Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (Form: 8-K)

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
277 Park Avenue
9^th Floor
New York, New York 10172

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes to issue and sell to the initial purchasers listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”) for whom you are acting as representative, $250,000,000 principal amount of its 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Firm Securities”) to be issued pursuant to the provisions of an Indenture dated as of June 26, 2006 (the “Indenture”) between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (the “Trustee”). The Company also proposes to issue and sell to the Initial Purchasers not more than an additional $37,500,000 principal amount of its 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Additional Securities”, and together with the Firm Securities, the “Securities”) if and to the extent that the Initial Purchasers shall have determined to exercise the right to purchase such 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 granted to the Initial Purchasers in Section 1 hereof. The Securities will be convertible into shares (the “Underlying Securities”) of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”).

The Securities and the Underlying Securities will be offered without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (together with the rules and regulations promulgated there under, the “Securities Act”), only to “qualified institutional buyers” (as defined in the Securities Act) in compliance with the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

Each Initial Purchaser and its direct and indirect transferees will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the Closing Date among the Company and the Initial Purchasers (the “Registration Rights Agreement”).

In connection with the sale of the Securities, the Company has prepared a preliminary offering memorandum (including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Preliminary Memorandum”) and will prepare a final offering memorandum (including the documents incorporated by reference therein, the “Final Memorandum” and, collectively the “Offering Memorandum”) for the information of the Initial Purchasers and for delivery to prospective purchasers of the Securities. The time when sales of Securities are first made or confirmed by the Initial Purchasers to qualified institutional buyers is referred to as the “Time of Sale,” and the Preliminary Memorandum, together with the other information referenced on Schedule II hereto, is referred to as the “Time of Sale Information.”

1. Agreements to Sell and Purchase. The Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as hereinafter provided, and each Initial Purchaser, upon the basis of the representations and warranties herein contained, but subject to the conditions hereinafter stated, agrees to purchase severally and not jointly, from the Company the Firm Securities at a purchase price of 97.75% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”), in the respective principal amount of Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule I hereto plus accrued interest, if any, from June 26, 2006, to the date of payment and delivery.

On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the Initial Purchasers the Additional Securities, and the Initial Purchasers shall have the right to purchase in whole, or from time to time in part, up to $37,500,000 principal amount of Additional Securities at the Purchase Price plus accrued interest, if any, from the Closing Date (as defined below) to the date of payment and delivery, solely to cover over-allotments, if any. If you on behalf of the Initial Purchasers exercise such option, you shall so notify the Company in writing not later than 13 days after the date of this Agreement, which notice shall specify the principal amount of Additional Securities to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and the date on which such Additional Securities are to be purchased. Such date may be the same as the Closing Date but not earlier than the Closing Date nor later than ten business days after the date of such notice.

The Company acknowledges and agrees that the Initial Purchasers are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities and the Underlying Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, no Initial Purchaser is advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Initial Purchasers shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Initial Purchasers of the Company, the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

2. Terms of the Offering. The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend (i) to offer privately pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act their respective portions of the Securities as soon after this Agreement has become effective as in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers is advisable and (ii) initially to offer the Securities upon the terms set forth in the Final Memorandum.

The Company confirms that it has authorized the Initial Purchasers, subject to the restrictions set forth below, to distribute copies of the Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering of the Securities. Each Initial Purchaser hereby severally makes to the Company the following representations and agreements:

(i) it is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act;

(ii) offers and sales of the Securities will be made only by it or its affiliates thereof qualified to do so in the jurisdictions in which such offers or sales are made; and

(iii) (A) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer to sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising (as those terms are used in Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”)) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and (B) it has solicited and will solicit offers for the Securities only from, and has offered or sold and will offer, sell or deliver the Securities only to persons who it reasonably believes to be “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act that in purchasing the Securities are deemed to have represented and agreed as provided in the Offering Memorandum.

With respect to offers and sales of the Securities to “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A, as described in clause (iii)(B) above, each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees with the Company that prior to or contemporaneously with the purchase of the Securities, the Initial Purchaser will take reasonable steps to inform, and cause each of its affiliates to take responsible steps to inform, persons acquiring Securities from such Initial Purchaser or affiliate, as the case may be, or other person acquiring Securities from such Initial Purchaser or affiliate, as the case may be, that the Securities (A) are being sold to them in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (B) have not been and, except as described in the Offering Memorandum, will not be registered under the Securities Act, and (C) may not be offered, sold or otherwise transferred except as described in the Offering Memorandum.

3. Payment for Securities. Payment for the Firm Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Firm Securities for the account of the several Initial Purchasers at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on June 26, 2006 or at such other time on the same or such other date, not later than July 3, 2006, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date.”

Payment for any Additional Securities shall be made to the Company in Federal or other funds immediately available in New York City against delivery of such Additional Securities for the account of the several Initial Purchasers at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date specified in the notice described in Section 1 or at such other time on the same or on such other date, not later than July 11, 2006, as shall be designated in writing by you. The time and date of such payment are hereinafter referred to as the “Option Closing Date.”

Certificates for the Firm Securities and Additional Securities shall be in definitive form or global form, as specified by you, and registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one (1) full business day prior to the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be. The certificates evidencing the Firm Securities and Additional Securities shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of the several Initial Purchasers, with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the transfer of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers duly paid, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor plus accrued interest, if any, to the date of payment and delivery.

4. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to the Initial Purchasers that:

(a) the Preliminary Memorandum did not, as of its date, the Time of Sale Information, did not, as of the Time of Sale, and the Final Memorandum did not, as of its date, and will not, as of the Closing Date, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through you expressly for use therein;

(b) the documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, when they were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “Exchange Act”), and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Final Memorandum, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

(c) the financial statements, and the related notes thereto, of the Company included or incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their consolidated cash flows for the periods specified; and said financial statements have been prepared in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles and practices applied on a consistent basis, except as described in the notes to such financial statements; and the supporting schedules incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum present fairly the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial and statistical information and any other financial data set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum present fairly, in all material respects, the information purported to be shown thereby at the respective dates or for the respective periods to which they apply and, to the extent that such information is set forth in or has been derived from the financial statements and accounting books and records of the Company, have been prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company;

(d) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, there has not been any material change in the capital stock or material increase in long-term debt of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (other than floor plan borrowings in the ordinary course of business), or any issuance of any options, warrants, convertible securities or rights to purchase capital stock of the Company (other than for the issuance of options of the Company under the Company’s stock option and other similar officer, director or employee benefit plans existing on or prior to the date of this Agreement), or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”), otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum; except as set forth or incorporated by reference or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, since January 1, 2006 the Company has not declared or paid any dividends or made any distribution of any kind with respect to its capital stock; and except as set forth, incorporated by reference or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, since the filing of the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2006 neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement (whether or not in the ordinary course of business) material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(e) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to own or lease their properties or conduct their businesses as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(f) each of the Company’s subsidiaries has been duly incorporated or organized, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation, limited liability company or partnership for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole to own or lease their properties or conduct their businesses as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum; and all the outstanding shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities and claims, except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and Final Memorandum or where any failure of the capital stock of any subsidiary of the Company to be duly and validly authorized and issued, fully paid and non assessable, or owned directly or indirectly or free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, security interests, equities or claims would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(g) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(h) the Company had, at the date indicated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, duly authorized capital stock as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum under the caption “Capitalization” and such authorized capital stock of the Company conforms as to legal matters in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum; there are no outstanding options to purchase, or any rights or warrants to subscribe for, or any securities or obligations convertible into, or any contracts or commitments to issue or sell, any shares of Common Stock, any shares of capital stock of any subsidiary, or any such warrants, convertible securities or obligations, except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum and except for options granted under, or contracts or commitments pursuant to, the Company’s previous or currently existing stock option and other similar officer, director or employee benefit plans; except for this Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement or stock purchase plans, there are no contracts, commitments, agreements, arrangements, understandings or undertakings of any kind to which the Company is a party, or by which it is bound, granting to any person the right to require either the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or requiring the Company to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to any registration statement;

(i) all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued and are fully paid and non assessable;

(j) the Securities have been duly authorized by the Company, and when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture (assuming due authentication of the Securities by the Trustee) and paid for as provided herein will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, law relating to fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general equity principles; and the Securities will conform, in all material respects, to the descriptions thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(k) the Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company, and when executed and delivered by the Company (assuming the authorization, execution and delivery by the Trustee), will be a valid and binding instrument of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, law relating to fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general equity principles; and the Indenture will conform, in all material respects, to the description thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(l) upon issuance and delivery of the Securities in accordance with the Agreement and the Indenture, the Securities will be convertible at the option of the holder thereof into shares of the Underlying Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities; the Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

(m) the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and when executed and delivered by the Company (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the Initial Purchasers), shall constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, law relating to fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general equity principles; and except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto; and the Registration Rights Agreement conforms, in all material respects, to the description thereof in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(n) except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and Final Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or other organizational documents or (ii) in default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound, except where such default would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect. The issue and sale of the Securities and the issuance by the Company of the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and this Agreement, and the consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated, will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries under, any Dealer Agreement (hereinafter defined) or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) violate the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company, (iii) violate any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or (iv) the organizational documents of any of its subsidiaries, except, in the cases of clause (i), (iii) or (iv), for such conflicts, breaches, violations, or defaults as would not individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and Final Memorandum no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with either (x) any such court or governmental agency or body or (y) any automobile manufacturer is required for the issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Registration Rights Agreement or the Indenture, except for (A) the filing of a registration statement by the Company with the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act and (B) such as have been, or will have been prior to the Closing Date, obtained and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers and except for such consents the failure to obtain would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(o) other than as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, would individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the best of the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others;

(p) neither the Company, nor any affiliate (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) of the Company has directly, or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require the registration under the Securities Act of the offering contemplated by the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(q) none of the Company, any affiliate of the Company or any person acting on its or their behalf has offered or sold the Securities by means of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act;

(r) the Securities satisfy the requirements set forth in Rule 144A(d)(3) under the Securities Act;

(s) no registration of the Securities or the Underlying Securities under the Securities Act, and no qualification of an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “TIA”) with respect thereto, is required for the offer, sale and initial resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(t) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, will not be required to register as an “investment company” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

(u) Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified the consolidated financial statements of the Company, are independent public accountants as required under the Securities Act;

(v) Arthur Andersen LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company, were independent public accountants during all relevant periods of their engagement by the Company as required under the Securities Act;

(w) the Company and its subsidiaries have obtained all environmental permits, licenses and other authorizations required by Federal, state and local law in order to conduct their businesses as described in the Time of Sale Information and Final Memorandum, except where failure to do so would not have a Material Adverse Effect; except as described in the Time of Sale Information and Final Memorandum, the Company and its subsidiaries are conducting their businesses in compliance with such permits, licenses and authorizations and with applicable environmental laws, except where the failure to be in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and, except as described in the Time of Sale Information and Final Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is in violation of any Federal or state law or regulation relating to the storage, handling, disposal, release or transportation of hazardous or toxic materials, which violation would have a Material Adverse Effect;

(x) the Company and its subsidiaries have all licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, approvals and orders of and from all governmental and regulatory authorities that are necessary to own or lease and operate their properties and conduct their businesses as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum except for such licenses, franchises, permits, authorizations, approvals and orders, the failure to obtain which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect;

(y) the Company and its subsidiaries have good and indefeasible title to all real property and good and marketable title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such as are described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum or would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and any real property and buildings held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;

(z)(i) the Company maintains a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that (A) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (B) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets; (C) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (D) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences, and (ii) the Company maintains a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-14(c) under the Exchange Act);

(aa) the Company and each of its subsidiaries is conducting its business in compliance with all applicable statutes, rules, regulations, standards, guides and orders administered or issued by any governmental or regulatory authority in the jurisdictions in which it is conducting business, except as described in the Time of Sale Information and Final Memorandum and except where the failure to be so in compliance would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and

(bb) except as described in the Time of Sale Information and Final Memorandum, the Company or, if applicable, a subsidiary of the Company, has entered into a dealer agreement with each of the manufacturers listed on Schedule III hereto (collectively, the “Dealer Agreements”), each of which has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or the applicable subsidiary, is in full force and effect and constitutes the valid and binding agreement between the parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable Federal and state franchise laws except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect; except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, the Company or the applicable subsidiaries are in compliance with all terms and conditions of the Dealer Agreements, and, to the best knowledge of the Company, there has not occurred any default under any of the Dealer Agreements or any event that with the giving of notice or the lapse of time would constitute a default thereunder.

5. Covenants of the Company. The Company covenants and agrees with each of the several Initial Purchasers as follows:

(a) the Company will deliver to the Initial Purchasers as many copies of the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final Memorandum (including all amendments and supplements thereto) as the Initial Purchasers may reasonably request;

(b) before distributing any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum, the Company will furnish to the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed amendment or supplement for review and not to distribute any such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Initial Purchasers reasonably object;

(c) if, at any time prior to the completion of the initial placement of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers, any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary in the opinion of the Initial Purchasers to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum in order that the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances when the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading, or if it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum to comply with law, the Company will forthwith prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Company, to the Initial Purchasers and to the dealers (whose names and addresses the Initial Purchasers will furnish to the Company) to which Securities may have been sold by the Initial Purchasers on behalf of the Initial Purchasers and to any other dealers upon request, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum as may be necessary to correct such untrue statement or omission or so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum as so amended or supplemented will comply with applicable law;

(d) the Company will endeavor to qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers shall reasonably request and to continue such qualification in effect so long as reasonably required for distribution of the Securities and to pay all fees and expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel to the Initial Purchasers) reasonably incurred in connection with such qualification and in connection with the determination of the eligibility of the Securities for investment under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may designate; provided that the Company shall not be required to file a general consent to service of process in any jurisdiction or to qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it is not so qualified;

(e) without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., the Company will not, during the period ending 90 days after the date of the Final Memorandum (the “Lock-up Period”), (i) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock or (iii) file with the Commission a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to any additional shares of its Common Stock or securities convertible into, or exchangeable for, any shares of its Common Stock, or publicly disclose the intention to effect any transaction described in clause (i), (ii) or (iii), whether any such transaction described in clause (i) or (ii) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to (A) the sale of the Securities under this Agreement or the issuance of the Underlying Securities, (B) any grant or issuance of any stock options, restricted stock or other awards, any issuance of shares of Common Stock of the Company upon the exercise of options granted under, and any vesting of or removal or lapse of restrictions on restricted stock or other awards under existing employee benefits plans or agreements, (C) any transfer of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Company’s 401(k) plan, (D) the filing by the Company of any registration statement with the Commission on Form S-8 relating to the offering of securities pursuant to the terms of the existing employee benefit plans or agreements, (E) shares of Common Stock (or options, warrants or convertible securities in respect thereof) issued in connection with a bona fide merger or acquisition transaction, provided that the Common Stock (or options, warrants or convertible securities in respect thereof) so issued is subject to the terms of a duplicative form of the “lock-up agreement” set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto, (F) the conversion of a security outstanding on the date hereof, (G) the convertible note hedge and warrant transactions executed by the Company concurrently with the pricing of the Securities and (H) filing of any registration statement in respect of the Securities and the Underlying Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 90-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 90-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 90-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18 day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.

(f) the Company will use the net proceeds received by the Company from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner specified in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum under the caption “Use of proceeds”;

(g) the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to have the Underlying Securities listed on the New York Stock Exchange;

(h) during the period from the Closing Date until two years after the Closing Date, or the Option Closing Date, if applicable, without the prior written consent of the Initial Purchasers, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities or Underlying Securities which constitute “restricted securities” under Rule 144 that have been reacquired by any of them;

(i) whether or not the transactions contemplated in this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company will pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all fees, costs and expenses (i) incident to the preparation, issuance, execution, authentication and delivery of the Securities, including any expenses of the Trustee, (ii) incident to the preparation, printing and distribution of the Preliminary Memorandum, Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum (including in each case all exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto), (iii) incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Initial Purchasers may designate (including fees of counsel for the Initial Purchasers and their disbursements), (iv) in connection with the admission for trading of the Securities on any securities exchange or inter-dealer quotation system (as well as in connection with the admission of the Securities for trading in the Private Offerings, Resales and Trading through Automatic Linkages (“PORTAL”) system of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or any appropriate market system), (v) related to any filing with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (vi) in connection with the printing (including word processing and duplication costs) and delivery of this Agreement, the Indenture, the Preliminary and Supplemental Blue Sky Memoranda and any Legal Investment Survey and the furnishing to Initial Purchasers and dealers of copies of the Preliminary Memorandum and the Final Memorandum, including mailing and shipping, as herein provided, (vii) payable to rating agencies in connection with the rating of the Securities, (viii) in connection with the listing of the Underlying Securities on the New York Stock Exchange, and (ix) any expenses incurred by the Company in connection with a “road show” presentation to potential investors (it being understood that, except as expressly set forth in this Section 5(i) and elsewhere in this Agreement (including, but not limited to, Sections 7 and 10 hereof), the Company shall have no obligation to pay any costs and expenses of the Initial Purchasers); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Initial Purchasers agree, subject to the completion of the purchase and sale of the Firm Securities hereunder, to reimburse the Company for up to 0.125% of the aggregate principal amount of Securities sold to the Initial Purchasers for the Company’s documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby;

(j) while the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company will, during any period in which it is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) under the Exchange Act, make available to the purchasers and any holder of Securities in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of Securities and securities analysts, in each case upon request, the information specified in, and meeting the requirements of, Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act (or any successor thereto);

(k) the Company will not take any action prohibited by Regulation M under the Exchange Act, in connection with the distribution of the Securities contemplated hereby;

(l) none of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) under the Securities Act) or any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate will solicit any offer to buy or offer or sell the Securities or the Underlying Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Regulation D, including: (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar medium or broadcast over television or radio; and (ii) any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or general advertising;

(m) none of the Company, any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) under the Securities Act) or any person acting on behalf of the Company or such affiliate will sell, offer for sale or solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate in respect of any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which will be integrated with the sale of the Securities or the Underlying Securities in a manner which would require the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities or Underlying Securities, and the Company will take all action that is appropriate or necessary to assure that its offerings of other securities will not be integrated for purposes of the Securities Act with the offering contemplated hereby;

(n) prior to any registration of the Securities pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, or at such earlier time as may be so required, to qualify the Indenture under the TIA, and to enter into any necessary supplemental indentures in connection therewith;

(o) the Company will use its best efforts to cause the Securities to be eligible for trading on PORTAL; and

(p) the Company will reserve and keep available at all times, free of pre-emptive rights, shares of Common Stock for the purpose of enabling the Company to satisfy all obligations to issue the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities.

6. Conditions to the Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The several obligations of the Initial Purchasers hereunder to purchase the Firm Securities on the Closing Date are subject to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date as if made on and as of the Closing Date and the Company shall have complied with all agreements and all conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date;

(b) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto after the date hereof), there shall not have been (i) any material change in the capital stock or long-term debt (other than the changes in floor plan borrowings in the ordinary course of business) of the Company or any of the subsidiaries or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, its financial condition, management or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, otherwise than as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum; or (ii) any suspension or material limitation of trading in the capital stock of the Company on the New York Stock Exchange, the effect of which in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering or the delivery of the Securities on the Closing Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(c) the Initial Purchasers shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company, with specific knowledge about the Company’s financial matters, satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers to the effect set forth in Section 6(a) and to the further effect that there has not occurred any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, from that set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(d) Vinson & Elkins L.L.P., outside counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers their written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect that:

(i) the Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with corporate power and authority to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(ii) this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company;

(iii) the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the other parties thereto, constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, laws relating to fraudulent conveyance and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles (such opinion may state that counsel expresses no opinion as to the enforceability of any rights to indemnification or contribution that may be violative of the public policy underlying any law, rule or regulation (including any federal or state securities law, rule or regulation));

(iv) the Company’s authorized capital stock as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(v) The Securities have been duly authorized, executed, issued and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authentication of the Securities by the Trustee, constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, law relating to fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and general equity principles and except as set forth in the Final Memorandum;

(vi) the Underlying Securities reserved for issuance upon conversion of the Securities have been duly authorized and reserved and, when issued upon conversion of the Securities in accordance with the terms of the Securities, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and the issuance of the Underlying Securities will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights under the Company’s Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws or under the Delaware General Corporation Law;

(vii) the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the other parties thereto, constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, laws relating to fraudulent conveyance and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles;

(viii) no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any such Texas or federal court or governmental agency or body described in subparagraph (c) of paragraph (xiii) below is required for the issue and sale of the Securities, the issuance by the Company of the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Indenture or the Registration Rights Agreement, except (A) the order of the Commission declaring the shelf registration statement required to be filed under the Registration Rights Agreement effective and (B) such as have been obtained and such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state securities or blue sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers and except where failure to obtain such consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification would not have a Material Adverse Effect (such counsel need express no opinion in this subparagraph (viii) as to compliance with the registration provisions of the Securities Act in relation to the Securities);

(ix) no registration of the Securities or the Underlying Securities under the Securities Act, and no qualification of an indenture under the TIA with respect thereto, is required for the offer, sale and initial resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(x) the Company is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, will not be required to register as an “investment company” as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;

(xi) when the Securities are issued and delivered pursuant to this Agreement, none of the Securities will be of the same class (within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act) as securities of the Company that are listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or that are quoted in a United States automated inter-dealer quotation system;

(xii) the statements in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum under the captions “Description of notes,” “Description of capital stock”, “Registration rights,” and “Certain United States federal income tax considerations”, insofar as they constitute summaries of the legal matters, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present, in all material respects, the information called for with respect to such legal matters, documents or proceedings;

(xiii) the issue and sale of the Securities, the issuance by the Company of the Underlying Securities upon conversion of the Securities, and the compliance by the Company with all of the provisions of the Securities, Indenture, Registration Rights Agreement and this Agreement with respect to the Securities and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not (a) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any document or agreement filed as an exhibit to the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company or (c) result in a violation of any Texas or federal statute or any order, rule or regulation known to such counsel of any Texas or federal court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties (except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to compliance with the anti-fraud provisions of Federal or state securities laws or Blue Sky laws with respect to this paragraph), except in the case of clauses (a) and (c) for such breaches or violations that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that could violate public policy relating thereto;

(xiv) each document incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum (other than the financial statements, including the notes thereto, and financial statement schedules and other financial and accounting information included therein, as to which such counsel need express no opinion), when they became effective or were filed with the Commission, as the case may be, appear on their face to be appropriately responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act; and

(xv) no facts have come to such counsel’s attention that have led such counsel to believe that (except for the financial statements and related schedules, including the notes and schedules thereto and the auditor’s report thereon or any other financial or accounting data included in, or excluded from, the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum as to which such counsel need express no belief) (x) the Time of Sale Information, as of the Time of Sale, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (y) the Final Memorandum, as of its date or as of the Closing Date, contained or contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(e) Corporate Counsel of the Company, shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers his written opinion, dated the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers, to the effect that:

(i) the Company has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties, or conducts any business, so as to require such qualification, other than where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing would not have a Material Adverse Effect;

(ii) the shares of Common Stock outstanding on the Closing Date have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable;

(iii) each subsidiary of the Company that is organized in the state of Delaware or Texas has been duly incorporated or formed and is validly existing as a corporation, limited liability company, or limited partnership in good standing under the laws of the state of its incorporation or formation with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum;

(iv) to such counsel’s knowledge, other than as set forth, incorporated by reference or contemplated in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or threatened to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or its subsidiaries is or may be the subject which, if determined adversely to the Company or such subsidiaries, could individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) on the date of the issuance of the Final Memorandum and also on the Closing Date, Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained in the Offering Memorandum;

(g) the Initial Purchasers shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion of Davis Polk & Wardwell, counsel to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to you.

(h) the “lock-up” agreements, each substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, between you and the officers and directors of the Company identified on Exhibit A-1 relating to sales and certain other dispositions of shares of Common Stock or certain other securities, delivered to you on or before the date hereof, shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

(i) an application for the listing of the Underlying Securities shall have been submitted to the New York Stock Exchange.

(j) the Securities shall have been approved for trading on PORTAL, subject only to notice of issuance at or prior to the time of purchase.

(k) on or prior to the Closing Date the Company shall have furnished to the Initial Purchasers such further certificates and documents as the Initial Purchasers or their counsel shall reasonably request.

The obligations of the Initial Purchasers to purchase Additional Securities hereunder are subject to the delivery to you on the Option Closing Date of such documents as you may reasonably request including with respect to the good standing of the Company, the due authorization, execution, authentication and issuance of the Additional Securities and other matters related to the execution, authentication and issuance of the Additional Securities.

7. Indemnity and Contribution. The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each person, if any, who controls an Initial Purchaser within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including without limitation the legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted) caused by any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Memorandum (and any amendment or supplement thereto), the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum (and any amendment or supplement thereto if the Company shall have furnished any amendments or supplements thereto), or caused by any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in light of the circumstances under which they were made, except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities are caused by any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through you expressly for use therein.

Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its directors, its officers and each person who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and Section 20 of the Exchange Act, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Company to each Initial Purchaser, but only with reference to information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser expressly for use in the Preliminary Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Memorandum or any amendment or supplement thereto.

If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnity may be sought pursuant to either of the two preceding paragraphs, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnity may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing, and the Indemnifying Person, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary, (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person or (iii) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for the Initial Purchasers and such control persons of the Initial Purchasers shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and any such separate firm for the Company, its directors, its officers and such control persons of the Company shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person.

If the indemnification provided for in the first and second paragraphs of this Section 7 is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other hand from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds from the offering of such Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

The Company and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in the immediately preceding paragraph shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities purchased by it were offered exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to the respective principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite their names in Schedule I hereto, and not joint.

The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any indemnified party at law or in equity.

The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 7 and the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of any Initial Purchaser or any person controlling any Initial Purchaser or by or on behalf of the Company, its officers or directors or any other person controlling the Company and (iii) acceptance of and payment for any of the Securities.

8. Termination. Notwithstanding anything herein contained, this Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of the Initial Purchasers, by notice given to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on or by, as the case may be, any of the New York Stock Exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., (ii) trading of any securities of or guaranteed by the Company shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market, (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities in New York shall have been declared by either Federal or New York State authorities, or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis that, in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers, is material and adverse and which, in the judgment of the Initial Purchasers, makes it impracticable to offer, sell or deliver the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Memorandum or to enforce contracts for the sale of the Securities.

9. Effectiveness Defaulting Initial Purchasers. This Agreement shall become effective upon the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto.

If, on the Closing Date any one or more of the Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase is not more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of the Securities to be purchased on such date, the other Initial Purchasers shall be obligated severally in the proportions that the principal amount of Securities set forth opposite their respective names in Schedule I (in the column titled “Total”) bears to the aggregate principal amount of Securities set forth opposite the names of all such non-defaulting Initial Purchasers (in the column titled “Total”), or in such other proportions as the Initial Purchasers may specify, to purchase the Securities which such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers agreed but failed or refused to purchase on such date; provided that in no event shall the principal amount of Securities that any Initial Purchaser has agreed to purchase pursuant to Section 1 be increased pursuant to this Section 9 by an amount in excess of one-tenth of such principal amount of Securities without the written consent of such Initial Purchaser. If, on the Closing Date any Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers shall fail or refuse to purchase Securities which it or they have agreed to purchase hereunder on such date, and the aggregate principal amount of Securities with respect to which such default occurs is more than one-tenth of the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be purchased on such date, and arrangements satisfactory to the Initial Purchasers and the Company for the purchase of such Securities are not made within 36 hours after such default, this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser or the Company. In any such case either the Initial Purchasers or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date, but in no event for longer than seven days, in order that the required changes, if any, in the Final Memorandum or in any other documents or arrangements may be effected. Any action taken under this paragraph shall not relieve any defaulting Initial Purchaser from liability in respect of any default of such Initial Purchaser under this Agreement.

10. Reimbursement. If this Agreement shall be terminated by the Initial Purchasers, or any of them, because of any failure or refusal on the part of the Company to comply with the terms or to fulfill any of the conditions of this Agreement or if for any reason the Company shall be unable to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any condition of the Initial Purchasers’ obligations cannot be fulfilled, the Company agrees to reimburse the Initial Purchasers or such Initial Purchasers as have so terminated this Agreement with respect to themselves, severally, for all out-of-pocket expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of their counsel) incurred by such Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement or the offering contemplated hereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, the Initial Purchasers shall not be entitled to reimbursement pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10 for any termination pursuant to Section 8 or 9 hereof.

11. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Company, the Initial Purchasers, any controlling persons referred to herein and their respective successors and assigns. Nothing expressed or mentioned in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person, firm or corporation any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision herein contained. No purchaser of Securities from the Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor by reason merely of such purchase.

12. Notices. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by the Representative on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by the Representative shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Initial Purchasers shall be given to the Initial Purchasers c/o J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 277 Park Avenue, 9^th Floor, New York, New York 10172 (telefax: (212) 622-8358); Attention: Syndicate Desk. Notices to the Company shall be given to it at Group 1 Automotive, Inc., Attention: Vice President, Legal Counsel and Corporate Secretary, 950 Echo Lane, Suite 100, Houston, Texas 77024 (fax: (713) 647-5858).

13. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

14. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return four counterparts hereof.

The foregoing Purchase Agreement
is hereby confirmed and accepted
as of the date first above written.

The undersigned understands that J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. (“J.P. Morgan”) proposes to enter into a Purchase Agreement (“Purchase Agreement”) with Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), providing for the offering (the “Offering”) by the several Initial Purchasers, including J.P. Morgan (the “Initial Purchasers”), of Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be convertible into shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock”).

To induce the Initial Purchasers that may participate in the Offering to continue their efforts in connection with the Offering, the undersigned hereby agrees that, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 45 days after the date of the Final Memorandum relating to the Offering (the “Final Memorandum”), (1) offer, pledge, sell contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, lend, or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock or (2) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Letter Agreement, the undersigned, together with the other persons signing this form of Letter Agreement, shall be permitted, with the prior written consent of the Chief Financial Officer or the Vice President, Legal Counsel of the Company (the “Authorized Officers”), during such restricted period to sell (or transfer economic rights in whole or in part to, or grant any right, warrant or option with respect to), in the aggregate, 400,000 shares of Common Stock (subject to adjustment for stock splits, dividends, combinations of shares or similar transactions and provided that any shares covered by or transferred pursuant to the immediately following paragraph shall not be counted towards such 400,000 share exception).

The restrictions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph shall not apply to (a) bona fide gifts to charitable or nonprofit institutions, (b) transfers of Common Stock by bona fide gift, will or intestacy, including without limitation transfers by gift, will or intestacy to family members of the undersigned or to a settlement or trust, established under the laws of any country for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or (c) transfers or sales of Common Stock pursuant to any contract, instruction or plan, including a contract, instruction or plan complying with Rule 10b5-1 of the Regulations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that has been entered into by the undersigned prior to the date of this Letter Agreement, provided that in the event of any transfer pursuant to clauses (a) or (b), the transferee shall enter into a lock-up agreement substantially in the form of this Letter Agreement covering the remainder of the 45-day period referred to herein. Further, the restrictions set forth in the immediately preceding paragraph shall not apply to the receipt, exercise, cashless exercise (whether to cover exercise price or taxes), vesting or forfeiture of, or removal or lapse of restrictions on, any stock option, common stock issued upon exercise of a stock option, restricted stock or other award pursuant to any employee benefit plan or agreement on the date hereof. In addition, the undersigned agrees that, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, it will not, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending 45 days after the date of the Final Memorandum, make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock. The undersigned hereby further agrees that, prior to engaging in any transaction or taking any other action that is subject to the terms of this Letter Agreement during the restricted period, it will give notice thereof to the Authorized Officers and will not consummate such transaction or take any such action unless it has received written confirmation from one of the Authorized Officers that such action is permitted under this Letter Agreement. The undersigned also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with the Company’s transfer agent and registrar against the transfer of the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the 45-day restricted period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the 45-day restricted period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the 45-day period, the restrictions imposed by this Letter Agreement shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.

The undersigned understands that the Company and the Initial Purchasers are relying upon this Letter Agreement in proceeding toward consummation of the Offering. The undersigned further understands that this Letter Agreement is irrevocable and shall be binding upon the undersigned’s heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns.

Whether or not the Offering actually occurs depends on a number of factors, including market conditions. Any offering will only be made pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, the terms of which are subject to negotiation between the Company and the Initial Purchasers.

INDENTURE dated as of June 26, 2006, among GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”).

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 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Securities”) on the date hereof.

“Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 2 of the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, 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.

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

“Beneficial Owner” shall mean any person who is considered a beneficial owner of a security in accordance with Rule 13d-3 promulgated by the SEC under the Exchange Act.

“Board of Directors” means, as to any Person, the board of directors of such Person or any duly authorized committee thereof.

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

“Bid Solicitation Agent” means the agency appointed by the Company to solicit bids for the Trading Price of the Securities in accordance with Section 12.01(a)(ii). The Bid Solicitation Agent appointed by the Company shall initially be the Trustee.

“Business Day” means each day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions in New York, New York or Houston, Texas are authorized or required by law to close.

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

“Common Equity” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled to (1) vote in the election of directors of such Person or (2) if such Person is not a corporation, 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 the Company’s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share.

“Continuing Director” means a director who either was a member of the Company’s board of directors on June 26, 2006 or who becomes a director of the Company subsequent to that date and whose election, appointment or nomination for election by stockholders of the Company, is duly approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors on the Board of Directors of the Company at the time of such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the entire Board of Directors of the Company in which such individual is named as nominee for director.

“Conversion Agent” means the office or agency appointed by the Company where Securities may be presented for conversion. The Conversion Agent appointed by the Company shall initially be the Trustee.

“Conversion Price” means, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, $1,000 divided by the Conversion Rate, as may be adjusted from time to time as set forth herein.

“Conversion Rate” means, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities, initially 16.8267 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustments as set forth herein.

“Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator, custodian or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

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

“Definitive Securities” means certificated Securities that are not Global Securities.

“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors and assigns, or such other depository institution hereinafter appointed by the Company pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

“Ex-Dividend Date” means, in respect of a dividend or distribution to holders of Common Stock, the first date upon which a sale of the Common Stock does not automatically transfer the right to receive the relevant dividend or distribution from the seller of the Common Stock to its buyer.

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

“Fair Market Value” means the amount that a willing buyer would pay a willing seller in an arm’s length transaction.

A “Fundamental Change” shall be deemed to have occurred at such time after the original issuance of the Securities as any of the following occurs:

(1)

any “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any employee benefit plan of the Company or any such Subsidiary, files a Schedule TO or any other schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the Beneficial Owner of Common Equity of the Company representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power of the Company’s Common Equity;

(2)

consummation of any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property or 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 Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one of the Company’s Subsidiaries; provided, however, that a transaction where the holders of more than 50% of all classes of the Company’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 parent thereof immediately after such event shall not be a Fundamental Change;

(3)

Continuing Directors cease to constitute at least a majority of the Company’s board of directors;

(4)

the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Company; or

(5)

the Company’s Common Stock (or other Common Stock into which the Securities are then convertible) ceases to be listed on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market or another established automated over-the-counter trading market in the United States;

provided, however, that a Fundamental Change shall not be deemed to have occurred if at least 90% of the consideration received or to be received by the holders of the Company’s Common Stock, excluding cash payments for fractional shares, in connection with the transaction or transactions constituting the Fundamental Change consists of shares of common stock traded on a national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market (to the extent that the Nasdaq National Market is not at such time a United States national or regional exchange) or which shall be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such Fundamental Change (such securities being referred to as “Publicly Traded Securities”) and as a result of such transaction or transactions the Securities become convertible into such Publicly Traded Securities (excluding cash payments for fractional shares) pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the (i) Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, (ii) statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, (iii) in such other statements by such other entity as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession as in effect from time to time and (iv) the rules and regulations of the SEC governing to inclusion of financial statements in period reports required to be filed pursuant to Section 13 of the Exchange Act, including opinions and pronouncements in staff accounting bulletins and similar written statements from the accounting staff of the SEC.

“Global Securities” means certificated Securities in global form, without interest coupons, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and registered in the name of DTC or a nominee of DTC.

“Holder” means the Person in whose name a Security is registered in the Securities Register.

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

“Initial Purchasers” means the several initial purchasers named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement.

“Last Reported Sale Price” of the Common Stock on any date means the closing sale price per share (or, if no closing sale price is reported, the average of the bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and average ask prices) on that date as reported in the composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Stock is traded or, if the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange, as reported by the Nasdaq National Market (to the extent that the Nasdaq National Market is not at such time a United States national or regional exchange).

If the Common Stock is not listed for trading on a U.S. national or regional securities exchange and not reported by the Nasdaq National Market (to the extent that the Nasdaq National Market is not at such time a United States national or regional exchange) on the relevant date, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the last quoted bid price for the Common Stock in the over-the-counter market on the relevant date as reported by the National Quotation Bureau or similar organization.

If the Common Stock is not so quoted, the Last Reported Sale Price shall be the average of the midpoint of the last bid and ask prices for the Common Stock on the relevant date from each of at least three nationally recognized independent investment banking firms selected by the Company for this purpose.

“Majority Owner” of a Person means the Person having “beneficial ownership” (as defined in Rule 13(d)(3) under the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of all shares of the respective Person’s Common Equity.

“Market Disruption Event” means (a) for the purposes of Section 12.01(a)(i) and Section 12.01(a)(ii), if the Common Stock is listed on a United States national or regional securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market (if the Nasdaq National Market is not at such time a United States national or regional 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 any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Common Stock and (b) for every other purpose (i) failure by the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted to 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 an aggregate one half-hour period of any 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 future contracts relating to the Common Stock.

“Observation Period” means, with respect to a conversion of any Security, the 25 consecutive Trading Day period beginning on and including the second Trading Day immediately following the Conversion Date for such Security, except that with respect to any Conversion Date for a Security occurring after the date of issuance of a notice of redemption pursuant to Article 5, the Observation Period shall be the 25 consecutive Trading Days beginning on and including the 27^th Scheduled Trading Day prior to the applicable Redemption Date.

“Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum, dated June 20, 2006, relating to the offering by the Company of the Securities.

“Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, any Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Company.

“Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers or attorneys-in-fact or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company.

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company or the Trustee.

“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company, government or any agency or political subdivision hereof or any other entity.

“Preferred Stock”, as applied to the Capital Stock of any corporation, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such corporation, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such corporation.

“Public Acquirer Change of Control” means a Fundamental Change of the type set forth in clause (2) in the definition thereof in which the acquirer has a class of common stock traded on any U.S. national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq National Market (to the extent that the Nasdaq National Market is not at such time a United States national or regional exchange) or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such Fundamental Change (the “Public Acquirer Common Stock”). If an acquirer does not itself have a class of common stock satisfying the foregoing requirement, it shall be deemed to have Public Acquirer Common Stock if a corporation that directly or indirectly is the Majority Owner of the acquirer has a class of common stock satisfying the foregoing requirement; in such case, all references to Public Acquirer Common Stock shall refer to such class of common stock.

“Purchase Agreement” means the Purchase Agreement dated as of June 20, 2006 between the Company and the Initial Purchasers relating to the initial purchase and sale of the Securities.

“QIB” means any “qualified institutional buyer” (as term is defined in Rule 144A).

“Record Date” means, in respect of a dividend or distribution to holders of Common Stock, the date fixed for determination of holders of Common Stock entitled to receive such dividend or distribution.

“Redemption Date” means, with respect to any redemption of Securities, the date of redemption with respect thereto.

“Registration Rights Agreement” means the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of the Issue Date among the Initial Purchasers and the Company.

“Regular Record Date” for the payment of interest on the Securities (including Additional Interest, if any), means the June 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding an interest payment date on June 15 and the December 1 (whether or not a Business Day) immediately preceding an interest payment date on December 15.

“Scheduled Trading Day” means a day that is scheduled to be a Trading Day on the primary Unites States national securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock of the Company is listed or admitted for trading.

“Securities” has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory paragraph of this Indenture.

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77a – 77aa), as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

“Securities Custodian” means the custodian with respect to the Global Security (as appointed by DTC), or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Trustee.

“Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning contemplated by and in accordance with the terms of the Registration Rights Agreement.

“Significant Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that would be a “Significant Subsidiary” of the Company within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC.

“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any security, the date specified in such security as the fixed date on which the payment of principal of such security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision, but shall not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.

“Stock Price” means, in respect of a Fundamental Change, the price per share of Common Stock paid in connection with such Fundamental Change, which shall be equal to (i) if such Fundamental Change is a transaction set forth in clause (2) of the definition thereof, and holders of Common Stock receive only cash in such transaction, the cash amount paid per share of Common Stock and (ii) in all other cases, the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock over the five Trading Day period ending on the Trading Day preceding the effective date of such Fundamental Change.

“Subsidiary” of the Company means (i) a corporation a majority of whose Capital Stock with voting power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect directors is at the time, directly or indirectly, owned by the Company, by the Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or by one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or (ii) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which the Company, one or more Subsidiaries of the Company or the Company and one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, directly or indirectly, at the date of determination thereof, has greater than a 50% ownership interest.

“TIA” or “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date of this Indenture, except as provided in Section 9.03.

“Trading Day” means (a) for the purposes of Section 12.01(a)(i) and Section 12.01(a)(ii), a day during which (i) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading, (ii) there is no Market Disruption Event and (iii) a Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock is available on the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock of the Company is listed or admitted for trading and (b) for every other purpose, a day during which (i) trading in the Common Stock generally occurs on the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Common Stock of the Company is listed or admitted for trading, (ii) there is no Market Disruption Event.

“Trading Price” of the Securities on any date of determination means the average of the secondary market bid quotations obtained by the Bid Solicitation Agent for $5,000,000 principal amount of the Securities at approximately 3:30 p.m., New York City time, on such determination date from three independent nationally recognized securities dealers selected 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 $5,000,000 principal amount of the Securities from a nationally recognized securities dealer, then the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities will be deemed to be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the applicable Conversion Rate.

“Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

“Trust Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, the officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York.

Section 1.03 . Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

“obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any other obligor on the Securities.

All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

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

(e) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

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

(g) the principal amount of any Preferred Stock shall be the greater of (i) the maximum liquidation value of such Preferred Stock and (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such Preferred Stock.

Section 2.01 . Title; Amount and Issue of Securities; Principal and Interest. (a) The Securities shall be known and designated as the “2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036” of the Company. The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is initially limited to $287,500,000, except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of, transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Securities pursuant to Section 2.03, 2.04, 2.08 2.09, 2.10, 2.11, 2.13, 5.07, 9.05, 11.03, or 12.01; provided that additional Securities may be issued in an unlimited aggregate principal amount from time to time thereafter as set forth pursuant to Section 2.04. The Securities shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof.

(b) The Securities shall mature on June 15, 2036 unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased in accordance with the provisions hereof.

(c) Interest on the Securities shall accrue from and including the date specified on the face of such Securities until the principal thereof is paid or made available for payment. Interest shall be payable semiannually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 in each year, commencing December 15, 2006.

(d) A Holder of any Security at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on a Regular Record Date shall be entitled to receive interest (including any Additional Interest), on such Security on the corresponding interest payment date, notwithstanding the conversion of such Securities at any time after the close of business on such Regular Record Date. Securities surrendered for conversion during the period after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on any Regular Record Date to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the corresponding interest payment date must be accompanied by payment of an amount equal to the interest (including any Additional Interest) that the Holder is to receive on the Securities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no such payment of interest (including any Additional Interest) need be made by any converting Holder (i) if the Company has specified a Redemption Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the third Trading Day after the corresponding interest payment date, (ii) if the Company has specified a Fundamental Change Purchase Date that is after a Regular Record Date and on or prior to the third Trading Day after the corresponding interest payment date, or (iii) to the extent of any overdue interest (including any Additional Interest) existing at the time of conversion of such Security. Except as described above, no interest or Additional Interest on converted Securities will be payable by the Company on any interest payment date subsequent to the date of conversion and delivery of the cash and shares of Common Stock, if applicable, pursuant to Article 12 hereunder, together with any cash payment for any fractional share, upon conversion will be deemed to satisfy in full the Company’s obligation to pay the principal amount of the Securities and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but not including, the related Conversion Date.

(e) Principal of and interest (including Additional Interest, if any) on, Global Securities shall be payable to DTC in immediately available funds.

(f) Principal on Definitive Securities shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose, which initially shall be the corporate trust office of the Trustee at its agency in New York, New York. Interest (including Additional Interest, if any), on Definitive Securities will be payable (i) to Holders having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Securities and (ii) to Holders having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder or, upon application by a Holder to the Registrar not later than the relevant Regular Record Date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to such Holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.

(a) Except as otherwise provided pursuant to this Section 2.02, the Securities are issuable in fully registered form without coupons in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, with such applicable legends as are provided for in Section 2.03. The Securities are not issuable in bearer form. The terms and provisions contained in the form of Security shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and to the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. Any of the Securities may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends and 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 Securities may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage.

(b) The Securities shall be issued initially in the form of one or more permanent Global Securities, with the applicable legends as provided in Section 2.03. Each Global Security shall be duly executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, and shall be registered in the name of DTC or its nominee and retained by the Trustee, as Securities Custodian, at its corporate trust office, for credit to the accounts of the Agent Members holding the Securities evidenced thereby. The aggregate principal amount of the Global Securities may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee, as Securities Custodian, and of DTC or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

Section 2.03 . Legends. Each Security issued hereunder shall, upon issuance, bear the legend set forth in Section 2.03(i), and each Common Stock certificate representing shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security issued hereunder, shall, upon issuance, unless as otherwise set forth below, bear the legend set forth in Section 2.03(ii) (each such legend, a “Restricted Securities Legend”), and such legend shall not be removed except as provided in Section 2.03(iii). Each Security that bears or is required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Section 2.03(i) (together with each Common Stock certificate representing shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion of such Security that bears or is required to bear the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Section 2.03(ii), collectively, the “Restricted Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.03 (including the Restricted Securities Legend set forth below), and the Holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, shall be deemed to have agreed to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer.

As used in Section 2.03, the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.

(i) Restricted Securities Legend for Securities. Except as provided in Section 2.03(iii), any certificate evidencing such Security (and all Securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than stock certificates representing shares of the Common Stock, if any, issued upon conversion thereof which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.03(ii), if applicable) shall bear a Restricted Securities Legend in substantially the following form:

“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 OR THE COMMON STOCK ISSUABLE UPON CONVERSION OF SUCH SECURITY, EXCEPT (A) TO THE COMPANY; (B) UNDER A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (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) IT WILL, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY FURNISH TO THE TRUSTEE AND THE ISSUER SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, LEGAL OPINIONS OR OTHER INFORMATION AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE INDENTURE 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.

(ii) Restricted Securities Legend for the Common Stock Issued Upon Conversion of the Securities. Each stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon conversion of Securities bearing a Restricted Securities Legend will, subject to the availability of a Shelf Registration Statement and registration thereunder as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, bear the following legend:

“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 THE ISSUER; (B) UNDER A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT; (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) IT WILL, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER OF THIS SECURITY FURNISH TO THE TRANSFER AGENT AND THE ISSUER SUCH CERTIFICATIONS, 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.

(iii) Removal of the Restricted Securities Legends. The Restricted Securities Legend may be removed from any Security or any Common Stock certificate representing shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security if there is delivered to the Company such satisfactory evidence, which may include an opinion of independent counsel, as may be reasonably required by the Company, that neither such legend nor the restrictions on transfer set forth therein are required to ensure that transfers of such Security or shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion of Securities, as the case may be, will not violate the registration requirements of the Securities Act or the qualification requirements under any state securities laws. Upon provision of such satisfactory evidence, at the written direction of the Company, (x) in the case of a Security, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such Security another Security or Securities having an equal aggregate principal amount that does not bear such legend or (y) in the case of a Common Stock certificate representing shares of the Common Stock, the transfer agent for the Common Stock shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for the Common Stock certificate or certificates representing such shares of Common Stock bearing such legend, one or more new Common Stock certificates representing a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that do not bear such legend. If the Restricted Securities Legend has been removed from a Security or Common Stock certificates representing shares of the Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security as provided above, no other Security issued in exchange for all or any part of such Security, or no other Common Stock certificates issued in exchange for such Common Stock, shall bear such legend, unless the Company has reasonable cause to believe that such other Security is a “restricted security” (or such shares of Common Stock are “restricted securities”) within the meaning of Rule 144 and instructs the Trustee in writing to cause a Restricted Securities Legend to appear thereon.

Any Security (or Security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) as to which the conditions for removal of the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Section 2.03(i) as set forth therein have been satisfied may, upon surrender of such Security for exchange to the Registrar in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.08, be exchanged for a new Security or Securities, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the Restricted Securities Legend required by Section 2.03(i).

Any Common Stock certificate representing shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of any Security as to which the conditions for removal of the Restricted Securities Legend set forth in Section 2.03(ii) have been satisfied may, upon surrender of the Common Stock certificates representing such shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the transfer agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new Common Stock certificate or certificates representing a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the Restricted Securities Legend.

(iv) Global Security Legend. Each Global Security shall also bear the following legend (the “Global Security Legend”) on the face thereof:

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

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

(v) Legend for Definitive Securities. Definitive Securities, in addition to the legend set forth in Section 2.03(i) or (ii)Section 2.03(ii), will also bear a legend substantially in the following form:

“THIS SECURITY WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED IN EXCHANGE FOR A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A GLOBAL SECURITY UNLESS THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH EXCHANGE, WILL HOLD NO SECURITIES.”

Section 2.04 . Execution and Authentication. One Officer shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Security, the Security shall be valid nevertheless.

A Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually authenticates the Security. The signature of the Trustee on a Security shall be conclusive evidence that such Security has been duly and validly authenticated and issued under this Indenture. A Security shall be dated the date of its authentication.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Securities executed by the Company in an unlimited aggregate principal amount to the Trustee for authentication, together with a written order of the Company signed by two Officers or by an Officer and either an Assistant Treasurer or an Assistant Secretary of the Company (the “Company Order”) for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities as in this Indenture provided and not otherwise. All Securities issued on the Issue Date shall be identical in all respects with any such Securities authenticated and delivered thereafter, other than issue dates, the date from which interest accrues, appropriate CUSIP numbers or other identifying notations and any changes relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, subject to Section 2.12, all Securities issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent together on all matters as one class and no series of Securities will have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter.

The Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) reasonably acceptable to the Company to authenticate the Securities. Initially, the Trustee will act as the Authenticating Agent. Any such instrument shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer of the Trustee, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Company. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate Securities whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

In case the Company, pursuant to Article 4, shall be consolidated or merged with or into any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into which the Company shall have been merged, or the Person which shall have received a conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article 4, any of the Securities authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition may, from time to time, at the request of the successor Person, be exchanged for other Securities executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Securities surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Trustee, upon Company Order of the successor Person, shall authenticate and deliver Securities as specified in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If Securities shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to this Section 2.04 in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Securities, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Securities at the time outstanding for Securities authenticated and delivered in such new name.

Section 2.05 . Registrar and Paying Agent. The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Securities may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Securities and of their transfer and exchange (the “Securities Register”). The Company may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent and the term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar.

The Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar, Paying Agent or co-registrar not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Company shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. If the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.07. The Company or any of its domestically organized, wholly owned Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent, Registrar, co registrar or transfer agent.

The Company initially appoints the Trustee as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Securities. The Company may remove any Registrar or Paying Agent upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) acceptance of any appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Company and such successor Registrar or successor Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Company and the Trustee.

Section 2.06 . Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. By no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the date on which any principal of or interest and Additional Interest, if any, on any Security is due and payable, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient in immediately available funds to pay such principal or interest (including any Additional Interest), when due. The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest (including any Additional Interest), on the Securities and shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.06, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Securities.

Section 2.07 . Holder Lists. The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the extent otherwise required under the TIA, the Company, shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of Holders and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

Section 2.08 . General Provisions Relating to Transfer and Exchange. The Securities are issuable only in registered form. A Holder may transfer a Security only by written application to the Registrar stating the name of the proposed transferee and otherwise complying with the terms of this Indenture. No such transfer shall be effected until, and such transferee shall succeed to the rights of a Holder only upon, final acceptance and registration of the transfer by the Registrar in the Securities Register. Furthermore, any Holder of a Global Security shall, by acceptance of such Global Security, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Security may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by the Holder of such Global Security (or its agent) and that ownership of a beneficial interest in the Global Security shall be required to be reflected in a book-entry.

When Securities are presented to the Registrar with a request to register the transfer or to exchange them for an equal aggregate principal amount of Securities of other authorized denominations, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange as requested if its requirements for such transactions are met (including that such Securities are duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the Holder thereof or by an attorney who is authorized in writing to act on behalf of the Holder). Subject to Section 2.04, to permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange or redemption of the Securities, but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or other similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges in connection with which a Security is issued to a Person other than the Holder submitting the Security for exchange).

Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required to exchange or register a transfer of any Securities:

(a) for a period of 15 days prior to the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities selected for redemption under Article 5;

(b) so selected for redemption or, if a portion of any Security is selected for redemption, the portion thereof selected for redemption; or

(c) surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any Security is surrendered for conversion, the portion thereof surrendered for conversion.

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 Security (including any transfers between beneficial owners of any Global Security) 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 2.09 . Book-Entry Provisions for the Global Securities. (a) The Global Securities initially shall:

Members of, or participants in, DTC (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Security held on their behalf by DTC, or the Trustee as its custodian, or under such Global Security, and DTC may be treated by the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Security for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing contained herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee or any agent of the Company or Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and the Agent Members, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of any Security.

(b) The Holder of a Global Security may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any Person, including Agent Members and Persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Securities.

(c) A Global Security may not be transferred, in whole or in part, to any Person other than DTC (or a nominee thereof), and no such transfer to any such other Person may be registered. Beneficial interests in a Global Security may be transferred in accordance with the rules and procedures of DTC and the provisions of Section 2.10.

(i) DTC notifies the Company in writing that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as depositary for the Global Securities and a successor depositary for the Global Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such notice;

(ii) DTC ceases to be registered as a “clearing agency” under the Exchange Act and a successor depositary for the Global Securities is not appointed by the Company within 90 days of such cessation;

(iii) the Company, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Definitive Securities under this Indenture in exchange for all or any part of the Securities represented by a Global Security or Global Securities, subject to the procedures of DTC; or

(iv) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from DTC for the issuance of Definitive Securities in exchange for such Global Security or Global Securities;

DTC shall surrender such Global Security or Global Securities to the Trustee for cancellation and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officers’ Certificate and Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Securities, shall authenticate and deliver in exchange for such Global Security or Global Securities, Definitive Securities in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of such Global Security or Global Securities. Such Definitive Securities shall be registered in such names as DTC shall identify in writing as the beneficial owners of the Securities represented by such Global Security or Global Securities (or any nominee thereof).

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in connection with any transfer of beneficial interests in a Global Security to the beneficial owners thereof pursuant to Section 2.09(d), the Registrar shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Security in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in such Global Security to be transferred.

Section 2.10 . Special Transfer Provisions. Unless a Security is no longer a Restricted Security, the following provisions shall apply to any sale, pledge or other transfer of such Securities:

(a) Transfer of Securities to a QIB. The following provisions shall apply with respect to the registration of any proposed transfer of Securities to a QIB:

(i) If the Securities to be transferred consist of a beneficial interest in the Global Securities, the transfer of such interest may be effected only through the book-entry systems maintained by DTC.

(ii) If the Securities to be transferred consist of Definitive Securities, the Registrar shall register the transfer if such transfer is being made by a proposed transferor who has checked the box provided for on the form of Security stating (or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing) that the sale has been made in compliance with the provisions of Rule 144A to a transferee who has signed a certification stating or has otherwise advised the Company and the Registrar in writing that:

(A) it is purchasing the Securities for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion;

(D) it acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as it has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information; and

(E) it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

(b) General. By its acceptance of any Security bearing the Restricted Securities Legend, each Holder of such a Security acknowledges the restrictions on transfer of such Security set forth in this Indenture and agrees that it will transfer such Security only as provided in this Indenture. The Registrar shall not register a transfer of any Security unless such transfer complies with the restrictions on transfer of such Security set forth in this Indenture. The Registrar shall be entitled to receive and rely on written instructions from the Company verifying that such transfer complies with such restrictions on transfer. In connection with any transfer of Securities, each Holder agrees by its acceptance of the Securities to furnish the Registrar or the Company such certifications, legal opinions or other information as either of them may reasonably require to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act; provided that the Registrar shall not be required to determine (but may rely on a determination made by the Company with respect to) the sufficiency of any such certifications, legal opinions or other information.

The Registrar shall retain copies of all certifications, letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.09 hereof or this Section 2.10. The Company shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable written notice to the Registrar.

Section 2.11 . Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Securities. If a mutilated Security is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Security claims that the Security has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a replacement Security if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, such that the Holder (a) notifies the Company or the Trustee within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar has not registered a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Company or Trustee prior to the Security being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the UCC and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Trustee. Such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Company and the Trustee to protect the Company, the Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Security is replaced, and, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for any such mutilated Security or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security has become due and payable, the Company in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Security, pay such Security.

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section 2.11, the Company may require the payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) in connection therewith.

Every new Security issued pursuant to this Section 2.11 in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company and any other obligor upon the Securities, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and ratably with any and all other Securities duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 2.11 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

Section 2.12 . Outstanding Securities. Securities outstanding at any time are all Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section 2.12 as not outstanding. A Security does not cease to be outstanding in the event the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company holds the Security; provided, however, that (i) for purposes of determining which Securities are outstanding for consent or voting purposes hereunder, the provisions of Section 13.06 shall apply and (ii) in determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in making a determination whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities are present at a meeting of Holders of Securities for quorum purposes or have consented to or voted in favor of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, amendment or modification hereunder, or relying upon any such quorum, consent or vote, only Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows to be held by the Company or an Affiliate of the Company shall not be considered outstanding.

If a Security is replaced or paid pursuant to Section 2.11, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee and the Company receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a Redemption Date or at Stated Maturity, money sufficient to pay all principal and interest payable on that date with respect to the Securities (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Securities (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

Section 2.13 . Temporary Securities. In the event that Definitive Securities are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of Definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and upon receipt of a Company Order the Trustee shall authenticate Definitive Securities. After the preparation of Definitive Securities, the temporary Securities shall be exchangeable for Definitive Securities upon surrender of the temporary Securities at any office or agency maintained by the Company for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor, one or more Definitive Securities representing an equal principal amount of Securities. Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Securities shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of Definitive Securities.

Section 2.14 . Cancellation. The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all Securities surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and dispose of such Securities in accordance with its internal policies and customary procedures including delivery of a certificate (a “Certificate of Destruction”) describing such Securities disposed (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) or deliver canceled Securities to the Company pursuant to written direction by an Officer. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities it has paid for or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a transfer or exchange.

At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Security have either been exchanged for Definitive Securities, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Security shall be returned by DTC to the Trustee for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Trustee. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Security is exchanged for Definitive Securities, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Security, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Securities represented by such Global Security shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Trustee (if it is then the Securities Custodian for such Global Security) with respect to such Global Security, by the Trustee or the Securities Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

Section 2.15 . Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest. Interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Security (or one or more predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such payment at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.05.

Any interest on any Security which is payable, but is not paid when the same becomes due and payable and such nonpayment continues for a period of 30 days, shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the Regular Record Date, and such defaulted interest and (to the extent lawful) interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Securities (such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) shall be paid by the Company at its election, in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

(a) The Company may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date (as defined below) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Trustee shall fix a record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 13.02, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Securities (or their respective predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (b).

(b) The Company may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.15, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest (including any Additional Interest) accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

Section 2.16 . Computation of Interest. Interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

Section 2.17 . CUSIP and ISIN Numbers. The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” and “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such CUSIP or ISIN numbers. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP and ISIN numbers.

Section 3.01 . Payment of Securities. The Company shall promptly pay the principal of and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities on the dates and in the manner provided in the Securities and in this Indenture. Principal and interest (including any Additional Interest) shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture immediately available funds sufficient to pay all principal and interest (including any Additional Interest) then due and the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

The Company shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Securities, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Company may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America from principal or interest (including any Additional Interest) payments hereunder.

Section 3.02 . Financial Statements. In the event and for so long as the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, it shall file with the Trustee and cause to be mailed to each Holder at such Holder’s registered address, upon the request of any Holder or beneficial holder of the Securities or the Common Stock issued upon conversion thereof, and make available to such Holder or beneficial holder of such Securities or Common Stock in connection with any sale thereof and any prospective purchaser of Securities or Common Stock designated by such Holder or beneficial holder, the information required pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act and it will take such further action as any Holder or beneficial holder of such Securities or Common Stock may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder or beneficial holder to sell its Securities or Common Stock without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemption provided by Rule 144A, as such Rule may be amended from time to time.

Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

Section 3.03 . Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain an office or agency where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for payment, where, if applicable, the Securities may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any change in the location of any such office or agency. 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 Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

Section 3.04 . Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise provided in Article 4, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its corporate existence and (ii) the material rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company, except, in the case of clause (ii), to the extent the Board of Directors of the Company otherwise reasonably determines it no longer desirable.

Section 3.05 . Payment of Taxes and Other Claims. The Company will pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, (i) all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Company or any Subsidiary or upon the income, profits or property of the Company or any Subsidiary and (ii) all lawful claims for labor, materials and supplies, which, if unpaid, might by law become a material liability or lien upon the property of the Company or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim whose amount, applicability or validity is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves, if necessary (in the good faith judgment of management of the Company), are being maintained in accordance with GAAP or where the failure to effect such payment will not be disadvantageous to the Holders.

Section 3.06 . Compliance Certificate. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company an Officers’ Certificate, one of the signers of which shall be the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer of the Company, stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Company they would normally have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during such period. If they do, the certificate shall describe each Default or Event of Default, its status and the action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Company also shall comply with TIA § 314(a)(4).

Section 3.07 . Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company will execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

Section 3.08 . Statement by Officers as to Default. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after the Company becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default, its status and the action which the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 3.09 . Additional Interest. If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable. Unless and until a Trust Officer of the Trustee receives such a certificate, the Trustee may assume without inquiry that no Additional Interest is payable. If the Company has paid Additional Interest directly to the persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.

Section 4.01 . Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets. The Company shall not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, another Person, unless:

(a) the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (the “Successor Company”) if not the Company shall be a corporation, partnership, trust or limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company (if not the Company) shall expressly assume, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Company under the Securities, this Indenture and, to the extent that it is otherwise still operative, the Registration Rights Agreement;

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

(c) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture, if any, comply with this Indenture.

For purposes of this Section 4.01, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company.

The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture, but, in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets, the Company will not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities.

Section 5.01 . Optional Redemption. Prior to June 20, 2011, the Securities shall not be redeemable. (i) On and after June 20, 2011 but prior to June 15, 2016 if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock is greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price then in effect for at least 20 Trading Days within a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is mailed, and (ii) on or after June 15, 2016, the Securities may be redeemed, as a whole or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions set forth herein, at a price (the “Redemption Price”) equal to 100% of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) to but excluding the Redemption Date; provided that if the Redemption Date occurs after a Regular Record Date for the payment of interest and on or prior to the related interest payment date, the Redemption Price for any such Securities to be redeemed shall be 100% of the principal amount of such Securities and accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) shall be paid to the Holder on such Regular Record Date.

Section 5.02 . Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustee. In case of any redemption at the election of the Company, the Company shall, on or prior to the date that is 15 days prior to the date on which notice is given to the Holders (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustee), notify the Trustee of such Redemption Date and of the principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and shall deliver to the Trustee such documentation and records as shall enable the Trustee to select the Securities to be redeemed pursuant to Section 5.03. Any such notice may be cancelled at any time prior to notice of such redemption being mailed to any Holder and shall thereby be void and of no effect.

Section 5.03 . Selection by Trustee of Securities to Be Redeemed. If less than all the Securities are to be redeemed at any time pursuant to an optional redemption, the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected by the Trustee, from the outstanding Securities not previously called for redemption, by lot or on a pro rata basis among the classes of Securities or by such other method as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as is not prohibited by applicable legal requirements) and which may provide for the selection for redemption of portions of the principal of the Securities; provided, however, that no such partial redemption shall reduce the portion of the principal amount of a Security not redeemed to less than $1,000.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in writing of the Securities selected for redemption and, in the case of any Securities selected for partial redemption, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Security redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Security which has been or is to be redeemed.

If any Securities selected for partial redemption are thereafter surrendered for conversion in part before termination of the conversion right with respect to the portion of the Securities so selected, the converted portion of such Securities shall be deemed (so far as may be), solely for purposes of determining the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed by the Company, to be the portion selected for redemption. Securities which have been converted during a selection of Securities to be redeemed may be treated by the Trustee as outstanding for the purpose of such selection. Nothing in this Section 5.03 shall affect the right of any Holder to convert any Securities pursuant to Article 12 before the termination of the conversion right with respect thereto.

Section 5.04 . Notice of Redemption. Notice of redemption shall be given in the manner provided for in Section 13.02 not less than 45 nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed. The Trustee shall give notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at the Company’s expense; provided, however, that the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice at the Company’s expense and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the following items.

(c) the then current Conversion Rate and the related Observation Period for conversion of Securities, and provide a statement that the Securities called for redemption may be converted at any time before the close of business on the third Scheduled Trading Day prior to the Redemption Date, and that Holders who wish to convert Securities must comply with the procedures in paragraph 7 of the Securities;

(d) if less than all outstanding Securities are to be redeemed, the identification of the particular Securities (or portion thereof) to be redeemed, as well as the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be redeemed and the aggregate principal amount of Securities to be outstanding after such partial redemption;

(e) in case any Security is to be redeemed in part only, the notice which relates to such Security shall state that on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Security, the Holder will receive, without charge, a new Security or Securities of authorized denominations for the principal amount thereof remaining unredeemed;

(f) that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security, or the portion thereof, to be redeemed, and, unless the Company defaults in making the redemption payment, that interest (including any Additional Interest) on Securities called for redemption (or the portion thereof) will cease to accrue on and after said date;

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

(i) that Securities called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the Redemption Price;

(j) the CUSIP or ISIN number, and that no representation is made as to the accuracy or correctness of the CUSIP or ISIN number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Securities; and

(k) the paragraph of the Securities pursuant to which the Securities are to be redeemed.

Section 5.05 . Deposit of Redemption Price. Prior to any Redemption Date, the Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.06) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date other than Securities or portions of Securities called for redemption that are beneficially owned by the Company and have been delivered by the Company to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 5.06 . Securities Payable on Redemption Date. Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price or accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest)) such Securities shall cease to bear interest or Additional Interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Company at the Redemption Price.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal shall, until paid, bear interest (including any Additional Interest) from the Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Securities.

Section 5.07 . Securities Redeemed in Part. Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part (pursuant to the provisions of this Article 5) shall be surrendered at the office or agency of the Company maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 3.03 (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder of such Security at the expense of the Company, a new Security or Securities, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in an aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered; provided that each such new Security will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or multiple thereof.

Section 6.01 . Events of Default. Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:

(a) default in any payment of interest or Additional Interest (as required by the Registration Rights Agreement) on any Security when the same becomes due and payable, and such default continues for a period of 30 days;

(b) default in the payment of the principal of any Security when the same becomes due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;

(c) failure by the Company to comply with its obligation to convert the Securities in accordance with this Indenture, upon exercise of a Holder’s conversion right and such failure continues for a period of five days;

(d) failure by the Company to give a Fundamental Change notice to Holders or notice to Holders required pursuant to Section 12.01(a)(iv), in each case when due;

(e) failure by the Company to comply with any of its obligations under Article 4;

(f) default in the performance of or a breach by the Company of any other covenant or agreement in this Indenture or under the Securities (other than those referred to in Section 6.01(a) through (e) and Section 6.01(g) through (i)) and such default continues for 90 days after the notice specified below;

(g) default by the Company or any Subsidiary in the payment of the principal or interest on any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created, resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled within 10 days after written notice of such acceleration has been received by the Company or such Subsidiary;

(h) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(ii) consents to the entry of judgment, decree or order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;

(iii) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for any substantial part of its property;

(v) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of a bankruptcy or an insolvency proceeding against it;

(vii) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;

(i) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

(i) is for relief against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case;

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company for all or substantially all of the Company’s or any Significant Subsidiary’s property; or

(iii) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Company or Significant Subsidiary;

and, in each case, the order or decree or relief remains unstayed and in effect for 90 days; or

(j) there has been entered in a court of competent jurisdiction a final judgment for the payment of $25,000,000 or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) rendered against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary, which judgment is not discharged or stayed within 90 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished (“judgment default provision”).

The foregoing will constitute Events of Default whatever the reason for any such Event of Default and whether it is voluntary or involuntary or is 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.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Default under clause (f) of this Section 6.01 will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee or the Holders of 25% or more in principal amount of the outstanding Securities notify the Company of the Default in writing and the Company does not cure such Default within the time specified in clause (f) of this Section 6.01 after receipt of such notice.

Section 6.02 . Acceleration. If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or 6.01(i) above) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the Holders of at least 25% in outstanding principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, on all the Securities to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, shall be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(h) or 6.01(i) above occurs and is continuing, the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, on all the Securities outstanding shall be immediately due and payable with no further action by the Trustee or the Holders.

Section 6.03 . Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy to collect the payment of principal of or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Securities or this Indenture.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Securities or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.

Section 6.04 . Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities by notice to the Trustee may (a) waive, by their consent (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities), an existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences except (i) a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest (including any Additional Interest) on a Security or (ii) a Default or Event of Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.02 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected and (b) rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Securities and its consequences if (i) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (ii) all existing Events of Default, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities that have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right.

Section 6.05 . Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or, subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction.

Section 6.06 . Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 6.07, a Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Securities unless:

(a) such Holder has previously given to the Trustee written notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing;

(b) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities have requested that the Trustee pursue the remedy;

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

(d) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer of security or indemnity; and

(e) the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities have not given the Trustee a direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

Section 6.07 . Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 6.06), the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of or interest (including any Additional Interest) on the Securities held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Securities, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

Section 6.08 . Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in clauses (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Company for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest) to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.07.

Section 6.09 . Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Company, its Subsidiaries or its or their respective creditors or properties and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may be entitled and empowered to participate as a member of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter, and may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any Custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.07.

Section 6.10 . Priorities. If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Securities for principal and interest (including any Additional Interest), ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Company shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

Section 6.11 . Restoration of Rights and Remedies. If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted a proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and the proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to the Holder, then, subject to any determination in the proceeding, the Company, the Trustee, any Subsidiaries and the Holders will be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Company, the Trustee, any Subsidiaries and the Holders will continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

Section 6.12 . Undertaking of Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.12 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by the Company, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in outstanding principal amount of the Securities.

Section 7.01 . Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise 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 reasonable indemnity or security against loss, liability or expense that might be incurred in compliance with such request or direction.

(i) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties 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 on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates, opinions or orders furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, in the case of any such certificates, opinions or orders which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer of the Trustee unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05.

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.01.

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company.

(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) No provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(h) 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 and to the provisions of the TIA.

(i) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company shall be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company.

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on any document (whether in its original or facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper Person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee shall receive and retain financial reports and statements of the Company as provided herein, but shall have no duty to review or analyze such reports or statements to determine compliance under covenants or other obligations of the Company.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officers’ Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, unless the Trustee’s conduct constitutes willful misconduct or negligence.

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture and the Securities shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect to any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(f) The Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for special, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) resulting from actions taken in good faith and which the Trustee believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, unless the Trustee’s conduct constitutes willful misconduct or negligence.

(g) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, Securities Custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

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

Section 7.03 . Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11. In addition, the Trustee shall be permitted to engage in transactions with the Company; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest the Trustee must (i) eliminate such conflict within 90 days of acquiring such conflicting interest, (ii) apply to the SEC for permission to continue acting as Trustee or (iii) resign.

Section 7.04 . Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Securities, shall not be accountable for the Company’s use of the proceeds from the Securities, shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee and shall not be responsible for any statement of the Company in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Securities or in the Securities other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

Section 7.05 . Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee shall mail by first class mail to each Holder at the address set forth in the Securities Register notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Security (including payments pursuant to the optional redemption or required repurchase provisions of such Security, if any), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as its board of directors, a committee of its board of directors or a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders.

Section 7.06 . Reports by Trustee to Holders. As promptly as practicable after each May 15 beginning with the May 15 following the date of this Indenture, and in any event prior to July 1 in each year, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such May 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a), if required by such TIA § 313(a). The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports required by TIA § 313(c).

Section 7.07 . Compensation and Indemnity. The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. In addition to the compensation the Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability, damages, claims or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it without negligence or bad faith on its part in connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture (including this Section 7.07) and of defending itself against any claims (whether asserted by any Holder, the Company or otherwise). The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Company shall not relieve the Company of its obligations hereunder. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Company’s expense in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel, provided that the Company shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes the Trustee’s defense, and, in the reasonable judgment of outside counsel to the Trustee, there is no conflict of interest between the Company and the Trustee in connection with such defense. The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest (including any Additional Interest) on particular Securities. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.07 shall not be subordinate to any other unsecured liability or debt of the Company.

The Company’s payment obligations pursuant to this Section 7.07 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. When the Trustee incurs expenses after the occurrence of a Default specified in Section 6.01(h) and 6.01(i) with respect to the Company, the expenses are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

Section 7.08 . Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee may resign at any time by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and may appoint a successor Trustee. The Company shall remove the Trustee if:

If the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Company or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee, or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Company. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.07.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities may petition, at the Company’s expense, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided in TIA § 310(b), any Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.07 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

Section 7.09 . Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Securities shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Securities so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Securities shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Securities either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; provided that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Securities in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall only apply to its successor or successors by merger, consolidation or conversion.

Section 7.10 . Eligibility; Disqualification. The Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a). The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

Section 7.11 . Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.

Section 8.01 . Discharge of Liability on Securities. When (1) the Company shall deliver to the Registrar for cancellation all Securities theretofore authenticated (other than any Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) and not theretofore canceled, or (2) all the Securities not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation shall have (a) been deposited for conversion (after all related Observation Periods have elapsed) and the Company shall deliver to the Holders cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, sufficient to pay all amounts owing in respect of all Securities (other than any Securities which shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation or (b) become due and payable on the Stated Maturity, Purchase Date, Fundamental Change Purchase Date or Redemption Date, as applicable, and the Company shall deposit with the Trustee cash and shares of Common Stock, as applicable, sufficient to pay all amounts owing in respect of all Securities (other than any Securities which shall have been mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen and in lieu of or in substitution for which other Securities shall have been authenticated and delivered) not theretofore canceled or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation, including the principal amount and interest (including any Additional Interest) accrued and unpaid to such Stated Maturity, Purchase Date, Fundamental Change Purchase Date or Redemption Date, as the case may be, and if in either case (1) or (2) the Company shall also pay or cause to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company, then this Indenture with respect to the Securities shall cease to be of further effect (except as to (i) remaining rights of registration of transfer, substitution and exchange and conversion of Securities; (ii) rights hereunder of Holders to receive from the Trustee payments of the amounts then due, including interest (including any Additional Interest) with respect to the Securities and the other rights, duties and obligations of Holders, as beneficiaries hereof solely with respect to the amounts, if any, so deposited with the Trustee; and (iii) the rights, obligations and immunities of the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar under this Indenture with respect to the Securities), and the Trustee, on demand of the Company accompanied by an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as required by Section 8.03 and at the cost and expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction of and discharging this Indenture with respect to the Securities; however, the Company hereby agrees to reimburse the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar for any costs or expenses thereafter reasonably and properly incurred by the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar and to compensate the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar for any services thereafter reasonably and properly rendered by the Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Registrar in connection with this Indenture with respect to the Securities.

Section 8.02 . Reinstatement. If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money to the Holders entitled thereto by reason of any order or judgment of any court of governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture with respect to the Securities and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.01 until such time as the Trustee or the Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with this Indenture and the Securities to the Holders entitled thereto; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal amount of or interest (including any Additional Interest) on any Securities following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

Section 8.03 . Officers’ Certificate; Opinion of Counsel. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under Section 8.01, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate or Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with.

Section 9.01 . Without Consent of Holders. The Company, and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to or consent of any Holder:

(b) to comply with Article 4 in respect of the assumption by a Successor Company of an obligation of the Company under this Indenture;

(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities; provided, however, that the uncertificated Securities are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code or in a manner such that the uncertificated Securities are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code;

(f) to add to the covenants of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon the Company;

(g) to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA;

(h) to make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder; or

(i) to conform the provisions of this Indenture to the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum.

After an amendment under this Section 9.01 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.01.

Section 9.02 . With Consent of Holders. The Company, and the Trustee may amend this Indenture or the Securities without notice to any Holder but with the written or electronic consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities) and past Defaults or compliance with the provisions of this Indenture may be waived with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Securities then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Securities). However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

(b) reduce the rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest, including Additional Interest, on any Security;

(d) make any change that adversely affects the conversion rights of any Securities;

(e) reduce the Redemption Price, the Fundamental Change Purchase Price, the Purchase Price payable upon the redemption or repurchase or conversion of any Security or amend or modify in any manner adverse to holders of the Securities the Company’s obligation to make such payments, whether through an amendment to or waiver of a provision in the covenants, definitions or otherwise;

(f) make any Security payable in money other than that stated in the Security (it being understood that all references to cash in this Indenture and the Securities are to U.S. legal tender);

(g) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of and interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Holder’s Securities on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Securities; or

(h) make any change to the amendment provisions which require each Holder’s consent or to the waiver provisions.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. A consent to any amendment or waiver under this Indenture by any Holder of the Securities given in connection with a tender or exchange of such Holder’s Securities will not be rendered invalid by such tender or exchange.

After an amendment under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Company shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment under this Section 9.02.

Section 9.03 . Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Securities shall comply with the TIA as then in effect.

Section 9.04 . Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers. A consent to an amendment or a waiver by a Holder of a Security shall bind the Holder and every subsequent Holder of that Security or portion of the Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on the Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Security or portion of the Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective or otherwise in accordance with any related solicitation documents. After an amendment or waiver becomes effective, it shall bind every Holder. An amendment or waiver shall become effective upon receipt by the Trustee of the requisite number of written consents under Section 9.01 or 9.02, as applicable.

The Company may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall become valid or effective more than 120 days after such record date.

Section 9.05 . Notation on or Exchange of Securities. If an amendment changes the terms of a Security, the Trustee may require the Holder of the Security to deliver it to the Trustee. The Trustee may place an appropriate notation on the Security regarding the changed terms and return it to the Holder. Alternatively, if the Company or the Trustee so determines, the Company in exchange for the Security shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate a new Security that reflects the changed terms. Failure to make the appropriate notation or to issue a new Security shall not affect the validity of such amendment.

Section 9.06 . Trustee to Sign Amendments. The Trustee shall sign any amendment authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In signing such amendment the Trustee shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Sections 7.01 and 7.02) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such amendment is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

Section 11.01 . Purchase at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change. If a Fundamental Change shall occur at any time, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to purchase any or all of such Holder’s Securities on a date specified by the Company that is no later than 35 calendar days after the date of the Company Notice of the occurrence of such Fundamental Change (subject to extension to comply with applicable law, as provided in Section 11.03(d)) (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Date”). The Securities shall be repurchased in multiples of $1,000 of the principal amount. The Company shall purchase such Securities at a price (the “Fundamental Change Purchase Price”), which shall be paid in cash, equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be purchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, including any Additional Interest, to but excluding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, unless the Fundamental Change Purchase Date is between a Regular Record Date and the interest payment date to which it relates, in which case the Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall equal 100% of the principal amount of Securities to be purchased and accrued and unpaid interest, including Additional Interest, shall be paid to the Holder of record on the Regular Record Date.

(a) Notice of Fundamental Change. The Company, or at its request (which must be received by the Paying Agent at least three Business Days (or such lesser period as agreed to by the Paying Agent) prior to the date the Paying Agent is requested to give such notice as described below) the Paying Agent, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail to all Holders and the Trustee a Company Notice of the occurrence of a Fundamental Change and of the purchase right arising as a result thereof, including the information required by Section 11.03(a) hereof, on or before the 20^th calendar day after the occurrence of such Fundamental Change. The Company shall promptly furnish to the Paying Agent a copy of such Company Notice.

(b) Exercise of Option. For a Security to be so purchased at the option of the Holder, the Paying Agent must receive such Security duly endorsed for transfer, together with a written notice of purchase (a “Fundamental Change Purchase Notice”) in the form entitled “Form of Fundamental Change Purchase Notice” attached to the Security duly completed, on or before the Business Day immediately preceding the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, subject to extension to comply with applicable law. The Fundamental Change Purchase Notice shall state:

(i) if certificated, the certificate numbers of the Securities which the Holder shall deliver to be purchased;

(ii) the portion of the principal amount of the Securities which the Holder shall deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 in principal amount or a multiple thereof; and

(iii) that such Securities shall be purchased as of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in paragraph 6 of the Securities and in this Indenture.

(c) Procedures. The Company shall purchase from a Holder, pursuant to this Section 11.01, Securities if the principal amount of such Securities is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000 if so requested by such Holder.

Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11.01 shall be consummated by the delivery of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price to be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date or the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of the Securities.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Fundamental Change Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 11.01 shall have the right at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Fundamental Change Purchase Date to withdraw such Fundamental Change Purchase Notice (in whole or in part) by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 11.03(b).

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.

On or before 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 an Affiliate of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) cash sufficient to pay the aggregate Fundamental Change Purchase Price of the Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Section 11.01. Payment by the Paying Agent of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price for such Securities shall be made promptly following the later of the Fundamental Change Purchase Date or the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of such Securities. If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, cash sufficient to pay the Fundamental Change Purchase Price of such Securities on the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, then, on and after such date, such Securities shall cease to be outstanding and interest (including any Additional Interest), on such Securities shall cease to accrue, whether or not book-entry transfer of such Securities is made or such Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent, and all other rights of the Holder shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and previously accrued and unpaid interest (including any Additional Interest), upon delivery or transfer of the Securities). Nothing herein shall preclude any withholding tax required by law.

The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all cash held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the Fundamental Change Purchase Price and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the cash held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to deliver all cash held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the cash delivered to the Trustee.

(a) A Holder shall have the option to require the Company to purchase any outstanding Securities on each of June 15, 2016 and June 15, 2026 (each, a “Purchase Date”), at a price (the “Purchase Price”) which shall be paid in cash, equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased plus any accrued and unpaid interest, including any Additional Interest, to but excluding the Purchase Date, upon:

(i) delivery to the Paying Agent by the Holder of a written notice of purchase (a “Purchase Notice”) at any time from the opening of business on the date that is 20 Business Days prior to a Purchase Date until the close of business on the Business Day prior to such Purchase Date, stating:

(A) if certificated, the certificate numbers of the Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, or, if not certificated, the Purchase Notice must comply with appropriate DTC procedures;

(B) the portion of the principal amount of the Securities which the Holder will deliver to be purchased, which portion must be $1,000 in principal amount or a multiple thereof;

(C) that such Securities shall be purchased as of the Purchase Date pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in paragraph 6 of the Securities and in this Indenture; and

(ii) delivery or book-entry transfer of such Securities to the Paying Agent (together with all necessary endorsements) at the offices of the Paying Agent, such delivery or transfer being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the Purchase Price therefor; provided, however, that such Purchase Price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 11.02 only if the Securities so delivered or transferred to the Paying Agent shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in the related Purchase Notice.

(b) The Company shall purchase from a Holder, pursuant to this Section 11.02, Securities if the principal amount of such Securities is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000 if so requested by such Holder.

(c) Any purchase by the Company contemplated pursuant to the provisions of this Section 11.02 shall be consummated by the delivery of the Purchase Price to be received by the Holder promptly following the later of the Purchase Date or the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of the Securities.

(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Paying Agent the Purchase Notice contemplated by this Section 11.02 shall have the right at any time prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Purchase Date to withdraw such Purchase Notice (in whole or in part) by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 11.03(b).

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

(f) On or before 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Purchase Date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent (or if the Company or an Affiliate of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust) cash sufficient to pay the aggregate Purchase Price of the Securities to be purchased pursuant to this Section 11.02. Payment by the Paying Agent of the Purchase Price for such Securities shall be made promptly following the later of the Purchase Date or the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of such Securities. If the Paying Agent holds, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, cash sufficient to pay the Purchase Price of such Securities on the Purchase Date, then, on and after such date, such Securities shall cease to be outstanding and interest (including any Additional Interest) on such Securities shall cease to accrue, whether or not book-entry transfer of such Securities is made or such Securities are delivered to the Paying Agent, and all other rights of the Holder shall terminate (other than the right to receive the Purchase Price and previously accrued interest (including any Additional Interest) upon delivery or transfer of the Securities). Nothing herein shall preclude any withholding tax required by law.

(g) The Company shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all cash held by the Paying Agent for the payment of the Purchase Price and shall notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. If the Company or an Affiliate of the Company acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the cash held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to deliver all cash held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon doing so, the Paying Agent shall have no further liability for the cash delivered to the Trustee.

Section 11.03 . Further Conditions and Procedures for Purchase at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change and Purchase of Securities at the Option of the Holder.

(a) Notice of Purchase Date or Fundamental Change. The Company shall send notices (each, a “Company Notice”) to the Holders at their addresses shown in the Securities Register maintained by the Registrar, and delivered to the Trustee and Paying Agent, not less than 20 Business Days prior to each Purchase Date, or on or before the 20^th calendar day after the occurrence of the Fundamental Change, as the case may be (each such date of delivery, a “Company Notice Date”). Each Company Notice shall include a form of Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice to be completed by a Holder and shall state:

(ii) Conversion Rate at the time of such notice and any expected adjustments to the Conversion Rate;

(iii) the applicable Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date and the last date on which a Holder may exercise its repurchase rights under Section 11.01 or Section 11.02, as applicable;

(v) that Securities must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect payment of the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price;

(vi) that Securities as to which a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been given may be converted only if the applicable Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice has been withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;

(vii) that the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price for any Securities as to which a Purchase Notice or a Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as applicable, has been given and not withdrawn shall be paid by the Paying Agent promptly following the later of the Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as applicable, or the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of such Securities;

(viii) the procedures the Holder must follow under Sections 11.01 or 11.02, as applicable, and Section 11.03;

(x) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment of such Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price on Securities covered by any Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as applicable, interest (including any Additional Interest) will cease to accrue on and after the Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as applicable;

(xii) the procedures for withdrawing a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice; and

(xiii) in the case of a Company Notice pursuant to Section 11.01, the events causing a Fundamental Change and the date of the Fundamental Change.

Simultaneously with providing such Company Notice, the Company will publish a notice containing the information in such Company Notice in a newspaper of general circulation in The City of New York or publish such information on its then existing website or through such other public medium as it may use at the time.

At the Company’s request, made at least five Business Days prior to the date upon which such notice is to be mailed, and at the Company’s expense, the Paying Agent shall give the Company Notice in the Company’s name; provided, however, that, in all cases, the text of the Company Notice shall be prepared by the Company.

(b) Effect of Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice; Withdrawal; Effect of Event of Default. Upon receipt by the Company of the Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice specified in Section 11.02(a) or Section 11.01(b), as applicable, the Holder of the Securities in respect of which such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, was given shall (unless such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice is withdrawn as specified in the following two paragraphs) thereafter be entitled to receive solely the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price with respect to such Securities. Such Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price shall be paid by the Paying Agent to such Holder promptly following the later of (x) the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities (provided the conditions in this Article 11 have been satisfied) and (y) the time of delivery or book-entry transfer of such Securities to the Paying Agent by the Holder thereof in the manner required by Section 11.02 or Section 11.01, as applicable. Securities in respect of which a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted on or after the date of the delivery of such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, unless such Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has first been validly withdrawn as specified in the following two paragraphs.

A Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the office of the Paying Agent at any time prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day prior to the Purchase Date or the Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as the case may be, to which it relates, specifying:

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

(ii) if certificated, the certificate number of the Securities in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, or, if not certificated, the written notice of withdrawal must comply with appropriate DTC procedures; and

(iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Securities which remains subject to the original Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, and which has been or shall be delivered for purchase by the Company.

There shall be no purchase of any Securities pursuant to Section 11.02 or Section 11.01 if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (other than a default that is cured by the payment of the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price, as the case may be). The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the respective Holders thereof any Securities (x) with respect to which a Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice, as the case may be, has been withdrawn in compliance with this Indenture, or (y) held by it during the continuance of an Event of Default (other than a default that is cured by the payment of the Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price, as the case may be) in which case, upon such return, the Purchase Notice or Fundamental Change Purchase Notice with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been withdrawn.

(c) Securities Purchased in Part. Any Securities that are to be purchased only in part shall be surrendered at the office of the Paying Agent (with, if the Company or the Trustee so requires, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Trustee duly executed by, the Holder thereof or such Holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing) and the Company shall execute and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Securities, without service charge, a new Security or Securities, 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 Securities so surrendered which is not purchased or redeemed.

(d) Covenant to Comply with Securities Laws Upon Purchase of Securities. In connection with any offer to purchase Securities under Section 11.02 or Section 11.01, the Company shall, to the extent applicable, (a) comply with Rules 13e-4 and 14e-1 (and any successor provisions thereto) under the Exchange Act, if applicable; (b) file the related Schedule TO (or any successor schedule, form or report) under the Exchange Act, if applicable; and (c) otherwise comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws so as to permit the rights and obligations under Section 11.02 or Section 11.01 to be exercised in the time and in the manner specified in Section 11.02 or Section 11.01.

(e) Repayment to the Company. The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return to the Company any cash or property that remains unclaimed, as provided in paragraph 8 of the Securities, together with interest that the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, has expressly agreed in writing to pay, if any, that is held by them for the payment of a Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price, as the case may be; provided, however, that to the extent that the aggregate amount of cash or property deposited by the Company pursuant to Section 11.01(c) or Section 11.02(f), as applicable, exceeds the aggregate Purchase Price or Fundamental Change Purchase Price, as the case may be, of the Securities or portions thereof which the Company is obligated to purchase as of the Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as the case may be, then promptly on and after the Business Day following the Purchase Date or Fundamental Change Purchase Date, as the case may be, the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall return any such excess to the Company together with interest that the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, has expressly agreed in writing to pay, if any.

(f) Officers’ Certificate. At least five Business Days before the Company Notice Date, the Company shall deliver an Officers’ Certificate to the Trustee specifying whether the Company desires the Trustee to give the Company Notice required by Section 11.03(a) herein.

Section 12.01 . Conversion of Securities. (a) Right to Convert. Subject to the procedures for conversion set forth in this Article 12, a Holder may convert its Securities on or prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding Stated Maturity at the Conversion Rate when any of the conditions specified below are met and during the related specified period. Whenever the Securities shall become convertible upon one or more of the conditions stated in clauses (i), (ii) or (iv)(A) below, the Company or, at the Company’s request, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall notify the Holders of the event triggering such convertibility in the manner provided in Section 13.02 and the Company shall also publicly announce such information by publication on the Company’s website or through such other public medium as it may use at such time. Whenever the Securities shall become convertible upon one or more of the conditions stated in clauses (iii), (iv)(B) or (iv)(C), notice of the event triggering such convertibility shall be given in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.04 or 11.01(a) and 11.03, as applicable. Any notice so given shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice.

(i) Conversion Upon Satisfaction of Sale Price Condition. A Holder may surrender all or a portion of its Securities for conversion during any fiscal quarter (and only during such fiscal quarter) commencing after September 30, 2006 if the Last Reported Sale Price for the Common Stock for at least 20 Trading Days during the period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the last Trading Day of the immediately preceding fiscal quarter is greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price in effect on such last Trading Day.

(ii) Conversion Upon Satisfaction of Trading Price Condition. Prior to May 15, 2016, a Holder may surrender its Securities for conversion during the five Business Day period after any 10 consecutive Trading Day period (the “Measurement Period”) in which the Trading price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, as determined following a request by a Holder in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 12.01(a)(ii), for each day of that period was less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the applicable Conversion Rate. In connection with any conversion in accordance with this Section 12.01(a)(ii), the Bid Solicitation Agent shall have no obligation to determine the Trading Price of the Securities unless requested by the Company; and the Company shall have no obligation to make such request unless a Holder provides the Company with reasonable evidence that the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities would be less than 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the applicable Conversion Rate. Promptly after receiving such evidence, the Company shall instruct the Bid Solicitation Agent to determine the Trading Price of the Securities beginning on the next Trading Day and on each successive Trading Day until the Trading Price per $1,000 principal amount of Securities is greater than or equal to 98% of the product of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock and the applicable Conversion Rate.

(iii) Conversion Upon Notice of Redemption. A Holder may surrender for conversion all or a portion of its Securities called for redemption at any time prior to the close of business on the third Scheduled Trading Day prior to the related Redemption Date. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Company gives two or more notices of redemption such that the Observation Periods applicable to the relevant Redemption Dates overlap, the Observation Period related to the notice of redemption immediately preceding the time such Securities are surrendered for conversion shall be applicable to such Securities.

(A) If the Company (1) issues to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock rights entitling them to purchase, for a period expiring within 60 days after the date of the distribution, shares of Common Stock at less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Price of a share of Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Business Day preceding the commencement of such issuance, or (2) distributes to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock assets, debt securities or rights to purchase securities of the Company, which distribution has a per share Fair Market Value, as reasonably determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, exceeding 10% of the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the day preceding the declaration date for such distribution, then, in each case, the Company must notify the Holders, in the manner provided in Section 13.02, at least 35 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution. Once the Company has given such notice, Holders may surrender Securities for conversion at any time until the earlier of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately prior to such Ex-Dividend Date or the Company’s announcement that such distribution will not take place.

(B) If the Company is party to a transaction described in clause (2) of the definition of Fundamental Change (without, for the avoidance of doubt, giving effect to the proviso set forth in the definition thereof relating to Publicly Traded Securities), the Company must notify Holders, in the manner provided in Section 13.02, at least 35 Scheduled Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date for such transaction. Once the Company has given such notice, Holders may surrender Securities for conversion at any time until 35 calendar days after the actual effective date of such transaction (or if such transaction also constitutes a Fundamental Change, the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date).

(C) If a Fundamental Change of the type described in clause (1) or (5) in the definition thereof occurs, Holders may surrender Securities for conversion at any time beginning on the actual effective date of such Fundamental Change until and including the date which is 30 calendar days after the actual effective date of such transaction or, if later, until the related Fundamental Change Purchase Date.

A Holder may convert a portion of the principal amount of Securities if the portion is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000. The cash payable, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable, if any, upon conversion of a Security shall be determined as set forth in Section 12.01(c).

(b) Conversion Procedures. The following procedures shall apply to the conversion of Securities:

(i) In respect of a Definitive Security, a Holder must (A) complete and manually sign the conversion notice attached to the Security, or facsimile of such conversion notice; (B) deliver such conversion notice, which is irrevocable, and the Security to the Conversion Agent at the office maintained by the Conversion Agent for such purpose; (C) to the extent any shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion are to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s, furnish endorsements and transfer documents as may be required by the Conversion Agent and, if required pursuant to Section 12.01(e) below, pay all transfer or similar taxes; and (D) if required pursuant to Section 2.01(d) above, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next interest payment date to which such Holder is not entitled.

(ii) In respect of a beneficial interest in a Global Security, a Beneficial Owner must comply with DTC’s procedures for converting a beneficial interest in a Global Security and, if required pursuant to Section 2.01(d) above, pay funds equal to interest payable on the next interest payment date to which such Beneficial Owner is not entitled, and if required, taxes or duties, if any.

The date a Holder satisfies the foregoing requirements is the “Conversion Date” hereunder.

If a Holder converts more than one Security at the same time, the cash and number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon the conversion, if any, shall be based on the total principal amount of the Securities converted.

Upon surrender of a Security that is converted in part, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee or the Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder, a new Security in an authorized denomination equal in principal amount to the unconverted portion of the Security surrendered.

(c) Payment Upon Conversion. Upon any conversion of any Security, the Company will deliver to converting Holders, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Securities being converted, a “Settlement Amount” equal to the sum of the Daily Settlement Amounts for each of the 25 Trading Days during the Observation Period for such Security.

“Daily Settlement Amount,” for each of the 25 Trading Days during the Observation Period, shall consist of:

(ii) to the extent the Daily Conversion Value exceeds $40, a number of shares equal to (A) the difference between the Daily Conversion Value and $40, divided by (B) the Daily VWAP for such day.

“Daily Conversion Value” means, for each of the 25 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, 4% of the product of (1) the applicable Conversion Rate and (2) the Daily VWAP of the Common Stock on such day.

“Daily VWAP” means, for each of the 25 consecutive Trading Days during the Observation Period, the per share volume-weighted average price as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page “GPI.N<equity> AQR”, or any successor page, in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Trading Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day as determined using a volume-weighted average method by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for the purpose by the Company).

The Settlement Amount in respect of any Security converted will be delivered to converting Holders on the third Business Day immediately following the last day of the Observation Period for such Security.

(d) Cash Payments in Lieu of Fractional Shares. The Company shall not issue a fractional share of Common Stock upon conversion of Securities. Instead the Company shall deliver cash for the current market value of the fractional share. The current market value of a fractional share shall be determined to the nearest 1/10,000th of a share by multiplying the Daily VWAP of a full share of Common Stock on the final Trading Day of the related Observation Period by the fractional amount and rounding the product to the nearest whole cent.

(e) Taxes on Conversion. If a Holder converts Securities, the Company shall pay any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax due on the issue of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion. However, the Holder shall pay any such tax which is due because the Holder requests the shares to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name. The Conversion Agent may refuse to deliver the certificates representing the Common Stock being issued in a name other than the Holder’s name until the Conversion Agent receives a sum sufficient to pay any tax which shall be due because the shares are to be issued in a name other than the Holder’s name, but the Conversion Agent shall have no duty to determine if any such tax is due. Nothing herein shall preclude any withholding of tax required by law.

(i) The Company shall, prior to issuance of any Securities hereunder, and from time to time as may be necessary, reserve out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock or shares of Common Stock held in treasury, a sufficient number of shares of Common Stock, free of preemptive rights, to permit the conversion of the Securities.

(ii) All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of the Securities shall be newly issued shares or treasury shares, shall be duly and validly issued and fully paid and nonassessable and shall be free from preemptive rights and free of any lien or adverse claim.

(iii) The Company shall endeavor promptly to comply with all federal and state securities laws regulating the issuance and delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the conversion of Securities, if any, and shall cause to have listed or quoted all such shares of Common Stock on each U.S. national securities exchange or over-the-counter or other domestic market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted.

(iv) Before taking any action which would cause an adjustment increasing the Conversion Rate to an amount that would cause the Conversion Price to be reduced below the then par value per share the Common Stock, if any, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities, the Company will take all corporate action which may, in the opinion of its counsel, be necessary in order that the Company may validly and legally issue shares of such Common Stock at such adjusted Conversion Rate.

Section 12.02 . Adjustments to Conversion Rate. The Conversion Rate shall be adjusted from time to time by the Company as follows:

(a) If the Company issues shares of Common Stock as a dividend or distribution on shares of the Common Stock, or effects a share split or share combination, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the Record Date for such dividend or distribution, or the date fixed for determination for such share split or share combination. If any dividend or distribution of the type described in this Section 12.02(a) is declared but not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

(b) If the Company issues to all or substantially all holders of its Common Stock any rights or warrants entitling them for a period of not more than 60 calendar days to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the 10 consecutive Trading Day period ending on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of announcement of such issuance, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula (provided that the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the extent that such rights or warrants are not exercised prior to their expiration):

Such adjustment shall be successively made whenever any such rights or warrants are issued and shall become effective immediately after 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the date fixed for determination of Holders entitled to receive such rights or warrants. To the extent that shares of Common Stock are not delivered after the expiration of such rights or warrants, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustments made upon the issuance of such rights or warrants been made on the basis of delivery of only the number of shares of Common Stock actually delivered. If such rights or warrants are not so issued, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights or warrants had not been fixed.

In determining whether any rights or warrants entitle the holders to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at less than such Last Reported Sale Price, and in determining the aggregate offering price of such shares of Common Stock, there shall be taken into account any consideration received by the Company for such rights 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 Company distributes shares of Capital Stock, evidences of its indebtedness or other assets or property of the Company to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock, excluding:

(i) dividends or distributions and rights or warrants referred to in clause (a) or (b) above; and

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately prior to 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the Business Day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.

With respect to an adjustment pursuant to this clause (c) where there has been a payment of a dividend or other distribution on the Common Stock or shares of Capital Stock of any class or series, or similar equity interest, of or relating to a Subsidiary or other business unit (a “Spin-Off”), the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the effective date for such Spin-Off will be increased based on the following formula:

Such adjustment shall occur on the tenth Trading Day from, and including, the effective date of the Spin-Off.

(d) If any cash dividend or distribution is made to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock, other than regular quarterly cash dividends that do not exceed $0.14 per share (the “Initial Dividend Threshold”), the Conversion Rate will be adjusted based on the following formula:

Such adjustment shall become effective immediately after 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Record Date for such dividend or distribution; provided that if such dividend or distribution is not so paid or made, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such dividend or distribution had not been declared.

The Initial Dividend Threshold is subject to adjustment in a manner inversely proportional to adjustments to the Conversion Rate; provided that no adjustment will be made to the dividend threshold amount for any adjustment made to the Conversion Rate under this clause (d).

(e) If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries make a payment in respect of a tender or exchange offer for Common Stock, to the extent that the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of Common Stock 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 (such last date, the “Expiration Time”), the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula:

If the Company is obligated to purchase shares pursuant to any such tender or exchange offer, but the Company is permanently prevented by applicable law from effecting any such purchases or all such purchases are rescinded, the Conversion Rate shall again be adjusted to be the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect if such tender or exchange offer had not been made.

(g) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12.02, no adjustment shall be made thereunder, nor shall an adjustment be made to the ability of a Holder to convert, for any distribution described therein if the Holder will otherwise participate in the distribution without conversion of such Holder’s Securities.

(h) The Company may (but is not required to) make such increases in the Conversion Rate, in addition to those required by clauses (a) through (e) of this Section 12.02 as the Board of Directors considers to be advisable to avoid or diminish any 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 any similar event treated as such for income tax purposes.

(i) To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Company from time to time may increase the Conversion Rate by any amount for any period of at least 20 days if the Board of Directors shall have made a determination that such increase would be in the best interests of the Company, which determination shall be conclusive.

(j) Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, no adjustment to the Conversion Rate need be made:

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

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

(iii) upon the issuance of any shares of Common Stock pursuant to any option, warrant, right, or exercisable, exchangeable or convertible security not described in clause (ii) above and outstanding as of the Issue Date;

To the extent the Securities become convertible into cash, assets or property (other than Capital Stock of the Company or securities to which Section 12.03 applies), no adjustment shall be made thereafter as to the cash, assets or property. Interest shall not accrue on such cash, assets or property.

(k) All calculations under this Section 12.02 shall be made by the Company and shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-ten thousandth (1/10,000) of a share, as the case may be.

(l) Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted as herein provided, the Company shall promptly file with the Trustee and any Conversion Agent other than the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the Conversion Rate after such adjustment and setting forth a brief statement of the facts requiring such adjustment. Unless and until a Trust Officer of the Trustee shall have received such Officers’ Certificate, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any adjustment of the Conversion Rate and may assume that the last Conversion Rate of which it has knowledge is still in effect. Promptly after delivery of such certificate, the Company shall prepare a notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate and the date on which each adjustment becomes effective and shall mail such notice of such adjustment of the Conversion Rate to the Holder of each Security at such Holder’s last address appearing on the Securities Register provided for in Section 2.05 of this Indenture within 20 days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of any such adjustment.

(m) Any case in which this Section 12.02 provides that an adjustment shall become effective immediately after (i) a Record Date for a dividend or distribution described in Section 12.02(a), Section 12.02(c) or Section 12.02(d), (ii) the date fixed for the determination of a share split or combination pursuant to Section 12.02(a), (iii) the date fixed for the determination of Holders entitled to receive rights or warrants pursuant to 12.02(b), or (iv) the Expiration Time for any tender or exchange offer pursuant to Section 12.02(e), (each a “Determination Date”), the Company may elect to defer until the occurrence of the applicable Adjustment Event (as hereinafter defined) (x) issuing to the Holder of any Security converted after such Determination Date and before the occurrence of such Adjustment Event, the additional shares of Common Stock or other securities issuable upon such conversion by reason of the adjustment required by such Adjustment Event over and above the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion before giving effect to such adjustment and (y) paying to such Holder any amount in cash in lieu of any fraction pursuant to Section 12.01. For purposes of this Section 12.02(m), the term “Adjustment Event” shall mean:

(1) in any case referred to in clause (i) and (ii) hereof, the occurrence of such event,

(2) in any case referred to in clause (iii) hereof, the date of expiration of such rights or warrants,

(3) in any case referred to in clause (iv) hereof, the date a sale or exchange of Common Stock pursuant to such tender or exchange offer is consummated and becomes irrevocable.

(n) For purposes of this Section 12.02, the number of shares of Common Stock at any time outstanding shall not include shares held in the treasury of the Company but shall include shares issuable in respect of scrip certificates issued in lieu of fractions of shares of Common Stock. If the Company pays any dividend or makes any distribution on, or issues any rights, options or warrants in respect of, shares of Common Stock held in treasury by the Company, the Company shall not issue, transfer or convey such shares of Common Stock in a manner that would have the effect of circumventing the provisions of this Section 12.02.

(o) Whenever any provision of this Article 12 requires a calculation of an average of Last Reported Sale Prices or Daily VWAP over a span of multiple days, the Company will make appropriate adjustments (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) to account for any adjustment to the Conversion Rate that becomes effective, or any event requiring an adjustment to the Conversion Rate where the Ex-Dividend Date of the event occurs, at any time during the period from which the average is to be calculated.

Section 12.03 . Adjustment Upon Certain Fundamental Changes. (a) If a Holder elects to convert Securities pursuant to Section 12.01(a)(iv) above in connection with a transaction described therein and the transaction (1) has an effective date occurring on or prior to June 15, 2016 and (2) constitutes a Fundamental Change, subject to Section 12.04 below, the Conversion Rate for such Securities shall be increased by an additional number of shares of Common Stock (the “Additional Shares”) as described below. Any conversion will be deemed to have occurred in connection with such Fundamental Change only if such Securities are surrendered for conversion at a time when the Securities would be convertible in light of the expected or actual occurrence of a Fundamental Change and notwithstanding the fact that a Security may then be convertible because another condition to conversion has been satisfied.

(b) The number of Additional Shares will be determined by reference to the table attached as Schedule A hereto, based on the actual effective date on which the Fundamental Change occurs or becomes effective (the “Effective Date”) and the Stock Price with respect to such transaction; provided that if the Stock Price is between two Stock Price amounts set forth in such table or the Effective Date is between two Effective Dates in the table, the number of Additional Shares will be determined by a straight-line interpolation between the number of Additional Shares set forth for the higher and lower Stock Price amounts and the two dates, as applicable, based on a 365-day year; provided further that if the Stock Price is greater than $184.00 per share (subject to adjustment as set forth in clause (c) below) or less than $53.54 per share, then no Additional Shares will be added to the Conversion Rate. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event will the total number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion exceed 18.6776 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to adjustments in the same manner as the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.02.

(c) The Stock Prices set forth in the first row of the table in Schedule A hereto will be adjusted as of any date on which the Conversion Rate of the Securities is adjusted pursuant to Section 12.02. The adjusted Stock Prices will equal the Stock Prices applicable immediately prior to such adjustment, multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such adjustment and the denominator of which is the Conversion Rate as so adjusted. The number of Additional Shares set forth in such table will be adjusted in the same manner as the Conversion Rate as set forth in Section 12.02.

(d) Settlement of Securities tendered for conversion as to which the Conversion Rate will be increased by Additional Shares pursuant to this Section 12.03 shall occur as follows:

(i) if the last day of the Observation Period for such Securities is on or prior to the fourth Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date, the Company shall deliver the Settlement Amount (together with cash in lieu of fractional shares), determined in accordance with Section 12.01(c) and Section 12.01(d) above, on the third Business Day immediately following the last day of the Observation Period; provided that such Settlement Amount and related Daily Conversion Values shall be based on the Conversion Rate without giving effect to the Additional Shares to be added thereto as set forth in this subsection. As soon as practicable following the Effective Date, the Company shall calculate an increased Settlement Amount for such Securities (based upon the same Observation Period and the same Daily VWAP for each Trading Day in such Observation Period) as if the Conversion Rate had been increased by the number of Additional Shares pursuant to this subsection. Promptly following the Effective Date, the Company shall deliver the excess of the cash portion, if any, and Common Stock portion, if any, of such increased Settlement Amount over the cash and Common Stock portions of the Settlement Amount calculated without such Additional Shares. Any shares of Common Stock to be delivered following the Effective Date shall be subject to Section 12.05 and shall be delivered in Reference Property.

(ii) If the last day of the Observation Period for such Securities is after the fourth Trading Day immediately preceding the Effective Date, the Company shall deliver the Settlement Amount (together with cash in lieu of fractional shares) in accordance with Section 12.01(c) and Section 12.01(d) above (such determination, for the avoidance of doubt, to include the number of Additional Shares to be added to the Conversion Rate as set forth in this subsection) on the later to occur of (x) the Business Day following the Effective Date and (y) the third Business Day immediately following the Conversion Date relating to such Securities. Any shares of Common Stock to be delivered on or following the Effective Date shall be subject to Section 12.05 and shall be delivered in Reference Property.

In no event shall the Company pay any such increase to the Settlement Amount if the transaction causing the increase to the Conversion Rate pursuant to this subsection never becomes effective.

Section 12.04 . Conversion After a Public Acquirer Change of Control. (a) In the event of a Public Acquirer Change of Control, the Company may, in lieu of increasing the Conversion Rate by Additional Shares pursuant to Section 12.03 above and in lieu of application of Section 12.05, elect to adjust the Conversion Rate and the related conversion obligation such that from and after the Effective Date of such Public Acquirer Change of Control, Holders shall be entitled to convert their Securities, subject to the conditions in Section 12.01(a), into cash and a number of shares of Public Acquirer Common Stock, if applicable, in accordance with Section 12.01. The adjusted Conversion Rate shall be the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Public Acquirer Change of Control by multiplying it by a fraction:

(i) the numerator of which will be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days prior to but excluding the Effective Date of such Public Acquirer Change of Control, and

(ii) the denominator of which will be the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of the Public Acquirer Common Stock for the five consecutive Trading Days commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the Effective Date of such Public Acquirer Change of Control.

(b) In order to make the election pursuant to this Section 12.04, the Company and the issuer of the Public Acquirer Common Stock shall execute with the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that each Security shall be exchangeable into Public Acquirer Common Stock and execute an amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement (to the extent any Registrable Securities (as defined therein) remain outstanding) to make the provisions thereof to apply to the Public Acquirer Common Stock. Such supplemental indenture shall provide for provisions and adjustments which shall be a nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the provisions and adjustments provided for in this Article 12 as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company or such issuer (which shall be conclusive).

(c) At least 10 Trading Days prior to the expected Effective Date of a Fundamental Change that is also a Public Acquirer Change of Control, the Company will provide a notice to all Holders, the Trustee and the Paying Agent stating whether the Company (i) elects to adjust the Conversion Rate and the related conversion obligation as set forth in this Section 12.04 or (ii) does not elect to so adjust the Conversion Rate and the related conversion obligation, in which case the Holders will have the right to convert Securities and, if applicable, receive Additional Shares as set forth in Section 12.03.

Section 12.05 . Effect of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale. (a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 12.04, if any of the following events occur: (i) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (other than a subdivision or combination to which Section 12.02(a) applies), (ii) any consolidation, merger, binding share exchange or combination of the Company with another Person as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property (or any combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock, or (iii) any sale, lease or other transfer of the consolidated properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries substantially as an entirety to any other Person as a result of which holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive cash, securities or other property (or any combination thereof) with respect to or in exchange for such Common Stock (any such event or transaction, a “Reorganization Event”), then after the effective time of such Reorganization Event, the Securities shall only be convertible into the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property (and in the same proportion) receivable (the “Reference Property”) upon such Reorganization Event by a holder of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the Conversion Rate immediately prior to such Reorganization Event and the Company or successor Person shall execute a supplemental indenture to such effect. For purposes of the foregoing, the type and amount of consideration that a holder of Common Stock would have been entitled to receive in the case of any such Reorganization Event that causes the Common Stock to be converted into the right to receive more than a single type of consideration (determined based in part upon any form of stockholder election) will be deemed to be the weighted average of the types and amounts of consideration received by the holders of Common Stock that affirmatively make such an election. Such supplemental indenture shall provide for provisions and adjustments which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the provisions and adjustments provided for in this Article 12, Article 9 and Article 11 and the definition of Fundamental Change, as appropriate, as determined in good faith by the Company (which determination shall be conclusive and binding), to make such provisions apply to such other Person if different from the original issuer of the Securities.

(b) Following the effective time of any such Reorganization Event, settlement of Securities converted shall be in cash and units of Reference Property determined in accordance with Section 12.01(c) above based on the Daily Conversion Value and Daily VWAP of such Reference Property. For the purposes of determining such Daily Conversion Value and Daily VWAP, (i) if the Reference Property includes securities for which the price can be determined in a manner contemplated by the definition of Daily VWAP, then the value of such securities shall be determined in accordance with the principles set forth in such definition, as determined in good faith by the Company (which determination shall be conclusive and binding); (ii) if the Reference Property includes other property (other than securities as to which clause (i) applies or cash), then the value of such property shall be the Fair Market Value of such property as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors in good faith; and (iii) if the Reference Property includes cash, then the value of such cash shall be the amount thereof.

(c) Any issuer of securities included in the Reference Property shall execute an amendment to the Registration Rights Agreement (to the extent any Registrable Securities (as defined therein) remain outstanding) to make the provisions thereof applicable to such securities included in the Applicable Consideration.

(d) The Company shall cause notice of the execution of any supplemental indenture required by this Section 12.05 to be mailed to each Holder, at its address appearing on the Securities Register provided for in Section 2.05 of this Indenture, within 20 calendar days after execution thereof. Failure to deliver such notice shall not affect the legality or validity of such supplemental indenture.

(e) The above provisions of this Section 12.05 shall similarly apply to successive Reorganization Events.

(f) If this Section 12.05 applies to any event or occurrence, Section 12.02 shall not apply in respect of such event or occurrence.

(g) The Company shall not become a party to any Reorganization Event unless its terms are consistent with the foregoing. None of the foregoing provisions shall affect the right of a Holder of Securities to convert the Securities into cash and shares of Common Stock, if applicable, as set forth in Section 12.01 prior to the effective time of such Reorganization Event.

Section 12.06 . Responsibility of Trustee. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to the Company or any Holder of Securities to determine the Conversion Rate, or whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Rate, or with respect to the nature or extent or calculation of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed in making the same. The Trustee and any other Conversion Agent shall not be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any shares of Common Stock, or of any securities or property, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Security; and the Trustee and any other Conversion Agent make no representations with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to issue, transfer or deliver any cash or shares of Common Stock or stock certificates or other securities or property upon the surrender of any Security for the purpose of conversion or to comply with any of the duties, responsibilities or covenants of the Company contained in this Article 12. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 12.05 relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or securities or property (including cash) receivable by Holders upon the conversion of their Securities after any Reorganization Event or to any adjustment to be made with respect thereto, but, subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, an Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto.

Section 12.07 . Notice to Holders Prior to Certain Actions. Except where notice is required pursuant to Section 12.01(a)(iv), in case:

(a) the Company shall declare a dividend (or any other distribution) on its Common Stock that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.02; or

(b) the Company shall authorize the granting to the holders of all or substantially all of its Common Stock of rights or warrants to subscribe for or purchase any share of any class or any other rights or warrants that would require an adjustment in the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.02; or

(c) of any reclassification or reorganization of the Common Stock of the Company (other than a subdivision or combination of its outstanding Common Stock, or a change in par value, or from par value to no par value, or from no par value to par value), or of any consolidation or merger to which the Company is a party and for which approval of any stockholders of the Company is required, or of the sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company; or

(d) of the voluntary or involuntary dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company;

the Company shall cause to be filed with the Trustee and to be mailed to each Holder of Securities at his address appearing on the Securities Register provided for in Section 2.05 of this Indenture, as promptly as possible but in any event at least three (3) calendar days prior to the applicable date hereinafter specified, a notice stating (x) the date on which a record is to be taken for the purpose of such dividend, distribution or rights or warrants, or, if a record is not to be taken, the date as of which the holders of Common Stock of record to be entitled to such dividend, distribution or rights are to be determined, or (y) the date on which such reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up is expected to become effective or occur, and 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 reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up. Failure to give such notice, or any defect therein, shall not affect the legality or validity of such dividend, distribution, reclassification, consolidation, merger, sale, transfer, dissolution, liquidation or winding up.

Section 12.08 . Stockholder Rights Plan. To the extent that the Company has a rights plan in effect upon conversion of the Securities into Common Stock, the Holder will receive, in addition to the Common Stock, the rights under the rights plan, unless prior to any conversion, the rights have separated from the Common Stock, in which case, and only in such case, the Conversion Rate will be adjusted at the time of separation as if the Company distributed to all holders of Common Stock shares of the Company’s Capital Stock, evidences of indebtedness or assets as described in Section 12.02(c) above, subject to readjustment in the event of the expiration, termination or redemption of such rights. In lieu of any such adjustment, the Company may amend such applicable stockholder rights agreement to provide that upon conversion of the Securities the Holders will receive, in addition to the Common Stock issuable upon such conversion, the rights which would have attached to such Common Stock if the rights had not become separated from the Common Stock under such applicable stockholder rights agreement.

Section 13.01 . Trust Indenture Act Controls. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the provision required by the TIA shall control.

Section 13.02 . Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing (including telecopy promptly confirmed in writing) and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail addressed as follows:

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77024
Attention: Jeffrey M. Cameron, Esq.
Fax: (713) 819-3812

Vinson & Elkins L.L.P.
First City Tower
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 2300
Houston, Texas 77002
Attention: Douglas E. McWilliams
Fax: (713) 615-5725

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

Any notice or communication mailed to a registered Holder shall be mailed to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears on the registration books of the Registrar and shall be sufficiently given 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, except that notices to the Trustee shall be effective only upon receipt.

Section 13.03 . Communication by Holders with other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

Section 13.04 . Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

(a) an Officers’ Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

Section 13.05 . Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(a) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.

In giving such Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely as to factual matters on an Officers’ Certificate or on certificates of public officials.

Section 13.06 . When Securities Are Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Securities owned by the Company or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Securities which a Trust Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Securities outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

Section 13.07 . Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by, or a meeting of, Holders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

Section 13.08 . Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are authorized or required to be closed in New York City or Houston, Texas. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest or Additional Interest, if any, shall accrue for the intervening period. If a Regular Record Date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.

Section 13.09 . Governing Law. THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 13.10 . No Recourse Against Others. An incorporator, director, officer, employee, Affiliate or stockholder of the Company, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities, this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder shall waive and release all such liability. The waiver and release shall be part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

Section 13.11 . Successors. All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

Section 13.12 . Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture.

Section 13.13 . Qualification of Indenture. The Company shall qualify this Indenture under the TIA in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement and shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses for the Company, the Trustee and the Holders) incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, costs and expenses of qualification of this Indenture and the Securities and the printing of this Indenture and the Securities.

Section 13.14 . Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 13.15 . Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

Section 13.16 . Calculations. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company will be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Indenture and the Securities. The Company will make all such calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, its calculations will be final and binding on Holders. The Company upon request will provide a schedule of its calculations to each of the Trustee and the Conversion Agent, and each of the Trustee and Conversion Agent is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will deliver a copy of such schedule to any Holder upon the request of such Holder.

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


WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Trustee
By: /s/ Nan		cye Patterson


Name: Nancye Patterson

Title: Vice President

SCHEDULE A

The following table sets forth the number of Additional Shares to be received per $1,000 principal amount of Securities pursuant to Section 12.03 of this Indenture:


	Stock Price
Effective Date	$53.54		$64.00		$74.00		$84.00		$94.00		$104.00		$114.00		$124.00		$134.00		$144.00		$154.00		$164.00		$174.00		$184.00
June 26, 2006		1.8509		1.2848		0.8785		0.6232		0.4550		0.3395		0.2575		0.1974		0.1522		0.1175		0.0904		0.0690		0.0518		0.0380

June 15, 2007		1.8509		1.2454		0.8249		0.5688		0.4034		0.2947		0.2190		0.1651		0.1247		0.0947		0.0721		0.0535		0.0392		0.0282

June 15, 2008		1.8509		1.1893		0.7513		0.4925		0.3341		0.2334		0.1673		0.1221		0.0903		0.0669		0.0494		0.0359		0.0254		0.0170

June 15, 2009		1.8509		1.1297		0.6644		0.4029		0.2540		0.1667		0.1143		0.0815		0.0598		0.0447		0.0336		0.0251		0.0184		0.0129

June 15, 2010		1.8509		1.0512		0.5307		0.2563		0.1232		0.0622		0.0350		0.0226		0.0160		0.0119		0.0088		0.0063		0.0041		0.0022

June 15, 2011		1.8509		0.8875		0.2635		0.0141		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000

June 15, 2012		1.8509		0.9217		0.2671		0.0121		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000

June 15, 2013		1.8509		0.9480		0.2712		0.0125		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000

June 15, 2014		1.8509		0.9091		0.2363		0.0033		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000

June 15, 2015		1.8509		0.7626		0.1784		0.0007		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000

June 15, 2016		1.8509		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000		0.0000

EXHIBIT A

[FORM OF FACE OF SECURITY]

[Restricted Securities Legend, if applicable]

[Global Security Legend, if applicable]

No. [ ] Principal Amount $[ ], as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto.

CUSIP NO.: 398905AD17
ISIN: US398905AD17

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation, promises to pay to [ ], or registered assigns, the principal sum of [ ] Dollars, as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Security attached hereto, on June 15, 2036.

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15

Regular Record Dates: June 1 and December 1

Additional provisions of this Security are set forth on the attached “Terms of Securities.”

Dated: [ ]


GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

By:
Name:
Title:

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Securities referred to in the Indenture.

By:

Authorized Signatory

TERMS OF SECURITIES

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036

The Company issued this Securities under an Indenture dated as of June 26, 2006 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Indenture”), among the Company and the Trustee, to which reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders. Additional Securities may be issued under the Indenture in an unlimited aggregate principal amount subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture.

1) Interest

Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Company”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Security at the rate of 2.25% per annum until June 15, 2016 and at a rate of 2.00% per annum thereafter.

The Company will pay interest semiannually on June 15 and December 15 of each year commencing December 15, 2006. Interest on the Securities will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid on the Securities or, if no interest has been paid, from June 26, 2006. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

2) Method of Payment

By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of or interest (including any Additional Interest), on any Security is due and payable, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay such amount. The Company will pay principal and interest in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Payments in respect of Securities represented by a Global Security (including principal and interest (including any Additional Interest)) will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by The Depository Trust Company. The Company will pay principal of Definitive Securities at the office or agency designated by the Company for such purpose. Interest (including any Additional Interest), on Definitive Securities will be payable (i) to Holders having an aggregate principal amount of $5,000,000 or less, by check mailed to the Holders of these Securities and (ii) to Holders having an aggregate principal amount of more than $5,000,000, either by check mailed to each Holder or, upon application by a Holder to the Registrar not later than the relevant record date, by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States, which application shall remain in effect until the Holder notifies, in writing, the Registrar to the contrary.

3) Redemption

No sinking fund is provided for the Securities. Subject to certain conditions specified in the Indenture, the Securities will be redeemable, at the option of the Company, in whole at any time or in part from time to time, at any time (i) on and after June 20, 2011 but prior to June 15, 2016 if the Last Reported Sale Price of the Company’s Common Stock is greater than or equal to 130% of the Conversion Price then in effect for at least 20 Trading Days within a period of 30 consecutive Trading Days ending on the Trading Day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is mailed, and (ii) at any time and from time to time on or after June 15, 2016, at a Redemption Price specified in the Indenture.

4) Purchase By the Company at the Option of the Holder; Purchase at the Option of the Holder Upon a Fundamental Change

a) Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, a Holder shall have the option to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of its Securities held by such Holder on June 15, 2016 and June 15, 2026 at a Purchase Price specified in the Indenture.

b) If a Fundamental Change shall occur at any time, each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option and subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, to require the Company to purchase all or a portion of its Securities at a Fundamental Change Purchase Price specified in the Indenture.

5) Conversion

Subject to the conditions and procedures set forth in the Indenture, and during the periods specified in the Indenture, a Holder may convert Securities, on or prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding Stated Maturity, into cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, at the Conversion Rate.

The initial Conversion Rate is 16.8267 shares of Common Stock per $1,000 principal amount of Securities, subject to adjustment in certain events described in the Indenture. Upon conversion, the Company will pay cash and shares of Common Stock, if any, based on a Daily Conversion Value calculated on a proportionate basis for each day of the 25-day Observation Period, as set forth in the Indenture. The Company shall deliver cash in lieu of any fractional share of Common Stock.

A Holder may convert a portion of the Securities only if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or a multiple of $1,000. No payment or adjustment shall be made for dividends on the Common Stock except as provided in the Indenture.

6) Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Securities are in registered form without coupons in denominations of principal amount of $1,000 and multiples of $1,000. A Holder may transfer or exchange Securities in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay any taxes and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange of Securities (i) for a period of 15 days prior to the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities selected for redemption under Article 5 of the Indenture; (ii) so selected for redemption or, if a portion of any Security is selected for redemption, the portion thereof selected for redemption; or (iii) surrendered for conversion or, if a portion of any Security is surrendered for conversion, the portion thereof surrendered for conversion.

7) Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Security may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

8) Unclaimed Money

If money for the payment of principal or interest (including any Additional Interest) remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Company. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Company and not to the Trustee for payment.

9) Amendment, Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions, the Indenture contains provisions permitting an amendment of the Indenture or the Securities with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities and the waiver of any Event of Default (other than with respect to nonpayment or in respect of a provision that cannot be amended without the written consent of each Holder affected) or noncompliance with any provision with the written consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Securities.

In addition, the Indenture permits an amendment of the Indenture or the Security without the consent of any Holder under circumstances specified in the Indenture.

10) Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default specified in the Indenture occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Securities may declare all the Securities by notice to the Company to be due and payable immediately. In addition, certain specified Events of Default will cause the Securities to become immediately due and payable without further action by the Holders.

Holders may not enforce the Indenture or the Securities except as provided in the Indenture. The Trustee may refuse to enforce the Indenture or the Securities unless it receives reasonable indemnity or security. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders notice of any continuing Default or Event of Default (except a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal or interest (including any Additional Interest)) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest.

11) Trustee Dealings with the Company

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, the Trustee under the Indenture, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with and collect obligations owed to it by the Company or its Affiliates and may otherwise deal with the Company or its Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

12) No Recourse Against Others

An incorporator, director, officer, employee, Affiliate or stockholder, of the Company, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Security, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

13) Authentication

This Security shall not be valid until an authorized signatory of the Trustee manually authenticates this Security.

14) Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (=tenants in common), TEN ENT (=tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (=joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (=custodian) and U/G/M/A (=Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

15) CUSIP Numbers

Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Company has caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the Securities and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Securities or as contained in any notice of redemption, and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

16) Governing Law

This Security shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

The Company will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture which has in it the text of this Security. Requests may be made to:

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100
Houston, Texas 77024
Attention: Jeffrey M. Cameron, Esq.
Fax: (713) 819-3812

[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL SECURITIES]

ASSIGNMENT FORM




To assign this Security, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Security to

_____________________________________________________

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

__________________________________________

(Insert assignee’s soc. sec. or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint ___________ agent to transfer this Security on the books of the Company. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

Date:		Your Signature:

Signature Guarantee:______________________________________________________

(Signature must be guaranteed)

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Security.

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions) with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program, pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

In connection with any transfer or exchange of any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the date that is two years after the later of the date of original issuance of such Securities and the last date, if any, on which such Securities were owned by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, the undersigned confirms that such Securities are being:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:


1		acquired for the undersigned’s own account, without transfer; or

2		transferred to the Company; or

3		transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); or

4		transferred pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act; or

5		transferred pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Trustee will refuse to register any of the Securities evidenced by this certificate in the name of any Person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5) is checked, the Trustee or the Company may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Securities, in their sole discretion, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Trustee or the Company may reasonably request 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, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such Act.

Signature:

Signature Guarantee:




(Signature must be guaranteed)		Signature:

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF (1) OR (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Security for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Company as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

Dated:

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL SECURITY

The following increases or decreases in this Global Security have been made:


Date		Amount of decrease in Principal Amount of this Global Security		Amount of increase in Principal Amount of this Global Security		Principal Amount of this Global Security following such decrease or increase		Signature of authorized signatory of Trustee or Securities Custodian

FORM OF CONVERSION NOTICE

To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

The undersigned registered Holder of this Security hereby exercises the option to convert this Security, or portion hereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) designated below, for cash and shares of Common Stock of Group 1 Automotive, Inc., if any, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security, and directs that cash and the shares, if any, issuable and deliverable upon such conversion, and any Securities representing any unconverted principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If cash, shares or any portion of this Security not converted are to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.

This notice shall be deemed to be an irrevocable exercise of the option to convert this Security.



Dated:
		Signature(s)
		The signature(s) should be guaranteed
		by an eligible guarantor institution
		(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan
		associations and credit unions) with
		membership in an approved signature
		guarantee medallion program, pursuant
		to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
		Signature Guarantee

Fill in for registration of shares if to be delivered, and Securities if to be issued other than to and in the name of registered holder:
(Name)		Principal amount to be converted (if
		less than all): $__________,000
(Street Address)
(City state and zip code)		Social Security or Other Taxpayer Number
Please print name and address

FORM OF FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE PURCHASE NOTICE

To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

The undersigned registered Holder of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”) as to the occurrence of a Fundamental Change with respect to the Company and requests and instructs the Company to repurchase this Security, or the portion hereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) designated below, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security and directs that the check or Common Stock of the Company, as applicable, in payment for this Security or the portion thereof and any Securities representing any unrepurchased principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If any portion of this Security not repurchased is to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.



Dated:
		Signature(s)
		The signature(s) should be guaranteed
		by an eligible guarantor institution
		(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan
		associations and credit unions) with
		membership in an approved signature
		guarantee medallion program, pursuant
		to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
		Signature Guarantee

Fill in if a check is to be issued, or Securities are to be issued, other than to and in the name of registered Holder:
(Name)		Principal amount to be purchased
		(if less than all): $___________,000
(Street Address)
(City state and zip code)		Social Security or Other Taxpayer Number
Please print name and address

FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE

To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

The undersigned registered Holder of this Security hereby acknowledges receipt of a notice from Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (the “Company”) as to the Holder’s option to require the Company to repurchase this Security and requests and instructs the Company to repurchase this Security, or the portion hereof (which is $1,000 principal amount or a multiple thereof) designated below, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture referred to in this Security and directs that the check or Common Stock of the Company, as applicable, in payment for this Security or the portion thereof and any Securities representing any unrepurchased principal amount hereof, be issued and delivered to the registered Holder hereof unless a different name has been indicated below. If any portion of this Security not repurchased is to be issued in the name of a Person other than the undersigned, the undersigned shall pay all transfer taxes payable with respect thereto.



Dated:
		Signature(s)
		The signature(s) should be guaranteed
		by an eligible guarantor institution
		(banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan
		associations and credit unions) with
		membership in an approved signature
		guarantee medallion program, pursuant
		to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.
		Signature Guarantee

Fill in if a check is to be issued, or Securities are to be issued, other than to and in the name of registered Holder:
(Name)		Principal amount to be purchased
		(if less than all): $___________,000
(Street Address)
(City state and zip code)		Social Security or Other Taxpayer Number
Please print name and address

$250,000,000

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

2.25% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2036

Registration Rights Agreement

June 26, 2006

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
c/o J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc.
277 Park Avenue
9^th Floor
New York, New York 10172

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Registration Rights Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 26, 2006, by and among Group 1 Automotive, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. acting on behalf of the several parties (the “Initial Purchasers”) named in Schedule I to that certain Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 20, 2006 (the “Purchase Agreement”) among the Company and you, as representative of the Initial Purchasers.

As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement and in satisfaction of a condition to the obligations of the Initial Purchasers thereunder, the Company agrees with the Initial Purchasers, for the benefit of the holders (including the Initial Purchasers) of the Notes and the Shares (as defined below) (collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

1. Certain Definitions.

For purposes of this Registration Rights Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(a) “Additional Interest” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(d).

(b) “Additional Interest Payment Date” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(d).

(c) “Agreement” means this Registration Rights Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof.

(d) “Closing Date” means the date on which any Notes are initially issued.

(e) “Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any other federal agency at the time administering the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, whichever is the relevant statute for the particular purpose.

(f) “Company” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

(g) “Deferral Notice” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(b).

(h) “Deferral Period” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(b).

(i) “Effective Period” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(a).

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

(k) “Holder” means each holder, from time to time, of Registrable Securities (including the Initial Purchasers).

(l) “Indenture” means the Indenture dated as of the date hereof among the Company, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, pursuant to which the Notes are being issued.

(m) “Initial Purchasers” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

(n) “Material Event” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 3(a)(iv).

(o) “Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, holders of the majority of the Shares constituting Registrable Securities; for the purposes of this definition, Holders of Notes constituting Registrable Securities shall be deemed to be the Holders of the number of Shares into which such Notes are or would be convertible as of such date.

(p) “NASD” shall mean the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

(q) “NASD Rules” shall mean the Conduct Rules and the By-Laws of the NASD.

(r) “Notes” mean the 2.25% Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes Due 2036, to be issued under the Indenture and sold by the Company to the Initial Purchasers.

(s) “Notice and Questionnaire” means a written notice delivered to the Company containing substantially the information called for by the Form of Selling Securityholder Notice and Questionnaire attached as Annex A to the Offering Memorandum.

(t) “Notice Holder” means, on any date, any Holder that has delivered a Notice and Questionnaire to the Company on or prior to such date.

(u) “Offering Memorandum” means the Offering Memorandum dated June 20, 2006 relating to the offer and sale of the Securities.

(v) “Person” means a corporation, association, partnership, organization, business, individual, government or political subdivision thereof or governmental agency.

(w) “Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented by any amendment or prospectus supplement, including post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus.

(x) “Purchase Agreement” has the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Agreement.

(y) “Registrable Securities” means

(a) the Notes, until the earliest of (i) their effective registration under the Securities Act and the resale of all such Notes in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) the expiration of the holding period applicable to such Notes under Rule 144(k) or any successor provision or similar provisions then in effect, (iii) the date on which all such Notes are freely transferable by persons who are not Affiliates of the Company without registration under the Securities Act, or (iv) the date on which all such notes have been converted or otherwise cease to be outstanding;

(b) the Shares, if any, issuable upon conversion of the Notes, until the earliest of (i) their effective registration under the Securities Act and the resale of all such Shares in accordance with the Shelf Registration Statement, (ii) the expiration of the holding period applicable to such Shares under Rule 144(k) or any successor provision or similar provision then in effect, (iii) the date on which all such Shares are freely transferable by persons who are not Affiliates of the Company without registration under the Securities Act, or (iv) the date on which all such shares of common stock cease to be outstanding.

(z) “Registration Default” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 2(d).

(aa) “Registration Expenses” has the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.

(bb) “Rule 144,” “Rule 405” and “Rule 415” mean, in each case, such rule as promulgated under the Securities Act.

(cc) “Securities” means, collectively, the Notes and the Shares.

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

(ee) “Shares” means the shares of common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, into which the Notes are convertible or that have been issued upon any conversion from Notes into common stock of the Company.

(ff) “Shelf Registration Statement” means the shelf registration statement referred to in Section 2(a), as amended or supplemented by any amendment or supplement, including post-effective amendments, and all materials incorporated by reference or explicitly deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Shelf Registration Statement.

(gg) “Special Counsel” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Section 5.

(hh) “Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, or any successor thereto, and the rules, regulations and forms promulgated thereunder, all as the same shall be amended from time to time.

(ii) “Trustee” shall have the meaning assigned such term in the Indenture.

Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein to a “Section” or “clause” refers to a Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Agreement, and the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other subdivision. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to a statute, rule or regulation refers to the same (including any successor statute, rule or regulation thereto) as it may be amended from time to time.

2. Registration Under the Securities Act.

(a) The Company agrees to file under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable but in any event within 90 days after the Closing Date a shelf registration statement providing for the registration of, and the sale on a continuous or delayed basis by the Holders of, all of the Registrable Securities, and, if necessary by the Company of all of the Shares, pursuant to Rule 415 or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission. The Company agrees to use its reasonable efforts to cause the Shelf Registration Statement to become or be declared effective under the Securities Act within 180 days after the Closing Date and to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until each of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be a Registrable Security (the “Effective Period”). The Company’s securityholders (other than Holders of Registrable Securities) shall not have the right to include any of the Company’s securities in the Shelf Registration Statement.

(b) The Company further agrees that it shall cause the 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 Securities 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, and the Company agrees to furnish to the Holders of the Registrable Securities copies of any supplement or amendment upon the request of such Holder prior to its being used or promptly following its filing with the Commission; provided, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to deliver to Holders of Registrable Securities copies of any amendment consisting exclusively of an Exchange Act report or other Exchange Act filing otherwise publicly available on the Company’s website. If the Shelf Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented from time to time, ceases to be effective for any reason at any time during the Effective Period (other than because all Registrable Securities registered thereunder shall have been sold pursuant thereto or shall have otherwise ceased to be Registrable Securities), the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness thereof.

(c) Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees that if such Holder wishes to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and related Prospectus, it will do so only in accordance with this Section 2(c) and Section 3(b). From and after the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective, the Company shall, as promptly as is practicable after the date a Notice and Questionnaire is delivered, and in any event within fifteen (15) days after the date of receipt of such Notice and Questionnaire, or if the use of the Prospectus has been suspended by the Company under Section 3(b) hereof at the time of receipt of the Notice and Questionnaire, fifteen (15) days after the expiration of the period during which the use of the Prospectus is suspended:

(i) if required by applicable law, file with the Commission a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or prepare and if required by applicable law, file a supplement to the related Prospectus or a supplement or amendment to any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that the Holder delivering such Notice and Questionnaire is named as a selling security holder in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus in such a manner as to permit such Holder 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 the Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable efforts to cause such post-effective amendment to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to file more than one post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement or supplement to the related Prospectus during any thirty (30) day period;

(ii) provide such Holder copies of any documents filed pursuant to Section 2(c)(i); and

(iii) notify such Holder as promptly as practicable after the effectiveness under the Securities Act of any post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Section 2(c)(i);

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 any Shelf Registration Statement or related Prospectus; provided, however, that any Holder that becomes a Notice Holder pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2(c) (whether or not such Holder was a Notice Holder at the time the Shelf Registration Statement was declared effective) shall be named as a selling securityholder in the Shelf Registration Statement or related Prospectus in accordance with the requirements of this Section 2(c).

(d) If any of the following events (any such event a “Registration Default”) shall occur, then additional interest (the “Additional Interest”) shall become payable by the Company to Holders in respect of the Notes as follows:

(i) if the Shelf Registration Statement is not filed with the Commission within 90 days following the Closing Date, then commencing on the 91^st day after the Closing Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the outstanding Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days following such 91^st day and at a rate of 0.5% per annum thereafter; or

(ii) if the Shelf Registration Statement is not declared effective by the Commission within 180 days following the Closing Date, then commencing on the 181^st day after the Closing Date, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the outstanding Notes at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days following such 181^st day and at a rate of 0.5% per annum thereafter; or

(iii) if the Shelf Registration Statement has been declared effective but such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective at any time during the Effective Period (other than pursuant to Section 3(b) hereof), then commencing on the day such Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective, Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the outstanding Notes that are Registrable Securities at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days following such date on which the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective and at a rate of 0.5% per annum thereafter; or

(iv) 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(b) 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 (and again on the first day of any subsequent Deferral Period during such period), Additional Interest shall accrue on the principal amount of the outstanding Notes that are Registrable Securities at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days and at a rate of 0.5% per annum thereafter;

provided, however, that the Additional Interest rate on the Notes shall not exceed in the aggregate 0.5% per annum and shall not be payable under more than one clause above for any given period of time, except that if Additional Interest would be payable under more than one clause above, but at a rate of 0.25% per annum under one clause and at a rate of 0.5% per annum under the other, then the Additional Interest rate shall be the higher rate of 0.5% per annum; provided further, however, that (1) upon the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clause (i) above), (2) upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement (in the case of clause (ii) above), (3) upon the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement which had ceased to remain effective (in the case of clause (iii) above), (4) upon 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(b) to be exceeded (in the case of clause (iv) above), (5) upon the termination of certain transfer restrictions on the Securities as a result of the application of Rule 144(k) or any successor provision or (6) for any period after the second anniversary from the Closing Date, Additional Interest on the Notes as a result of such clause, as the case may be, shall cease to accrue.

Additional Interest on the Notes, if any, will be payable in cash on June 15 and December 15 of each year (the “Additional Interest Payment Date”) to holders of record of outstanding Notes that are Registrable Securities at the close of business on June 1 or December 1, as the case may be, immediately preceding the relevant interest payment date; provided that any Additional Interest accrued with respect to any Notes or portion thereof called for redemption on a redemption date or converted into Shares on a conversion date prior to the Registration Default shall, in any such event, be paid instead to the Holder who submitted such Notes or portion thereof for redemption or conversion on the applicable redemption date or conversion date, as the case may be, on such date (or promptly following the conversion date, in the case of conversion). Following the cure of all Registration Defaults requiring the payment of Additional Interest to the Holders of Notes that are Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section, the accrual of Additional Interest will cease (without in any way limiting the effect of any subsequent Registration Default requiring the payment of Additional Interest).

The Company shall notify the Trustee immediately upon the happening of each and every Registration Default. The Trustee shall be entitled, on behalf of Holders of Securities, to seek any available remedy for the enforcement of this Agreement, including for the payment of any Additional Interest. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties agree that the sole monetary damages payable for a violation of the terms of this Agreement with respect to which additional monetary amounts are expressly provided shall be as set forth in this Section 2(d). Nothing shall preclude a Notice Holder or Holder of Registrable Securities from pursuing or obtaining specific performance or other equitable relief with respect to this Agreement.

3. Registration Procedures.

The following provisions shall apply to the Shelf Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2:

(a) The Company shall:

(i) prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement with respect to the shelf registration on any form which may be utilized by the Company and which shall permit the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods thereof, as specified in writing by the Holders of the Registrable Securities, and use its reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective in accordance with Section 2(a) above;

(ii) before filing any Shelf Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto with the Commission, furnish to the Initial Purchasers copies of all such documents proposed to be filed and use reasonable efforts to reflect in each such document when so filed with the Commission such comments as the Initial Purchasers reasonably shall propose;

(iii) use its reasonable efforts to prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Shelf Registration Statement and file with the Commission any other required document as may be necessary to keep such Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the expiration of the Effective Period; cause the related Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 (or any similar provisions then in force) under the Securities Act; and comply with the provisions of the Securities Act applicable to it with respect to the disposition of all Securities covered by such Shelf Registration Statement during the Effective Period in accordance with the intended methods of disposition by the sellers thereof set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement as so amended or such Prospectus as so supplemented;

(iv) promptly notify the Notice Holders of Registrable Securities that have requested or received copies of the Prospectus included in such Shelf Registration Statement (A) when such Shelf Registration Statement or the Prospectus included therein or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or post-effective amendment has been filed with the Commission, and, with respect to such Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of any request, following the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement, by the Commission or any other Federal or state governmental authority for amendments or supplements to the Shelf Registration Statement or related Prospectus, (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation or written threat of any proceedings for that purpose, (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for such purpose, (E) of the occurrence of (but not the nature of or details concerning) any event or the existence of any fact (a “Material Event”) as a result of which any Shelf Registration Statement shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided, however, that no notice by the Company shall be required pursuant to this clause (E) in the event that the Company either promptly files a prospectus supplement to update the Prospectus or a Form 8-K or other appropriate Exchange Act report that is incorporated by reference into the Shelf Registration Statement, which, in either case, contains the requisite information with respect to such Material Event that results in such Shelf Registration Statement no longer containing any untrue statement of material fact or omitting to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading), (F) of the determination by the Company that a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement (other than for the purpose of naming a Notice Holder as a selling securityholder therein) will be filed with the Commission, which notice may, at the discretion of the Company (or as required pursuant to Section 3(b)), state that it constitutes a Deferral Notice, in which event the provisions of Section 3(b) shall apply or (G) at any time when a Prospectus is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, that the Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus, Prospectus amendment or supplement or post-effective amendment does not conform in all material respects to the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Trust Indenture Act and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder;

(v) prior to any public offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable efforts to register or qualify, or cooperate with the Notice Holders of Securities included therein and their respective counsel in connection with the registration or qualification of, such Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any such Notice Holders reasonably requests in writing and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the offer and sale in such jurisdictions of the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement; prior to any public offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable efforts to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the Effective Period in connection with such Notice Holder’s offer and sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) and do any and all other acts or things reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of such Registrable Securities in the manner set forth in the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus; provided that the Company will not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified or to take any action which would subject it to general service of process or to taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

(vi) use its reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of, and if issued, to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto, and to lift any suspension of the qualification of any of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction in which they have been qualified for sale, in each case at the earliest practicable date;

(vii) upon reasonable notice, for a reasonable period prior to the filing of the Shelf Registration Statement, and throughout the Effective Period, (i) make reasonably available for inspection by a representative of, and Special Counsel acting for, Majority Holders of the Securities being sold and any underwriter (and its counsel) participating in any disposition of Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries and (ii) use reasonable efforts to have their officers, directors, employees, accountants and counsel supply all relevant information reasonably requested by such representative, Special Counsel or any such underwriter in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement;

(viii) if requested by Majority Holders of the Securities being sold in an underwriting, its Special Counsel or the managing underwriters (if any) in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement, use its reasonable efforts to cause (i) its counsel to deliver an opinion relating to the Shelf Registration Statement and the Securities in customary form, (ii) its officers to execute and deliver all customary documents and certificates requested by the Majority Holders of the Securities being sold, their Special Counsel or the managing underwriters (if any) and (iii) its independent public accountants to provide a comfort letter or letters in customary form, subject to receipt of appropriate documentation as contemplated, and only if permitted, by Statement of Auditing Standards No. 72;

(ix) if reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or any Notice Holder, promptly incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement such information as the Initial Purchasers or such Notice Holder shall, on the basis of a written opinion of nationally-recognized counsel experienced in such matters, determine to be required to be included therein by applicable law and make any required filings of such prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment; provided, that the Company shall not be required to take any actions under this Section 3(a)(ix) that are not, in the reasonable opinion of counsel for the Company, in compliance with applicable law;

(x) promptly furnish to each Notice Holder and the Initial Purchasers, upon their request and without charge, at least one (1) conformed copy of the Shelf Registration Statement and any amendments thereto, including financial statements but excluding schedules, all documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits; provided, however, that the Company shall have no obligation to deliver to Notice Holders or the Initial Purchasers a copy of any amendment consisting exclusively of an Exchange Act report or other Exchange Act filing otherwise publicly available on the Company’s website;

(xi) during the Effective Period, deliver to each Notice Holder in connection with any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement, upon their request and without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus relating to such Registrable Securities (including each preliminary prospectus) and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Notice Holder may reasonably request; and the Company hereby consents (except during such periods that a Deferral Notice is outstanding and has not been revoked) to the use of such Prospectus or each amendment or supplement thereto by each Notice Holder in connection with any offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in the manner set forth therein; and

(xii) cooperate with the Notice Holders of Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Securities to be sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names as the Holders thereof may request in writing at least two business days prior to sales of Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement.

(b) Upon (A) the issuance by the Commission of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement or the initiation of proceedings with respect to the Shelf Registration Statement under Section 8(d) or 8(e) of the Securities Act, (B) the occurrence of any event or the existence of any Material Event as a result of which the Shelf Registration Statement shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or any Prospectus shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or (C) the occurrence or existence of any corporate development that, in the discretion of the Company, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, the Company will (i) in the case of clause (B) above, subject to the third sentence of this provision, as promptly as practicable prepare and file a post-effective amendment to such Shelf Registration Statement or a supplement to the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document that would be incorporated by reference into such Shelf Registration Statement and Prospectus so that such Shelf Registration Statement does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and such Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities being sold thereunder, and, in the case of a post-effective amendment to the Shelf Registration Statement, subject to the third sentence of this provision, use reasonable efforts to cause it to be declared effective as promptly as is practicable, and (ii) give notice to the Notice Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement is suspended (a “Deferral Notice”). Upon receipt of any Deferral Notice, each Notice Holder agrees 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 provided for in clause (i) above, 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. The Company will use its reasonable efforts to ensure that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed (x) in the case of clause (A) above, as promptly as practicable, (y) in the case of clause (B) above, as soon as, in the sole judgment of the Company, public disclosure of such Material Event would not be prejudicial to or contrary to the interests of the Company or, if necessary to avoid unreasonable burden or expense, as soon as practicable thereafter and (z) in the case of clause (C) above, as soon as, in the discretion of the Company, such suspension is no longer appropriate; provided that the period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement and any Prospectus is suspended (the “Deferral Period”), without the Company incurring any obligation to pay Additional Interest pursuant to Section 2(d), shall not exceed one hundred and twenty (120) days in the aggregate in any twelve (12) month period.

(c) Each Holder of Registrable Securities agrees that upon receipt of any Deferral Notice from the Company, such Holder shall forthwith discontinue (and cause any placement or sales agent or underwriters acting on their behalf to discontinue) the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the registration statement applicable to such Registrable Securities until such Holder (i) shall have received copies of such amended or supplemented Prospectus and, if so directed by the Company, such Holder shall deliver to the Company (at the Company’s expense) all copies, other than permanent file copies, then in such Holder’s possession of the Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice or (ii) shall have received notice from the Company that the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration may continue.

(d) The Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities as to which any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) is being effected to furnish to the Company such information regarding such Holder and such Holder’s intended method of distribution of such Registrable Securities as the Company may from time to time reasonably request in writing, but only to the extent that such information is required in order to comply with the Securities Act or other applicable law. Each such Holder agrees to notify the Company as promptly as practicable of any inaccuracy or change in information previously furnished by such Holder to the Company or of the occurrence of any event in either case as a result of which any Prospectus relating to such registration contains or would contain an untrue statement of a material fact regarding such Holder or such Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities or omits to state any material fact regarding such Holder or such Holder’s intended method of disposition of such Registrable Securities required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, and promptly to furnish to the Company any additional information required to correct and update any previously furnished information or required so that such Prospectus shall not contain, with respect to such Holder or the disposition of such Registrable Securities, 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.

(e) The Company shall comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and make generally available to its securityholders earning statements (which need not be audited) satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any similar rule promulgated under the Securities Act) no later than (i) 40 days after the end of any 12-month period (or 60 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) if the Company is at such time an “accelerated filer” and (ii) 45 days after the end of any 12-month period (or 90 days after the end of any 12-month period if such period is a fiscal year) if the Company is not an “accelerated filer” commencing on the first day of the first fiscal quarter of the Company commencing after the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement, which statements shall cover said 12-month periods.

(f) The Company shall provide a CUSIP number for all Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement not later than the effective date of such Shelf Registration Statement and provide the Trustee for the Notes and the transfer agent for the Shares with printed certificates for the Registrable Securities that are in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

(g) The Company shall use its reasonable efforts to provide such information as is required for any filings required to be made with the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

(h) Until the expiration of the Effectiveness Period, the Company will not, and will not permit any of its “affiliates” (as defined in Rule 144) to, resell any of the Securities that have been reacquired by any of them except pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act.

(i) The Company shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in a timely manner.

(j) The Company shall enter into such customary agreements and take all such other necessary and lawful actions in connection therewith (including those requested by the Majority Holders of the Registrable Securities being sold) in order to expedite or facilitate disposition of such Registrable Securities.

4. Holder’s Obligations.

Each Holder agrees, by acquisition of the Registrable Securities, that no Holder of Registrable Securities shall be entitled to sell any of such Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or to receive a Prospectus relating thereto, unless such Holder has furnished the Company with a Notice and Questionnaire as required pursuant to Section 2(c) hereof (including the information required to be included in such Notice and Questionnaire) and the information set forth in the next sentence. Each Notice Holder agrees promptly to furnish to the Company all information required to be disclosed in order to make the information previously furnished to the Company by such Notice Holder not misleading and any other information regarding such Notice Holder and the distribution of such Registrable Securities as may be required to be disclosed in the Shelf Registration Statement under applicable law or pursuant to Commission comments. Each Holder further agrees not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement without delivering, or causing to be delivered, a Prospectus to the purchaser thereof and, following termination of the Effective Period, to notify the Company, within 10 Business Days of a request by the Company, of the amount of Registrable Securities sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and, in the absence of a response, the Company may assume that all of the Holder’s Registrable Securities were so sold.

5. Registration Expenses.

The Company agrees to bear and to pay or cause to be paid promptly upon request being made therefor all expenses incident to the Company’s performance of or compliance with this Agreement, including, but not limited to, (a) all Commission and any NASD registration and filing fees and expenses, (b) all fees and expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under the State securities and Blue Sky laws referred to in Section 3(a)(v) hereof, including reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for the placement agent or underwriters, if any, in connection with such qualifications, (c) all expenses relating to the preparation, printing, distribution and reproduction of the Shelf Registration Statement, the related Prospectus, each amendment or supplement to each of the foregoing, the certificates representing the Securities and all other documents relating hereto, (d) fees and expenses of the Trustee under the Indenture, any escrow agent or custodian, and of the registrar and transfer agent for the Shares, (e) fees, disbursements and expenses of counsel and independent certified public accountants of the Company (including the expenses of any reports required by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder to be included or incorporated by reference in the Shelf Registration Statement or “cold comfort” letters required by or incident to such performance and compliance) and (f) reasonable fees, disbursements and expenses of one counsel for the Holders of Registrable Securities retained in connection with the Shelf Registration Statement, as selected by the Company (unless reasonably objected to by the Majority Holders of the Registrable Securities being registered, in which case the Majority Holders shall select such counsel for the Holders)(“Special Counsel”), and fees, expenses and disbursements of any other Persons, including special experts, retained by the Company in connection with such registration (collectively, the “Registration Expenses”). To the extent that any Registration Expenses are incurred, assumed or paid by any Holder of Registrable Securities or any underwriter or placement agent therefor, the Company shall reimburse such Person for the full amount of the Registration Expenses so incurred, assumed or paid promptly after receipt of a documented request therefor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holders of the Registrable Securities being registered shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions and placement agent fees and commissions attributable to the sale of such Registrable Securities and the fees and disbursements of any counsel or other advisors or experts retained by such Holders (severally or jointly), other than the counsel and experts specifically referred to above.

6. Indemnification.

(a) The Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder (including, without limitation, the Initial Purchasers), the directors, officers, employees and Affiliates of the Initial Purchasers and each person who controls such Holder within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement or any prospectus forming part thereof or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and 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 or action; provided, however, that the 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 from any such document, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information provided by a Holder in its most recent Notice and Questionnaire; provided further, that with respect to any untrue statement or omission of material fact from any related preliminary prospectus, the indemnity agreement contained in this Section 6(a) shall not inure to the benefit of any Holder from whom the Person asserting any such loss, claim, damage or liability purchased the securities concerned, to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability of such Holder occurs under the circumstance that (y) the untrue statement or omission of a material fact from the related preliminary prospectus was corrected in the final prospectus unless, in either case, such failure to deliver the final Prospectus was a result of non-compliance by the Company with Section 3 and (z) there was not sent or given to such Person, at or prior to the written confirmation of the sale of such securities to such Person, a copy of the final prospectus. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have.

(b) Each Holder agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers, and each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of either the Act or the Exchange Act, against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the Company may become subject under the Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any such Registration Statement or any prospectus forming part thereof or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information furnished to the Company by such Holder in its most recent Notice and Questionnaire, and agrees to reimburse the Company, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action provided, however, that no such Holder shall be liable for any indemnity claims hereunder in excess of the amount of net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Securities pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability which any such Holder may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, 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 paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent it has been materially prejudiced through 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 paragraph (a) or (b). If any action shall be brought against an indemnified party and it shall have notified the indemnifying party thereof, 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 reasonably 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. An indemnifying party will not, without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties, 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 parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of such indemnified party.

(d) The provisions of this Section 6 and Section 7 shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder, the Company, or any of the indemnified Persons referred to in this Section 6 and Section 7, and shall survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement.

7. Contribution.

If the indemnification provided for in Section 6 is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 6(a) or 6(b), then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company from the offering and sale of the Notes, on the one hand, and a Holder with respect to the sale by such Holder of Securities, on the other, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company and such Holder on the other with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company on the one hand and a Holder on the other with respect to such offering and such sale shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Notes (excluding discounts and commissions, but before deducting expenses) received by or on behalf of the Company, on the one hand, and the total net proceeds (excluding discounts and commissions, but before deducting expenses) received by such Holder upon a resale of the Securities, on the other, bear to the total gross proceeds from the sale all Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in the offering of the Securities from which the contribution claim arises. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to the Company or information supplied by the Company on the one hand or to any information contained in the relevant Notice and Questionnaire supplied by such Holder on the other, 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 hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7 were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 7 shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 7, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, an indemnifying party that is a Holder of Securities shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities sold by such indemnifying party to any purchaser exceeds the amount of any damages which such indemnifying party has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

8. Rule 144A and Rule 144.

So long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, the Company shall use its reasonable efforts to file the reports required to be filed by it under Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities 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 Restricted Securities, make publicly available other information so long as necessary to permit sales of such Holder’s securities pursuant to Rules 144 and 144A. The Company covenants that it will take such further action as any Holder of Restricted 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 Securities 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 8 shall be deemed to require the Company to register any of its securities pursuant to the Exchange Act.

9. Miscellaneous.

(a) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Company has obtained the written consent of the Majority Holders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a waiver or consent to depart from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities are being sold pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by Holders of a majority in aggregate amount of the Securities being sold by such Holders pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

(b) Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing next-day delivery:

(1) If to the Company, initially at the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

(2) If to the Initial Purchasers, initially at the address of the representative set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and

(3) If to a Holder, to the address of such Holder set forth in the security register, the Notice and Questionnaire or other records of the Company.

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: when delivered by hand, if personally delivered; one business day after being delivered to a next-day air courier; five business days after being deposited in the mail; and when receipt is acknowledged by the recipient’s telecopier machine, if sent by telecopier.

(d) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (which may be delivered in original form or by telecopier) and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(e) Definition of Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) the term “business day” means any day on which the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. is open for trading, (b) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and (c) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

(f) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(g) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(h) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company or by any Holder of any of their respective obligations under this Agreement, each Holder or the Company, as the case may be, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages (other than the recovery of damages for a breach by the Company of its obligations under Section 3 hereof for which Additional Interest have been paid pursuant to Section 2 hereof), will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Company and each Holder agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by it of any of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby further agree that, in the event of any action for specific performance in respect of such breach, it shall waive the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

(i) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has not entered into, shall not, on or after the date of this Agreement, enter into any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof, (ii) there are no contracts, commitments, agreements, arrangements, understandings or undertakings of any kind to which the Company is a party, or by which it is bound, granting to any person the right to require either the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company or requiring the Company to include such securities with the Securities registered pursuant to any registration statement and (iii) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, without the written consent of the Majority Holders, it shall not grant to any Person the right to request the Company to register any securities of the Company under the Securities Act unless the rights so granted are not in conflict or inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

(j) No Piggyback on Registrations. Neither the Company nor any of its security holders (other than the Holders of Restricted Securities in such capacity) shall have the right to include any securities of the Company in any Shelf Registration Statement other than Registrable Securities.

(k) Severability. The remedies provided herein are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions set forth herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated, and the parties hereto shall use their reasonable efforts to find and employ an alternative means to achieve the same or substantially the same result as that contemplated by such term, provision, covenant or restriction. It is hereby stipulated and declared to be the intention of the parties that they would have executed the remaining terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions without including any of such that may be hereafter declared invalid, illegal, void or unenforceable.

(l) Survival. The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and each other provision set forth in this Agreement or made pursuant hereto shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation (or statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Holder of Registrable Securities, any director, officer or partner of such Holder, any agent or underwriter or any director, officer or partner thereof, or any controlling person of any of the foregoing, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Registrable Securities pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and the transfer and registration of Registrable Securities by such Holder.

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

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, kindly sign and return to us a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument will become a binding agreement among the Company and the Initial Purchasers in accordance with its terms.


Very truly yours, GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

By: /s/ John C. Rickel
Name: Title:		John C. Rickel Senior Vice President and

Chief Financial Officer

The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.


By:		J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC. Acting on behalf of themselves and as Representative of the Initial Purchasers named in Schedule I of the Purchase Agreement

By: /s/ Santosh Sreenivasan
Name: Santosh Sreenivasan
Title: Vice President

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

June 20, 2006


To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

Re: Call Option Transaction

The purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch (“JPMorgan”) and Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (“Counterparty”) on the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”). This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below. This Confirmation shall replace any previous letter and serve as the final documentation for this Transaction.

The definitions and provisions contained in the 1996 ISDA Equity Derivatives Definitions (the “Equity Definitions”), as published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., are incorporated into this Confirmation. In the event of any inconsistency between the Equity Definitions and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern. Certain defined terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Offering Memorandum dated June 20, 2006 (the “Offering Memorandum”) relating to the USD 250,000,000 principal amount of 2.25% convertible senior notes due 2036, (the “Convertible Notes” and each USD 1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes, a “Convertible Note”) issued by Counterparty pursuant to an Indenture to be dated June 26, 2006 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Indenture”). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms defined in the Offering Memorandum, the Indenture and this Confirmation, this Confirmation shall govern.

1. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between JPMorgan and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if JPMorgan and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except for the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law) on the Trade Date. In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of that Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.

2. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

General Terms:

Trade Date: June 20, 2006

Option Style: “Modified American”, as set forth under “Exercise and Valuation” below


Option Type:		Call

Buyer:		Counterparty

Seller:		JPMorgan

Shares: The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD 0.01 per Share (Exchange symbol “GPI”)

Number of Options: 100,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the Number of Options shall be reduced by any Options exercised by Counterparty. In no event will the Number of Options be less than zero.

Option Entitlement: As of any date, a number equal to the Conversion Rate as of such date (as defined in the Indenture, but without regard to any adjustments to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.02(i), Section 12.03 or to Section 12.04 of the Indenture), for each Convertible Note.


Strike Price:		USD 59.4294

Premium:		USD 40,254,000

Premium Payment Date:		June 26, 2006

Exchange:		The New York Stock Exchange

Related Exchange(s): The principal exchange(s) for options contracts or futures contracts, if any, with respect to the Shares

Exercise and Valuation:

Exercise Period(s): Notwithstanding the Equity Definitions, the Exercise Period shall be, in respect of the Exercisable Options (as defined below), each period commencing from the date a notice of conversion is submitted to Counterparty by a holder of Convertible Notes to and including the Exchange Business Day immediately preceding the first day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period; provided that if Counterparty has validly designated a redemption date for the Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, there shall be a single Exercise Period for Exercisable Options with respect to any Convertible Notes so called for redemption and surrendered for conversion following Counterparty’s notice of such redemption and the final day of the Exercise Period shall be the Exchange Business Day immediately preceding the designated redemption date; provided further that if by April 29, 2016 Counterparty has not specified June 15, 2016 as a redemption date for the Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, notices of conversion received by Counterparty from holders of Convertible Notes following the date that is 29 Scheduled Valid Days prior to June 15, 2016 shall not result in the commencement of an Exercise Period and no Exercisable Options will be exercised or deemed exercised in respect of such notices of conversion of Convertible Notes.

Exercisable Options: In respect of each Exercise Period, a number of Options equal to the number of Convertible Notes surrendered to Counterparty for conversion with respect to such Exercise Period but no greater than the Number of Options.

Expiration Time: The Valuation Time

Expiration Date: June 15, 2016, subject to earlier exercise and subject to the second proviso in the definition of Exercise Period above.

Multiple Exercise: Applicable, as described under Exercisable Options above.

Automatic Exercise: Applicable; and means that, in respect of an Exercise Period, a number of Options not previously exercised hereunder equal to the Exercisable Options shall be deemed to be exercised on the Expiration Date for such Exercisable Options; provided that such Options shall be deemed exercised only to the extent that Counterparty has provided a Notice of Exercise to JPMorgan.

Notice of Exercise: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, in order to exercise any Options, Counterparty must notify JPMorgan (in writing and orally) at least one Exchange Business Day prior to the first day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period for the Options being exercised of (i) the number of such Options and (ii) the first day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period and the Settlement Date; provided that if Counterparty has:

(A) designated June 15, 2016 as a redemption date for the Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, such notice may be given on or prior to the Exchange Business Day immediately preceding the Expiration Date for the Exercisable Options corresponding to the Convertible Notes for which a redemption date has been specified and need only specify the number of such Exercisable Options; and

(B) designated a redemption date that is prior to June 15, 2016 for the Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, (x) Counterparty must, on or prior to the last day on which Counterparty is permitted to validly designate such date as a redemption date pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, notify JPMorgan (in writing and orally) of (1) the number of Convertible Notes being redeemed and (2) the redemption date for the Convertible Notes that are being redeemed; and (y) the Notice of Exercise may be given on or prior to the Exchange Business Day immediately preceding such redemption date, specifying the number of such Exercisable Options.

Valuation Time: At the close of trading of the regular trading session on the Exchange without regard to any extended trading session.

Market Disruption Event: Notwithstanding Section 4.3 of the Equity Definitions, Market Disruption Event means a failure by the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading to open for trading during its regular trading session or the occurrence or existence prior to 1:00 p.m. on any Scheduled Valid Day for the Shares for an aggregate one half hour period of any suspension or limitation imposed on trading (by reason of movements in price exceeding limits permitted by the stock exchange or otherwise) in the Shares or in any options, contracts or future contracts relating to the Shares.

Settlement Terms:

Settlement Method: Net Share Settlement

Net Share Settlement: JPMorgan will deliver to Counterparty, on the Settlement Date, a number of Shares equal to the Net Shares in respect of an Option exercise. In no event will the Net Shares be less than zero.

Net Shares: In respect of any Option exercised or deemed exercised, for each Option, a number of Shares equal to (i) the Option Entitlement multiplied by (ii) the sum of the quotients, for each Valid Day during the Cash Settlement Averaging Period for such Option, of (A) the Relevant Price on such Valid Day less the Strike Price, divided by (B) such Relevant Price, divided by (iii) 25; provided, however, that if the calculation contained in clause (A) above results in a negative number, such number shall be replaced with the number “zero”.

JPMorgan will deliver cash in lieu of any fractional Shares to be delivered with respect to any Net Shares to be delivered hereunder valued at the Relevant Price for the last Valid Day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period.

Valid Day: A day during which (a) trading in the Shares generally occurs on the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading and (b) there is no Market Disruption Event.

Scheduled Valid Day: A day that is scheduled to be a Valid Day on the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading.

Relevant Price: In respect of any Option exercised or deemed exercised, the per Share volume-weighted average price for each of the 25 consecutive Valid Days in any Cash Settlement Averaging Period as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page GPI.N <equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Valid Day (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Share on such Valid Day, as determined by the Calculation Agent using a volume-weighted method).

Cash Settlement Averaging Period: For any Exercisable Options relating to the conversion of Convertible Notes, the 25 consecutive Valid Days commencing on and including the second Valid Day following the receipt by Counterparty of a notice of voluntary conversion by a holder of Convertible Notes; provided that if Counterparty has validly designated a redemption date for the Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture the Cash Settlement Averaging Period shall be the 25 consecutive Valid Days commencing on and including the 27th Scheduled Valid Day immediately preceding such redemption date.

Settlement Date: For any Exercisable Options relating to the conversion of the Convertible Notes, the settlement date for Shares to be delivered under such Convertible Notes under the terms of the Indenture.

Other Applicable Provisions: The provisions of Sections 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 and 6.10 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-Settled” shall be read as references to “Net Share Settled”. “Net Share Settled” in relation to any Option means that Net Share Settlement is applicable to that Option.

Failure to Deliver: Applicable

3. Additional Terms applicable to the Transaction:

Adjustments applicable to the Transaction:

Potential Adjustment Events: Notwithstanding Section 9.1(e) of the Equity Definitions, a “Potential Adjustment Event” means any occurrence of any event or condition, as set forth in Section 12.02 of the Indenture that would result in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate of the Convertible Notes; provided that in no event shall there be any adjustment hereunder as a result of an adjustment to the Conversion Rate pursuant to Section 12.02(i), Section 12.03 or Section 12.04 of the Indenture.

Method of Adjustment: Calculation Agent Adjustment, and means that, notwithstanding Section 9.1(c) of the Equity Definitions, upon any adjustment to the Conversion Rate of the Convertible Notes pursuant to the Indenture (other than Sections 12.02(i), 12.03 and 12.04 of the Indenture), the Calculation Agent will make a corresponding adjustment to any one or more of the Strike Price, Number of Options, the Option Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction to the extent any adjustment to the Conversion Rate is not already fully reflected in the Option Entitlement.

Extraordinary Events applicable to the Transaction:

Merger Events: Notwithstanding Section 9.2(a) of the Equity Definitions, a “Merger Event” means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Section 12.05 of the Indenture.

Consequence of Merger Events: Notwithstanding Section 9.3 of the Equity Definitions, upon the occurrence of a Merger Event, the Calculation Agent shall make a corresponding adjustment in respect of any adjustment under the Indenture to any one or more of the nature of the Shares, Strike Price, Number of Options, the Option Entitlement and any other variable relevant to the exercise, settlement or payment for the Transaction; provided however that such adjustment shall (a) assume that, in the case of a “Public Acquirer Change of Control” (as defined in the Indenture), Counterparty does not make the election provided in Section 12.04 of the Indenture and (b) be made without regard to any adjustment to the Conversion Rate for the issuance of additional shares as set forth in Section 12.03 of the Indenture.

4. Calculation Agent: JPMorgan.

5. Account Details:

(a) Account for payments to Counterparty:

Comerica Bank
ABA# 072-000-096
Acct Name: Group 1 Automotive
Acct No.: 1850-796648

Account for delivery of Shares to Counterparty:

Mr. Cory McQuillen
Broker/Dealer Services
Mellon Investor Services, LLC
85 Challenger Rd.
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
CUSIP 398905109
Mellon Securities DTC# 0352

(b) Account for payments to JPMorgan:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, New York
ABA: 021 000 021
Favour: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association – London
A/C: 0010962009 CHASUS33

Account for delivery of Shares from JPMorgan:

DTC 0060

6. Offices:

The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

The Office of JPMorgan for the Transaction is: New York

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
London Branch
P.O. Box 161
60 Victoria Embankment
London EC4Y 0JP
England

7. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:

(a) Address for notices or communications to Counterparty:


Group 1 Automotive, Inc. 950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

(b) Address for notices or communications to JPMorgan:


JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
277 Park Avenue, 11^th Floor
New York, NY 10172 Attention: Nathan Lulek EDG Corporate Marketing Telephone No.:			(212) 622-2262
Facsimile No.:			(212) 622-8091

8. Representations and Warranties of Counterparty

The representations and warranties of Counterparty set forth in Section 4 of the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of the Trade Date between Counterparty and the Initial Purchasers named therein are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to JPMorgan as if set forth herein. Counterparty hereby further represents and warrants to JPMorgan that:

(a) Counterparty has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in respect of this Transaction; such execution, delivery and performance have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on Counterparty’s part; and this Confirmation has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Counterparty and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against Counterparty in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.

(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Confirmation nor the incurrence or performance of obligations of Counterparty hereunder will conflict with or result in a breach of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) of Counterparty, or any applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority or agency, or any agreement or instrument to which Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which Counterparty or any of its subsidiaries is subject (other than any conflict or breach that is not material), or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien under, any such agreement or instrument (other than any default or lien that is not material), or breach or constitute a default under any agreements and contracts of Counterparty and its significant subsidiaries filed as exhibits to Counterparty’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (other than any breach or default that is not material), incorporated by reference in the Offering Memorandum.

(c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Counterparty of this Confirmation, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), or state securities laws.

(d) It is an “eligible contract participant” (as such term is defined in Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CEA”) because one or more of the following is true:

Counterparty is a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust or other entity and:

(A) Counterparty has total assets in excess of USD10,000,000;

(B) the obligations of Counterparty hereunder are guaranteed, or otherwise supported by a letter of credit or keepwell, support or other agreement, by an entity of the type described in Section 1a(12)(A)(i) through (iv), 1a(12)(A)(v)(I), 1a(12)(A)(vii) or 1a(12)(C) of the CEA; or

(C) Counterparty has a net worth in excess of USD1,000,000 and has entered into this Agreement in connection with the conduct of Counterparty’s business or to manage the risk associated with an asset or liability owned or incurred or reasonably likely to be owned or incurred by Counterparty in the conduct of Counterparty’s business.

(e) Each of it and its affiliates is not, on the date hereof, in possession of any material non-public information with respect to Counterparty.

9. Other Provisions:

(a) Opinions. Counterparty shall deliver to JPMorgan an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan, dated as of the Trade Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 8(a) through (c) of this Confirmation.

(b) Amendment. If the Initial Purchaser to the Purchase Agreement exercises its right to purchase additional Convertible Notes as set forth therein, then, at the discretion of Counterparty, JPMorgan and Counterparty will either enter into a new confirmation or amend this Confirmation to provide for such increase in Convertible Notes (but on pricing terms acceptable to JPMorgan and Counterparty) (such additional confirmation or amendment to this Confirmation to provide for the payment by Counterparty to JPMorgan of the additional premium related thereto).

(c) No Reliance, etc. Each party represents that (i) it is entering into the Transaction evidenced hereby as principal (and not as agent or in any other capacity); (ii) neither the other party nor any of its agents are acting as a fiduciary for it; (iii) it is not relying upon any representations except those expressly set forth in the Agreement or this Confirmation; (iv) it has not relied on the other party for any legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial, and accounting advice, and it has made its own investment, hedging, and trading decisions based upon its own judgment and not upon any view expressed by the other party or any of its agents; and (v) it is entering into this Transaction with a full understanding of the terms, conditions and risks thereof and it is capable of and willing to assume those risks.

(d) Repurchase Notices. Counterparty shall, on any day on which Counterparty effects any repurchase of Shares, promptly give JPMorgan a written notice of such repurchase (a “Repurchase Notice”) on such day if following such repurchase, the number of outstanding Shares as determined on such day is (i) less than 1,956,240 or (ii) more than 250,000 less than the number of Shares included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice. Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold harmless JPMorgan and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all losses (including losses relating to JPMorgan’s hedging activities as a consequence of becoming, or of the risk of becoming, a Section 16 “insider”, including without limitation, any forbearance from hedging activities or cessation of hedging activities and any losses in connection therewith with respect to this Transaction), claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), joint or several, which an Indemnified Person may become subject to, as a result of Counterparty’s failure to provide JPMorgan with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this paragraph, and to reimburse, within 30 days, upon written request, each of such Indemnified Persons for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, providing testimony or other evidence in connection with or defending any of the foregoing. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against the Indemnified Person as a result of Counterparty’s failure to provide JPMorgan with a Repurchase Notice in accordance with this paragraph, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify Counterparty in writing, and Counterparty, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others Counterparty may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. Counterparty shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, Counterparty agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Counterparty shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person. If the indemnification provided for in this paragraph is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then Counterparty under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities. The remedies provided for in this paragraph are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Party at law or in equity. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this paragraph shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Transaction.

(e) Regulation M. Counterparty was not on the Trade Date and is not on the date hereof engaged in a distribution, as such term is used in Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), of any securities of Counterparty, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exception set forth in Rules 101(b)(10) and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M. Counterparty shall not, until the fifth Exchange Business Day immediately following the Trade Date, engage in any such distribution other than those described in this paragraph.

(f) No Manipulation. Counterparty is not entering into this Transaction to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares).

(g) Board Authorization. Each of this Transaction and the issuance of the Convertible Notes was approved by its board of directors and publicly announced, solely for the purposes stated in such board resolution and public disclosure and, prior to any exercise of Options hereunder, Counterparty’s board of directors will have duly authorized any repurchase of Shares pursuant to this Transaction. Counterparty further represents that there is no internal policy, whether written or oral, of Counterparty that would prohibit Counterparty from entering into any aspect of this Transaction, including, but not limited to, the purchases of Shares to be made pursuant hereto.

(h) Transfer or Assignment. Counterparty may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Transaction without the prior written consent of JPMorgan. JPMorgan may, without Counterparty’s consent, transfer or assign all or any part of its rights or obligations under this Transaction to any third party with a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of A- or better by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or its successor (“S&P”), or A3 or better by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or, if either S&P or Moody’s ceases to rate such debt, at least an equivalent rating or better by a substitute rating agency mutually agreed by Counterparty and JPMorgan. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing JPMorgan to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, JPMorgan may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such shares or other securities and otherwise to perform JPMorgan’s obligations in respect of this Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. JPMorgan shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty to the extent of any such performance.

(i) Staggered Settlement. JPMorgan may, by notice to Counterparty on or prior to any Settlement Date (a “Nominal Settlement Date”), elect to deliver the Shares on two or more dates (each, a “Staggered Settlement Date”) as follows:

(a) in such notice, JPMorgan will specify to Counterparty the related Staggered Settlement Dates (the first of which will be such Nominal Settlement Date and the last of which will be no later than the twentieth (20^th) Exchange Business Day following such Nominal Settlement Date) and the number of Shares that it will deliver on each Staggered Settlement Date on a payment versus delivery basis. For the avoidance of doubt, JPMorgan may make multiple deliveries of Shares on each such Staggered Settlement Date;

(b) the aggregate number of Shares that JPMorgan will deliver to Counterparty hereunder on all such Staggered Settlement Dates will equal the number of Shares that JPMorgan would otherwise be required to deliver on such Nominal Settlement Date; and

(c) if the Net Share Settlement terms set forth above were to apply on the Nominal Settlement Date, then the Net Share Settlement terms will apply on each Staggered Settlement Date, except that the Net Shares will be allocated among such Staggered Settlement Dates as specified by JPMorgan in the notice referred to in clause (a) above.

(j) Damages. Neither party shall be liable under Section 6.10 of the Equity Definitions for special, indirect or consequential damages, even if informed of the possibility thereof, except as specifically set forth otherwise herein.

(k) Early Unwind. In the event the sale of Convertible Notes is not consummated with the Initial Purchaser for any reason or Counterparty fails to deliver to JPMorgan opinions of counsel to Counterparty as required pursuant to Section 9(a) by the close of business in New York on June 26, 2006 (or such later date as agreed upon by the parties) (June 26, 2006 or such later date as agreed upon being the “Early Unwind Date”), this Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”), on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of JPMorgan and Counterparty under the Transaction shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date; provided that, if the sale of the Convertible Notes is not consummated with the initial purchasers by the close of business in New York on the Early Unwind Date as a result of a failure by Counterparty to satisfy any condition to closing contained in Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, Counterparty shall purchase from JPMorgan on the Early Unwind Date all Shares, if any, purchased by JPMorgan or one or more of its affiliates and reimburse JPMorgan for any costs or expenses (including market losses) relating to the unwinding of its hedging activities in connection with the Transaction (including any loss or cost incurred as a result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or reestablishing any hedge or related trading position). The amount of any such reimbursement shall be determined by JPMorgan in its sole good faith discretion. JPMorgan shall notify Counterparty of such amount and Counterparty shall pay such amount in immediately available funds on the Early Unwind Date. JPMorgan and Counterparty represent and acknowledge to the other that, subject to the proviso included in this paragraph, upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

(l) Role of Agent. Each party agrees and acknowledges that (i) J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., an affiliate of JPMorgan (“JPMSI”), has acted solely as agent and not as principal with respect to this Transaction and (ii) JPMSI has no obligation or liability, by way of guaranty, endorsement or otherwise, in any manner in respect of this Transaction (including, if applicable, in respect of the settlement thereof). Each party agrees it will look solely to the other party (or any guarantor in respect thereof) for performance of such other party’s obligations under this Transaction.

(m) Additional Provisions.

(i) Notwithstanding Section 9.7 of the Equity Definitions, everything in the first paragraph of Section 9.7(b) of the Equity Definitions after the words “Calculation Agent” in the third line through the remainder of such Section 9.7 shall be deleted and replaced with the following:

“based on an amount representing the Calculation Agent’s determination of the fair value to Buyer of an option with terms that would preserve for Buyer the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) by the parties in respect of the relevant Transaction that would have been required after that date but for the occurrence of the Nationalization or De-Listing Event, as the case may be.”

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, if at any time during the period from and including the Trade Date, to and including the Expiration Date, the Shares cease to be listed or quoted on the Exchange (a “Share De-listing”) for any reason (other than a Merger Event as a result of which the shares of common stock underlying the Options are listed or quoted on The New York Stock Exchange, The American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market (or their respective successors) (the “Successor Exchange”)) and are not immediately re-listed or quoted as of the date of such de-listing on the Successor Exchange, (1) JPMorgan shall have the right to designate such Share De-listing an Additional Termination Event and designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement, and (2) Counterparty shall be deemed the sole Affected Party and the Transaction shall be deemed the sole Affected Transaction.

(iii) Counterparty covenants and agrees that, as promptly as practicable following the public announcement of any consolidation, merger and binding share exchange to which Counterparty is a party, or any sale of all or substantially all of Counterparty’s assets, in each case pursuant to which the Shares will be converted into cash, securities or other property, Counterparty shall notify JPMorgan in writing of the types and amounts of consideration that holders of Shares have elected to receive upon consummation of such transaction or event (the date of such notification, the “Consideration Notification Date”); provided that in no event shall the Consideration Notification Date be later than the date on which such transaction or event is consummated.

(n) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events. If in respect of this Transaction, an amount is payable by JPMorgan to Counterparty (i) pursuant to Section 9.7 of the Equity Definitions or (ii) pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (a “Payment Obligation”), Counterparty may request JPMorgan to satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) (except that Counterparty shall not make such an election in the event of a Nationalization or Insolvency or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash, or an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, other than an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(iii), (v), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the Agreement or a Termination Event of the type described in Section 5(b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the Agreement in each case that resulted from an event or events outside Counterparty’s control) and shall give irrevocable telephonic notice to JPMorgan, confirmed in writing within one Currency Business Day, no later than 12:00 p.m. New York local time on the Merger Date, the date of the occurrence of the Nationalization or Insolvency or the Early Termination Date, as applicable; provided that if Counterparty does not validly request JPMorgan to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, JPMorgan shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding Counterparty’s election to satisfy its Payment Obligation by cash. In calculating any amounts under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, (1) separate amounts shall be calculated as set forth in Section 6(e) with respect to (i) this Transaction and (ii) all other Transactions, and (2) such separate amounts shall be payable pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement.

Share Termination Alternative: Applicable and means that JPMorgan shall deliver to Counterparty the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date when the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to Section 9.7 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) and 6(e) of the Agreement, as applicable (the “Share Termination Payment Date”), in satisfaction of the Payment Obligation in the manner reasonably requested by Counterparty free of payment.

Share Termination Delivery Property: A number of Share Termination Delivery Units, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Payment Obligation divided by the Share Termination Unit Price. The Calculation Agent shall adjust the Share Termination Delivery Property by replacing any fractional portion of a security therein with an amount of cash equal to the value of such fractional security based on the values used to calculate the Share Termination Unit Price.

Share Termination Delivery Unit: One Share or, if a Merger Event has occurred and a corresponding adjustment to this Transaction has been made, a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Merger Event, as determined by the Calculation Agent.

Failure to Deliver: Applicable

Other applicable provisions: If this Transaction is to be Share Termination Settled, the provisions of Sections 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 and 6.10 (as modified above) of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-Settled” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Settled” and all references to “Shares” shall be read as references to “Share Termination Delivery Units”. “Share Termination Settled” in relation to this Transaction means that Share Termination Settlement is applicable to this Transaction.

(o) Governing Law. New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).

(p) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Transaction. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of either party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into this Transaction, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications provided herein.

(q) Registration. Counterparty hereby agrees that if, in the good faith reasonable judgment of JPMorgan, the Shares (“Hedge Shares”) acquired by JPMorgan for the purpose of hedging its obligations pursuant to this Transaction cannot be sold in the public market by JPMorgan without registration under the Securities Act, Counterparty shall, at its election, either (i) in order to allow JPMorgan to sell the Hedge Shares in a registered offering, make available to JPMorgan an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and enter into an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to JPMorgan, substantially in the form of an underwriting agreement for a registered secondary offering; provided however, that if JPMorgan, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of this paragraph shall apply at the election of Counterparty, (ii) in order to allow JPMorgan to sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities, in form and substance satisfactory to JPMorgan (in which case, the Calculation Agent shall make any adjustments to the terms of this Transaction which are necessary, in its reasonable judgment, to compensate JPMorgan for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement), or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from JPMorgan at the Closing Price on such Trading Days, and in the amounts, requested by JPMorgan.

(r) Tax Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

(s) Right to Extend. JPMorgan may delay any Settlement Date or any other date of delivery by JPMorgan for not more than ten Exchange Business Days, with respect to some or all of the Options hereunder, if JPMorgan reasonably determines, in its discretion, that such extension is reasonably necessary to enable JPMorgan to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging activity hereunder in a manner that would be in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

(t) Status of Claims in Bankruptcy. JPMorgan acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to JPMorgan rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in any U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; provided that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit JPMorgan’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to the Transaction; provided, further, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit JPMorgan’s rights in respect of any transactions other than the Transaction.

(u) Securities Contract; Swap Agreement. The parties hereto intend for: (a) the Transaction to be a “securities contract” and a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) a party’s right to liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” as described in the Bankruptcy Code; (c) any cash, securities or other property provided as performance assurance, credit support or collateral with respect to the Transaction to constitute “margin payments” and “transfers” under a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code; and (d) all payments for, under or in connection with the Transaction, all payments for the Shares and the transfer of such Shares to constitute “settlement payments” and “transfers” under a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.

(v) No Collateral or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Counterparty hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations under the Transaction shall not be set off against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be set off against obligations under the Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff.

(a)

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Confirmation and returning it to EDG Confirmation Group, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 277 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10172-3401, or by fax on 212 622 8519.

Very truly yours,

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

By:/s/ Sudheer Tegulapalle

Authorized Signatory

Name: Sudheer Tegulapalle

Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

By:/s/ John C. Rickel

Authorized Signatory

Name: John C. Rickel

Bank of America, N.A.

c/o Banc of America Securities LLC

9 West 57^th Street

New York, NY 10019

June 20, 2006


To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig
Telephone No.: (713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:(713) 647-5858
Re:		Call Option Transaction
		(Transaction Reference Number: 22955)

The purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Transaction entered into between Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”) and Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (“Counterparty”) on the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”). This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below. This Confirmation shall replace any previous letter and serve as the final documentation for this Transaction.

1. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between BofA and Counterparty as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if BofA and Counterparty had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except for the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law) on the Trade Date. In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of that Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.

2. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

General Terms:

Trade Date: June 20, 2006

Option Style: “Modified American”, as set forth under “Exercise and Valuation” below


Option Type:		Call

Buyer:		Counterparty

Seller:		BofA

Shares: The common stock of Counterparty, par value USD 0.01 per Share (Exchange symbol “GPI”)

Number of Options: 150,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the Number of Options shall be reduced by any Options exercised by Counterparty. In no event will the Number of Options be less than zero.


Strike Price:		USD 59.4294

Premium:		USD 60,381,000

Premium Payment Date:		June 26, 2006

Exchange:		The New York Stock Exchange

Related Exchange(s): The principal exchange(s) for options contracts or futures contracts, if any, with respect to the Shares

Exercise and Valuation:

Expiration Time: The Valuation Time

Expiration Date: June 15, 2016, subject to earlier exercise and subject to the second proviso in the definition of Exercise Period above.

Multiple Exercise: Applicable, as described under Exercisable Options above.

Notice of Exercise: Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, in order to exercise any Options, Counterparty must notify BofA (in writing and orally) at least one Exchange Business Day prior to the first day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period for the Options being exercised of (i) the number of such Options and (ii) the first day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period and the Settlement Date; provided that if Counterparty has:

(B) designated a redemption date that is prior to June 15, 2016 for the Convertible Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, (x) Counterparty must, on or prior to the last day on which Counterparty is permitted to validly designate such date as a redemption date pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, notify BofA (in writing and orally) of (1) the number of Convertible Notes being redeemed and (2) the redemption date for the Convertible Notes that are being redeemed; and (y) the Notice of Exercise may be given on or prior to the Exchange Business Day immediately preceding such redemption date, specifying the number of such Exercisable Options.

Valuation Time: At the close of trading of the regular trading session on the Exchange without regard to any extended trading session.

Settlement Terms:

Settlement Method: Net Share Settlement

Net Share Settlement: BofA will deliver to Counterparty, on the Settlement Date, a number of Shares equal to the Net Shares in respect of an Option exercise. In no event will the Net Shares be less than zero.

BofA will deliver cash in lieu of any fractional Shares to be delivered with respect to any Net Shares to be delivered hereunder valued at the Relevant Price for the last Valid Day of the Cash Settlement Averaging Period.

Scheduled Valid Day: A day that is scheduled to be a Valid Day on the primary United States national securities exchange or market on which the Shares are listed or admitted to trading.

Failure to Deliver: Applicable

3. Additional Terms applicable to the Transaction:

Adjustments applicable to the Transaction:

Extraordinary Events applicable to the Transaction:

Merger Events: Notwithstanding Section 9.2(a) of the Equity Definitions, a “Merger Event” means the occurrence of any event or condition set forth in Section 12.05 of the Indenture.

4. Calculation Agent: BofA.

5. Account Details:

(a) Account for payments to Counterparty:

Comerica Bank
ABA# 072-000-096
Acct Name: Group 1 Automotive
Acct No.: 1850-796648

Account for delivery of Shares to Counterparty:

Mr. Cory McQuillen
Broker/Dealer Services
Mellon Investor Services, LLC
85 Challenger Rd.
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
CUSIP 398905109
Mellon Securities DTC# 0352

(b) Account for payments to BofA:

Bank of America, N.A.
San Francisco, CA
SWIFT: BOFAUS65
Bank Routing: 121-000-358
Account Name: Bank of America
Account No: 12333-34172

Account for delivery of Shares from BofA:

DTC 0773
Acct Name: Bank of America NA

Acct #: 116-00777

6. Offices:

The Office of Counterparty for the Transaction is: Inapplicable, Counterparty is not a Multibranch Party.

The Office of BofA for the Transaction is: Charlotte

Bank of America, N.A.
c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
Equity Financial Products
9 West 57^th Street, 40^th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone No: 212-583-8373
Facsimile No: 212-847-5124

7. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:

(a) Address for notices or communications to Counterparty:


Group 1 Automotive, Inc. 950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

(b) Address for notices or communications to BofA:

Bank of America, N.A.
c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
Equity Financial Products
9 West 57^th Street, 40^th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone No: 212-583-8373
Facsimile No: 212-847-5124

8. Representations and Warranties of Counterparty

The representations and warranties of Counterparty set forth in Section 4 of the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of the Trade Date between Counterparty and the Initial Purchasers named therein are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to BofA as if set forth herein. Counterparty hereby further represents and warrants to BofA that:

(d) It is an “eligible contract participant” (as such term is defined in Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CEA”) because one or more of the following is true:

Counterparty is a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust or other entity and:

(A) Counterparty has total assets in excess of USD10,000,000;

(e) Each of it and its affiliates is not, on the date hereof, in possession of any material non-public information with respect to Counterparty.

9. Other Provisions:

(a) Opinions. Counterparty shall deliver to BofA an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to BofA, dated as of the Trade Date, with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 8(a) through (c) of this Confirmation.

(b) Amendment. If the Initial Purchaser to the Purchase Agreement exercises its right to purchase additional Convertible Notes as set forth therein, then, at the discretion of Counterparty, BofA and Counterparty will either enter into a new confirmation or amend this Confirmation to provide for such increase in Convertible Notes (but on pricing terms acceptable to BofA and Counterparty) (such additional confirmation or amendment to this Confirmation to provide for the payment by Counterparty to BofA of the additional premium related thereto).

(d) Repurchase Notices. Counterparty shall, on any day on which Counterparty effects any repurchase of Shares, promptly give BofA a written notice of such repurchase (a “Repurchase Notice”) on such day if following such repurchase, the number of outstanding Shares as determined on such day is (i) less than 1,956,240 or (ii) more than 250,000 less than the number of Shares included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice. Counterparty agrees to indemnify and hold harmless BofA and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all losses (including losses relating to BofA’s hedging activities as a consequence of becoming, or of the risk of becoming, a Section 16 “insider”, including without limitation, any forbearance from hedging activities or cessation of hedging activities and any losses in connection therewith with respect to this Transaction), claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), joint or several, which an Indemnified Person may become subject to, as a result of Counterparty’s failure to provide BofA with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this paragraph, and to reimburse, within 30 days, upon written request, each of such Indemnified Persons for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, providing testimony or other evidence in connection with or defending any of the foregoing. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against the Indemnified Person as a result of Counterparty’s failure to provide BofA with a Repurchase Notice in accordance with this paragraph, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify Counterparty in writing, and Counterparty, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others Counterparty may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. Counterparty shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, Counterparty agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Counterparty shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person. If the indemnification provided for in this paragraph is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then Counterparty under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities. The remedies provided for in this paragraph are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Party at law or in equity. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this paragraph shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Transaction.

(h) Transfer or Assignment. Counterparty may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Transaction without the prior written consent of BofA. BofA may, without Counterparty’s consent, transfer or assign all or any part of its rights or obligations under this Transaction to any third party with a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of A- or better by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or its successor (“S&P”), or A3 or better by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or, if either S&P or Moody’s ceases to rate such debt, at least an equivalent rating or better by a substitute rating agency mutually agreed by Counterparty and BofA. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing BofA to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any shares or other securities to or from Counterparty, BofA may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such shares or other securities and otherwise to perform BofA’s obligations in respect of this Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. BofA shall be discharged of its obligations to Counterparty to the extent of any such performance.

(i) Staggered Settlement. BofA may, by notice to Counterparty on or prior to any Settlement Date (a “Nominal Settlement Date”), elect to deliver the Shares on two or more dates (each, a “Staggered Settlement Date”) as follows:

(a) in such notice, BofA will specify to Counterparty the related Staggered Settlement Dates (the first of which will be such Nominal Settlement Date and the last of which will be no later than the twentieth (20^th) Exchange Business Day following such Nominal Settlement Date) and the number of Shares that it will deliver on each Staggered Settlement Date on a payment versus delivery basis. For the avoidance of doubt, BofA may make multiple deliveries of Shares on each such Staggered Settlement Date;

(b) the aggregate number of Shares that BofA will deliver to Counterparty hereunder on all such Staggered Settlement Dates will equal the number of Shares that BofA would otherwise be required to deliver on such Nominal Settlement Date; and

(c) if the Net Share Settlement terms set forth above were to apply on the Nominal Settlement Date, then the Net Share Settlement terms will apply on each Staggered Settlement Date, except that the Net Shares will be allocated among such Staggered Settlement Dates as specified by BofA in the notice referred to in clause (a) above.

(k) Early Unwind. In the event the sale of Convertible Notes is not consummated with the Initial Purchaser for any reason or Counterparty fails to deliver to BofA opinions of counsel to Counterparty as required pursuant to Section 9(a) by the close of business in New York on June 26, 2006 (or such later date as agreed upon by the parties) (June 26, 2006 or such later date as agreed upon being the “Early Unwind Date”), this Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”), on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of BofA and Counterparty under the Transaction shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date; provided that, if the sale of the Convertible Notes is not consummated with the initial purchasers by the close of business in New York on the Early Unwind Date as a result of a failure by Counterparty to satisfy any condition to closing contained in Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, Counterparty shall purchase from BofA on the Early Unwind Date all Shares, if any, purchased by BofA or one or more of its affiliates and reimburse BofA for any costs or expenses (including market losses) relating to the unwinding of its hedging activities in connection with the Transaction (including any loss or cost incurred as a result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or reestablishing any hedge or related trading position). The amount of any such reimbursement shall be determined by BofA in its sole good faith discretion. BofA shall notify Counterparty of such amount and Counterparty shall pay such amount in immediately available funds on the Early Unwind Date. BofA and Counterparty represent and acknowledge to the other that, subject to the proviso included in this paragraph, upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

(l) Additional Provisions.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, if at any time during the period from and including the Trade Date, to and including the Expiration Date, the Shares cease to be listed or quoted on the Exchange (a “Share De-listing”) for any reason (other than a Merger Event as a result of which the shares of common stock underlying the Options are listed or quoted on The New York Stock Exchange, The American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market (or their respective successors) (the “Successor Exchange”)) and are not immediately re-listed or quoted as of the date of such de-listing on the Successor Exchange, (1) BofA shall have the right to designate such Share De-listing an Additional Termination Event and designate an Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement, and (2) Counterparty shall be deemed the sole Affected Party and the Transaction shall be deemed the sole Affected Transaction.

(iii) Counterparty covenants and agrees that, as promptly as practicable following the public announcement of any consolidation, merger and binding share exchange to which Counterparty is a party, or any sale of all or substantially all of Counterparty’s assets, in each case pursuant to which the Shares will be converted into cash, securities or other property, Counterparty shall notify BofA in writing of the types and amounts of consideration that holders of Shares have elected to receive upon consummation of such transaction or event (the date of such notification, the “Consideration Notification Date”); provided that in no event shall the Consideration Notification Date be later than the date on which such transaction or event is consummated.

(m) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events. If in respect of this Transaction, an amount is payable by BofA to Counterparty (i) pursuant to Section 9.7 of the Equity Definitions or (ii) pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (a “Payment Obligation”), Counterparty may request BofA to satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) (except that Counterparty shall not make such an election in the event of a Nationalization or Insolvency or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash, or an Event of Default in which Counterparty is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Counterparty is the Affected Party, other than an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(iii), (v), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the Agreement or a Termination Event of the type described in Section 5(b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the Agreement in each case that resulted from an event or events outside Counterparty’s control) and shall give irrevocable telephonic notice to BofA, confirmed in writing within one Currency Business Day, no later than 12:00 p.m. New York local time on the Merger Date, the date of the occurrence of the Nationalization or Insolvency or the Early Termination Date, as applicable; provided that if Counterparty does not validly request BofA to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, BofA shall have the right, in its sole discretion, to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding Counterparty’s election to satisfy its Payment Obligation by cash. In calculating any amounts under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, (1) separate amounts shall be calculated as set forth in Section 6(e) with respect to (i) this Transaction and (ii) all other Transactions, and (2) such separate amounts shall be payable pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement.

Share Termination Alternative: Applicable and means that BofA shall deliver to Counterparty the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date when the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due pursuant to Section 9.7 of the Equity Definitions or Section 6(d)(ii) and 6(e) of the Agreement, as applicable (the “Share Termination Payment Date”), in satisfaction of the Payment Obligation in the manner reasonably requested by Counterparty free of payment.

Failure to Deliver: Applicable

(n) Governing Law. New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).

(o) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Transaction. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of either party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into this Transaction, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications provided herein.

(p) Registration. Counterparty hereby agrees that if, in the good faith reasonable judgment of BofA, the Shares (“Hedge Shares”) acquired by BofA for the purpose of hedging its obligations pursuant to this Transaction cannot be sold in the public market by BofA without registration under the Securities Act, Counterparty shall, at its election, either (i) in order to allow BofA to sell the Hedge Shares in a registered offering, make available to BofA an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and enter into an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to BofA, substantially in the form of an underwriting agreement for a registered secondary offering; provided however, that if BofA, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with access to due diligence materials, the results of its due diligence investigation, or the procedures and documentation for the registered offering referred to above, then clause (ii) or clause (iii) of this paragraph shall apply at the election of Counterparty, (ii) in order to allow BofA to sell the Hedge Shares in a private placement, enter into a private placement agreement substantially similar to private placement purchase agreements customary for private placements of equity securities, in form and substance satisfactory to BofA (in which case, the Calculation Agent shall make any adjustments to the terms of this Transaction which are necessary, in its reasonable judgment, to compensate BofA for any discount from the public market price of the Shares incurred on the sale of Hedge Shares in a private placement), or (iii) purchase the Hedge Shares from BofA at the Closing Price on such Trading Days, and in the amounts, requested by BofA.

(q) Tax Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Counterparty and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Counterparty relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

(r) Right to Extend. BofA may delay any Settlement Date or any other date of delivery by BofA for not more than ten Exchange Business Days, with respect to some or all of the Options hereunder, if BofA reasonably determines, in its discretion, that such extension is reasonably necessary to enable BofA to effect purchases of Shares in connection with its hedging activity hereunder in a manner that would be in compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

(s) Status of Claims in Bankruptcy. BofA acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to BofA rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in any U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of Counterparty; provided that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit BofA’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Counterparty of its obligations and agreements with respect to the Transaction; provided, further, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit BofA’s rights in respect of any transactions other than the Transaction.

(t) Securities Contract; Swap Agreement. The parties hereto intend for: (a) the Transaction to be a “securities contract” and a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code (Title 11 of the United States Code) (the “Bankruptcy Code”), and the parties hereto to be entitled to the protections afforded by, among other Sections, Sections 362(b)(6), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code; (b) a party’s right to liquidate the Transaction and to exercise any other remedies upon the occurrence of any Event of Default under the Agreement with respect to the other party to constitute a “contractual right” as described in the Bankruptcy Code; (c) any cash, securities or other property provided as performance assurance, credit support or collateral with respect to the Transaction to constitute “margin payments” and “transfers” under a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code; and (d) all payments for, under or in connection with the Transaction, all payments for the Shares and the transfer of such Shares to constitute “settlement payments” and “transfers” under a “swap agreement” as defined in the Bankruptcy Code.

(u) No Collateral or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Counterparty hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations under the Transaction shall not be set off against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and no other obligations of the parties shall be set off against obligations under the Transaction, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise, and each party hereby waives any such right of setoff.

(a)

Counterparty hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by BofA) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement between BofA and Counterparty with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to Chris Hutmaker, Facsimile No. 212-326-9882.

Yours faithfully,

Bank of America, N.A.

By: /s/ Eric P. Hembleton
Authorized Signatory: Eric P. Hembleton
Title: Authorized Signatory

Agreed and Accepted
as of the Trade Date:

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

By:/s/ John C. Rickel

Authorized Signatory

Name: John C. Rickel

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

June 20, 2006


To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

Re: Warrants

The purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Warrants issued by Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (“Company”) to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch (“JPMorgan”) on the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”). This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below. This Confirmation shall replace any previous letter and serve as the final documentation for this Transaction.

1. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between JPMorgan and Company as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if JPMorgan and Company had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except for the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law and United States dollars as the Termination Currency) on the Trade Date. In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of that Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.

2. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

General Terms:

Trade Date: June 20, 2006

Warrants: Equity call warrants, each giving the holder the right to purchase one Share at the Strike Price, subject to the Settlement Terms set forth below. For the purposes of the Equity Definitions, each reference to a Warrant shall be deemed to be a reference to a Call Option.


Warrant Style:		American

Buyer:		JPMorgan

Seller:		Company

Shares: The common stock of Company, par value USD 0.01 per Share (Exchange symbol “GPI”)

Number of Warrants: 1,682,670, subject to adjustments provided herein

Daily Number of Warrants: For any day, the Number of Warrants not previously exercised on such day, divided by the remaining number of Expiration Dates (including such day) and rounded up to the nearest whole number to account for any fractional Daily Number of Warrants.


Warrant Entitlement:	One Share per Warrant
Multiple Exercise:	Applicable
Minimum Number of Warrants:		1
Maximum Number of Warrants:		1,682,670
Strike Price:	USD 80.3100
Premium:	USD 27,854,000
Premium Payment Date:	June 26, 2006
Exchange:	The New York Stock Exchange

Related Exchange(s): The principal exchange(s) for options contracts or futures contracts, if any, with respect to the Shares

Exercise and Valuation:

Expiration Time: The Valuation Time

Expiration Date(s): Each Exchange Business Day in the period beginning on and including the First Expiration Date and ending on and including the 89^th Exchange Business Day following the First Expiration Date shall be an “Expiration Date” for a number of Warrants equal to the Daily Number of Warrants on such date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if a Market Disruption Event occurs on any Expiration Date (including the First Expiration Date), the Calculation Agent shall (i) make adjustments, if applicable, to the Daily Number of Warrants for which such day shall be an Expiration Date and (ii) designate the Exchange Business Day immediately following such day (which may be an Expiration Date for another Daily Number of Warrants) as the Expiration Date for the remaining Daily Number of Warrants or a portion thereof for the original Expiration Date; provided that any such designation shall be subject to legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements and related policies and procedures applicable to JPMorgan (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by JPMorgan); provided further that if such Expiration Date has not occurred pursuant to clause (ii) as of the eighth Exchange Business Day following the last scheduled Expiration Date under this Transaction, the Calculation Agent shall have the right to declare such Exchange Business Day to be the final Expiration Date and the Calculation Agent shall determine its good faith estimate of the fair market value for the Shares as of the Valuation Time on that eighth Exchange Business Day or on any subsequent Exchange Business Day, as the Calculation Agent shall determine using commercially reasonable means.

First Expiration Date: July 15, 2016, subject to Market Disruption Event below.

Automatic Exercise: Applicable; and means that, unless all Warrants have been previously exercised hereunder, a number of Warrants for each Expiration Date equal to the Daily Number of Warrants (as adjusted pursuant to the terms hereof) for such Expiration Date will be deemed to be automatically exercised.

Market Disruption Event: Section 4.3(a)(ii) is hereby amended by adding after the words “or Share Basket Transaction” in the first line thereof a phrase “a failure by the Exchange or Related Exchange to open for trading during its regular trading session or” and replacing the phrase “during the one-half hour period that ends at the relevant Valuation Time” with the phrase “at any time during the regular trading session on the Exchange or any Related Exchange, without regard to after hours or any other trading outside of the regular trading session hours”.

Valuation applicable to each Warrant:

Valuation Time: At the close of trading of the regular trading session on the Exchange; provided that if the principal trading session is extended, the Calculation Agent shall determine the Valuation Time in its reasonable discretion.

Valuation Date: Each Exercise Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if there is a Market Disruption Event on any Valuation Date, then the Calculation Agent shall determine the Settlement Price for such Valuation Date on the basis of its good faith estimate of the market value for the relevant Shares on such Valuation Date.

Settlement Terms applicable to the Transaction:

Method of Settlement: Net Share Settlement; and means that, on each Settlement Date, Company shall deliver to JPMorgan, the Share Delivery Quantity of Shares for such Settlement Date to the account specified hereto free of payment through the Clearance System.

Share Delivery Quantity: For any Settlement Date, a number of Shares, as calculated by the Calculation Agent, equal to the Net Share Settlement Amount for such Settlement Date divided by the Settlement Price on the Valuation Date in respect of such Settlement Date, plus cash in lieu of any fractional shares (based on such Settlement Price).

Net Share Settlement Amount: For any Settlement Date, an amount equal to the product of (i) the Number of Warrants being exercised on the relevant Exercise Date (or in the case of any exercise (including any Automatic Exercise) on an Expiration Date, the Daily Number of Warrants for such Expiration Date), (ii) the Strike Price Differential for such Settlement Date and (iii) the Warrant Entitlement. For avoidance of doubt, if any Warrants are exercised prior to the first Expiration Date, the Calculation Agent will proportionately adjust each Daily Number of Warrants to reflect such exercise.

Strike Price Differential: (a) If the Settlement Price for any Valuation Date is greater than the Strike Price, an amount equal to the excess of such Settlement Price over the Strike Price; or

(b) If such Settlement Price is less than or equal to the Strike Price, zero.

Settlement Price: For any Valuation Date, the per Share volume-weighted average prices for such Valuation Date as displayed under the heading “Bloomberg VWAP” on Bloomberg page GPI.N <equity> AQR (or any successor thereto) in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Valuation Date (or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one Share on such Valuation Date, as determined by the Calculation Agent).

Settlement Date: For any Exercise Date, the date defined as such in Section 6.2 of the Equity Definitions, subject to Section 9(p)(i) hereof.

Failure to Deliver: Inapplicable

Other Applicable Provisions: The provisions of Sections 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 and 6.10 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-Settled” shall be read as references to “Net Share Settled”. “Net Share Settled” in relation to any Warrant means that Net Share Settlement is applicable to that Warrant.

3. Additional Terms applicable to the Transaction:

Adjustments applicable to the Warrants:

Method of Adjustment: Calculation Agent Adjustment. For avoidance of doubt, in making any adjustments under the Equity Definitions, the Calculation Agent may adjust the Strike Price, the Number of Warrants, the Daily Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any cash dividends or distributions, whether or not extraordinary, shall be governed by Section 9(k) of this Confirmation and not by Section 9.1(c) of the Equity Definitions.

Extraordinary Events applicable to the Transaction:

Consequence of Merger Events

(a) Share-for-Share: Alternative Obligation; provided that, if the Calculation Agent determines in good faith that the Merger Event affects the theoretical value of the Transaction, the Calculation Agent shall make adjustments to any of the Strike Price, the Number of Warrants, the Daily Number of Warrants, the Warrant Entitlement and any other term necessary to reflect the characteristics (including volatility, dividend practice, borrow cost, policy and liquidity) of the New Shares; provided further that Cancellation and Payment shall apply if (i) the Calculation Agent determines that no adjustments made pursuant to the preceding proviso will produce a commercially reasonable result or (ii) the New Shares are not publicly traded on a United States national securities exchange or quoted on the NASDAQ National Market.

(b) Share-for-Other: Cancellation and Payment

(c) Share-for-Combined: Cancellation and Payment; provided that on or prior to the Merger Date, JPMorgan may elect, based on its commercially reasonable judgment, for the consequence specified opposite “Share for Share” to apply to that portion of the consideration that consists of New Shares (as determined by the Calculation Agent) and for the consequence specified opposite “Share-for-Other” to apply to that portion of the consideration that consists of Other Consideration (as determined by the Calculation Agent).

Nationalization or Insolvency: Cancellation and Payment

4. Calculation Agent: JPMorgan

5. Account Details:

(a) Account for payments to Company:

Comerica Bank
ABA#072-000-096
Acct Name: Group 1 Automotive
Acct No.: 1850-796648

Account for delivery of Shares to Company:

Mr. Cory McQuillen
Broker/Dealer Services
Mellon Investor Services, LLC
85 Challenger Rd.
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
CUSIP 398905109
Mellon Securities DTC# 0352

(b) Account for payments to JPMorgan:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, New York
ABA: 021 000 021
Favour: JPMorgan Chase Bank National Association, – London
A/C: 0010962009
CHASUS33

Account for delivery of Shares from JPMorgan:

DTC 0060

6. Offices:

The Office of Company for the Transaction is: Inapplicable, Company is not a Multibranch Party.

The Office of JPMorgan for the Transaction is: New York

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
London Branch
P.O. Box 161
60 Victoria Embankment
London EC4Y 0JP
England

7. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:

(a) Address for notices or communications to Company:


Group 1 Automotive, Inc. 950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

Address for notices or communications to JPMorgan:

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

277 Park Avenue, 11^th Floor

New York, NY 10172

Attention: Nathan Lulek

EDG Corporate Marketing

Telephone No: (212) 622-2262

Facsimile No: (212) 622-8091

8. Representations and Warranties of Company

The representations and warranties of Company set forth in Section 4 of the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of the Trade Date between Company and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to JPMorgan as if set forth herein. Company hereby further represents and warrants to JPMorgan that:

(a) Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in respect of this Transaction; such execution, delivery and performance have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on Company’s part; and this Confirmation has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Company and constitutes its valid and binding obligation, enforceable against Company in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.

(b) Neither the execution and delivery of this Confirmation nor the incurrence or performance of obligations of Company hereunder will conflict with or result in a breach of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws (or any equivalent documents) of Company, or any applicable law or regulation, or any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or governmental authority or agency, or any agreement or instrument to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (other than any conflict or breach that is not material), or constitute a default under, or result in the creation of any lien under, any such agreement or instrument (other than any default or lien that is not material), or breach or constitute a default under any agreements and contracts of Company and its significant subsidiaries filed as exhibits to Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2005 (other than any breach or default that is not material), as updated by any subsequent filings.

(c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Company of this Confirmation, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or state securities laws.

(d) The Shares of Company initially issuable upon exercise of the Warrant by the net share settlement method (the “Warrant Shares”) have been reserved for issuance by all required corporate action of Company. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized and, when delivered against payment therefor (which may include Net Share Settlement in lieu of cash) and otherwise as contemplated by the terms of the Warrant following the exercise of the Warrant in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Warrant, will be validly issued, fully-paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of the Warrant Shares will not be subject to any preemptive or similar rights.

(e) Company is an “eligible contract participant” (as such term is defined in Section 1a(12) of the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CEA”) because one or more of the following is true:

Company is a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust or other entity and:

(A) Company has total assets in excess of USD 10,000,000;

(B) the obligations of Company hereunder are guaranteed, or otherwise supported by a letter of credit or keepwell, support or other agreement, by an entity of the type described in Section 1a(12)(A)(i) through (iv), 1a(12)(A)(v)(I), 1a(12)(A)(vii) or 1a(12)(C) of the CEA; or

(C) Company has a net worth in excess of USD 1,000,000 and has entered into this Agreement in connection with the conduct of Company’s business or to manage the risk associated with an asset or liability owned or incurred or reasonably likely to be owned or incurred by Company in the conduct of Company’s business.

(f) Company and each of its affiliates is not, on the date hereof, in possession of any material non-public information with respect to Company.

9. Other Provisions:

(a) Opinions. Company shall deliver an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan, dated as of the Trade Date, to JPMorgan with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 8(a) through (d) of this Confirmation.

(b) Amendment. If the Initial Purchaser party to the Purchase Agreement exercises its right to receive additional Convertible Notes pursuant to the Initial Purchasers’ option to purchase additional Convertible Notes, then, at the discretion of Company, JPMorgan and Company will either enter into a new confirmation or amend this Confirmation to provide for such increase in Convertible Notes (but on pricing terms acceptable to JPMorgan and Company) (such additional confirmation or amendment to this Confirmation to provide for the payment by Company to JPMorgan of the additional premium related thereto). “Convertible Notes” mean the 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 issued by Company pursuant to an Indenture to be dated June 26, 2006 between Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.

(c) No Reliance, etc. Each party represents that (i) it is entering into the Transaction evidenced hereby as principal (and not as agent or in any other capacity); (ii) neither the other party or parties nor any of its or their agents are acting as a fiduciary for it; (iii) it is not relying upon any representations except those expressly set forth in the Agreement or this Confirmation; (iv) it has not relied on the other party or parties for any legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial, and accounting advice, and it has made its own investment, hedging, and trading decisions based upon its own judgment and not upon any view expressed by the other party or parties or any of its or their agents; and (v) it is entering into this Transaction with a full understanding of the terms, conditions and risks thereof and it is capable of and willing to assume those risks.

(d) Repurchase Notices. Company shall, on any day on which Company effects any repurchase of Shares, promptly give JPMorgan a written notice of such repurchase (a “Repurchase Notice”) on such day if following such repurchase, the number of outstanding Shares on such day, subject to any adjustments provided herein, is (i) less than 1,956,240 or (ii) more than 250,000 less than the number of Shares included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice. Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless JPMorgan and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all losses (including losses relating to JPMorgan’s hedging activities as a consequence of becoming, or of the risk of becoming, a Section 16 “insider”, including without limitation, any forbearance from hedging activities or cessation of hedging activities and any losses in connection therewith with respect to this Transaction), claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), joint or several, which an Indemnified Person actually may become subject to, a result of Company’s failure to provide JPMorgan with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this paragraph, and to reimburse, within 30 days, upon written request, each of such Indemnified Persons for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, providing testimony or other evidence in connection with or defending any of the foregoing. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against the Indemnified Person, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify Company in writing, and Company, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others Company may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, Company agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person. If the indemnification provided for in this paragraph is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then Company under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities. The remedies provided for in this paragraph are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this paragraph shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Transaction.

(e) Regulation M. Company was not on the Trade Date and is not on the date hereof engaged in a distribution, as such term is used in Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), of any securities of Company, other than a distribution meeting the requirements of the exception set forth in Rules 101(b)(10) and 102(b)(7) of Regulation M. Company shall not, until the fifth Exchange Business Day immediately following the Trade Date, engage in any such distribution.

(f) No Manipulation. Company is not entering into this Transaction to create actual or apparent trading activity in the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares) or to raise or depress or otherwise manipulate the price of the Shares (or any security convertible into or exchangeable for the Shares).

(g) Board Authorization. Company represents that it is entering into the Transaction, solely for the purposes stated in the board resolution authorizing this Transaction and in its public disclosure. Company further represents that there is no internal policy, whether written or oral, of Company that would prohibit Company from entering into any aspect of this Transaction, including, but not limited to, the issuance of Shares to hereunder.

(h) Transfer or Assignment. Company may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Transaction without the prior written consent of JPMorgan. JPMorgan may, without Company’s consent, transfer or assign all or any part of its rights or obligations under this Transaction to any third party with a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of A- or better by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or its successor (“S&P”), or A3 or better by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or, if either S&P or Moody’s ceases to rate such debt, at least an equivalent rating or better by a substitute rating agency mutually agreed by Company and JPMorgan. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing JPMorgan to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any shares or other securities to or from Company, JPMorgan may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such shares or other securities and otherwise to perform JPMorgan’s obligations in respect of this Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. JPMorgan shall be discharged of its obligations to Company to the extent of any such performance.

(i) Damages. Neither party shall be liable under Section 6.10 of the Equity Definitions for special, indirect or consequential damages, even if informed of the possibility thereof, except as specifically set forth otherwise herein.

(j) Early Unwind. In the event the sale of Convertible Notes is not consummated with the initial purchasers for any reason by the close of business in New York on June 26, 2006 (or such later date as agreed upon by the parties) (June 26, 2006 or such later date as agreed upon being the “Early Unwind Date”), this Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”), on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of JPMorgan and Company under the Transaction shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date; provided that, if the sale of the Convertible Notes is not consummated with the initial purchasers by the close of business in New York on the Early Unwind Date as a result of a failure by Company to satisfy any condition to closing contained in Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, Company shall purchase from JPMorgan on the Early Unwind Date all Shares purchased by JPMorgan or one or more of its affiliates and reimburse JPMorgan for any costs or expenses (including market losses) relating to the unwinding of its hedging activities in connection with the Transaction (including any loss or cost incurred as a result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or reestablishing any hedge or related trading position). The amount of any such reimbursement shall be determined by JPMorgan in its sole good faith discretion. JPMorgan shall notify Company of such amount and Company shall pay such amount in immediately available funds on the Early Unwind Date. JPMorgan and Company represent and acknowledge to the other that, subject to the proviso included in this paragraph, upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

(k) Dividends. If at any time during the period from and including the Trade Date, to but excluding the Expiration Date, an ex-dividend date for a cash dividend occurs with respect to the Shares (an “Ex-Dividend Date”), and that dividend is greater than the Regular Dividend on a per Share basis then the Calculation Agent will adjust the Strike Price, the Number of Warrants, the Daily Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement to preserve the fair value of the Warrant to JPMorgan after taking into account such dividend. “Regular Dividend” shall mean USD 0.1400 per Share per quarter.

(m) Additional Provisions.

“based on an amount representing the Calculation Agent’s determination of the fair value to Buyer of an option with terms that would preserve for Buyer the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) by the parties in respect of the relevant Transaction that would have been required after that date but for the occurrence of the Merger Event, Nationalization, as the case may be.”

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, upon the occurrence of one of the following events, with respect to this Transaction, (1) JPMorgan shall have the right to designate such event an Additional Termination Event and designate and Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement, and (2) Company shall be deemed the sole Affected Party and the Transaction shall be deemed the sole Affected Transaction:

(A) Company sells of all or substantially all of its assets in a transaction pursuant to which the Shares are converted into cash, securities or other property.

(B) There is a default by Company or any subsidiary in the payment of the principal or interest on any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $25 million in the aggregate of Company and/or any subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable, and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded or annulled within 10 days after written notice of such acceleration has been received by Company or such subsidiary.

(C) At any time during the period from and including the Trade Date, to and including the Expiration Date, the Shares cease to be listed or quoted on the Exchange (a “Share De-listing”) for any reason (other than a Merger Event as a result of which the shares of common stock underlying the Warrants are listed or quoted on The New York Stock Exchange, The American Stock Exchange or the NASDAQ National Market (or their respective successors) (the “Successor Exchange”)) and are not immediately re-listed or quoted as of the date of such de-listing on the Successor Exchange.

(n) No Collateral or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Company hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations under this Transaction shall not be set off by Company against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise. Any provision in the Agreement with respect to the satisfaction of Company’s payment obligations to the extent of JPMorgan’s payment obligations to Company in the same currency and in the same Transaction (including, without limitation Section 2(c) thereof) shall not apply to Company and, for the avoidance of doubt, Company shall fully satisfy such payment obligations notwithstanding any payment obligation to Company by JPMorgan in the same currency and in the same Transaction. In calculating any amounts under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, (1) separate amounts shall be calculated as set forth in such Section 6(e) with respect to (a) this Transaction and (b) all other Transactions, and (2) such separate amounts shall be payable pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement.

(o) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events. If, in respect of this Transaction, an amount is payable by Company to JPMorgan, (i) pursuant to Section 9.7 of the Equity Definitions (except in the event of a Nationalization or Insolvency or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash) or (ii) pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (except in the event of an Event of Default in which Company is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Company is the Affected Party, other than an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(iii), (v), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the Agreement or a Termination Event of the type described in Section 5(b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the Agreement in each case that resulted from an event or events outside Company’s control) (a “Payment Obligation”), Company may, in its sole discretion, satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) and shall give irrevocable telephonic notice to JPMorgan, confirmed in writing within one Currency Business Day, no later than 12:00 p.m. New York local time on the Merger Date, the date of the occurrence of the Nationalization or Insolvency, or Early Termination Date, as applicable; provided that if Company does not validly elect to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, JPMorgan shall have the right to require Company to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding Company’s election to satisfy its Payment Obligation by cash. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company’s or JPMorgan’s right to elect satisfaction of a Payment Obligation in the Share Termination Alternative as set forth in this clause shall only apply to Transactions under this Confirmation and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, (1) separate amounts shall be calculated with respect to (a) Transactions hereunder and (b) all other Transactions under the Agreement, and (2) such separate amounts shall be payable pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, subject to, in the case of clause (a), Company’s Share Termination Alternative right hereunder.

Share Termination Alternative: Applicable and means that Company shall deliver to JPMorgan the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date (the “Share Termination Payment Date”) when the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due, subject to paragraph (p)(i) below, in satisfaction, subject to paragraph (p)(ii) below, of the Payment Obligation in the manner reasonably requested by JPMorgan free of payment.

Share Termination Unit Price: The market value of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means and notified by the Calculation Agent to Company at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation. In the case of a Private Placement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below) as set forth in paragraph (p)(i) below, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be determined by the discounted Settlement Price applicable to such Share Termination Delivery Units. In the case of a Registered Settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below) as set forth in paragraph (p)(ii) below, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be the Settlement Price, as discounted, on the Merger Date, the date of the occurrence of the Nationalization or Insolvency, or Early Termination Date, as applicable.

Share Termination Delivery Unit: In the case of a Termination Event or Event of Default, one Share or, in the case of Nationalization or Insolvency or a Merger Event, a unit consisting of the number or amount of each type of property received by a holder of one Share (without consideration of any requirement to pay cash or other consideration in lieu of fractional amounts of any securities) in such Nationalization or Insolvency or such Merger Event. If such Merger Event involves a choice of consideration to be received by holders, such holder shall be deemed to have elected to receive the maximum possible amount of cash.

Failure to Deliver: Inapplicable

(p) Registration/Private Placement Procedures. If based on the advice of its counsel, JPMorgan determines that, following any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property to JPMorgan hereunder, such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property would be in the hands of JPMorgan subject to any applicable restrictions with respect to any registration or qualification requirement or prospectus delivery requirement for such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities law (including, without limitation, any such requirement arising under Section 5 of the Securities Act as a result of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being “restricted securities”, as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or as a result of the sale of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being subject to paragraph (c) of Rule 145 under the Securities Act) (such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property, “Restricted Shares”), then delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be effected pursuant to either clause (i) or (ii) below at the election of Company, unless waived by JPMorgan. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely in respect of any Daily Number of Warrants exercised or deemed exercised on any Expiration Date, Company shall elect, prior to the first Settlement Date for the first Expiration Date, a Private Placement Settlement or Registered Settlement for all deliveries of Restricted Shares for all such Expiration Dates which election shall be applicable to all Settlement Dates for such Daily Number of Warrants and the procedures in clause (i) or clause (ii) below shall apply for all such delivered Restricted Shares on an aggregate basis commencing after the final Settlement Date for such Daily Number of Warrants. The Calculation Agent shall make reasonable adjustments to settlement terms and provisions under this Confirmation to reflect a single Private Placement or Registered Settlement for such aggregate Restricted Shares delivered hereunder.

(i) If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (i) (a “Private Placement Settlement”), then delivery of Restricted Shares by Company shall be effected in customary private placement procedures with respect to such Restricted Shares reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan; provided that Company may not elect a Private Placement Settlement if, on the date of its election, it has taken, or caused to be taken, any action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the sale by Company to JPMorgan (or any affiliate designated by JPMorgan) of the Restricted Shares or the exemption pursuant to Section 4(1) or Section 4(3) of the Securities Act for resales of the Restricted Shares by JPMorgan (or any such affiliate of JPMorgan). The Private Placement Settlement of such Restricted Shares shall include customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to JPMorgan, due diligence rights (for JPMorgan or any designated buyer of the Restricted Shares by JPMorgan), opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for private placement agreements, all reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan. In the case of a Private Placement Settlement, JPMorgan shall determine the appropriate discount to the Share Termination Unit Price (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to paragraph (p) above) or any Settlement Price (in the case of settlement of Shares pursuant to Section 2 above) applicable to such Restricted Shares in a commercially reasonable manner and appropriately adjust the number of such Restricted Shares to be delivered to JPMorgan hereunder; provided that in no event shall such discount take into account any period of time after the Settlement Date, or the date on which the Payment Obligation is due; provided further that in no event such number shall be greater than 3,365,340 (the “Maximum Amount”). Notwithstanding the Agreement or this Confirmation, the date of delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be the Exchange Business Day following notice by JPMorgan to Company, of such applicable discount and the number of Restricted Shares to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i). For the avoidance of doubt, delivery of Restricted Shares shall be due as set forth in the previous sentence and not be due on the Share Termination Payment Date (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to paragraph (o) above) or on the Settlement Date for such Restricted Shares (in the case of settlement of Shares pursuant to Section 2 above), except to the extent the number of Restricted Shares to be delivered would require the approval of Company’s shareholders (as required by Rule 312.03 of the New York Stock Exchange Rules (“Rule 312.03”), in which event Company shall deliver that amount of Restricted Shares not requiring such approval.

To the extent Company’s issuance of Restricted Shares following an election of Private Placement Settlement requires the approval of Company’s shareholders (as required by Rule 312.03 of the New York Stock Exchange Rules (“Rule 312.03”)), Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain either (A) such required shareholder approval or (B) a waiver from the New York Stock Exchange, waiving the application of Rule 312.03 to Company’s issuance of Restricted Shares.

In the event Company shall not have delivered the full number of Restricted Shares otherwise applicable as a result of the proviso above relating to the Maximum Amount and/or the application of Rule 312.03 (such deficit, the “Deficit Restricted Shares”), Company shall be continually obligated to deliver, from time to time until the full number of Deficit Restricted Shares have been delivered pursuant to this paragraph, Restricted Shares when, and to the extent, that (i) Shares are repurchased, acquired or otherwise received by Company or any of its subsidiaries after the Trade Date (whether or not in exchange for cash, fair value or any other consideration), (ii) authorized and unissued Shares reserved for issuance in respect of other transactions prior to such date which prior to such Settlement Date become no longer so reserved, (iii) Company additionally authorizes and unissued Shares that are not reserved for other transactions, or (iv) the shareholders of the Company have approved such issuance or the Company has obtained a waiver of the application of Rule 312.03 from the New York Stock Exchange. Company shall immediately notify JPMorgan of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events (including the number of Shares subject to clause (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) and the corresponding number of Restricted Shares to be delivered) and promptly deliver such Restricted Shares thereafter.

In the event of a Private Placement, the Net Share Settlement Amount or the Payment Obligation, respectively, shall be deemed to be the Net Share Settlement Amount or the Payment Obligation, respectively, plus an additional amount (determined from time to time by the Calculation Agent in its commercially reasonable judgment) attributable to interest that would be earned on such Net Share Settlement Amount or the Payment Obligation, respectively, (increased on a daily basis to reflect the accrual of such interest and reduced from time to time by the amount of net proceeds received by JPMorgan as provided herein) at a rate equal to the open Federal Funds Rate plus the Spread for the period from, and including, such Settlement Date or the date on which the Payment Obligation is due, respectively, to, but excluding, the related date on which all the Restricted Shares have been sold and calculated on an Actual/360 basis. The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to JPMorgan’s rights under the Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 5 and 6 thereof).

As used in this clause (i), “Spread” means, with respect to any Net Share Settlement Amount or Payment Obligation, respectively, the credit spread over the applicable overnight rate that would be imposed if JPMorgan were to extend credit to Company in an amount equal to such Net Share Settlement Amount, all as determined by the Calculation Agent using its commercially reasonable judgment as of the related Settlement Date or the date on which the Payment Obligation is due, respectively. Commercial reasonableness shall take into consideration all factors deemed relevant by the Calculation Agent, which are expected to include, among other things, the credit quality of Company (and any relevant affiliates) in the then-prevailing market and the credit spread of similar companies in the relevant industry and other companies having a substantially similar credit quality.

(ii) If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (ii) (a “Registration Settlement”), then Company shall promptly (but in any event no later than the beginning of the Resale Period) file and use its reasonable best efforts to make effective under the Securities Act a registration statement or supplement or amend an outstanding registration statement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to JPMorgan, to cover the resale of such Restricted Shares in accordance with customary resale registration procedures, including covenants, conditions, representations, underwriting discounts (if applicable), commissions (if applicable), indemnities, due diligence rights, opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for equity resale underwriting agreements, all reasonably acceptable to JPMorgan. If JPMorgan, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with such procedures and documentation Private Placement Settlement shall apply. If JPMorgan is satisfied with such procedures and documentation, it shall sell the Restricted Shares pursuant to such registration statement during a period (the “Resale Period”) commencing on the Exchange Business Day following delivery of such Restricted Shares (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be (x) any Settlement Date in the case of an exercise of Warrants prior to the first Expiration Date pursuant to Section 2 above, (y) the Share Termination Payment Date in case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to paragraph (o) above or (z) the Settlement Date in respect of the final Expiration Date for all Daily Number of Warrants) and ending on the earliest of (i) the Exchange Business Day on which JPMorgan completes the sale of all Restricted Shares or, in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units, a sufficient number of Restricted Shares so that the realized net proceeds of such sales exceed the Payment Obligation (as defined above), (ii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares have been sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (or similar provisions then in force) or Rule 145(d)(1) or (2) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act and (iii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares may be sold or transferred by a non-affiliate pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in force) or Rule 145(d)(3) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act. If the Payment Obligation exceeds the realized net proceeds from such resale, Company shall transfer to JPMorgan by the open of the regular trading session on the Exchange on the Exchange Business Day immediately following the last day of the Resale Period the amount of such excess (the “Additional Amount”) in cash or in a number of Shares (“Make-whole Shares”) in an amount that, based on the Settlement Price on the last day of the Resale Period (as if such day was the “Valuation Date” for purposes of computing such Settlement Price), has a dollar value equal to the Additional Amount. The Resale Period shall continue to enable the sale of the Make-whole Shares. If Company elects to pay the Additional Amount in Shares, the requirements and provisions for Registration Settlement shall apply. This provision shall be applied successively until the Additional Amount is equal to zero. In no event shall Company deliver a number of Restricted Shares greater than the Maximum Amount.

(iii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to any change or amendment that affects the effectiveness of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, Company agrees that any Restricted Shares delivered to JPMorgan, as purchaser of such Restricted Shares, (i) may be transferred by and among JPMorgan Chase Bank and its affiliates and Company shall effect such transfer without any further action by JPMorgan and (ii) after the minimum “holding period” within the meaning of Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act has elapsed after any Settlement Date for such Restricted Shares, Company shall promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Restricted Shares to remove, any legends referring to any such restrictions or requirements from such Restricted Shares upon delivery by JPMorgan (or such affiliate of JPMorgan) to Company or such transfer agent of seller’s and broker’s representation letters customarily delivered by JPMorgan in connection with resales of restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, without any further requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by JPMorgan (or such affiliate of JPMorgan).

If the Private Placement Settlement or the Registration Settlement shall not be effected as set forth in clauses (i) or (ii), as applicable, then failure to effect such Private Placement Settlement or such Registration Settlement shall constitute an Event of Default with respect to which Company shall be the Defaulting Party.

(q) Limit on Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, JPMorgan may not exercise any Warrant hereunder, and Automatic Exercise shall not apply with respect thereto, to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such receipt, JPMorgan would directly or indirectly beneficially own (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) in excess of 8.0% of the outstanding Shares. Any purported delivery hereunder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such delivery, JPMorgan would directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of 8.0% of the outstanding Shares. If any delivery owed to JPMorgan hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Company’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Company shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Business Day after, JPMorgan gives notice to Company that, after such delivery, JPMorgan would not directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of 8.0% of the outstanding Shares.

(r) Share Deliveries. Subject to Rule 144 of the Securities Act remaining in effect, Company acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent the holder of this Warrant is not then an affiliate and has not been an affiliate for 90 days (it being understood that JPMorgan will not be considered an affiliate under this paragraph solely by reason of its receipt of Shares pursuant to this Transaction), and otherwise satisfies all holding period and other requirements of Rule 144 of the Securities Act applicable to it, any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Property hereunder at any time after 2 years from the Trade Date shall be eligible for resale under Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act and Company agrees to promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Shares or Share Termination Property, to remove, any legends referring to any restrictions on resale under the Securities Act from the Shares or Share Termination Property. Company further agrees, for any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Property hereunder at any time after 1 year from the Trade Date but within 2 years of the Trade Date, to the to the extent the holder of this Warrant then satisfies the holding period and other requirements of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, to promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Restricted Share to remove, any legends referring to any such restrictions or requirements from such Restricted Shares. Such Restricted Shares will be de-legended upon delivery by JPMorgan (or such affiliate of JPMorgan) to Company or such transfer agent of customary seller’s and broker’s representation letters in connection with resales of restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, without any further requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by JPMorgan (or such affiliate of JPMorgan). Company further agrees that any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property prior to the date that is 1 year from the Trade Date, may be transferred by and among JPMorgan and its affiliates and Company shall effect such transfer without any further action by JPMorgan. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Company agrees that any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property shall be effected by book-entry transfer through the facilities of DTC, or any successor depositary, if at the time of delivery, such class of Shares or class of Share Termination Delivery Property is in book-entry form at DTC or such successor depositary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act or any successor rule are amended, or the applicable interpretation thereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any court change after the Trade Date, the agreements of Company herein shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary, in the opinion of outside counsel of Company, to comply with Rule 144 of the Securities Act, including Rule 144(k) as in effect at the time of delivery of the relevant Shares or Share Termination Property.

(s) Hedging Disruption Event. The occurrence of a Hedging Disruption Event will constitute an Additional Termination Event under the Agreement permitting JPMorgan to terminate the Transaction, with Company as the sole Affected Party and the Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction. “Hedging Disruption Event” shall have occurred if (1) JPMorgan, despite using commercially reasonable efforts, is unable or reasonably determines that it is impractical or illegal, to (A) borrow Shares to hedge its exposure with respect to the Transaction at a stock loan rebate rate equal to or in excess of zero, or the prevailing stock loan rebate rate for the Shares, as determined by the Calculation Agent, is less than zero; or (B) hedge its obligations pursuant to this Transaction in the public market without registration under the Securities Act or as a result of any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by JPMorgan).

(t) Governing Law. New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).

(u) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Transaction. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of the other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into this Transaction, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications provided herein.

(v) Tax Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Company and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Company relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

(w) Maximum Share Delivery. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation or the Agreement, in no event will Company be required to deliver more than the Maximum Amount of Shares in the aggregate to JPMorgan in connection with this Transaction, subject to the provisions regarding Deficit Restricted Shares.

(x) Status of Claims in Bankruptcy. JPMorgan acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to JPMorgan rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in any U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of Company; provided that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit JPMorgan’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Company of its obligations and agreements with respect to the Transaction; provided, further, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit JPMorgan’s rights in respect of any transactions other than the Transaction.

(y) Securities Contract; Swap Agreement. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that JPMorgan is a “financial institution,” “swap participant” and “financial participant” within the meaning of Sections 101(22), 101(53C) and 101(22A) of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). The parties hereto further agree and acknowledge (A) that this Confirmation is (i) a “securities contract,” as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder is a “settlement payment,” as such term is defined in Section 741(8) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (ii) a “swap agreement,” as such term is defined in Section 101(53B) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder is a “transfer,” as such term is defined in Section 101(54) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (B) that JPMorgan is entitled to the protections afforded by, among other sections, Section 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 546(e), 546(g), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Very truly yours,

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

By:/s/ Sudheer Tegulapalle

Authorized Signatory

Name: Sudheer Tegulapalle

Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

By:/s/ John C. Rickel

Authorized Signatory

Name: John C. Rickel

Bank of America, N.A.

c/o Banc of America Securities LLC

9 West 57^th Street

New York, NY 10019

June 20, 2006


To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig
Telephone No.: (713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:(713) 647-5858
Re:		Issuer Warrant Transaction
		(Transaction Reference Number: 22956)

The purpose of this letter agreement is to confirm the terms and conditions of the Warrants issued by Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (“Company”) to Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”) on the Trade Date specified below (the “Transaction”). This letter agreement constitutes a “Confirmation” as referred to in the ISDA Master Agreement specified below. This Confirmation shall replace any previous letter and serve as the final documentation for this Transaction.

1. This Confirmation evidences a complete and binding agreement between BofA and Company as to the terms of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. This Confirmation shall supplement, form a part of, and be subject to an agreement in the form of the 2002 ISDA Master Agreement (the “Agreement”) as if BofA and Company had executed an agreement in such form (but without any Schedule except for the election of the laws of the State of New York as the governing law and United States dollars as the Termination Currency) on the Trade Date. In the event of any inconsistency between provisions of that Agreement and this Confirmation, this Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates. The parties hereby agree that no Transaction other than the Transaction to which this Confirmation relates shall be governed by the Agreement.

2. The terms of the particular Transaction to which this Confirmation relates are as follows:

General Terms:

Trade Date: June 20, 2006


Warrant Style:		American

Buyer:		BofA

Seller:		Company

Shares: The common stock of Company, par value USD 0.01 per Share (Exchange symbol “GPI”)

Number of Warrants: 2,524,005, subject to adjustments provided herein


Warrant Entitlement:	One Share per Warrant
Multiple Exercise:	Applicable
Minimum Number of Warrants:		1
Maximum Number of Warrants:		2,524,005
Strike Price:	USD 80.3100
Premium:	USD 41,781,000
Premium Payment Date:	June 26, 2006
Exchange:	The New York Stock Exchange

Related Exchange(s): The principal exchange(s) for options contracts or futures contracts, if any, with respect to the Shares

Exercise and Valuation:

Expiration Time: The Valuation Time

Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything to the contrary in the Equity Definitions, if a Market Disruption Event occurs on any Expiration Date (including the First Expiration Date), the Calculation Agent shall (i) make adjustments, if applicable, to the Daily Number of Warrants for which such day shall be an Expiration Date and (ii) designate the Exchange Business Day immediately following such day (which may be an Expiration Date for another Daily Number of Warrants) as the Expiration Date for the remaining Daily Number of Warrants or a portion thereof for the original Expiration Date; provided that any such designation shall be subject to legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements and related policies and procedures applicable to BofA (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by BofA); provided further that if such Expiration Date has not occurred pursuant to clause (ii) as of the eighth Exchange Business Day following the last scheduled Expiration Date under this Transaction, the Calculation Agent shall have the right to declare such Exchange Business Day to be the final Expiration Date and the Calculation Agent shall determine its good faith estimate of the fair market value for the Shares as of the Valuation Time on that eighth Exchange Business Day or on any subsequent Exchange Business Day, as the Calculation Agent shall determine using commercially reasonable means.

First Expiration Date: July 15, 2016, subject to Market Disruption Event below.

Valuation applicable to each Warrant:

Settlement Terms applicable to the Transaction:

Method of Settlement: Net Share Settlement; and means that, on each Settlement Date, Company shall deliver to BofA, the Share Delivery Quantity of Shares for such Settlement Date to the account specified hereto free of payment through the Clearance System.

Strike Price Differential: (a) If the Settlement Price for any Valuation Date is greater than the Strike Price, an amount equal to the excess of such Settlement Price over the Strike Price; or

(b) If such Settlement Price is less than or equal to the Strike Price, zero.

Settlement Date: For any Exercise Date, the date defined as such in Section 6.2 of the Equity Definitions, subject to Section 9(o)(i) hereof.

Failure to Deliver: Inapplicable

Other Applicable Provisions: The provisions of Sections 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 and 6.10 of the Equity Definitions will be applicable, except that all references in such provisions to “Physically-Settled” shall be read as references to “Net Share Settled”. “Net Share Settled” in relation to any Warrant means that Net Share Settlement is applicable to that Warrant.

3. Additional Terms applicable to the Transaction:

Adjustments applicable to the Warrants:

Extraordinary Events applicable to the Transaction:

Consequence of Merger Events

(b) Share-for-Other: Cancellation and Payment

(c) Share-for-Combined: Cancellation and Payment; provided that on or prior to the Merger Date, BofA may elect, based on its commercially reasonable judgment, for the consequence specified opposite “Share for Share” to apply to that portion of the consideration that consists of New Shares (as determined by the Calculation Agent) and for the consequence specified opposite “Share-for-Other” to apply to that portion of the consideration that consists of Other Consideration (as determined by the Calculation Agent).

Nationalization or Insolvency: Cancellation and Payment

4. Calculation Agent: BofA

5. Account Details:

(a) Account for payments to Company:

Comerica Bank
ABA#072-000-096
Acct Name: Group 1 Automotive
Acct No.: 1850-796648

Account for delivery of Shares to Company:

Mr. Cory McQuillen
Broker/Dealer Services
Mellon Investor Services, LLC
85 Challenger Rd.
Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
CUSIP 398905109
Mellon Securities DTC# 0352

(b) Account for payments to BofA:

Bank of America, N.A.
San Francisco, CA
SWIFT: BOFAUS65
Bank Routing: 121-000-358
Account Name: Bank of America
Account No: 12333-34172

Account for delivery of Shares from BofA:

DTC 0773
Acct Name: Bank of America NA
Acct #: 116-00777

6. Offices:

The Office of Company for the Transaction is: Inapplicable, Company is not a Multibranch Party.

The Office of BofA for the Transaction is: Charlotte

Bank of America, N.A.
c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
Equity Financial Products
9 West 57^th Street, 40^th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone No: 212-583-8373
Facsimile No: 212-847-5124

7. Notices: For purposes of this Confirmation:

(a) Address for notices or communications to Company:


Group 1 Automotive, Inc. 950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

(b) Address for notices or communications to BofA:

Bank of America, N.A.
c/o Banc of America Securities LLC
Equity Financial Products
9 West 57^th Street, 40^th Floor
New York, NY 10019
Telephone No: 212-583-8373
Facsimile No: 212-847-5124

8. Representations and Warranties of Company

The representations and warranties of Company set forth in Section 4 of the Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) dated as of the Trade Date between Company and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. are true and correct and are hereby deemed to be repeated to BofA as if set forth herein. Company hereby further represents and warrants to BofA that:

(c) No consent, approval, authorization, or order of, or filing with, any governmental agency or body or any court is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Company of this Confirmation, except such as have been obtained or made and such as may be required under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or state securities laws.

Company is a corporation, partnership, proprietorship, organization, trust or other entity and:

(A) Company has total assets in excess of USD 10,000,000;

(f) Company and each of its affiliates is not, on the date hereof, in possession of any material non-public information with respect to Company.

9. Other Provisions:

(a) Opinions. Company shall deliver an opinion of counsel in form and substance reasonably acceptable to BofA, dated as of the Trade Date, to BofA with respect to the matters set forth in Sections 8(a) through (d) of this Confirmation.

(b) Amendment. If the Initial Purchaser party to the Purchase Agreement exercises its right to receive additional Convertible Notes pursuant to the Initial Purchasers’ option to purchase additional Convertible Notes, then, at the discretion of Company, BofA and Company will either enter into a new confirmation or amend this Confirmation to provide for such increase in Convertible Notes (but on pricing terms acceptable to BofA and Company) (such additional confirmation or amendment to this Confirmation to provide for the payment by Company to BofA of the additional premium related thereto). “Convertible Notes” mean the 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 issued by Company pursuant to an Indenture to be dated June 26, 2006 between Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee.

(c) No Reliance, etc. Each party represents that (i) it is entering into the Transaction evidenced hereby as principal (and not as agent or in any other capacity); (ii) neither the other party or parties nor any of its or their agents are acting as a fiduciary for it; (iii) it is not relying upon any representations except those expressly set forth in the Agreement or this Confirmation; (iv) it has not relied on the other party or parties for any legal, regulatory, tax, business, investment, financial, and accounting advice, and it has made its own investment, hedging, and trading decisions based upon its own judgment and not upon any view expressed by the other party or parties or any of its or their agents; and (v) it is entering into this Transaction with a full understanding of the terms, conditions and risks thereof and it is capable of and willing to assume those risks.

(d) Repurchase Notices. Company shall, on any day on which Company effects any repurchase of Shares, promptly give BofA a written notice of such repurchase (a “Repurchase Notice”) on such day if following such repurchase, the number of outstanding Shares on such day, subject to any adjustments provided herein, is (i) less than 1,956,240 or (ii) more than 250,000 less than the number of Shares included in the immediately preceding Repurchase Notice. Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless BofA and its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “Indemnified Person”) from and against any and all losses (including losses relating to BofA’s hedging activities as a consequence of becoming, or of the risk of becoming, a Section 16 “insider”, including without limitation, any forbearance from hedging activities or cessation of hedging activities and any losses in connection therewith with respect to this Transaction), claims, damages, judgments, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), joint or several, which an Indemnified Person actually may become subject to, a result of Company’s failure to provide BofA with a Repurchase Notice on the day and in the manner specified in this paragraph, and to reimburse, within 30 days, upon written request, each of such Indemnified Persons for any reasonable legal or other expenses incurred in connection with investigating, preparing for, providing testimony or other evidence in connection with or defending any of the foregoing. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against the Indemnified Person, such Indemnified Person shall promptly notify Company in writing, and Company, upon request of the Indemnified Person, shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others Company may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding. Company shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, Company agrees to indemnify any Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Company shall not, without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding on terms reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person. If the indemnification provided for in this paragraph is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then Company under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities. The remedies provided for in this paragraph are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this paragraph shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Transaction.

(h) Transfer or Assignment. Company may not transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Transaction without the prior written consent of BofA. BofA may, without Company’s consent, transfer or assign all or any part of its rights or obligations under this Transaction to any third party with a rating for its long term, unsecured and unsubordinated indebtedness of A- or better by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service or its successor (“S&P”), or A3 or better by Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) or, if either S&P or Moody’s ceases to rate such debt, at least an equivalent rating or better by a substitute rating agency mutually agreed by Company and BofA. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Confirmation to the contrary requiring or allowing BofA to purchase, sell, receive or deliver any shares or other securities to or from Company, BofA may designate any of its affiliates to purchase, sell, receive or deliver such shares or other securities and otherwise to perform BofA’s obligations in respect of this Transaction and any such designee may assume such obligations. BofA shall be discharged of its obligations to Company to the extent of any such performance.

(j) Early Unwind. In the event the sale of Convertible Notes is not consummated with the initial purchasers for any reason by the close of business in New York on June 26, 2006 (or such later date as agreed upon by the parties) (June 26, 2006 or such later date as agreed upon being the “Early Unwind Date”), this Transaction shall automatically terminate (the “Early Unwind”), on the Early Unwind Date and (i) the Transaction and all of the respective rights and obligations of BofA and Company under the Transaction shall be cancelled and terminated and (ii) each party shall be released and discharged by the other party from and agrees not to make any claim against the other party with respect to any obligations or liabilities of the other party arising out of and to be performed in connection with the Transaction either prior to or after the Early Unwind Date; provided that, if the sale of the Convertible Notes is not consummated with the initial purchasers by the close of business in New York on the Early Unwind Date as a result of a failure by Company to satisfy any condition to closing contained in Section 6 of the Purchase Agreement, Company shall purchase from BofA on the Early Unwind Date all Shares purchased by BofA or one or more of its affiliates and reimburse BofA for any costs or expenses (including market losses) relating to the unwinding of its hedging activities in connection with the Transaction (including any loss or cost incurred as a result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or reestablishing any hedge or related trading position). The amount of any such reimbursement shall be determined by BofA in its sole good faith discretion. BofA shall notify Company of such amount and Company shall pay such amount in immediately available funds on the Early Unwind Date. BofA and Company represent and acknowledge to the other that, subject to the proviso included in this paragraph, upon an Early Unwind, all obligations with respect to the Transaction shall be deemed fully and finally discharged.

(k) Dividends. If at any time during the period from and including the Trade Date, to but excluding the Expiration Date, an ex-dividend date for a cash dividend occurs with respect to the Shares (an “Ex-Dividend Date”), and that dividend is greater than the Regular Dividend on a per Share basis then the Calculation Agent will adjust the Strike Price, the Number of Warrants, the Daily Number of Warrants and the Warrant Entitlement to preserve the fair value of the Warrant to BofA after taking into account such dividend. “Regular Dividend” shall mean USD 0.1400 per Share per quarter.

(l) Additional Provisions.

“based on an amount representing the Calculation Agent’s determination of the fair value to Buyer of an option with terms that would preserve for Buyer the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition precedent) by the parties in respect of the relevant Transaction that would have been required after that date but for the occurrence of the Merger Event, Nationalization, as the case may be.”

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Confirmation, upon the occurrence of one of the following events, with respect to this Transaction, (1) BofA shall have the right to designate such event an Additional Termination Event and designate and Early Termination Date pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Agreement, and (2) Company shall be deemed the sole Affected Party and the Transaction shall be deemed the sole Affected Transaction:

(A) Company sells of all or substantially all of its assets in a transaction pursuant to which the Shares are converted into cash, securities or other property.

(m) No Collateral or Setoff. Notwithstanding any provision of the Agreement or any other agreement between the parties to the contrary, the obligations of Company hereunder are not secured by any collateral. Obligations under this Transaction shall not be set off by Company against any other obligations of the parties, whether arising under the Agreement, this Confirmation, under any other agreement between the parties hereto, by operation of law or otherwise. Any provision in the Agreement with respect to the satisfaction of Company’s payment obligations to the extent of BofA’s payment obligations to Company in the same currency and in the same Transaction (including, without limitation Section 2(c) thereof) shall not apply to Company and, for the avoidance of doubt, Company shall fully satisfy such payment obligations notwithstanding any payment obligation to Company by BofA in the same currency and in the same Transaction. In calculating any amounts under Section 6(e) of the Agreement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, (1) separate amounts shall be calculated as set forth in such Section 6(e) with respect to (a) this Transaction and (b) all other Transactions, and (2) such separate amounts shall be payable pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement.

(n) Alternative Calculations and Payment on Early Termination and on Certain Extraordinary Events. If, in respect of this Transaction, an amount is payable by Company to BofA, (i) pursuant to Section 9.7 of the Equity Definitions (except in the event of a Nationalization or Insolvency or a Merger Event, in each case, in which the consideration to be paid to holders of Shares consists solely of cash) or (ii) pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement (except in the event of an Event of Default in which Company is the Defaulting Party or a Termination Event in which Company is the Affected Party, other than an Event of Default of the type described in Section 5(a)(iii), (v), (vi), (vii) or (viii) of the Agreement or a Termination Event of the type described in Section 5(b)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi) of the Agreement in each case that resulted from an event or events outside Company’s control) (a “Payment Obligation”), Company may, in its sole discretion, satisfy any such Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative (as defined below) and shall give irrevocable telephonic notice to BofA, confirmed in writing within one Currency Business Day, no later than 12:00 p.m. New York local time on the Merger Date, the date of the occurrence of the Nationalization or Insolvency, or Early Termination Date, as applicable; provided that if Company does not validly elect to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, BofA shall have the right to require Company to satisfy its Payment Obligation by the Share Termination Alternative, notwithstanding Company’s election to satisfy its Payment Obligation by cash. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Company’s or BofA’s right to elect satisfaction of a Payment Obligation in the Share Termination Alternative as set forth in this clause shall only apply to Transactions under this Confirmation and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, (1) separate amounts shall be calculated with respect to (a) Transactions hereunder and (b) all other Transactions under the Agreement, and (2) such separate amounts shall be payable pursuant to Section 6(d)(ii) of the Agreement, subject to, in the case of clause (a), Company’s Share Termination Alternative right hereunder.

Share Termination Alternative: Applicable and means that Company shall deliver to BofA the Share Termination Delivery Property on the date (the “Share Termination Payment Date”) when the Payment Obligation would otherwise be due, subject to paragraph (o)(i) below, in satisfaction, subject to paragraph (o)(ii) below, of the Payment Obligation in the manner reasonably requested by BofA free of payment.

Share Termination Unit Price: The market value of property contained in one Share Termination Delivery Unit on the date such Share Termination Delivery Units are to be delivered as Share Termination Delivery Property, as determined by the Calculation Agent in its discretion by commercially reasonable means and notified by the Calculation Agent to Company at the time of notification of the Payment Obligation. In the case of a Private Placement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below) as set forth in paragraph (o)(i) below, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be determined by the discounted Settlement Price applicable to such Share Termination Delivery Units. In the case of a Registered Settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units that are Restricted Shares (as defined below) as set forth in paragraph (o)(ii) below, the Share Termination Unit Price shall be the Settlement Price, as discounted, on the Merger Date, the date of the occurrence of the Nationalization or Insolvency, or Early Termination Date, as applicable.

Failure to Deliver: Inapplicable

(o) Registration/Private Placement Procedures. If based on the advice of its counsel, BofA determines that, following any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property to BofA hereunder, such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property would be in the hands of BofA subject to any applicable restrictions with respect to any registration or qualification requirement or prospectus delivery requirement for such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property pursuant to any applicable federal or state securities law (including, without limitation, any such requirement arising under Section 5 of the Securities Act as a result of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being “restricted securities”, as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act, or as a result of the sale of such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property being subject to paragraph (c) of Rule 145 under the Securities Act) (such Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property, “Restricted Shares”), then delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be effected pursuant to either clause (i) or (ii) below at the election of Company, unless waived by BofA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, solely in respect of any Daily Number of Warrants exercised or deemed exercised on any Expiration Date, Company shall elect, prior to the first Settlement Date for the first Expiration Date, a Private Placement Settlement or Registered Settlement for all deliveries of Restricted Shares for all such Expiration Dates which election shall be applicable to all Settlement Dates for such Daily Number of Warrants and the procedures in clause (i) or clause (ii) below shall apply for all such delivered Restricted Shares on an aggregate basis commencing after the final Settlement Date for such Daily Number of Warrants. The Calculation Agent shall make reasonable adjustments to settlement terms and provisions under this Confirmation to reflect a single Private Placement or Registered Settlement for such aggregate Restricted Shares delivered hereunder.

(i) If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (i) (a “Private Placement Settlement”), then delivery of Restricted Shares by Company shall be effected in customary private placement procedures with respect to such Restricted Shares reasonably acceptable to BofA; provided that Company may not elect a Private Placement Settlement if, on the date of its election, it has taken, or caused to be taken, any action that would make unavailable either the exemption pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act for the sale by Company to BofA (or any affiliate designated by BofA) of the Restricted Shares or the exemption pursuant to Section 4(1) or Section 4(3) of the Securities Act for resales of the Restricted Shares by BofA (or any such affiliate of BofA). The Private Placement Settlement of such Restricted Shares shall include customary representations, covenants, blue sky and other governmental filings and/or registrations, indemnities to BofA, due diligence rights (for BofA or any designated buyer of the Restricted Shares by BofA), opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for private placement agreements, all reasonably acceptable to BofA. In the case of a Private Placement Settlement, BofA shall determine the appropriate discount to the Share Termination Unit Price (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to paragraph (n) above) or any Settlement Price (in the case of settlement of Shares pursuant to Section 2 above) applicable to such Restricted Shares in a commercially reasonable manner and appropriately adjust the number of such Restricted Shares to be delivered to BofA hereunder; provided that in no event shall such discount take into account any period of time after the Settlement Date, or the date on which the Payment Obligation is due; provided further that in no event such number shall be greater than 5,048,010 (the “Maximum Amount”). Notwithstanding the Agreement or this Confirmation, the date of delivery of such Restricted Shares shall be the Exchange Business Day following notice by BofA to Company, of such applicable discount and the number of Restricted Shares to be delivered pursuant to this clause (i). For the avoidance of doubt, delivery of Restricted Shares shall be due as set forth in the previous sentence and not be due on the Share Termination Payment Date (in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to paragraph (n) above) or on the Settlement Date for such Restricted Shares (in the case of settlement of Shares pursuant to Section 2 above), except to the extent the number of Restricted Shares to be delivered would require the approval of Company’s shareholders (as required by Rule 312.03 of the New York Stock Exchange Rules (“Rule 312.03”), in which event Company shall deliver that amount of Restricted Shares not requiring such approval.

In the event Company shall not have delivered the full number of Restricted Shares otherwise applicable as a result of the proviso above relating to the Maximum Amount and/or the application of Rule 312.03 (such deficit, the “Deficit Restricted Shares”), Company shall be continually obligated to deliver, from time to time until the full number of Deficit Restricted Shares have been delivered pursuant to this paragraph, Restricted Shares when, and to the extent, that (i) Shares are repurchased, acquired or otherwise received by Company or any of its subsidiaries after the Trade Date (whether or not in exchange for cash, fair value or any other consideration), (ii) authorized and unissued Shares reserved for issuance in respect of other transactions prior to such date which prior to such Settlement Date become no longer so reserved, (iii) Company additionally authorizes and unissued Shares that are not reserved for other transactions, or (iv) the shareholders of the Company have approved such issuance or the Company has obtained a waiver of the application of Rule 312.03 from the New York Stock Exchange. Company shall immediately notify BofA of the occurrence of any of the foregoing events (including the number of Shares subject to clause (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) and the corresponding number of Restricted Shares to be delivered) and promptly deliver such Restricted Shares thereafter.

In the event of a Private Placement, the Net Share Settlement Amount or the Payment Obligation, respectively, shall be deemed to be the Net Share Settlement Amount or the Payment Obligation, respectively, plus an additional amount (determined from time to time by the Calculation Agent in its commercially reasonable judgment) attributable to interest that would be earned on such Net Share Settlement Amount or the Payment Obligation, respectively, (increased on a daily basis to reflect the accrual of such interest and reduced from time to time by the amount of net proceeds received by BofA as provided herein) at a rate equal to the open Federal Funds Rate plus the Spread for the period from, and including, such Settlement Date or the date on which the Payment Obligation is due, respectively, to, but excluding, the related date on which all the Restricted Shares have been sold and calculated on an Actual/360 basis. The foregoing provision shall be without prejudice to BofA’s rights under the Agreement (including, without limitation, Sections 5 and 6 thereof).

As used in this clause (i), “Spread” means, with respect to any Net Share Settlement Amount or Payment Obligation, respectively, the credit spread over the applicable overnight rate that would be imposed if BofA were to extend credit to Company in an amount equal to such Net Share Settlement Amount, all as determined by the Calculation Agent using its commercially reasonable judgment as of the related Settlement Date or the date on which the Payment Obligation is due, respectively. Commercial reasonableness shall take into consideration all factors deemed relevant by the Calculation Agent, which are expected to include, among other things, the credit quality of Company (and any relevant affiliates) in the then-prevailing market and the credit spread of similar companies in the relevant industry and other companies having a substantially similar credit quality.

(ii) If Company elects to settle the Transaction pursuant to this clause (ii) (a “Registration Settlement”), then Company shall promptly (but in any event no later than the beginning of the Resale Period) file and use its reasonable best efforts to make effective under the Securities Act a registration statement or supplement or amend an outstanding registration statement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to BofA, to cover the resale of such Restricted Shares in accordance with customary resale registration procedures, including covenants, conditions, representations, underwriting discounts (if applicable), commissions (if applicable), indemnities, due diligence rights, opinions and certificates, and such other documentation as is customary for equity resale underwriting agreements, all reasonably acceptable to BofA. If BofA, in its sole reasonable discretion, is not satisfied with such procedures and documentation Private Placement Settlement shall apply. If BofA is satisfied with such procedures and documentation, it shall sell the Restricted Shares pursuant to such registration statement during a period (the “Resale Period”) commencing on the Exchange Business Day following delivery of such Restricted Shares (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be (x) any Settlement Date in the case of an exercise of Warrants prior to the first Expiration Date pursuant to Section 2 above, (y) the Share Termination Payment Date in case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units pursuant to paragraph (n) above or (z) the Settlement Date in respect of the final Expiration Date for all Daily Number of Warrants) and ending on the earliest of (i) the Exchange Business Day on which BofA completes the sale of all Restricted Shares or, in the case of settlement of Share Termination Delivery Units, a sufficient number of Restricted Shares so that the realized net proceeds of such sales exceed the Payment Obligation (as defined above), (ii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares have been sold or transferred pursuant to Rule 144 (or similar provisions then in force) or Rule 145(d)(1) or (2) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act and (iii) the date upon which all Restricted Shares may be sold or transferred by a non-affiliate pursuant to Rule 144(k) (or any similar provision then in force) or Rule 145(d)(3) (or any similar provision then in force) under the Securities Act. If the Payment Obligation exceeds the realized net proceeds from such resale, Company shall transfer to BofA by the open of the regular trading session on the Exchange on the Exchange Business Day immediately following the last day of the Resale Period the amount of such excess (the “Additional Amount”) in cash or in a number of Shares (“Make-whole Shares”) in an amount that, based on the Settlement Price on the last day of the Resale Period (as if such day was the “Valuation Date” for purposes of computing such Settlement Price), has a dollar value equal to the Additional Amount. The Resale Period shall continue to enable the sale of the Make-whole Shares. If Company elects to pay the Additional Amount in Shares, the requirements and provisions for Registration Settlement shall apply. This provision shall be applied successively until the Additional Amount is equal to zero. In no event shall Company deliver a number of Restricted Shares greater than the Maximum Amount.

(iii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and subject to any change or amendment that affects the effectiveness of Rule 144 under the Securities Act, Company agrees that any Restricted Shares delivered to BofA, as purchaser of such Restricted Shares, (i) may be transferred by and among BofA and its affiliates and Company shall effect such transfer without any further action by BofA and (ii) after the minimum “holding period” within the meaning of Rule 144(d) under the Securities Act has elapsed after any Settlement Date for such Restricted Shares, Company shall promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Restricted Shares to remove, any legends referring to any such restrictions or requirements from such Restricted Shares upon delivery by BofA (or such affiliate of BofA) to Company or such transfer agent of seller’s and broker’s representation letters customarily delivered by BofA in connection with resales of restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act, without any further requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by BofA (or such affiliate of BofA).

(p) Limit on Beneficial Ownership. Notwithstanding any other provisions hereof, BofA may not exercise any Warrant hereunder, and Automatic Exercise shall not apply with respect thereto, to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such receipt, BofA would directly or indirectly beneficially own (as such term is defined for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act) in excess of 8.0% of the outstanding Shares. Any purported delivery hereunder shall be void and have no effect to the extent (but only to the extent) that, after such delivery, BofA would directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of 8.0% of the outstanding Shares. If any delivery owed to BofA hereunder is not made, in whole or in part, as a result of this provision, Company’s obligation to make such delivery shall not be extinguished and Company shall make such delivery as promptly as practicable after, but in no event later than one Business Day after, BofA gives notice to Company that, after such delivery, BofA would not directly or indirectly so beneficially own in excess of 8.0% of the outstanding Shares.

(q) Share Deliveries. Subject to Rule 144 of the Securities Act remaining in effect, Company acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent the holder of this Warrant is not then an affiliate and has not been an affiliate for 90 days (it being understood that BofA will not be considered an affiliate under this paragraph solely by reason of its receipt of Shares pursuant to this Transaction), and otherwise satisfies all holding period and other requirements of Rule 144 of the Securities Act applicable to it, any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Property hereunder at any time after 2 years from the Trade Date shall be eligible for resale under Rule 144(k) of the Securities Act and Company agrees to promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Shares or Share Termination Property, to remove, any legends referring to any restrictions on resale under the Securities Act from the Shares or Share Termination Property. Company further agrees, for any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Property hereunder at any time after 1 year from the Trade Date but within 2 years of the Trade Date, to the to the extent the holder of this Warrant then satisfies the holding period and other requirements of Rule 144 of the Securities Act, to promptly remove, or cause the transfer agent for such Restricted Share to remove, any legends referring to any such restrictions or requirements from such Restricted Shares. Such Restricted Shares will be de-legended upon delivery by BofA (or such affiliate of BofA) to Company or such transfer agent of customary seller’s and broker’s representation letters in connection with resales of restricted securities pursuant to Rule 144 of the Securities Act, without any further requirement for the delivery of any certificate, consent, agreement, opinion of counsel, notice or any other document, any transfer tax stamps or payment of any other amount or any other action by BofA (or such affiliate of BofA). Company further agrees that any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property prior to the date that is 1 year from the Trade Date, may be transferred by and among BofA and its affiliates and Company shall effect such transfer without any further action by BofA. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, Company agrees that any delivery of Shares or Share Termination Delivery Property shall be effected by book-entry transfer through the facilities of DTC, or any successor depositary, if at the time of delivery, such class of Shares or class of Share Termination Delivery Property is in book-entry form at DTC or such successor depositary. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent the provisions of Rule 144 of the Securities Act or any successor rule are amended, or the applicable interpretation thereof by the Securities and Exchange Commission or any court change after the Trade Date, the agreements of Company herein shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary, in the opinion of outside counsel of Company, to comply with Rule 144 of the Securities Act, including Rule 144(k) as in effect at the time of delivery of the relevant Shares or Share Termination Property.

(r) Hedging Disruption Event. The occurrence of a Hedging Disruption Event will constitute an Additional Termination Event under the Agreement permitting BofA to terminate the Transaction, with Company as the sole Affected Party and the Transaction as the sole Affected Transaction. “Hedging Disruption Event” shall have occurred if (1) BofA, despite using commercially reasonable efforts, is unable or reasonably determines that it is impractical or illegal, to (A) borrow Shares to hedge its exposure with respect to the Transaction at a stock loan rebate rate equal to or in excess of zero, or the prevailing stock loan rebate rate for the Shares, as determined by the Calculation Agent, is less than zero; or (B) hedge its obligations pursuant to this Transaction in the public market without registration under the Securities Act or as a result of any legal, regulatory or self-regulatory requirements or related policies and procedures (whether or not such requirements, policies or procedures are imposed by law or have been voluntarily adopted by BofA).

(s) Governing Law. New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).

(t) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each party waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right it may have to a trial by jury in respect of any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Transaction. Each party (i) certifies that no representative, agent or attorney of the other party has represented, expressly or otherwise, that such other party would not, in the event of such a suit, action or proceeding, seek to enforce the foregoing waiver and (ii) acknowledges that it and the other party have been induced to enter into this Transaction, as applicable, by, among other things, the mutual waivers and certifications provided herein.

(u) Tax Disclosure. Effective from the date of commencement of discussions concerning the Transaction, Company and each of its employees, representatives, or other agents may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the tax treatment and tax structure of the Transaction and all materials of any kind (including opinions or other tax analyses) that are provided to Company relating to such tax treatment and tax structure.

(v) Maximum Share Delivery. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Confirmation or the Agreement, in no event will Company be required to deliver more than the Maximum Amount of Shares in the aggregate to BofA in connection with this Transaction, subject to the provisions regarding Deficit Restricted Shares.

(w) Status of Claims in Bankruptcy. BofA acknowledges and agrees that this Confirmation is not intended to convey to BofA rights with respect to the Transaction that are senior to the claims of common stockholders in any U.S. bankruptcy proceedings of Company; provided that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit BofA’s right to pursue remedies in the event of a breach by Company of its obligations and agreements with respect to the Transaction; provided, further, that nothing herein shall limit or shall be deemed to limit BofA’s rights in respect of any transactions other than the Transaction.

(x) Securities Contract; Swap Agreement. The parties hereto agree and acknowledge that BofA is a “financial institution,” “swap participant” and “financial participant” within the meaning of Sections 101(22), 101(53C) and 101(22A) of Title 11 of the United States Code (the “Bankruptcy Code”). The parties hereto further agree and acknowledge (A) that this Confirmation is (i) a “securities contract,” as such term is defined in Section 741(7) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder is a “settlement payment,” as such term is defined in Section 741(8) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (ii) a “swap agreement,” as such term is defined in Section 101(53B) of the Bankruptcy Code, with respect to which each payment and delivery hereunder is a “transfer,” as such term is defined in Section 101(54) of the Bankruptcy Code, and (B) that BofA is entitled to the protections afforded by, among other sections, Section 362(b)(6), 362(b)(17), 546(e), 546(g), 555 and 560 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Company hereby agrees (a) to check this Confirmation carefully and immediately upon receipt so that errors or discrepancies can be promptly identified and rectified and (b) to confirm that the foregoing (in the exact form provided by BofA) correctly sets forth the terms of the agreement between BofA and Company with respect to the Transaction, by manually signing this Confirmation or this page hereof as evidence of agreement to such terms and providing the other information requested herein and immediately returning an executed copy to Chris Hutmaker, Facsimile No. 212-326-9882.

Yours faithfully,

Bank of America, N.A.

By: /s/ Eric P. Hembleton
Authorized Signatory: Eric P. Hembleton
Title: Authorized Signatory

Agreed and Accepted
as of the Trade Date:

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

By:/s/ John C. Rickel

Authorized Signatory

Name: John C. Rickel

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

June 23, 2006


To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

Re: Call Option Transaction Amendment

The purpose of this letter agreement (the “Amendment”) is to amend the terms and conditions of the Transaction (the “Transaction”) entered into among JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch (“JPMorgan”) and Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (the “Counterparty”) pursuant to a letter agreement (the “Confirmation”) dated June 20, 2006, pursuant to which the Counterparty purchased from JPMorgan a Number of Options equal to 100,000 in connection with the issuance by Counterparty of USD 250,000,000 principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Initial Convertible Notes”) under the Indenture to be dated June 26, 2006 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. This Amendment relates to, and sets forth the terms of, the purchase by the Counterparty from JPMorgan of an additional Number of Options (the “Additional Number of Options”) in connection with the issuance by the Counterparty of an additional USD 37,500,000 principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Additional Convertible Notes”, and together with the Initial Convertible Notes, the “Convertible Notes”) to the initial purchasers of the Convertible Notes as a result of their exercise of the right granted with respect to such Additional Convertible Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated June 20, 2006 and related to the Convertible Notes.

Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, all references to “Number of Options” and “Transaction” in the Confirmation, as amended, will include the Additional Number of Options purchased by Counterparty pursuant to the terms set forth below, all references to “Convertible Notes” will include the Additional Convertible Notes and, except to the extent specified below, all other provisions of the Confirmation shall apply to the Additional Number of Options as if such Additional Number of Options were originally subject to the Confirmation. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Confirmation.

The terms relating to the purchase of the Additional Number of Options are as follows:

1. The “Trade Date” with respect to the Additional Number of Options will be June 23, 2006.

2. The “Number of Options” for the Transaction will be “115,000” reflecting an addition of 15,000 Additional Number of Options.

3. The “Premium” for the Transaction will be $46,500,600 reflecting an increase of the premium payable by the Counterparty to JPMorgan in the amount of $6,246,600 for the Additional Number of Options.

4. The “Premium Payment Date” with respect to the premium for the Additional Number of Options will be June 26, 2006.

5. Counterparty hereby repeats the representations, warranties and agreements contained in the Confirmation with respect to the Amendment or with respect to the Confirmation, as amended by the Amendment, as the context requires.

6. Except as amended hereby, all the terms of the Transaction and provisions in the Confirmation shall remain and continue in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects.

7. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if all of the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

8. The provisions of this Amendment shall be governed by the New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).

9. The Counterparty represents that, except as disclosed in writing by the Counterparty to JPMorgan or as described in the prospectus relating to the Convertible Notes, neither it nor any of its affiliates has purchased any Shares in purchases of blocks (as contemplated by Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) during each of the four calendar weeks preceding the date hereof. The Counterparty further covenants and agrees that neither it or any of its affiliates will purchase any Shares prior to the Closing Date (or the Early Unwind Date if the Closing Date does not occur prior to the Early Unwind Date)

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Amendment and returning it to EDG Confirmation Group, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., 277 Park Avenue, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10172-3401, or by fax on 212 622 8519.

Very truly yours,

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

By: /s/ Sudheer Tegulapalle

Authorized Signatory

Name: Sudheer Tegulapalle

Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

By: /s/ Jeffrey Cameron

Authorized Signatory

Name: Jeffrey Cameron

Bank of America, N.A.

c/o Banc of America Securities LLC

9 West 57^th Street

New York, NY 10019

June 23, 2006


To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

Re: Call Option Transaction Amendment

The purpose of this letter agreement (the “Amendment”) is to amend the terms and conditions of the Transaction (the “Transaction”) entered into among Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”) and Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (the “Counterparty”) pursuant to a letter agreement (the “Confirmation”) dated June 20, 2006, pursuant to which the Counterparty purchased from BofA a Number of Options equal to 150,000 in connection with the issuance by Counterparty of USD 250,000,000 principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Initial Convertible Notes”) under the Indenture to be dated June 26, 2006 between Counterparty and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee. This Amendment relates to, and sets forth the terms of, the purchase by the Counterparty from BofA of an additional Number of Options (the “Additional Number of Options”) in connection with the issuance by the Counterparty of an additional USD 37,500,000 principal amount of 2.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2036 (the “Additional Convertible Notes”, and together with the Initial Convertible Notes, the “Convertible Notes”) to the initial purchasers of the Convertible Notes as a result of their exercise of the right granted with respect to such Additional Convertible Notes pursuant to the Purchase Agreement dated June 20, 2006 and related to the Convertible Notes.

The terms relating to the purchase of the Additional Number of Options are as follows:

1. The “Trade Date” with respect to the Additional Number of Options will be June 23, 2006.

2. The “Number of Options” for the Transaction will be “172,500” reflecting an addition of 22,500 Additional Number of Options.

3. The “Premium” for the Transaction will be $69,750,900 reflecting an increase of the premium payable by the Counterparty to BofA in the amount of $9,369,900 for the Additional Number of Options.

4. The “Premium Payment Date” with respect to the premium for the Additional Number of Options will be June 26, 2006.

6. Except as amended hereby, all the terms of the Transaction and provisions in the Confirmation shall remain and continue in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects.

7. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if all of the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

8. The provisions of this Amendment shall be governed by the New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).

9. The Counterparty represents that, except as disclosed in writing by the Counterparty to BofA or as described in the prospectus relating to the Convertible Notes, neither it nor any of its affiliates has purchased any Shares in purchases of blocks (as contemplated by Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) during each of the four calendar weeks preceding the date hereof. The Counterparty further covenants and agrees that neither it or any of its affiliates will purchase any Shares prior to the Closing Date (or the Early Unwind Date if the Closing Date does not occur prior to the Early Unwind Date)

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Amendment and returning it to Chris Hutmaker, Facsimile No. 212 326 9882.

Very truly yours,

Bank of America, N.A.

By: /s/ Eric P. Hambleton

Authorized Signatory

Name: Eric P. Hambleton

Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

By: /s/ Jeffrey Cameron

Authorized Signatory

Name: Jeffrey Cameron

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

P.O. Box 161

60 Victoria Embankment

London EC4Y 0JP

England

June 23, 2006


To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

Re: Warrants Transaction Amendment

The purpose of this letter agreement (the “Amendment”) is to amend the terms and conditions of the Transaction (the “Transaction”) entered into between JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch (“JPMorgan”) and Group 1 Automotive, Inc., (the “Company”) pursuant to a letter agreement (the “Confirmation”) dated June 20, 2006, pursuant to which JPMorgan has purchased from the Company a Number of Warrants equal to 1,682,670. This Amendment relates to, and sets forth the terms of, the purchase by JPMorgan from the Company of an additional Number of Warrants (the “Additional Number of Warrants”).

Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment to the Confirmation, all references to “Number of Warrants” and “Transaction” in the Confirmation, as amended, will include the Additional Number of Warrants purchased by Company pursuant to the terms set forth below and, except to the extent specified below, all other provisions of the Confirmation shall apply to the Additional Number of Warrants as if such Additional Number of Warrants were originally subject to Confirmation. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Confirmation.

The terms relating to the purchase of the Additional Number of Warrants are as follows:

1. The “Trade Date” with respect to the Additional Number of Warrants will be June 23, 2006 .

2. The “Number of Warrants” for the Transaction will be “1,935,071” reflecting an addition of 252,401 Additional Number of Warrants.

3. The “Maximum Number of Warrants” for the Transaction will be “1,935,071” reflecting an addition of 252,401 Additional Number of Warrants.

4. The “Maximum Amount,” as defined in Section 9(p), will be “3,870,142.”

5. The “Premium” for the Transaction will be $32,220,500 reflecting an increase of the premium payable by JPMorgan to the Company in the amount of $4,366,500 for to the Additional Number of Warrants.

6. The “Premium Payment Date” with respect to the premium for the Additional Number of Warrants will be June 26, 2006.

7. The Company hereby repeats the representations, warranties and agreements contained in the Confirmation with respect to the Amendment or with respect to the Confirmation, as amended by the Amendment, as the context requires.

8. Except as amended hereby, all the terms of the Transaction and provisions in the Confirmation shall remain and continue in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects.

9. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if all of the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

10. The provisions of this Amendment shall be governed by the New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).

11. The Company represents that, except as disclosed in writing by the Company to JPMorgan or as described in the prospectus relating to the Convertible Notes, neither it nor any of its affiliates has purchased any Shares in purchases of blocks (as contemplated by Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) during each of the four calendar weeks preceding the date hereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that neither it or any of its affiliates will purchase any Shares prior to the Closing Date (or the Early Unwind Date if the Closing Date does not occur prior to the Early Unwind Date).

Very truly yours,

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., as agent for JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

By: /s/ Sudheer Tegulapalle

Authorized Signatory

Name: Sudheer Tegulapalle

Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

By: /s/ Jeffrey Cameron

Authorized Signatory

Name: Jeffrey Cameron

Bank of America, N.A.

c/o Banc of America Securities LLC

9 West 57^th Street

New York, NY 10019

June 23, 2006


To: Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024 Attention: Kim Craig Telephone No.:			(713) 647-5742
Facsimile No.:			(713) 647-5858

Re: Warrants Transaction Amendment

The purpose of this letter agreement (the “Amendment”) is to amend the terms and conditions of the Transaction (the “Transaction”) entered into between Bank of America, N.A. (“BofA”) and Group 1 Automotive, Inc., (the “Company”) pursuant to a letter agreement (the “Confirmation”) dated June 20, 2006, pursuant to which BofA has purchased from the Company a Number of Warrants equal to 2,524,005. This Amendment relates to, and sets forth the terms of, the purchase by BofA from the Company of an additional Number of Warrants (the “Additional Number of Warrants”).

The terms relating to the purchase of the Additional Number of Warrants are as follows:

1. The “Trade Date” with respect to the Additional Number of Warrants will be June 23, 2006 .

2. The “Number of Warrants” for the Transaction will be “2,902,606” reflecting an addition of 378,601 Additional Number of Warrants.

3. The “Maximum Number of Warrants” for the Transaction will be “2,902,606” reflecting an addition of 378,601 Additional Number of Warrants.

4. The “Maximum Amount,” as defined in Section 9(o), will be “5,805,212.”

5. The “Premium” for the Transaction will be $48,330,750 reflecting an increase of the premium payable by BofA to the Company in the amount of $6,549,750 for to the Additional Number of Warrants.

6. The “Premium Payment Date” with respect to the premium for the Additional Number of Warrants will be June 26, 2006.

8. Except as amended hereby, all the terms of the Transaction and provisions in the Confirmation shall remain and continue in full force and effect and are hereby confirmed in all respects.

9. This Amendment may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if all of the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

10. The provisions of this Amendment shall be governed by the New York law (without reference to choice of law doctrine).

11. The Company represents that, except as disclosed in writing by the Company to BofA or as described in the prospectus relating to the Convertible Notes, neither it nor any of its affiliates has purchased any Shares in purchases of blocks (as contemplated by Rule 10b-18 under the Exchange Act) during each of the four calendar weeks preceding the date hereof. The Company further covenants and agrees that neither it or any of its affiliates will purchase any Shares prior to the Closing Date (or the Early Unwind Date if the Closing Date does not occur prior to the Early Unwind Date).

Please confirm that the foregoing correctly sets forth the terms of our agreement by executing this Amendment and returning it to Chris Hutmaker, Facsimile No. 212 326 9882.

Very truly yours,

Bank of America, N.A.

By: /s/ Eric P. Hambleton

Authorized Signatory

Name: Eric P. Hambleton

Accepted and confirmed

as of the Trade Date:

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.

By: /s/ Jeffrey Cameron

Authorized Signatory

Name: Jeffrey Cameron

NEWS RELEASE 950 Echo Lane, Suite 100 Houston, TX 77024


AT GROUP 1:	President and CEO	Earl J. Hesterberg	(713) 647-5700

	Senior Vice President and CFO	John C. Rickel	(713) 647-5700

	Manager, Investor Relations	Kim Paper Canning	(713) 647-5700

AT Fleishman-Hillard:	Investors/Media	Russell A. Johnson	(713) 513-9515

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MONDAY, JUNE 26, 2006

GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE COMPLETES SALE OF CONVERTIBLE SENIOR NOTES

HOUSTON, June 26, 2006 — Group 1 Automotive, Inc. (NYSE: GPI), a Fortune 500 automotive retailer, today announced it has completed the previously announced sale of its 2.25% convertible senior notes due 2036 (the “Convertible Notes”) in a private offering to qualified institutional buyers (the “Initial Purchasers”) under Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. The Company issued $287.5 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes, which included the amount sold upon the exercise in full of the over-allotment option granted to the Initial Purchasers. The Convertible Notes may be convertible into cash and, if applicable, shares of Group 1 stock, based on an initial conversion price of approximately $59.43 per share.

The Company used the net proceeds from the issuance of the Convertible Notes to repay a portion of its existing floor plan borrowings under its Credit Facility, which may be re-borrowed. In addition, the Company repurchased 933,800 shares of its common stock at an average price of $53.54 in connection with the offering, and paid the approximately $35.7 million net cost of convertible note hedge and warrant transactions entered into in respect of its common stock with affiliates of certain of the Initial Purchasers to increase the effective conversion premium on the Convertible Notes to $80.31 per share.

The Convertible Notes and the common stock issuable upon conversion of the Convertible Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

This press release is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of an offer to buy the Convertible Notes, nor shall there be any sale of these notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

About Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
Group 1 owns 94 automotive dealerships comprised of 135 franchises, 33 brands and 30 collision service centers in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma and Texas. Through its dealerships, the company sells new and used cars and light trucks; arranges related financing, vehicle service and insurance contracts; provides maintenance and repair services; and sells replacement parts.


Delaware	1-13461	76-0506313
_____________________ (State or other jurisdiction	_____________ (Commission	______________ (I.R.S. Employer
of incorporation)	File Number)	Identification No.)

950 Echo Lane, Suite 100, Houston, Texas		77024
_________________________________ (Address of principal executive offices)		___________ (Zip Code)


	Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

June 26, 2006	By:	John C. Rickel

		Name: John C. Rickel
		Title: Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit No.		Description

4.1		Purchase Agreement, dated June 20, 2006, among Group 1 Automotive, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Comerica Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
4.2		Indenture related to the Convertible Senior Notes, due 2036, dated as of June 26, 2006, between Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (including form of 2.25% Convertible Senior Note due 2036).
4.3		Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2006, among Group 1 Automotive, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Banc of America Securities LLC, Comerica Securities Inc., Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, and U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
4.4		Letter Agreement dated as of June 20, 2006 by and between Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.
4.5		Letter Agreement dated as of June 20, 2006 by and between Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
4.6		Letter Agreement dated as of June 20, 2006 by and between Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.
4.7		Letter Agreement dated as of June 20, 2006 by and between Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
4.8		Amendment, dated as of June 23, 2006, to Letter Agreement dated as of June 20, 2006, by and between Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.
4.9		Amendment, dated as of June 23, 2006, to Letter Agreement dated as of June 20, 2006, by and between Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
4.10		Amendment, dated as of June 23, 2006, to Letter Agreement dated as of June 20, 2006, by and between Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, London Branch.
4.11		Amendment, dated as of June 23, 2006, to Letter Agreement dated as of June 20, 2006, by and between Group 1 Automotive, Inc. and Bank of America, N.A.
99.1		Press release of Group 1 Automotive, Inc., dated as of June 26, 2006.


	Principal
	Amount
Initial Purchaser	of Securities
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.	$	187,500,000
Banc of America Securities LLC	$	18,750,000
Comerica Securities Inc.	$	12,500,000
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated	$	12,500,000
Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC	$	12,500,000
U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.	$	6,250,000
Total	$	250,000,000


Directors:		John L. Adams Earl J. Hesterberg Robert E. Howard, II Luis E. Laitart Stephen D. Quinn Max P. Watson, Jr. Terry Strange

Officers:		Joseph C. Herman John C. Rickel Randy L. Callison


Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported):		June 26, 2006


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:		713-647-5700


GROUP 1 AUTOMOTIVE, INC.
By:		/s/ John C. Rickel


Name: John C. Rickel

Title: Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


By: /s/ Santosh Sreenivasan

Name: Title:		Santosh Sreenivasan Vice President


Term	Defined in Section
“Additional Shares”		12.03

“Adjustment Event”		12.02	(m)

“Agent Members”		2.09	(a)

“Authenticating Agent”		2.04

“Certificate of Destruction”		2.14

“Company Notice”		11.03	(a)

“Company Notice Date”		11.03	(a)

“Company Order”		2.04

“Conversion Date”		12.01	(b)

“Daily Settlement Amount”		12.01	(c)

“Daily Conversion Value”		12.01	(c)

“Daily VWAP”		12.01	(c)

“Defaulted Interest”		2.15

“Determination Date”		12.02	(m)

“Effective Date”		12.03	(b)

“Event of Default”		6.01

“Expiration Time”		12.02	(e)

“Fundamental Change Purchase Date”		11.01

“Fundamental Change Purchase Notice”		11.01	(b)

“Fundamental Change Purchase Price”		11.01

“Global Security Legend”	2.03(iv)

“Initial Dividend Threshold”		12.02	(d)

“judgment default provision”		6.01

“Legal Holiday”		13.08

“Measurement Period”	12.01(a)(ii)

“Paying Agent”		2.05

“Public Acquirer Common Stock”		1.01

“Publicly Traded Securities”		1.01

“Purchase Date”		11.02	(a)

“Purchase Notice”		11.02(a	)(i)

“Purchase Price”		11.02	(a)

“Reorganization Event”		12.05

“Reference Property”		12.05

“Registrar”		2.05

“Redemption Price”		5.01

“Restricted Securities”		2.03

“Restricted Securities Legend”		2.03

“Securities Register”		2.05

“Settlement Amount”		12.01	(c)

“Special Interest Payment Date”		2.15	(a)

“Special Record Date”		2.15	(a)

“Spin-Off”		12.02	(c)

“Successor Company”		4.01	(a)


where,

CR₀	=	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to such event

CR’	=	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after such event

OS₀	=	the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to such event

OS’	=	the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after such event.


where,

CR₀	=	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the Record Date for such distribution

CR’	=	the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Record Date for such distribution

SP₀	=	the Last Reported Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately preceding the Ex-Dividend Date for such distribution

C	=	the amount in cash per share the Company distributes to holders of Common Stock in excess of the Initial Dividend Threshold, in the case of a regular quarterly dividend, or, in the case of any other dividend or distribution, the full amount of such dividend or distribution.


where,

CR₀	=	the Conversion Rate in effect on the date such tender or exchange offer expires

CR’	=	the Conversion Rate in effect on the day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires

AC	=	the aggregate value of all cash and any other consideration (as determined by the Board of Directors) paid or payable for shares purchased in such tender or exchange offer

OS₀	=	the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately prior to the date such tender or exchange offer expires

OS’	=	the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the date such tender or exchange offer expires

SP’	=	the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices of Common Stock over the 10 consecutive Trading Day period commencing on the Trading Day next succeeding the date such tender or exchange offer expires.