THIS INDENTURE, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER, ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE OMNIBUS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF , 20 , BETWEEN THE TRUSTEE AND THE OTHER CREDITORS PARTY THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THE COMPANY AND THE...
Exhibit (d)(3)
THIS INDENTURE, AND THE RIGHTS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER, ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE OMNIBUS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF , 20 , BETWEEN THE TRUSTEE AND THE OTHER CREDITORS PARTY THERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, AND THE COMPANY AND THE GUARANTORS, AS AMENDED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS THEREOF.
FIBERTOWER CORPORATION
9.00% MANDATORILY REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE 2012
Dated as of , 2009
Well Fargo Bank, National Association,
as Trustee
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
Trust Indenture |
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Indenture Section |
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310 |
(a)(1) |
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8.10 |
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(a)(2) |
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8.10 |
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(a)(3) |
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N.A. |
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(a)(4) |
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N.A. |
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(a)(5) |
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8.10 |
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(b) |
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8.10 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
311 |
(a) |
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8.11 |
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(b) |
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8.11 |
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(c) |
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N.A. |
312 |
(a) |
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2.05 |
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(b) |
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14.03 |
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(c) |
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14.03 |
313 |
(a) |
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8.06 |
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(b)(1) |
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11.04 |
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(b)(2) |
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8.07;11.04 |
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(c) |
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8.06;14.02 |
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(d) |
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8.06 |
314 |
(a) |
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5.03;14.02 |
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(b) |
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11.02 |
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(c)(1) |
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14.04 |
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(c)(2) |
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14.04 |
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(c)(3) |
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N.A. |
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(d) |
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11.04;11.05;11.06 |
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(e) |
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14.05 |
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(f) |
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N.A. |
315 |
(a) |
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8.01 |
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(b) |
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8.05;14.02 |
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(c) |
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8.01 |
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(d) |
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8.01 |
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(e) |
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7.11 |
316 |
(a) (last sentence) |
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2.09 |
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(a)(1)(A) |
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7.05 |
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(a)(1)(B) |
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7.04 |
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(a)(2) |
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N.A. |
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(b) |
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7.07 |
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(c) |
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2.12 |
317 |
(a)(1) |
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7.08 |
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(a)(2) |
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7.09 |
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(b) |
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2.04 |
318 |
(a) |
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14.01 |
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(b) |
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N.A. |
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(c) |
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14.01 |
N.A. means not applicable.
* This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1. |
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DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION |
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BY REFERENCE |
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Section 1.01. |
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Definitions |
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Section 1.02. |
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Other Definitions |
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Section 1.03. |
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act |
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Section 1.04. |
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Rules of Construction |
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ARTICLE 2. |
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THE NOTES |
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Section 2.01. |
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Form and Dating |
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Section 2.02. |
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Execution and Authentication |
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31 |
Section 2.03. |
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Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Depositary |
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Section 2.04. |
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Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust |
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Section 2.05. |
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Holder Lists |
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Section 2.06. |
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Transfer and Exchange |
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Section 2.07. |
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Replacement Notes |
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44 |
Section 2.08. |
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Outstanding Notes |
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45 |
Section 2.09. |
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Treasury Notes |
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45 |
Section 2.10. |
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Temporary Notes |
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45 |
Section 2.11. |
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Cancellation |
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45 |
Section 2.12. |
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Defaulted Interest |
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46 |
Section 2.13. |
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CUSIP Numbers |
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46 |
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ARTICLE 3. |
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT |
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Section 3.01. |
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Notices to Trustee |
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Section 3.02. |
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Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased |
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Section 3.03. |
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Notice of Redemption |
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47 |
Section 3.04. |
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Effect of Notice of Redemption |
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48 |
Section 3.05. |
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Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price |
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48 |
Section 3.06. |
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Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part |
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49 |
Section 3.07. |
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Optional Redemption |
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49 |
Section 3.08. |
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Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Designated Event |
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49 |
Section 3.09. |
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Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds |
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53 |
Section 3.10. |
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Redemption at Maturity |
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55 |
Section 3.11. |
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Mandatory Redemption |
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55 |
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ARTICLE 4. |
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CONVERSION |
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Section 4.01. |
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Conversion Right and Conversion Rate |
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Section 4.02. |
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Conversion Consideration |
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58 |
Section 4.03. |
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Exercise of Conversion Right |
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58 |
Section 4.04. |
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Fractions of Shares |
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60 |
Section 4.05. |
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Adjustment of Conversion Rate |
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61 |
Section 4.06. |
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Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Rate |
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67 |
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Section 4.07. |
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Notice of Certain Corporate Action |
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67 |
Section 4.08. |
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Cancellation of Converted Notes |
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68 |
Section 4.09. |
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Provision in Case of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets |
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68 |
Section 4.10. |
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[Intentionally Omitted.] |
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69 |
Section 4.11. |
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Share Issuance Cap |
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69 |
Section 4.12. |
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Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock |
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69 |
Section 4.13. |
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Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions |
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70 |
Section 4.14. |
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Certain Regulatory Requirements |
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70 |
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ARTICLE 5. |
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COVENANTS |
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Section 5.01. |
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Payment of Notes |
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Section 5.02. |
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Maintenance of Office or Agency |
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71 |
Section 5.03. |
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Reports |
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71 |
Section 5.04. |
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Compliance Certificate |
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72 |
Section 5.05. |
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Taxes |
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73 |
Section 5.06. |
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Stay, Extension and Usury Laws |
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73 |
Section 5.07. |
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Limitation on Restricted Payments |
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73 |
Section 5.08. |
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Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries |
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74 |
Section 5.09. |
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Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock |
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75 |
Section 5.10. |
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Limitation on Asset Sales |
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78 |
Section 5.11. |
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Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates |
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80 |
Section 5.12. |
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Limitation on Liens |
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81 |
Section 5.13. |
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Conduct of Business |
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81 |
Section 5.14. |
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Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
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81 |
Section 5.15. |
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Issuance and Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries |
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82 |
Section 5.16. |
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Maintenance of Insurance |
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82 |
Section 5.17. |
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Payments for Consent |
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83 |
Section 5.18. |
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Additional Guarantees |
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83 |
Section 5.19. |
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Anti-Layering |
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84 |
Section 5.20. |
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Further Assurances Relating to Collateral |
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84 |
Section 5.21. |
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Real Estate Mortgages and Filings |
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84 |
Section 5.22. |
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Corporate Existence |
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85 |
Section 5.23. |
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New License Subsidiary; Transfer of FCC Licenses |
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86 |
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ARTICLE 6. |
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SUCCESSORS |
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Section 6.01. |
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Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets |
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86 |
Section 6.02. |
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Successor Corporation Substituted |
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87 |
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ARTICLE 7. |
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES |
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Section 7.01. |
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Events of Default |
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Section 7.02. |
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Acceleration |
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90 |
Section 7.03. |
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Other Remedies |
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91 |
Section 7.04. |
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Waiver of Past Defaults |
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91 |
Section 7.05. |
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Control by Majority |
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91 |
Section 7.06. |
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Limitation on Suits |
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91 |
Section 7.07. |
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Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment |
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92 |
Section 7.08. |
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Collection Suit by Trustee |
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92 |
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Section 7.09. |
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Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
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92 |
Section 7.10. |
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Priorities |
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93 |
Section 7.11. |
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Undertaking for Costs |
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94 |
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ARTICLE 8. |
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TRUSTEE |
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Section 8.01. |
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Duties of Trustee |
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94 |
Section 8.02. |
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Rights of Trustee |
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95 |
Section 8.03. |
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Individual Rights of Trustee |
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96 |
Section 8.04. |
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Trustee’s Disclaimer |
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96 |
Section 8.05. |
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Notice of Defaults |
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96 |
Section 8.06. |
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Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes |
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97 |
Section 8.07. |
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Compensation and Indemnity |
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97 |
Section 8.08. |
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Replacement of Trustee |
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98 |
Section 8.09. |
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Successor Trustee by Merger, etc |
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99 |
Section 8.10. |
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Eligibility; Disqualification |
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99 |
Section 8.11. |
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Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company |
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99 |
Section 8.12. |
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Powers of Trustee Subject to Communications Act |
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99 |
Section 8.13. |
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Trustee as Paying Agent, Conversion Agent, Registrar and Collateral Agent |
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99 |
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ARTICLE 9. |
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE |
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Section 9.01. |
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Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance |
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100 |
Section 9.02. |
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Legal Defeasance and Discharge |
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100 |
Section 9.03. |
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Covenant Defeasance |
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100 |
Section 9.04. |
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Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance |
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101 |
Section 9.05. |
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Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions |
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102 |
Section 9.06. |
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Repayment to Company |
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103 |
Section 9.07. |
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Reinstatement |
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103 |
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ARTICLE 10. |
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER |
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Section 10.01. |
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Without Consent of Holders of Notes |
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104 |
Section 10.02. |
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With Consent of Holders of Notes |
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105 |
Section 10.03. |
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Compliance with Trust Indenture Act |
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107 |
Section 10.04. |
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Revocation and Effect of Consents |
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107 |
Section 10.05. |
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Notation on or Exchange of Notes |
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107 |
Section 10.06. |
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Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc |
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107 |
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ARTICLE 11. |
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COLLATERAL AND SECURITY |
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Section 11.01. |
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Collateral Agreements |
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108 |
Section 11.02. |
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Recording and Opinions |
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109 |
Section 11.03. |
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Agreements Requiring Application of Proceeds of Collateral |
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109 |
Section 11.04. |
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Release of Collateral |
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109 |
Section 11.05. |
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Certificates of the Company |
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111 |
Section 11.06. |
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Certificates of the Trustee |
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111 |
Section 11.07. |
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Authorization of Actions to Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Collateral Agreements |
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111 |
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Section 11.08. |
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Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Collateral Agreements |
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112 |
Section 11.09. |
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Relative Rights |
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112 |
Section 11.10. |
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Limitation on Duty of Trustee and Collateral Agent as to Collateral; Indemnification |
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112 |
Section 11.11. |
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Authorization of Intercreditor Agreement |
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113 |
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ARTICLE 12. |
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NOTE GUARANTEES |
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Section 12.01. |
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Guarantee |
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113 |
Section 12.02. |
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Limitation on Guarantor Liability |
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114 |
Section 12.03. |
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Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee |
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115 |
Section 12.04. |
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Releases Following Sale of Assets |
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115 |
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ARTICLE 13. |
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE |
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Section 13.01. |
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Satisfaction and Discharge |
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Section 13.02. |
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Application of Trust Money |
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117 |
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ARTICLE 14. |
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 14.01. |
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Trust Indenture Act Controls |
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117 |
Section 14.02. |
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Notices |
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118 |
Section 14.03. |
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Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes |
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119 |
Section 14.04. |
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Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent |
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119 |
Section 14.05. |
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Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion |
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119 |
Section 14.06. |
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Rules by Trustee and Agents |
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120 |
Section 14.07. |
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No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders |
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120 |
Section 14.08. |
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Governing Law |
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120 |
Section 14.09. |
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No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements |
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120 |
Section 14.10. |
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Successors |
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120 |
Section 14.11. |
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Severability |
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120 |
Section 14.12. |
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Counterpart Originals |
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120 |
Section 14.13. |
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Benefit of Indenture |
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121 |
Section 14.14. |
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Table of Contents, Headings, etc. |
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A |
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FORM OF NOTE |
Exhibit B |
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER |
Exhibit C |
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE |
Exhibit D |
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF CONVERSION & RESTRICTED TRANSFER |
Exhibit E |
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FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE |
Exhibit F |
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR |
Exhibit G |
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FORM OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT |
Exhibit H |
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FORM OF INDENTURE FOR NEW NOTES |
Exhibit I |
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FORM OF REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT |
Exhibit J |
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FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT |
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Exhibit K |
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FORM OF COLLATERAL AGREEMENT |
Exhibit L |
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FORM OF COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT (COPYRIGHTS) |
Exhibit M |
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FORM OF COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT (PATENTS) |
Exhibit N |
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FORM OF COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT (TRADEMARKS) |
v
INDENTURE, dated as of , 2009, among FiberTower Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the Guarantors (as defined below) and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined below) of the 9.00% Mandatorily Redeemable Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2012 (such notes, including the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes (each, as defined below) the “Notes”):
ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
Section 1.01. Definitions.
“144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
“Accretion Premium” means an amount as calculated by the Company that is determined so that such Accretion Premium represents for each Holder a return of 12.00% per annum, calculated on a semi-annual basis, as if each $1,000 principal amount of the Notes were purchased at the Issue Price on the Original Issue Date.
“Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, or Indebtedness incurred by such specified Person in connection with the acquisition of assets, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such specified Person or the acquisition of such assets, as the case may be; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.
“Additional Notes” means the aggregate principal amount of Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued under this Indenture (i) in lieu of interest payment on the Initial Notes as permitted by Section 5.09 hereof and paragraph “1. Interest” in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto or (ii) subject to the satisfaction of all of the covenants in this Indenture, including, without limitation, Sections 5.09 and 5.12 of this Indenture, in each case in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
Person. For purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with” have correlative meanings.
“After-Acquired Property” shall mean all assets and property, including to the extent permitted by law, FCC Licenses, acquired by the Company or any Guarantor after the date of this Indenture.
“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or co-registrar.
“Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount” means an amount as calculated by the Company equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes redeemed or repurchased or otherwise due plus the Accretion Premium on the principal amount of such Notes. The applicable Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount, as of any specified date (the “Specified Date”), for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes if the Specified Date is one of the following dates (each a “Semi-Annual Date”), is equal to the amount set forth opposite such date below:
Semi- |
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Aggregate |
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November 15, 2009 |
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1,105.38030 |
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May 15, 2010 |
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1,126.70312 |
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November 15, 2010 |
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1,149.30531 |
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May 15, 2011 |
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1,173.26363 |
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November 15, 2011 |
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1,198.65944 |
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May 15, 2012 |
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1,225.57901 |
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November 15, 2012 |
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1,254.11375 |
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If the Specified Date occurs between two Semi-Annual Dates, the Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount shall be the sum of (1) the Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount for the Semi-Annual Date immediately preceding the Specified Date and (2) an amount equal to the product of (A) the difference of (x) the Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount for the immediately following Semi-Annual Date and (y) the Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount for the immediately preceding Semi-Annual Date and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the immediately preceding Semi-Annual Date to the Specified Date, calculated on a basis of a 360 day year comprised of twelve 30 day months, and the denominator of which is 180 days.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
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“Asset Acquisition” means (1) an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any other Person pursuant to which such Person will become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company or will be merged or consolidated with or into the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (2) the acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the assets of any Person which constitute substantially all of the assets of such Person or any division or line of business of such Person.
“Asset Sale” means in a single transaction or a series of related transactions:
(1) the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights (including by way of a sale and leaseback transaction), other than the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and
(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale of Equity Interests in any of the Company’s Subsidiaries.
Notwithstanding the preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an Asset Sale:
(1) any single transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets having a Fair Market Value of less than $1.0 million;
(2) a transfer of assets between or among the Company and its wholly-owned Guarantors;
(3) an issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a wholly-owned Guarantor;
(4) the sale or lease of products, services or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business or equipment or other assets pursuant to a program for the maintenance or upgrading of such equipment or assets including, without limitation, the disposition of equipment that is worn out or obsolete; or
(5) the sale or other disposition of cash or Cash Equivalents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, a Restricted Payment that does not violate the covenant described under Section 5.07 hereof or a Permitted Investment shall not constitute an Asset Sale, except for purposes of determination of the Consolidated Coverage Ratio.
“Average Life” means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness, the quotient obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Indebtedness multiplied by the amount of such payment by
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(2) the sum of all such payments.
“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. 101 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute, or if the context so requires, any similar federal or state law.
“Beneficial Owner” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any particular “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such “person” will be deemed to have beneficial ownership of all securities that such “person” has the right to acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the passage of time. The terms “beneficially owns” and “beneficially owned” have a corresponding meaning.
“Board of Directors” means:
(1) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general partner of the partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution, certified by the Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Company and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York, New York or San Francisco, California or at a place of payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
“Capital Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
“Capital Stock” means:
(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;
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(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests, respectively; and
(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities include any right of participation in profits, losses or distribution of assets with Capital Stock.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(1) U.S. dollars;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality of the United States government (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of twelve months or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding twelve months and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of “B” or better;
(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven (7) days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper having one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or Standard & Poor’s and, in each case, maturing within twelve months after the date of acquisition; and
(6) money market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through (5) of this definition.
“Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, S.A.
“Closing Sale Price” means, with respect to the Common Stock, on any date, the last reported per share sale price (or, if no last sale price is reported, the average of the last bid and ask prices or, if more than one in either case, the average of the average bid and the average ask prices) on such date as reported in composite transactions for the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the Common Stock then is listed, or if the Common Stock is not listed on a U.S. national or regional exchange, as reported on the Nasdaq Global Market, or if the Common
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Stock is not quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market, as reported on the principal other market on which the Common Stock is then traded. In the absence of such quotations, the Company’s Board of Directors will make a good faith determination of the Closing Sale Price.
“Collateral” means all collateral of whatsoever nature purported to be subject to the Lien of the Collateral Agreements.
“Collateral Agent” means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Collateral Agreements, together with its successors in such capacity.
“Collateral Agreements” means the Intercreditor Agreement, the Security Agreement, the Collateral Assignment (Copyrights), the Collateral Assignment (Patents), the Collateral Assignment (Trademarks) and all other security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Note Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms.
“Collateral Assignment (Copyrights)” means the collateral assignment (copyrights), substantially in the form of Exhibit L hereto, as amended, modified, superseded, reinstated, succeeded or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Indenture, made and given by the assignor(s) party thereto to the Collateral Agent on the Exchange Offer Completion Date.
“Collateral Assignment (Patents)” means the collateral assignment (patents), substantially in the form of Exhibit M hereto, as amended, modified, superseded, reinstated, succeeded or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Indenture, made and given by the assignor(s) party thereto to the Collateral Agent on the Exchange Offer Completion Date.
“Collateral Assignment (Trademarks)” means the collateral assignment (trademarks), substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto, as amended, modified, superseded, reinstated, succeeded or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Indenture, made and given by the assignor(s) party thereto to the Collateral Agent on the Exchange Offer Completion Date.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.001 per share, as it exists on the date of this Indenture or any other shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which such common stock shall be reclassified or changed.
“Communications Act” means the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, the rules, regulations, orders, decisions and written polices of the FCC, and binding interpretations of U.S. federal courts of any of the foregoing.
“Consolidated Coverage Ratio” means with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the ratio of (A) the aggregate amount of EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to the date of such determination and as to which financial statements are available to (B) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such four fiscal quarters; provided, however, that:
(1) if such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has incurred any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period through the determination date that remains outstanding or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an incurrence of Indebtedness, or both, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such Person for such period shall be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to (A) such Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been incurred on the first day of such period, and (B) the discharge of any other Indebtedness repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with the proceeds of such new Indebtedness as if such discharge had occurred on the first day of such period;
(2) if since the beginning of such period any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has been repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged (other than Indebtedness under a revolving credit or similar arrangement unless such revolving credit Indebtedness has been permanently
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repaid and has not been replaced), Consolidated Interest Expense for such Person for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Indebtedness had been repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged on the first day of such period;
(3) if since the beginning of such period such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have made any Asset Sale or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Consolidated Coverage Ratio is an Asset Sale, EBITDA for such Person for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Asset Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period, and Consolidated Interest Expense for such Person for such period shall be (A) reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated Interest Expense attributable to any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries repaid, repurchased, defeased or otherwise discharged with respect to such Person and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Asset Sale for such period (or, if the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, the Consolidated Interest Expense for such Person for such period directly attributable to the Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such Person and its continuing Restricted Subsidiaries are no longer liable for such Indebtedness after such sale, transfer or other disposition) and (B) increased by interest income attributable to the assets which are the subject of such Asset Sale for such period;
(4) if since the beginning of such period such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (by merger or otherwise) shall have made an Asset Acquisition, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such Person for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Asset Acquisition occurred on the first day of such period; and
(5) if since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person or was merged with or into such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (3) or (4) above if made by such Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of such Person during such period, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period for such Person shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Asset Sale or Asset Acquisition occurred on the first day of such period.
For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to an Asset Acquisition, the amount of income or earnings relating thereto and the amount of Consolidated Interest Expense associated with any Indebtedness incurred in connection therewith, the pro forma calculations shall be determined in accordance with GAAP and Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, to the extent applicable, and may take into account such reasonable additional
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expense synergies and other adjustments determined, in each case, in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company to the extent permitted by GAAP and Regulation S-X. Any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the determination date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period and any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the determination date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term that extends at least until the end of such period).
“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the total interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (including commitment fees, letter of credit fees and the interest component of Capital Lease Obligations), including the net amounts paid or received under all Interest Rate Agreements, plus, to the extent not included in such interest expense and without duplication, (1) amortization of debt discount, (2) capitalized interest, (3) non-cash interest expense, (4) any interest expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon, (5) the interest portion of any deferred payment obligation, and (6) the product of (x) all cash and Disqualified Stock dividends in respect of all Disqualified Stock of such Person held by Persons other than such Person or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of such Person times (y) a fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then current effective consolidated federal, state and local tax rate of such Person, expressed as a decimal, and less, to the extent included in such total interest expense, the amortization of capitalized debt issuance costs.
“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the net income (loss) of such Person and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries for such period determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income (1) the net income (but not loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary was not permitted (without giving effect to any non-permanent waiver), directly or indirectly, by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary, (2) any gains or losses realized upon the sale or other disposition of any assets of such Person or its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries not sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business (including Capital Stock or pursuant to any sale and leaseback transaction), (3) any non-recurring or extraordinary gain or loss (including expenses related to the issuance of the Notes), (4) the net income of any Person accrued prior to the date it became a Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person or is merged or consolidated with the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the referent Person, (5) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles, (6) subject to clause (7) below, the net income (but not loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, except to the extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in cash to the
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specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Person, (7) the net income (or loss) of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, whether or not distributed to the specified Person or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (8) any restoration to income of any contingency reserve, except to the extent that provision for such reserve was made out of Consolidated Net Income accrued at any time following the Original Issue Date, and (9) income or loss attributable to discontinued operations (including, without limitation, operations disposed of during such period whether or not such operations were classified as discontinued).
“Consolidated Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person as of any date, the sum of:
(1) the consolidated equity of the common stockholders of such Person as of such date; plus
(2) the respective amounts reported on such Person’s balance sheet as of such date with respect to any series of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock) that by its terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to the extent of any such cash received by such Person upon issuance of such preferred stock less (x) all write-ups (other than write-ups resulting from foreign currency translations and write-ups of tangible assets of a going concern business made 12 months after the acquisition of such business) subsequent to the date of this Indenture in the book value of any asset owned by such Person or a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person, and (y) all unamortized debt discount and expense and unamortized deferred charges as of such date, all of the foregoing determined in accordance with GAAP.
“Conversion Price” means the price obtained by dividing $1,000 by the then effective Conversion Rate, which shall initially be $6.22 per share, and which shall be subject to adjustment as provided in this Indenture.
“Current Market Price” means the volume weighted average of the daily Closing Sale Prices per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on the earlier of the date of determination and the day before the “ex” date with respect to the distribution requiring such computation. For purposes of this definition, the term “ex” date, when used with respect to any distribution, means the first date on which the Common Stock trades, regular way, on the relevant exchange or in the relevant market from which the closing price was obtained without the right to receive such distribution. The Company will make adjustments to the Current Market Price in accordance with this Indenture to account for the occurrence of certain events during the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period.
“Custodian” means the Trustee, as custodian, with respect to the Notes in global form, or any successor entity thereto.
“Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.
“Definitive Note” means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
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except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.
“Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
“Designated Event” means any event that is a Fundamental Change or Termination of Trading.
“Disqualified Stock” means any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case, at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with the covenant described under Section 5.07 hereof. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
“Domestic Restricted Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of the United Sates or the District of Columbia or that guarantees or otherwise provides direct credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“DTC” means The Depository Trust Company.
“EBITDA” with respect to any Person for any period means the sum (without duplication) of Consolidated Net Income, plus the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income:
(1) all income tax expense of such Person and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries;
(2) Consolidated Interest Expense;
(3) depreciation and amortization expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding amortization expense attributable to a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); and
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(4) all other non-cash charges of such Person and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period),
in each case for such period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary shall be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only if a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended to the Person in question by such Restricted Subsidiary without prior approval (that has not been obtained), pursuant to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments, judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental regulations applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders.
“Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“Euroclear” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Offer” means that certain exchange offer and consent solicitation by the Company to exchange any and all tendered and accepted Existing Notes for a like principal amount of Notes and to obtain the related consents to modify the indenture, intercreditor agreement and security agreements governing and relating to the Existing Notes, initiated by the Company on or about October [·], 2009, as the same may be amended or extended from time to time.
“Exchange Offer Completion Date” means the date on which the Exchange Offer is consummated and the Interim Notes are first issued.
“Excluded Assets” will include, among other things, (1) any lease, license, permit, franchise, power, authority or right if, to the extent that and for long as (A) the grant of a security interest therein validly constitutes or would result in the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of such lease, license, permit, franchise, power, authority or right or the termination or default under the instrument or agreement by which such lease, license, permit, franchise, power, authority or right is governed and (B) such abandonment, invalidation, unenforceability, breach, termination or default is not rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision) of any relevant jurisdiction or other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity; provided, however, that (x) such lease, license, permit, franchise, power, authority or right will be an Excluded Asset only to the extent and for as long as the conditions set forth in clauses (A) and (B) of this paragraph are and remain satisfied, and to the extent such assets otherwise constitute Collateral, such assets will cease to be Excluded Assets and will become subject to the first priority security interest of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and of the Pari Passu Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of any Pari Passu Obligations, immediately
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and automatically at such time as such conditions cease to exist, including by reason of any waiver or consent under the applicable instrument or agreement, and (y) the proceeds of any sale, lease or other disposition of any such lease, license, permit, franchise, power, authority or right that is or becomes an Excluded Asset shall not be an Excluded Asset and shall at all times be and remain subject to the first priority security interest of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders and of the Pari Passu Collateral Agent for the benefit of the holders of any Pari Passu Obligations, (2) non-material real property, (3) leased real property, and (4) any instrument evidencing Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of the Guarantors to the extent that (A) the existence and amount of such instrument was disclosed in the Final Offering Memorandum or (B) such instrument is created following the Exchange Offer Completion Date in a transaction that complies with this Indenture. The Notes also do not have the benefit of any security interest in the assets of any Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Existing Collateral Agreements” means all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the Existing Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the Existing Notes Indenture, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms.
“Existing Indebtedness” means all Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Exchange Offer Completion Date, until such amounts are repaid.
“Existing Note Indebtedness” means: (i) the Existing Notes and the guarantees of the Existing Notes and (ii) any additional Existing Notes and guarantees issued pursuant to the Existing Notes Indenture.
“Existing Note Obligations” means Existing Note Indebtedness and all other Obligations in respect thereof.
“Existing Notes” means the Company’s 9.00% Convertible Senior Secured Notes due 2012, issued under the Existing Notes Indenture.
“Existing Notes Collateral Agent” means the Trustee, in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Existing Collateral Agreements pursuant to the Existing Notes Indenture, together with its successors in such capacity.
“Existing Notes Documents” means the Existing Notes Indenture, the Existing Notes, the guarantees securing the Existing Notes, the Existing Notes Collateral Agreements, and any other agreements governing, securing or relating to any Existing Note Obligations, each as amended from time to time.
“Existing Notes Indenture” means the indenture among the Company, the guarantors thereunder and Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee, dated November 9, 2006, as amended from time to time.
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“Fair Market Value” means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress or necessity of either party, determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture), evidenced by a Board Resolution delivered to the Trustee.
“FCC” means the U.S. Federal Communications Commission and any successor agency that is responsible for regulating the U.S. telecommunications industry.
“FCC License” means any authorization, license or permit issued by the FCC, together with any extensions or renewals thereof.
“Field EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the consolidated service revenues minus the cost of service revenues (excluding depreciation and amortization) of such Person and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, as contained on such Person’s consolidated income statement, minus the field personnel expense of such Person and its consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, for such period, all as determined in accordance with GAAP, on an annualized basis, and certified to the Trustee in an Officer’s Certificate.
“Final Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum of the Company, dated October [·], 2009, relating to the offering of the Initial Notes, as amended prior to the Exchange Offer Completion Date.
“Fundamental Change” will be deemed to have occurred at such time as:
(1) any “person” or “group” (as these terms are used for purposes of Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than a Permitted Holder or a “group” the majority of the voting power of the shares of the Company’s Capital Stock beneficially owned by which is beneficially owned by Permitted Holders, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as that term is used in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the total voting power of all classes of the Company’s Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors;
(2) the following Persons cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors:
A. individuals who on the Original Issue Date constituted the Company’s Board of Directors; and
B. any new directors whose election to the Company’s Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by at least a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors, or if applicable, a majority of the Company’s directors on the Board of Directors’ nominating committee then still in office who were either directors on the Original Issue Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved;
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(3) the Company consolidates with, or merges with or into, another Person or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event other than pursuant to a transaction in which the Persons that “beneficially owned,” directly or indirectly, the shares of the Company’s Voting Stock immediately prior to such transaction, “beneficially own,” directly or indirectly, immediately after such transaction, shares of the continuing or surviving Person’s Voting Stock representing at least a majority of the total voting power of all outstanding classes of Voting Stock of the continuing or surviving Person;
(4) the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets or properties to any “person” or “group” (as those terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding, voting or disposing of securities within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act; or
(5) the Company is liquidated or dissolved or holders of the Company’s Capital Stock approve any plan or proposal for its liquidation or dissolution.
However, a Fundamental Change will not be deemed to have occurred if, in the case of a merger or consolidation, 90% or more of the total consideration (other than cash payments for fractional shares or pursuant to statutory appraisal rights) in the merger or consolidation constituting the Fundamental Change consists of common stock and any associated rights traded on a United States national securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market (or which will be so traded or quoted when issued or exchanged in connection with such Fundamental Change), and, as a result of such transaction or transactions, the Holders’ rights to convert Notes into shares of Common Stock will be changed into the right to convert Notes into the kind and amount of cash, securities or other property that the Holder would have received if the Holder had converted its Notes immediately prior to such transaction or transactions.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
“Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(ii) hereof, which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.
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“Government Securities” means securities that are direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of America, and the payment for which the United States pledges its full faith and credit.
“Guarantee” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).
“Guarantor” means each Domestic Restricted Subsidiary on the date of this Indenture, and each other Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, in each case, together with their respective successors and assigns, unless and until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture.
“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any specified Person, the obligations of such Person incurred in the ordinary course of business to protect against interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, under:
(1) interest rate swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;
(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and
(3) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
“Holder” means a Person in whose name a Note is registered.
“IAI Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee, that shall be initially issued in a denomination equal to $[0], but shall thereafter be revised to represent the outstanding principal amount of the Notes transferred to Institutional Accredited Investors.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) in respect of banker’s acceptances;
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(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property or services due more than six months after such property is acquired or such services are completed; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP and also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, the liquidation preference with respect to any preferred Equity Interests. In addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
“Indenture” means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Indirect Participant” means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.
“Initial Notes” means $[ ] million aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the date of this Indenture.
“Institutional Accredited Investor” means an institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the omnibus intercreditor agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, as amended, modified, superseded, reinstated, succeeded or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Indenture, entered into on the Exchange Offer Completion Date, among the Company, the Guarantors, any Working Capital Facility Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Holders, the collateral agent with regard to the Existing Notes, and any Pari Passu Collateral Agent, on behalf of holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness (or if none, the holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness).
“Interest Rate Agreement” means with respect to any Person any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge
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agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement designed to provide protection against fluctuations in interest rates as to which such Person is party or a beneficiary.
“Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances or capital contributions (excluding commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition in such Restricted Subsidiary. The acquisition by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in such third Person.
“Issue Price” means 100% of the principal amount of the Notes.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the UCC (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
“Xxxxx’x” means Xxxxx’x Investors Services, Inc.
“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset Sale), net of (1) the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, sales commissions, relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale, and taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (2) amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than Indebtedness under a Working Capital Facility, secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale, and (3) any reserve for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP.
“New License Subsidiary” means a new Subsidiary formed by the Company after the consummation of the Exchange Offer, which shall be a Restricted Subsidiary hereunder, to which the Company is obligated to transfer its FCC Licenses, subject to certain conditions, as set forth in Section 5.23.
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“New Notes” means the 9.0% Senior Secured Notes of the Company to be issued as part of the Mandatory Redemption Price on the Mandatory Redemption Date pursuant to the Indenture attached hereto as Exhibit H.
“Non-Recourse Indebtedness” means Indebtedness:
(1) as to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (A) provides credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) or (B) is directly or indirectly liable as a guarantor or otherwise; and
(2) no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit, upon notice, lapse of time or both, any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or to cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable prior to its Stated Maturity.
“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
“Note Documents” means this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Collateral Agreements, and any other agreements governing, securing or relating to any Note Obligations.
“Note Guarantee” means the Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s payment obligations under this Indenture.
“Note Indebtedness” means: (1) the Initial Notes and the Note Guarantees issued on the Exchange Offer Completion Date and (2) any Additional Notes and Note Guarantees thereon issued pursuant to this Indenture.
“Note Lien” means a Lien granted by a Collateral Agreement to the Collateral Agent (or any other holder, or representative of holders, of Note Obligations), at any time, upon any assets of the Company or any Guarantor to secure Note Obligations.
“Note Obligations” means Note Indebtedness and all other Obligations in respect thereof.
“Notes” has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture, including waivers, amendments, redemptions and offers to purchase.
“Obligations” means:
(1) with respect to Note Indebtedness, any principal, premium, if any, accrued and unpaid interest, or monetary penalty, or damages, due by the Company or any Guarantor under the terms of the Notes or this Indenture;
(2) with respect to Working Capital Facility Indebtedness, any principal (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit whether or not drawn),
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interest (including, to the extent legally permitted, all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any insolvency or liquidation proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate, specified in the Working Capital Facility Documents, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such proceeding), premium (if any), fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, expenses and other liabilities payable by the Company or any guarantor of the Working Capital Facility Indebtedness.
“Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Vice Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Accounting Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by an Officer of the Company, who must be the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer or the Chief Accounting Officer of the Company, that meets the requirements of Section 14.05 hereof.
“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 14.05 hereof. The counsel may be internal or external counsel to the Company or counsel to the Trustee.
“Ordinary Course Affiliate Transaction” means any Affiliate Transaction entered into in the ordinary course of business that is comprised of (1) a lease or leases or other similar arrangements for the installation and existence of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ equipment on or about radio towers or other structures, (2) the acquisition or provision of communication transport services via fiber optic or other communications infrastructure, or (3) other contractual arrangements relating to (1) or (2).
“Original Issue Date” means November 9, 2006, the date of original issuance of the Existing Notes.
“Pari Passu Collateral Agent” means, at any time, the Person serving at such time as the “Collateral Agent” under the agreement governing any Pari Passu Indebtedness or any other representative then most recently designated in accordance with the applicable provisions of any such agreement, together with its successors in such capacity.
“Pari Passu Indebtedness” has the meaning ascribed to it in the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Pari Passu Obligations” means the Pari Passu Indebtedness and all other Obligations in respect of Pari Passu Indebtedness.
“Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).
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“Permitted Business” means the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as described in the the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, and any business or activity reasonably related or ancillary thereto.
“Permitted Holders” means Crown Castle Investment Corp., Solus Alternative Asset Management LP, BlackRock, Inc., Och-Ziff Capital Management Group LLC, Zazove Associates, LLC and their respective Affiliates.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or in a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) any investment in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment by the Company or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a Person, if as a result of such Investment:
A. such Person becomes a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; or
B. such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Company or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(4) any Investment made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 5.10 hereof;
(5) any acquisition of assets or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(6) any Investments received in compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes;
(7) Investments represented by Hedging Obligations;
(8) loans or advances to employees made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company for bona fide business purposes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $1.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(9) the making of any other Investment not otherwise permitted under the immediately preceding clauses (1) to (8) having a Fair Market Value (measured on the date such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Permitted Investments made since the date of this Indenture pursuant to this clause (9) that are at the time outstanding, in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5.0 million; and
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(10) repurchases of the Notes or the Existing Notes.
“Permitted Liens” means:
(1) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Liens on assets of the Company or any of the Guarantors securing Indebtedness and other Obligations under the Working Capital Facility that was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred and/or securing Hedging Obligations related thereto;
(2) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Liens to secure Indebtedness permitted by clause (2) of the second paragraph of Section 5.09 hereof;
(3) subject to the terms of the lntercreditor Agreement, Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by clause (10) of the second paragraph of Section 5.09 hereof covering only the assets acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;
(4) Liens securing Indebtedness and other Obligations represented by the Initial Notes issued on the Exchange Offer Completion Date and any Additional Notes issued as interest on the Notes, and the Note Guarantees with respect thereto;
(5) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(6) Liens to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(7) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(8) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, landlord’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(9) survey exceptions, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real property that were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;
(10) Liens on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to, and not incurred in contemplation of, such merger or consolidation and do not extend to any assets
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other than those of the Person merged into or consolidated with the Company or the Subsidiary;
(11) Liens on property (including Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of such property by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such Liens were in existence prior to such acquisition, and not incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;
(12) Liens to secure any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this Indenture; provided, however, that:
A. the new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose, could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to such property or proceeds or distributions thereof); and
B. the Indebtedness secured by the new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (x) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater, committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and (y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness;
(13) to the extent, in each case, not otherwise resulting in an Event of Default, Liens arising by reason of a judgment, decree or court order and any Liens that are required to protect or enforce any rights in any administrative, arbitration or other court proceedings in the ordinary course of business;
(14) Liens contained in purchase and sale agreements limiting the transfer of assets pending the closing of the transactions contemplated thereby;
(15) Liens that may be deemed to exist by virtue of contractual provisions that restrict the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from granting or permitting to exist Liens on their respective assets; and
(16) Liens securing the Existing Note Obligations under the Existing Notes Documents.
“Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided that:
(1) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged (plus all accrued and unpaid interest on the Indebtedness and the amount of all fees and expenses, including premiums, incurred in connection therewith);
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(2) such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and has an Average Life equal to or greater than the Average Life of, the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged;
(3) if the indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final maturity date of, and is subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes on terms at least as favorable to the Holders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged; and
(4) such Indebtedness is incurred either by the Company or by the Restricted Subsidiary of the Company who is the obligor on the Indebtedness being renewed, refunded, refinanced, replaced, defeased or discharged.
“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or other entity.
“Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
“QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision promulgated by the SEC).
“Regulation S Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 903.
“Reinvestment Yield” means a discount rate equal to 0.50% over the yield (1) reported as of 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of conversion, on the display designated as “Page PX1” (or such other display as may replace Page PX1 on Bloomberg Financial Markets) or, if Page PX1 (or its successor screen on Bloomberg Financial Markets) is unavailable, the
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Telerate Access Service screen which corresponds most closely to Page PX1 for the most recently issued actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity closest to November 15, 2010 (in the case of Section 4.05(e) of this Indenture), or (2) if such yields are not reported as of such time or the yields reported as of such time are not ascertainable (including by way of interpolation), the Treasury Constant Maturity Series Yields reported, for the latest day for which such yields have been so reported as of the date of the conversion, in Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) (or any comparable successor publication) for actively traded U.S. Treasury securities having a maturity closest to November 15, 2010 (in the case of Section 4.05(e) of this Indenture). Such yield will be determined, if necessary, by (A) converting U.S. Treasury xxxx quotations to bond equivalent yields in accordance with accepted financial practice and (B) interpolating linearly between (x) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and later than the period from the date of such conversion to November 15, 2010 (in the case of Section 4.05(e) of this Indenture) and (y) the actively traded U.S. Treasury security with the maturity closest to and earlier than November 15, 2010 (in the case of Section 4.05(e) of this Indenture). The Reinvestment Yield shall be rounded to the number of decimal places as appears in the interest rate of the applicable note.
“Responsible Officer”, when used with respect to the Trustee, means any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer within the Corporate Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.
“Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Global Note” means the 144A Global Note, the IAI Global Note and the Regulation S Global Note, each of which shall bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.
“Restricted Note” means a Restricted Definitive Note or Restricted Global Note.
“Restricted Subsidiary” of any Person means any Subsidiary of such Person which at the time of determination is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision promulgated by the SEC).
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision promulgated by the SEC).
“Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision promulgated by the SEC).
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“Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor provision promulgated by the SEC).
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Secured Indebtedness Documents” means the Note Documents, the Existing Notes Documents and the Working Capital Facility Documents.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Security Agreement” means the collateral agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto, as amended, modified, superseded, reinstated, succeeded or replaced from time to time in accordance with its terms and the terms of this Indenture, entered into on the Exchange Offer Completion Date, among FiberTower Corporation, the subsidiaries of FiberTower Corporation from time to time party thereto, and the Collateral Agent.
“Senior Lenders” means the Persons holding Working Capital Facility Indebtedness.
“Standard & Poor’s” means Standard & Poor’s Corporation.
“Stated Maturity” means, with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation governing such Indebtedness as of the date of this Indenture, and will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any corporation, association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any partnership (A) the sole general partner or the managing general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or (B) the only general partners of which are that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
“Termination of Trading” will be deemed to have occurred if the Common Stock (or other common stock into which the Notes are then convertible) is neither listed for trading on a United States national securities exchange nor approved for trading on the Nasdaq Global Market for a ninety (90)-day period.
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.
“Trading Day” means (i) if the Common Stock is quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market or any system of automated dissemination of quotations of securities prices, days on which trades may be effected through such system, (ii) if the Common Stock is listed or admitted for trading on any national or regional securities exchange, days on which such national or regional
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securities exchange is open for business, or (iii) if the Common Stock is not listed on a national or regional securities exchange or quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market or any system of automated dissemination of quotation of securities prices, days on which the Common Stock is traded regular way in the over-the-counter market and for which a closing bid and a closing asked price for the Common Stock are available.
“Trustee” means Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York or any other applicable jurisdiction.
“Unrestricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Global Note” means a Global Note that does not bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a Board Resolution, but only to the extent such Subsidiary:
(1) has no Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Indebtedness;
(2) except as permitted by Section 5.11 hereof, is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary other than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(3) is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has any direct or indirect obligation (A) to subscribe for additional Equity Interests or (B) to maintain or preserve such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the Board Resolution giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 5.07 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a
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Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 5.09 hereof, the Company will be in default of such covenant. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary and such designation will only be permitted if (A) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 5.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period, and (B) no Default or Event of Default would be in existence following such designation.
“Voting Stock” of any specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
“Working Capital Facility” means, one or more debt facilities, up to an aggregate principal amount of $50.0 million, with banks or other institutional lenders providing for revolving credit loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time.
“Working Capital Facility Collateral Agent” means, at any time, the Person serving at such time as the “Collateral Agent” under the Working Capital Facility or any other representative then most recently designated in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Working Capital Facility, together with its successors in such capacity.
“Working Capital Facility Documents” means the Working Capital Facility, the Working Capital Facility Security Documents, and all agreements governing or relating to any Working Capital Facility Obligations.
“Working Capital Facility Indebtedness” means:
(1) Indebtedness of the Company, the Guarantors and the guarantors under the Working Capital Facility that was permitted to be incurred and secured under each applicable Secured Indebtedness Document (or as to which the lenders under the Working Capital Facility obtained an Officer’s Certificate at the time of incurrence to the effect that such Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred and secured by all applicable Secured Indebtedness Documents); and
(2) Hedging Obligations incurred to hedge or manage interest rate risk with respect to Working Capital Facility Indebtedness; provided, that:
A. such Hedging Obligations are secured by a Working Capital Facility Lien on all of the assets that secure Indebtedness under the Working Capital Facility; and
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B. such Working Capital Facility Lien is senior to or on a parity with the Working Capital Facility Liens securing Indebtedness under the Working Capital Facility.
“Working Capital Facility Lien” means a Lien granted by a Working Capital Facility Security Document to the Working Capital Facility Collateral Agent (or any Senior Lender or other representative of the Senior Lenders), at any time, upon any assets of the Company, any Guarantor or any guarantor under the Working Capital Facility to secure Working Capital Facility Obligations.
“Working Capital Facility Obligations” means the Working Capital Facility Indebtedness and all other Obligations in respect of Working Capital Facility Indebtedness.
“Working Capital Facility Security Documents” means the Intercreditor Agreement and all security agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral agency agreements, control agreements or other grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the Company or any Guarantor creating (or purporting to create) a Working Capital Facility Lien upon collateral in favor of the Working Capital Facility Collateral Agent, in each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms.
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Section 1.02. Other Definitions.
Term |
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Defined in |
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“90% Tender Condition” |
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3.11(b)(iii) |
“Affiliate Transaction” |
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5.11 |
“Asset Sale Offer” |
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3.09 |
“Authentication Order” |
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2.02 |
“Certificate of Conversion & Restricted Transfer” |
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4.03(d) |
“Conversion Agent” |
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2.03 |
“Conversion Date” |
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4.03(a) |
“Conversion Notice” |
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4.03(a)(i) |
“Conversion Rate” |
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4.02(a) |
“Covenant Defeasance” |
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9.03 |
“Designated Event Expiration Time” |
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3.08(b) |
“Designated Event Make-Whole Amount” |
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4.05(e) |
“Designated Event Notice” |
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3.08(b) |
“Designated Event Repurchase Date” |
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3.08(a) |
“Distributed Assets” |
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4.05(a)(iv) |
“Event of Default” |
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7.01 |
“Excess Proceeds” |
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5.10 |
“Expiration Date” |
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4.05(a)(vii) |
“incur” |
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5.09 |
“Legal Defeasance” |
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9.02 |
“Mandatory Redemption” |
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3.11(a) |
“Mandatory Redemption Date” |
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3.11(e)(i) |
“Mandatory Redemption Notice” |
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3.11(e) |
“Mandatory Redemption Price” |
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3.11(d) |
“Offer Amount” |
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3.09 |
“Offer Period” |
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3.09 |
“Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase” |
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3.08(c)(i) |
“Paying Agent” |
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2.03 |
“Payment Default” |
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7.01 |
“Premises” |
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5.21 |
“Purchase Date” |
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3.09 |
“Registrar” |
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2.03 |
“Restricted Payments” |
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5.07 |
“Settlement” |
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4.03(b) |
“Subsidiary Interests” |
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4.05(a)(v) |
“Trigger Event” |
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4.12 |
Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.
Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.
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The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:
“indenture securities” means the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
“indenture security Holder” means a Holder of a Note;
“indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;
“indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and
“obligor” on the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Note Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;
(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;
(c) “or” is not exclusive;
(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(e) provisions apply to successive events and transactions; and
(f) references to sections of or rules under the TIA, the Securities Act or the Exchange Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time.
ARTICLE 2.
THE NOTES
Section 2.01. Form and Dating.
(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
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The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.
(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be specified therein and each will provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.
(c) Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the “Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System” and “Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear” and the “General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking” and “Customer Handbook” of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear and Clearstream.
Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.
An Officer shall sign the Notes for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The Company’s seal may be reproduced on the Notes and may be in facsimile form.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by an Officer (an “Authentication Order”) accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate, authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes issued in lieu of interest payment on the Initial Notes as permitted by Section 5.09 hereof and paragraph “1. Interest” in the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto or, subject to the satisfaction of all of the covenants in this Indenture, including, without limitation, Sections 5.09 and 5.12 of this Indenture, in each case in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes. The aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed the aggregate principal amount of Notes permitted to be incurred under this Indenture and authorized
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for issuance by the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 2.03. Registrar, Paying Agent, Conversion Agent and Depositary.
The Company shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”), an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”), and an office or agency where the Notes may be presented for conversion (“Conversion Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents and conversion agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar, the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent, and the term “Conversion Agent” includes any additional conversion agent. The Company may change any Paying Agent, Conversion Agent or Registrar without notice to the Holders. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent and to act as the Custodian with respect to the Global Notes and as agent for service of notices and demands. The Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.
Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal and Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.
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Section 2.05. 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 all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven (7) Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Holders and the Company shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).
Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.
a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. A Global Note may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes if:
(i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
(ii) the Company in its sole discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or
(iii) there has occurred and is continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of either of the preceding events in (i) or (ii) above, Definitive Notes shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (d) hereof.
b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or
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(ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).
(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either:
(1) both:
A. a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
B. instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase; or
(2) both:
A. a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged; and
B. instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (2)(A) above.
Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.
(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who
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takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(2) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or
(3) if the transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3) thereof;
(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) above and the Registrar receives the following:
A. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certification in item (1)(a) thereof; or
B. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (iv), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar, if applicable, to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iv) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to subparagraph (ii) or (iv) above.
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Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.
(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;
(2) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(3) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(4) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(5) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in clauses (2) through (4) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(6) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(7) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
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Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.
(ii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
A. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
B. if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (ii), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar, if applicable, to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any
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Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
d) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:
(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(2) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(3) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;
(4) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(5) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs (2) through (4) above, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(6) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(7) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee will cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (1) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (2) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case
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of clause (3) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if the Registrar receives the following:
A. if the Holder of such Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or
B. if the Holder of such Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Note to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (ii), if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar, if applicable, to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.
(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii) or (iii) of this subsection (d) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this
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Section 2.06(e), the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e).
(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(1) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(2) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or
(3) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
A. if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or
B. if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to transfer such Note to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (ii), if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
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(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
f) Legends. The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(i) Private Placement Legend.
(1) Except as permitted by subparagraph (2) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefore or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:
“THE SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER XXXXXXX 0 XX XXX XXXXXX XXXXXX SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE RELYING ON AN EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE SECURITIES ACT. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY MAY BE RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1) (a) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (AN “INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
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INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT THAT, PRIOR TO SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO FIBERTOWER CORPORATION THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE ISSUER OF THE SECURITY SO REQUESTS), (2) TO THE ISSUER OF THE SECURITY OR (3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND (B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.”
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subsections (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefore or substitution thereof) will not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:
“THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE COMPANY.
UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH
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NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 XXXXX XXXXXX, XXX XXXX, XXX XXXX) (“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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.”
g) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
h) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.
(ii) No service charge will be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the 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 similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.08, 3.09, 5.10 and 10.05 hereof).
(iii) The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
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(iv) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) Neither the Registrar nor the Company will be required:
(1) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business fifteen (15) days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;
(2) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or
(3) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.
(vi) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal and Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount of and interest, premium, if any, on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(viii) All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.
Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Trustee or the Company may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.
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Section 2.08. Outstanding Notes.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee, except for those canceled by it, those converted pursuant to Article 4, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser.
If the principal amount or Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount of any Note is considered paid under Section 5.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.
If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.09. Treasury Notes.
In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount or Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Company or any Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Company or any Guarantor, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.
Holders of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.
Section 2.11. Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar, Paying Agent and Conversion Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or conversion. The Trustee
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and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement, cancellation or conversion and shall dispose of canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) according to its standard procedures. The Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, or that any Holder has converted pursuant to Article 4 hereof.
Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful and in accordance with the provisions of the Collateral Agreements, if applicable, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 5.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, provided that no such special record date shall be less than ten (10) days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least fifteen (15) days before the special record date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.
Section 2.13. CUSIP Numbers.
The Company in issuing the Notes may use one or more CUSIP numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP numbers in notices of redemption or purchase or exchange as a convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption or purchase or exchange and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company will promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the CUSIP numbers.
ARTICLE 3.
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least forty-five (45) days but not more than sixty (60) days before a redemption date, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth:
(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
(2) the redemption date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and
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(4) the redemption price.
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.
If the Company chooses to redeem less than all of the Notes, selection of the Notes for redemption will be made by the Trustee either:
(1) in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are listed; or
(2) if the Notes are not then listed on a national securities exchange, on a pro rata basis or by such method as the Trustee may reasonably determine is fair and appropriate.
In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.
The Trustee will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in amounts of $l,000 or whole multiples of $l,000; except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.
Section 3.03. Notice of Redemption.
At least thirty (30) days but not more than sixty (60) days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than sixty (60) days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 9 or 13 hereof.
The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state:
(1) the redemption date;
(2) the redemption price;
(3) the Conversion Price;
(4) if any Note is being redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion
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will be issued upon cancellation of the original Note (or appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in the Global Note will be made);
(5) the name and address of the Paying Agent and the Conversion Agent;
(6) that Holders who wish to convert Notes must comply with the procedures in Article 4 of this Indenture;
(7) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;
(8) that, unless the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;
(9) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(10) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Company’s request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least forty-five (45) days prior to the redemption date, an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of Redemption.
Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional.
Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.
One Business Day prior to the redemption or purchase date, the Company will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will promptly return to the Company any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.
If the Company complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after an interest record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date, then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on such record date. If any Note called for redemption or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Company to comply with the
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preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase date until such principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 5.01 hereof.
Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.
Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered (or appropriate adjustment to the amount and beneficial interest in the Global Note will be made).
Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.
a) The Notes will not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to November 15, 2010.
b) The Company may redeem the Notes, at its option, in whole or in part at any time on or after November 15, 2010, upon not less than thirty (30) nor more than sixty (60) days’ notice, at 100% of the Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon, up to the redemption date; provided that for twenty (20) of the preceding thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days, the Common Stock has had (i) a Closing Sale Price at least equal to 1.50 times the then effective Conversion Price and (ii) a daily trading volume for each such Trading Day, when multiplied by the Closing Sale Price for such Trading Day, which equals at least $8.0 million. For so long as at least $215.0 aggregate principal amount of the Notes remains outstanding, the Company may not redeem more than 50% of the then outstanding principal amount of Notes in any ninety (90)-day period.
c) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.
Section 3.08. Repurchase at Option of Holder Upon a Designated Event.
(a) If there shall occur a Designated Event at any time prior to the maturity of the Notes, then each Holder shall have the right, at such Holder’s option, to require the Company to repurchase all of such Holder’s Notes, or any portion thereof that is a multiple of $1,000 principal amount, for cash on a date designated by the Company (the “Designated Event Repurchase Date”) that is not less than twenty (20) nor more than thirty (30) days after the date of the Designated Event Notice (as defined in Section 3.08(b)) for such Designated Event at a repurchase price equal to 101% of the Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount of the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the Designated Event Repurchase Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Designated Event Repurchase Date falls after an interest payment record date but on or prior to the corresponding interest payment date, the Company will pay the full amount of accrued and unpaid interest on such interest payment date to the Holder of record at the close of business on the corresponding record date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Notes may be surrendered for repurchase pursuant to this Section 3.08 in connection with a merger, consolidation or other transaction effected solely for
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the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation to any other state within the United States.
(b) Before the fifteenth (15th) day after the occurrence of a Designated Event, the Company, or at its written request (which must be received by the Trustee at least five (5) Business Days prior to the date the Trustee is requested to give notice as described below, unless the Trustee shall agree in writing to a shorter period), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall mail or cause to be mailed to all Holders of record on the date of the Designated Event a notice (the “Designated Event Notice”) of the occurrence of such Designated Event and of the repurchase right at the option of the Holders arising as a result thereof. If the Company shall give such notice, the Company shall also deliver a copy of the Designated Event Notice to the Trustee at such time as it is mailed to Holders.
Each Designated Event Notice shall specify the circumstances constituting the Designated Event, the Designated Event Repurchase Date, the price at which the Company shall be obligated to repurchase Notes, that the Holder must exercise the repurchase right on or prior to the close of business on the Designated Event Repurchase Date (the “Designated Event Expiration Time”), that the Holder shall have the right to withdraw any Notes surrendered prior to the Designated Event Expiration Time, if the Notes are then convertible, that Notes as to which an Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase (as hereinafter defined) has been given may be converted only if the Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase is withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, a description of the procedure that a Holder must follow to exercise such repurchase right and to withdraw any surrendered Notes, the place or places where the Holder is to surrender such Holder’s Notes, the amount of interest accrued and unpaid on each Note to the Designated Event Repurchase Date and the CUSIP number or numbers of the Notes (if then generally in use).
No failure of the Company to give the foregoing notices and no defect therein shall limit the Holders’ repurchase rights or affect the validity of the proceedings for the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.08.
(c) Repurchases of Notes under this Section 3.08 shall be made, at the option of the Holder thereof, upon:
(i) delivery to the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) by a Holder of a duly completed and executed notice (the “Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase”) in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note prior to the Designated Event Expiration Time; and
(ii) book-entry transfer or delivery of the Notes, together with necessary endorsements, to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) at any time simultaneous to or after delivery of the Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase (together with all necessary endorsements) at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, such delivery being a condition to receipt by the Holder of the repurchase price therefore; provided that such repurchase price shall be so paid pursuant to this Section 3.08 only if the Note so delivered to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent
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appointed by the Company) shall conform in all respects to the description thereof in the related Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase.
The Company shall purchase from the Holder thereof, pursuant to this Section 3.08, a portion of a Note, if the principal amount of such portion is $1,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to the purchase of all of a Note also apply to the purchase of such portion of such Note.
Upon presentation of any Note repurchased in part only, the Company shall execute and, upon the Company’s written direction to the Trustee, the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes, of authorized denominations, in aggregate principal amount equal to the portion of the Notes presented that was not repurchased.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Holder delivering to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) the Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase contemplated by this Section 3.08 shall have the right to withdraw such Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase at any time prior to the Designated Event Expiration Time by delivery of a written notice of withdrawal to the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) in accordance with Section 3.08(d) below. Notes in respect of which an Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase has been given by the Holder thereof may not be converted pursuant to Article 4 hereof on or after the date of the delivery of such Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase unless such Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase has first been validly withdrawn.
The Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) shall promptly notify the Company of the receipt by it of any Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase or written notice of withdrawal thereof.
For a Note, other than a Global Note, to be so repurchased at the option of the Holder, the Company must receive at the office or agency of the Company maintained for that purpose or, at the option of such Holder, the Corporate Trust Office in The City of New York, Borough of Manhattan, such Note with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase” on the reverse thereof duly completed, together with such Notes duly endorsed for transfer, on or before the Designated Event Expiration Time. All questions as to the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any Note for repurchase shall be determined by the Company, whose determination shall be final and binding absent manifest error.
(d) An Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase may be withdrawn by means of a written notice of withdrawal delivered to the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee (or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company) in accordance with the Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase at any time prior to the Designated Event Expiration Time, specifying:
(i) the principal amount of the Note with respect to which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted;
(ii) the certificate number, if any of the Note in respect of which such notice of withdrawal is being submitted, or the appropriate Depositary information if the Note in
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respect of which notice of withdrawal is being submitted is represented by a Global Note; and
(iii) the principal amount, if any, of such Note that remains subject to the original Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase.
(e) The Company shall deposit with the Trustee or with one or more Paying Agents (or, if the Company is acting as its own Paying Agent, set aside, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 2.04 hereof) an amount of money sufficient to repurchase on the Business Day immediately preceding the Designated Event Repurchase Date all the Notes to be repurchased on such date at the appropriate repurchase price, together with accrued and unpaid interest up to, but excluding, the Designated Event Repurchase Date; provided that if such payment is made on the Designated Event Repurchase Date it must be received by the Trustee or Paying Agent, as the case may be, by 10:00 a.m. New York City time, on such date. Payment for Notes surrendered for repurchase (and not withdrawn) prior to the Designated Event Expiration Time will be made promptly (but in no event more than five (5) Business Days) following the later of (x) the Business Day immediately following the Designated Event Repurchase Date, and (y) the time of book-entry transfer or delivery of the Note surrendered for repurchase, by (i) mailing checks for the amount payable to the Holders of such Notes entitled thereto as they shall appear in the register of Holders or (ii) on any Global Note by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account of the Depositary or its nominee.
If on the Business Day immediately following the Designated Event Repurchase Date the Trustee or other Paying Agent appointed by the Company, or the Company if the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, holds money sufficient to repurchase all of the Notes or portions thereof that are to be purchased as of the Designated Event Repurchase Date, then, on and after such date, (i) the Notes will cease to be outstanding, (ii) interest on the Notes will cease to accrue, and (iii) all other rights of the Holders of such Notes will terminate, other than the right to receive the repurchase price upon delivery of the Notes, in each instance whether or not book-entry transfer of the Notes has been made or the Notes have been delivered to the Trustee or Paying Agent.
(f) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 13e-4, Rule 14e-1 and any other tender offer rules under the Exchange Act to the extent applicable and file a Schedule TO or any other required schedule or form under the Exchange Act to the extent then applicable in connection with the repurchase rights of the Holders in the event of a Designated Event. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture governing an offer to purchase upon a Designated Event, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
(g) Notwithstanding this Section 3.08, no Notes may be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders upon a Designated Event if the principal amount of the Notes has been accelerated, and such acceleration has not been rescinded, on or prior to such date.
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Section 3.09. Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.
In the event that, pursuant to Section 5.10 hereof, the Company shall be required to commence an offer to all Holders and to all holders of other senior secured Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds (an “Asset Sale Offer”), it shall follow the procedures specified below.
The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of twenty (20) Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). As promptly as practicable and no later than three (3) Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Company shall purchase the Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to Section 5.10 hereof (the “Offer Amount”) or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.
If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.
Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 5.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;
(2) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in integral multiples of $1,000 only;
(6) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Repurchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a
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Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice no later than the expiration of the Offer Period prior to the Purchase Date;
(7) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, the depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receives, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;
(8) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and
(9) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).
On or before the Purchase Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. If the aggregate amount of Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. The Company, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than three (3) Business Days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Company for purchase, and the Company shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Company shall authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, at the expense of the Company, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on the Purchase Date.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale Offer provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale Offer provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
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Section 3.10. Redemption at Maturity.
Unless previously redeemed (pursuant to this Article 3) or converted (pursuant to Article 4), the Company will redeem the Notes at 125.411% of their principal amount on November 15, 2012.
Section 3.11. Mandatory Redemption.
(a) Mandatory Redemption Obligation. The Company shall redeem, in accordance with the terms of and procedures set forth in this Section 3.11, all of the outstanding Notes upon the satisfaction or, as set forth in this Section 3.11, the waiver by the Holders of a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, of the conditions set forth in Section 3.11(b). Such mandatory redemption pursuant to this Section 3.11 is referred to herein as the “Mandatory Redemption.”
(b) Mandatory Redemption Conditions. The conditions that must be satisfied or waived by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes in order for the Mandatory Redemption to occur are:
(i) receipt of stockholder approval in accordance with Nasdaq Stock Market requirements for the issuance of shares of Common Stock in the Mandatory Redemption;
(ii) receipt of FCC approval for the change of control of the Company that will result from the issuance of shares of Common Stock as a portion of the Mandatory Redemption Price;
(iii) consummation of the Exchange Offer for the Existing Notes, resulting in the exchange of not less than an aggregate of $264,416,796 in principal amount of the Existing Notes (the “90% Tender Condition”);
(iv) no order, statute, rule, regulation, executive order, stay, decree, judgment or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, issued, promulgated or enforced by any court or governmental authority that prohibits or materially restricts the consummation of the Mandatory Redemption; and
(v) there shall not have been instituted or be pending any action, proceeding, application, claim or counterclaim by any government or governmental authority or agency, domestic or foreign, or by any other person, domestic or foreign, before any court or governmental regulatory or administrative agency, authority or tribunal, domestic or foreign, that, in the Company’s reasonable judgment, following the receipt of advice of counsel, would make the Mandatory Redemption illegal.
The 90% Tender Condition may be waived by Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes. All other conditions to the Mandatory Redemption set forth in this Section 3.11(b) must be satisfied and may not be waived by Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes. If the Mandatory Redemption has not occurred before the close of business on May 1, 2010, no such Mandatory Redemption will occur. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of the conditions to the Mandatory Redemption set forth in this Section
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3.11(b) to be satisfied as soon as reasonably practicable following the Exchange Offer Completion Date.
(c) Reverse Stock Split. Prior to the Mandatory Redemption, the Company shall effect a reverse stock split, as approved by the stockholders of the Company prior to the Exchange Offer Completion Date, such that the Company shall have a sufficient number of authorized and unissued shares of Common Stock to pay the Mandatory Redemption Price.
(d) Mandatory Redemption Price. Upon the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Section 3.11(b) and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 3.11, the Company shall redeem the Notes at a redemption price (the “Mandatory Redemption Price”) per $1,000 principal amount of Notes equal to:
(i) $47.65 in cash,
(ii) 1,146.16 shares of Common Stock (subject to appropriate adjustment for any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend or other similar event occurring after the Exchange Offer Completion Date and on or prior to the Mandatory Redemption Date), and
(iii) $425.46 in principal amount of New Notes.
No fractional shares of Common Stock will be issued in the Mandatory Redemption, and the number of shares issuable to a Holder shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of shares, and no amounts will be paid to such Holder for any fractional shares of Common Stock. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no additional amounts will be paid in the Mandatory Redemption for any premium or accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes.
(e) Mandatory Redemption Notice. The Company shall give notice of the Mandatory Redemption (the “Mandatory Redemption Notice”) not later than the second Business Day following satisfaction or waiver of the conditions to the Mandatory Redemption set forth in Section 3.11(b) to each Holder of the Notes. The Mandatory Redemption Notice, if given in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such Mandatory Redemption Notice or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Notes.
The Mandatory Redemption Notice shall state:
(i) the date of the Mandatory Redemption (the “Mandatory Redemption Date”), which shall be not less than 5 days after the date of such notice or more than 10 days after the date of such Mandatory Redemption Notice,
(ii) the Mandatory Redemption Price,
(iii) that on the Mandatory Redemption Date the Mandatory Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note, and
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(iv) the place or places where the Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Mandatory Redemption Price.
The Mandatory Redemption Notice shall be given by the Company or, at the Company’s request, by the Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company.
(f) Deposit of Mandatory Redemption Price. On or prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Mandatory 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 2.04) an amount of money, shares of Common Stock and New Notes sufficient to pay the Mandatory Redemption Price of all of the outstanding Notes.
(g) Grant of Registration Rights. On the Mandatory Redemption Date, the Company shall enter into a Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit I with any Holder who, as a result of the receipt of shares of Common Stock as part of the Mandatory Redemption Price, determines in good faith that it is an “affiliate” of the Company as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
(h) Escrow of Interest Payments. On the Mandatory Redemption Date, the Company shall and shall cause the Guarantors to enter into an Escrow Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit J with Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as Escrow Agent, and the Trustee, and shall deposit into the escrow account under such agreement, for the benefit of the holders of the New Notes, cash in an amount that, in the good faith estimate of the Company, together with the proceeds of the investment thereof, will be sufficient to pay the cash portion of the interest on the New Notes for the first six scheduled interest payments on the New Notes.
(i) Issuance of Common Stock before Mandatory Redemption. The Company shall not issue any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock during the period from the Exchange Offer Completion Date until the earlier of (1) the Mandatory Redemption Date or (2) May 1, 2010, unless the Company makes an appropriate increase in the number of shares of Common Stock comprising the Mandatory Redemption Price such that the shares of Common Stock issuable to all Holders in the Mandatory Redemption, assuming that all Existing Notes were exchanged for Notes in the Exchange Offer, would constitute 69% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock on a fully diluted basis after the Mandatory Redemption (excluding shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of stock options granted to employees, officers and directors of the Company and excluding shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of warrants or convertible securities outstanding as of the Exchange Offer Completion Date). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the following shall not require any adjustment to the number of shares of Common Stock comprising the Mandatory Redemption Price: (1) the award of stock options for Common Stock and restricted Common Stock to officers, directors and employees for compensation purposes in the ordinary course of business; (2) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of stock options or warrants outstanding as of the Exchange Offer Completion Date or thereafter issued pursuant to the foregoing clause (1); (3) the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of the conversion rights of the Existing Notes or the Notes; (4) the issuance of any Notes after the Exchange Offer Completion Date in exchange
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for Existing Notes on terms no less favorable to the Company than the terms of the Exchange Offer; and (5) the issuance of the shares of Common Stock in the Mandatory Redemption.
(j) Effect of Mandatory Redemption. The Notes shall become due and payable on the Mandatory Redemption Date at the Mandatory Redemption Price, and from and after such date (unless the Company shall default in the payment of the Mandatory Redemption Price) such Notes shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Note for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Note shall be paid by the Company at the Mandatory Redemption Price.
If any Note shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal (and premium, if any) shall, until paid, bear interest, from the Mandatory Redemption Date at the rate borne by the Notes.
ARTICLE 4.
CONVERSION
Section 4.01. Conversion Right and Conversion Rate.
(a) Subject to and upon compliance with the provisions of this Article 4, at the option of the Holder thereof, any portion of the principal amount of any Note that is an integral multiple of $1,000 may be converted into fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock at the Conversion Rate, determined as hereinafter provided, in effect at the time of conversion. The Holders may surrender Notes for conversion at the applicable Conversion Rate at any time after the Exchange Offer Completion Date until the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the final maturity date of the Notes.
(b) All calculations under this Article 4 shall be made to the nearest cent or to the nearest one-hundredth of a share, as the case may be.
Section 4.02. Conversion Consideration.
(a) Upon surrendering any Notes for conversion, the Holder of such Notes shall receive, in respect of each $1,000 principal amount of Notes: shares of Common Stock at an initial conversion rate of 160.772 shares per $1,000 principal amount of Notes (the “Conversion Rate”), which is based upon an initial Conversion Price of approximately $6.22 per share. The Conversion Rate (and Conversion Price) are subject to adjustment as described below.
(b) If a Holder receives shares of Common Stock upon conversion of Notes, such Holder will also receive the associated rights under any stockholder rights plan that the Company may adopt, whether or not the rights have separated from the Common Stock at the time of conversion unless, prior to conversion, the rights have expired, terminated or been exchanged.
Section 4.03. Exercise of Conversion Right.
(a) In order to exercise the conversion right:
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(i) the Holder of any Definitive Note to be converted must (1) complete and manually sign a notice of conversion substantially in the form set forth on the reverse of the Note (the “Conversion Notice”); (2) deliver the Conversion Notice and the Definitive Note (and the Certificate of Conversion & Restricted Transfer (defined below), if applicable) to the Conversion Agent and the Company; and (3) if required, furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents; or
(ii) the holder of beneficial interests in any Global Note to be converted must comply with the Applicable Procedures to cause the beneficial interests in such Global Note to be delivered to the Conversion Agent,
and, in either case, the Holder of a Definitive Note or holder of beneficial interests in a Global Note will, if required, pay all transfer or similar taxes and, if required pursuant to Section 4.03(b) hereof, pay funds equal to the interest payable on the next interest payment date.
The date on which a Holder of a Definitive Note or holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note completes the requirements of this Section 4.03(a) shall be deemed to be the date of conversion (the “Conversion Date”) for purposes of this Article 4. On and after the Conversion Date, the conversion by such Holder or holder, as set forth in the Conversion Notice, shall become irrevocable.
(b) Notes shall be deemed to have been converted immediately prior to the close of business on the Conversion Date, and at such time the rights of the Holders of such Notes as Holders will cease, and the Person or Persons entitled to receive the shares of Common Stock payable and issuable upon conversion will be treated for all purposes as the payee or payees of such payment and the record holder or holders of such Common Stock at such time. Following any Conversion Date, the Company shall satisfy its obligations with respect to such conversion by either:
(i) delivering to the Trustee, for delivery to the Holder (or such other Person as may be named in the relevant Conversion Notice), the cash payment, together with certificates representing the number of shares of Common Stock, payable and issuable upon the conversion; or
(ii) delivering to such Holder (or such other Person as may be named in the relevant Conversion Notice) the cash payment, together with such number of shares of Common Stock payable and issuable upon such conversion in accordance with the Applicable Procedures,
in each case, together with payment in lieu of fractional shares, if any, as provided in Section 4.04 (such cash payment and delivery of shares, if any, the “Settlement”); provided that shares of Common Stock only will be deliverable in certificated form if (1) the Holder or holder that is exercising such conversion has specifically requested in writing that delivery be in certificates or (2) the Company determines that delivery is required in certificated shares either because (A) delivery to the Holder (or such other Person named in the relevant Conversion Notice) is not practicable in accordance with the Applicable Procedures or (B) in the opinion of legal counsel,
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delivery is required in certificated form in order to comply with the requirements of applicable securities laws. Settlement shall occur promptly, and in any event within three Business Days.
(c) In the case of any Note which is converted in part only, upon such conversion the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder thereof, at the expense of the Company, a new Note or Notes of authorized denominations in an aggregate principal amount equal to the unconverted portion of the principal amount of such Note. A Note may be converted in part, but only if the principal amount of such Note to be converted is any integral multiple of U.S. $1,000 and the principal amount of such security to remain outstanding after such conversion is equal to U.S. $1,000 or any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.
(d) If shares of Common Stock to be issued upon conversion of a Restricted Note, or Notes to be issued upon conversion of a Restricted Note in part only, are to be registered in a name other than that of the Beneficial Owner of such Restricted Note, then such Holder must deliver to the Conversion Agent a certificate of conversion and restricted transfer in the form of Exhibit D hereto (the “Certificate of Conversion & Restricted Transfer”), dated the date of surrender of such Restricted Note and signed by such Beneficial Owner, as to compliance with the restrictions on transfer applicable to such Restricted Note. The Certificate of Conversion & Restricted Transfer shall be required in addition to the Conversion Notice. None of the Trustee, any Conversion Agent, Registrar or transfer agent shall be required to register shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion or any unconverted Notes in the name of any Person other than that of the Holder or Beneficial Owner of the converted Restricted Note unless such Holder or Beneficial Owner has delivered a properly completed Certificate of Conversion & Restricted Transfer.
All shares of Common Stock delivered upon conversion of Restricted Notes shall bear restrictive legends substantially in the form of the legends required to be set forth on the Restricted Notes pursuant to Section 2.06(f) hereof and shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer provided in such legends. Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall have any responsibility for the inclusion or content of any such restrictive legends on such Common Stock.
Section 4.04. Fractions of Shares.
No fractional shares of Common Stock shall be issued upon conversion of any Note or Notes. If more than one Note shall be surrendered for conversion at one time by the same Holder, the number of full shares which shall be issuable upon conversion thereof shall be computed on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes (or specified portions thereof) so surrendered. Instead of any fractional share of Common Stock that would otherwise be issuable upon conversion of any Note or Notes (or specified portions thereof), the Company shall calculate and pay a cash adjustment for the fractional amount (calculated to the nearest 1/100th of a share) based upon the applicable Conversion Price. The amount of the cash adjustment payable in lieu of issuing such fractional share shall be equal to such fractional share otherwise issuable multiplied by the Closing Sale Price on the applicable Trading Day.
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Section 4.05. Adjustment of Conversion Rate.
(a) Adjustment. The Conversion Rate will be subject to adjustment, without duplication, from time to time upon the occurrence of any of the following events:
(i) Stock Dividends in Common Stock. In case the Company shall pay or make a dividend or other distribution on shares of Common Stock payable exclusively in shares of Common Stock, the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend or other distribution shall be increased by dividing such Conversion Rate by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination and the denominator shall be the sum of such number of shares and the total number of shares constituting such dividend or other distribution, such increase to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination. If, after any such date fixed for determination, any dividend or distribution is not in fact paid, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Company’s Board of Directors determines not to pay such dividend or distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would have been in effect if such determination date had not been fixed. For the purposes of this clause (i), 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. The Company will not pay any dividend or make any distribution on shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.
(ii) Issuance of Rights or Warrants. In case the Company shall issue rights, warrants or options to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock then entitled for a period expiring within forty-five (45) days from the date of issuance of the rights, warrants or options to subscribe for or purchase shares of Common Stock at a price per share less than the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such rights, warrants or options (other than any rights, warrants or options that (x) by their terms will also be issued to any Holder upon conversion of a Note into shares of Common Stock without any action required by the Company or any other Person or (y) are distributed to shareholders of the Company upon a merger or consolidation in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof), then the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination shall be increased by dividing such Conversion Rate by a fraction:
(1) the numerator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock that the aggregate of the offering price of the total number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase would purchase at such Current Market Price; and
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(2) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding at the close of business on the date fixed for such determination plus the number of shares of Common Stock so offered for subscription or purchase,
such increase to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the day following the date fixed for such determination. If, after any such date fixed for determination, any such rights, warrants or options are not in fact issued, or are not exercised prior to the expiration thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date such rights, warrants or options expire, or the date the Company’s Board of Directors determines not to issue such rights, warrants or options, to the Conversion Rate that would have been in effect if the unexercised rights, warrants or options had never been granted or such determination date had not been fixed, as the case may be and as a result no additional shares are delivered or issued pursuant to such rights, warrants or options. For the purposes of this clause (ii), 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. The Company will not issue any rights, warrants or options in respect of shares of Common Stock held in the treasury of the Company.
(iii) Stock Splits and Combinations. (1) In case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be subdivided or split into a greater number of shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such subdivision or split becomes effective shall be proportionately increased; (2) in case outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be combined or reclassified into a smaller number of shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such combination or reclassification becomes effective shall be proportionately reduced and (3) in case the Company issues any shares of its Capital Stock in a reclassification of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, then the Conversion Rate in effect at the opening of business on the day following the day upon which such reclassification becomes effective shall be proportionately applied to the new class of shares of Capital Stock of the Company into which the Common Stock was reclassified; in each case, such increase, reduction or reclassification, as the case may be, to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the Business Day following the day upon which such subdivision, combination or reclassification becomes effective.
(iv) Distribution of Indebtedness, Securities Or Assets. In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock evidences of its indebtedness, property or assets, including rights, warrants, options or other securities (provided, that if these rights are only exercisable upon the occurrence of specified triggering events, then the Conversion Rate will not be adjusted until the triggering events occur), but excluding (1) any dividends or distributions referred to in clause (i) of this Section 4.05(a), (2) any rights, warrants or options referred to in clause (ii) of this Section 4.05(a) and (3) any dividends or distributions paid exclusively in cash described in clause (vi) of this Section 4.05(a) (the “Distributed Assets”), then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on
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the record date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction:
(1) the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock; and
(2) the denominator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock less the Fair Market Value, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, whose determination in good faith shall be conclusive and described in a Board Resolution filed with the Trustee, of the portion of those Distributed Assets applicable to one share of Common Stock, such adjustment to become effective immediately after the record date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
If after any such date fixed for determination, any such distribution is not in fact made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Company’s Board of Directors determines not to make such distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would have been in effect if such determination date had not been fixed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where (A) the Fair Market Value per share of the Distributed Assets equals or exceeds the Current Market Price of the Common Stock, or (B) the Current Market Price of the Common Stock exceeds the Fair Market Value per share of the Distributed Assets by less than $1.00, in lieu of the adjustment set forth in this Section 4.05(a)(iv), Holders will have the right to receive upon conversion, in addition to shares of Common Stock, if any, the amount and type of Distributed Assets such Holders would have received upon conversion of such Holders’ Notes if they had been converted immediately prior to the record date.
(v) Distribution of Capital Stock of Subsidiaries. In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock the Capital Stock of, or similar Equity Interests in, a Subsidiary or other business unit of the Company, but excluding any dividends or distributions referred to in clause (iv) of this Section 4.05(a) (the “Subsidiary Interests”), then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the record date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction:
(1) the numerator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the date on which the “ex-dividend trading” commences for such distribution; and
(2) the denominator of which shall be the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock for the ten (10) Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the date on which the “ex-dividend trading” commences for such distribution less the Current Market Price of the Subsidiary Interests
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distributed per share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution for the ten (10) Trading Days commencing on and including the fifth (5th) Trading Day after the date on which the “ex-dividend trading” commences for such distribution, such adjustment to become effective immediately after the record date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
If after any such date fixed for determination, any such distribution is not in fact made, the Conversion Rate shall be immediately readjusted, effective as of the date the Company’s Board of Directors determines not to make such distribution, to the Conversion Rate that would have been in effect if such determination date had not been fixed.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where (A) the Current Market Price applicable to the Capital Stock, or Equity Interests, of such Subsidiary distributed to each share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution equals or exceeds the Current Market Price of the Common Stock, or (B) the Current Market Price of the Common Stock exceeds the Current Market Price applicable to the Capital Stock, or Equity Interests, of such Subsidiary distributed to each share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution by less than $1.00, in lieu of the adjustment set forth in this Section 4.05(a)(v), Holders will have the right to receive upon conversion, in addition to shares of Common Stock, if any, the Capital Stock, or Equity Interests, of such Subsidiary distributed to each share of Common Stock in such dividend or distribution such Holders would have received upon conversion of such Holders’ Notes if they had been converted immediately prior to the record date.
(vi) Cash Distributions. In case the Company shall, by dividend or otherwise, distribute to all or substantially all holders of outstanding shares of Common Stock distributions consisting exclusively of cash (excluding any dividend or distribution in connection with the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up) then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate in effect immediately prior to the close of business on the date fix for determination of the stockholders entitled to receive such distribution by a fraction:
(1) the numerator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on the date fixed for such determination; and
(2) the denominator of which shall be equal to the Current Market Price per share of Common Stock on such date fixed for determination less the amount per share of such distribution, such adjustment to become effective immediately after the record date fixed for the determination of stockholders entitled to receive such distribution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, in cases where (A) the per share amount of such distribution equals or exceeds the Current Market Price of the Common Stock, or (B) the Current Market Price of the Common Stock exceeds the per share amount of such distribution by less than $1.00, in lieu of the adjustment set forth in this Section
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4.05(a)(vi), Holders will have the right to receive upon conversion, in addition to shares of Common Stock, if any, such distribution such Holders would have received upon conversion of such Holders’ Notes if they had been converted immediately prior to the record date.
(vii) Tender or Exchange Offers. In case the Company or any Subsidiary shall make a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for any portion of the Common Stock, in which event, to the extent the cash and value of any other consideration included in the payment per share of the Common Stock exceeds the Closing 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 offer or exchange offer (the “Expiration Date”), as the case may be, then the Conversion Rate shall be adjusted so that the same shall equal the rate determined by multiplying the Conversion Rate immediately prior to close of business on the Expiration Date by a fraction:
(1) the numerator of which shall be equal to the sum of (A) the Fair Market Value, as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company, of the aggregate consideration payable for all shares of Common Stock purchased by the Company in the tender or exchange offer and (B) the product of (x) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding less any such purchased shares and (y) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date; and
(2) the denominator of which shall be equal to the product of (A) the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding, including any such purchased shares and (B) the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date, such adjustment to become effective immediately after the opening of business on the second (2nd) Trading Day next succeeding the Expiration Date.
(b) No Adjustment. No adjustment in the Conversion Rate shall be required:
(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 the Company’s securities 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 such shares 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) of this Section 4.05(b) and outstanding as of the Exchange Offer Completion Date;
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(iv) in connection with a merger, consolidation or other transaction effected solely for the purpose of changing the Company’s jurisdiction of incorporation to any other state within the United States;
(v) for a change in the par value of the Common Stock; or
(vi) for accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
(c) Increase in Conversion Rate due to Taxes. Subject to the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, the Company may make such increases in the Conversion Rate, for the remaining term of the Notes or any shorter term, in addition to those required by clause (a) of this Section 4.05, as the Board of Directors of the Company considers advisable in order to avoid or diminish any income tax to any holders of shares of Common Stock or rights to purchase Common Stock resulting from any dividend or distribution of stock or issuance of rights or warrants to purchase or subscribe for stock or from any event treated as such for income tax purposes. The Company shall have the power to resolve any ambiguity or correct any error in this subsection (c) and its actions in so doing shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive.
(d) Temporary Increase in Conversion Rate. Subject to Nasdaq Stock Market rules, 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 time if the period is at least twenty (20) days, the increase is irrevocable during such period, and the Company’s 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. Whenever the Conversion Rate is increased pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Company shall give notice of the increase to the Holders in the manner provided in Section 14.02, with a copy to the Trustee and Conversion Agent, at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date the increased Conversion Rate takes effect, and such notice shall state the increased Conversion Rate and the period during which it will be in effect.
(e) Designated Event Make-Whole Amount. In case of a transaction described in clause (3) of the definition of Fundamental Change, solely upon receipt by the Conversion Agent of any Holder’s Conversion Notice on or subsequent to the effective date of such Fundamental Change and prior to the forty-fifth (45th) day following such effective date (or, if earlier and to the extent applicable, the close of business on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Designated Event Repurchase Date (as specified in the Designated Event Notice)), the Company shall pay such Holder a make-whole premium within twenty (20) days after the consummation of such Designated Event. This make-whole premium will be equal to the present value on the effective date of such Fundamental Change of all required interest payments on the Notes as if paid in cash from the effective date of such Fundamental Change through November 15, 2010 (including any accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Reinvestment Yield (the “Designated Event Make-Whole Amount”). Holders will only be eligible to receive the Designated Event Make-Whole Amount if the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock immediately following the announcement of such Fundamental Change is equal to or greater than the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Original Issue Date and less than three times the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the Original Issue Date.
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Such payment shall be payable, at the Company’s option, in (1) cash, (2) shares of Common Stock at a 5.0% discount to the Current Market Price; provided that the issuance of shares of Common Stock in payment of this make-whole premium will be subject to the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, which may require shareholder approval in certain circumstances, (3) the consideration received triggering such Designated Event, or (4) a combination of cash, shares and such consideration.
Section 4.06. Notice of Adjustments of Conversion Rate.
Whenever the Conversion Rate is adjusted pursuant to Section 4.05 hereof:
(a) the Company shall compute the adjusted Conversion Rate in accordance with Section 4.05 hereof and shall prepare an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (1) the adjusted Conversion Rate, (2) the clause of Section 4.05 pursuant to which such adjustment has been made, showing in reasonable detail the facts upon which such adjustment is based, (3) the calculation of such adjustment and (4) the date as of which such adjustment is effective, and such certificate shall promptly be filed with the Trustee and with each Conversion Agent; and
(b) upon each such adjustment, a notice stating that the Conversion Rate has been adjusted and setting forth the adjusted Conversion Rate shall be required, and as soon as practicable after it is required, such notice shall be provided by the Company to all Holders in accordance with Section 14.02.
Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any duty or responsibility with respect to any such certificate or the information and calculations contained therein, except to exhibit the same to any Holder desiring inspection thereof at its office during normal business hours.
Section 4.07. Notice of Certain Corporate Action.
In case the Company shall:
(a) distribute to all or substantially all holders of the Common Stock rights, warrants or options entitling them to purchase, for a period expiring within forty-five (45) days of the declaration date for such distribution, Common Stock at less than the Current Market Price of the Common Stock; or
(b) distribute to all or substantially all holders of Common Stock evidences of the Company’s indebtedness, property or assets, including rights, warrants, options or other securities, which distribution has a per share value exceeding 10% of the Closing Sale Price of the Common Stock on the day preceding the declaration date for such distribution;
then the Company shall deliver written notice to the Conversion Agent, and shall deliver or cause its Agents to deliver, to all Holders in accordance with Section 14.02 hereof, at least ten (10) days prior to the ex-dividend date for such distribution, a notice of such distribution.
At any time that the Trustee is not also the Conversion Agent, the Company shall forthwith deliver a copy of any notice required pursuant to this Section 4.07 to the Trustee.
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Section 4.08. Cancellation of Converted Notes.
All Definitive Notes delivered for conversion shall be delivered to the Trustee or its agent to be canceled by or at the direction of the Trustee, which shall dispose of the same as provided in Section 2.11 hereof. Upon conversions of beneficial interests in any Global Note, the Trustee or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, shall reduce the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented by such Global Note to reflect the conversion.
Section 4.09. Provision in Case of Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets.
In the case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other Person, any merger of another Person with or into the Company (other than a merger that does not result in any reclassification, conversion, exchange or cancellation of outstanding shares of Common Stock) or any conveyance, sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the Company or the Person formed by such consolidation or resulting from such merger or which acquires such assets, as the case may be, shall notify the Trustee and the Holders at least ten (10) days prior to the record date for such transaction, or if there is no record date, at least ten (10) Trading Days prior to the anticipated effective date for such transaction. The Company, or such successor, purchasing or transferee corporation, as the case may be, as a condition precedent to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale or transfer, shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture providing that the Holder of each Note then outstanding shall have the right thereafter to convert Notes only into the kind and amount of securities, cash and other property receivable upon such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale or transfer by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock into which such Notes might have been converted immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale or transfer. Such supplemental indenture shall provide for adjustments of the Conversion Rate and Conversion Price which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments of the Conversion Rate and Conversion Price provided for in this Article 4. If, in the case of any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, sale or transfer, the securities, cash and other property receivable thereupon by a holder of Common Stock include shares of stock or other securities and property of a Person other than the successor, purchasing or transferee corporation, as the case may be, in such consolidation, merger, conveyance or sale, then such supplemental indenture shall also be executed by such other Person and shall contain such additional provisions to protect the interests of the Holders as the Company’s Board of Directors shall reasonably consider necessary by reason of the foregoing.
In the event holders of Common Stock have the opportunity to elect the form of consideration to be received in such transaction, then from and after the effective date of such transaction, the Notes shall be convertible into the consideration that a majority of the holders of Common Stock who made such an election received in such transaction. The Company will notify holders and the Trustee as promptly as practicable following the date such transaction is publicly announced but in no event less than fifteen (15) days prior to the anticipated effective date of such transaction. The above provisions of this Section 4.09 shall similarly apply to successive consolidations, mergers, conveyances, sales or transfers. Notice of the execution of such a supplemental indenture shall be given by the Company to the Holder of each Note as provided in Section 14.02 hereof promptly upon such execution.
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Neither the Trustee nor any Conversion Agent shall be under any responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in any such supplemental indenture relating either to the kind or amount of shares of stock or other securities or property or cash receivable by Holders of Notes upon the conversion of their Notes after any such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, sale or lease or to any such adjustment, but may accept as conclusive evidence of the correctness of any such provisions, and shall be protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel with respect thereto, which the Company shall cause to be furnished to the Trustee upon request.
Section 4.10. [Intentionally Omitted.]
Section 4.11. Share Issuance Cap.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Notes or this Indenture, in no event will the Company issue more than an aggregate of 30,106,403 shares of Common Stock upon conversion of the Notes and in payment of any make-whole premium obligations unless the Company has previously received stockholder approval for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of that number of shares in accordance with, and to the extent required by, the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, and any Holder who would otherwise be entitled to receive shares of Common Stock upon such conversion of the Notes in excess of such number shall instead be entitled to receive cash in an amount equal to the Current Market Price in lieu of each share that such Holder would otherwise be entitled to receive in excess of such number. If the Company obtains stockholder approval for issuances of shares of Common Stock in excess of such number, to the extent required by the Nasdaq Stock Market rules, the Company will have the option to either pay Holders cash or issue shares of Common Stock upon such conversions and payments of make-whole premiums.
Section 4.12. Rights Issued in Respect of Common Stock.
Rights or warrants distributed by the Company to all holders of Common Stock entitling the holders thereof to subscribe for or purchase shares of the Company’s Capital Stock (either initially or under certain circumstances), which rights or warrants, until the occurrence of a specified event or events (“Trigger Event”):
(1) are deemed to be transferred with such shares of Common Stock;
(2) are not exercisable; and
(3) are also issued in respect of future issuances of Common Stock,
shall not be deemed distributed for purposes of Section 4.05(a)(ii) or (iv) hereof until the occurrence of the earliest Trigger Event. In addition, in the event of any distribution of rights or warrants, or any Trigger Event with respect thereto, that shall have resulted in an adjustment to the Conversion Rate and Conversion Price under Section 4.05(a)(ii) or (iv) hereof, (A) in the case of any such rights or warrants that shall all have been redeemed or repurchased without exercise by any holders thereof, the Conversion Rate shall be readjusted upon such final redemption or repurchase to give effect to such distribution or Trigger Event, as the case may be,
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as though it were a cash distribution, equal to the per share redemption or repurchase price received by a holder of Common Stock with respect to such rights, options or warrants (assuming such holder had retained such rights, options or warrants), made to all holders of Common Stock as of the date of such redemption or repurchase, and (B) in the case of any such rights or warrants all of which shall have expired without exercise by any holder thereof, the Conversion Rate and Conversion Price shall be readjusted as if such issuance had not occurred.
Section 4.13. Responsibility of Trustee for Conversion Provisions.
The Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, and any Conversion Agent, shall not at any time be under any duty or responsibility to any Holder to determine whether any facts exist which may require any adjustment of the Conversion Rate or Conversion Price, or with respect to the nature or extent of any such adjustment when made, or with respect to the method employed, herein or in any supplemental indenture provided to be employed, in making the same, or whether a supplemental indenture need be entered into. Neither the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, nor any Conversion Agent, shall be accountable with respect to the validity or value (or the kind or amount) of any Common Stock, or of any other securities or property or cash, which may at any time be issued or delivered upon the conversion of any Note; and it or they do not make any representation with respect thereto. Neither the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, nor any Conversion Agent, shall be responsible for any failure of the Company to make or calculate any cash payment or to issue, transfer or deliver any shares of Common Stock or share certificates or other securities or property or cash upon the surrender of any Note for the purpose of conversion; and the Trustee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.01 hereof, and any Conversion Agent, shall not be responsible for any failure of the Company to comply with any of the covenants of the Company contained in this Article 4.
Section 4.14. Certain Regulatory Requirements.
Prior to conversion of any Note, a Holder will ascertain, in consultation with the Company, whether such conversion will result in a de jure or de facto transfer of control of the Company or any of the Guarantors under the Communications Act and require prior approval of the FCC with respect to such conversion. If the Company reasonably determines, in consultation with FCC counsel, that the FCC’s prior approval is required, then the approval of the FCC will be obtained prior to any such conversion.
ARTICLE 5.
COVENANTS
Section 5.01. Payment of Notes.
The Company shall pay or cause to be paid the principal or Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount, if any, of, premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount, if any, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Company or a Subsidiary thereof, holds as of 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on the due date money deposited by the Company in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to
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pay all principal, Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount, if any, premium, if any, and interest then due and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on such date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
The Company shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Code) on overdue principal or Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount, if any, at the rate equal to 1% per annum in excess of the then applicable interest rate on the Notes to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Code) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace period) at the same rate to the extent lawful.
Section 5.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.
The Company shall maintain in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.
The Company may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, for such purposes. The Company shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.
The Company hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Company in accordance with Section 2.03.
Section 5.03. Reports.
(a) Whether or not required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, so long as any Notes are outstanding, the Company shall furnish to the Holders or cause the Trustee to furnish to the Holders at the Company’s expense and will post on the Company’s website for public availability, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and regulations, all quarterly and annual financial statements and financial information that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Forms 10-Q and 10-K if the Company were required to file such reports (when and as if filed). All such financial statements will be prepared in all material respects in accordance with SEC Regulation S-X and will be accompanied by: (i) a “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in substantially the form that would be required if filed with the SEC with a Form 10-Q or 10-K, as the case may be; (ii) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC in current reports on Form 8-K if the
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Company were required to file such reports; and (iii) in the case of annual financial statements, an audit report thereon by the Company’s independent public accountants.
(b) For so long as any Notes remain outstanding, if at any time the Company is not required to file with the SEC the reports required in this Section 5.03, the Company will furnish to Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors of the Notes, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.
Section 5.04. Compliance Certificate.
(a) The Company and each Guarantor (to the extent that such Guarantor is so required under the TIA) shall deliver to the Trustee, within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer’s Certificate, signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Chief Accounting Officer, stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Company and each obligor under the Notes and this Indenture has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under the Note Documents, and further stating, as to the Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Company and each such obligor has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in the Note Documents and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of the Note Documents (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Company or such obligor is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto) and that to the best of his or her knowledge no event has occurred and remains in existence by reason of which payments on account of the principal or Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount, premium, if any, or interest, on the Notes is prohibited or if such event has occurred, a description of the event and what action the Company or such obligor is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
(b) So long as not contrary to the then current recommendations of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the year-end financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 5.03(a) above shall be accompanied by a written statement of the Company’s independent public accountants (who shall be a firm of established national reputation) that in making the examination necessary for certification of such financial statements, nothing has come to their attention that would lead them to believe that the Company has violated any provisions of this Article 5 or Article 6 hereof or, if any such violation has occurred, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof, it being understood that such accountants shall not be liable directly or indirectly to any Person for any failure to obtain knowledge of any such violation.
(c) The Company shall, so long as any of the Notes are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon any Officer becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.
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Section 5.05. Taxes.
The Company and the Guarantors shall pay, and shall cause each of their Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
Section 5.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.
The Company and each of the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.
Section 5.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly: (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any other payment or distribution on account of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests (including, without limitation, any payment in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries) or to the direct or indirect holders of the Company’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests in their capacity as such (other than dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company or dividends, payments or distributions payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company); (ii) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire or retire for value (including, without limitation, in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Company) any Equity Interests of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any such Equity Interests owned by the Company or any Guarantor); (iii) make any payment on or with respect to, or purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee (excluding any intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of the Guarantors), except a payment of interest or principal at the Stated Maturity thereof (for purposes hereof the Existing Notes and guarantees thereof will not be deemed to be contractually subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee); or (iv) make any Restricted Investment (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”).
So long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would be caused thereby, the preceding provisions shall not prohibit (i) the making of any Restricted Payment in exchange for, or out of the net cash proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Company) of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Stock) or from the substantially concurrent contribution of common equity capital
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to the Company; (ii) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Indebtedness of the Company that is contractually subordinated to the Notes with the net cash proceeds from a substantially concurrent incurrence of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness (for purposes hereof the Existing Notes and guarantees thereof will not be deemed to be contractually subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee); (iii) the repurchase of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon the exercise of stock options to the extent such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of those stock options; and (iv) the payment of any dividend or other payment or distribution or distribution by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the holders of its Equity Interests on a pro rata basis.
The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) shall be the Fair Market Value on the date of the Restricted Payment of the asset(s) or securities proposed to be transferred or issued by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to the Restricted Payment. The Fair Market Value of any Restricted Payment not in cash or Cash Equivalents shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company whose Board Resolution with respect thereto shall be delivered to the Trustee, such determination to be based upon an opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing if such Fair Market Value exceeds $10.0 million. Not later than the date of making any Restricted Payment, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Restricted Payment is permitted and setting forth the basis upon which the calculations required by this Section 5.07 were computed, together with a copy of any fairness opinion or appraisal required by this Indenture.
Section 5.08. Limitation on Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or pay any Indebtedness owed to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; (ii) make loans or advances to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or (iii) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
The preceding restrictions will not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:
(1) any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement in effect on the date of the issuance of the Notes;
(2) Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that the encumbrances and restrictions contained in the agreements governing such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness are no more restrictive than those contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(3) this Indenture, the Collateral Agreements, the Notes and the Note Guarantees;
(4) applicable law, rule, regulation or order;
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(5) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts and licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business;
(6) any agreement for the sale or other disposition of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that restricts distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary pending the sale or other disposition;
(7) Liens permitted to be incurred under Section 5.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets subject to such Liens;
(8) provisions limiting the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into with the approval of the Company’s Board of Directors, which limitation is applicable only to the assets that are the subject of such agreements; and
(9) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.
Section 5.09. Limitation on Incurrence of Additional Indebtedness and Issuance of Preferred Stock.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise, with respect to (collectively, “incur”) any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), and the Company will not issue any Disqualified Stock and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to issue any shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors will be entitled to incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and issue Disqualified Stock if, on the date of such incurrence or issuance, as applicable, and after giving effect thereto on a pro forma basis (including pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), the Consolidated Coverage Ratio exceeds 2.0 to 1.0.
The provisions of the first paragraph of this Section 5.09 will not prohibit the incurrence of any of the following items of Indebtedness:
(1) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of additional Indebtedness and letters of credit under the Working Capital Facility in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (1) (with letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of the Company thereunder) not to exceed $50.0 million, less the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds of Asset Sales applied by the Company to repay any Indebtedness under the Working Capital Facility and effect a corresponding permanent commitment reduction thereunder pursuant to Section 5.10 hereof;
(2) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, at any time after the Company’s Field EBITDA has equaled or exceeded $75.0 million, on an annualized basis, for two consecutive fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available, the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors,
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other than a Guarantor that holds any of the Company’s 24 GHz or 39 GHz FCC Licenses, of additional Indebtedness, in an amount equal to 1.50 times the amount of net cash proceeds from the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) after the date of this Indenture (other than resulting from the conversion of the Notes), in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding under this clause (2), together with any Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred to refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (2), not to exceed $250.0 million, provided that such Indebtedness has a weighted Average Life greater than the remaining Average Life of the Notes, and provided further, that prior to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Company delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee certifying that the Company has complied with this clause (2);
(3) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, the incurrence by the Company of additional Indebtedness, in an amount equal to 80% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes that have been converted after the date of this Indenture, provided that such Indebtedness (a) is expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes, (b) does not mature and is not mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Indebtedness, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the date on which the Notes mature, (c) bears cash interest (or any similar payments), if at all, in an amount not to exceed 12.0% per annum and (d) prohibits the payment of cash interest (and any similar payments) during any period in which Company has exercised its option to pay interest on the Notes in the form of Additional Notes, or if the Company has Defaulted in the payment of interest on the Notes; and provided further, that prior to the incurrence of any such Indebtedness, the Company delivers an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee certifying that the Company has complied with this clause (3);
(4) (i) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes issued as interest on the Initial Notes, and the Note Guarantees with respect thereto, (ii) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by Additional Notes issued after the consummation of the Exchange Offer in exchange for Existing Notes on terms no less favorable to the Company and the Guarantors than the Exchange Offer, and any Additional Notes issued as interest on such Notes, and the Guarantees with respect thereto, and (iii) the incurrence by the Company and the Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by any additional Existing Notes issued as interest on the Existing Notes in accordance with the terms of the Existing Notes Indenture, and the guarantees of the Guarantors with respect thereto;
(5) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge any Indebtedness (other
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than intercompany Indebtedness) that was permitted by this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to this clause (5) and clauses (2), (4) and (12) of this paragraph;
(6) the incurrence of intercompany Indebtedness between or among the Company and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that:
A. if the Company or any Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness must be expressly subordinated to the prior payment in full in cash of all Obligations with respect to the Notes and the Note Guarantees; and
B. any (1) subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or (2) sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an incurrence of such Indebtedness that was not permitted by this clause (6);
(7) the issuance by any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries to the Company or to any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of shares of preferred stock; provided, however, that any (a) subsequent issuance or transfer of Equity Interests that results in any such preferred stock being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, or (b) sale or other transfer of any such preferred stock to a Person that is not either the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an issuance of such preferred stock that was not permitted by this clause (7);
(8) the incurrence by the Company of Hedging Obligations in the ordinary course of business;
(9) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness in respect of workers’ compensation claims, self-insurance obligations, bankers’ acceptances, performance and surety bonds in the ordinary course of business;
(10) the incurrence by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company of Indebtedness represented by Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings or purchase money obligations, in each case, incurred for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of design, construction, installation or improvement of property, plant or equipment used in the business of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $10.0 million, provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (10) and clause (14) will not together exceed $10.0 million at any time;
(11) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of
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a check, draft or similar instrument inadvertently drawn against insufficient funds, so long as such Indebtedness is covered within five (5) Business Days;
(12) the incurrence by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries of Existing Indebtedness;
(13) the incurrence by the Company of Indebtedness to the extent that the net proceeds thereof are promptly deposited to defease or satisfy and discharge the Notes in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; and
(14) the incurrence by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any other Indebtedness not otherwise permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $5.0 million, provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (14) and clause (10) will not together exceed $10.0 million at any time.
The amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date will be:
(1) the accreted value of the Indebtedness, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount; and
(2) the principal amount of the Indebtedness, in the case of any other Indebtedness.
Section 5.10. Limitation on Asset Sales.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(1) the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of; and
(2) at least 85% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash.
For purposes of this Section 5.10, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(1) any liabilities, as shown on the Company’s most recent consolidated balance sheet, of the Company or any Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and Indebtedness that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to (A) a customary novation agreement that releases the Company or such Subsidiary from further liability or (B) an assignment agreement that includes, in lieu of such a release, the agreement of the transferee or its parent company to indemnify and hold harmless the Company or such Subsidiary from and against any loss, liability or cost in respect of such assumed liability;
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(2) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are contemporaneously, subject to ordinary settlement periods, converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash, to the extent of the cash received in that conversion; and
(3) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in clauses (2) or (4) of the next paragraph of this covenant.
Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Company (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) may apply such Net Proceeds:
(1) to repay Indebtedness and other Obligations under the Working Capital Facility and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;
(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Stock, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company and a Guarantor;
(3) to make capital expenditures in a Permitted Business; or
(4) to acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business.
Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce borrowings under the Working Capital Facility or otherwise invest the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in the second paragraph of this covenant will constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, the Company will, within five (5) days thereof, make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders and all holders of other senior secured Indebtedness that is pari passu in right of payment and as to security interests with the Notes with respect to the assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 3.09 hereof. The offer price for the Notes in any Asset Sale Offer will be equal to 100% of the Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of purchase. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company may use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the Aggregate Accreted Principal Amount of Notes and the amount of other pari passu Indebtedness tendered into such Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.
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Section 5.11. Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (each, an “Affiliate Transaction”), unless:
(1) the Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are no less favorable to the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person; and
(2) the Company delivers to the Trustee:
A. with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $2.5 million (other than an Ordinary Course Affiliate Transaction), a Board Resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with this covenant and that such Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company;
B. with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million (other than an Ordinary Course Affiliate Transaction), an opinion as to the fairness to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm of national standing; and
C. with respect to any Ordinary Course Affiliate Transaction or series of related Ordinary Course Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate consideration in excess of $10.0 million, a Board Resolution set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Ordinary Course Affiliate Transaction complies with this covenant and that such Ordinary Course Affiliate Transaction has been approved by a majority of the disinterested members of the Board of Directors of the Company.
The following items will not be deemed to be Affiliate Transactions and, therefore, will not be subject to the provisions of the prior paragraph:
(1) any employment agreement, employee benefit plan, officer or director indemnification agreement or any similar arrangement entered into by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and payments pursuant thereto;
(2) transactions exclusively between or among the Company and/or the Guarantors;
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(3) transactions with a Person that is an Affiliate of the Company solely because the Company owns, directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, an Equity Interest in, or controls, such Person;
(4) payment of reasonable directors’ fees to Persons who are not otherwise Affiliates of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(5) Restricted Payments that do not violate the provisions of this Indenture described under Section 5.07 hereof;
(6) loans or advances to employees in the ordinary course of business, and in compliance with applicable law, not to exceed $1.0 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding; and
(7) any agreement as in effect on the Exchange Offer Completion Date or any amendments, renewals or extensions of any such agreement (so long as such amendments, renewals or extensions are not less favorable to the Holders).
Section 5.12. Limitation on Liens.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or otherwise cause or suffer to exist any Lien of any kind on any asset now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.
Section 5.13. Conduct of Business.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any business other than a Permitted Business.
Section 5.14. Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
The Board of Directors of the Company may designate any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if that designation would not cause a Default. If a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company is designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, the aggregate Fair Market Value of all outstanding Investments owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Restricted Subsidiary so designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be deemed to be an Investment made as of the time of the designation and will reduce the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 5.07 hereof or under one or more clauses of the definition of Permitted Investments, as determined by the Company. That designation will only be permitted if the Investment would be permitted at that time and if the Restricted Subsidiary of the Company otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. The Board of Directors of the Company may redesignate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if that redesignation would not cause a Default. The determination of Fair Market Value for the foregoing purposes will be made by the Board of Directors of the Company, whose determination will be conclusive.
Any designation of a Subsidiary of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be evidenced to the Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of a Board Resolution giving
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effect to such designation and Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complies with the preceding conditions and was permitted by Section 5.07 hereof. If, at any time, any Unrestricted Subsidiary would fail to meet the preceding requirements as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, it will thereafter cease to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary for purposes of this Indenture and any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary will be deemed to be incurred by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company as of such date and, if such Indebtedness is not permitted to be incurred as of such date under Section 5.09 hereof, the Company will be in default of Section 5.09 hereof. The Board of Directors of the Company may at any time designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company under this Indenture; provided that such designation will be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company of any outstanding Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, and such designation will only be permitted if (1) such Indebtedness is permitted under Section 5.09 hereof, calculated on a pro forma basis as if such designation had occurred at the beginning of the four-quarter reference period, and (2) no Default or Event of Default under this Indenture would be in existence following such designation.
Section 5.15. Issuance and Sale of Capital Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries.
The Company will not sell, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, to issue or sell any Equity Interests of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company except:
(1) to the Company or a wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
(2) issuances of director’s qualifying shares, or sales to foreign nationals of Equity Interests of Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company (other than Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries), to the extent required by applicable law;
(3) if immediately after giving effect to such issuance or sale, such Restricted Subsidiary would no longer constitute a Restricted Subsidiary and any Investment in such Person remaining after giving effect to such issuance or sale would have been permitted to be made in accordance with Section 5.07 hereof if made on the date of such issuance or sale; or
(4) issuances or sales of common stock of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary applies the Net Proceeds, if any, of any such issuance or sale in accordance with Section 5.10 hereof.
Section 5.16. Maintenance of Insurance.
The Company will, and will cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses.
The Company and the Guarantors will maintain adequate insurance policies and will upon written request provide the Collateral Agent with evidence of such insurance coverage for
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public liability, property damage, product liability and business interruption with respect to their businesses and properties against loss or damage (1) of the kinds customarily carried or maintained by corporations of established reputation engaged in similar businesses and (2) as may be required by the Collateral Agreements. Upon the request of the Collateral Agent, the Company and the Guarantors shall furnish to the Collateral Agent full information as to their property and liability insurance carriers. The Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Holders, as a class, will be named as an additional insured, with a waiver of subrogation, on all insurance policies of the Company and the Guarantors, and the Collateral Agent will be named as loss payee, with thirty (30) days’ notice of cancellation or material change, on all property and casualty insurance policies of the Company and the Guarantors.
Section 5.17. Payments for Consent.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration, whether by way of interest, fee or otherwise, to or for the benefit of any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of the Note Documents, unless such consideration is offered to be paid or is paid to all Holders that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.
Section 5.18. Additional Guarantees.
If the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries organize, acquire or otherwise create or invest in another Person that is or becomes a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, then the Company shall cause such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to:
(1) execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee pursuant to which such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee on a senior secured basis all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture;
(2) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent, amendments to the Collateral Agreements and take such other actions as the Collateral Agent deems reasonably necessary in order to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Holders, a perfected Lien in the assets, including the filing of UCC financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Collateral Agreements, by law or as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent;
(3) take such further action and execute and deliver such other documents specified in this Indenture or otherwise reasonably requested by the Trustee to effectuate the foregoing; and
(4) deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel that such supplemental indenture and Note Guarantee, and amendments to the Collateral Agreements and any other documents required to be delivered have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and constitute legal, valid,
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binding and enforceable obligations of such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary and such other opinions regarding the perfection of such Liens in the assets of such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary.
Thereafter, such Domestic Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Guarantor for all purposes of this Indenture.
Section 5.19. Anti-Layering.
The Company will not incur, and will not permit any Guarantor to incur, any Indebtedness that is contractually subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Company or such Guarantor unless such Indebtedness is also contractually subordinated in right of payment to the Notes and the applicable Note Guarantee on substantially identical terms.
Section 5.20. Further Assurances Relating to Collateral.
The Company shall, and shall cause each Guarantor to, at their sole cost and expense, execute and deliver all such agreements and instruments as the Collateral Agent or the Trustee shall reasonably request to more fully or accurately describe the property included as Collateral or the obligations intended to be secured by the Collateral Agreements. The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, at their sole cost and expense, execute, acknowledge and deliver all such security documents, certificates, notices and other documents and (subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement) take such other actions as shall be reasonably required, or as the Collateral Agent or the Trustee shall reasonably request to create, perfect, protect, continue the perfection of, assure or enforce the Note Liens and benefits intended to be conferred, in each case as contemplated by the Note Documents for the benefit of the Holders.
Section 5.21. Real Estate Mortgages and Filings.
With respect to any fee interest in any land and the related improvements (including fixtures) thereon (individually and collectively, the “Premises”) (i) owned by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company on the Exchange Offer Completion Date and that has a Fair Market Value on such date of greater than $1.0 million or (ii) acquired by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company after the Exchange Offer Completion Date for a purchase price of greater than $1.0 million, within ninety (90) days of the Exchange Offer Completion Date in the case of clause (i) above and within ninety (90) days of the acquisition thereof in the case of clause (ii) above:
(1) the Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, fully-executed counterparts of mortgages, each dated as of the Exchange Offer Completion Date or the date of acquisition of such property, as the case may be, duly executed by the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, together with evidence of the completion (or satisfactory arrangements for the completion), of all recordings and filings of such mortgage as may be necessary to create a valid, perfected Lien, subject to Permitted Liens, against the properties purported to be covered thereby;
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(2) the Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, mortgagee’s title insurance policies in favor of the Collateral Agent, as mortgagee for the ratable benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Holders in an amount equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Premises purported to be covered by the related mortgage, insuring that title to such property is marketable and that the interests created by the mortgage constitute valid Liens thereon free and clear of all Liens, defects and encumbrances other than Permitted Liens;
(3) the Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, with respect to each of the covered Premises, the most recent survey of such Premises, together with either (i) an updated survey certification in favor of the Trustee and the Collateral Agent from the applicable surveyor stating that, based on a visual inspection of the property and the knowledge of the surveyor, there has been no change in the facts depicted in the survey or (ii) an affidavit and/or indemnity from the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, stating that to its knowledge there has been no change in the facts depicted in the survey, other than, in each case, changes that do not materially adversely affect the use by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, of such Premises for the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary’s business as so conducted, or intended to be conducted, at such Premises at the time of delivery thereof and in each case, in form sufficient for the title insurer issuing the title policy to remove the standard survey exception from such policy and issue a survey endorsement to such policy; and
(4) the Company shall cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, an Opinion of Counsel that such mortgage and any other documents required to be delivered have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and constitute legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, and such other opinions regarding the perfection of such Liens created by such mortgage in such Premises as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request.
Section 5.22. Corporate Existence.
Subject to Article 6 hereof, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (1) its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Company or any such Subsidiary and (2) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of its Subsidiaries, if the Company’s Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.
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Section 5.23. New License Subsidiary; Transfer of FCC Licenses.
Promptly following the Exchange Offer Completion Date, the Company shall form, or cause to be formed, the New License Subsidiary. The Company shall take all necessary actions to designate the New License Subsidiary as a Domestic Restricted Subsidiary hereunder (and under the indenture governing the New Notes from and after the Mandatory Redemption Date), and shall comply with the other provisions hereof in connection with such designation. The Company shall promptly make application to the FCC for any required regulatory or other approvals to permit the Company and any other applicable Subsidiary to transfer to the New License Subsidiary all of the FCC Licenses issued to the Company or any Subsidiary, and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any such required approvals as soon as practicable. Promptly upon obtaining any such required approvals, the Company shall, or shall cause, all of such FCC Licenses to be transferred to the New License Subsidiary. The Company and the Guarantors shall not permit any Existing Note Obligations to be secured, directly or indirectly, by a Lien on any assets or rights of, or any Equity Interests in, the New License Subsidiary. The Company and the Guarantors shall not permit the New License Subsidiary to incur, maintain or in any way be obligated for any Existing Note Obligations except such Existing Note Obligations as are subordinated to the New Note Obligations as set forth in the Existing Notes Indenture as modified and amended in the Exchange Offer.
ARTICLE 6.
SUCCESSORS
Section 6.01. Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.
The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:
(1) consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving corporation); or
(2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless: