged, cancelled, repurchased or transferred, such Global Note shall be, upon receipt thereof, cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with standing procedures and existing instructions between the Depositary and the Custodian. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Physical Notes, exchanged, cancelled, repurchased or transferred to a transferee who receives Physical Notes therefor or any Physical Note is exchanged or transferred for part of such Global Note, the principal amount of such Global Note shall, in accordance with the standing procedures and instructions existing between the Depositary and the Custodian, be appropriately reduced or increased, as the case may be, and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note, by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, to reflect such reduction or increase.

None of the Company, the REIT, the Trustee or any agent of the Company, the REIT or the Trustee shall have any responsibility or liability for any aspect of the records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests of a Global Note or maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

(d) Until the date (the “Common Stock Resale Restriction Termination Date”) that is the later of (1) the date that is one year after the issuance date of the relevant Common Stock or such shorter period of time as permitted by Rule 144 under the Securities Act or any successor provision thereto, and (2) such later date, if any, as may be required by applicable law, any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon exchange of a Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Common Stock has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer or such Common Stock have been transferred pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company and the REIT with written notice thereof to the Trustee and any transfer agent for the Common Stock):

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES (1) THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO WELLTOWER INC. OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; (B) UNDER AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; OR (C) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A ADOPTED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE); OR (D) UNDER ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT; AND (2) THAT IT WILL, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY, FURNISH TO THE TRANSFER AGENT AND WELLTOWER INC. SUCH CERTIFICATIONS,

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LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED TO CONFIRM THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS BEING MADE PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM, OR IN A TRANSACTION NOT SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.

Any such Common Stock as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(d). 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 Depositary participants or 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.

Section 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, a new Note, bearing a registration number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case, the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Company, to the REIT, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, to the REIT, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

The Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and deliver the same upon the receipt of such security or indemnity as the Trustee, the Company, the REIT and, if applicable, such authenticating agent may require. No service charge shall be imposed by the Company, the REIT, the Trustee, the Note Registrar, any co-Note Registrar or the Paying Agent upon the issuance of any substitute Note, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new substitute Note being different from the name of the Holder of the old Note that became mutilated or was destroyed, lost or stolen. In case any Note that has matured or is about to mature or has been surrendered for required repurchase or is about to be exchanged in accordance with Article 14 shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, in its sole discretion, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of or exchange or authorize the exchange of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment or exchange shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, liability, cost or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent or Exchange Agent of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.

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Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company and the REIT, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement, payment, exchange, redemption or repurchase of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement, payment, exchange, redemption or repurchase of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.

Section 2.07. Temporary Notes. Pending the preparation of Physical Notes, the Company may execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a Company Order, authenticate and deliver temporary Notes (printed or lithographed). Temporary Notes shall be issuable in any authorized denomination, and substantially in the form of the Physical Notes but with such omissions, insertions and variations as may be appropriate for temporary Notes, all as may be determined by the Company. Every such temporary Note shall be executed by the Company and authenticated by the Trustee or such authenticating agent upon the same conditions and in substantially the same manner, and with the same effect, as the Physical Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall execute and deliver to the Trustee or such authenticating agent Physical Notes (other than any Global Note) and thereupon any or all temporary Notes (other than any Global Note) may be surrendered in exchange therefor, at each office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02 and the Trustee or such authenticating agent shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such temporary Notes an equal aggregate principal amount of Physical Notes. Such exchange shall be made by the Company at its own expense and without any charge therefor. Until so exchanged, the temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits and subject to the same limitations under this Indenture as Physical Notes authenticated and delivered hereunder.

Section 2.08. Cancellation of Notes Paid, Exchanged, Etc. The Company shall cause all Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment, repurchase, redemption, registration of transfer of Notes or exchange of Notes for other Notes or in accordance with Article 14, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee (including any of the Company’s or the REIT’s agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates), to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. All Notes delivered to the Trustee shall be cancelled promptly by it, and no Notes shall be authenticated in exchange thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of cancelled Notes in accordance with its customary procedures and shall deliver a certificate of such disposition to the Company, at the Company’s written request.

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Section 2.09. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in all notices issued to Holders as a convenience to such Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or on such notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such notices shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.

Section 2.10. Additional Notes; Repurchases. The Company may, without the consent of the Holders and notwithstanding Section 2.01, reopen this Indenture and issue additional Notes hereunder with the same terms as the Notes initially issued hereunder (other than differences in the issue price and interest accrued prior to the issue date of such additional Notes) in an unlimited aggregate principal amount; provided that such additional Notes must be part of the same issue (and part of the same series) as the Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Prior to the issuance of any such additional Notes, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee a Company Order, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to cover such matters, in addition to those required by Section 17.05, as the Trustee shall reasonably request. In addition, the Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), repurchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties pursuant to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other cash-settled derivatives. The Company shall cause any Notes so repurchased (other than Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.08.

Section 2.11. Ranking. The obligations of the Company arising under or in connection with this Indenture and every outstanding Note issued under this Indenture from time to time constitute and shall constitute a general unsecured senior obligation of the Company, ranking equally with existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of the Company and ranking senior in right of payment to any existing and future indebtedness of the Company that is expressly made subordinate to the Notes by the terms of such indebtedness.

ARTICLE 3

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 3.01. Satisfaction and Discharge of the Indenture. When (i) the Company shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation all Notes theretofore authenticated (other than any Notes that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered or paid pursuant to Section 2.06) and not theretofore cancelled, or (ii) all such Notes not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation shall have become due and payable (whether on the Maturity Date, on any Redemption Date, on any Fundamental Change Purchase Date, upon exchange or otherwise) and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee, in trust, or deliver to the Holders, as applicable, an amount of cash and/or (in the case of exchange) Common Stock sufficient to pay all amounts due on all of such Notes (other than any Notes that shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered or paid pursuant to Section 2.06) not theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, including principal and interest due, and if the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then the Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes (except as to (x) rights hereunder of Holders to receive all

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amounts owing upon the Notes and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof with respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee and (y) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee under the Indenture), and the Trustee, on written demand of the Company accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of the entire indebtedness on the Notes have been complied with, and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Notes; the Company, however, hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee, including the fees and expenses of its counsel, and to compensate the Trustee for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee in connection with the Indenture or the Notes.

Section 3.02. Deposited Monies to Be Held in Trust by Trustee. Subject to Section 4.04(d), all monies and Common Stock, if any, deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 3.01 shall be held in trust for the sole benefit of the Holders of the Notes, and such monies and Common Stock shall be applied by the Trustee to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company if acting as its own Paying Agent), to the Holders of the particular Notes for the payment or settlement of which such monies or Common Stock have been deposited with the Trustee, of all sums or amounts due and to become due thereon for principal and interest, if any.

Section 3.03. Paying Agent to Repay Monies Held. Upon the satisfaction and discharge of the Indenture with respect to the Notes, all monies and Common Stock, if any, then held by any Paying Agent (if other than the Trustee) with respect to the Notes shall, upon written request of the Company, be repaid to it or paid to the Trustee, and thereupon such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such monies and Common Stock.

Section 3.04. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Common Stock in accordance with Section 3.02 by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 3.01 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money and Common Stock in accordance with Section 3.02; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of interest on, principal of or payment or delivery in respect of any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Common Stock, if any, held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 4

PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND/OR THE REIT

Section 4.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes.

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Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in the continental United States an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer of Notes or exchange of Notes for other Notes or for presentation for payment or repurchase (“Paying Agent”) or for exchange in accordance with Article 14 (“Exchange Agent”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency not designated or appointed by the Trustee. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency of the Trustee in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York.

The Company may also from time to time designate as co-Note Registrars one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the continental United States for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The terms “Paying Agent” and “Exchange Agent” include any such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable.

The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Note Registrar, Custodian and Exchange Agent and the Corporate Trust Office as the office or agency in the continental United States where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer of Notes or exchange of Notes for other Notes or for presentation for payment or repurchase or for exchange in accordance with Article 14.

Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of Trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.09, a Trustee, so that there shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder.

Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent. (a) If the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Company will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04:

(i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;

(ii) that it will give the Trustee prompt notice of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and

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(iii) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.

The Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes, deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) or accrued and unpaid interest, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any failure to take such action; provided that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit must be received by the Paying Agent by 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.

(b) If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes a sum sufficient to pay such principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) and accrued and unpaid interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes when the same shall become due and payable.

(c) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay, cause to be paid or deliver to the Trustee all sums or amounts held in trust by the Company or any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.04, such sums or amounts to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment or delivery by the Company or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Company or such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability but only with respect to such sums or amounts.

(d) Any money and Common Stock deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, accrued and unpaid interest on and the consideration due upon exchange of any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable), interest or consideration due upon exchange has become due and payable shall, subject to applicable escheat laws, be paid to the Company, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money and Common Stock, and all liability of the Company as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that prior to the Trustee or such Paying Agent making any such repayment, the Company shall publish in a newspaper of general circulation in New York City or publish such information on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company deems appropriate at that time, a notice that such money and Common Stock remain unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money and Common Stock then remaining will be repaid or delivered to the Company.

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Section 4.05. Existence. Subject to Article 11, each of the Company and the REIT shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence.

Section 4.06. Rule 144A Information Requirement and Annual Reports. (a) At any time the REIT (or the Company in lieu of the REIT) is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company and the REIT shall, so long as any of the Notes or any Common Stock issuable upon exchange thereof will, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, promptly provide to the Trustee and furnish to the Holders, beneficial owners and prospective purchasers of the Notes and of any Common Stock delivered upon exchange of the Notes, upon their written request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of the Notes and such Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144A. The Company shall take such further action as any Holder or beneficial owner of such Notes may reasonably request to the extent from time to time required to enable such Holder or beneficial owner to sell such Notes or Common Stock in accordance with Rule 144A, as such rule may be amended from time to time.

(b) The Company shall file with the Trustee, within 15 days after the same are required to be filed by the REIT with the Commission, copies of any documents or reports that the REIT is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act). Any such document or report that the REIT files with the Commission via the Commission’s EDGAR system (or any successor thereto) shall be deemed to be filed with the Trustee for purposes of this Section 4.06(b) at the time such documents are filed via the EDGAR system (or such successor thereto); provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine if such filing has occurred.

(c) Delivery of the reports and documents described in subsection (b) above to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute actual or constructive notice or knowledge of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate).

Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. Each of the Company and the REIT covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and each of the Company and the REIT (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

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Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2024) an Officer’s Certificate stating (1) that a review has been conducted of the activities of the Company, its Subsidiaries and of the REIT and their respective performance under this Indenture and (2) that the Company and the REIT have fulfilled all obligations under this Indenture (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture) or specifying any Event of Default and the nature thereof.

In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 30 days after an Officer of the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Default or Event of Default, its status and the action that the Company is taking or proposing to take in respect thereof.

Section 4.09. Additional Interest Notice. If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to Section 6.03 or the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the applicable payment date an Officer’s Certificate to that effect stating (a) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (b) the date on which such interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no such Additional Interest is payable. If the Company has paid Additional Interest directly to the Persons entitled to them, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee promptly following such payment an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

Section 4.10. Covenant to Take Certain Actions. Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment to the Exchange Rate such that the Exchange Price per share of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the Notes would be less than the par value of the Common Stock, the REIT shall take all corporate actions that may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary so it may validly and legally issue Common Stock at such adjusted Exchange Rate.

ARTICLE 5

LISTS OF HOLDERS AND REPORTS BY THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE

Section 5.01. Lists of Holders. The Company and the REIT covenant and agree that they will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semi-annually, not more than 10 days after each January 15 and July 15 in each year beginning with July 15, 2025, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders as of a date not more than 15 days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished so long as the Trustee is acting as Note Registrar.

Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists. The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may destroy any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.

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ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default. Each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:

(a) default in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable, and the default continues for a period of 30 days;

(b) default in the payment of the principal of any Note (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price or the Redemption Price) when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;

(c) failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to exchange the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture upon exercise of a Holder’s exchange right, and such failure continues for five Business Days;

(d) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 11;

(e) failure by the Company to issue a notice in accordance with the provisions of Section 15.02(b) or notice of a specified corporate transaction in accordance with the provisions of Section 14.01(b)(iv) or Section 14.01(b)(v);

(f) failure by the Company for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (a copy of which notice, if given by Holders, must also be given to the Trustee) has been received by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section 6.01 specifically provided for or that is not applicable to the Notes), which notice shall state that it is a “Notice of Default” hereunder;

(g) failure by the REIT or the Company, to pay beyond any applicable grace period, or the acceleration of, indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company’s Significant Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount greater than $150,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent at the time);

(h) the Company, the REIT or any Significant Subsidiary of the REIT shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking the liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, the REIT or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, the REIT or such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of the Company’s, the REIT’s or such Significant Subsidiary’s property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

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(i) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company, the REIT or any Significant Subsidiary of the REIT seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company, the REIT or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian or other similar official of the Company, the REIT or such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 30 consecutive days; or

(j) the Guarantee by the REIT of the Notes is not (or is claimed by the REIT in writing to the Trustee not to be) in full force and effect (other than in accordance with the terms of this Indenture) with respect to the Notes.

Section 6.02. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment.

(a) If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company or the REIT (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the REIT)), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by the Holders), may declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable immediately.

(b) If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or Section 6.01(i) with respect to the Company or the REIT (and not solely with respect to a Significant Subsidiary of the REIT) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all Notes shall be immediately due and payable.

Section 6.03. Additional Interest. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) (a “Reporting Event of Default”) shall, for the first 365 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive additional interest (the “Additional Interest”) on the Notes at a rate equal to (i) 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for the first 180 days of the 365-day period on which such Event of Default is continuing beginning on, and including, the date on which such an Event of Default first occurs and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the Outstanding principal amount of the Notes for the remainder of such 365-day period as long as such Event of Default is continuing beginning on and including the 181st day after such Event of Default. If the Company so elects, such Additional Interest shall be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes and shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any liquidated damages payable pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement; provided that in no event shall Additional Interest pursuant to this Section 6.03 and liquidated damages pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement accrue at a rate, in the aggregate, in excess of 0.50% per annum regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Additional Interest pursuant to this Section 6.03 and/or liquidated damages pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement. On the 366th day after such

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Event of Default (if the Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) is not cured or waived prior to such 366th day), the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. In the event the Company does not elect to pay Additional Interest following an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 6.03 or the Company elects to make such payment but does not pay the Additional Interest when due, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.

In order to elect to pay the Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 365 days after the occurrence of a Reporting Event of Default, the Company must notify all Holders of Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent of such election prior to the beginning of such 365-day period. Upon the Company’s failure to timely give such notice, the Notes will be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.

Section 6.04. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. If an Event of Default described in subsection (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 shall have occurred, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on any overdue principal and interest, if any, at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06. If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated. Until such demand by the Trustee, the Company may pay the principal and interest, if any, on the Notes to the registered Holders, whether or not the Notes are overdue.

In the event there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other obligor on the Notes under Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such other obligor, the property of the Company or such other obligor, or in the event of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other obligor upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other obligor, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.04, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such other actions as it may deem 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 and its counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any

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receiver, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make such payments to the Trustee, as administrative expenses, and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including counsel fees, and including any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06, incurred by it up to the date of such distribution. To the extent that such payment of reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements out of the estate in any such proceedings shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, monies, securities and other property that the Holders of the Notes may be entitled to receive in such proceedings, whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.

Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting such Holder or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee and its counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes parties to any such proceedings.

In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver pursuant to Section 6.09 or any rescission and annulment pursuant to Section 6.02 or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the REIT, the Holders and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the REIT, the Holders and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.05. Application of Monies Collected by Trustee. Any monies collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:

First, to the payment of all amounts due the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Exchange Agent under Section 7.06;

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Second, in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on, and any cash due upon exchange of, the Notes in default in the order of the date due of the payments of such interest and cash due upon exchange, as the case may be, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon such overdue payments at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;

Third, in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount (including, if applicable, the payment of the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and any cash due upon exchange) then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and the cash due upon exchange) and interest without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and any cash due upon exchange) and accrued and unpaid interest; and

Fourth, to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.

Section 6.06. Proceedings by Holders. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal (including, if applicable, the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price) or interest when due, or the right to receive payment or delivery of the consideration due upon exchange, no Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided;

(b) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

(c) such Holder or Holders shall have offered to the Trustee such indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liabilities or expenses to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and

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(e) during such 60-day period, no direction that is inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee by the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding pursuant to Section 6.09, it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holder), or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.06, each and every Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of any Note, the right of any Holder to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) the principal (including the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, the Redemption Price, if applicable) of, (y) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, and (z) the consideration due upon exchange of, such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in such Note or in this Indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or delivery, as the case may be, on or after such respective dates against the Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.07. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.

Section 6.08. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.06, all powers and remedies given by this Article 6 to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or power accruing upon any continuing Default or continuing Event of Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.06, every power and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.

Section 6.09. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by Majority of Holders. The Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes; provided, however, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and (b) the Trustee

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may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it determines in good faith is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability unless the Trustee is offered indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense to the Trustee that may result from the Trustee’s instituting such proceeding as the Trustee. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or the principal (including the Redemption Price or the Fundamental Change Purchase Price) of, the Notes when due that has not been cured, (ii) a failure by the Company to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the consideration due upon exchange of the Notes or (iii) a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 10 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver, the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.09, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

Section 6.10. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after a Responsible Officer has received written notice of the occurrence and continuance of a Default, send to all Holders as the names and addresses of such Holders appear upon the Note Register, notice of all such Defaults known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable), or accrued and unpaid interest on, any of the Notes or a Default in the payment or delivery of the consideration due upon exchange, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors and/or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.

Section 6.11. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 6.11 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on any Note (including, but not limited to, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to the Notes being repurchased as provided in this Indenture) on or after the due date expressed or provided for in such Note or to any suit for the enforcement of the right to exchange any Note in accordance with the provisions of Article 14.

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ARTICLE 7

CONCERNING THE TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In the event an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; provided that if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred:

(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(ii) in the absence of bad faith and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any 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 that by any provisions 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 to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);

(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of not less than a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 8.04 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;

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(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01;

(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent or any records maintained by any co-Note Registrar with respect to the Notes;

(f) in the absence of specific written investment direction from the Company, all cash received by the Trustee shall be placed in a non-interest bearing trust account, and in no event shall the Trustee be liable for the selection of investments or for investment losses incurred thereon or for losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investments prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investment to provide timely written investment direction, and the Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of such specific written investment direction from the Company; and

(g) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian, Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Exchange Agent or transfer agent hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article 7 shall also be afforded to such Custodian, Note Registrar, Paying Agent, Exchange Agent or transfer agent.

(h) None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers.

Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, coupon or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the REIT or the Company;

(c) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and require an Opinion of Counsel and any advice of such counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;

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(d) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

(e) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, custodian, nominee or attorney appointed by it with due care hereunder;

(f) the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties;

(g) in no event shall the Trustee be liable for any indirect, special, consequential or punitive loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action;

(h) the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default, Event of Default or any other default with respect to the Notes, unless written notice from the Company or any Holder of the Notes of such Default or Event of Default shall have been received by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee;

(i) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder;

(j) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture; and

(k) Unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received an Officer’s Certificate with respect thereto, the Trustee may assume that no Additional Interest is owed on the Notes.

Section 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.

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Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents, Exchange Agents or Note Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent, any Exchange Agent or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent, Exchange Agent or Note Registrar.

Section 7.05. Monies and Common Stock to Be Held in Trust. All monies and Common Stock received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money and Common Stock held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money or Common Stock received by it hereunder except as may be agreed from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.

Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Company covenants and agrees to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall be entitled to, reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to in writing between the Trustee and the Company, and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture in any capacity thereunder (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall have been caused by its gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. The Company also covenants to indemnify the Trustee in any capacity under this Indenture (including as Custodian, Note Registrar or Exchange Agent) and any other document or transaction entered into in connection herewith and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, charge, claim, damage, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, its officers, directors or employees, or such authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or in any other capacity hereunder, including the reasonable costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim of liability in the premises. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except, subject to the effect of Section 6.05, funds held in trust herewith for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes. The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall not be subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company. The obligation of the Company under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the earlier resignation or removal or the Trustee. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The indemnification provided in this Section 7.06 shall extend to the officers, directors and employees of the Trustee.

Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(i) or Section 6.01(j) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.

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Section 7.07. Officer’s Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence, willful misconduct and bad faith on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Officer’s Certificate, in the absence of negligence, willful misconduct and bad faith on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.

Section 7.08. Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to the Trust Indenture Act to act as such and has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.08, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.08, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article 7.

Section 7.09. Resignation or Removal of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor trustee. If no successor trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 60 days, the resigning Trustee may, upon 10 Business Days’ notice to the Company, petition at the expense of the Company any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee, or any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.11, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor trustee. At any time at which no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Company may, by a Board Resolution and upon 30 days’ notice to the Trustee, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee.

(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:

(i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or

(ii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

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then, in either case, the Company may by a Board Resolution remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months may, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor trustee.

(c) The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, as determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a successor trustee that shall be deemed appointed as successor trustee unless within 10 days after notice to the Company of such nomination the Company objects thereto, in which case the Trustee so removed or any Holder, upon the terms and conditions and otherwise as in Section 7.09(a) provided, may, at the expense of the Company, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for an appointment of a successor trustee.

(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.09 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee as provided in Section 7.10.

Section 7.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.09 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor trustee shall become effective and such successor trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor trustee, the trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights and powers of the trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor trustee all such rights and powers. Any trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by such trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06.

No successor trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.10 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor trustee shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08.

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Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor trustee as provided in this Section 7.10, each of the Company and the successor trustee, at the written direction and at the expense of the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed notice of the succession of such trustee hereunder to the Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. If the Company fails to mail such notice within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor trustee, the successor trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of the Company.

Section 7.11. Succession by Merger, Etc. Any corporation or other entity into which the Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of this Indenture), shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that in the case of any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee such corporation or other entity shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08.

In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by such successor trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor trustee hereunder or in the name of the successor trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation.

ARTICLE 8

CONCERNING THE HOLDERS

Section 8.01. Action by Holders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Company or the Trustee may, but shall not be required to, fix in advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The record date if one is selected shall be not more than 15 days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.

Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Holders. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01 and Section 7.02, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the Trustee or in such manner as shall be satisfactory to the Trustee. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register or by a certificate of the Note Registrar.

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Section 8.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent, any Exchange Agent and any Note Registrar may deem the Person in whose name a Note shall be registered upon the Note Register to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Note (whether or not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any Person other than the Company or any Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of or on account of the principal of and (subject to Section 2.03) accrued and unpaid interest on such Note, for exchange of such Note and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Exchange Agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. All such payments or deliveries so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sums or Common Stock so paid or delivered, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable or shares deliverable upon any such Note. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or the Notes following an Event of Default, any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note may directly enforce against the Company, without the consent, solicitation, proxy, authorization or any other action of the Depositary or any other Person, such Holder’s right to exchange such beneficial interest for a Note in certificated form in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.

Section 8.04. Company-Owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Indenture, Notes that are owned by the Company, by the REIT, by any Subsidiary of the Company or the REIT or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, the REIT or any Subsidiary of the Company or the REIT shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action only Notes that a Responsible Officer actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to so act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company, the REIT, a Subsidiary of the Company or the REIT or a Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company, the REIT or any Subsidiary of the Company or the REIT. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Company or the REIT to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above-described Persons; and, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.

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Section 8.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Note that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Notes the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02, revoke such action so far as concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof.

ARTICLE 9

THE GUARANTEE

Section 9.01. The Guarantee. (a) The REIT hereby irrevocably, fully and unconditionally guarantees (the “Guarantee”) to each Holder of a Note and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes, the obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes or restrictions of any kind on the Company’s performance of its obligations under this Indenture or the Notes, and waiving all rights of objection and defense arising from the Notes, that: (i) the principal of, and interest on, the Notes will be punctually paid in full when due, whether on the Maturity Date or Interest Payment Date, by acceleration, call for redemption, repurchase at the option of Holders or otherwise; (ii) all other obligations of the Company to the Holders (including without limitation the delivery of amounts due upon exchange in accordance with the provisions of Article 14) or the Trustee (in any of its capacities hereunder and including but not limited to the indemnities set forth in Section 7.06) under this Indenture or the Notes will be promptly paid or delivered in full, as the case may be, all in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes; and (iii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations thereunder, they will be paid or delivered in full when due in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether on the Maturity Date or any Interest Payment Date, by acceleration, call for redemption, repurchase at the option of holders, upon exchange or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed for whatever reason, the REIT shall be obligated to pay the same before failure so to pay becomes an Event of Default with respect to Notes. If the Company defaults in the payment of the principal of, interest on or amounts due upon exchange with respect to, the Notes when and as the same shall become due, whether on the Maturity Date, any Interest Payment Date, by acceleration, upon exchange, call for redemption, or otherwise, without the necessity of action by the Trustee or any Holder, the REIT shall be required to promptly make such payment in full.

(b) The REIT agrees that its obligations with regard to this Guarantee shall be as principal and not merely as surety and shall be full, irrevocable and unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any delays in obtaining or realizing upon or failures to obtain or realize upon collateral, the recovery of any judgment against the Company, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or a guarantor. The REIT hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Company, any right to require a proceeding first against the Company or right to require the prior disposition of the assets of the Company to meet its obligations, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants

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that this Guarantee will not be discharged except by complete performance of all obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture. The Guarantee is a guaranty of payment and not of collection. The obligations of the REIT under this Guarantee will constitute direct, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the REIT and the REIT undertakes that its obligations hereunder will rank pari passu with all other present or future direct, unsecured and unsubordinated obligations of the REIT, save for such obligations as may be mandatorily preferred by law.

(c) The Guarantee shall continue in full force and effect by way of continuing security until all principal, interest, if any, and amounts due on exchange have been paid or delivered in full and all other actual or contingent obligations of the Company in relation to the Notes or under the Indenture have been satisfied in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any payment received by any Holder is, on the subsequent bankruptcy or insolvency of the Company, avoided under any applicable laws, including, among others, laws relating to bankruptcy or insolvency, such payment will not be considered as having discharged or diminished the liability of the REIT and the Guarantee will continue to apply as if such payment had at all times remained owing by the Company.

(d) If any Holder of Notes or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to any of the Company or the REIT, or any custodian, trustee, or similar official acting in relation to any of the Company or the REIT, any amount paid by any of the Company or the REIT to the Trustee or such Holder, the Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect. The REIT agrees that it will not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders of Notes in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations under the Notes. The REIT further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.02 for the purposes of the Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration as to the Company of the obligations so guaranteed, and (ii) in the event of any acceleration of those obligations as provided in Section 6.02, those obligations (whether or not due and payable) will forthwith become due and payable by the REIT with respect to Notes for purposes of the Guarantee.

(e) The REIT and by its acceptance of a Note issued hereunder each Holder hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee by the REIT set forth in this Section 9.01 not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purpose of any Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar Federal or state law. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Holders and the REIT hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of the REIT under the Guarantee set forth in this Section 9.01 shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of REIT, result in the obligations of the REIT not constituting such a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

(f) It is the intention of the parties that the obligations of the REIT shall be in, but not in excess of, the maximum amount permitted by applicable law. Accordingly, if the obligations in respect of the Guarantee would be annulled, avoided or subordinated to the creditors of the REIT by a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding actually pending before such court as a result of a determination both that such Guarantee was made without fair consideration and, immediately after giving effect thereto, the REIT was insolvent or unable to pay its debts as they mature or left

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with an unreasonably small capital, then the obligations of the REIT under the Guarantee shall be reduced by such court if and to the extent such reduction would result in the avoidance of such annulment, avoidance or subordination; provided, however, that any reduction pursuant to this paragraph shall be made in the smallest amount as is strictly necessary to reach such result. For purposes of this paragraph, “fair consideration,” “insolvency,” “unable to pay its debts as they mature,” “unreasonably small capital” and the effective times of reductions, if any, required by this paragraph shall be determined in accordance with applicable law.

(g) If the obligations of the REIT are reduced pursuant to Section 9.01(e) or 9.01(f) above, such reduction shall be applied proportionately with respect to all Notes guaranteed under this Section 9.01, in accordance with the respective outstanding principal amount of such Notes so guaranteed and being then due upon the acceleration of the payment of such Notes.

(h) Neither the Company nor the REIT shall be required to make a notation on the Notes to reflect the Guarantee or any release, termination, suspension or discharge thereof in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Section 9.02. Termination of Guarantee. The Guarantee will automatically and unconditionally terminate upon discharge of the Notes, as provided in Article 3 of this Indenture.

At the written request and expense of the Company, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of the REIT from its obligations under the Guarantee.

Section 9.03. Evidence of Guarantee. The REIT is, and without the execution or delivery of any instrument or other action by any person, a guarantor of the Notes and shall be subject to and bound by all of the terms and provisions of this Article 9. For so long as the REIT guarantees the Notes, it agrees that it waives and will not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of any right of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Company as a result of any payment by the REIT under the Guarantee until the Notes have been paid in full.

ARTICLE 10

SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

Section 10.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. The Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors, and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:

(a) to conform the provisions of this Indenture or the Notes to the description thereof in the Offering Memorandum;

(b) to evidence the succession by a Successor Entity and to provide for the assumption by a Successor Entity of the Company’s or the REIT’S obligations under the Indenture and the Notes, as applicable;

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(c) to add guarantees with respect to the Notes or to remove guarantees in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Notes;

(d) to secure the Notes;

(e) to add to the Company’s or the REIT’s covenants such further covenants, restrictions or conditions for the benefit of the Holders (or any other holders) or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company or the REIT by the Indenture;

(f) (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency in the Indenture or the Notes, including to eliminate any conflict with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act, or (ii) to make any other change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect;

(g) to provide for a successor Trustee;

(h) to release the REIT from its obligations as guarantor in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(i) to comply with the Applicable Procedures of the Depositary; or

(j) to comply with any requirements of the Commission in connection with any qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

Upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee is hereby authorized to join with the Company and the REIT in the execution of any such supplemental indenture, to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to, but may in its discretion, enter into any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 10.01 may be executed by the Company, the REIT and the Trustee without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 10.02.

Section 10.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of the Holders of at least a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (determined in accordance with Article 8 and including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Notes), the Company and the REIT, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, no such supplemental indenture shall:

(a) reduce the percentage in aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding necessary to waive any past Default or Event of Default;

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(b) reduce the rate of interest on any Note or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(c) reduce the principal of any Note or the amount payable upon redemption of any Note or change the Maturity Date;

(d) change the place or currency of payment on any Note;

(e) make any change that impairs or adversely affects the exchange rights of any Notes;

(f) reduce the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the rights of the Holders of the Notes the Company’s obligation to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions related thereto or otherwise;

(g) impair the right of any Holder of Notes to receive payment of principal of, and interest, if any, on, its Notes, or the right to receive payment of cash and, if applicable, Common Stock or other consideration, together with cash in lieu thereof in respect of any fractional shares, due upon exchange of its Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or delivery, as the case may be, with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

(h) modify the ranking provisions of the Indenture in a manner that is adverse to the rights of the Holders of the Notes;

(i) release the REIT as guarantor of the Notes other than as provided in this Indenture or modify the Guarantee in any manner adverse to Holders of the Notes; or

(j) make any change to the provisions of this Article 10 that requires each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions in Section 6.09 if such change is adverse to the rights of Holders of the Notes.

It shall not be necessary for any act or consent of Holders under this Section 10.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such act or consent shall approve the substance thereof. The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons entitled to consent to any indenture supplemental hereto. If a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date, or their duly designated proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such supplemental indenture, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date; provided that, unless such consent shall have become effective by virtue of the requisite percentage having been obtained prior to the date which is 90 days after such record date, any such consent previously given shall automatically and without further action by any Holder be cancelled and of no further effect.

Upon the written request of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid and subject to Section 10.05, the Trustee shall join with the Company and the REIT in the execution of such supplemental indenture unless such supplemental indenture affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.

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Holders do not need under this Section 10.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture. It shall be sufficient if such Holders approve the substance thereof. After any such supplemental indenture becomes effective, the Company shall send to the Holders a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the supplemental indenture.

Section 10.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, the REIT and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.

Section 10.04. Notation on Notes. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10 may, at the Company’s expense, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Company’s expense, be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated upon receipt of a Company Order, by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 17.10) and delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then outstanding.

Section 10.05. Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant hereto if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee shall receive and shall be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 17.05, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this indenture.

ARTICLE 11

CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE, CONVEYANCE AND LEASE

Section 11.01. Company and REIT May Consolidate, Merge, etc., on Certain Terms. Subject to the provisions of Section 11.02, neither the Company nor the REIT shall consolidate with, merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to another Person, unless:

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(a) the Company or the REIT, as the case may be, shall be the surviving Person or the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Entity”) shall be an entity organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Successor Entity shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Indenture as applicable to the Notes; and

(b) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under the Indenture.

Section 11.02. Successor Entity to Be Substituted. In case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and upon the assumption by the Successor Entity, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the due and punctual payment of the principal of (including any Fundamental Change Purchase Price), the Redemption Price (if applicable) of, accrued and unpaid interest and accrued and unpaid Additional Interest, if any, on all of the Notes, the due and punctual delivery or payment, as the case may be, of any consideration due upon exchange of the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Company and the REIT, such Successor Entity (if not the Company or the REIT) shall succeed to and, shall be substituted for the Company or the REIT, as the case may be, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the REIT, as the case may be, under the Indenture, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the party of the first part. Such Successor Entity, if a successor to the Company, thereupon may cause to be signed, and may issue either in its own name or in the name of the Company any or all of the Notes issuable hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee; and, upon the order of such Successor Entity instead of the Company and subject to all the terms, conditions and limitations in this Indenture prescribed, the Trustee shall authenticate and shall deliver, or cause to be authenticated and delivered, any Notes that previously shall have been signed and delivered by the Officers of the Company to the Trustee for authentication, and any Notes that such Successor Entity thereafter shall cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee for that purpose. All the Notes so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Notes theretofore or thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Notes had been issued at the date of the execution hereof. In the event of any such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer (but not in the case of a lease), the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this Indenture (or any successor that shall thereafter have become such in the manner prescribed in this Article 11) may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter and, except in the case of a lease, such Person shall be released from its liabilities as obligor and maker of the Notes and from its obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement.

In the case of any such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease, such changes in phraseology and form (but not in substance) may be made in the Notes thereafter to be issued as may be appropriate.

Section 11.03. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee. In the case of any such amalgamation, merger, consolidation, conveyance, transfer or lease, the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that any such amalgamation, consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with the provisions of this Article 11.

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ARTICLE 12

IMMUNITY OF INCORPORATORS, STOCKHOLDERS, OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS

Section 12.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest on any Note, nor for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company or the REIT in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, nor because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, stockholder, partner, member, employee, agent, Officer or director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or the REIT or of any successor Person, either directly or through the Company or the REIT (as the case may be) or any successor Person, 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 all such liability, including, without limitation, any such liability of the REIT for the obligations of the Company hereunder or under any Note, is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Notes and the Guarantee.

ARTICLE 13

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE 14

EXCHANGE OF NOTES

Section 14.01. Right to Exchange. (a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 14, each Holder of a Note shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to exchange all or any portion (if the portion to be exchanged is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) of such Note (i) subject to satisfaction of the conditions described in Section 14.01(b), at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding January 15, 2029 under the circumstances and during the periods set forth in Section 14.01(b), and (ii) regardless of the conditions described in Section 14.01(b), on or after January 15, 2029 and prior to the Close of Business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, in each case, at an initial Exchange Rate of 7.8177 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment as provided in this Article 14, the “Exchange Rate”) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (subject to, and in accordance with, the settlement provisions of Section 14.03, the “Exchange Obligation”).

(b) (i) Prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day preceding January 15, 2029, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Notes for exchange at any time during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2024 (and only during such calendar quarter), if the Last Reported Sale Price of Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the immediately preceding calendar quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the applicable Exchange Price on each applicable Trading Day.

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(ii) Prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding January 15, 2029, a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Notes for exchange at any time during the five Business Day period after any five consecutive Trading Day period (the “Measurement Period”) in which the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, as determined following a request by a Holder in accordance with the procedures set forth in this subsection (b)(ii), for each Trading Day of the Measurement Period was less than 98% of the product of (x) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and (y) the applicable Exchange Rate on each such Trading Day. The Trading Prices shall be determined by the Bid Solicitation Agent pursuant to this subsection (b)(ii) and the definition of “Trading Price” set forth in this Indenture. The Company shall provide written notice to the Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) of the three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected by the Company in accordance with the definition of Trading Price, along with the appropriate contact information for each. The Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes unless the Company has requested such determination; and the Company shall have no obligation to make such request (or, if the Company is the Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Notes) unless a Holder of at least $3,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes would be less than 98% of the product of (x) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day and (y) the applicable Exchange Rate on such Trading Day. At such time, the Company shall instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent (if other than the Company) to determine or, if the Company is the Bid Solicitation Agent, the Company shall determine the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of the Notes beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes for a Trading Day is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of (x) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on such Trading Day and (y) the applicable Exchange Rate on such Trading Day. Whenever the condition to exchange set forth in this subsection (b)(ii) has been met, the Company will so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee). If, at any time after the condition to exchange set forth in this subsection (b)(ii) has been met, the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Notes is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of (x) the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and (y) the applicable Exchange Rate for such date, the Company will so notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) promptly. The Company will initially act as Bid Solicitation Agent.

(iii) If the Company calls any or all Notes for Optional Redemption pursuant to Article 16 hereof prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding January 15, 2029, then a Holder may surrender all or any portion of its Notes for exchange at any time prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day prior to the relevant Redemption Date, even if the Notes are not otherwise exchangeable at such time. After that time, the right to exchange on account of the Company’s delivery of a Redemption Notice shall expire, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Redemption Price, in which case a Holder of Notes may exchange its Notes until the Redemption Price has been paid or duly provided for.

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(iv) If, prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding January 15, 2029, the REIT elects to:

(A) issue to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, so long as such rights have not separated from the Common Stock and are not exercisable until the occurrence of a Trigger Event, except that such rights will be deemed to be distributed for purposes of this subsection (iv)(A) upon their separation from the Common Stock or upon the occurrence of such Trigger Event) entitling them for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Common Stock at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance (taking into account any consideration received by the Company as described in Section 14.04(b)); or

(B) distribute to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock the REIT’s assets, debt securities or rights to purchase the REIT’s securities, which distribution has a per share value, as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors, exceeding 10% of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such distribution,

then, in either case, the Company must notify the Holders at least 50 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution (or, if later in the case of any such separation of rights issued pursuant to a stockholder rights plan or the occurrence of any such Trigger Event under a stockholder rights plan, as soon as reasonably practicable after the Company becomes aware that such separation or Trigger Event has occurred or will occur). Holders may surrender all or any portion of their Notes for exchange at any time during the period beginning on the 45th Scheduled Trading Day immediately prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution and ending on the earlier of (i) 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution and (ii) the Company’s announcement that such issuance or distribution will not take place, even if the Notes are not otherwise exchangeable at such time. Holders of the Notes will not, however, have the right to exchange pursuant to this subsection (b)(iv) if they participate, at the same time and upon the same terms, as holders of Common Stock in any of the transactions described above without having to exchange their Notes as if they held a number of shares of the Common Stock equal to the applicable Exchange Rate in effect immediately prior to the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such holder on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance or distribution.

(v) If prior to the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding January 15, 2029 (A) a Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs, or (B) the REIT is a party to (1) a consolidation, merger or binding share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock would be converted into cash, securities or assets or (2) a sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of its assets, all or any portion of a Holder’s Notes may be surrendered for exchange at any time from or after the date which is 25 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of the transaction (or, if later, the Business Day after the Company gives notice of such transaction) until the Close of Business (x) if such transaction or event is a

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Fundamental Change, on the Business Day immediately preceding the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date, and (y) otherwise on the 35th Business Day immediately following the effective date of such transaction or event. The Company will notify the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) of such a transaction: (I) as promptly as practicable following the date on which the REIT publicly announces such transaction but in no event less than 35 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction or (II) if the Company does not have knowledge of such transaction at least 35 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction, within one Business Day of the date upon which the Company receives notice, or otherwise becomes aware, of such transaction, but in no event later than the actual effective date of such transaction or event.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes, no Holders of Notes shall be entitled to exchange such Notes for Common Stock to the extent that receipt of such shares would cause such Holder (or any other Person) to exceed the ownership limit contained in Article VI of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the REIT adopted by the Board of Directors of the REIT on November 28, 2023, as may be amended, supplemented or restated from time to time.

(d) If any delivery of Common Stock owed to a Holder upon exchange of Notes is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of the limitations described in Section 14.01(c), the REIT’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and the Company shall deliver such shares as promptly as practicable after any such exchanging Holder gives notice to the Company that such delivery would not result in a violation of the ownership limit contained in the REIT’s Amended and Restated Bylaws.

(e) Neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent shall be responsible for monitoring compliance with Section 14.01(c) or (d) and, absent written direction from the Company to the contrary, may assume that any exchange complies with the limitations set forth therein.

Section 14.02. Exchange Procedure.

(a) Settlement of Accrued Interest and Deemed Payment of Principal. If a Holder exchanges a Note, the Company will not adjust the Exchange Rate to account for any accrued and unpaid interest on such Note and the Company’s delivery of cash and the number of shares of Common Stock into which a Note is exchangeable, together with any cash payment for any fractional Common Stock, will be deemed to satisfy and discharge in full the Company’s obligation to pay the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Note to, but excluding, the Exchange Date; provided, however, that if a Holder exchanges a Note after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date and prior to the Open of Business on the corresponding Interest Payment Date, the Company will still be obligated to pay the interest due on such Interest Payment Date to the Holder of such Note on such Regular Record Date (provided the Holder makes the interest payment upon exchange if so required by Section 14.02(h)).

As a result, except as otherwise provided in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, any accrued and unpaid interest with respect to an exchanged Note will be deemed to be paid in full rather than cancelled, extinguished or forfeited. Upon an exchange of Notes into cash, and, if applicable, Common Stock, accrued and unpaid interest will be deemed to be paid first out of the cash paid upon such exchange.

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(b) Notices. Upon receipt of a Notice of Exchange (as contemplated below), the Exchange Agent shall promptly notify the Company.

(c) Settlement Location. Each Note shall be exchangeable at the office of the Exchange Agent and, if applicable, in accordance with the Applicable Procedures.

(d) Notice. To exercise the exchange privilege with respect to a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the Holder must complete the appropriate instruction form for exchange pursuant to the Depositary’s book-entry exchange program, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents if required by the Company or the Exchange Agent, and pay the funds, if any, required by Section 14.02(h) and any taxes or duties if required pursuant to Section 14.02(i), and the Exchange Agent must be informed of the exchange in accordance with the customary practice of the Depositary (at which time such exchange will become irrevocable unless the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion agrees to permit the owner of the beneficial interest to withdraw such exchange and such withdrawal is reasonably feasible pursuant to the Applicable Procedures).

To exercise the exchange privilege with respect to any Physical Notes, the Holder of such Physical Notes shall:

(1) complete and manually sign an exchange notice in the form set forth in the Form of Notice of Exchange (the “Notice of Exchange”) or a facsimile of the Notice of Exchange;

(2) deliver the Notice of Exchange, which is irrevocable (unless the Company, in its sole and absolute discretion agrees to permit the Holder to withdraw such Notice of Exchange), and the Note to the Exchange Agent;

(3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents;

(4) if required, make any payment required under Section 14.02(h); and

(5) if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes as set forth in Section 14.02(i).

If, upon exchange of a Note, any Common Stock is to be issued to a person other than the Holder of such Note, the related Notice of Exchange shall include such other person’s name and address.

If a Note or portion thereof is subject to a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, such Note or portion thereof may not be exchanged unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 15.04 prior to the relevant Fundamental Change Expiration Time.

For any Note, the first Business Day on which the Holder of such Note satisfies all of the applicable requirements set forth above with respect to such Note and on which exchange of such Note is not otherwise prohibited under this Indenture shall be the “Exchange Date” with respect to such Note.

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Each exchange shall be deemed to have been effected as to any such Notes (or portion thereof) surrendered for exchange at the Close of Business on the applicable Exchange Date, and the Person in whose name the certificate for any Common Stock delivered upon exchange is registered shall be treated as a stockholder of record as of the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period.

The Company shall pay or deliver, as the case may be, the Settlement Amount due in respect of its exchange obligation no later than the second Trading Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period; provided that if prior to the Exchange Date for any exchanged Notes the Common Stock has been replaced by Reference Property consisting solely of cash pursuant to the provisions of Section 14.07, the Company shall deliver the Settlement Amount due in respect of such exchange on the Second Trading Day immediately following the relevant Exchange Date.

If any Common Stock is due to exchanging Holders, the REIT shall issue or cause to be issued, and the Company shall deliver to such Holder, or such Holder’s nominee or nominees, certificates or a book-entry transfer through the Depositary, as the case may be, for the full number of shares of Common Stock to which such Holder shall be entitled in satisfaction of the Company’s exchange obligation.

(e) Endorsement. Any Notes surrendered for exchange shall, unless Common Stock issuable on exchange are to be issued in the same name as the registration of such Notes, be duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company duly executed by, the Holder or its duly authorized attorney.

(f) Physical Notes. If any Notes in a denomination greater than $1,000 shall be surrendered for partial exchange, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of the Notes so surrendered, without charge, new Notes in authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unexchanged portion of the surrendered Notes.

(g) Global Notes. Upon the exchange of a beneficial interest in Global Notes, the Exchange Agent shall make a notation in its records as to the reduction in the principal amount represented thereby. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of any exchanges of Notes effected through any Exchange Agent other than the Trustee.

(h) Interest Due Upon Exchange. If a Holder exchanges a Note after the Close of Business on a Regular Record Date but prior to the Open of Business on the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, such Holder must accompany such Note with an amount of cash equal to the amount of interest that will be payable on such Note on the corresponding Interest Payment Date (regardless of whether the exchanging Holder was the Holder of record on the corresponding Regular Record Date); provided, however, that a Holder need not make such payment (1) if the Exchange Date follows the Regular Record Date immediately preceding the Maturity Date; (2) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date; (3) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date; or (4) to the extent of any overdue interest, if any overdue interest exists at the time of exchange with respect to such Note. Therefore, for the avoidance of doubt, all record Holders of Notes on the Regular Record Date immediately

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preceding the Maturity Date, and any Redemption Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date described in the preceding sentence will receive the full interest payment due on the Maturity Date or other applicable Interest Payment Date regardless of whether their Notes have been exchanged following such Regular Record Date.

(i) Taxes Due upon Exchange. If a Holder exchanges a Note, the Company will pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of any Common Stock upon the exchange, unless the tax is due because the Holder requests that any shares be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, in which case the Holder will pay that tax.

Section 14.03. Settlement Upon Exchange.

(a) Subject to this Section 14.03, Section 14.06(b) and Section 14.07(a), upon exchange of any Note, on the second Trading Day immediately following the last Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the Company shall satisfy its Exchange Obligation by paying or delivering, as the case may be, to the exchanging Holder, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes being exchanged, a “Settlement Amount” equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 40 consecutive Trading Days during the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period for such Note, together with cash, if applicable, in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock in accordance with subsection (b) of this Section 14.03.

(1) All exchanges for which the relevant Exchange Date occurs after the issuance by the Company of a Redemption Notice but prior to the related Redemption Date, and all exchanges on or after April 15, 2029 shall be settled using the same forms and amounts of consideration.

(2) Except for any exchanges for which the relevant Exchange Date occurs after the issuance by the Company of a Redemption Notice but prior to the related Redemption Date or which occurs on or after April 15, 2029, the Company shall use the same forms and amounts of consideration for all exchanges with the same Exchange Date, but the Company shall not have any obligation to use the same forms and amounts of consideration with respect to exchanges with different Exchange Dates.

(3) If, in respect of any Exchange Date (or any exchanges for which the relevant Exchange Date occurs after the issuance by the Company of a Redemption Notice but prior to the related Redemption Date or which occurs on or after April 15, 2029), the Company elects to settle all or a portion of its Exchange Obligation in excess of the principal portion of the Notes being exchanged in cash in respect of such Exchange Date (or such period, as the case may be), the Company shall inform exchanging Holders through (and upon a written request to) the Trustee of such election (the “Settlement Notice”) no later than the close of business on the Trading Day immediately following the relevant Exchange Date (or, in the case of (A) any exchanges of Notes for which the relevant Exchange Date occurs after the issuance by the Company of a Redemption Notice but prior to the related Redemption Date, in the related Redemption Notice or (B) in the case of any exchanges of Notes for which the relevant Exchange Date occurs on or after April 15, 2029, no later than April 15, 2029) and the Company shall indicate in such Settlement Notice the percentage of the Exchange Obligation in excess of the principal portion of the Notes being exchanged

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that shall be paid in cash (the “Cash Percentage”). If the Company does not elect a Cash Percentage prior to the deadline set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Company shall no longer have the right to elect a Cash Percentage with respect to any exchange on such Exchange Date or during such period, and the Company shall be deemed to have elected a Cash Percentage of 0% with respect to such exchange. In no event shall the Company’s failure to make a timely election of the Cash Percentage constitute a Default under this Indenture.

(4) The Daily Settlement Amounts, the Daily Net Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Exchange Values shall be determined by the Company promptly following the last day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period. Promptly after such determination of the Daily Settlement Amounts, the Daily Net Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Exchange Values and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional share of Common Stock, the Company shall notify the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) in writing of the Daily Settlement Amounts, the Daily Net Settlement Amounts (if applicable) and the Daily Exchange Values and the amount of cash payable in lieu of delivering any fractional shares of Common Stock. The Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) shall have no responsibility for any such determination.

(b) Fractional Shares. The Company shall not issue any fractional share of Common Stock upon exchange of the Notes and shall instead pay cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock issuable upon exchange in an amount based on the Daily VWAP on the last Trading Day of the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period. For each Note surrendered for exchange, if the Company has elected (or is deemed to elect) to deliver Common Stock in respect of some or all of the Net Shares, the full number of shares that shall be issued upon exchange thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate Daily Settlement Amounts for the relevant Cash Settlement Averaging Period and, if applicable, any fractional share remaining after such computation shall be paid in cash.

(c) Notices. Whenever an Exchange Date occurs with respect to a Note, the Exchange Agent will, as promptly as possible, and in no event later than the Business Day immediately following such Exchange Date, deliver to the Company and the Trustee, if it is not then the Exchange Agent, notice that an Exchange Date has occurred, which notice will state such Exchange Date, the principal amount of Notes exchanged on such Exchange Date and the names of the Holders that exchanged Notes on such Exchange Date.

Section 14.04. Adjustment of Exchange Rate. The Exchange Rate will be adjusted as described in this Section 14.04, except that the Company shall not make any adjustment to the Exchange Rate if Holders participate (other than in the case of a share split or share combination), at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock and as a result of holding the Notes, in any of the transactions described below without having to exchange their Notes, as if they held a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Exchange Rate, multiplied by the principal amount (expressed in thousands) of Notes held by such Holder.

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(a) If the REIT exclusively issues Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on all or substantially all Common Stock, or if the REIT effects a share split or share combination, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

where,

Any adjustment made under this Section 14.04(a) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution, or immediately after the Open of Business on the effective date for such share split or share combination, as applicable. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 14.04(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Exchange Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(b) If the REIT issues to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock any rights, options or warrants (other than rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, as to which the provisions set forth in Section 14.04(c) shall apply) entitling them, for a period of not more than 45 calendar days after the date of such issuance, to subscribe for or purchase Common Stock, at a price per share that is less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day-period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Exchange Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

where,

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Any increase made under this Section 14.04(b) will be made successively whenever any such rights, options or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such issuance. To the extent that such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration or shares of Common Stock are not delivered upon the expiration of such rights, options or warrants, the Exchange Rate shall be readjusted to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect had the increase with respect to the issuance of such rights, options or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights, options or warrants are not so issued, or if such rights, options or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration, the Exchange Rate shall be decreased to be the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such Record Date for such issuance had not occurred.

For purposes of this Section 14.04(b) and Section 14.01(b)(iv)(A), in determining whether any rights, options or warrants entitle the holders of the Common Stock to subscribe for or purchase shares Common Stock at a price per share less than such average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day-period ending on the Trading Day immediately preceding the date of announcement for such issuance, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the REIT for such rights, options or warrants and any amount payable on exercise or conversion thereof, the value of such consideration, if other than cash, to be determined by the Board of Directors.

(c) If the REIT distributes shares of its Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness, other assets or property of the REIT or rights, options or warrants to acquire its Capital Stock or other securities, to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding: (1) dividends or distributions, rights, options or warrants as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 14.04(a) or Section 14.04(b); (2) dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash as to which an adjustment was effected pursuant to Section 14.04(d); (3) Spin-Offs as to which the provisions set forth below in this Section 14.04(c) shall apply; (4) rights issued or otherwise distributed pursuant to a stockholder rights plan, except to the extent provided in Section 14.10; (5) a distribution solely pursuant to a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock, as to which the provisions of Section 14.04(e) will apply; and (6) a distribution solely pursuant to a Merger Event, as to which the provisions of Section 14.07 will apply, then the Exchange Rate shall be increased based on the following formula:

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where,

If “FMV” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than the “SP₀” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder of Notes shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes it holds, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount and kind of the REIT’s Capital Stock, evidences of the REIT’s indebtedness, other assets or property of the REIT or rights, options or warrants to acquire the REIT’s Capital Stock or other securities that such Holder would have received as if such Holder owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Exchange Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for the distribution.

Any increase made under the portion of this Section 14.04(c) above will become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. If such distribution is not so paid or made, the Exchange Rate shall be decreased to be the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this Section 14.04(c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock of shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary of the REIT or other business unit of the REIT, and such Capital Stock or similar equity interest is listed or quoted (or will be listed or quoted upon the consummation of the distribution) on a United States national securities exchange (a “Spin-Off”), the Exchange Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

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where,

The adjustment in the Exchange Rate made under the preceding paragraph of this Section 14.04(c) will be made immediately after the Open of Business on the day after the last day of the Valuation Period, but will be given effect as of the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date of the Spin-Off. If the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off is less than 10 Trading Days prior to, and including, the end of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period in respect of any exchange, references within this Section 14.04(c) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced, for purposes of calculating the affected Daily Exchange Values in respect of that exchange, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for the Spin-Off to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Cash Settlement Averaging Period. For purposes of determining the applicable Exchange Rate, in respect of any exchange during the 10 Trading Days commencing on the Ex-Dividend Date for any Spin-Off, references within the portion of this Section 14.04(c) related to “Spin-Offs” to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Ex-Dividend Date for such Spin-Off to, and including, the relevant Exchange Date.

Subject to Section 14.10, for the purposes of this Section 14.04(c), rights, options or warrants distributed by the REIT to all holders of Common Stock entitling them to subscribe for or purchase shares of the REIT’s Capital Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights, options or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (a “Trigger Event”): (1) are deemed to be transferred with such Common Stock; (2) are not exercisable; and (3) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock, shall be deemed not to have been distributed for purposes of this Section 14.04(c), (and no adjustment to the Exchange Rate under this Section 14.04(c) will be required) until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event, whereupon such rights, options or warrants shall be deemed to have been distributed and an appropriate adjustment (if any is required) to the Exchange Rate shall be made under this Section 14.04(c). If any such right, option or warrant, distributed prior to the Issue Date is subject to events, upon the occurrence of which such right, option or warrant becomes exercisable to purchase different securities, evidences of indebtedness or other assets, then the date of the

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occurrence of any and each such event shall be deemed to be the date of distribution and Ex-Dividend Date of such deemed distribution (in which case the original right, option or warrant shall be deemed to terminate and expire on such date without exercise by any of the holders). In addition, in the event of any distribution or deemed distribution of rights, options or warrants, or any Trigger Event or other event (of the type described in the preceding sentence) with respect thereto that was counted for purposes of calculating a distribution amount for which an adjustment to the Exchange Rate under this Section 14.04(c) was made, (1) in the case of any such rights, options or warrants which shall all have been redeemed or purchased without exercise by any holders thereof, upon such final redemption or purchase (x) the Exchange Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights, options or warrants had not been issued and (y) the Exchange Rate shall then again be readjusted to give effect to such distribution, deemed distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be, as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or purchase price received by holders of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming each such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or purchase, and (2) in the case of such rights, options or warrants which shall have expired or been terminated without exercise by any holders thereof, the Exchange Rate shall be readjusted as if such rights and warrants had not been issued.

For purposes of Section 14.04(a), Section 14.04(b) and this Section 14.04(c), if any dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) applies includes one or both of:

(i) a dividend or distribution of Common Stock to which Section 14.04(a) also applies (the “Clause A Distribution”); or

(ii) a dividend or distribution of rights, options or warrants to which Section 14.04(b) also applies (the “Clause B Distribution”), then (i) such dividend or distribution, other than the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, shall be deemed to be a dividend or distribution to which this Section 14.04(c) applies (the “Clause C Distribution”) and any Exchange Rate adjustment required to be made under this Section 14.04(c) with respect to such Clause C Distribution shall be made, (ii) the Clause B Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution and any Exchange Rate adjustment required by Section 14.04(b) with respect thereto shall then be made, except that, if determined by the Company, (A) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause B Distribution and the Clause A Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution and (B) any Common Stock included in the Clause A Distribution or the Clause B Distribution shall not be deemed to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(b), and (iii) the Clause A Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to immediately follow the Clause C Distribution or the Clause B Distribution, as the case may be, except that, if determined by the Company, (A) the “Ex-Dividend Date” of the Clause A Distribution and the Clause B Distribution, if any, shall be deemed to be the Ex-Dividend Date of the Clause C Distribution, and (B) any Common Stock included in the Clause A distribution shall not be deemed to be “outstanding immediately prior to the Open of Business on such Ex-Dividend Date or such effective date” within the meaning of Section 14.04(a).

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(d) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, other than a regular, quarterly cash dividend that does not exceed $0.67 per share (the “Initial Dividend Threshold”), the Exchange Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

where,

If “C” (as defined above) is equal to or greater than “SP₀” (as defined above), in lieu of the foregoing increase, each Holder shall receive, for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes it holds, at the same time and upon the same terms as holders of the Common Stock, the amount of cash that such Holder would have received if such Holder had owned a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Exchange Rate in effect on the Ex-Dividend Date for such cash dividend or distribution.

The Initial Dividend Threshold shall be subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Exchange Rate; provided that no adjustment shall be made to the Initial Dividend Threshold for any adjustment to the Exchange Rate pursuant to this Section 14.04(d).

Any increase made pursuant to this Section 14.04(d) shall become effective immediately after the Open of Business on the Ex-Dividend Date for such dividend or distribution. If such dividend or distribution is not so paid, the Exchange Rate shall be decreased, effective as of the date the Board of Directors determines not to make or pay such dividend or distribution, to the Exchange Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(e) If the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for the Common Stock that is subject to the then-applicable tender offer rules under the Exchange Act (other than an odd-lot tender offer that satisfies the requirements of Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the Exchange Act, or any successor rule), to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock (as determined by the Board of Directors) exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the last date on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (the “Offer Expiration Date”), the Exchange Rate shall be adjusted based on the following formula:

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where,

The adjustment to the applicable Exchange Rate under the preceding paragraph of this Section 14.04(e) will be given effect at the Open of Business on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date. If the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date is less than 10 Trading Days prior to, and including, the end of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period in respect of any exchange, references within this Section 14.04(e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced, for purposes of calculating the affected Daily Exchange Values in respect of that exchange, with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date to, and including, the last Trading Day of such Cash Settlement Averaging Period. For purposes of determining the applicable Exchange Rate, in respect of any exchange during the 10 Trading Days commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date, references within this Section 14.04(e) to 10 Trading Days shall be deemed replaced with such lesser number of Trading Days as have elapsed from, and including, the Trading Day next succeeding the Offer Expiration Date to, and including, the relevant Exchange Date.

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(f) Except as stated herein, the Company shall not adjust the Exchange Rate for the issuance of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock or the right to purchase Common Stock or such convertible or exchangeable securities. If, however, the application of the foregoing formulas would result in a decrease in the Exchange Rate, except to the extent of any readjustment to the Exchange Rate, no adjustment to the Exchange Rate shall be made (other than as a result of a reverse share split, share combination or readjustment). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 14, the Exchange Rate shall not be adjusted:

(i) on account of stock repurchases that are not tender offers referred to in Section 14.04(e), including structured or derivative transactions, or transactions pursuant to a stock repurchase program approved by the Board of Directors or otherwise;

(ii) for a third party tender offer by any party other than a tender offer by the REIT or one or more of its Subsidiaries as described in paragraph (5) above;

(iii) upon the issuance of any Common Stock pursuant to any present or future plan providing for the reinvestment of dividends or interest payable on the REIT’s securities and the investment of additional optional amounts in Common Stock under any plan;

(iv) upon the issuance of any Common Stock or options or rights to purchase those shares pursuant to any present or future employee, director or consultant benefit plan, program or agreement of or assumed by the REIT or any of its Subsidiaries;

(v) upon the issuance of any Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in the preceding clause (iii) and outstanding as of the date the Notes were first issued;

(vi) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock;

(vii) for accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes, if any; or

(viii) for an event otherwise requiring an adjustment under this Indenture if such event is not consummated.

(g) All calculations and other determinations under this Article 14 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000th) of a share.

(h) For purposes of this Section 14.04, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include Common Stock held in the treasury of the REIT or the Company so long as the REIT or the Company, as the case may be, does not pay any dividend or make any distribution on Common Stock held in the treasury of the REIT or the Company, as the case may be, but shall include Common Stock issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of Common Stock.

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(i) Whenever the Exchange Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee (and the Exchange Agent if not the Trustee) an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the Exchange Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received such Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Exchange Rate and may assume without inquiry that the last Exchange Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect.

Section 14.05. Discretionary and Voluntary Adjustments.

(a) Discretionary Adjustments. Whenever any provision of this Indenture requires the Company to calculate the Last Reported Sale Prices or the Daily VWAPs or any function thereof over a span of multiple days (including during a Cash Settlement Averaging Period), the Company will make appropriate adjustments to each to account for any adjustment to the Exchange Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Exchange Rate where the effective date, ex-dividend date or expiration date of the event occurs, at any time during the period when the Last Reported Sale Prices or the Daily VWAPs or functions thereof are to be calculated.

(b) Voluntary Adjustments. To the extent permitted by applicable law and subject to the listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange (if the REIT is then listed on The New York Stock Exchange), the Company is permitted to increase the Exchange Rate of the Notes by any amount for a period of at least 20 Business Days if the Board of Directors determines that such increase would be in the Company’s best interest. Subject to the listing standards of The New York Stock Exchange (if the REIT is then listed on The New York Stock Exchange), the Company may also (but is not required to) increase the Exchange Rate to avoid or diminish income tax to holders of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock in connection with a dividend or distribution of shares (or rights to acquire shares) or similar event.

Section 14.06. Increased Exchange Rate Applicable to Certain Notes Surrendered in Connection with Make-Whole Fundamental Changes or Notices of Redemption. (a) If (1) an event occurs that (i) is a Fundamental Change (determined after giving effect to any exceptions or exclusions to such definition) or (ii) would be a Fundamental Change, but for the proviso set forth in clause (2) of the definition thereof (any such event, a “Make-Whole Fundamental Change”) or (2) the Company gives a Redemption Notice with respect to any or all of the Notes as provided for in Article 16 and, in each case, a Holder elects to exchange its Notes in connection with such Make-Whole Fundamental Change or Redemption Notice, as the case may be, the Company shall, under certain circumstances, increase the Exchange Rate for the Notes so surrendered for exchange by a number of additional Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”), as set forth in this Section 14.06. An exchange of Notes shall be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” a Make-Whole Fundamental Change if the relevant Exchange Date occurs during the period from, and including, the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change up to, and including, the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately prior to the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date or, if such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is not also a Fundamental Change, the 35th Business Day immediately following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change (such period, the “Make-Whole Fundamental Change Period”). An exchange of Notes will be deemed for these purposes to be “in connection with” a Redemption Notice if the relevant Exchange Date occurs from, and including, the date of the Redemption Notice until the Close of Business on the Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date.

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(b) Upon surrender of Notes for exchange in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or a Redemption Notice, the Company shall fulfill its Exchange Obligation in accordance with Section 14.02; provided, however, that if, at the effective time of a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Reference Property following such Make-Whole Fundamental Change is composed entirely of cash, for any exchange of Notes following the Effective Date of such Make-Whole Fundamental Change, the Settlement Amount shall be calculated based solely on the Stock Price for the transaction and shall be deemed to be an amount of cash per $1,000 principal amount of exchanged Notes equal to the Exchange Rate (including any adjustment for Additional Shares), multiplied by such Stock Price. In such event, the Exchange Obligation shall be paid to Holders in cash on the second Trading Day following the Exchange Date. The Company shall notify the Holders of Notes of the Effective Date of any Make-Whole Fundamental Change and issue a press release announcing such Effective Date no later than five Business Days after such Effective Date.

(c) The number of Additional Shares, if any, by which the Exchange Rate will be increased for a Holder that exchanges its Notes in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change or a Redemption Notice shall be determined by reference to the table below, based on the date on which the Make-Whole Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective or the date of the Redemption Notice (in each case, the “Effective Date”) and the price (the “Stock Price”) paid (or deemed to be paid) per share of Common Stock in the Make-Whole Fundamental Change or determined with respect to the Redemption Notice, as the case may be. If the holders of the Common Stock receive in exchange for their Common Stock only cash in a Make-Whole Fundamental Change described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change, the Stock Price will be the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock. Otherwise, the Stock Price will be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the ten consecutive Trading Day-period ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date of the Make-Whole Fundamental Change or the Redemption Notice, as the case may be. In the event an exchange in connection with a Redemption Notice would also be deemed to be in connection with a Make-Whole Fundamental Change, a Holder of the Notes to be exchanged shall be entitled to a single increase to the Exchange Rate with respect to the first to occur of (i) the applicable date of the Redemption Notice or (ii) the Effective Date of the applicable Make-Whole Fundamental Change, and the later event will be deemed not to have occurred for purposes of such exchanged Notes.

(d) The Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table below shall be adjusted as of any date on which the Exchange Rate of the Notes is otherwise required to be adjusted. The adjusted Stock Prices shall equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Exchange Rate immediately prior to such adjustment giving rise to the Stock Price adjustment and the denominator of which is the Exchange Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth in such table shall be adjusted in the same manner and at the same time as the Exchange Rate is required to be adjusted as set forth in Section 14.04.

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(e) The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares by which the Exchange Rate shall be increased per $1,000 principal amount of Notes pursuant to this Section 14.06 for each Stock Price and Effective Date set forth below:

The exact Stock Prices and Effective Dates may not be set forth in the table above, in which case:

(i) If the Stock Price is between two Stock Prices in the table or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares by which the Exchange Rate will be increased shall be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the next higher and next lower Stock Prices and the earlier and later Effective Dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year.

(ii) If the Stock Price is greater than $600.00 per share (subject to adjustment in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to Section 14.06(d) hereof), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Exchange Rate.

(iii) If the Stock Price is less than $104.42 per share (subject to adjustments in the same manner as the Stock Prices set forth in the column headings of the table above pursuant to Section 14.06(d) hereof), no Additional Shares shall be added to the Exchange Rate.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the Exchange Rate exceed 9.5767 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Notes, subject to adjustments in the same manner as the Exchange Rate is required to be adjusted as set forth in Section 14.04 hereof.

Section 14.07. Effect of Recapitalizations, Reclassifications and Changes of the Common Stock.

(a) In the case of:

(i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value, or as a result of a split, subdivision or combination for which an adjustment was made pursuant to Section 14.04(a));

(ii) any consolidation, merger or combination involving the Company or the REIT;

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(iii) any sale, lease or other transfer to a third party of the consolidated assets of the Company or the REIT and its Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety; or

(iv) any statutory share exchange;

in each case, as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) (any such event, a “Merger Event” and any such stock, other securities, other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof), “Reference Property” with each “Unit of Reference Property” meaning the kind and amount of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is entitled to receive) then at and after the effective time of such Merger Event, the right to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of Notes based on a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the applicable Exchange Rate will, without the consent of the Holders, be changed into a right to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of Notes based on a number of Units of Reference Property equal to the applicable Exchange Rate and, prior to or at the effective time of such Merger Event, the Company, the REIT or the successor or purchasing person, as the case may be, shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing for such change in the right to exchange each $1,000 principal amount of Notes. However, at and after the effective time of such Merger Event:

(A) (i) any amount payable in cash upon exchange of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.03 shall continue to be payable in cash, (ii) any Common Stock that the Company would have been required to deliver upon exchange of the Notes in accordance with Section 14.03 shall instead be deliverable in the type and amount of Reference Property that a holder of that number of shares of Common Stock would have received in such Merger Event and (iii) the Daily VWAP shall be calculated based on the value of a Unit of Reference Property that a holder of one share of Common Stock would have received in such Merger Event; provided, however, that if the holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such Merger Event, then for all exchanges that occur after the effective date of such Merger Event (x) the consideration due upon exchange of each $1,000 principal aggregate amount of Notes shall be solely cash in an amount equal to the Exchange Rate in effect on the Exchange Date (as may be increased by any Additional Shares pursuant to Section 14.06), multiplied by the Stock Price in such Merger Event and (y) settlement will occur on the second Trading Day immediately following the Exchange Date; and

(B) the Company shall continue to have the right to determine the form of consideration to be paid and, if applicable, delivered, in respect of its Exchange Obligation upon exchange of Notes in accordance with Section 14.03.

If the Merger Event causes the Common Stock to be converted into, or exchanged for, the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of shareholder election), the amount and type of Reference Property that a holder of Common Stock would have been entitled to receive in such Merger Event (and for which the Notes will be exchangeable) will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration actually received by the holders of Common Stock. The Company shall notify, in writing, the Holders, the Trustee and the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) of the weighted average as soon as practicable after such determination is made.

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The Company shall not become a party to any Merger Event unless its terms are consistent with this Section 14.07. Such supplemental indenture described in the second immediately preceding paragraph shall provide for adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent to the adjustments provided for in this Article 14 in the judgment of the Board of Directors or the board of directors of the successor person. If, in the case of any such Merger Event, the Reference Property receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock includes shares of stock, securities or other property or assets (including cash or any combination thereof) of a person other than the successor or purchasing person, as the case may be, in such Merger Event, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other person.

(b) The Company shall cause notice of the execution of such supplemental indenture to be mailed to each Holder, at the address of such Holder as it appears on the register of the Notes maintained by the Note Registrar, within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture. The above provisions of this Section 14.07 shall similarly apply to successive Merger Events.

(c) If the Notes become exchangeable into Reference Property, the Company shall notify the Trustee and issue a press release containing the relevant information, disclose the relevant information in a Current Report on Form 8-K or post such information on the Company’s website.

(d) In connection with any Merger Event, the Initial Dividend Threshold will subject to adjustment as described in clause (1), clause (2) or clause (3) below, as the case may be.

(1) In the case of a Merger Event in which the Reference Property is composed entirely of shares of common stock (the “Merger Event Common Stock”), the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Merger Event will be equal to (x) the Initial Dividend Threshold immediately prior to the effective time of such Merger Event, divided by (y) the number of shares of Merger Event Common Stock that a holder of one share of Common Stock would receive in such Merger Event (such quotient rounded down to nearest cent).

(2) In the case of a Merger Event in which the Reference Property is composed in part of shares of Merger Event Common Stock, the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Merger Event will be equal to (x) the Initial Dividend Threshold immediately prior to the effective time of such Merger Event, multiplied by (y) the Valuation Percentage for such Merger Event (such quotient rounded down to the nearest cent).

(3) In the case of a Merger Event in which the Reference Property is composed entirely of consideration other than shares of common stock, the Initial Dividend Threshold at and after the effective time of such Merger Event will be equal to zero.

(e) For purposes of subsection (d) of this Section 14.07, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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(1) The “Valuation Percentage” for any Merger Event shall be equal to (x) the arithmetic average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of one share of such Merger Event Common Stock over the relevant Merger Event Valuation Period (determined as if references to “Common Stock” in the definition of “Last Reported Sale Price” were references to the “Merger Event Common Stock” for such Merger Event), divided by (y) the arithmetic average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of one share of Common Stock over the relevant Merger Event Valuation Period.

(2) The “Merger Event Valuation Period” for any Merger Event means the five consecutive Trading Day period immediately preceding, but excluding, the effective date for such Merger Event.

Section 14.08. Certain Covenants. (a) The REIT covenants that all Common Stock that may be issued upon exchange of Notes shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and shall be free from preemptive rights and free from any tax, lien or charge (other than those created by the Holder or due to a change in registered owner).

(b) The REIT covenants that, if any Common Stock to be provided for the purpose of exchange of Notes hereunder require registration with or approval of any governmental authority under any federal or state law before such Common Stock may be validly issued upon exchange, the REIT will, to the extent then permitted by the rules and interpretations of the Commission, secure such registration or approval, as the case may be.

(c) The REIT further covenants that it shall list or cause to have quoted any Common Stock to be issued upon exchange of the Notes on each national securities exchange or over-the-counter or other domestic market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.

(d) To the extent necessary to satisfy its obligations under this Indenture, the REIT will reserve out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock to permit the exchange of the Notes.

(e) The REIT shall provide, free from preemptive rights, out of its authorized but unissued shares or shares held in treasury, sufficient Common Stock to provide for exchange of the Notes from time to time as such Notes are presented for exchange (assuming that at the time of computation of such number of shares, all such Notes would be exchanged by a single Holder).

Section 14.09. Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and any Exchange Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder of Notes to determine or calculate the Exchange Rate, to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Exchange Rate, to confirm the accuracy of any such adjustment when made or the appropriateness of the method employed, or herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same or to make any determinations with respect to the ownership limit in the REIT’s Amended and Restated Bylaws. The Trustee and any other Exchange Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Stock or of any other securities or property that may at any time be issued or delivered upon the exchange of any Notes; and the Trustee and the Exchange Agent make no representations with respect

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thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Exchange Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Notes for the purpose of exchange or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 14. The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including without limitation its right to be compensated, reimbursed, and indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, including its capacity as Exchange Agent.

Section 14.10. Stockholder Rights Plan. Whenever a Holder exchanges a Note, to the extent that the REIT has a rights plan in effect, the Holder exchanging such Note will receive, in addition to any Common Stock otherwise received in connection with such exchange, the rights under the rights plan unless the rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case, and only in such case, the Exchange Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the REIT distributed to all holders of the Common Stock, shares of Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness, assets, property, rights, options or warrants as described in Section 14.04(c), subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights.

Section 14.11. Deferral of Adjustments. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, except on and after the first trading day of any Cash Settlement Averaging Period with respect to a Note and on or prior to the last Trading Day of such Cash Settlement Averaging Period, the Company will not be required to adjust the Exchange Rate unless such adjustment would require an increase or decrease of at least one percent; provided, however, that any such minor adjustments that are not required to be made will be carried forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment, and provided, further, that any such adjustment of less than one percent that has not been made shall be made upon the occurrence of (i) the Effective Date for any Make-Whole Fundamental Change; (ii) the Company’s giving of a Redemption Notice pursuant to Article 16; and (iii) each Trading Day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period for any Notes that are exchanged.

Section 14.12. Notice to Holders. (a) The Company shall deliver notices of the events specified below at the times specified below and containing the information specified below unless, in each case, (i) pursuant to the Indenture, the Company is already required to deliver notice of such event containing at least the information specified below at an earlier time or, (ii) the Company, at the time it is required to deliver a notice, does not have knowledge of all of the information required to be included in such notice, in which case, the Company shall (A) deliver notice at such time containing only the information that it has knowledge of at such time (if it has knowledge of any such information at such time), and (B) promptly upon obtaining knowledge of any such information not already included in a notice delivered by the Company, deliver notice to each Holder containing such information. In each case, the failure by the Company to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such event.

(b) Issuances, Distributions, and Dividends and Distributions. If the Company or the REIT: (i) announces any issuance of any rights, options or warrants that would require an adjustment in the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 14.04(b); (ii) authorizes any distribution that would require an adjustment in the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 14.04(c) hereof (including any separation of rights from the Common Stock described in Section 14.10); or (iii) announces

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any dividend or distribution that would require an adjustment in the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 14.04(d), then the Company shall deliver to the Holders, as promptly as possible, but in any event at least 15 calendar days prior to the applicable Ex-Dividend Date, notice describing such issuance, distribution, dividend or distribution, as the case may be, and stating the expected Ex-Dividend Date and Record Date for such issuance, distribution, dividend or distribution, as the case may be. In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Holders notice if the consideration included in such issuance, distribution, dividend or distribution, or the Ex-Dividend Date or Record Date of such issuance, distribution, dividend or distribution, as the case may be, changes.

(c) Voluntary Increases. If the Company increases the Exchange Rate pursuant to Section 14.05(b), the Company shall deliver notice to the Holders at least 15 calendar days prior to the date on which such increase will become effective, which notice shall state the date on which such increased will become effective and the amount by which the Exchange Rate will be increased.

(d) Dissolutions, Liquidations and Winding-Ups. If there is a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding-up of the Company or the REIT, the Company shall deliver notice to the Holders as promptly as possible, but in any event at least 15 calendar days prior to the earlier of (i) the date on which such dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be, is expected to become effective or occur, and (ii) the date as of which it is expected that holders of Common Stock of record shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon such dissolution, liquidation or winding-up, as the case may be, which notice shall state the expected effective date and Record Date for such event, as applicable, and the amount and kind of property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is expected to be entitled, or may elect, to receive in such event. The Company shall deliver an additional notice to holders, as promptly as practicable, whenever the expected effective date or Record Date, as applicable, or the amount and kind of property that a holder of one share of Common Stock is expected to be entitled to receive in such event, changes.

(e) Notices After Certain Actions and Events. Whenever an adjustment to the Exchange Rate becomes effective pursuant to Section 14.04, 14.05 or 14.06 hereof, the Company will (i) file with the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such adjustment has become effective, the Exchange Rate, and the manner in which the adjustment was computed and (ii) deliver notice to the Holders stating that such adjustment has become effective and the Exchange Rate or exchange privilege as adjusted. Failure to give any such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the validity of any such adjustment.

Section 14.13. Exchange in Lieu of Exchange. (a) When a Holder surrenders its Notes for exchange, the Company may, at its election (an “Exchange Election”), direct the Exchange Agent to deliver, on or prior to the Trading Day immediately following the Exchange Date, such Notes to one or more financial institutions designated by the Company (each, a “Designated Financial Institution”) for exchange in lieu of exchange. In order to accept any Notes surrendered for exchange, the Designated Financial Institution(s) must agree to timely pay and deliver, as the case may be, in exchange for such Notes, cash up to the aggregate principal amount of such Notes and cash, shares of Common Stock or combination thereof, at the Company’s election, in respect of the remainder, if any, of the Exchange Obligation in excess of the aggregate principal amount of such Notes that would otherwise be due upon exchange pursuant to Section 14.03 or such other

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amount agreed to by the Holder and the Designated Financial Institution(s) (the “Exchange Consideration”). If the Company makes an Exchange Election, the Company shall, by the close of business on the Trading Day following the relevant Exchange Date, notify in writing the Trustee, the Exchange Agent (if other than the Trustee) and the Holder surrendering Notes for exchange that the Company has made the Exchange Election, and the Company shall promptly notify the Designated Financial Institution(s) of the relevant deadline for delivery of the Exchange Consideration and the applicable Cash Percentage.

(b) Any Notes delivered to the Designated Financial Institution(s) shall remain outstanding, subject to the applicable procedures of the Depositary. If the Designated Financial Institution(s) agree(s) to accept any Notes for exchange but does not timely pay and deliver, as the case may be, the related Exchange Consideration, or if such Designated Financial Institution(s) does not accept the Notes for exchange, the Company shall pay and deliver, as the case may be, the relevant Exchange Consideration, as, and at the time, required pursuant to this Indenture as if the Company had not made the Exchange Election.

(c) The Company’s designation of any Designated Financial Institution(s) to which the Notes may be submitted for exchange does not require such Designated Financial Institution(s) to accept any Notes.

ARTICLE 15

REPURCHASE OF NOTES AT OPTION OF HOLDERS

Section 15.01. [Reserved.]

Section 15.02. Purchase at Option of Holders Upon a Fundamental Change. (a) If a Fundamental Change occurs at any time, then each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to purchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion thereof such that the remaining principal amount of each Note that is not purchased in full equals $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, on a date (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Date”) specified by the Company that is not less than 20 calendar days or more than 35 calendar days following the date on which the Company delivers the Fundamental Change Company Notice, at a cash purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Price”); provided, however, that if the Company purchases a Note on a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the Interest Payment Date corresponding to such Regular Record Date, the Company shall instead pay such accrued and unpaid interest on such Note on the Interest Payment Date to the Holder of record of such Note as of such Regular Record Date.

Purchases of Notes under this Section 15.02 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:

(i) if the Notes to be purchased are Physical Notes, delivery to the Paying Agent by the Holder of a duly completed notice (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Notice”) in the form set forth in Attachment 2 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A and of the Notes, duly endorsed for transfer, on or before the Close of Business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, subject to extensions to comply with applicable law (the “Fundamental Change Expiration Time”); and

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(ii) if the Notes to be purchased are Global Notes, delivery of the Notes, by book-entry transfer, in compliance with the Applicable Procedures and the satisfaction of any other requirements of the Depositary in connection with tendering beneficial interests in a Global Note for purchase, by the Fundamental Change Expiration Time.

The Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in respect of any Notes to be purchased shall state:

(1) if certificated, the certificate numbers of such Notes;

(2) the portion of the principal amount of such Notes, which must be such that the principal amount that is not to be purchased of each Note that is not to be purchased in full equals $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and

(3) that such Notes are to be purchased by the Company pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Notes and this Indenture.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 15.02 shall have the right to withdraw, in whole or in part, such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice at any time prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 15.04.

The Paying Agent shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Fundamental Change Purchase Notice or written notice of withdrawal thereof.

(b) On or before the 20th calendar day after the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Company shall provide to all Holders of the Notes, the Trustee, the Exchange Agent and the Paying Agent (in the case of any Exchange Agent or Paying Agent other than the Trustee) a notice (the “Fundamental Change Company Notice”) of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change and of the purchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. Such notice shall be sent by first class mail or, in the case of any Global Notes, in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary for providing notices. Simultaneously with providing such Fundamental Change Company Notice, the Company shall publish a press release containing this information or publish this information on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time.

Each Fundamental Change Company Notice shall specify:

(i) the events causing the Fundamental Change;

(ii) the date of the Fundamental Change;

(iii) the last date on which a Holder of Notes may exercise the purchase right pursuant to this Article 15;

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(iv) the Fundamental Change Purchase Price;

(v) the Fundamental Change Purchase Date;

(vi) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Exchange Agent, if applicable;

(vii) the applicable Exchange Rate and any adjustments to the applicable Exchange Rate;

(viii) that the Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been delivered by a Holder may be exchanged only if the Holder withdraws the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice in accordance with this Indenture;

(ix) that the Holder shall have the right to withdraw any Notes surrendered for purchase prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time; and

(x) the procedures that Holders must follow to require the Company to purchase their Notes.

No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the purchase rights of the Holders of Notes or affect the validity of the proceedings for the purchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 15.02.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to deliver a Fundamental Change Company Notice or to purchase any Notes upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change if the Company has delivered a Redemption Notice for all of the Notes in accordance with Section 16.02, unless and until there is a default in the payment of the Redemption Price.

(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no purchase of any Notes pursuant to this Section 15.02 if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Notes). The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical Notes held by it during the acceleration of the Notes (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Notes) and shall deem to be cancelled any instructions for book-entry transfer of the Notes in compliance with the procedures of the Depositary, in which case, upon such return or cancellation, as the case may be, the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

Section 15.03. Effect of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice specified in Section 15.02, the Holder of the Note in respect of which such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice was given shall (unless such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn in accordance with Section 15.04) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Fundamental Change Purchase Price in cash with respect to such Note (and any previously accrued and unpaid interest on such Note). Such Fundamental

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Change Purchase Price shall be paid to such Holder, subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, on the later of (x) the applicable Fundamental Change Purchase Date (provided the conditions in Section 15.02 have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of such Note to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 15.02, subject in each case to extensions to comply with applicable law.

Section 15.04. Withdrawal of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice. A Fundamental Change Purchase Notice may be withdrawn (in whole or in part) by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Paying Agent in accordance with the Fundamental Change Company Notice at any time prior to the Fundamental Change Expiration Time, specifying:

(1) the principal amount of the Notes with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;

(2) if Physical Notes have been issued, the certificate numbers of the withdrawn Notes; and

(3) the principal amount, if any, of each Note that remains subject to the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, which must be such that the principal amount not to be purchased equals $1,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

provided, however, that if the Notes are Global Notes, the notice must comply with Applicable Procedures.

The Paying Agent will promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Physical Notes with respect to which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in compliance with the provisions of this Section 15.04.

Section 15.05. Deposit of Fundamental Change Purchase Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or, if the Company or a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of either of them is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided herein) an amount of money (in immediately available funds if deposited on such Business Day) sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of all the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date. If the Paying Agent holds cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes that have been properly surrendered for purchase and not validly withdrawn and for which a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been tendered and not withdrawn in accordance with this Indenture on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then as of such Fundamental Change Purchase Date, (a) such Notes will cease to be outstanding and interest will cease to accrue thereon (whether or not book-entry transfer of such Notes is made or whether or not such Notes have been delivered to the Paying Agent) and (b) all other rights of the Holders in respect thereof will terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and previously accrued and unpaid interest thereon upon delivery or book-entry transfer of such Notes).

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Section 15.06. Notes Purchased in Whole or in Part. Any Note that is to be purchased, whether in whole or in part, shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires in the case of Physical Notes, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Note, without service charge, a new Note or Notes, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder in aggregate principal amount equal to, and in exchange for, the portion of the principal amount of the Note so surrendered that is not purchased.

Section 15.07. Covenant to Comply with Applicable Laws Upon Purchase of Notes. In connection with any offer to purchase Notes under Section 15.02, the Company shall, in each case if required by law, (i) comply with Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer and other applicable rules under the Exchange Act that may then be applicable, (ii) file a Schedule TO or any other required schedule under the Exchange Act and (iii) otherwise comply with all U.S. federal and state securities laws applicable to the Company in connection with such purchase offer, in each case, so as to permit the rights and obligations under Section 15.02 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 15.02. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations enacted or adopted after the date on which the Notes are first issued conflict with the provisions of this Indenture relating to the obligations of the Company to purchase the Notes upon a Fundamental Change, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under such provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such conflict. In such event, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the purchase of the Notes complies with applicable securities laws and regulations.

Section 15.08. Repayment to the Company. To the extent that the aggregate amount of cash deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 15.05 exceeds the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Notes or portions thereof that the Company is obligated to purchase as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then, following the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Paying Agent shall promptly return any such excess to the Company.

Section 15.09. Purchase by Third Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, we will be deemed to satisfy our obligations to repurchase notes pursuant to the provisions set forth in this Article 15 if (i) one or more third parties conduct the repurchase offer and repurchase tendered notes in a manner that would have satisfied the obligations of the Company to do the same if conducted directly by the Company and otherwise in the manner set forth in this Article 15; and (ii) a Holder or an owner of a beneficial interest in the Notes would not receive a lesser amount (as a result of taxes, additional expenses or for any other reason) than such Holder or beneficial owner would have received had the Company repurchased the notes.

Section 15.10. Exempted Fundamental Change. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article 15 or otherwise, the Company shall not be required to provide a Fundamental Change Company Notice, or offer to repurchase or repurchase any Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Article 15 in connection with a Merger Event that constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to clause (2) of the definition thereof (regardless of whether such Merger Event also constitutes a Fundamental Change pursuant to any other clause of such definition), if:

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(i) the Reference Property for such Merger Event is composed solely of cash in U.S. dollars;

(ii) immediately after such Fundamental Change, the Notes have become exchangeable (in accordance with the provisions of Sections 14.06 and 14.07 and, if prior to January 15, 2029, Section 14.01(b)(v)) into consideration that is composed solely of U.S. dollars in an amount per $1,000 principal amount of notes that equals or exceeds the Fundamental Change Purchase Price per $1,000 principal amount of notes (calculated assuming that such Fundamental Change Purchase Price includes accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the latest possible Fundamental Change Purchase Date for such Fundamental Change); and

(iii) the Company provides notice to Holders relating to such Fundamental Change in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section 14.01(b)(v) and Section 14.06 and includes in such notice the amount of the cash consideration due to a Holder upon an exchange of $1,000 principal amount of Notes and a statement that it will not offer to repurchase the Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Article 15 because such Fundamental Change is an “Exempted Fundamental Change” in accordance with the provisions of this Section 15.10.

For purposes of the foregoing, an “Exempted Fundamental Change” is any Fundamental Change that meets the requirements of this Section 15.10 and, in respect of which the Company is otherwise exempt from the provisions of this Article 15.

ARTICLE 16

OPTIONAL REDEMPTION

Section 16.01. Optional Redemption. The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to July 20, 2027. On or after July 20, 2027, the Company may redeem (an “Optional Redemption”) for cash all or a portion of the Notes, at the Redemption Price, if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock has been at least 130% of the Exchange Price then in effect for at least 20 Trading Days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive Trading Day-period (including the last Trading Day of such period) ending on, and including, the Trading Day immediately preceding the date on which the Company provides the Redemption Notice in accordance with Section 16.02.

Section 16.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes. (a) In case the Company exercises its Optional Redemption right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 16.01, it shall fix a date for redemption (each, a “Redemption Date”) and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not less than 50 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall give or cause to be given a written notice of such Optional Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”) not less than 45 nor more than 60 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Redemption Date mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid or, in the case of any Global Notes, in accordance with the procedures of the Depositary for providing notices, to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed as a whole or in part at its last address as the same appears on the Note Register; provided, however, that, if the Company shall give such notice, it shall also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee. Simultaneously with providing such notice, the Company shall publish, or cause to be

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published, a notice containing this information on its website or through such other public medium as the Company may use at that time. The Redemption Date must be a Business Day and may not fall on or after the date that is the 41st Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date. At the Company’s request, a Redemption Notice shall be given by the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, with the notice information required under Section 16.02(c) delivered to the Trustee at least two Business Days before such notice is to be given to the Holders (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee). The election of the Company to redeem any Notes pursuant to Section 16.01 shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution. The Company shall not less than 45 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Company (unless a shorter notice period shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee in writing of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed. The Company shall furnish the Trustee with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with the conditions to such redemption no later than the date the Redemption Notice is given pursuant to this Section 16.02.

(b) The Redemption Notice, if given in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such Redemption Notice or any defect in the Redemption Notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.

(c) Each Redemption Notice shall specify:

(i) the Redemption Date;

(ii) the Redemption Price;

(iii) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;

(iv) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;

(v) that Holders may surrender their Notes for exchange at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Redemption Date unless the Company fails to pay the Redemption Price (in which case a Holder may exchange such Notes until the Redemption Price has been duly paid or duly provided for);

(vi) the procedures an exchanging Holder must follow to exchange its Notes;

(vii) the Exchange Rate and, if applicable, the number of Additional Shares added to the Exchange Rate in accordance with Section 14.06;

(viii) whether the Company elects to settle all or a portion of its Exchange Obligation in excess of the principal portion of the Notes to be exchanged in connection with the related Redemption Notice in cash, and, if applicable, the related Cash Percentage;

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(ix) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Notes; and

(x) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued.

A Redemption Notice shall be irrevocable.

(d) If the Company redeems fewer than all of the outstanding Notes, the Notes to be redeemed shall be selected (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) in accordance with Applicable Procedures, or, in the case of Physical Notes, by lot. If any Note selected for partial redemption is submitted for exchange in part after such selection, the portion of the Note submitted for exchange shall be deemed (so far as may be possible) to be the portion selected for redemption.

Section 16.03. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption. (a) If any Redemption Notice has been given in respect of the Notes in accordance with Section 16.02, the Notes shall become due and payable on the Redemption Date at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice and at the applicable Redemption Price. On presentation and surrender of the Notes at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice, the Notes shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price. The Trustee shall not be responsible for calculating the Redemption Price.

(b) Prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 4.04 an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date), sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on such Redemption Date. Subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, payment for the Notes to be redeemed shall be made promptly after the later of:

(i) the Redemption Date for such Notes; and

(ii) the time of presentation of such Note to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by the Holder thereof in the manner required by this Section 16.03.

(c) Upon surrender of a Note that is to be redeemed in part only pursuant to Section 16.01, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder a new Note in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Note surrendered, without payment of any service charge.

Section 16.04. Restrictions on Redemption. The Company may not redeem any Notes on any date if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to the Redemption Date (except in the case of an acceleration resulting from a Default by the Company in the payment of the Redemption Price with respect to such Notes).

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Section 16.05. No Sinking Fund. The Notes will not have the benefit of a sinking fund.

ARTICLE 17

MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Section 17.01. Provisions Binding on the Company’s and the REIT’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company and the REIT contained in this Indenture shall bind their respective successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.

Section 17.02. Official Acts by Successor Entity. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or Officer of the Company or REIT shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation or other entity that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company or the REIT.

Section 17.03. Addresses for Notices, Demands, etc. Any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders on the Company shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or served by electronic transmission or by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box or by overnight courier addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee), to c/o Welltower Inc., 4500 Dorr Street, Toledo, Ohio 43615, Attention: Matthew McQueen, Executive Vice President – General Counsel & Corporate Secretary. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box or by overnight courier addressed to the Corporate Trust Office.

The Trustee, by notice to the Company, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication sent to a Holder shall be mailed to it by first class mail, postage prepaid, overnight courier or, in the case of a securities depositary, by electronic transmission, at its address as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to it if so mailed within the time prescribed.

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 is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

The Trustee shall have the right to accept and act upon instructions, including funds transfer instructions (the “Instructions”) given pursuant to this Indenture delivered using Electronic Means; provided, however, that the Issuer and/or the REIT, as applicable, shall provide to the Trustee an incumbency certificate listing officers with the authority to provide such Instructions (the “Authorized Officers”) and containing specimen signatures of such Authorized Officers, which incumbency certificate shall be amended by the Issuer and/or the REIT, as applicable, whenever a person is to be added or deleted from the listing. If the Issuer and/or the REIT, as applicable, elects to give the Trustee e-Instructions using Electronic Means and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such Instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such

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Instructions shall be deemed controlling. The Issuer and the REIT understand and agree that the Trustee cannot determine the identity of the actual sender of such Instructions and that the Trustee shall conclusively presume that directions that purport to have been sent by an Authorized Officer listed on the incumbency certificate provided to the Trustee have been sent by such Authorized Officer. The Issuer and the REIT shall be responsible for ensuring that only Authorized Officers transmit such Instructions to the Trustee and that the Issuer, the REIT and all Authorized Officers are solely responsible to safeguard the use and confidentiality of applicable user and authorization codes, passwords and/or authentication keys upon receipt by the Issuer and/or the REIT, as applicable. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such Instructions notwithstanding such directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction. The Issuer and the REIT agree: (i) to assume all risks arising out of the use of Electronic Means to submit Instructions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized Instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties; (ii) that it is fully informed of the protections and risks associated with the various methods of transmitting Instructions to the Trustee and that there may be more secure methods of transmitting Instructions than the method(s) selected by the Issuer and/or the REIT, as applicable; (iii) that the security procedures (if any) to be followed in connection with its transmission of Instructions provide to it a commercially reasonable degree of protection in light of its particular needs and circumstances; and (iv) to notify the Trustee immediately upon learning of any compromise or unauthorized use of the security procedures.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event or any other communication (including any notice of redemption or repurchase) to a holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to the Depositary (or its designee) pursuant to the standing instructions from the Depositary or its designee, including by electronic mail in accordance with accepted practices at the Depositary.

Section 17.04. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. THIS INDENTURE AND EACH NOTE, AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR EACH NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).

The Company irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Notes and the Trustee, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Indenture or the Notes may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and, until amounts due and to become due in respect of the Notes have been paid, hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues.

The Company irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Indenture or the Notes brought

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in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

Section 17.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall, if requested by the Trustee, furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that such action is permitted by the terms of this Indenture and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; provided, however, that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required in connection with the initial issuance of the Notes hereunder.

Each Officer’s Certificate provided for, by or on behalf of the Company in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee with respect to compliance with this Indenture (other than the Officer’s Certificates provided for in Section 4.08) shall include: (a) a statement that the person signing such certificate is familiar with the requested action and this Indenture and has read such condition or covenant herein relating thereto; (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement contained in such certificate is based; (c) a statement that, in the judgment of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed judgment as to whether or not such action is permitted by this Indenture and whether or not such condition or covenant has been complied with; and (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the judgment of such person, such action is permitted by this Indenture and such condition or covenant has been complied with.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 17.05, if any provision in this Indenture specifically provides that the Trustee shall or may receive an Opinion of Counsel in connection with any action to be taken by the Trustee or the Company hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to, or entitled to request, such Opinion of Counsel.

Section 17.06. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Fundamental Change Purchase Date or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the following Business Day with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no interest shall accrue in respect of the delay.

Section 17.07. No Security Interest Created. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall be construed to constitute a security interest under the Uniform Commercial Code or similar legislation, as now or hereafter enacted and in effect, in any jurisdiction.

Section 17.08. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Holders, the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any Exchange Agent, any authenticating agent, any Note Registrar and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

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Section 17.09. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents and the titles 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.

Section 17.10. Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject to its direction in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.06, Section 2.07, Section 10.04 and Section 15.05 as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Indenture and those sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.08.

Any corporation or other entity into which any authenticating agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor entity or other entity is otherwise eligible under this Section 17.10, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor entity or other entity.

Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 17.10, the Trustee may promptly appoint a successor authenticating agent, shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall mail notice of such appointment to all Holders as the names and addresses of such Holders appear on the Note Register.

The Company agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services although the Company may terminate the authenticating agent, if it determines such agent’s fees to be unreasonable. The Company agrees to indemnify the authenticating agent as provided in Section 7.06.

The provisions of Section 7.02, Section 7.03, Section 7.04, Section 8.03 and this Section 17.10 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.

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If an authenticating agent is appointed pursuant to this Section 17.10, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

          ,

as Authenticating Agent, certifies that this is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.

Section 17.11. Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto executed or transmitted by PDF or other electronic means shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes. This Indenture, the Notes and any other document delivered in connection or pursuant to this Indenture or the issuance and delivery of the Notes may be signed by or on behalf of the signing party by manual, facsimile, PDF or electronic signature. Any electronic signature shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signature and Records Act or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Section 17.12. Severability. In the event any provision of this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.

Section 17.13. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY, THE HOLDERS BY ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOTES AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 17.14. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, pandemics, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

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Section 17.15. Calculations. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock, accrued interest payable on the Notes and the Exchange Rate of the Notes. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Notes. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Exchange Agent, and each of the Trustee and Exchange Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder of Notes upon the written request of that Holder. Neither the Trustee nor the Exchange Agent shall be responsible for making any calculations under the Notes or under this Indenture, and neither shall have any duty to monitor the price of the Common Stock or otherwise be charged with knowledge of when the Notes are exchangeable.

Section 17.16. USA PATRIOT Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Section 17.17. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). In order to comply with applicable tax laws, rules and regulations (inclusive of directives, guidelines and interpretations promulgated by competent authorities) in effect from time to time (“Applicable Law”), the Company agrees (i) to provide to the Trustee sufficient information about Holders or other applicable parties and/or transactions (including any modification to the terms of such transactions) so the Trustee can determine whether it has tax related obligations under Applicable Law, and (ii) that the Trustee shall be entitled to make any withholding or deduction from payments under the Indenture to the extent necessary to comply with Applicable Law for which the Trustee shall not have any liability.

Section 17.18. Economic Sanctions.

(a) Each of the Issuer and the REIT represents that neither it nor, to the knowledge of the Issuer or the REIT, any of its affiliates, subsidiaries, directors or officers are the target or subject of any sanctions enforced by the US Government, (including, without limitation, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the US Department of the Treasury or the US Department of State), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury, or other relevant sanctions authority (collectively, the “Sanctions”).

(b) Each of the Issuer and the REIT covenants that it will not directly or indirectly use any payments made pursuant to this agreement, (i) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any person who, at the time of such funding or facilitation, is the subject or target of Sanctions, or (ii) to fund or facilitate any activities of or business with any country or territory that is the target or subject of Sanctions.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

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EXHIBIT A

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT HEREUNDER IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND ACCORDINGLY, MAY NOT BE OFFERED OR SOLD EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT RESELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY, EXCEPT (A) TO WELLTOWER OP LLC (THE “COMPANY”), WELLTOWER INC. (THE “REIT”) OR A SUBSIDIARY THEREOF; OR (B) TO A PERSON THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, ALL IN COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144A (IF AVAILABLE).

Ex A - 1

WELLTOWER OP LLC

3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029

CUSIP No. 95041A AD0

Welltower OP LLC, a limited liability company duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company,” which term includes any successor entity or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to CEDE & CO., or registered assigns, the principal sum as set forth in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Notes” attached hereto of $[•], which amount, taken together with the principal amounts of all other outstanding Notes, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed $1,035,000,000, in aggregate principal amount at any time, in accordance with the rules and procedures of the Depositary, on July 15, 2029, and interest thereon as set forth below.

This Note shall bear interest at the rate of 3.125% per year from July 11, 2024, or from the most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided for to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date until July 15, 2029. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on each January 15 and July 15, commencing on January 15, 2025, to Holders of record at the Close of Business on the preceding January 1 and July 1 (whether or not such day is a Business Day), respectively. Additional Interest will be payable as set forth in Section 6.03 of the within-mentioned Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, and any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note therein shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of such Section 6.03 or the Registration Rights Agreement, and any express mention of the payment of Additional Interest in any provision therein shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.

Any Defaulted Amounts shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Notes, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, the relevant payment date to, but excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amounts shall have been paid by the Company, at its election, in accordance with Section 2.03(c) of the Indenture.

The Company shall pay or shall cause the Paying Agent to pay the principal of and interest on this Note, if and so long as such Note is a Global Note, in immediately available funds to the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, as the registered Holder of such Note.

As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall pay the principal of any Notes (other than Notes that are Global Notes) at the office or agency designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Note Registrar in respect of the Notes as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer and exchange.

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Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions giving the Holder of this Note the right to exchange this Note for cash and, if applicable, Common Stock, if any, on the terms and subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Note, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Note or the Indenture, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

In the case of any conflict between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and govern.

This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually or electronically by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.

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TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes described

in the within-named Indenture.

Dated:

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[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]

WELLTOWER OP LLC

3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029

This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company, designated as its 3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), initially limited to the aggregate principal amount of $1,035,000,000 all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of July 11, 2024 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the REIT and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (the “Trustee”), to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company, the REIT and the Holders of the Notes. Additional Notes may be issued in an unlimited aggregate principal amount, subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture. Capitalized terms used in this Note and not defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture.

In case certain Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and interest on, all Notes may be declared, by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture.

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments and deliveries in respect of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, the Redemption Price on any Redemption Date and the principal amount on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who surrenders a Note to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company, the REIT and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, and in certain other circumstances, with the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures modifying the terms of the Indenture and the Notes as described therein. It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain exceptions, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences.

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the principal (including the Redemption Price and the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, if applicable) of, accrued and unpaid interest on, and the consideration due upon exchange of, this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money herein prescribed.

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The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of $1,000 principal amount and integral multiples thereof. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service charge but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer or similar tax that may be imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such exchange of Notes being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such exchange.

The Notes shall be redeemable at the Company’s option in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in the Indenture.

Upon the occurrence of a Fundamental Change, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date at a price equal to the Fundamental Change Purchase Price.

Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Holder hereof has the right, at its option, during certain periods and upon the occurrence of certain conditions specified in the Indenture, prior to the Close of Business on the second Scheduled Trading Day immediately preceding the Maturity Date, to exchange any Notes or portion thereof that is $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof, for cash and, if applicable, Common Stock, if any, together with cash in lieu thereof in respect of any fractional shares, at the Exchange Rate specified in the Indenture, as adjusted from time to time as provided in the Indenture.

This Notes are subject to the irrevocable, full and unconditional Guarantee provided by the REIT in accordance with Article 9 of the Indenture.

In addition to the rights provided to Holders of Notes under the Indenture, Holders shall have all the rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of July 11, 2024, among the Company, the REIT and the Initial Purchasers named therein.

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ABBREVIATIONS

The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:

TEN COM = as tenants in common

UNIF GIFT MIN ACT = Uniform Gifts to Minors Act

CUST = Custodian

TEN ENT = as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN = joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

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SCHEDULE A

SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF NOTES

WELLTOWER OP LLC

3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029

The initial principal amount of this Global Note is      DOLLARS ($[•]). The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

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ATTACHMENT 1

[FORM OF NOTICE OF EXCHANGE]

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Exchange Agent

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby exercises the option to exchange this Note, or the portion hereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, for cash and, if applicable, Common Stock, if any, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Note, and directs that any cash payable and any Common Stock issuable and deliverable upon such exchange, together with any cash for any fractional share, and any Notes representing any unexchanged principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If any Common Stock or any portion of this Note not exchanged are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned will pay all documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer taxes, if any, in accordance with Section 14.02(i) of the Indenture. Any amount required to be paid to the undersigned on account of interest accompanies this Note. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

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ATTACHMENT 2

[FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE]

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

The undersigned registered owner of this Note hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Welltower OP LLC (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and specifying the Fundamental Change Purchase Date and requests and instructs the Company to pay to the registered holder hereof in accordance with Section 15.02 of the Indenture referred to in this Note (1) the entire principal amount of this Note, or the portion thereof (that is $1,000 principal amount or an integral multiple thereof) below designated, and (2) if such Fundamental Change Purchase Date does not fall during the period after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the corresponding Interest Payment Date, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to, but excluding, such Fundamental Change Purchase Date. Capitalized terms used herein but not defined shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Indenture.

In the case of Physical Notes, the certificate numbers of the Notes to be repurchased are as set forth below:

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ATTACHMENT 3

[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]

For value received      hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto      (Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints      attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.

In connection with any transfer of the within Note, the undersigned confirms that such Note is being transferred:

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NOTICE: The signature on the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.

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Exhibit 10.1

WELLTOWER INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

WELLTOWER OP LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

$1,035,000,000

(including the Additional Notes (as defined in the Purchase Agreement))

3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

Dated: July 11, 2024

WELLTOWER INC.

(a Delaware corporation)

WELLTOWER OP LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

July 11, 2024

Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

As Representatives of the several Initial Purchasers

200 West Street

New York, New York 10282

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

1585 Broadway

New York, New York 10036

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Welltower OP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Operating Company”), proposes to issue and sell to certain purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the “Representatives”) are acting as the representatives, its 3.125% Exchangeable Senior Notes due 2029 (the “Notes”), upon the terms set forth in the Purchase Agreement by and among the Operating Company, Welltower Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Representatives, dated as of July 8, 2024 (the “Purchase Agreement”), relating to the initial placement (the “Initial Placement”) of the Notes. In certain circumstances, the Notes will be exchangeable for shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $1.00 per share (the “Common Stock”), in accordance with the terms of the Notes and the Indenture (as defined below). The Notes will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company. To induce the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to satisfy their obligations thereunder, the holders of the Notes will have the benefit of this registration rights agreement by and among the Operating Company, the Company and the Initial Purchasers whereby the Company agrees with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Notes (including the Initial Purchasers) (each, a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

1.   Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized defined terms shall have the following meanings:

“Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto.

“Automatic Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a Registration Statement filed by a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer which shall become effective upon filing thereof pursuant to General Instruction I.D. of Form S-3.

“Broker-Dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act.

“Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to close in New York City.

“Closing Date” shall mean the date of the first issuance of the Notes.

“Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Common Stock” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Deferral Period” shall have the meaning indicated in Section 3(i) hereof.

“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

“Final Memorandum” shall mean the final offering memorandum, dated July 8, 2024, relating to the Notes, including any and all annexes thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein as of such date.

“FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or any successor agency thereto.

“Free Writing Prospectus” shall mean each offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes that would constitute a “free writing prospectus” as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act, prepared by or on behalf of the Company or the Operating Company or used or referred to by the Company or the Operating Company in connection with the sale of the Notes.

“Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Notes, dated the date hereof, by and among the Operating Company, as issuer, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

“Initial Placement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(d) hereof.

“Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock registered under a Shelf Registration Statement.

“Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment banker or investment bankers and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, conducted pursuant to Section 6 hereof.

“Note” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

“Notice and Questionnaire” shall mean a written notice delivered to the Company substantially in the form attached as Annex A to the Final Memorandum.

“Notice Holder” shall mean, on any date, any Holder of Registrable Securities that has delivered a properly completed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date.

“Operating Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Prospectus” shall mean a prospectus included in a Shelf Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A or Rule 430B under the Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement for a “shelf” takedown, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the shares of Common Stock covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein.

“Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

“Registrable Securities” shall mean shares of Common Stock initially issuable in exchange for the Notes initially sold to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the Purchase Agreement other than those that have (i) been registered under a Shelf Registration Statement and disposed of in accordance therewith, (ii) become eligible to be sold without restriction as contemplated by Rule 144 under the Act or any successor rule or regulation thereto that may be adopted by the Commission, (iii) ceased to be outstanding, whether as a result of redemption, repurchase, cancellation, exchange or otherwise, or (iv) been sold to the public pursuant to Rule 144 under the Act.

“Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7 hereof.

“Registration Default Damages” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7 hereof.

“Shelf Registration Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(c) hereof.

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement, including a “universal shelf” registration statement, of the Company pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof which covers some or all of the shares of Common Stock, including by “shelf takedown” using a prospectus supplement or otherwise, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to 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. For the avoidance of doubt, if at any time from

the date hereof through the end of the Shelf Registration Period, the Company is not eligible to use Form S-3 or Form S-3ASR or any successor form thereto, and all references to Shelf Registration Statement in this Agreement shall be read to include a registration statement on Form S-11, or if the Company is no longer a real estate investment trust at such time, Form S-1, or any successor form thereto.

“Underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of shares of Common Stock in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.

“Well-Known Seasoned Issuer” shall have the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Act.

2.   Shelf Registration.

(a)  The Company shall, on or before the 90th day following the Closing Date, (i) file with the Commission a Shelf Registration Statement (which shall be, if the Company is then a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer, an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement) and/or (ii) file one or more prospectus supplements to an effective Shelf Registration Statement of the Company, providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the Holders of, all of the Registrable Securities, from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Act or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission.

(b)  If the Shelf Registration Statement filed in Section 2(a) is not an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective under the Act no later than 180 days after the Closing Date.

(c)  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep any Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Act (including by way of preparing and filing with the Commission within the time limits required by Rule 415 under the Act or any successor rule thereto a new Shelf Registration Statement, and, if necessary, filing a new prospectus supplement pursuant to such new Shelf Registration Statement, in order to cover any Registrable Securities previously registered on a Shelf Registration Statement that may no longer be used for sales of such Registrable Securities, and the Company shall use its best efforts to cause such new Shelf Registration Statement to be declared effective by the Commission as soon as practicable thereafter), in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date such Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission (or becomes effective in the case of an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement) or, in the case of a “universal” Shelf Registration Statement, the first date a prospectus supplement covering Registrable Securities is filed under such Shelf Registration Statement until the earlier of (i) the 30th trading day immediately following the maturity date of the Notes (subject to extension for any suspension of the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement during such 30 trading day period immediately following the maturity date by the length of such suspension) and (ii) the date upon which there are no Notes or Registrable Securities outstanding. The Company shall be deemed not to have used its commercially reasonable efforts to keep a Shelf Registration Statement effective during the Shelf Registration Period if it voluntarily takes any action that would result in Holders of Registrable Securities not being able to offer and sell such shares of Common Stock at any time during the Shelf Registration Period, unless such action is (x) required by applicable law or otherwise undertaken by the Company in good faith and for valid business reasons (not including avoidance of the Company’s obligations hereunder), including the acquisition or divestiture of assets, and (y) permitted by Section 3(i) hereof. None of the Company, the Operating Company or any of their respective securityholders (other than Holders of Registrable Securities) shall have the right to include any securities of the Company or the Operating Company in any Shelf Registration Statement or, in the case of a “universal” Shelf Registration Statement, in any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown” registering Registrable Securities, other than Registrable Securities.

(d)  The Company shall cause a Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (i) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Act; and (ii) not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

(e)  The Company shall provide notice to each Holder at least twenty (20) Business Days prior to the anticipated effective date of the initial Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant hereto (such effective date shall also include the date of filing the initial prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown” of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-3ASR, file no. 333-264093). Each Holder agrees to deliver a Notice and Questionnaire and such other information as the Company may reasonably request in writing, if any, to the Company at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement as announced in such notice from the Company. If a Holder does not timely complete and deliver a Notice and Questionnaire or provide the other information the Company may reasonably request in writing, that Holder will not be named as a selling securityholder in the Prospectus and will not be permitted to sell its Registrable Securities under such Shelf Registration Statement. From and after the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts, on the first (1^st) Business Day of each month to (i) file with the Commission a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or to prepare and, if permitted or required by applicable law, to file a supplement, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” to the related Prospectus or an amendment or supplement to any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that each Holder that delivered a Notice and Questionnaire prior to the 20^th day of the prior month is named as a selling securityholder in such Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, and so that such Holder is permitted to deliver such Prospectus to purchasers of the Registrable Securities in accordance with applicable law and, if the Company shall file a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to be declared effective under the Act as promptly as is practicable; (ii) provide such Holder, upon request, copies of any documents filed pursuant to Section 2(e)(i) hereof; and (iii) notify such Holder as promptly as practicable after the effectiveness under the Act of any post-effective amendment filed or the filing of any supplement, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” to the related Prospectus, pursuant to Section 2(e)(i) hereof; provided, that if such Notice and Questionnaire is delivered during a Deferral Period, the Company shall so inform the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire and shall take the actions set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above upon expiration of the Deferral Period in accordance with Section 3(i) hereof. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Company shall be under no obligation to name any Holder that is not a Notice Holder as a selling securityholder in a Shelf Registration Statement or related Prospectus; provided, however, that any Holder that becomes a Notice Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2(e) (whether or not such Holder was a Notice Holder at the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement) shall be named as a selling securityholder in such Shelf Registration Statement or related Prospectus in accordance with the requirements of this Section 2(e). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (A) the Notes are called for redemption and the then prevailing market price of the shares of Common Stock is above the Exchange Price (as defined in the Indenture) or (B) the Notes are exchanged as provided for in Article 14 of the Indenture, then the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to file a post-effective amendment or supplement, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” to the related Prospectus within five (5) Business Days of the Redemption Date (as defined in the Indenture), as applicable, naming as a selling securityholder therein all Notice Holders that have completed and delivered a Notice and Questionnaire and provided the other information reasonably requested in writing by the Company, in each case on or before such Redemption Date, as applicable.

3.   Registration Procedures. The following provisions shall apply in connection with any Shelf Registration Statement.

(a)  The Company shall:

(i)  furnish to each of the Representatives and to counsel for the Notice Holders (as appointed in accordance with Section 4), not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and each amendment or supplement, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” if any, to the Prospectus included therein (including all documents incorporated by reference therein after the initial filing) and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Representatives reasonably propose; and

(ii)  include information regarding the Notice Holders and the methods of distribution they have elected for their Registrable Securities provided to the Company in Notices and Questionnaires as necessary to permit such distribution by the methods specified therein.

(b)  The Company shall ensure that:

(i)  the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Act; and

(ii)  the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, 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 not misleading.

(c)  The Company shall advise the Representatives, the Notice Holders and any Underwriter that has provided in writing to the Company a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii) through (v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Company shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

(i)  when the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

(ii)  of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” or for additional information;

(iii)  of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or any other lapse in the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement during the Shelf Registration Period;

(iv)  of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the shares of Common Stock included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

(v)  of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state 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.

(d)  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof. The Company shall undertake additional reasonable actions as required to permit unrestricted resales of the shares of Common Stock in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

(e)  Upon request, the Company shall furnish to each Notice Holder, without charge, at least one copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including all material incorporated therein by reference, and, if a Notice Holder so requests in writing, all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).

(f)  During the Shelf Registration Period, the Company shall promptly deliver to each Initial Purchaser, each Notice Holder, and any sales or placement agents or Underwriters acting on their behalf, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the preliminary Prospectus, if any) included in the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” thereto as any such person may reasonably request. The Company consents to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” thereto by each of the foregoing in connection with the offering and sale of the shares of Common Stock.

(g)  Prior to any offering of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, the Company shall (i) arrange for the qualification of the shares of Common Stock for sale under the laws of such jurisdictions as any Notice Holder shall reasonably request and shall maintain such qualification in effect so long as required, and (ii) cooperate with the Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; provided, that in no event shall the Company be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject it to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the Initial Placement or any offering pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.

(h)  Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(c)(ii) through Section 3(c)(v) hereof, the Company shall promptly (or within the time period provided for by Section 3(i) hereof, if applicable) prepare a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” to the related Prospectus or file any other required document to remedy the basis for any suspension of the Shelf Registration Statement and so that, as thereafter delivered to Initial Purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an 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.

(i)  Upon the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development, public filing with the Commission or any other material event that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, including any prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” the Company shall give notice (without notice of the nature or details of such events) to the Notice Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Notice Holder agrees (i) not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Notice Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus, including a prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown,” provided for in Section 3(h) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus and (ii) to hold any such suspension notice in confidence. The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus is suspended pursuant to this Section 3(i) (the “Deferral Period”) shall not exceed 45 days in any 90-day period or 90 days in any 360-day period; provided, that, if the event triggering the Deferral Period relates to a proposed or pending material business transaction, the disclosure of which the board of directors of the Company determines in good faith would be reasonably likely to impede the ability to consummate the transaction or would otherwise be seriously detrimental to the Company and its subsidiaries taken a whole, the Company may extend the Deferral Period from 45 days to 60 days in any 90-day period or from 90 days to 120 days in any 360-day period.

(j)  The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to its securityholders an earnings statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of, and Rule 158 under, the Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement (such effective date shall include the date of filing a prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown” of Registrable Securities to an effective Shelf Registration Statement) and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Company’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the such effective date.

(k)  The Company may require each Holder of shares of Common Stock to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Company such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such shares of Common Stock as the Company may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in the Shelf Registration Statement. The Company may exclude from the Shelf Registration Statement (including a prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown” pursuant thereto) the shares of Common Stock of any Holder that unreasonably fails to furnish such information within ten (10) Business Days after receiving such request.

(l)  Subject to Section 6 hereof, the Company shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the shares of Common Stock, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain customary indemnification provisions and procedures.

(m)  Subject to Section 6 hereof, the Company shall:

(i)  make reasonably available for inspection by the Holders of shares of Common Stock to be registered thereunder, any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such Underwriter all relevant financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents of the Company and its subsidiaries;

(ii)  cause the Company’s officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested by the Holders or any such Underwriter, attorney, accountant or agent in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations;

(iii)  make such representations and warranties to the Holders of shares of Common Stock registered thereunder and the Underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

(iv)  obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the Underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by such Holders and Underwriters;

(v)  obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof 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 in the Shelf Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of shares of Common Stock registered thereunder and the Underwriters, if any, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

(vi)  deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with Section 3(i) hereof and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Company.

The actions set forth in clauses (iii) through (vi) of this Section 3(m) shall be performed in connection with any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.

(n)  In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any shares of Common Stock or participate in a public offering (within the meaning of the rules of FINRA) as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group, whether as a Holder of such shares of Common Stock or as an Underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Company shall assist such Broker-Dealer in complying with the applicable rules and regulations of FINRA.

(o)  The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Shelf Registration Statement.

4.   Registration Expenses. The Company shall bear all expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Section 2 and Section 3 hereof and shall reimburse the Holders for the reasonable fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel (which shall initially be Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, but which may be another nationally recognized law firm experienced in securities matters designated by the Majority Holders) to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith; provided, however, that such expenses shall not include, and the Company shall not have any obligation to pay any underwriting fees, discounts or commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities, or any fees and expenses of any Broker-Dealer or other financial intermediary engaged by any Holder.

5.   Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and the Operating Company, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of shares of Common Stock covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, each Initial Purchaser, the affiliates (as such term is defined in Rule 501(b) under the Act (each, an “Affiliate”), officers and directors of each such Holder or Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls any such Holder or Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act or otherwise, as incurred, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions or proceedings in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (a) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any Shelf Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Act) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Act, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, or (b) the omission or the alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, action or proceeding; provided, however, that the Company and the Operating Company will not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company or the Operating Company by or on behalf of the party claiming indemnification expressly for use therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the Company and the Operating Company may otherwise have to the indemnified party.

The Company and the Operating Company also agree to indemnify as provided in this Section 5(a) or contribute as provided in Section 5(d) hereof to Losses of each Underwriter, if any, of shares of Common Stock registered under any Shelf Registration Statement, its directors, officers, employees, Affiliates or agents and each person who controls such Underwriter on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and the selling Holders provided in this Section 5(a) and shall, if requested by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 3(l) hereof.

(b)  Each Holder of securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement (including each Initial Purchaser that is a Holder, in such capacity) severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Operating Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who signs such Shelf Registration Statement and each person who controls the Company or the Operating Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company and the Operating Company to each such Holder, but only with reference to written information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company or the Operating Company by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement shall be acknowledged by each Notice Holder that is not an Initial Purchaser in such Notice Holder’s Notice and Questionnaire and shall be in addition to any liability that any such Notice Holder may otherwise have to the Company or the Operating Company.

(c)  Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 5 or notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 5, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under Section 5(a) or Section 5(b) hereof unless and to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and such failure results in the forfeiture by the indemnifying party of substantial rights and defenses; and (ii) will not, in any event, relieve the indemnifying party from any obligations to any indemnified party other than the indemnification obligation provided in Section 5(a) or Section 5(b) hereof. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying

party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. The indemnifying party shall indemnify and hold harmless the indemnified party from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and judgments by reason of any settlement of any action effected (i) with its written consent, or (ii) without its written consent if the settlement is entered into more than twenty (20) Business Days after the indemnifying party received a request from the indemnified party for reimbursement for the fees and expenses of counsel (in any case where such fees and expenses are at the expense of the indemnifying party) and, prior to the date of such settlement, the indemnifying party has failed to comply with such reimbursement request. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified party, settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of the indemnified party.

(d)  In the event that the indemnity provided in this Section 5 hereof is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason, then each applicable indemnifying party shall have a joint and several obligation to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnifying party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement and the Shelf Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided, however, that in no case shall any Initial Purchaser be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the commission applicable to the Notes, as set forth in the Final Memorandum, nor shall any Underwriter be responsible for any amount in excess of the underwriting discount or commission applicable to the securities purchased by such Underwriter under such Shelf Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses, nor shall any Holder be responsible, in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the amount by which the total amount received by such Holder with respect to its sale of securities covered by such Registration Statement exceeds the sum of (i) the amount paid by such Holder for such securities plus (ii) the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of an untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission of such Holder. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in

connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Company and the Operating Company shall be deemed to be equal to the total net proceeds from the Initial Placement (before deducting expenses) as set forth in the Final Memorandum. Benefits received by the Initial Purchasers shall be deemed to be equal to the total commissions as set forth in the Final Memorandum, and benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving shares of Common Stock registered under the Act. Benefits received by any Underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Shelf Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any untrue or any alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information provided by the indemnifying party, on the one hand, or by the indemnified party, on the other hand, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such untrue statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (d), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section 5, each person who controls a Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act and each director, officer, employee and agent of such Holder shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each person who controls the Company or the Operating Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, each officer of the Company or the Operating Company who shall have signed the Shelf Registration Statement and each director of the Company or the Operating Company shall have the same rights to contribution as the Company and the Operating Company, subject in each case to the applicable terms and conditions of this Section 5(d).

(e)  The provisions of this Section 5 shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Company or the Operating Company or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 5, and shall survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement.

6.   Underwritten Registrations. (a) In no event will the method of distribution of Registrable Securities take the form of an underwritten offering without the prior written consent of the Company.

(b)  If any shares of Common Stock covered by a Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Company, subject to the prior written consent of the Majority Holders, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(c)  No person may participate in any underwritten offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s shares of Common Stock on the basis reasonably provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

7.   Registration Defaults. If any of the following events (each, a “Registration Default”) shall occur, then the Company shall pay liquidated damages (the “Registration Default Damages”) to the Holders as follows:

(a)  if a Shelf Registration Statement (which shall be, if the Company is then a Well-Known Seasoned Issuer, an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement) or a prospectus supplement to an effective Shelf Registration Statement of the Company is not filed with the Commission on or prior to the 90th day following the Closing Date, then commencing on the 91st day after the Closing Date, Registration Default Damages shall accrue on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes, at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days from and including such 91st day and 0.50% per annum thereafter; or

(b)  if a Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission (or has not become effective in the case of an Automatic Shelf Registration Statement) on or prior to the 180th day following the Closing Date, then commencing on the 181st day after the Closing Date, Registration Default Damages shall accrue on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes, at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days from and including such 181st day and 0.50% per annum thereafter; or

(c)  if a Shelf Registration Statement has been declared or becomes effective but ceases to be effective or usable for the offer and sale of the Registrable Securities, other than in connection with (A) a Deferral Period or (B) as a result of a requirement to file a new Shelf Registration Statement, a post-effective amendment or supplement to the Prospectus to make changes to the information regarding selling securityholders or the plan of distribution provided for therein, at any time during the Shelf Registration Period and the Company does not cure the lapse of effectiveness or usability within ten (10) Business Days (or, if a Deferral Period is then in effect and subject to the 20 Business Day filing requirement and the proviso regarding the filing of post-effective amendments in Section 2(e) with respect to any Notice and Questionnaire received during such period, within ten (10) Business Days following the expiration of such Deferral Period or period permitted pursuant to Section 2(e)) then Registration Default Damages shall accrue on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days from and including the day following such 10th Business Day and 0.50% per annum thereafter; or

(d)  if the Company through its omission fails to name as a selling securityholder any Holder that had complied timely with its obligations hereunder in a manner to entitle such Holder to be so named in (i) a Shelf Registration Statement at the time it first became effective or (ii) any Prospectus, including a prospectus supplement for a “shelf takedown” pursuant thereto, at the later of time of filing thereof or the time the Shelf Registration Statement of which the Prospectus forms a part becomes effective then Registration Default Damages shall accrue, on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes held by such Holder, at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days from and including the day following the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement or the time of filing of such Prospectus, as the case may be, and 0.50% per annum thereafter; or

(e)  if the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number of days permitted in respect of such period pursuant to Section 3(i) hereof, then commencing on the day the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in any period exceeds the number of days permitted in respect of such period, Registration Default Damages shall accrue on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days from and including such date, and 0.50% per annum thereafter;

provided, however, that the Registration Default Damages described above shall accrue from and including the dates specified above and to but excluding the earlier of (A) (1) the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement or prospectus supplement (in the case of paragraph (a) above), (2) the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of paragraph (b) above), (3) such time as the Shelf Registration Statement which had ceased to remain effective or usable for resales again becomes effective and usable for resales (in the case of paragraph (c) above), (4) the time such Holder is permitted to sell its Registrable Securities pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus in accordance with applicable law (in the case of paragraph (d) above) or (5) the termination of the Deferral Period that caused the limit on the aggregate duration of Deferral Periods in a period set forth in Section 3(i) hereof to be exceeded (in the case of paragraph (e) above) and (B) the date the related Shelf Registration Statement is no longer required to be kept effective pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

Any amounts of Registration Default Damages due pursuant to this Section 7 will be payable in cash on the next succeeding interest payment date to Holders entitled to receive such Registration Default Damages on the relevant record dates for the payment of interest. If any Note ceases to be outstanding during any period for which Registration Default Damages are accruing, the Company will prorate the Registration Default Damages payable with respect to such Note.

The Registration Default Damages rate on the Notes shall not exceed in the aggregate 0.50% per annum and shall not be payable under more than one clause above for any given period of time, except that if Registration Default Damages would be payable because of more than one Registration Default, but at a rate of 0.25% per annum under one Registration Default and at a rate of 0.50% per annum under the other, then the Registration Default Damages rate shall be the higher rate of 0.50% per annum. Other than the Company’s obligation to pay Registration Default Damages in accordance with this Section 7, neither the Company nor the Operating Company will have any liability for damages with respect to a Registration Default.

Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, in no event shall Registration Default Damages accrue to holders of shares of Common Stock issued upon exchange of Notes. In lieu thereof, the Exchange Rate (as defined in the Indenture) shall be increased by 3.00% for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes exchanged at a time when such Registration Default has occurred and is continuing; provided, however, that (i) the foregoing adjustment shall not be applied more than once to the same $1,000 principal amount of Notes and (ii) if a Registration Default occurs after a Holder has exchanged its Notes into shares of Common Stock, such Holder shall not be entitled to any compensation with respect to such shares of Common Stock.

In no event shall Registration Default Damages, together with Additional Interest (as defined in the Indenture) relating to the Operating Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) of the Indenture, accrue on the Notes at a per annum rate, in the aggregate, in excess of 0.50% per annum, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Registration Default Damages and Additional Interest.

8.   No Inconsistent Agreements. Neither the Company nor the Operating Company has entered into, and each agrees not to enter into, any agreement with respect to its securities that is inconsistent with the registration rights granted to the Holders herein.

9.   Rule 144A and Rule 144. So long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Act and the Exchange Act in a timely manner and, if at any time the Company is not required to file such reports, it will, upon the written request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A of the Act. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Registrable Securities may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Registrable Securities without registration under the Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rules 144 and 144A (including, without limitation, the requirements of Rule 144A(d)(4)). Upon the written request of any Holder of Registrable Securities, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written statement as to whether it has complied with such requirements. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Section 9 shall be deemed to require the Company or the Operating Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.

10.   Listing. So long as any Registrable Securities are outstanding, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the approval of the shares of Common Stock for listing on the New York Stock Exchange or such other exchange or trading market as the shares of Common Stock is then listed.

11.   Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Majority Holders; provided, that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of any Initial Purchaser hereunder, the Company shall obtain the written consent of each such Initial Purchaser against which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective; provided, further, that no amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent with respect to Section 7 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder; and provided, further, that the provisions of this Section 11 may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Initial Purchasers and each Holder.

12.   Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

(a)  if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such holder to the Company in accordance with the provisions of the Notice and Questionnaire;

(b)  if to the Initial Purchasers or the Representatives, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and

(c)  if to the Company or the Operating Company, initially at its address set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.

The Initial Purchasers, the Company or the Operating Company by notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, notices given to Holders (i) holding Notes in book-entry form may be given through the facilities of DTC or any successor depository and (ii) may be given by e-mail at the e-mail address provided by such Holder in accordance with the provisions of the Notice and Questionnaire.

13.   Remedies. Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein or in the Purchase Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and the Operating Company agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

14.   Successors. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns, including, without the need for an express assignment or any consent by the Company or the Operating Company thereto, subsequent Holders of Registrable Securities, and the indemnified persons referred to in Section 5 hereof. The Company and the Operating Company hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Registrable Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

15.   Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

16.   Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

17.   Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in the State of New York. The parties hereto each hereby waive any right to trial by jury in any action, proceeding or counterclaim arising out of or relating to this Agreement.

18.   QFC Stay Rider. Recognition of the U.S. Special Resolution Regimes.

(a)  In the event that any of the Initial Purchasers that is a Covered Entity (as defined below) becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, the transfer from such Initial Purchaser of this Agreement, and any interest and obligation in or under this Agreement, will be effective to the same extent as the transfer would be effective under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement, and any such interest and obligation, were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

(b)  In the event that any of the Initial Purchasers that is a Covered Entity or a BHC Act Affiliate of such Initial Purchaser becomes subject to a proceeding under a U.S. Special Resolution Regime, Default Rights (as defined below) under this Agreement that may be exercised against such Initial Purchaser permitted to be exercised to no greater extent than such Default Rights could be exercised under the U.S. Special Resolution Regime if this Agreement were governed by the laws of the United States or a state of the United States.

For the purposes of this Section 18, a “BHC Act Affiliate” has the meaning assigned to the term “affiliate” in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 U.S.C. § 1841(k). “Covered Entity” means any of the following: (i) a “covered entity” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 252.82(b); (ii) a “covered bank” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 47.3(b); or (iii) a “covered FSI” as that term is defined in, and interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. § 382.2(b). “Default Rights” has the meaning assigned to that term in, and shall be interpreted in accordance with, 12 C.F.R. §§ 252.81, 47.2 or 382.1, as applicable. “U.S. Special Resolution Regime” means each of (i) the Federal Deposit Insurance Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder and (ii) Title II of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

19.   Severability. In the event that any one of more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

20.   Common Stock Held by the Company, etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of shares of Common Stock is required hereunder, shares of Common Stock held by the Company or its Affiliates (other than subsequent Holders of shares of Common Stock if such subsequent Holders are deemed to be Affiliates solely by reason of their holdings of such shares of Common Stock) shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement by and among the Company, the Operating Company and the several Initial Purchasers.

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The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and

accepted as of the date first above written.

For themselves and as representatives of the Initial Purchasers

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Exhibit 99.1

Welltower Announces

Closing of $1.035 Billion of

Exchangeable Senior Notes

TOLEDO, Ohio, July 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Welltower^® Inc. (NYSE: WELL) (“Welltower” or the “Company”) announced today that its operating company, Welltower OP LLC (“Welltower OP”), has closed the previously announced offering (the “Offering”) of $1.035 billion aggregate principal amount of 3.125% exchangeable senior notes due 2029 in a private placement to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The aggregate principal amount of notes issued reflects the exercise in full of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase additional notes.

The notes are Welltower OP’s senior unsecured obligations and will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on January 15 and July 15 of each year, beginning on January 15, 2025, at a rate of 3.125% per year. The notes will mature on July 15, 2029 (the “Maturity Date”), unless earlier exchanged, purchased or redeemed. The Company has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the notes on a senior unsecured basis.

Prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding January 15, 2029, the notes are exchangeable at the option of holders only upon certain circumstances and during certain periods. On or after January 15, 2029, the notes will be exchangeable at the option of the holders at any time prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day preceding the Maturity Date. Welltower OP will settle exchanges of the notes by delivering cash up to the principal amount of the notes exchanged and, in respect of the remainder of the exchange value, if any, in excess thereof, cash or shares of common stock, par value $1.00 per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), or a combination thereof, at the election of Welltower OP. The exchange rate initially equals 7.8177 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes (equivalent to an exchange price of approximately $127.91 per share of Common Stock and an exchange premium of approximately 22.5% based on the closing price of $104.42 per share of Common Stock on July 8, 2024). The exchange rate is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events, but will not be adjusted for any accrued and unpaid interest.

If a fundamental change (as defined in the indenture that governs the notes) occurs, subject to certain conditions, holders of the notes may require Welltower OP to repurchase for cash all or any portion of their notes at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date (as defined in the indenture that will govern the notes). In addition, if certain fundamental changes occur, Welltower OP may be required, in certain circumstances, to increase the exchange rate for any notes in connection with such fundamental changes by a specified number of shares of its common stock.

Welltower OP may redeem the notes, at its option, in whole or in part, on any business day on or after July 20, 2027, if the last reported sale price of the Common Stock has been at least 130% of the exchange price then in effect for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) during any 30 consecutive trading day period ending on, and including, the trading day immediately preceding the date on which Welltower OP provides notice of redemption. The redemption price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date.

Welltower OP intends to use the net proceeds from the Offering for general corporate purposes, which may include the repayment or redemption of debt (which may include the 4.000% Notes due June 1, 2025) and investment in health care, wellness and seniors housing properties. Pending such use, the net proceeds may be invested in short-term, investment grade, interest-bearing securities, certificates of deposit or indirect or guaranteed obligations of the United States.

Neither the notes nor the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exchange of the notes have 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 absent registration or an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and other applicable securities laws. Accordingly, the notes have been offered and sold only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act).

This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer or sale of, the notes in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale of the notes would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification thereof under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

Forward-Looking Statement

This press release contains “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When Welltower uses words such as “may,” “will,” “intend,” “believe,” “expect,” “project,” “estimate” or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, Welltower is making forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, including statements related to the Offering, are not guarantees of future performance and involve risks and uncertainties that may cause Welltower’s actual results to differ materially from Welltower’s expectations discussed in the forward-looking statements. This may be a result of various factors, including, but not limited to those factors discussed in Welltower’s reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Welltower undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether because of new information, future events or otherwise, or to update the reasons why actual results could differ from those projected in any forward-looking statements.

About Welltower

Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL), a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) and S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. Welltower invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people’s wellness and overall health care experience. Welltower owns interests in properties concentrated in major, high-growth markets in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, consisting of seniors housing and post-acute communities and outpatient medical properties.

SOURCE Welltower Inc.

Investor Relations: Krishna Soma, ksoma@welltower.com, (646) 677-8764; Matthew Carrus, mcarrus@welltower.com, (646) 677-8756; Media: Tara Gallagher, tgallagher@welltower.com, (214) 702-0774