Cricket Communications,
Inc.
7.75% SENIOR SECURED NOTES DUE
2016
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Trust
Indenture
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Act Section
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Indenture Section
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7.10
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7.10
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N.A.
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N.A.
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7.10
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7.10
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N.A.
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7.11
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7.11
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N.A.
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2.06
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13.03
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13.03
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7.06
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7.06,
10.07
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7.06,
10.07
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7.06,
13.02
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7.06
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4.03, 4.04,
13.05
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10.06
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7.02,
13.04
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7.02,
13.04
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N.A.
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10.07,
10.08
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13.05
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N.A.
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7.01
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7.05
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7.01
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7.01
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6.11
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2.10
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6.05
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6.04
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N.A.
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6.07
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N.A. means not
applicable.
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This
Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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Trust
Indenture
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Act Section
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Indenture Section
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2.13, 9.02,
13.14
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6.08
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6.09
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2.05
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13.01
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N.A.
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13.01
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ARTICLE ONE
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE
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Section 1.01. Definitions
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1
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Section 1.02. Other Definitions
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37
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Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of
Trust Indenture Act
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37
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Section 1.04. Rules of
Construction
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38
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ARTICLE TWO
THE NOTES
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Section 2.01. Form and Dating
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38
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Section 2.02. Execution and
Authentication
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39
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Section 2.03. Methods of Receiving Payments
on the Notes
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40
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Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying
Agent
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40
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Section 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money in
Trust
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41
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Section 2.06. Holder Lists
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41
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Section 2.07. Transfer and
Exchange
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41
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Section 2.08. Replacement Notes
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54
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Section 2.09. Outstanding Notes
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54
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Section 2.10. Treasury Notes
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54
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Section 2.11. Temporary Notes
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55
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Section 2.12. Cancellation
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55
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Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest
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55
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Section 2.14. CUSIP Numbers
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55
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ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION AND OFFERS TO
PURCHASE
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Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee
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56
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Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be
Redeemed
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56
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Section 3.03. Notice of
Redemption
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56
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Section 3.04. Effect of Notice of
Redemption
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57
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Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption
Price
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57
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Section 3.06. Notes Redeemed in
Part
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58
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Section 3.07. Optional
Redemption
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58
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Section 3.08. Repurchase Offers
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59
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Section 3.09. Application of Trust
Money
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61
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ARTICLE FOUR
COVENANTS
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Section 4.01. Payment of Notes
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61
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Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or
Agency
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61
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62
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Section 4.04. Compliance
Certificate
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63
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64
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Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury
Laws
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64
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Section 4.07. Restricted
Payments
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Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment
Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries
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67
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Section 4.09. Incurrence of
Indebtedness
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69
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Section 4.10. Asset Sales
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72
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Section 4.11. Transactions with
Affiliates
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75
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77
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Section 4.13. Business
Activities
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78
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Section 4.14. Offer to Repurchase upon a
Change of Control
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78
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Section 4.15. [INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED]
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79
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Section 4.16. Designation of Restricted and
Unrestricted Subsidiaries
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79
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Section 4.17. Payments for
Consent
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80
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81
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ARTICLE FIVE
SUCCESSORS
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Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale
of Assets
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81
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Section 5.02. Successor Corporation
Substituted
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82
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ARTICLE SIX
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.01. Events of Default
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83
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Section 6.02. Acceleration
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85
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Section 6.03. Other Remedies
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85
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Section 6.04. Waiver of Past
Defaults
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85
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Section 6.05. Control by
Majority
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86
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Section 6.06. Limitation on
Suits
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86
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Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to
Receive Payment
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87
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Section 6.08. Collection Suit by
Trustee
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87
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Section 6.09. Trustee May File Proofs of
Claim
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87
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88
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Section 6.11. Undertaking for
Costs
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88
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ARTICLE SEVEN
TRUSTEE
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Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee
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Section 7.02. Certain Rights of
Trustee
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90
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Section 7.03. Individual Rights of
Trustee
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90
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Section 7.04. Trustee’s
Disclaimer
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91
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Section 7.05. Notice of Defaults
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91
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Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders
of the Notes
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91
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Section 7.07. Compensation and
Indemnity
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91
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Section 7.08. Replacement of
Trustee
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92
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Section 7.09. Successor Trustee by Merger,
Etc
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93
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Section 7.10. Eligibility;
Disqualification
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93
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Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of
Claims Against Company
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93
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Section 7.12. No Representation by
Trustee
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94
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ARTICLE EIGHT
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 8.01. Option to Effect Legal
Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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94
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Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and
Discharge
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Section 8.03. Covenant
Defeasance
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95
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Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or
Covenant Defeasance
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95
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Section 8.05. Deposited Money and
Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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97
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Section 8.06. Repayment to the
Company
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97
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Section 8.07. Reinstatement
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Section 8.08. Survival of Rights
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98
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ARTICLE NINE
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of
Notes
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98
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Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of
Notes
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99
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Section 9.03. Compliance with Trust
Indenture Act
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101
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Section 9.04. Revocation and Effect of
Consents
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101
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Section 9.05. Notation on or Exchange of
Notes
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101
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Section 9.06. Trustee to Sign Amendments,
Etc.
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102
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ARTICLE TEN
COLLATERAL AND SECURITY
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Section 10.01. Equal and Ratable Sharing of
Collateral by Holders of Parity Lien Debt; Senior Ranking
of
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102
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Section 10.02. Ranking of Parity
Liens
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102
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Section 10.03. Relative Rights
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103
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Section 10.04. Security
Documents
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103
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Section 10.05. Additional Collateral;
Acquisition of Assets or Property
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104
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Section 10.06. Recording and
Opinions
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105
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Section 10.07. Release of
Collateral
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105
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Section 10.08. Certificates of the
Trustee
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106
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Section 10.09. Disposition of Collateral
Without Release
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106
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Section 10.10. Authorization of Actions to
Be Taken by the Trustee Under the Security Documents
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107
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Section 10.11. Authorization of Receipt of
Funds by the Trustee under the Security Agreement
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108
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Section 10.12. Lien Sharing and Priority
Confirmation
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108
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108
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Section 10.14. Termination of Security
Interest
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109
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Section 10.15. Further Assurances;
Insurance
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109
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
NOTE GUARANTEES
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110
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Section 11.02. Limitation on Guarantor
Liability
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111
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Section 11.03. Execution and Delivery of
Note Guarantee
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111
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Section 11.04. Guarantors May Consolidate,
Etc., on Certain Terms
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112
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Section 11.05. Release of a Subsidiary
Guarantor
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112
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ARTICLE TWELVE
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 12.01. Satisfaction and
Discharge
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113
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Section 12.02. Deposited Money and
Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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114
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Section 12.03. Repayment to the
Company
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114
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115
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ARTICLE THIRTEEN
MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 13.01. Trust Indenture Act
Controls
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115
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115
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Section 13.03. Communication by Holders of
Notes with Other Holders of Notes
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116
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Section 13.04. Certificate and Opinion as
to Conditions Precedent
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116
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Section 13.05. Statements Required in
Certificate or Opinion
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116
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Section 13.06. Rules by Trustee and
Agents
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117
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Section 13.07. No Personal Liability of
Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders
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117
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Section 13.08. Governing Law
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117
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Section 13.09. Consent to
Jurisdiction
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117
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Section 13.10. No Adverse Interpretation of
Other Agreements
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118
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Section 13.11. Successors
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118
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Section 13.12. Severability
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118
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Section 13.13. Counterpart
Originals
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118
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Section 13.14. Acts of Holders
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118
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Section 13.15. Benefit of
Indenture
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119
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Section 13.16. Table of Contents, Headings,
Etc.
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120
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Section 13.17. Payment Date Other Than a
Business Day
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120
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FORM OF
NOTE
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
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FORM OF
CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED
INVESTOR
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FORM OF
NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
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FORM OF
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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SECURITY
AGREEMENT
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COLLATERAL
TRUST AGREEMENT
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v
INDENTURE
dated as of June 5, 2009 among Cricket Communications, Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), the
Initial Guarantors (as defined below) listed on the signature pages
hereto and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee.
The Company has
duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to
provide for the issuance from time to time of its 7.75% Senior
Secured Notes due 2016 to be issued in one or more series as
provided in this Indenture. The Initial Guarantors have duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide
for a guarantee of the Notes and of certain of the Company’s
obligations hereunder. All things necessary to make this Indenture
a valid agreement of the Company and the Initial Guarantors, in
accordance with its terms, have been done.
The Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee (as defined below) agree as follows for
the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of
the Holders (as defined below) of the 7.75% Senior Secured Notes
due 2016:
ARTICLE ONE
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, the
OID Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or
on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its
nominee that shall be issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount at maturity of the Notes sold in
reliance on Rule 144A.
“Acquired Indebtedness” means Indebtedness of a
Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary or merges with or into the Parent or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or which is assumed by the Parent or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Acquisition
whether or not incurred in connection with, or in anticipation of,
such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary or such Asset
Acquisition. The term “Acquired Indebtedness” does not
include Indebtedness of a Person which is redeemed, defeased,
retired or otherwise repaid at the time of or immediately upon
consummation of the transactions by which such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary or such Asset Acquisition.
“
Additional Interest ” means all additional interest
owing on the Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“
Additional Notes ” means an unlimited maximum
aggregate principal amount of Notes (other than the Notes issued on
the date hereof) issued under this Indenture in accordance with
Sections 2.02, 4.09 and 4.12 hereof.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means (1) any
other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or
under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person,
(2) any executive officer or director of such specified Person
or (3) any Designated Entity. For purposes of this definition,
“control,” as used with respect to any
Person,
means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether
through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or
otherwise. For purposes of this definition, the terms
“controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with” shall have correlative
meanings.
“
Agent ” means any Registrar, Paying Agent or
co-registrar.
“
Applicable Pari Passu Indebtedness ” means:
(1) with
respect to any asset that is the subject of an Asset Sale at a time
when such asset is included in the Collateral, Parity Lien Debt
(other than the Notes) and Permitted Priority Debt; and
(2) with
respect to any other asset, unsubordinated Indebtedness of the
Company or a Guarantor that is required to be repaid (or that under
the terms thereof is required to be offered to be repaid) upon a
sale of such asset.
“Applicable Premium” means, with respect to a
Note at any date of redemption, the greater of (i) 1.0% of the
principal amount of such Note and (ii) the excess of
(A) the present value at such date of redemption of
(1) the redemption price of such Note at May 15, 2012
(such redemption price being described herein at Section 3.07)
plus (2) all remaining required interest payments due on such
Note through May 15, 2012 (excluding accrued but unpaid
interest to the date of redemption), computed using a discount rate
equal to the Treasury Rate plus 50 basis points, over (B) the
principal amount of such Note.
“
Applicable Procedures ” means, with respect to any
transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global
Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary, Euroclear and
Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.
“ Asset
Acquisition ” means:
(1) an
Investment by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in
any other Person pursuant to which such Person shall become a
Restricted Subsidiary or shall be merged into or consolidated with
the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries but only if such
Person’s primary business is a Permitted Business,
(2) an
acquisition by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
the property and assets of any Person other than the Parent or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries that constitute all or substantially
all of a division, operating unit or line of business of such
Person but only if the property and assets so acquired is a
Permitted Business,
(3) an
Investment by a Designated Entity in any other Person pursuant to
which such Person shall (a) become a Subsidiary of such
Designated Entity or (b) be merged into or consolidated with
such Designated Entity, but, in the case of (a) or (b), only
if such Person’s primary business is a Permitted Business,
or
(4) an
acquisition by a Designated Entity of the property and assets of
any Person other than the Parent, any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any other Designated Entity
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that constitute
all or substantially all of a division, operating unit or line of
business of such Person but only if the property and assets so
acquired is a Permitted Business.
“Asset
Disposition” means the sale or other disposition
by:
(1) the
Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than to the
Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary of (a) all or
substantially all of the Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary
or any Designated Entity or (b) all or substantially all of
the assets that constitute a division, operating unit or line of
business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries,
or
(2) a
Designated Entity other than to the Parent, any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any other Designated Entity of (a) all or
substantially all of the Capital Stock of a Subsidiary of such
Designated Entity or (b) all or substantially all of the
assets that constitute a division, operating unit or line of
business of such Designated Entity.
(1) the sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of any assets, other than a
transaction governed by Sections 4.14 and/or Section 5.01
of this Indenture; and
(2) (a) the
issuance of Equity Interests by any of the Parent’s
Restricted Subsidiaries or (b) the sale by the Parent or any
Restricted Subsidiary thereof of any Equity Interests it owns in
any of its Subsidiaries (other than directors’ qualifying
shares and shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent
required by applicable law) or Designated Entities.
Notwithstanding
the preceding, the following items shall be deemed not to be Asset
Sales:
(1) any
single transaction or series of related transactions that involves
assets or Equity Interests having a Fair Market Value of less than
$10.0 million;
(2) a
transfer of assets or Equity Interests between or among the Parent,
the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors;
(3) an
issuance of Equity Interests by the Company to the
Parent;
(4) an
issuance of Equity Interests by a Subsidiary Guarantor to the
Parent, the Company or another Subsidiary Guarantor;
(5) the sale,
lease, sublease, license, sublicense, consignment, conveyance or
other disposition of equipment, inventory, accounts receivable or
other assets in the ordinary course of business or to any
Designated Entity or Joint Venture Entity in compliance with
Section 4.11 hereof;
(6) the sale
or other disposition of Cash Equivalents;
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(7) dispositions
of accounts receivable in connection with the compromise,
settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business
or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings;
(8) a
Restricted Payment that is permitted by Section 4.07 and any
Permitted Investment;
(9) any sale,
lease, conveyance or other disposition of any property or equipment
that has become damaged, worn out or obsolete;
(10) the
creation of a Lien not prohibited by this Indenture or the Security
Documents;
(11) the
licensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles
(other than FCC Licenses) to third persons on terms approved by the
Board of Directors of the Parent or the Company in good faith and
in the ordinary course of business;
(12) any
sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of assets by a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor to the Parent or to another Restricted Subsidiary of the
Parent; and
(13) an
issuance of Equity Interests by a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Parent that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Parent or to
another Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent; provided that
this clause (13) shall not apply to issuances of any Equity
Interests to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor to the extent such Equity Interests are
Collateral.
“
Attributable Debt ” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value
of the obligation of the lessee for net rental payments during the
remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback
Transaction, including any period for which such lease has been
extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such
present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to
the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in
accordance with GAAP.
“
Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any
similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.
“
Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such
term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act,
except that in calculating the beneficial ownership of any
particular “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), such
“person” shall be deemed to have beneficial ownership
of all securities that such “person” has the right to
acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such
right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only upon the
occurrence of a subsequent condition. The terms “Beneficially
Owns” and “Beneficially Owned” shall have a
corresponding meaning.
“ Board
of Directors ” means:
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(1) with respect
to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or,
except in the context of the definitions of “Change of
Control,” a duly authorized committee thereof;
(2) with respect
to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of
the partnership;
(3) with respect
to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or
any controlling committee or board of directors of such company or
of the sole member or of the managing member thereof;
and
(4) with respect
to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving
a similar function.
“
Board Resolution ” means a resolution certified by the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Parent, or the Company,
as applicable, to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors
of the Parent or the Company, as applicable, and to be in full
force and effect on the date of such certification.
“
Broker-Dealer ” has the meaning set forth in the
Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Legal
Holiday.
“
Capital 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 that time be required to
be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and the
Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of
rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first
date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without
payment of a penalty.
(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
(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.
“
Cash Equivalents ” means:
(1) United States
dollars;
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(2) readily
marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States of America or any agency or
instrumentality thereof ( provided that the full faith and
credit of the United States of America is pledged in support
thereof), having maturities of not more than two years from the
date of acquisition thereof;
(3) demand
deposits, certificates of deposit 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 domestic
commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of
$500.0 million and a rating at the time of acquisition thereof
of P-1 or better from Moody’s or A-1 or better from
S&P;
(4) commercial
paper outstanding at any time issued by any Person organized under
the laws of any state of the United States of America and rated at
the time of acquisition thereof P-1 or better from Moody’s or
A-1 or better from S&P and in each case with maturities of not
more than 270 days from the date of acquisition
thereof;
(5) securities
with final maturities of not more than two years from the date of
acquisition thereof issued or fully guaranteed by any state,
territory or municipality of the United States of America or by any
political subdivision, taxing authority, agency or instrumentality
thereof and rated at least A by S&P or A by
Moody’s;
(6) insured demand
deposits made in the ordinary course of business and consistent
with the Parent’s or its Subsidiaries’ customary cash
management policy in any domestic office of any commercial bank
organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof;
(7) repurchase
obligations with a term of not more than 90 days for
underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2),
(3) and (4) above entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(3) above; and
(8) investments,
classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets of the Parent
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in money market funds or
investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940, the portfolios of which are limited solely to Investments of
the character, quality and maturity described in clauses
(2) through (7) of this definition.
“
Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the
following:
(1) the direct or
indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other
than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of
related transactions, of all or substantially all of the properties
or assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a
whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in
Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act);
(2) the adoption
of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company
or the Parent;
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(3) any
“person” or “group” (as such terms are used
in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act, but excluding any
employee benefit plan of such “person” or its
Subsidiaries, and any Person or entity acting in its capacity as
trustee, agent or other fiduciary or administrator of any such
plan) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of 35%
or more of the Voting Stock of the Parent on a fully-diluted basis
(and taking into account all such securities that such
“person” or “group” has the right to
acquire pursuant to any option right to the extent that such option
right is exercisable within 60 days after the date of
determination), other than any transaction where immediately after
such transaction the Parent will be a wholly owned Subsidiary of a
Person, where no “person” or “group” (as
such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act)
is, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of 35% or more of
the voting power of the Voting Stock of such Person;
(4) during any
period of 12 consecutive months, a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body of the
Company or the Parent cease to be composed of individuals
(i) who were members of the Board of Directors or equivalent
governing body on the first day of such period, (ii) whose
election or nomination to that Board of Directors or equivalent
governing body was approved by individuals referred to in clause
(i) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that Board of Directors or
equivalent governing body, (iii) whose election or nomination
to that Board of Directors or other equivalent governing body was
approved by individuals referred to in clauses (i) and
(ii) above constituting at the time of such election or
nomination at least a majority of that Board of Directors or
equivalent governing body or (iv) in the case of the Company,
whose election or nomination to that Board of Directors or
equivalent governing body was approved by the Parent (excluding, in
the case of both clause (ii) and clause (iii), any individual
whose initial nomination for, or assumption of office as, a member
of that Board of Directors or equivalent governing body occurs as a
result of an actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or
consents for the election or removal of one or more directors by
any “person” or “group” other than a
solicitation for the election of one or more directors by or on
behalf of the Board of Directors);
(5) the Company or
the Parent consolidates with, or merges with or into, any Person,
or any Person consolidates with, or merges with or into the Company
or the Parent, in any such event pursuant to a transaction in which
any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the Company or the Parent is
converted into or exchanged for cash, securities or other property,
other than any such transaction where, immediately after such
transaction (i) no “person” or “group”
(as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange
Act) becomes, directly or indirectly, the Beneficial Owner of 35%
or more of the voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving or
transferee Person, or (ii) the Company or the Parent will be a
wholly owned Subsidiary of a Person, where no “person”
or “group” (as such terms are used in Section 13(d) and
14(d) of the Exchange Act) is, directly or indirectly, the
Beneficial Owner of 35% or more of the voting power of the Voting
Stock of such Person; or
(6) the Parent
ceases to own 100% of the Equity Interests of the Company (unless
the Parent and the Company are merged).
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“
Class ” means (1) in the case of Parity Lien
Debt, every Series of Parity Lien Debt, taken together, and
(2) in the case of Junior Lien Debt, every Series of Junior
Lien Debt, taken together.
“
Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking,
société anonyme, Luxembourg (formerly Cedel Bank,
société anonyme), and any successor
thereto.
“
Closing Date ” means June 5, 2009.
“
Collateral ” means all assets or property, now owned
or hereafter acquired by the Parent, the Company or any of the
Subsidiary Guarantors, to the extent such assets or property are
pledged or assigned or purported to be pledged or assigned, or are
required to be pledged or assigned under the Security Documents to
the Collateral Trustee, together with the proceeds and products
thereof.
“Collateral Trust Agreement” means the
Collateral Trust Agreement entered into by the Company, the Initial
Guarantors, the Trustee and the Collateral Trustee on the Issue
Date in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit H.
“
Collateral Trustee ” means Wilmington Trust FSB, in
its capacity as Collateral Trustee under the Collateral Trust
Agreement, together with its successors in such
capacity.
“Common Stock” means, with respect to any
Person, any Capital Stock (other than Preferred Stock) of such
Person, whether outstanding on the Issue Date or issued
thereafter.
“
Company ” means Cricket Communications, Inc. until a
successor replaces it pursuant to Section 5.01 hereof and
thereafter means the successor.
“
Consolidated Cash Flow ” means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of
such Person for such period plus :
(1) provision for
taxes based on income or profits of such Person, its Restricted
Subsidiaries and its Designated Entities for such period, to the
extent that such provision for taxes was deducted in computing such
Consolidated Net Income; plus
(2) Fixed Charges
of such Person, its Restricted Subsidiaries and its Designated
Entities for such period, to the extent that any such Fixed Charges
were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
(3) depreciation,
amortization (including amortization of intangibles but excluding
amortization of prepaid cash expenses that were paid in a prior
period) and other non-cash expenses (excluding any such non-cash
expense to the extent that it represents an accrual of or reserve
for cash expenses in any future period or amortization of a prepaid
cash expense that was paid in a prior period) of such Person, its
Restricted Subsidiaries and its Designated Entities for such period
to the extent that such depreciation, amortization and other
non-cash expenses were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net
Income, such other non-cash expenses to include, without
limitation,
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impairment
charges associated with goodwill, wireless licenses, other
indefinite-lived assets and long-lived assets, and stock-based
compensation awards; plus
(4) the amount of
any Restructuring Charges or reasonable expenses or charges related
to any proposed or consummated Equity Offering, Investment,
acquisition, recapitalization or Incurrence of Indebtedness
permitted to be incurred under the Indenture, in each case,
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
minus
(5) non-cash items
increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than
the accrual of revenue consistent with past practice;
in each case,
on a consolidated basis and determined in accordance with
GAAP.
Notwithstanding
the preceding, the provision for taxes based on the income or
profits of, the Fixed Charges of and the depreciation and
amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Parent or a Designated Entity shall be added to
Consolidated Net Income to compute Consolidated Cash Flow of the
Parent (A) in the same proportion that the Net Income of such
Restricted Subsidiary or such Designated Entity was added to
compute such Consolidated Net Income of the Parent and
(B) only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be
permitted at the date of determination to be dividended or
distributed to the Parent by such Restricted Subsidiary or such
Designated Entity without prior governmental approval (that has not
been obtained), and without direct or indirect restriction pursuant
to the terms of its charter and all agreements, instruments,
judgments, decrees, orders, statutes, rules and governmental
regulations applicable to that Subsidiary or its stockholders, or
such Designated Entity or holders of its Capital Stock, as
applicable (other than restrictions on dividends or distributions
in respect of Existing Designated Entities that are contained in
agreements or instruments existing on the Issue Date and any
amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, refunding,
replacement or refinancing thereof, provided that such
corresponding restrictions on dividends or distributions, as the
case may be, included therein are no more restrictive than the
applicable restrictions on dividends or distributions in the
agreement or instrument being amended, restated, modified, renewed,
refunded, replaced or refinanced).
“
Consolidated Leverage Ratio ” means on any Transaction
Date, the ratio of:
(1) the aggregate
amount of Indebtedness of the Parent, its Restricted Subsidiaries
and its Designated Entities on a consolidated basis outstanding on
such Transaction Date, to
(2) the aggregate
amount of Consolidated Cash Flow of the Parent, its Restricted
Subsidiaries and its Designated Entities for the Four Quarter
Period.
In
determining the Consolidated Leverage Ratio:
(1) pro forma
effect shall be given to any Indebtedness that is to be incurred or
repaid on the Transaction Date;
(2) pro forma
effect shall be given to Asset Dispositions and Asset Acquisitions
(including giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds
of any
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Asset
Disposition) that occur during the Reference Period as if they had
occurred and such proceeds had been applied on the first day of
such Reference Period; and
(3) pro forma
effect shall be given to asset dispositions and asset acquisitions
(including giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds
of any asset disposition) that have been made by any Person that
has become a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent or a Designated
Entity or has been merged with or into the Parent, any Restricted
Subsidiary or any Designated Entity during such Reference Period
and that would have constituted Asset Dispositions or Asset
Acquisitions had such transactions occurred when such Person was a
Restricted Subsidiary or a Designated Entity, as the case may be,
as if such asset dispositions or asset acquisitions were Asset
Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions that occurred on the first day
of such Reference Period.
To
the extent that pro forma effect is given to an Asset Acquisition
or Asset Disposition, such pro forma calculation shall be based
upon the four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding the
Transaction Date of the Person, or division, operating unit or line
of business of the Person, that is acquired or disposed of for
which financial information is available, and Consolidated Cash
Flow shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but without giving
effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the
definition of Consolidated Net Income.
“
Consolidated Net Income ” means, with respect to any
specified Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of
such Person, its Subsidiaries and its Designated Entities for such
period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with
GAAP; provided that:
(1) the Net Income
of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or a Designated
Entity or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting
shall be included only to the extent of the amount of dividends or
distributions paid in cash to the specified Person or a Restricted
Subsidiary thereof;
(2) the Net Income
of any Restricted Subsidiary or any Designated Entity shall be
excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends
or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary or that
Designated Entity, as applicable, of that Net Income is not at the
date of determination permitted without any prior governmental
approval (that has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly,
by operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement,
instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental
regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its
equityholders, or such Designated Entity or holders of its Capital
Stock, as applicable (other than restrictions on dividends or
distributions in respect of Existing Designated Entities that are
contained in agreements or instruments existing on the Issue Date
and any amendment, restatement, modification, renewal, refunding,
replacement or refinancing thereof, provided that such
corresponding restrictions on dividends or distributions, as the
case may be, included therein are no more restrictive than the
applicable restrictions on dividends or distributions in the
agreement or instrument being amended, restated, modified, renewed,
refunded, replaced or refinanced);
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(3) the Net Income
of any Person acquired during the specified period for any period
prior to the date of such acquisition shall be excluded;
(4) the cumulative
effect of a change in accounting principles shall be excluded;
and
(5)
notwithstanding clause (1) above, the Net Income or loss of
any Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be excluded, whether or not
distributed to the specified Person or one of its
Subsidiaries.
“
Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee ” shall be at
the address of the Trustee specified in Section 13.02 hereof
or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to
the Company.
“Credit Facilities” means, one or more debt
facilities, commercial paper facilities or indentures, in each case
with banks or other institutional lenders or a trustee, providing
for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing
(including through the sale of receivables to such lenders or to
special purpose entities formed to borrow from such lenders against
such receivables), letters of credit or issuances of notes, in each
case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced
or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
“
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 2.07 hereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto, and 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 2.04 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the
Notes, and any and all successors thereto appointed as depositary
hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable
provision of this Indenture.
“Designated Entity” means a Person that is
designated as a “Designated Entity” by the Board of
Directors of the Parent pursuant to a Board Resolution;
provided that (i) at the time of the making of the
initial investment by the Parent or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries in such Person, such Person (A) holds or is
intended to hold, whether directly or indirectly through one or
more subsidiaries, one or more FCC Licenses as, or is eligible to
participate in an FCC auction or auctions for FCC Licenses and/or
purchase of FCC Licenses or spectrum in an after-market therefor,
from time to time as, a “Designated Entity,”
“Entrepreneur,” “Small Business,” or
“Very Small Business,” as those terms are defined under
FCC rules and regulations as in effect at the time of such initial
investment in such Person or (B) is a wholly owned Subsidiary
of a Person meeting the requirements of subclause (A) above;
(ii) the Parent and its Restricted
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Subsidiaries
own a majority (but less than 100%) of the equity interests of such
Person (or in the case of a Person referred to in subclause (i)(B),
the Person referred to in subclause (i)(A) of which such Person is
a wholly owned Subsidiary); (iii) the accounts of such Person
are consolidated with those of the Parent and its Subsidiaries in
accordance with GAAP; and (iv) such Person’s primary
business is a Permitted Business.
“
Disqualified Stock ” means any Capital Stock that, by
its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is
convertible, or for which it is exchangeable, in each case at the
option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event,
matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund
obligation or otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder
thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one
year after the date on which the Notes mature. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because the holders thereof have the
right to require the Parent to repurchase such Capital Stock upon
the occurrence of a change of control or an asset sale shall not
constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such Capital Stock
provide that the Parent may not repurchase or redeem any such
Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such repurchase or
redemption complies with Section 4.07. The term
“Disqualified Stock” shall also include any options,
warrants or other rights that are convertible into Disqualified
Stock or that are redeemable at the option of the holder, or
required to be redeemed, prior to the date that is one year after
the date on which the Notes mature.
“
Domestic Restricted Subsidiary ” means any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Parent other than a Subsidiary that
is:
(1) a
“controlled foreign corporation” under Section 957
of the Internal Revenue Code, or
(2) a Subsidiary
of such controlled foreign corporation.
“
equally and ratably ” means, in reference to sharing
of Liens or proceeds thereof as between holders of Secured Debt
Obligations within the same Class after payment of amounts payable
to the Collateral Trustee under the Collateral Trust Agreement and
the Parity Lien Representatives in accordance with the applicable
Secured Debt Document, that such Liens or proceeds:
(1) will be
allocated and distributed first to the Secured Debt Representative
for each outstanding Series of Secured Debt within that Class, for
the account of the holders of such Series of Secured Debt, ratably
in proportion to the principal of, and interest and premium (if
any) and reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) with
respect to letters of credit, if any, outstanding (whether or not
drawings have been made under such letters of credit) forming part
of, and Hedging Obligations to the extent constituting Secured Debt
pursuant to the terms of, each outstanding Series of Secured Debt
within that Class when the allocation or distribution is made; and
thereafter
(2) will be
allocated and distributed (if any remain after payment in full of
all of the principal of, and interest and premium (if any) and
reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) with respect to
letters of credit, if any, outstanding (whether or
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not drawings
have been made on such letters of credit) forming part of, and
Hedging Obligations to the extent constituting Secured Debt
pursuant to the terms of, each outstanding Series of Secured Debt
within that Class) to the Secured Debt Representative for each
outstanding Series of Secured Debt within that Class, for the
account of the holders of any remaining Secured Debt Obligations
within that Class, ratably in proportion to the aggregate unpaid
amount of such remaining Secured Debt Obligations within that Class
due and demanded (with written notice to the applicable Secured
Debt Representative and the Collateral Trustee) prior to the date
such distribution is made.
“
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).
“
Equity Offering ” means any public or private
placement of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the
Parent (other than pursuant to a registration statement on
Form S-8 or otherwise relating to equity securities issuable
under any employee benefit plan of the Parent) to any Person other
than any Subsidiary thereof.
“
Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as
operator of the Euroclear system, or its successor.
“
Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended.
“
Exchange Notes ” means the Notes issued in the
Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with Section 2.07(f)
hereof.
“
Exchange Offer Registration Statement ” has the
meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Existing Designated Entity ” means each of LCW
Wireless, LLC and Denali Spectrum, LLC and each of their respective
Subsidiaries.
“
Existing Indebtedness ” means the aggregate amount of
Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other
than Indebtedness under the Notes and the related Note Guarantees)
in existence on the Issue Date after giving effect to the
application of the proceeds of the Notes, until such amounts are
repaid.
“Fair Market Value” means the price that would
be paid in an arm’s-length transaction between an informed
and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and
willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, as determined in good
faith by an Officer of the Parent or by the Board of Directors of
the Parent, evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate or Board
Resolution, as applicable.
“FCC” means the Federal Communications
Commission (or any federal agency that may succeed to its
jurisdiction).
“FCC Licenses” means broadband personal
communications service licenses, advanced wireless services
licenses or other licenses, permits or authorizations for the
provision
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of wireless
telecommunications services or operation of wireless
telecommunications systems issued by the FCC from time to
time.
“
Fixed Charges ” means, with respect to any specified
Person for any period, the sum, without duplication, of:
(1) the
consolidated interest expense of such Person, its Restricted
Subsidiaries and its Designated Entities for such period, whether
paid or accrued, including, without limitation, amortization of
debt issuance costs and original issue discount, non-cash interest
payments, the interest component of any deferred payment
obligations, the interest component of all payments associated with
Capital Lease Obligations, imputed interest with respect to
Attributable Debt, commissions, discounts and other fees and
charges incurred in respect of letter of credit or bankers’
acceptance financings, and net of the effect of all payments made
or received pursuant to Hedging Obligations; plus
(2) the
consolidated interest of such Person, its Restricted Subsidiaries
and its Designated Entities that was capitalized during such
period; plus
(3) any interest
expense on Indebtedness of another Person that is Guaranteed by
such Person, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of its
Designated Entities or secured by a Lien on assets of such Person,
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of its Designated
Entities whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called upon;
plus
(4) the product of
(a) all dividends, whether paid or accrued and whether or not
in cash, on any series of Disqualified Stock of such Person or
Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any of its Designated Entities other than dividends
on Equity Interests payable solely in Equity Interests (other than
Disqualified Stock) of the Parent or to the Parent or a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Parent, times (b) a fraction, the numerator
of which is one and the denominator of which is one minus the then
current combined federal, state and local statutory tax rate of
such Person (if such Person is part of a consolidated group, then
such tax rate shall be computed on a standalone basis for such
Person), expressed as a decimal,
in each case,
on a consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
“
Four Quarter Period ” means, with respect to any
specified Transaction Date, the four fiscal quarters immediately
prior to the Transaction Date for which internal financial
statements of the Parent are available.
“
GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles
set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants, the opinions and pronouncements of the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board and in the statements and pronouncements
of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in such other
statements by such other entity as have been approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession, which were in
effect on October 23, 2006.
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“
Global Note Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.07(g)(ii), 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, 2.07(b), 2.07(d) or 2.07(f)
of this Indenture.
“Government Securities” means securities that
are direct obligations of the United States of America for the
timely payment of which its full faith and credit is
pledged.
“
Guarantee ” means, as to any Person, a guarantee other
than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in any manner
including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or
through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness of another
Person.
(1) the Initial
Guarantors; and
(2) any other
Subsidiary that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture;
and their
respective successors and assigns until released from their
obligations under their Note Guarantees and this Indenture in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
“
Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any
specified Person, the obligations of such Person under:
(1) interest rate
swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar
agreements and other agreements or arrangements with respect to
interest rates;
(2) commodity swap
agreements, commodity option agreements, forward contracts and
other agreements or arrangements with respect to commodity prices;
and
(3) foreign
exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and other agreements
or arrangements with respect to foreign currency exchange
rates.
“
Holder ” means a Person in whose name a Note is
registered.
“
Incur ” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, to
incur, create, issue, assume, Guarantee or otherwise become
directly or indirectly liable for or with respect to, or become
responsible for, the payment of, contingently or otherwise, such
Indebtedness (and “Incurrence” and
“Incurred” shall have meanings correlative to the
foregoing); provided that (1) any Indebtedness of a
Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Parent or a Designated Entity shall be deemed to
be Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary or such Designated Entity
at the time it becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent or a
Designated Entity and (2) neither the accrual of interest nor
the accretion of original issue
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discount nor
the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness with
the same terms and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock
or Preferred Stock in the form of additional shares of the same
class of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (to the extent
provided for when the Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock on which such interest or dividend is paid was
originally issued) shall be considered an Incurrence of
Indebtedness; provided that in each case the amount thereof
is for all other purposes included in the Fixed Charges and
Indebtedness of the Parent, its Restricted Subsidiaries or its
Designated Entities as accrued.
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not
contingent:
(1) in respect of
borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by
bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit (or reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
(3) in respect of
banker’s acceptances;
(4) in respect of
Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt;
(5) in respect of
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property or services, except any such balance that constitutes an
accrued expense or trade payable and excluding any earnout
obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance
sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
(6) representing
Hedging Obligations;
(7) representing
Disqualified Stock valued at the greater of its voluntary or
involuntary maximum fixed repurchase price plus accrued dividends;
or
(8) in the case of
a Subsidiary of such Person, representing Preferred Stock valued at
the greater of its voluntary or involuntary maximum fixed
repurchase price plus accrued dividends.
In
addition, the term “Indebtedness” includes (x) all
Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the
specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person), provided that the amount of such
Indebtedness shall be the lesser of (A) the Fair Market Value
of such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount
of such Indebtedness, and (y) to the extent not otherwise included,
the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any
other Person. For purposes hereof, the “maximum fixed
repurchase price” of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred
Stock which does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be
calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock
or Preferred Stock, as applicable, as if such Disqualified Stock or
Preferred Stock were repurchased on any date on which Indebtedness
is required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture.
The
amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be the
outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations
as described above and, with
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respect to
contingent obligations, the maximum liability upon the occurrence
of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, and shall
be:
(1) the accreted
value thereof, in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original
issue discount; and
(2) the principal
amount thereof, together with any interest thereon that is more
than 30 days past due, in the case of any other
Indebtedness.
“
Indenture ” means this Indenture, as amended or
supplemented from time to time.
“
Indirect Participant ” means a Person who holds a
beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant.
“Initial Guarantors” means the Parent and all of
the Domestic Restricted Subsidiaries of the Parent (other than the
Company) existing on the Issue Date.
“Initial Purchasers” means Goldman, Sachs &
Co., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,
Jefferies & Company Inc. and UBS Securities LLC.
“
insolvency or liquidation proceeding ”
means:
(1) any case
commenced by or against the Company or any Guarantor under Title
11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors, any other proceeding for the reorganization,
recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or
liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor, any receivership or
assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or
any Guarantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the
Company or any Guarantor or its creditors, as such, in each case
whether or not voluntary;
(2) any
liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or
other winding up of or relating to the Company or any Guarantor, in
each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving
bankruptcy or insolvency; or
(3) any other
proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims
of creditors of the Company or any Guarantor are determined and any
payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such
claims.
“
Institutional Accredited Investor ” means an
institution that is an “accredited investor” as defined
in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the
Securities Act, who are not also QIBs.
“
Intercreditor Agreement ” means any intercreditor
agreement entered into in connection with the Permitted Priority
Debt, if any, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D
to the Collateral Trust Agreement, as amended, supplemented,
restated, modified, renamed or replaced (whether upon or after
termination or otherwise), in whole or in part from time to time,
or any other successor agreement and whether among the same or any
other parties.
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“
Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
“
Investment Company Act ” means the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended.
“
Investments ” means, with respect to any Person, all
direct or indirect investments by such Person in other Persons
(including Affiliates) in the form of loans or other extensions of
credit (including Guarantees), advances, capital contributions (by
means of any transfer of cash or other property to others or any
payment for property or services for the account or use of others),
purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness,
Equity Interests or other securities, together with all items that
are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
If
the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent sells or
otherwise disposes of any Equity Interests of any direct or
indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent such that, after
giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is no
longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, the Parent shall be
deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or
disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investment in
such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of. The acquisition by the
Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent of a Person that
holds an Investment in a third Person shall be deemed to be an
Investment by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary in such
third Person in an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of the
Investment held by the acquired Person in such third
Person.
“Issue Date” means the date of original issuance
of the Notes under this Indenture.
“
Joint Venture Entity ” means any Person other than a
Restricted Subsidiary in which the Parent or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries has made a Permitted Investment and/or a Restricted
Investment permitted by the provisions of Section 4.07 of this
Indenture, of which more than 10% of the Capital Stock of such
Person is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Parent or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“
Junior Lien ” means a Lien granted by a security
document to the Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any
Collateral to secure Junior Lien Obligations.
“
Junior Lien Debt ” means:
(1) any
Indebtedness (including letters of credit and reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto) of the Company or any Guarantor
that is secured on a subordinated basis to the Parity Lien Debt by
a Junior Lien that was permitted to be incurred and so secured
under each applicable Secured Debt Document; provided
that:
(a) on or before
the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or
such Guarantor, such Indebtedness is designated by the Company, in
accordance with the Collateral Trust Agreement, as “Junior
Lien Debt” for the purposes of the Secured Debt Documents and
the Collateral Trust Agreement;
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provided that no Series of Secured Debt may be designated
as both Junior Lien Debt and Parity Lien Debt;
(b) such
Indebtedness is governed by an indenture, credit agreement or other
agreement that includes a Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation;
and
(c) all
requirements set forth in the Collateral Trust Agreement as to the
confirmation, grant or perfection of the Collateral Trustee’s
Liens to secure such Indebtedness or Obligations in respect thereof
are satisfied (and the satisfaction of such requirements will be
conclusively established if the Company delivers to the Collateral
Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that such
requirements have been satisfied and that such Indebtedness is
“Junior Lien Debt”); and
(2) Hedging
Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor incurred to hedge or
manage interest rate risk with respect to Junior Lien Debt;
provided that, pursuant to the terms of the Junior Lien
Documents, such Hedging Obligations are secured by a Junior Lien on
all of the assets and properties that secure the Indebtedness in
respect of which such Hedging Obligations are incurred.
“
Junior Lien Documents ” means, collectively, any
indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing a Series
of Junior Lien Debt and the security documents that create or
perfect Liens securing Junior Lien Obligations.
“
Junior Lien Obligations ” means Junior Lien Debt and
all other Obligations in respect thereof.
“
Junior Lien Representative ” means, in the case of any
future Series of Junior Lien Debt, the trustee, agent or
representative of the holders of such Series of Junior Lien Debt
who (a) is appointed as a Junior 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 Junior Lien Debt, together with its
successors in such capacity, and (b) has become a party to the
Collateral Trust Agreement by executing a joinder in the form
required under the Collateral Trust Agreement.
“
Legal Holiday ” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on
which banking institutions in The City of New York or at a place of
payment are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive
order to remain closed.
“
Legended Regulation S Global Note ” means a
global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global
Note Legend, the OID 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 at maturity of the Notes initially
sold in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
“
Letter of Transmittal ” means the letter of
transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all Holders
of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the
Registered Exchange Offer.
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“
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage,
lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of any kind
in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature
thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in such asset and any filing of or agreement to give any
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
“
Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation ”
means:
(1) as to any
Series of Parity Lien Debt, the written agreement of the holders of
such Series of Parity Lien Debt, as set forth in the applicable
Secured Debt Document:
(a) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Parity Lien Debt and each existing and future Parity Lien
Representative that all Parity Lien Obligations will be and are
secured equally and ratably by all Parity Liens at any time granted
by the Company or any Guarantor to secure any Obligations in
respect of such Series of Parity Lien Debt, and that all such
Parity Liens will be enforceable by the Collateral Trustee for the
benefit of all holders of Parity Lien Obligations equally and
ratably;
(b) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Parity Lien Debt and Series of Junior Lien Debt, and each
existing and future Parity Lien Representative and Junior Lien
Representative, that the holders of Obligations in respect of such
Series of Parity Lien Debt are bound by the provisions of the
Collateral Trust Agreement, including the provisions relating to
the ranking of Parity Liens and the order of application of
proceeds from enforcement of Parity Liens;
(c) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Permitted Priority Debt and Series of Parity Lien Debt
and each existing and future Permitted Priority Lien Representative
and Parity Lien Representative, that the holders of Obligations in
respect of such Series of Parity Lien Debt are bound by the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement (whether then in
existence or thereafter entered into), including the provisions
relating to the ranking of Liens and the order of application of
proceeds from the enforcement of Liens as set forth therein;
and
(d) consenting to
and directing the Collateral Trustee to perform its obligations
under the Collateral Trust Agreement and the other security
documents in respect of the Secured Debt Obligations (including the
Intercreditor Agreement),
(2) as to any
Series of Junior Lien Debt, the written agreement of the holders of
such Series of Junior Lien Debt, as set forth in the applicable
Secured Debt Document:
(a) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Junior Lien Debt and Series of Parity Lien Debt and each
existing and future Junior Lien Representative and Parity Lien
Representative, that all Junior
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Lien
Obligations will be and are secured equally and ratably by all
Junior Liens at any time granted by the Company or any Guarantor to
secure any Obligations in respect of such Series of Junior Lien
Debt, and that all such Junior Liens will be enforceable by the
Collateral Trustee for the benefit of all holders of Junior Lien
Obligations equally and ratably;
(b) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Parity Lien Debt and Series of Junior Lien Debt and each
existing and future Parity Lien Representative and Junior Lien
Representative, that the holders of Obligations in respect of such
Series of Junior Lien Debt are bound by the provisions of the
Collateral Trust Agreement, including the provisions relating to
the ranking of Junior Liens and the order of application of
proceeds from the enforcement of Junior Liens;
(c) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Junior Lien Debt, Series of Parity Lien Debt and Series
of Permitted Priority Debt and each existing and future Junior Lien
Representative, Parity Lien Representative and Permitted Priority
Lien Representative, that the holders of Obligations in respect of
such Series of Junior Lien Debt are bound by the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement (whether then in existence or thereafter
entered into), including the provisions relating to the ranking of
Liens and the order of application of proceeds from the enforcement
of Liens as set forth therein; and
(d) consenting to
and directing the Collateral Trustee to perform its obligations
under the Collateral Trust Agreement and the other security
documents in respect of the Secured Debt Obligations (including the
Intercreditor Agreement).
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service,
Inc. and its successors.
“
Net Income ” means, with respect to any specified
Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in
accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of
Preferred Stock dividends, excluding, however:
(1) any gain or
loss, together with any related provision for taxes on such gain or
loss, realized in connection with: (a) any sale of assets
outside the ordinary course of business of such Person; or
(b) the disposition of any securities by such Person, any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries or any of its Designated Entities or
the extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person, any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries or any of its Designated Entities;
and
(2) any
extraordinary gain or loss, together with any related provision for
taxes on such extraordinary gain or loss.
“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash
proceeds, including payments in respect of deferred payment
obligations (to the extent corresponding to the principal, but not
the interest component, thereof) received by the Parent or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries in
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respect of any
Asset Sale (including, without limitation, any cash received upon
the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration
received in any Asset Sale), net of (1) the direct costs
relating to such Asset Sale, including, without limitation, legal,
accounting, investment banking and brokerage fees, and sales
commissions, and any relocation expenses incurred as a result
thereof, (2) taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, in
each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (3) amounts
required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness or other
liabilities secured by a Lien on the asset or assets that were the
subject of such Asset Sale or required to be paid as a result of
such sale, (4) any reserve for adjustment in respect of the
sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with
GAAP, (5) in the case of any Asset Sale by a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Parent, payments to holders of Equity Interests
in such Restricted Subsidiary in such capacity (other than such
Equity Interests held by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary
thereof) to the extent that such payment is required to permit the
distribution of such proceeds in respect of the Equity Interests in
such Restricted Subsidiary held by the Parent or any Restricted
Subsidiary thereof and (6) appropriate amounts to be provided
by the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve against
liabilities associated with such Asset Sale, including, without
limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities,
liabilities related to environmental matters and liabilities under
any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Sale,
all as determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that
(a) excess amounts set aside for payment of taxes pursuant to
clause (2) above remaining after such taxes have been paid in
full or the statute of limitations therefor has expired and
(b) amounts initially held in reserve pursuant to clause (6)
no longer so held, shall, in the case of each of subclause
(a) and (b), at that time become Net Proceeds.
“
Non-U.S. Person ” means a Person who is not a U.S.
Person.
“Note Guarantee” means a Guarantee of the Notes
pursuant to this Indenture.
“
Notes ” means the 7.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2016
of the Company issued on the date hereof and any Additional Notes,
including any Exchange Notes. The Notes and the Additional Notes,
if any, shall be treated as a single class for all purposes under
this Indenture.
“
Obligations ” means any principal (including
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit whether
drawn or not drawn), interest (including all interest accrued
thereon after the commencement of any insolvency or liquidation
proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate,
specified in the Secured Debt Documents, even if such interest is
not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such
proceeding), premium (if any), penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the
documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“
Offering Memorandum ” means the offering memorandum of
the Company for the offering of the Notes, dated May 28,
2009.
“
Officer ” means, with respect to any Person, the
Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President,
the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the
Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller, the Secretary
or any Vice-President of such Person.
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“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate
signed on behalf of the Company or the Parent, as the case may be,
by at least two Officers of the Company, one of whom must be the
principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the
treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company or the
Parent, as the case may be, that meets the requirements of
Section 13.05 hereof.
“
OID Legend ” means the legend set forth in
Section 2.07(g)(iii) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued
under this Indenture that have more than a de minimis amount of
original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax
purposes.
“
Opinion of Counsel ” means an opinion from legal
counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the Trustee (who may be
counsel to or an employee of the Parent or the Company) that meets
the requirements of Section 13.05 hereof.
“
Parent ” means Leap Wireless International, Inc. until
a successor replaces it pursuant to Section 5.02 hereof and
thereafter means the successor.
“
Parity Lien ” means a Lien granted by a security
document to the Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any
Collateral to secure Parity Lien Obligations.
“
Parity Lien Debt ” means:
(1) the Notes
issued by the Company under the Indenture on the Issue Date, any
Additional Notes issued under the Indenture, any Exchange Notes
related to such Notes or Additional Notes and the Note Guarantee of
each Guarantor;
(2) any
Indebtedness (including letters of credit and reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto) of the Company or any Guarantor
that is secured equally and ratably with the Notes by a Parity Lien
that was permitted to be incurred and so secured under each
applicable Secured Debt Document; provided , in the case of
Indebtedness referred to in this clause (2), that:
(a) on or before
the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or
such Guarantor, such Indebtedness is designated by the Company, in
accordance with the Collateral Trust Agreement, as “Parity
Lien Debt” for the purposes of the Secured Debt Documents;
provided that no Series of Secured Debt may be designated as
both Parity Lien Debt and Junior Lien Debt;
(b) such
Indebtedness is governed by an indenture, credit agreement or other
agreement that includes a Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation;
and
(c) all
requirements set forth in the Collateral Trust Agreement as to the
confirmation, grant or perfection of the Collateral Trustee’s
Lien to secure such Indebtedness or Obligations in respect thereof
are satisfied (and the satisfaction of such requirements will be
conclusively established if the Company delivers to the Collateral
Trustee an officers’ certificate stating that such
requirements have been satisfied and that such notes or such
Indebtedness is “Parity Lien Debt”); and
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(3) Hedging
Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor incurred to hedge or
manage interest rate risk with respect to Parity Lien Debt;
provided that, pursuant to the terms of the Parity Lien
Documents, such Hedging Obligations are secured by a Parity Lien on
all of the assets and properties that secure the Indebtedness in
respect of which such Hedging Obligations are incurred.
“
Parity Lien Documents ” means this Indenture and any
additional indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing
a Series of Parity Lien Debt and the security documents that create
or perfect Liens securing Parity Lien Obligations.
“
Parity Lien Obligations ” means Parity Lien Debt and
all other Obligations in respect thereof.
“
Parity Lien Representative ” means (1) the
Trustee, in the case of the Notes, or (2) in the case of any
other Series of Parity Lien Debt, the trustee, agent or
representative of the holders of such Series of Parity Lien Debt
who (a) is appointed as a Parity Lien Representative (for
purposes related to the administration of the Security Documents)
pursuant to the indenture, the 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
Collateral Trust Agreement by executing a joinder in the form
required under the Collateral Trust Agreement.
“
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 Business ” means any business conducted or
proposed to be conducted (as described in the Offering Memorandum)
by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date
(including, without limitation, the delivery or distribution of
wireless telecommunications services (including voice, data or
video services) and the acquisition, holding or exploitation of any
license relating to the delivery of such wireless
telecommunications services) and other businesses related,
ancillary or complementary thereto.
“
Permitted Investments ” means:
(1) any Investment
in the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent;
provided that if such Investment is in a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Parent that is not either the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, such Investment shall not constitute a
Permitted Investment under this clause (1) to the extent such
Investment is made by a contribution or transfer of any assets,
including without limitation cash and FCC licenses, that
constituted Collateral prior to such contribution or
transfer;
(2) any Investment
in Cash Equivalents;
(3) any Investment
by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent in a
Person, if as a result of such Investment:
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such Person is merged, consolidated
or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially
all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Parent or a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent;
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provided that (x) such Person’s primary
business is a Permitted Business and (y) if such Person does
not become a Subsidiary Guarantor, or is not merged, consolidated,
amalgamated with or into or does not transfer or convey
substantially all of its assets to the Parent, the Company or a
Subsidiary Guarantor, such Investment shall not constitute a
Permitted Investment under this clause (3), to the extent such
Investment is made by a contribution or transfer of any assets,
including without limitation cash and FCC licenses, that
constituted Collateral prior to such contribution or
transfer;
(4) any Investment
made as a result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an
Asset Sale that was made pursuant to and in compliance with
Section 4.10;
(5) Hedging
Obligations that are Incurred for the purpose of fixing, hedging or
swapping interest rate, commodity price or foreign currency
exchange rate risk (or to reverse or amend any such agreements
previously made for such purposes), and not for speculative
purposes, and that do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor
outstanding at any time other than as a result of fluctuations in
interest rates, commodity prices or foreign currency exchange rates
or by reason of fees, indemnities and compensation payable
thereunder;
(6) stock,
obligations or securities received in satisfaction of
judgments;
(7) advances to
customers or suppliers in the ordinary course of business that are,
in conformity with GAAP, recorded as accounts receivable, prepaid
expenses or deposits on the balance sheet of the Parent or its
Restricted Subsidiaries and endorsements for collection or deposit
arising in the ordinary course of business;
(8) commission,
payroll, travel and similar advances to officers and employees of
the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that are expected
at the time of such advance ultimately to be recorded as an expense
in conformity with GAAP;
(9) loans and
advances to employees, officers or directors of the Parent or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries made in the ordinary course of
business, provided that such loans and advances do not
exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(10) Investments
in any Existing Designated Entity pursuant to agreements in
existence on the Issue Date or to the extent permitted under that
certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
June 16, 2006, by and among the Company, the Parent, Bank of
America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the other lenders named
therein, as in effect on October 23, 2006;
(11) Investments
existing on the Issue Date;
(12) other
Investments in any Person primarily engaged in a Permitted Business
( provided that any such Person is not an Affiliate of the
Parent or is an Affiliate
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of the Parent
solely because: (i) the Parent, directly or indirectly, owns
Equity Interests in, or controls, such Person, or (ii) such
Person is a Designated Entity) having an aggregate Fair Market
Value (measured on the date each such Investment was made and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken
together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause
(12) since the Issue Date that are at that time outstanding,
not to exceed 15% of total assets of the Parent (with the Fair
Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and
without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), determined
as of the end of the most recent fiscal quarter of the Parent for
which internal financial statements of the Parent are available,
giving (x) pro forma effect to Asset Dispositions and Asset
Acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to the application
of proceeds of any Asset Disposition) that occur during the period
from the end of such fiscal quarter to the Transaction Date as if
they had occurred and such proceeds had been applied on the last
day of such fiscal quarter and (y) pro forma effect to asset
dispositions and asset acquisitions (including giving pro forma
effect to the application of proceeds of any asset disposition)
that have been made by any Person that has become a Restricted
Subsidiary or a Designated Entity or has been merged with or into
the Parent, any Restricted Subsidiary or any Designated Entity
during such period from the end of such fiscal quarter to the
Transaction Date and that would have constituted Asset Dispositions
or Asset Acquisitions had such transactions occurred when such
Person was a Restricted Subsidiary or a Designated Entity, as the
case may be, as if such asset dispositions or asset acquisitions
were Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions that occurred on the
last day of such fiscal quarter; and
(13) Investments
in any Person primarily engaged in a Permitted Business having an
aggregate Fair Market Value, when taken together with all other
Investments made pursuant to this clause (13) since the Issue
Date that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $250 million
(with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at
the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in
value).
“
Permitted Liens ” means:
(1) Liens on the
Collateral securing (a) the Notes and the Note Guarantees,
other Parity Lien Debt, the Permitted Priority Debt and the Junior
Lien Debt in an aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness not
to exceed the Secured Debt Cap on the date on which such Lien is to
be incurred, provided that the aggregate principal amount of
Permitted Priority Debt shall not exceed the Permitted Priority
Debt Cap, and (b) all other related Parity Lien Obligations,
Junior Lien Obligations and Permitted Priority Debt
Obligations;
(2) Liens in favor
of the Parent or any Subsidiary Guarantor;
(3) Liens on
property of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into or consolidated
with the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent;
provided that (i) such Liens do not extend to any
property other than the property of the Person that becomes a
Restricted Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the
Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the aggregate
amount of any Indebtedness or any other Obligations being secured
by such
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Liens or Liens
permitted by clause (4) of this definition of Permitted Liens,
including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness secured by Liens
that is Incurred to refund, refinance or replace any such
Indebtedness or Obligations (other than any such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness that is secured by Liens permitted under
clause (1) of this definition of Permitted Liens), shall not
exceed $250 million at any time outstanding;
(4) Liens on
property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the Parent
or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent, provided that
(i) such Liens do not extend to any property other than the
property so acquired by the Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary and
(ii) the aggregate amount of any Indebtedness or any other
Obligations being secured by such Liens or Liens permitted by
clause (3) of this definition of Permitted Liens, including
all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness secured by Liens that is
Incurred to refund, refinance or replace any such Indebtedness or
Obligations (other than any such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness
that is secured by Liens permitted under clause (1) of this
definition of Permitted Liens), shall not exceed $250 million
at any time outstanding;
(5) [intentionally
omitted];
(6) Liens existing
on the Issue Date (other than Liens securing the Notes and the Note
Guarantees) and any renewals or extension thereof, provided
that property or assets covered thereby is not expanded in
connection with such renewal or extension;
(7) Liens securing
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness; provided that such Liens do not
extend to any property or assets other than the property or assets
that secure the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(8) [intentionally
omitted];
(9) Liens securing
obligations that do not exceed $25 million at any one time
outstanding;
(10) Liens to
secure Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted
by Section 4.09(b)(iv); provided that any such Lien
(a) covers only the assets acquired, constructed or improved
with such Indebtedness and (b) is created within 180 days
of such acquisition, construction or improvement;
(11) Liens
incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business in
connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance
or other social security obligations;
(12) Liens,
deposits (including deposits with the FCC) or pledges to secure the
performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than contracts for
the payment of Indebtedness), leases, or other similar obligations
arising in the ordinary course of business;
(13) survey
exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights
of other for, rights of way, zoning or other restrictions as to the
use of properties, and
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defects in
title which, in the case of any of the foregoing, were not incurred
or created to secure the payment of Indebtedness, and which in the
aggregate do no materially adversely affect the value of such
properties or materially impair the use for the purposes of which
such properties are held by the Parent, the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor;
(14) judgment and
attachment Liens not giving rise to an Event of Default and notices
of lis pendens and associated rights related to litigation being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate reserves have been made;
(15) Liens,
deposits or pledges to secure public or statutory obligations,
surety, stay, appeal, indemnity, performance or other similar bonds
or obligations; and Liens, deposits or pledges in lieu of such
bonds or obligations, or to secure such bonds or obligations, or to
secure letters of credit in lieu of or supporting the payment of
such bonds or obligations;
(16) Liens in
favor of collecting or payor banks having a right of setoff,
revocation, refund or chargeback with respect to money or
instruments of the Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
on deposit with or in possession of such bank;
(17) any interest
or title of a lessor, licensor or sublicensor in the property
subject to any lease, license or sublicense (other than any
property that is the subject of a Sale and Leaseback
Transaction);
(18) Liens for
taxes, assessments and governmental charges not yet delinquent or
being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have
been established to the extent required by GAAP;
(19) Liens arising
from precautionary UCC financing statements regarding operating
leases or consignments;
(20) 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;
(21) Liens on cash
collateral not in excess of $50 million in the aggregate at
any time securing letters of credit; and
(22)
carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’,
landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other
like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of
obligations not overdue for a period in excess of 60 days or
which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings
promptly instituted and diligently prosecuted; provided ,
however, that any reserve or other appropriate provision as will be
required to conform with GAAP will have been made for that reserve
or provision.
“
Permitted Prior Liens ” means:
(1) Permitted
Priority Liens;
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(2) Liens
described in clauses (3), (4), (6), (7) (to the extent Liens on the
Indebtedness being referenced were otherwise Permitted Prior
Liens), (10), (11), (12), (15) and (16) of the definition of
“Permitted Liens”; and
(3) Permitted
Liens that arise by operation of law and are not voluntarily
granted, to the extent they by law have priority over the Liens
created by the security documents.
“
Permitted Priority Debt ” means:
(1) Indebtedness
(including letters of credit and reimbursement obligations with
respect thereto) incurred by the Company or any of the Guarantors
that is secured by Permitted Priority Liens that were permitted to
be incurred and so secured under each applicable Secured Debt
Document; provided , that:
(a) on or before
the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or
the applicable Guarantor, such Indebtedness is designated by the
Company, in an officers’ certificate delivered to each Parity
Lien Representative, each Junior Lien Representative and the
Collateral Trustee, as “Permitted Priority Debt” for
the purposes of the Secured Debt Documents; provided that no
Series of Secured Debt may be designated as both (i) Permitted
Priority Debt and (ii) Parity Lien Debt or Junior Lien
Debt;
(b) the Permitted
Priority Lien Representative, the Collateral Trustee, the Company
and each applicable Guarantor, has duly executed and delivered an
Intercreditor Agreement; and
(2) Hedging
Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor incurred to hedge or
manage interest rate risk with respect to Permitted Priority Debt;
provided that, pursuant to the terms of the documents
governing the Permitted Priority Debt Obligations, such Hedging
Obligations are secured by a Permitted Priority Lien on all of the
assets and properties that secure the Indebtedness in respect of
which such Hedging Obligations are incurred.
“
Permitted Priority Debt Cap ” means, on any
Transaction Date, an amount equal to the aggregate amount of the
Consolidated Cash Flow of the Parent, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors (which for the avoidance of doubt, shall
exclude the Consolidated Cash Flow of any Designated Entity and any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent other than the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors) for the Four Quarter Period times 0.30;
provided that such amount shall not exceed $300 million. For
purposes of making the computation referred to above, (1) pro
forma effect shall be given to Asset Dispositions and Asset
Acquisitions (including giving pro forma effect to the application
of proceeds of any Asset Disposition) that occur during the
Reference Period as if they had occurred and such proceeds had been
applied on the first day of such Reference Period and (2) pro forma
effect shall be given to asset dispositions and asset acquisitions
(including giving pro forma effect to the application of proceeds
of any asset disposition) that have been made by any Person that
has become a Subsidiary Guarantor or has been merged with or into
the Parent, the Company or any Subsidiary
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Guarantor
during such Reference Period and that would have constituted Asset
Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions had such transactions occurred
when such Person was a Subsidiary Guarantor as if such asset
dispositions or asset acquisitions were Asset Dispositions or Asset
Acquisitions that occurred on the first day of such Reference
Period. To the extent that pro forma effect is given to an Asset
Acquisition or Asset Disposition, such pro forma calculation shall
be based upon the four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding
the Transaction Date of the Person, or division, operating unit or
line of business of the Person, that is acquired or disposed of for
which financial information is available, and Consolidated Cash
Flow will be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but without giving
effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the
definition of Consolidated Net Income.
“
Permitted Priority Debt Obligations ” means Permitted
Priority Debt and all other Obligations in respect
thereof.
“
Permitted Priority Lien Representative ” means, in the
case of any future Permitted Priority Debt, the agent of the
holders of such Permitted Priority Debt who is appointed as an
agent for purposes related to the administration of the security
documents related to the Permitted Priority Debt pursuant to the
credit agreement or other agreement governing such Permitted
Priority Debt, together with its successors in such
capacity.
“
Permitted Priority Liens ” means Liens granted to the
collateral agent or other representative under any Permitted
Priority Debt facility, at any time, upon the Collateral to secure
Permitted Priority Debt Obligations.
“
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness ” means any
Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
issued in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to
extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease or refund other
Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness); provided
that:
(1) the amount of
such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the amount
of the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded (plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon
and the amount of any reasonably determined premium necessary to
accomplish such refinancing and such reasonable expenses incurred
in connection therewith);
(2) such Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the
final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity
equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of,
the Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded;
(3) if the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded is subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes or the Note Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness has a final maturity date later than the final
maturity date of the Notes and is subordinated in right of payment
to the Notes or the Note Guarantees, as applicable, on terms at
least as favorable, taken as a whole, to the Holders of Notes as
those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness
being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or
refunded;
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(4) if the
Indebtedness being extended, refinanced, renewed, replaced,
defeased or refunded is pari passu in right of payment with
the Notes or any Note Guarantees, such Permitted Refinancing
Indebtedness is pari passu with, or subordinated in right of
payment to, the Notes or such Note Guarantees; and
(5) such
Indebtedness is Incurred by either (a) the Restricted
Subsidiary that is the obligor on the Indebtedness being extended,
refinanced, renewed, replaced, defeased or refunded or (b) the
Parent or the Company.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or
government or other entity.
“Preferred Stock” means, with respect to any
Person, any Capital Stock of such Person that has preferential
rights to any other Capital Stock of such Person with respect to
dividends or redemptions upon liquidation.
“
Private Placement Legend ” means the legend set forth
in Section 2.07(g)(i) to be placed on all Notes issued under
this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the provisions
of this Indenture.
“
Property ” means any right or interest in or to
property or assets of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal
or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, including Capital
Stock.
“
QIB ” means a “qualified institutional
buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“
Reference Period ” means, with respect to any
specified Transaction Date, the period beginning on the first day
of the Four Quarter Period and ending on such Transaction
Date.
“
Registered Exchange Offer ” has the meaning set forth
in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“
Registration Rights Agreement ” means (1) with
respect to the Notes issued on the Issue Date, the Registration
Rights Agreement, to be dated the Issue Date, among the Company,
the Initial Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers and (2) with
respect to any Additional Notes, any registration rights agreement
among the Company, the Guarantors and the other parties thereto
relating to the registration by the Company and the Guarantors of
such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.
“
Regulation S ” means Regulation S
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“
Regulation S Global Note ” means a Legended
Regulation S Global Note or a Unlegended Regulation S
Global Note, as appropriate.
“
Replacement Assets ” means (1) capital
expenditures or other non-current assets that will be used or
useful in a Permitted Business or (2) substantially all the
assets of a
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Permitted
Business or Voting Stock of any Person engaged in a Permitted
Business that, when taken together with all other Voting Stock of
such Person owned by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries,
constitutes a majority of the Voting Stock of such Person and such
Person shall become on the date of acquisition thereof a Restricted
Subsidiary.
“
Responsible Officer ,” when used with respect to the
Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate Trust
Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the
Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“
Restricted Definitive Note ” means a Definitive Note
bearing the Private Placement Legend and the OID Legend.
“
Restricted Global Note ” means a Global Note bearing
the Private Placement Legend and the OID Legend.
“
Restricted Investment ” means an Investment other than
a Permitted Investment.
“
Restricted Period ” means the 40-day restricted period
as defined in Regulation S.
“
Restricted Subsidiary ” of a Person means any
Subsidiary of such Person that is not an Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“
Restructuring Charges ” means all charges and expenses
caused by or attributable to any restructuring, severance,
relocation, consolidation and closing, integration, business
optimization or transition, signing, retention or completion
bonuses, or curtailments or modifications to pension and
post-retirement employee benefit plans.
“
Rule 144 ” means Rule 144 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“
Rule 144A ” means Rule 144A promulgated
under the Securities Act.
“
Rule 903 ” means Rule 903 promulgated under
the Securities Act.
“
Rule 904 ” means Rule 904 promulgated the
Securities Act.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s, a
division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, and its
successors.
“
Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means, with respect
to any Person, any transaction involving any of the assets or
properties of such Person, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
whereby such Person sells or otherwise transfers such assets or
properties and then or thereafter leases such assets or properties
or any part thereof or any other assets or
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properties
which such Person intends to use for substantially the same purpose
or purposes as the assets or properties sold or
transferred.
“
SEC ” means the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“
Secured Debt ” means Parity Lien Debt and Junior Lien
Debt.
“
Secured Debt Cap ” means, on any Transaction Date, an
amount equal to the greater of (i) the aggregate amount of the
Consolidated Cash Flow of the Parent, the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall
exclude the Consolidated Cash Flow of any Designated Entity and any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent other than the Company and the
Subsidiary Guarantors) for the Four Quarter Period times
(x) 3.5, in the case of any Transaction Date that is on or
prior to December 31, 2010, (y) 3.0, in the case of any
Transaction Date that is after December 31, 2010 and on or
prior to December 31, 2011, and (z) 2.5, in the case of
any Transaction Date that is after December 31, 2011, and (ii)
$1,500 million. For purposes of making the computation
referred to above, (1) pro forma effect shall be given to
Asset Dispositions and Asset Acquisitions (including giving pro
forma effect to the application of proceeds of any Asset
Disposition) that occur during the Reference Period as if they had
occurred and such proceeds had been applied on the first day of
such Reference Period and (2) pro forma effect shall be given
to asset dispositions and asset acquisitions (including giving pro
forma effect to the application of proceeds of any asset
disposition) that have been made by any Person that has become a
Subsidiary Guarantor or has been merged with or into the Parent,
the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor during such Reference
Period and that would have constituted Asset Dispositions or Asset
Acquisitions had such transactions occurred when such Person was a
Subsidiary Guarantor as if such asset dispositions or asset
acquisitions were Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions that
occurred on the first day of such Reference Period. To the extent
that pro forma effect is given to an Asset Acquisition or Asset
Disposition, such pro forma calculation shall be based upon the
four full fiscal quarters immediately preceding the Transaction
Date of the Person, or division, operating unit or line of business
of the Person, that is acquired or disposed of for which financial
information is available, and Consolidated Cash Flow will be
calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act, but without giving
effect to clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the
definition of Consolidated Net Income.
“
Secured Debt Documents ” means the Parity Lien
Documents and the Junior Lien Documents.
“
Secured Debt Obligations ” means Parity Lien
Obligations and Junior Lien Obligations.
“
Secured Debt Representative ” means each Parity Lien
Representative and each Junior Lien Representative.
“
Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
“
Security Agreement ” means the Security Agreement to
be dated on or about the Issue Date in substantially the form
attached hereto as Exhibit G, among the Parent, the Company,
the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Collateral Trustee, with respect
to the security
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interests in
favor of the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of
the Notes, in all or any portion of the Collateral, in each case,
as amended, modified, restated, supplemented or replaced from time
to time.
“
Security Documents ” means the Collateral Trust
Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, each joinder to the
Collateral Trust Agreement or Intercreditor Agreement, the Security
Agreement, all other security agreements, pledge agreements,
control agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of
trust or other grants or transfers for security or agreements
related thereto executed and delivered by the Company or any
Guarantor creating or perfecting (or purporting to create or
perfect) or perfecting a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the
Collateral Trustee to secure the Notes and the Note Guarantee, in
each case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in
whole or in part, from time to time.
“
Series of Junior Lien Debt ” means, severally, each
issue or series of Junior Lien Debt for which a single transfer
register is maintained ( provided that any Hedging
Obligations constituting Junior Lien Debt shall be deemed part of
the Series of Junior Lien Debt to which it relates).
“
Series of Parity Lien Debt ” means, severally, the
Notes and any Additional Notes, or Exchange Notes or other
Indebtedness that constitutes Parity Lien Debt ( provided
that any Hedging Obligations constituting Parity Lien Debt shall be
deemed part of the Series of Parity Lien Debt to which it
relates).
“
Series of Permitted Priority Debt ” means, severally,
each issue or series of Permitted Priority Debt for which a single
transfer register is maintained ( provided that any Hedging
Obligations constituting Permitted Priority Debt shall be deemed
part of the Series of Permitted Priority Debt to which it
relates).
“
Series of Secured Debt ” means each Series of Parity
Lien Debt and each Series of Junior Lien Debt.
“
Shelf Registration Statement ” means the Shelf
Registration Statement as defined in the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“
Significant Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that
would constitute a “significant subsidiary” within the
meaning of Article 1 of Regulation S-X of the Securities
Act.
“
Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any
installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness,
the date on which such payment of interest or principal was
scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such
Indebtedness, and shall not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to
the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified
Person:
(1) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock is at the
time owned or controlled,
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directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any
partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such
Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such
Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any
combination thereof);
provided,
however , that for
avoidance of doubt, a Designated Entity shall not be deemed to be a
Subsidiary of the Parent, the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries so long as the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries
do not own Voting Stock having the power (without regard to the
occurrence of any contingency) to elect more than 50% of the
directors, managers or trustees of such Designated Entity or become
the sole general partner or the managing general partner of such
Designated Entity.
“
Subsidiary Guarantor ” means any Restricted Subsidiary
of the Parent that guarantees the Company’s Obligations under
the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, and its
successors and assigns, until released from its obligations under
such Guarantee and this Indenture in accordance with the terms of
this Indenture.
“
TIA ” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as in
effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the
TIA.
“
Transaction Date ” means, with respect to the
incurrence of any Indebtedness by the Parent or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, the date such Indebtedness is to be
incurred, with respect to any Restricted Payment, the date such
Restricted Payment is to be made, with respect to the making of any
Investment, the date such Investment is to be made, and with
respect to the incurrence of any Lien by the Parent or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries, the date such Lien is to be
incurred.
“
Treasury Rate ” means the yield to maturity at the
time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a
constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) which has
become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the
date fixed for prepayment (or, if such Statistical Release is no
longer published, any publicly available source for similar market
data)) most nearly equal to the then remaining term of the Notes to
May 15, 2012 provided , however , that if the
then remaining term of the Notes to May 15, 2012 is not equal
to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for
which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be
obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest
one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United
States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except
that if the then remaining term of the Notes to May 15, 2012
is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded
United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity
of one year shall be used.
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Trustee ” means Wilmington Trust FSB, a national
banking association, until a successor replaces it in accordance
with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter
means the successor serving hereunder.
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UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
in any applicable jurisdiction.
“
Unlegended Regulation S Global Note ” means a
permanent global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto bearing
the Global Note Legend and the OID Legend, deposited with or on
behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its
nominee and issued upon expiration of the Restricted
Period.
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Unrestricted Definitive Note ” means one or more
Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the
Private Placement Legend.
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Unrestricted Global Note ” means a permanent Global
Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto
that bears the Global Note Legend and the OID 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 a series of Notes, and that does not bear the Private
Placement Legend.
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Unrestricted Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the
Parent (other than the Company) that is designated by the Board of
Directors of the Parent as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to a
Board Resolution in compliance with Section 4.16 hereof and
any Subsidiary of such Subsidiary.
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U.S. Person ” means a U.S. person as defined in
Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.
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Voting Stock ” of any Person as of any date means the
Capital Stock of such Person that is ordinarily entitled to vote in
the election of the Board of Directors of such Person.
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Weighted Average Life to Maturity ” means, when
applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years
obtained by dividing:
(1) the sum of the
products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then
remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other
required payments of principal, including payment at final
maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years
(calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between
such date and the making of such payment; by
(2) the then
outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
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wholly owned ” means, with respect to any Subsidiary
of any Person, the ownership of all of the outstanding Capital
Stock of such Subsidiary (other than any director’s
qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals to the
extent required by applicable law) by such Person or one or more
wholly owned Subsidiaries of such Person.
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Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference
of Trust Indenture Act .
Whenever
this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is
incorporated by reference in and made a part of this
Indenture.
The
following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following
meanings:
“
indenture securities ” means the Notes;
“
indenture security Holder ” means a Holder of a
Note;
“
indenture to be qualified ” means this
Indenture;
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indenture trustee ” or “ institutional
trustee ” means the Trustee; and
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“
obligor ” on the Notes means the Company and any
successor obligor upon the Notes.
All
other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA,
defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule
under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to them.
Section 1.04. Rules of Construction
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(a) Unless
the context otherwise requires:
(i) a term has the
meaning assigned to it;
(ii) an accounting
term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP;
(iii)
“or” is not exclusive;
(iv) words in the
singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular;
(v) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions; and
(vi) references to
sections of or rules under the Securities Act shall be deemed to
include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules
adopted by the SEC from time to time.
Section 2.01. Form and Dating
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(a)
General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements
required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note shall be
dated the date of its authentication. The Notes shall be issued in
registered, global form without interest coupons and only shall be
in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000
in excess thereof; provided that Notes may be issuable in
denominations of less than $1,000 solely to the extent necessary to
accommodate book-entry positions created in such amounts by the
Depositary.
The
terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and
delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any
provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this
Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be
controlling.
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(b)
Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (and
shall include the Global Note Legend and the OID 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 attached
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 therein and each shall
provide that it shall represent the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby
may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to
reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note
to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate
principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby shall be
made by the Trustee in accordance with instructions given by the
Holder thereof as required by Section 2.07 hereof.
(c)
Regulation S Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in
reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form
of the Legended Regulation S Global Note, which shall be
deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented
thereby with the Trustee, as custodian for The Depository Trust
Company (“ DTC ”), 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 Company and authenticated by the Trustee as
hereinafter provided. Following the termination of the Restricted
Period, beneficial interests in the Legended Regulation S
Global Note shall automatically be exchanged for beneficial
interests in Unlegended Regulation S Global Notes pursuant to
the Applicable Procedures. The aggregate principal amount of the
Regulation S Global Notes 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)
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
Cedel Bank” and “Customer Handbook” of
Clearstream shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Global Notes that are held by
Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.
Section 2.02. Execution and
Authentication .
Two
Officers of the Company shall sign the Notes for the Company 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 valid until authenticated by the manual signature
of the Trustee. Such signature shall be conclusive evidence that
the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.
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The
aggregate principal amount of Notes which may be authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Company may,
subject to Article Four of this Indenture and applicable law,
issue Additional Notes under this Indenture, including Exchange
Notes; provided that the Notes issued on the Closing Date
and any such Additional Notes shall be fungible for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. The Notes issued on the Closing Date and any
Additional Notes subsequently issued shall be treated as a single
class for all purposes under this Indenture.
The
Trustee shall, upon a written order of the Company signed by two
Officers of the Company (an “ Authentication Order
”), authenticate Notes for original issue on the date hereof
of $1,100.0 million. At any time and from time to time after the
execution of this Indenture, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order, authenticate Notes for original issue in
aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order.
The Authentication Order shall specify the amount of Notes to be
authenticated and the date on which the Notes are to be
authenticated.
The
Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the
Company to authenticate Notes. An authenticating agent may
authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference
in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same
rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the
Company.
Section 2.03. Methods of Receiving
Payments on the Notes .
If
a Holder has given wire transfer instructions to the Company, the
Company shall pay, or cause the Paying Agent to pay, all principal,
interest and premium and Additional Interest, if any, on that
Holder’s Notes in accordance with those instructions. All
other payments on Notes shall be made at the office or agency of
the Paying Agent and Registrar unless the Company elects to make
interest payments by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses
set forth in the register of Holders.
Section 2.04. Registrar and Paying
Agent .
(a) The
Company 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 and of their transfer
and exchange. The Company 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 Company may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior
notice to any Holder. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this
Indenture. If the Company fails to appoint or maintain another
entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such.
The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Paying Agent or
Registrar.
(b) The
Company initially appoints DTC to act as Depositary with respect to
the Global Notes.
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(c) The
Company initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and
Paying Agent and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global
Notes.
Section 2.05. Paying Agent to Hold Money
in Trust .
The
Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to
agree in writing that the Paying Agent 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 or Additional Interest,
if any, or interest on the Notes, and shall notify the Trustee of
any default by the Company in making any such payment. While any
such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to
pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Company at any time
may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the
Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if
other than the Company or one of its Subsidiaries) shall have no
further liability for the money. If the Company or one of its
Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a
separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held
by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization
proceedings relating to the Company, the Trustee shall serve as
Paying Agent for the Notes.
Section 2.06. Holder Lists
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The
Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably
practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and
addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA
§ 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the
Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven 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 and the Company shall otherwise
comply with TIA § 312(a).
Section 2.07. Transfer and Exchange
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(a)
Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may
not be transferred as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee
of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary
or to another nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or
any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such
successor Depositary. All Global Notes shall be exchanged by the
Company for Definitive Notes if (i) DTC (A) notifies the
Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary
for the Global Notes and the Company fails to appoint a successor
Depositary within 90 days after receiving such notice or that
it (B) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the
Exchange Act and the Company fails to appoint a successor
Depositary within 90 days after becoming aware of such
condition; (ii) the Company, at its option, notifies the
Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of
Definitive Notes; provided that in no event shall the
Legended Regulation S Global Note be exchanged by the Company
for Definitive Notes prior to the expiration of the Restricted
Period; 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 shall be issued in such names as
the Depositary shall instruct the Trustee. Global Notes also may be
exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in
Sections 2.08 and 2.11 hereof. Every Note authenticated and
delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a
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Global Note or
any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.07 or
Section 2.08 or 2.11 hereof, shall be authenticated and
delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note. A Global
Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided
in this Section 2.07(a); however, beneficial interests in a
Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in
Section 2.07(b) or (c) hereof.
(b)
Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global
Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in
the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable
Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes
shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those
set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act.
Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall
require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below,
as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of
Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note . Beneficial
interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend;
provided , however, that prior to the expiration of the
Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in the
Legended Regulation S Global Note may not be made to a U.S.
Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than
the Initial Purchasers). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted
Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be
delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in
this Section 2.07(b)(i).
(ii) All Other
Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes
. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial
interests that are not subject to Section 2.07(b)(i) above,
the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the
Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or
an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with
the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or
cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note
in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or
exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the
Participant account to be credited with such increase or
(B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be
issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions
given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information
regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be
registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in
(1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive
Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial
interests in the Legended Regulation S Global Note prior to
the expiration of the Restricted Period. Upon consummation of a
Registered Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.07(f) hereof, the requirements of this
Section 2.07(b)(ii) shall be deemed to have been satisfied
upon receipt by the Registrar
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of the
instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered by
the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global
Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or
exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this
Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the
Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount at
maturity of the relevant Global Notes pursuant to
Section 2.07(i) hereof.
(iii) Transfer
of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note . A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.07(b)(ii)
above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the
transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the
transferee shall take delivery in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Legended Regulation S Global Note, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof.
(iv) Transfer
and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note
for Beneficial Interests in the Unrestricted Global Note . A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged
by any Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 2.07(b)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder
of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an
exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies
in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or
(2) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144)
of the Company;
(B) such transfer
is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer
is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(1) if the Holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial
interest
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in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(a) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion
of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
If
any such transfer is effected pursuant to subparagraph (B) or
(D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not
yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial
interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for,
or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of,
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note.
(c)
Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive
Notes .
(i) Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive
Notes . If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted
Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the
following documentation:
(A) if the Holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a)
thereof;
(B) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance
with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred to an Institutional
Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than that
listed in subparagraph (B) above, a certificate to the effect
set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
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certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3)(b)
thereof, if applicable; or
(D) if such
beneficial interest is being transferred to the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof,
the Trustee
shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(i)
hereof, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)
shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial
interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the
Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee
shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names
such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in
exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note
pursuant to this Section 2.07(c)(i) shall bear the Private
Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on
transfer contained therein.
(ii) Beneficial
Interests in Legended Regulation S Global Note to Definitive
Notes . A beneficial interest in the Legended Regulation S
Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Definitive Note prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period,
except in the case of a transfer pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than
Rule 903 or Rule 904.
(iii)
Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted
Definitive Notes . A Holder of a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder
of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the
transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable
Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or
(2) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144)
of the Company;
(B) such transfer
is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer
is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
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(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(1) if the Holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does
not bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such
Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder
of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note that does not
bear the Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder
in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications
in item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion
of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained
herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required
in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iv) Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes . If any Holder of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 2.07(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause
the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be
reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.07(i) hereof, and
the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive
Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.07(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names
and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the Holder
of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through
instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.07(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement
Legend.
(d)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests .
(i) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes . If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes
to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the
Registrar of the following documentation:
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(A) if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note
for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2)(b)
thereof;
(B) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in
accordance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (1) thereof;
(C) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S.
Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903
or Rule 904 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the
effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof; or
(D) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth
hereto,
the Trustee
shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, and increase or cause
to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of
clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in
the case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the
case of clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global
Note.
(ii) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Notes . A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange
such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case
of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal
that it is not (1) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (2) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) such transfer
is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer
is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(1) if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes
for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof;
or
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(2) if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes
to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including
the certifications in item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion
of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar and the
Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are
no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
Upon
satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this
Section 2.07(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Unrestricted
Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global
Note.
(iii)
Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in
Unrestricted Global Notes . A Holder of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in
an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt
of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall
cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or
cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the
Unrestricted Global Notes.
If any such
exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial
interest is effected pursuant to subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or
(iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not
yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof,
the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.
(e)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive
Notes . Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such
Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this
Section 2.07(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or
exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of
transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or
surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or
accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form
satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by
its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the
requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications,
documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the
following provisions of this Section 2.07(e).
(i) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes . Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in
the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the
following:
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(A) if the
transfer shall be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the
Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in
the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (1) thereof;
(B) [INTENTIONALLY
OMITTED]; and
(C) if the
transfer shall be made pursuant to any other exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the
transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B
hereto, including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of
Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if
applicable.
(ii) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes . Any
Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof
for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note if:
(A) such exchange
or transfer is effected pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement and the
Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case
of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal
that it is not (1) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (2) a Person who is an affiliate (as
defined in Rule 144) of the Company;
(B) any such
transfer is effected pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement
in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such
transfer is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange
Offer Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(1) if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes
for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder
in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications
in item (1)(d) thereof; or
(2) if the Holder
of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes
to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar
so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to
the Company to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in
compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on
transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are
no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the
Securities Act.
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(iii)
Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes . A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer
such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an
Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register
such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted
Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder
thereof.
(f)
Registered Exchange Offer . Upon the occurrence of a
Registered Exchange Offer in accordance with the Registration
Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue and, upon receipt of an
Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02, the
Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal
amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes
tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable
Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not participating in
a distribution of the Exchange Notes and (y) they are not
affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, and
accepted for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer and
(ii) Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted
for exchange in the Registered Exchange Offer. Concurrently with
the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate
principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be
reduced accordingly, and the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the
Holders of Restricted Global Notes so accepted Unrestricted Global
Notes in the appropriate principal amount.
(g)
Legends . The following legends shall appear on the face of
all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture
unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions
of this Indenture.
(i) Private
Placement Legend . Except as permitted below, each Global Note
and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor
or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the
following form:
THE SECURITY
(OR ITS PREDECESSOR) EVIDENCED HEREBY WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION 5 OF THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), AND THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY MAY NOT BE OFFERED,
SOLD OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION
OR AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION THEREFROM. EACH PURCHASER OF THE
SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY IS HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT THE SELLER MAY BE
RELYING ON THE EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 5 OF THE
SECURITIES ACT PROVIDED BY RULE 144A THEREUNDER. THE HOLDER OF THE
SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMPANY
THAT:
(A) SUCH
SECURITY MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED,
ONLY:
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(i)(a) TO A
PERSON WHOM THE SELLER REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A,
(b) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (c) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES TO A
NON-U.S. PERSON IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS OF RULE
903 OR 904 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL
“ACCREDITED INVESTOR” (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (a) (1),
(2), (3) OR (7) OF THE SECURITIES ACT (AN
“INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR”)) THAT, PRIOR TO
SUCH TRANSFER, FURNISHES THE TRUSTEE A SIGNED LETTER CONTAINING
CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND AGREEMENTS (THE FORM OF WHICH CAN BE
OBTAINED FROM THE TRUSTEE) AND, IF SUCH TRANSFER IS IN RESPECT OF
AN AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN $100,000, AN
OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH TRANSFER IS
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (e) IN ACCORDANCE
WITH ANOTHER EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT (AND BASED UPON AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IF THE COMPANY
SO REQUESTS),
(iii) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION
STATEMENT AND, IN EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER
APPLICABLE JURISDICTION; AND
(B) THE
HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY
PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE
RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN (A) ABOVE.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant
to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii),
(e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.07 (and all
Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall
not bear the Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global
Note Legend . Each Global Note shall bear a legend in
substantially the following form:
THIS GLOBAL
NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE
GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN
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CUSTODY FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO
ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (I) THE TRUSTEE
MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.07 OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.07(a) OF
THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE
TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.12 OF THE INDENTURE
AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR
DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE
COMPANY.
(iii) OID
Legend . Each Note issued hereunder that has more than a de
minimis amount of original issue discount for U.S. federal income
tax purposes shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
THIS NOTE WAS
ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” FOR PURPOSES OF
SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS
AMENDED. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL
ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH NOTES BY
SUBMITTING A WRITTEN REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE ISSUER AT
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: CRICKET COMMUNICATIONS, INC., 10307 PACIFIC
CENTER COURT, SAN DIEGO, CA 92121 ATTENTION: SECRETARY.
(h)
Regulation S Global Note Legend . The Regulation S
Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following
form:
THE RIGHTS
ATTACHING TO THIS GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES
GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE FOR DEFINITIVE NOTES, ARE AS SPECIFIED IN
THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).
(i)
Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such
time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have
been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has
been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part,
each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled
by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.12 hereof. At any
time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a
Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall
take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount
of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced
accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by
the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to
reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who shall take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global
Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an
endorsement shall be made on such
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Global Note by
the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to
reflect such increase.
(j)
General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges
.
(i) To permit
registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive
Notes upon the Company’s order or at the Registrar’s
request.
(ii) No service
charge shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a
Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any
registration of transfer or exchange, but the Company may require
payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar
governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any
such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon
exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.06, 3.08,
4.10, 4.14 and 9.05 hereof).
(iii) The
Registrar shall not be required to register the transfer of or
exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part,
except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in
part.
(iv) All Global
Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer
or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid
and legally binding obligations of the Company, evidencing the same
debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as
the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such
registration of transfer or exchange.
(v) The Company
shall not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer
of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the
opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of
Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at
the close of business on the day of selection, (B) to register
the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption
in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note
being redeemed in part, (C) to register the transfer of or to
exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding
interest payment date or (D) to register the transfer of or to
exchange a Note tendered and not withdrawn in connection with a
Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer.
(vi) Prior to due
presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the
Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in
whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the
Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee
shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance
with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.
(viii) All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be
submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.07 to
effect a registration of transfer
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or exchange may
be submitted by facsimile or electronic transmission with the
original to follow by first class mail.
Section 2.08. Replacement Notes
.
(a) If
any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Company and
the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the
destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Company shall issue and
the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall
authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements
are met. If required by the Trustee or the Company, an indemnity
bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the
judgment of the Trustee and the Company to protect the Company, the
Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that
any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Company may
charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.
(b) Every
replacement Note is an additional obligation of the Company and
shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally
and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued
hereunder.
Section 2.09. Outstanding Notes
.
(a) The
Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by
the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it
for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note
effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof,
and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as
set forth in Section 2.10 hereof, a Note does not cease to be
outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company
holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Company or a Subsidiary
of the Company shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes
of Section 3.07(b) hereof.
(b) If
a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.08 hereof, it ceases
to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to
it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide
purchaser.
(c) If
the principal amount of any Note is considered paid under
Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest
on it ceases to accrue.
(d) If
the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an
Affiliate of any of the foregoing) holds, on a redemption date or
maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date,
then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no
longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.
Section 2.10. Treasury Notes
.
In
determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of
Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes
owned by the Company or the Parent, or by any Person directly or
indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect
common control with the Company or the Parent, shall be considered
as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of
determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying
on
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any such
direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that the Trustee knows are
so owned shall be so disregarded.
Section 2.11. Temporary Notes
.
(a) Until
certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Company
may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication
Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be
substantially in the form of Definitive Notes but may have
variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary
Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee shall
authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary
Notes.
(b) Holders
of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this
Indenture.
Section 2.12. Cancellation
.
The
Company at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for
cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the
Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer,
exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else shall cancel all
Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment,
replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of canceled Notes in
accordance with its procedures for the disposition of canceled
securities in effect as of the date of such disposition (subject to
the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act).
Certification of the disposition of all canceled Notes shall be
delivered to the Company. The Company may not issue new Notes to
replace Notes that it has paid or that have been delivered to the
Trustee for cancellation.
Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest
.
If
the Company defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it
shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the
extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the
Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in
each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in
Section 4.01 hereof. The Company shall notify the Trustee in
writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on
each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Company shall
fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment
date, provided that no such special record date shall be
less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such
defaulted interest. At least 15 days before the special record
date, the Company (or, upon the written request of the Company, the
Trustee in the name and at the expense of the Company) shall
deliver or cause to be delivered to Holders a notice that states
the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of
such interest to be paid.
Section 2.14. CUSIP Numbers
.
The
Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers
(if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use
“CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any
notice
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of a redemption
and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be
affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Company
shall promptly notify the Trustee of any change in the
“CUSIP” numbers.
ARTICLE THREE
REDEMPTION AND OFFERS TO
PURCHASE
Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee
.
If
the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional
redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it shall furnish
to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than
60 days before a redemption date, an Officers’
Certificate setting forth (i) the clause of this Indenture
pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the
redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.
Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be
Redeemed .
(a) If
less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed at any time, the
Trustee shall select the Notes for redemption as follows
(i) if the Notes are listed on any national securities
exchange, in compliance with the requirements of such principal
national securities exchange, or, (ii) if the Notes are not so
listed, on a pro rata basis, subject to adj
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