Exhibit 4.3
12.25% Indenture
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this "Supplemental
Indenture") dated as of October 12, 2006, among XXXXX
0 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC (the "New Guarantor"), a direct
or indirect subsidiary of Level 3 Communications,
Inc. (or its successor), a Delaware corporation
("Parent"), LEVEL 3 FINANCING, INC., a Delaware
corporation (the "Issuer") on behalf of itself and
the Guarantors (the "Existing Guarantors"), if any,
under the Indenture referred to below, and THE BANK
OF NEW YORK, a New York banking corporation, as
trustee under the indenture referred to below (the
"Trustee").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS the Issuer and Parent have heretofore executed and delivered to
the Trustee an Indenture dated as of March 14, 2006 (the "Indenture";
capitalized terms used but not defined herein having the meanings assigned
thereto in the Indenture), providing for the issuance of its 12.25% Senior Notes
Due 2013;
WHEREAS the Indenture permits the New Guarantor to execute and deliver
to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor
shall unconditionally guarantee all the Issuer's obligations under the
Securities pursuant to a Guarantee on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS the Guarantee contained in this Supplemental Indenture shall
constitute a "Restricted Subsidiary Guarantee", and the New Guarantor shall
constitute a "Guarantor", for all purposes of the Indenture; and
WHEREAS pursuant to Section 901 and Section 1307 of the Indenture, the
Trustee and the Issuer are authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental
Indenture;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the New
Guarantor, the Issuer, the Existing Guarantors and the Trustee mutually covenant
and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the holders of the Securities as
follows:
1. Agreement to Guaranty. The New Guarantor hereby agrees, jointly and
severally with all the existing Guarantors, to unconditionally guarantee the
Issuer's obligations under the Securities on the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in Article 13 of the Indenture and to be bound by all other
applicable provisions of the Indenture and the Securities.
2. Successors and Assigns. This Supplemental Indenture shall be binding
upon the New Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall enure to the
benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the
event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the
rights and privileges conferred upon that party in the Indenture and in the
Securities shall automatically extend to and be
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vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions
of this Indenture.
3. No Waiver. Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the
Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this
Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture or the Securities shall operate as a
waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any
other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies
and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein and therein expressly
specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or
benefits which either may have under this Supplemental Indenture, the Indenture
or the Securities at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.
4. Modification. No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision
of this Supplemental Indenture, nor the consent to any departure by the New
Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in
writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No
notice to or demand on the New Guarantor in any case shall entitle the New
Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other
circumstances.
5. Opinion of Counsel. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of
this Supplemental Indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion
of Counsel to the effect that this Supplemental Indenture has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by each of the New Guarantor and the Issuer
and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium,
fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors'
rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a
proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of the New Guarantor is a legal,
valid and binding obligation of the New Guarantor, enforceable against the New
Guarantor in accordance with its terms.
6. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of
Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects
ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof
shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a
part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every holder of Securities
heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
7. Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT WITHOUT
GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT
THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.
8. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this
Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them
together represent the same agreement.
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9. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience
only and shall not effect the construction thereof.
10. Trustee. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or
sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture. The recitals and statements herein
are deemed to be those of the Issuer, the Parent and New Guarantor and not of
the Trustee.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental
Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
LEVEL 3 FINANCING, INC., on behalf of itself as the
Issuer and the Existing Guarantors, if any,
By
/s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
Title: Senior Vice President
THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee,
By
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title Assistant Vice President
LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
By
/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Title: Executive Vice President
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