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Title: INDENTURE
Governing Law: New York     Date: 4/1/2009

INDENTURE, Parties: cmp susquehanna radio holdings corp. , cmp susquehanna corp , wells fargo bank  na
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Exhibit 4.5

 

INDENTURE
Dated as of March 26, 2009
Among
CMP SUSQUEHANNA CORP.,
THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
and
WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.,
as Trustee
VARIABLE RATE SENIOR SUBORDINATED
SECURED SECOND LIEN NOTES DUE 2014

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

 

1

 

Section 1.01

 

Definitions

 

 

1

 

Section 1.02

 

Other Definitions

 

 

23

 

Section 1.03

 

Reserved

 

 

24

 

Section 1.04

 

Rules of Construction

 

 

24

 

Section 1.05

 

Acts of Holders

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2  THE NOTES

 

 

25

 

Section 2.01

 

Form and Dating; Terms

 

 

25

 

Section 2.02

 

Execution and Authentication

 

 

26

 

Section 2.03

 

Registrar and Paying Agent

 

 

27

 

Section 2.04

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

 

 

27

 

Section 2.05

 

Holder Lists

 

 

27

 

Section 2.06

 

Transfer and Exchange

 

 

27

 

Section 2.07

 

Replacement Notes

 

 

36

 

Section 2.08

 

Outstanding Notes

 

 

36

 

Section 2.09

 

Treasury Notes

 

 

36

 

Section 2.10

 

Temporary Notes

 

 

37

 

Section 2.11

 

Cancellation

 

 

37

 

Section 2.12

 

Defaulted Interest

 

 

37

 

Section 2.13

 

CUSIP Numbers

 

 

37

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 3  REDEMPTION

 

 

38

 

Section 3.01

 

Notices to Trustee

 

 

38

 

Section 3.02

 

Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed

 

 

38

 

Section 3.03

 

Notice of Redemption

 

 

38

 

Section 3.04

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption

 

 

39

 

Section 3.05

 

Deposit of Redemption Price

 

 

39

 

Section 3.06

 

Notes Redeemed in Part

 

 

39

 

Section 3.07

 

Optional Redemption

 

 

39

 

Section 3.08

 

Mandatory Redemption

 

 

40

 

Section 3.09

 

Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds

 

 

40

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 4  COVENANTS

 

 

41

 

Section 4.01

 

Payment of Notes

 

 

41

 

Section 4.02

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

 

41

 

Section 4.03

 

Reports and Other Information

 

 

42

 

Section 4.04

 

Compliance Certificate

 

 

42

 

Section 4.05

 

Taxes

 

 

42

 

Section 4.06

 

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

 

 

42

 

Section 4.07

 

Limitation on Restricted Payments

 

 

42

 

Section 4.08

 

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries

 

 

47

 

Section 4.09

 

Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock

 

 

48

 

Section 4.10

 

Asset Sales

 

 

52

 

Section 4.11

 

Transactions with Affiliates

 

 

54

 


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Page

 

Section 4.12

 

Liens

 

 

55

 

Section 4.13

 

Corporate Existence

 

 

55

 

Section 4.14

 

Offer to Repurchase upon Change of Control

 

 

56

 

Section 4.15

 

Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries

 

 

57

 

Section 4.16

 

Limitation on Layering

 

 

58

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 5  SUCCESSORS

 

 

58

 

Section 5.01

 

Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets

 

 

58

 

Section 5.02

 

Successor Corporation Substituted

 

 

60

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 6  DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

 

60

 

Section 6.01

 

Events of Default

 

 

60

 

Section 6.02

 

Acceleration

 

 

62

 

Section 6.03

 

Other Remedies

 

 

63

 

Section 6.04

 

Waiver of Past Defaults

 

 

63

 

Section 6.05

 

Control by Majority

 

 

63

 

Section 6.06

 

Limitation on Suits

 

 

63

 

Section 6.07

 

Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment

 

 

63

 

Section 6.08

 

Collection Suit by Trustee

 

 

64

 

Section 6.09

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

 

64

 

Section 6.10

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

 

64

 

Section 6.11

 

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

 

64

 

Section 6.12

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

 

64

 

Section 6.13

 

Priorities

 

 

65

 

Section 6.14

 

Undertaking for Costs

 

 

65

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 7  TRUSTEE

 

 

65

 

Section 7.01

 

Duties of Trustee

 

 

65

 

Section 7.02

 

Rights of Trustee

 

 

66

 

Section 7.03

 

Individual Rights of Trustee

 

 

67

 

Section 7.04

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

 

67

 

Section 7.05

 

Notice of Defaults

 

 

67

 

Section 7.06

 

Reserved

 

 

67

 

Section 7.07

 

Compensation and Indemnity

 

 

67

 

Section 7.08

 

Replacement of Trustee

 

 

68

 

Section 7.09

 

Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

 

 

69

 

Section 7.10

 

Eligibility; Disqualification

 

 

69

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 8  LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 

 

69

 

Section 8.01

 

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

69

 

Section 8.02

 

Legal Defeasance and Discharge

 

 

69

 

Section 8.03

 

Covenant Defeasance

 

 

69

 

Section 8.04

 

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance

 

 

70

 

Section 8.05

 

Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions

 

 

71

 

Section 8.06

 

Repayment to Issuer

 

 

71

 

Section 8.07

 

Reinstatement

 

 

71

 


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ARTICLE 9  AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 

 

72

 

Section 9.01

 

Without Consent of Holders of Notes

 

 

72

 

Section 9.02

 

With Consent of Holders of Notes

 

 

73

 

Section 9.03

 

With Consent of Representatives of Designated Senior Indebtedness

 

 

74

 

Section 9.04

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents

 

 

74

 

Section 9.05

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

 

 

74

 

Section 9.06

 

Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

 

 

74

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 10  COLLATERAL AND SECURITY

 

 

75

 

Section 10.01

 

Collateral and Security Documents

 

 

75

 

Section  10.02

 

Equal and Ratable Sharing of Collateral by Holders of Parity Lien Debt

 

 

75

 

Section 10.03

 

Ranking of Parity Liens

 

 

76

 

Section 10.04

 

Relative Rights

 

 

76

 

Section 10.05

 

Perfection; Insurance

 

 

76

 

Section 10.06

 

Release of Collateral

 

 

77

 

Section 10.07

 

Permitted Releases Not To Impair Lien

 

 

78

 

Section 10.08

 

Certificates of the Trustee

 

 

78

 

Section 10.09

 

Suits To Protect the Collateral

 

 

78

 

Section 10.10

 

Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Security Documents

 

 

79

 

Section 10.11

 

Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee

 

 

79

 

Section 10.12

 

Release Upon Termination of the Company’s Obligations

 

 

79

 

Section 10.13

 

Notes Collateral Agent

 

 

79

 

Section 10.14

 

Designations

 

 

80

 

Section 10.15

 

Intercreditor Agreement Governs

 

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 11  SUBORDINATION

 

 

80

 

Section 11.01

 

Agreement To Subordinate

 

 

80

 

Section 11.02

 

Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy

 

 

81

 

Section 11.03

 

Default on Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer

 

 

81

 

Section 11.04

 

Acceleration of Payment of Notes

 

 

82

 

Section 11.05

 

When Distribution Must Be Paid Over

 

 

82

 

Section 11.06

 

Subrogation

 

 

82

 

Section 11.07

 

Relative Rights

 

 

83

 

Section 11.08

 

Subordination May Not Be Impaired by Issuer

 

 

83

 

Section 11.09

 

Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent

 

 

83

 

Section 11.10

 

Distribution or Notice to Representative

 

 

83

 

Section  11.11

 

Article 11 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Accelerate

 

 

83

 

Section  11.12

 

Trust Moneys Not Subordinated

 

 

83

 

Section  11.13

 

Trustee Entitled To Rely

 

 

84

 

Section  11.14

 

Trustee To Effectuate Subordination

 

 

84

 

Section  11.15

 

Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer

 

 

84

 

Section  11.16

 

Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer on Subordination Provisions

 

 

85

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 12  GUARANTEES

 

 

85

 

Section 12.01

 

Guarantee

 

 

85

 


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Page

 

Section 12.02

 

Limitation on Guarantor Liability

 

 

86

 

Section 12.03

 

Execution and Delivery

 

 

87

 

Section 12.04

 

Subrogation

 

 

87

 

Section 12.05

 

Benefits Acknowledged

 

 

87

 

Section 12.06

 

Release of Guarantees

 

 

87

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 13  SUBORDINATION OF GUARANTEES

 

 

88

 

Section 13.01

 

Agreement To Subordinate

 

 

88

 

Section 13.02

 

Liquidation, Dissolution, Bankruptcy

 

 

88

 

Section 13.03

 

Default on Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor

 

 

88

 

Section 13.04

 

Demand for Payment

 

 

89

 

Section 13.05

 

When Distribution Must Be Paid Over

 

 

90

 

Section 13.06

 

Subrogation

 

 

90

 

Section 13.07

 

Relative Rights

 

 

90

 

Section 13.08

 

Subordination May Not Be Impaired by a Guarantor

 

 

90

 

Section 13.09

 

Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent

 

 

90

 

Section 13.10

 

Distribution or Notice to Representative

 

 

90

 

Section 13.11

 

Article 13 Not To Prevent Events of Default or Limit Right To Demand Payment

 

 

91

 

Section  13.12

 

Trust Moneys Not Subordinated

 

 

91

 

Section  13.13

 

Trustee Entitled To Rely

 

 

91

 

Section  13.14

 

Trustee To Effectuate Subordination

 

 

91

 

Section  13.15

 

Trustee Not Fiduciary for Holders of Senior Indebtedness of Guarantors

 

 

92

 

Section  13.16

 

Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of a Guarantor on Subordination Provisions

 

 

92

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 14  SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 

 

92

 

Section 14.01

 

Satisfaction and Discharge

 

 

92

 

Section 14.02

 

Application of Trust Money

 

 

93

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 15  MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

93

 

Section 15.01

 

Reserved

 

 

93

 

Section 15.02

 

Notices

 

 

93

 

Section 15.03

 

Reserved

 

 

94

 

Section 15.04

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

 

 

94

 

Section 15.05

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

 

 

94

 

Section 15.06

 

Rules by Trustee and Agents

 

 

95

 

Section 15.07

 

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders

 

 

95

 

Section 15.08

 

Governing Law

 

 

95

 

Section 15.09

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

 

 

95

 

Section 15.10

 

Force Majeure

 

 

95

 

Section 15.11

 

Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

 

 

95

 

Section 15.12

 

Successors

 

 

95

 

Section 15.13

 

Severability

 

 

96

 

Section 15.14

 

Counterpart Originals

 

 

96

 

Section 15.15

 

Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

 

 

96

 


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

SCHEDULES

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

Subsidiary Guarantors

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBITS

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Note

 

 

A-1

 

Exhibit B

 

Form of Certificate of Transfer

 

 

B-1

 

Exhibit C

 

Form of Certificate of Exchange

 

 

C-1

 

Exhibit D

 

Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors

 

 

D-1

 

Exhibit E

 

Form of Intercreditor Agreement

 

 

E-1

 


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INDENTURE, dated as of March 26, 2009, among CMP Susquehanna Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ CMP ”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) listed on the signature pages hereto and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, CMP has duly authorized the creation of an issue of up to $15,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Variable Rate Senior Subordinated Secured Second Lien Notes due 2014; and

 

WHEREAS, each of CMP and each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, each of CMP, the Guarantors and the Trustee agrees as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of 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.

 

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, 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, and

 

(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person.

 

Additional Notes means additional Notes issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 4.09 hereof.

 

Advisory Services Agreement means the advisory services agreement dated May 5, 2006 among Parent Holdings, the Issuer, Cumulus Media Partners, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and affiliates of the members of the Consortium named therein, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.

 

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” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean 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.

 

Agent means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

 

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/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

 

Asset Sale means:

 

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or


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(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;

 

in each case, other than:

 

(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete or worn out equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions described under Section 5.01 hereof or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

 

(c) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof;

 

(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $5.0 million;

 

(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to the Issuer or by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer to another Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer;

 

(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

 

(g) the lease, assignment or sub-lease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

(i) foreclosures on assets;

 

(j) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations permitted by this Indenture; and

 

(k) the licensing of intellectual property.

 

Bank Collateral Agent means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent under the Senior Credit Facilities (or any successor administrative agent or collateral agent thereto under the Senior Credit Facilities), or if there are no Senior Credit Facilities, the “ Bank Collateral Agent ” designated pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing the Priority Lien Obligations.

 

Bankruptcy Law means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

Business Day means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.

 

Calculation Agent means an agent appointed from time to time by the Issuer for the purpose of determining the rates of interest in effect from time to time with respect to the Notes pursuant to this Indenture and calculating the amount of interest payable from time to time with respect thereto. Unless otherwise specified, the Calculation Agent shall be the Trustee.

 

Capital Stock means:

 

(1) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock;

 

(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 or membership interests (whether general or limited); and


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(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.

 

Capitalized Lease Obligation means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with GAAP.

 

Cash Equivalents means:

 

(1) United States dollars;

 

(2) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500.0 million in the case of U.S. banks and $100.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;

 

(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above;

 

(5) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

 

(6) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency), and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

 

(7) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (6) above;

 

(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

 

(9) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition; and

 

(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clause (1) above, provided , that such amounts are converted into United States dollars as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

 

Cash Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:

 

(1) the cash component of Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued, excluding, without limitation, original issue discount, non cash interest expense, amortization and write-off of debt issuance costs, the interest component of any deferred payment obligations and net payments, if any, pursuant to Hedging Obligations; plus

 

(2) the cash component of Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries that was capitalized during such period; plus


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(3) any cash interest payment 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 and limited to the amount of such Guarantee or the fair market value of the property secured by such Lien, as the case may be.

 

Change of Control means the occurrence of any of the following:

 

(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Permitted Holder; or

 

(2) the Issuer becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), other than the Permitted Holders, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies holding directly or indirectly 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer,

 

provided , that a “ Change of Control ” shall not include a merger, consolidation or other business combination involving the Issuer and Cumulus Media Inc. and/or its controlled Affiliates if the Leverage Ratio of the Successor Company immediately following such transaction is not greater than the Leverage Ratio of the Issuer immediately prior to such merger, consolidation or other business combination.

 

Clearstream means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.

 

Collateral means all the collateral from time to time described in the Security Documents.

 

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

 

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (e) net payments, if any; pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (x) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (y) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges; plus

 

(2) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

 

(3) interest income for such period.

 

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.


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Consolidated Net Income means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided , however , that, without duplication,

 

(1) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses, severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded,

 

(2) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles during such period,

 

(3) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from disposed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations shall be excluded,

 

(4) any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Issuer, shall be excluded,

 

(5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided , that Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

 

(6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3)(A) of Section 4.07(a) hereof, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded if the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived, provided , that Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

 

(7) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the property and equipment, other intangible assets, deferred revenue and debt line items in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

 

(8) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,

 

(9) any impairment charge or asset write-off, in each case, pursuant to GAAP and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,

 

(10) any non-cash compensation expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights shall be excluded,

 

(11) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded, and

 

(12) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the Issue Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transaction in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded.


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Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07(a) hereof only (other than clause (3)(D) of Section 4.07(a) hereof), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clause (3)(D) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.

 

Consortium means Bain Capital Partners, LLC, The Blackstone Group, Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. and Cumulus Media Inc. and each of their respective Affiliates but not including, however, any portfolio companies of any of the foregoing.

 

Contingent Obligations means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent,

 

(1) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor,

 

(2) to advance or supply funds

 

(a) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation, or

 

(b) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, or

 

(3) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof.

 

Contribution Indebtedness means Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the capital of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor after the Issue Date; provided , that such Contribution Indebtedness:

 

(1) if the aggregate principal amount of such Contribution Indebtedness is greater than one times such cash contributions to the capital of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, the amount of such excess shall be (A)(x) Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) or (y) Senior Subordinated Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) and (B) Indebtedness with a Stated Maturity later than the Stated Maturity of the Notes, and

 

(2) (a) is incurred within 180 days after the making of such cash contributions and (b) is so designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate on the date of the incurrence thereof.

 

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 15.02 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and the Issuer.

 

Credit Facilities means, with respect to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other long-term indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.


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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(c) hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, 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 provisions of this Indenture.

 

Designated Non-cash Consideration means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

 

Designated Preferred Stock means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any parent corporation thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer or the applicable parent corporation thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.

 

Designated Senior Indebtedness means:

 

(1) any Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities; and

 

(2) any other Senior Indebtedness permitted under this Indenture, the principal amount of which is $25.0 million or more and that has been specifically designated by the Issuer in the instrument evidencing or governing such Senior Indebtedness as “ Designated Senior Indebtedness ” for purposes of this Indenture.

 

Dickey Family means Lewis W. Dickey, Jr. and John W. Dickey.

 

Disqualified Stock means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

EBITDA means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period

 

(1) increased (without duplication) by:

 

(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (i) net losses or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (ii) costs of surety bonds in


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connection with financing activities, in each case, to the extent included in Fixed Charges) to the extent the same was deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(d) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Credit Facilities and (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(e) the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Issue Date and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; plus

 

(f) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs or write downs, reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period ( provided , that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus

 

(g) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

(h) the amount of advisory fees and related expenses (other than pursuant to the Management Agreement or any replacement thereof) paid in such period to members of the Consortium (or their Affiliates, as applicable) to the extent otherwise permitted under Section 4.11 hereof; plus

 

(i) any costs or expense incurred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Issuer or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus

 

(j) the amount of loss incurred by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with acquiring “stick” stations or commencing operations under an owned, but not operated, license, in each case as a direct result of the acquisition of such station or initiation of such license within 24 months of the acquisition of the applicable station or initiation of operations in respect of the applicable license in an aggregate amount for all such stations and licenses not to exceed $5.0 million in any four fiscal quarter period,

 

(2) decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior period, and

 

(3) increased or decreased by (without duplication):

 

(a) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations and the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133; plus or minus , as applicable,

 

(b) any net gain or loss resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk).

 

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.


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Equity Offering means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:

 

(1) public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-8;

 

(2) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Issuer; and

 

(3) any such public or private sale that constitutes an Excluded Contribution.

 

Euroclear means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

 

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

 

Excluded Contribution means net cash proceeds or marketable securities received by the Issuer from

 

(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and

 

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Issuer) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Issuer, in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an officer’s certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer on the date such capital contributions are made or the date such Equity Interests are sold, as the case may be, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof.

 

FCC means the U.S. Federal Communications Commission.

 

Final Order shall mean a final order issued by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

 

Fixed Charges means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:

 

(1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;

 

(2) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock during such period; and

 

(3) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such period.

 

Foreign Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.

 

GAAP means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which are in effect on the Issue Date.

 

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, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b) or 2.06(d) hereof.

 

Government Securities means securities that are:

 

(1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

 

(2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,


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which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided , that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

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 letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

 

Guarantee means the guarantee by any Guarantor of the Issuer’s Obligations under this Indenture.

 

Guarantor means Holdings and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Hedging Obligations means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of interest rate or currency risks either generally or under specific contingencies.

 

Holder means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the Registrar’s books.

 

Holdings means CMP Susquehanna Radio Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation and the direct parent of the Issuer.

 

Indebtedness means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

(1) any indebtedness (including principal and premium). of such Person, whether or not contingent:

 

(a) in respect of borrowed money;

 

(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

 

(c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP; or

 

(d) representing any Hedging Obligations;

 

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

 

(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(3) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person.

 

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

 

Independent Financial Advisor means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.


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Indirect Participant means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

 

Initial Notes means the $14,031,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date in connection with the Transaction.

 

Intercreditor Agreement means an Intercreditor Agreement, entered into by the Issuer, the Guarantors, the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Bank Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto, as may be amended, modified, supplemented, restated and/or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and this Indenture.

 

Interest Determination Date means, with respect to any Interest Period, the third Business Day immediately preceding the first day of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Payment Date means May 15 and November 15 of each year to stated maturity.

 

Interest Period means, with respect to the initial Interest Period, the period commencing on the Issue Date, and thereafter, the period commencing on the first Business Day following the last day of the Interest Period then in effect, and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, as selected by the Issuer in a written notice to the Trustee; provided , that:

 

(1) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day; and

 

(2) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period.

 

Investment Grade Rating means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

 

Investment Grade Securities means:

 

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

 

(2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries; and

 

(3) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type described in clauses (1) and (2), which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash pending investment or distribution.

 

Investments means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Issuer in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “ Unrestricted Subsidiary ” and Section 4.07 hereof:

 

(1)  Investments shall include the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of a Subsidiary of the Issuer at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Issuer shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “ Investment ” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

 

(a) the Issuer “ Investment ” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

 

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and


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(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Issuer.

 

Issue Date means March 26, 2009.

 

Issuer means CMP Susquehanna Corp.; provided , that when used in the context of determining the fair market value of an asset or liability under this Indenture, “ Issuer ” shall be deemed to mean the board of directors of the Issuer when the fair market value is equal to or in excess of $20.0 million (unless otherwise expressly stated).

 

Issuer Order means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Issuer by any of the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Legal Holiday means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York or the city in which the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee or Paying Agent is located.

 

Leverage Ratio means, with respect to any specified Person on any date of determination (the “ Calculation Date ”), the ratio, on a pro forma basis, of (1) the sum of the aggregate outstanding amount of Indebtedness plus the aggregate liquidation preference of all outstanding Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock (except Preferred Stock issued to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of the Calculation Date determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP to (2) the EBITDA of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries attributable to continuing operations and businesses for the four full fiscal quarters ended most recently prior to the Calculation Date.

 

For purposes of calculating the Leverage Ratio:

 

(1) acquisitions, including Investments, that have been made by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including through mergers or consolidations, or any Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries acquired by the specified Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, and including any related financing transactions and including increases in ownership of Restricted Subsidiaries, and any incurrence or repayment of other Indebtedness or preferred stock, at any time subsequent to the beginning of the four-quarter reference period and on or prior to the date of determination, as if such incurrence or issuance, or the repayment, as the case may be, during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to the Calculation Date will be given pro forma effect as if they had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period (except that, in making such computation, the amount of Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility shall be computed based upon the average balance of such Indebtedness at the end of each month during such period);

 

(2) For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any transaction, the pro forma calculations. shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer;

 

(3) transactions giving rise to the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio shall be assumed to have occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period;

 

(4) any Person that is a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at all times during such four-quarter period; and

 

(5) any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary on the Calculation Date will be deemed not to have been a Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period.

 

Furthermore, in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for purposes of the calculation of EBITDA, (a) interest on Indebtedness determined on a fluctuating basis as of the date of determination (including Indebtedness actually incurred on the date of the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio) and which will continue to be so determined thereafter shall be deemed to have accrued at a fixed rate per annum equal to the rate of interest on such Indebtedness as in effect on the date of determination and (b) notwithstanding clause (a) above, interest determined on a fluctuating basis, to the extent such interest is covered by Hedging Obligations, shall be deemed to accrue at the rate per annum resulting after giving effect to the operation of such agreements.


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LIBOR means, for any Interest Period, the offered rate for deposits in Dollars for an amount approximately equal to the then outstanding principal amount of the Notes, and for a length of time approximately equal to, the applicable Interest Period as such rate appears on Bloomberg Page BBAMI as of 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination Date; provided that if more than one offered rate appears on the Bloomberg Page BBAMI, LIBOR shall be the arithmetic average (rounded upward to the nearest one-hundredths (1/100th) of one percent (1.00%)) of such offered rates. If Bloomberg Page BBAMI does not include such a rate or is unavailable on an Interest Determination Date, the Calculation Agent will request the principal London office of each of two major banks in the London interbank market, as selected by the Issuer, to provide such banks’ offered quotation (expressed as a percentage per annum), as of approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, on the Interest Determination Date. LIBOR shall be the average of the interest rates (rounded upward to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100th) of one percent (1.00%)) of such offered rates.

 

Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority 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 Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided , that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

Management Agreement means the management agreement dated as of May 5, 2006 between Cumulus Media Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Parent Holdings, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified.

 

Moody’s means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Net Income means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

 

Net Proceeds means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Senior Indebtedness required (other than required by clause (i) of Section 4.10(b) hereof to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted. Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

 

Non-U.S. Person means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

 

Notes means the Initial Notes and any Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “ Notes ” shall also include any Additional Notes that may be issued under a supplemental indenture. For purposes of this Indenture, all references to Notes to be issued or authenticated upon transfer, replacement or exchange shall be deemed to refer to Notes of the applicable series.

 

Notes Collateral Agent means the Trustee, as collateral agent for the Holders of the Notes, and its successors and assigns.

 

Obligations means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal,


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interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

 

Offering Memorandum means the Offering Memorandum and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated March 9, 2009, relating to the Transaction.

 

Officer means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Issuer.

 

Officer’s Certificate means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by any of the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.

 

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

 

Parent Holdings means CMP Susquehanna Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation and the parent company of Holdings.

 

Parity Lien means a Lien granted by a Security Document in favor of the Notes Collateral Agent, at any time, upon any property of the Issuer or any Guarantor to secure Parity Lien Debt.

 

Parity Lien Debt means any Additional Notes and any other Indebtedness having substantially identical terms as the New Notes (other than issue date, issue price, interest rate, yield and redemption terms) and issued under an indenture substantially identical to this Indenture and any Indebtedness that refinances or refunds (or successive refinancing and refunding) any Notes or Additional Notes and all Obligations with respect to such Indebtedness; provided , however , that such Indebtedness may (1) have a Stated Maturity date that is equal to or longer than the Notes, (2) contain terms and covenants that are less restrictive than the terms and covenants under the Notes and (3) contain terms and covenants that are more restrictive than the terms and covenants under the Notes so long as prior to or substantially simultaneously with the issuance of any such Indebtedness, the Notes and this Indenture are amended to contain any such more restrictive terms and covenants.

 

Parity Lien Representative means:

 

(1) in the case of the Notes, the Trustee; or

 

(2) in the case of such series of Parity Lien Debt, the Person that maintains the transfer register for such series of Parity Lien Debt and (a) is appointed as a Parity Lien Representative (for purposes related to the administration of the Security Documents) pursuant to the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing such series of Parity Lien Debt, together with its successors in such capacity, and (b) has become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to such documents or agreements (including amendments or supplements to the Intercreditor Agreement) as the Notes Collateral Agent shall reasonably request and in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Notes Collateral Agent.

 

Participant means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

 

Permitted Asset Swap means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided , that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof.

 

Permitted Holders means (i) each of the members of the Consortium on the Issue Date, (ii) members of the Dickey Family, (iii) members of management of the Issuer (or its direct parent) who are holders of Equity Interests of the Issuer (or any of its direct or indirect parent companies); provided , that if such members of management own beneficially or of record more than 10% of the outstanding voting stock of the Issuer in the aggregate, they shall be treated as Permitted Holders of only 10% of the outstanding voting stock of the Issuer at such time, and (iv) any group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act or any successor provision)


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of which any of the foregoing are members; provided , that, in the case of such group and without giving effect to the existence of such group or any other group, persons identified in clauses (i) and (ii), collectively, have beneficial ownership of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies.

 

Permitted Investments means:

 

(1) any Investment in the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(2) any Investment in cash and Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities;

 

(3) any Investment by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:

 

(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

(b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary,

 

and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided , that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transfer;

 

(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

 

(5) any Investment existing on the Issue Date;

 

(6) any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

 

(a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable; or

 

(b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

 

(7) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (x) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;

 

(8) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer, or any of its direct or indirect parent companies; provided , however , that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;

 

(9) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 hereof;

 

(10) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment;

 

(11) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (11) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed 3.5% of Total Assets at the time of such Investments (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

 

(12) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, employees not in excess of $10.0 million outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;

 

(13) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices; and


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(14) Investments in Permitted Joint Ventures having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (14), that are at that time outstanding not to exceed 1.0% of Total Assets at the tune of such Investment (with the fair market value being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

 

Permitted Joint Ventures means a corporation, partnership or other entity (other than a Subsidiary) engaged in one or more Similar Businesses in respect of which the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary (a) beneficially owns at least 20% of the Equity Interests of such entity and (b) either is a party to an agreement empowering one or more parties to such agreement (which may or may not be the Issuer or a Subsidiary), or is a member of a group that, pursuant to the constituent documents of the applicable corporation, partnership or other entity, has the power, to direct the policies, management and affairs of such entity.

 

Permitted Junior Securities means:

 

(1) Equity Interests in the Issuer, any Guarantor or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer; or

 

(2) unsecured debt securities that are subordinated to all Senior Indebtedness (and any debt securities issued in exchange for Senior Indebtedness) to substantially the same extent as, or to a greater extent than, the Notes and the related Guarantees are subordinated to Senior Indebtedness under this Indenture; provided , that the term “ Permitted Junior Securities ” shall not include any securities distributed pursuant to a plan of reorganization if the Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities is treated as part of the same class as the Notes for purposes of such plan of reorganization; provided , further that to the extent that any Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer or the Guarantors outstanding on the date of consummation of any such plan of reorganization is not paid in full in cash on such date, the holders of any such Senior Indebtedness not so paid in full in cash have consented to the terms of such plan of reorganization.

 

Permitted Liens means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1) pledges or deposits by such Person under workers’ compensation laws, unemployment insurance laws or similar legislation, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

 

(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance and surety bonds or bid bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit issued pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

 

(5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, 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 properties or Liens incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which 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;


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(6) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (iv) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;

 

(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date;

 

(8) Liens on property or shares of stock of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided , however , such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided , further , however , that such Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(9) Liens on property at the time the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary acquired the property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , however , that such Liens are not created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided , further , however that the Liens may not extend to any other property owned by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;

 

(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as related Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be under this Indenture, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;

 

(12) Liens on specific items of inventory of other goods and proceeds of any Person securing such Person’s obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods;

 

(13) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any Indebtedness;

 

(14) Liens arising from Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating leases entered into by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

 

(15) Liens in favor of the Issuer or any Guarantor;

 

(16) Liens on equipment of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business to the Issuer’s clients;

 

(17) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancing, refunding, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9); provided , however , that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8) and (9) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

 

(18) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

 

(19) other Liens securing obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business which obligations do not exceed $7.5 million at any one time outstanding;

 

(20) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (v) under Section 6.01(a) hereof so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

 

(21) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;


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(22) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of setoff) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

(23) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 4.09 hereof; provided , that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

 

(24) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes; and

 

(25) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

 

For purposes of this definition, the term “ Indebtedness ” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.

 

Permitted Prior Liens means Liens that are permitted by the terms of the Senior Credit Facilities and the Security Documents to be prior to the Liens securing the Obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities and any other Priority Lien Obligations.

 

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

 

Pledgors means the Issuer, Holdings and any other Guarantor that provides collateral security for any Secured Obligations.

 

Preferred Stock means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

 

Priority Lien Obligations means (1) all Secured Bank Indebtedness, (2) all other Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors (not constituting Indebtedness) arising under agreements governing Secured Bank Indebtedness, (3) all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof) of the Issuer and the Guarantors owing to any Person that is a lender (or an affiliate of a lender) party to the Senior Credit Facilities at the time it enters into the hedging agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligations and such Person’s successors and assigns, together with all Obligations with respect to such Hedging Obligations (and the guarantees thereof), in each case secured by any Lien and (4) all Obligations of the Issuer and the Guarantors in respect of cash management services or automated clearinghouse transfer of funds (including guarantees thereof) owing to any Person that is a lender (or an affiliate of a lender) party to the Senior Credit Facilities and secured by any Lien.

 

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.

 

Proof of Claim shall mean a proof of claim or debt filed in accordance with and pursuant to any applicable provisions of the Bankruptcy Law, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and/or a Final Order of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

 

Proper Proof of Claim shall mean, at any time, a Proof of Claim in an amount not less than the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Notes at such time plus accrued but unpaid interest on the Notes at such time.


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QIB means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A

 

Qualified Proceeds means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided , that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined by the Issuer in good faith.

 

Rating Agencies means Moody’s and S&P or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

 

Record Date for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

 

Regulation S means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Regulation S Global Note means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as applicable.

 

Regulation S Permanent Global Note means a permanent Global Note 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, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

 

Regulation S Temporary Global Note means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto, bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in reliance on Rule 903.

 

Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f)(iii) hereof.

 

Related Business Assets means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business, provided , that any assets received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary. .

 

Representative means any trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness or Priority Lien Obligations.

 

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

 

Restricted Definitive Note means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Global Note means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

 

Restricted Investment means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

 

Restricted Period means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

 

Restricted Subsidiary means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “ Restricted Subsidiary .”

 

Rule 144 means Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 144A means Rule I 44A promulgated under the Securities Act.


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Rule 903 means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

Rule 904 means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

S&P means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

 

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction means any arrangement providing for the leasing by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.

 

SEC means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Secured Bank Indebtedness means all Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities and related Guarantees (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Issuer or any Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Issuer or any Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments, in each case to the extent arising under the Senior Credit Facilities that is secured by a Lien.

 

Secured Indebtedness means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

 

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

 

Security Documents means the security agreements and related agreements, as amended, supplemented, restated, renewed, refunded, replaced, restructured, repaid, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time, creating the security interests in the Collateral as contemplated hereby.

 

Senior Credit Facilities means the Credit Facility under the Credit Agreement, dated May 5, 2006, by and among the Issuer, the guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent, including any guarantees, mortgages, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

 

Senior Indebtedness means:

 

(1) all Secured Bank Indebtedness;

 

(2) all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof);

 

(3) any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of this Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is on a parity with or subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any related Guarantee; and

 

(4) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clauses (1), (2) and (3);

 

provided , however that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:

 

(a) any obligation of such Person to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(b) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;


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(c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business; provided , that obligations incurred pursuant to the Credit Facilities shall not be excluded pursuant to this clause (c);

 

(d) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person; or

 

(e) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of this Indenture; provided , however , that such Indebtedness shall be deemed not to have been incurred in violation of this Indenture for purposes of this clause if such Indebtedness is incurred under any of the Credit Facilities, and the holder(s) of such Indebtedness or their agent or representative shall have received a certificate from an officer of the Issuer to the effect that the incurrence of such Indebtedness does not (or, in the case of a revolving credit facility thereunder, the incurrence of the entire committed amount thereof at the date on which the initial borrowing thereunder is made would not) violate the provisions of this Indenture.

 

Senior Subordinated Indebtedness means:

 

(1) with respect to the Issuer, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment to the Notes issued by the Issuer; and

 

(2) with respect to any Guarantor, Indebtedness which ranks equal in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.

 

Significant Subsidiary means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

 

Similar Business means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

 

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 original documentation governing such Indebtedness, 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.

 

Subordinated Indebtedness means, with respect to the Notes,

 

(1) any Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and

 

(2) any Indebtedness of any Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.

 

Subsidiary means, with respect to any Person:

 

(1) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar 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) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof or is consolidated under GAAP with such Person at such time; and

 

(2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which

 

(x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

 

(y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.


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Subsidiary Guarantor means each Restricted Subsidiary that Guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

 

Total Assets means the total assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Issuer or such other Person as may be expressly stated.

 

Transaction means the transactions contemplated by the Offering Memorandum, including the issuance of the Initial Notes on the Issue Date and certain Additional Notes that may be issued upon consummation of the exchange offer referenced therein.

 

Trustee means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

 

Unrestricted Definitive Note means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Global Note means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A , that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary means:

 

(1) any Subsidiary of the Issuer which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Issuer, as provided below); and

 

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

The Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided , that

 

(1) any Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which the Equity Interests entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that may be cast by all Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or Persons performing a similar function are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer;

 

(2) such designation complies with Section 4.07 hereof; and

 

(3) each of:

 

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated; and

 

(b) its Subsidiaries

 

has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.

 

The Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and either:

 

(1) the Issuer could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; or

 

(2) the Leverage Ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries would not be greater than such ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation,

 

in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.


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Any such designation by the Issuer shall be notified by the Issuer to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

 

U.S. Person means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

 

Voting Stock of any 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.

 

Weighted Average Life to Maturity means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing

 

(1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by

 

(2) the sum of all such payments.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Section 1.02   Other Definitions .

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Defined

 

Term

 

in Section

 

 

“Acceptable Commitment”

 

 

4.10

 

“Affiliate Transaction”

 

 

4.11

 

“Asset Sale Offer”

 

 

4.10

 

“Authentication Order”

 

 

2.02

 

“Blockage Notice”

 

 

11.03

 

“Change of Control Offer”

 

 

4.14

 

“Change of Control Payment”

 

 

4.14

 

“Change of Control Payment Date”

 

 

4.14

 

“Covenant Defeasance”

 

 

8.03

 

“DTC

 

 

2.03

 

“Event of Default”

 

 

6.01

 

“Excess Proceeds”

 

 

4.10

 

“Guarantee Blockage Notice”

 

 

13.03

 

“Guarantee Payment Blockage Period”

 

 

13.03

 

“Guarantor Payment Default”

 

 

13.03

 

“incur”

 

 

4.09

 

“Legal Defeasance”

 

 

8.02

 

“Non-Guarantor Payment Default”

 

 

13.03

 

“Non-Payment Default”

 

 

11.03

 

“Note Register”

 

 

2.03

 

“Offer Amount”

 

 

3.09

 

“Offer Period”

 

 

3.09

 

“Pari Passu Indebtedness”

 

 

4.10

 

“Parity Lien Documents”

 

 

10.05

 

“pay its Guarantee”

 

 

13.03

 

“pay the Notes”

 

 

11.03

 

“Paying Agent”

 

 

2.03

 


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Defined

 

Term

 

in Section

 

 

“Payment Blockage Period”

 

 

11.03

 

“Payment Default”

 

 

11.03

 

“Purchase Date”

 

 

3.09

 

“Refinancing Indebtedness”

 

 

4.09

 

“Refunding Capital Stock”

 

 

4.07

 

“Registrar”

 

 

2.03

 

“Restricted Payments”

 

 

4.07

 

“Secured Obligations”

 

 

10.01

 

“Successor Company”

 

 

5.01

 

“Successor Person”

 

 

5.01

 

“Treasury Capital Stock”

 

 

4.07

 

 

Section 1.03   Reserved .

 

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) “will” shall be interpreted to express a command;

 

(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

(g) references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

 

(h) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” “Section” or “clause” refers to an Article, Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Indenture; and

 

(i) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not any particular Article, Section, clause or other subdivision.

 

Section 1.05   Acts of Holders .

 

(a) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuer, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

 

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

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(c) The ownership of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register.

 

(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

 

(e) The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders.

 

(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.

 

(g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC that is the Holder of a Global Note, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC that is the Holder of a Global Note may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

 

(h) The Issuer may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

THE NOTES

 

Section  2.01   Form and Dating; Terms .

 

(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 rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

(b)  Global Notes .   Notes issued in global form shall 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 shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto). Each Global Note shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of 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 applicable, 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 shall 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.


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(c)  Temporary Global Notes .   Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for the Depositary, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided.

 

Following the termination of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Note pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of the Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

 

(d)  Terms .   The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

 

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer, 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.

 

The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Issuer pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.10 hereof or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.14 hereof. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.

 

Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Issuer without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the Initial Notes and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as the Initial Notes; provided , that the Issuer’s ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Issuer’s compliance with Section 4.09 hereof. Any Additional Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

 

(e)  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 shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

Section  2.02   Execution and Authentication .

 

At least one Officer shall execute the Notes on behalf of the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature.

 

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 entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as the case may be, by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order (an “ Authentication Order ”), authenticate and deliver the Initial Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall upon an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes for an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order for such Additional Notes issued hereunder.

 

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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 Issuer.

 

Section  2.03   Registrar and Paying Agent .

 

The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“ Registrar ”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (“ Paying Agent ”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes (“ Note Register ”) and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “ Registrar ” includes any co-registrar and the term “ Paying Agent ” includes any additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Holder. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or Registrar.

 

The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

 

The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Notes and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes.

 

Section  2.04   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .

 

The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer 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 Issuer 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 Issuer or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Issuer 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 Issuer, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

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. If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee at least two 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 of Notes.

 

Section  2.06   Transfer and Exchange .

 

(a)  Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes .   Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. A beneficial interest in a Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note unless (i) the Depositary (x) notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note or (y) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days, (ii) the Issuer, at its option, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of the Definitive Notes or (iii) there shall have occurred and be continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). 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, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (i), (ii) or (iii) above and pursuant to


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