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Exhibit 10.1 METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. AND EACH OF
THE GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO 9 1 /4% SENIOR NOTES DUE
2014 INDENTURE Dated as of January 20, 2009 THE
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. Trustee
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*
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Trust Indenture
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Act Section
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Indenture Section
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310(a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(a)(3)
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N.A.
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(a)(4)
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N.A.
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(a)(5)
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7.10
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(b)
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7.10
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(c)
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N.A.
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311(a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N.A.
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312(a)
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2.05
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(b)
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12.03
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(c)
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12.03
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313(a)
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7.06
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(b)(1)
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N.A.
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(b)(2)
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7.06; 7.07
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(c)
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7.06; 12.02
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(d)
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7.06
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314(a)
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4.03;12.02; 12.05
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)(1)
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12.04
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(c)(2)
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12.04
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(c)(3)
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N.A.
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(d)
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N.A.
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(e)
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12.05
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(f)
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N.A.
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315(a)
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7.01
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(b)
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7.05; 12.02
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(c)
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7.01
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.11
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316(a) (last sentence)
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2.09
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(a)(2)
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N.A.
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(b)
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6.07
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(c)
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2.12
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317(a)(1)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.04
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318(a)
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12.01
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(b)
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N.A.
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(c)
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12.01
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N.A. means not applicable.
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*
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This Cross Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1
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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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24
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Section 1.03 Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act
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24
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Section 1.04 Rules of Construction
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25
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ARTICLE 2
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THE NOTES
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Section 2.01 Form and Dating
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25
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Section 2.02 Execution and Authentication
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26
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Section 2.03 Registrar and Paying Agent
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Section 2.04 Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust
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Section 2.05 Holder Lists
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27
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Section 2.06 Transfer and Exchange
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27
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Section 2.07 Replacement Notes
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39
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Section 2.08 Outstanding Notes
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Section 2.09 Treasury Notes
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40
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Section 2.10 Temporary Notes
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40
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Section 2.11 Cancellation
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40
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Section 2.12 Defaulted Interest
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40
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ARTICLE 3
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REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
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Section 3.01 Notices to Trustee
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40
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Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or
Purchased
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Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption
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Section 3.04 Effect of Notice of Redemption
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Section 3.05 Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price
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Section 3.06 Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part
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Section 3.07 Optional Redemption
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Section 3.08 Mandatory Redemption
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Section 3.09 Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess
Proceeds
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ARTICLE 4
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COVENANTS
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Section 4.01 Payment of Notes
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Section 4.02 Maintenance of Office or Agency
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Section 4.03 Reports
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Section 4.04 Compliance Certificate
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Section 4.05 Taxes
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Section 4.06 Stay, Extension and Usury Laws
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Section 4.07 Restricted Payments
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Section 4.08 Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions
Affecting Subsidiaries
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Section 4.09 Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of
Preferred Stock
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53
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Section 4.10 Asset Sales
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Section 4.11 Transactions with Affiliates
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Section 4.12 Liens
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Section 4.13 Business Activities
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60
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Section 4.14 Corporate Existence
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Section 4.15 Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control
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Section 4.16 Payments for Consent
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Section 4.17 Additional Note Guarantees
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Section 4.18 Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted
Subsidiaries
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Section 4.19 Changes in Covenants When Notes Rated
Investment Grade
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ARTICLE 5
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SUCCESSORS
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Section 5.01 Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets
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Section 5.02 Successor Corporation Substituted
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ARTICLE 6
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DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Section 6.01 Events of Default
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Section 6.02 Acceleration
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Section 6.03 Other Remedies
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Section 6.04 Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 6.05 Control by Majority
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Section 6.06 Limitation on Suits
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Section 6.07 Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive
Payment
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68
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Section 6.08 Collection Suit by Trustee
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68
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Section 6.09 Trustee May File Proofs of Claim
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Section 6.10 Priorities
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Section 6.11 Undertaking for Costs
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ARTICLE 7
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TRUSTEE
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Section 7.01 Duties of Trustee
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Section 7.02 Rights of Trustee
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70
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Section 7.03 Individual Rights of Trustee
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Section 7.04 Trustee’s Disclaimer
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Section 7.05 Notice of Defaults
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Section 7.06 Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes
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Section 7.07 Compensation and Indemnity
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Section 7.08 Replacement of Trustee
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Section 7.09 Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.
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Section 7.10 Eligibility; Disqualification
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Section 7.11 Preferential Collection of Claims Against
Company
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Section 7.12 Force Majeure
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ARTICLE 8
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LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
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Section 8.01 Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant
Defeasance
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Section 8.02 Legal Defeasance and Discharge
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Section 8.03 Covenant Defeasance
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75
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Section 8.04 Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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75
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Section 8.05 Deposited Money and Government Securities to
be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions
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Section 8.06 Repayment to Company
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Section 8.07 Reinstatement
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77
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ARTICLE 9
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AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
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Section 9.01 Without Consent of Holders of Notes
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Section 9.02 With Consent of Holders of Notes
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Section 9.03 Compliance with Trust Indenture Act
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Section 9.04 Revocation and Effect of Consents
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Section 9.05 Notation on or Exchange of Notes
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Section 9.06 Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc
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ARTICLE 10
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NOTE GUARANTEES
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Section 10.01 Guarantee
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Section 10.02 Limitation on Guarantor Liability
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Section 10.03 Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantee
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Section 10.04 Guarantors May Consolidate, etc., on Certain
Terms
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Section 10.05 Releases
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ARTICLE 11
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SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
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Section 11.01 Satisfaction and Discharge
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Section 11.02 Application of Trust Money
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ARTICLE 12
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 12.01 Trust Indenture Act Controls
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Section 12.02 Notices
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Section 12.03 Communication by Holders of Notes with Other
Holders of Notes
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Section 12.04 Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions
Precedent
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Section 12.05 Statements Required in Certificate or
Opinion
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Section 12.06 Rules by Trustee and Agents
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Section 12.07 No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers,
Employees and Stockholders
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Section 12.08 Governing Law
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Section 12.09 Waiver of Jury Trial
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Section 12.10 No Adverse Interpretation of Other
Agreements
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Section 12.11 Successors
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Section 12.12 Severability
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Section 12.13 Counterpart Originals
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Section 12.14 Table of Contents, Headings, etc.
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit A
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FORM OF NOTE
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Exhibit B
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
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Exhibit C
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
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Exhibit D
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FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF ACQUIRING INSTITUTIONAL
ACCREDITED INVESTOR
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Exhibit E
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FORM OF NOTATION OF GUARANTEE
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Exhibit F
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FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
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iii
INDENTURE dated as of
January 20, 2009 among MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, the Guarantors (as defined) and The Bank of New York
Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.
NOW THEREFORE, the Company, the
Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each
other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as
defined) of the 9 1 /4% Senior Notes due 2014 (the "
Notes "): ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE Section 1.01
Definitions. " 144A Global
Note " means a Global Note substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the
Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and
registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will
be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.
" Acquired Debt " means, with
respect to any specified Person: (1)
Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other
Person is merged with or into or became a Subsidiary of such
specified Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging
with or into, or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of, such
specified Person, but does not include Indebtedness owed or
outstanding to the Company or any Guarantor; and
(2) Indebtedness secured by a Lien
encumbering any asset acquired by such specified Person, but does
not include Indebtedness owed or outstanding to the Company or any
Guarantor. " Additional Notes
" means additional Notes (other than the Initial Notes) issued
under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.02 and 4.09
hereof, as part of the same series as the Initial Notes.
" Affiliate " of any specified
Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person. For purposes of this definition, "control," as
used with respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise;
provided that beneficial ownership of 10% or more of the
Voting Stock of a Person will be deemed to be control. For purposes
of this definition, the terms " controlling, " "
controlled by " and " under common control with "
have correlative meanings. "
Agent " means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or
additional paying agent. "
Applicable Premium " means, with respect to any Note on any
redemption date, the greater of: (1)
1.0% of the principal amount of the Note; or
(2) the excess of: (a) the
present value at the redemption date of (i) the redemption
price of the Note at November 1, 2010, (such redemption price
being set forth in the table appearing in Section 3.07(c)
hereof) plus (ii) all required interest payments due on the
Note through November 1, 2010, (excluding accrued but unpaid
interest to the applicable redemption
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date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate
as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the
principal amount of the Note, if greater.
" 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 Company 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 Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries but only if (x)
such Person’s primary business constitutes a Permitted
Business and (y) the financial condition and results of
operations of such Person are not already consolidated with those
of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to
such Investment, or (2) an
acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
the property and assets of any Person other than the Company 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 (x) if the property and assets so acquired
constitute a Permitted Business and (y) the financial
condition and results of operations of such Person are not already
consolidated with those of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries immediately prior to such acquisition.
" Asset Disposition " means
the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries other than to the Company or another
Restricted Subsidiary of (1) all or substantially all of the
Capital Stock owned by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries of any Restricted Subsidiary or any Person that is a
Permitted Joint Venture Investment or (2) all or substantially
all of the assets that constitute a division, operating unit or
line of business of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries. " Asset Sale "
means: (1) the sale, lease,
conveyance or other disposition of any assets or rights; provided
that the sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or
substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries taken as a whole will be governed by the provisions of
Section 4.15 hereof and/or Section 5.01 hereof and not by
the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof; and
(2) the issuance of Equity Interests
in any of the Company’s Restricted Subsidiaries or the sale
of Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the
preceding, none of the following items will be deemed to be an
Asset Sale: (3) any single
transaction or series of related transactions that involves assets
having a Fair Market Value of less than $10.0 million;
(4) a transfer of assets between or
among the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries;
(5) an issuance of Equity Interests
by a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or to a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company;
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(6) the sale, lease, sub-lease or
other disposition of (a) assets, products, services or
accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business,
(b) equipment or other assets pursuant to a program for the
maintenance or upgrading of such equipment or assets, or (c) any
sale or other disposition of damaged, worn-out or obsolete assets
in the ordinary course of business;
(7) the sale or other disposition of
cash or Cash Equivalents; (8) a
surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release or
surrender of contract, tort or other claims in the ordinary course
of business or a grant of a Lien not prohibited by this Indenture;
(9) a Restricted Payment that does
not violate the provisions of Section 4.07 hereof;
(10) arms-length sales, leases or
sub-leases (as lessor or sublessor), sale and leasebacks,
assignments, conveyances, transfers or other dispositions of assets
or rights to Royal Street in accordance with the applicable Royal
Street Agreements or to a Person that is a Permitted Joint Venture
Investment; (11) licenses and sales
of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business; or
(12) a Permitted Investment.
" Auction 58 " means the
public auction for advanced wireless services licenses held by the
FCC pursuant to the procedures outlined in FCC Report
No. AUC-04-58-C. " 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" will be deemed to have beneficial
ownership of all securities that such "person" has the right to
acquire by conversion or exercise of other securities, whether such
right is currently exercisable or is exercisable only after the
passage of time. The terms "Beneficially Owns" and "Beneficially
Owned" have a corresponding meaning.
" Board of Directors " means:
(1) with respect to a corporation,
the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof
duly authorized to act on behalf of such board;
(2) with respect to a partnership,
the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership;
(3) with respect to a limited
liability company, the managing member or members or any
controlling committee of managing members thereof; and
(4) with respect to any other Person,
the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.
" Broker-Dealer " has the
meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
" Business Day " means any day
other than a Legal Holiday.
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" Capital Lease Obligation
" means, at the time any determination is to be made, the amount of
the liability in respect of a capital lease that would at that time
be required to be capitalized on a balance sheet prepared in
accordance with GAAP, and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the
date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such
lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be prepaid
by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
" Capital Stock " means:
(1) in the case of a corporation,
corporate stock; (2) in the case of
an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock; (3) in the case of a
partnership or limited liability company, partnership interests
(whether general or limited) or membership interests; and
(4) any other interest or
participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share
of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the
issuing Person, but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt
securities convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt
securities include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
" Cash Equivalents " means:
(1) United States dollars;
(2) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any
agency or instrumentality of the United States government (
provided that the full faith and credit of the United States
is pledged in support of those securities) having maturities of not
more than one year from the date of acquisition;
(3) demand deposits, certificates of
deposit and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of six months
or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances
with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits,
in each case, with any lender party to the Credit Agreement or with
any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess
of $500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of "B" or
better; (4) repurchase obligations
with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities
of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) above
entered into with any financial institution meeting the
qualifications specified in clause (3) above;
(5) commercial paper having one of
the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Rating Services and,
in each case, maturing within one year after the date of
acquisition; (6) securities issued
and fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the
United States, or by any political subdivision or agency or
instrumentality thereof, rated at least "A" by Moody’s or
S&P and having maturities of not more than one year after the
date of acquisition (7) auction rate
securities rated "AAA" by S&P or Moody’s and with reset
dates of one year or less from the time of purchase; and
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(8) money market funds at least
95% of the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds
described in clauses (1) through (7) of this definition.
" Change of Control " means the occurrence of any of the
following: (1) the direct or indirect
sale, lease, 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 Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole to any
"person" (as that term is used in Section 13(d) of the Exchange
Act) other than a Principal or a Related Party of a Principal;
(2) the adoption of a plan relating
to the liquidation or dissolution of the Company;
(3) the consummation of any
transaction (including, without limitation, any merger or
consolidation), the result of which is that any "person" (as
defined above), other than the Principals and their Related
Parties, becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of
more than 50% of the Voting Stock of the Company, measured by
voting power rather than number of shares;
(4) the Company consolidates with, or
merges with or into, any Person, or any Person consolidates with,
or merges with or into, the Company, in any such event pursuant to
a transaction in which any of the outstanding Voting Stock of the
Company or such other Person is converted into or exchanged for
cash, securities or other property, other than any such transaction
where the Voting Stock of the Company outstanding immediately prior
to such transaction is converted into or exchanged for Voting Stock
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the surviving or transferee
Person constituting a majority of the outstanding shares of such
Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person (immediately
after giving effect to such issuance);
(5) the first day more than
90 days after an initial public offering of the Company or any
direct or indirect parent of the Company on which a majority of the
members of the Board of Directors of Parent are not Continuing
Directors; or (6) the first date on
which Parent ceases to own, directly or indirectly, a majority of
the outstanding Equity Interests of the Company.
" Clearstream " means
Clearstream Banking, S.A. "
Company " means MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., and any and all
successors thereto. " Consolidated
Cash Flow " means, with respect to any specified Person for any
period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period
plus , without duplication:
(1) an amount equal to any
extraordinary loss plus any net loss realized by such Person or any
of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale, to
the extent such losses were deducted in computing such Consolidated
Net Income; plus (2) provision for
taxes based on income or profits of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent that such provision for
taxes was deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income;
plus
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(3) the Consolidated Interest
Expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such
period, to the extent that such Consolidated Interest Expense was
deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(4) 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 or charges (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 and
its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent that such
depreciation, amortization and other non-cash expenses or charges
were deducted in computing such Consolidated Net Income; plus
(5) any after-tax extraordinary,
nonrecurring (to include customary fees and expenses related to the
incurrence of Indebtedness or the issuance of any Capital Stock) or
unusual gains or losses, or income or expenses or charges, provided
that with respect to each item of gain, loss, income, expense or
charge, the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an
Officers’ Certificate specifying and quantifying such loss,
expense or charge and stating that such item of gain, loss, income,
expense or charge is after-tax extraordinary, nonrecurring or
unusual; minus (6) non-cash items
increasing such Consolidated Net Income for such period, other than
the accrual of revenue in the ordinary course of business, 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, and the
depreciation and amortization and other non-cash expenses of, a
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Subsidiary
Guarantor will be added to Consolidated Net Income to compute
Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company only to the extent that a
corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of
determination to be dividended to the Company by such Restricted
Subsidiary 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 Restricted Subsidiary or its
stockholders. " Consolidated
Indebtedness " means, with respect to any Person as of any date
of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (i) the
total amount of Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries, plus (ii) the total amount of
Indebtedness of any other Person, to the extent that such
Indebtedness has been Guaranteed by the referent Person or one or
more of its Restricted Subsidiaries, plus (iii) the
aggregate liquidation value of all Disqualified Stock of such
Person and all preferred stock of Subsidiaries of such Person, in
each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP. " Consolidated Interest
Expense " means, with respect to any Person for any period, the
sum of without duplication (1) the
consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries
for such period, whether paid or accrued (including, without
limitation, amortization of debt issuance costs or 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, commissions,
discounts and other fees and charges incurred in respect of letter
of credit or bankers’ acceptance financings, and net of
payments (if any) pursuant to Hedging Obligations); plus
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(2) the consolidated interest
expense of such Person and its Subsidiaries that was capitalized
during such period; plus (3) any
interest expense on that portion of Indebtedness of another Person
that is guaranteed by such Person or one of its Subsidiaries or
secured by a Lien on assets of such Person or one of its
Subsidiaries (whether or not such Guarantee or Lien is called
upon); plus (4) the product of
(a) all dividend payments on any series of preferred stock of
such Person or any of its Subsidiaries, 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, expressed as a decimal; in each case, on a
consolidated basis and in accordance with GAAP.
" Consolidated Net Income "
means, with respect to any specified Person for any period, the
aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted
Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, determined
in accordance with GAAP; provided that:
(1) the Net Income (but not loss) of
any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or that is accounted
for by the equity method of accounting will be included only to the
extent of the amount of dividends or similar distributions paid in
cash to the specified Person or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Person; (2) the Net Income of any
Restricted Subsidiary will be excluded to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by
that Restricted Subsidiary 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 stockholders; and
(3) the cumulative effect of a change
in accounting principles will be excluded; and
(4) notwithstanding clause
(1) above, the Net Income of any Unrestricted Subsidiary will
be excluded, whether or not distributed to any specified Person or
one of its Subsidiaries. "
Continuing Directors " means, as of any date of
determination, any member of the Board of Directors of Parent who:
(1) was a member of such Board of
Directors on the date 90 days after an initial public offering
of the Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect
parent of the Company; or (2) was
nominated for election or elected to such Board of Directors with
the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were
members of such Board of Directors at the time of such nomination
or election. " Contribution
Indebtedness " means, Indebtedness in an aggregate principal
amount, including all Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness incurred
to renew, refund, refinance, replace, defease or discharge such
Indebtedness, not to exceed 150% of the aggregate amount of all Net
Equity Proceeds.
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" Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee " means, solely for purposes of presenting Notes, The
Bank of New York Mellon located at 101 Barclay Street, 7 East, New
York, New York 10014, and, for all other purposes, the office of
the Trustee at which any time its corporate trust business shall be
administered, which at the date hereof is located at 601 Travis
Street, 16th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: Corporate
Trust Services, re: MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., or such other address
as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the
Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of
any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor
Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders
and the Company). " Credit
Agreement " means that certain Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, dated as of February 20, 2007, by and among the
Company, Bear Stearns Corporate Lending Inc., as administrative
agent and syndication agent, Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc., as sole
lead arranger and joint book runner, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner
& Smith Incorporated as joint book runner and Banc of America
Securities LLC as joint book runner, providing for revolving credit
and term loan borrowings and letters of credit, including any
related notes, collateral documents, instruments and agreements
executed in connection therewith, and, in each case, as amended,
restated, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or
after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by means
of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or
in part from time to time. "
Credit Facilities " means, one or more debt facilities
(including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement) or commercial
paper facilities, in each case with banks, other institutional
lenders or investors 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) or
letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, modified,
renewed, refunded, replaced (whether upon or after termination or
otherwise) or refinanced (including by means of sales of debt
securities to institutional investors) in whole or in part from
time to time. " Custodian "
means the Trustee, as custodian with respect to the Notes in global
form, or any successor entity thereto.
" Debt to Cash Flow Ratio "
means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination,
the ratio of (a) the Consolidated Indebtedness of such Person
as of such date to (b) the Consolidated Cash Flow of such
Person for the four most recent full fiscal quarters ending
immediately prior to such date for which internal financial
statements are available. 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 any related financing transactions and the
application of proceeds of any Asset Disposition) that occur during
such four-quarter period or subsequent to such four quarter period
but on or prior to the date on which the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio is
to be calculated as if they had occurred and such proceeds had been
applied on the first day of such four-quarter period;
(2) pro forma effect shall be given
to asset dispositions and asset acquisitions (including giving pro
forma effect to any related financing transactions and the
application of proceeds of any asset disposition) that have been
made by any Person that has become a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company or has been merged with or into the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary during such four-quarter period or subsequent
to such four quarter period but on or prior to the date on which
the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio is to be calculated and that would have
constituted Asset Dispositions or Asset Acquisitions had such
transactions occurred
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when such Person was a Restricted Subsidiary, as if such asset
dispositions or asset acquisitions were Asset Dispositions or Asset
Acquisitions that occurred on the first day of such four-quarter
period; (3) to the extent that the
pro forma effect of any transaction is to be made pursuant to
clause (1) or (2) above, such pro forma effect shall be
determined in good faith on a reasonable basis by a responsible
financial or accounting officer of the specified Person, as if the
subject transaction(s) had occurred on the first day of the
four-quarter reference period and Consolidated Cash Flow for such
reference period shall be calculated without giving effect to
clause (3) of the proviso set forth in the definition of
Consolidated Net Income; (4) the
Consolidated Cash Flow attributable to discontinued operations, as
determined in accordance with GAAP, and operations or businesses
disposed of (without duplication of clauses (1) and
(2) above) prior to the date on which the Debt to Cash Flow
Ratio is to be calculated, shall be excluded;
(5) any Person that is a Restricted
Subsidiary on the date on which the Debt to Cash Flow Ratio is to
be calculated will be deemed to have been a Restricted Subsidiary
at all times during such four-quarter period; and
(6) any Person that is not a
Restricted Subsidiary on the date on which the Debt to Cash Flow
Ratio is to be calculated will be deemed not to have been a
Restricted Subsidiary at any time during such four-quarter period.
" Default " means any event
that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or
both would be, an Event of Default. "
Definitive Note " means a certificated Note registered in
the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with
Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the
Global Note Legend and shall not have the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto.
" Depositary " means, with
respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in
global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as
the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all
successors thereto appointed as depositary hereunder and having
become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.
" Disqualified Stock " means
any Capital Stock that, by its terms (or by the terms of any
security into which it is convertible, or for which it is
exchangeable, in each case at the option of the holder of the
Capital Stock), or upon the happening of any event, matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise, or redeemable at the option of the holder of the Capital
Stock, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is
91 days after the date on which the Notes mature.
Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, any Capital Stock that
would constitute Disqualified Stock solely because the holders of
the Capital Stock have the right to require the Company to
repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of a change of
control or an asset sale will not constitute Disqualified Stock if
the terms of such Capital Stock provide that the Company may not
repurchase or redeem any such Capital Stock pursuant to such
provisions unless such repurchase or redemption complies with
Section 4.07 hereof. The amount of Disqualified Stock deemed
to be outstanding at any time for purposes of this Indenture will
be the maximum amount that the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries may become obligated to pay upon the maturity of, or
pursuant to any mandatory redemption provisions of, such
Disqualified Stock, exclusive of accrued dividends.
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" Domestic Restricted
Subsidiary " means any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
that was formed under the laws of the United States or any state of
the United States or the District of Columbia or any such
Restricted Subsidiary that guarantees or otherwise provides direct
credit support for any Indebtedness of the Company.
" Equity Interests " means
Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire
Capital Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible
into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
" Euroclear " means Euroclear
Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.
" Exchange Act " means the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
" Exchange Notes " means the
Notes issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f)
hereof. " Exchange Offer " has
the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
" Exchange Offer Registration
Statement " has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement. " Existing
Indebtedness " means Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement)
in existence on November 3, 2006, until such amounts are
repaid. " Fair Market Value "
means the value that would be paid by a willing buyer to an
unaffiliated willing seller in a transaction not involving distress
or necessity of either party, determined in good faith, in the case
of amounts under $10.0 million, by a financial officer of the
Company, in the case of amounts over $10.0 million but equal
to or less than $50.0 million, by the Board of Directors of
the Company (unless otherwise provided in this Indenture) and, in
the case of amounts over $50.0 million, by the Board of
Directors of Parent whose determination must be based upon an
opinion or appraisal issued by an accounting, appraisal or
investment banking firm of recognized standing.
" FCC " means the United
States Federal Communications Commission and any successor agency
which is responsible for regulating the United States
telecommunications industry. "
GAAP " means generally accepted accounting principles set
forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting
Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial
Accounting Standards Board or in such other statements by such
other entity as have been approved by a significant segment of the
accounting profession, which are in effect from time to time.
" Global Note Legend " means
the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(2) hereof, which is
required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this
Indenture. " Global Notes "
means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global
Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes deposited with or on behalf
of and registered in the name of the Depository or its nominee,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto and that bears
the Global Note Legend and that has the "Schedule of Exchanges of
Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto, issued in
accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b)(3), 2.06(b)(4),
2.06(d)(2) or 2.06(f) hereof.
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" Government Securities "
means direct obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the
United States of America, and the payment for which the United
States pledges its full faith and credit.
" Guarantee " means a
guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect,
in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness (whether
arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreements to
keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to
take or pay or to maintain financial statement conditions or
otherwise). " Guarantors "
means each of: (1) Parent;
(2) HoldCo;
(3) the Company’s direct and
indirect Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date of this
Indenture; and (4) any other
Subsidiary of Parent that executes a Note Guarantee in accordance
with the provisions of this Indenture either (a) as required
pursuant to Section 4.17 hereof or (b) because Parent, in
its sole discretion, causes such Subsidiary to do so; and their
respective successors and assigns, in each case, until the Note
Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture. "
Hedging Obligations " means, with respect to any specified
Person, the obligations of such Person under:
(1) interest rate swap agreements
(whether from fixed to floating or from floating to fixed),
interest rate cap agreements and interest rate collar agreements;
(2) other agreements or arrangements
designed to manage interest rates or interest rate risk; and
(3) other agreements or arrangements
designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency
exchange rates or commodity prices. "
HoldCo " means MetroPCS, Inc.
" Holder " means a Person in
whose name a Note is registered. "
IAI Global Note " means a Global Note substantially in the
form of Exhibit A hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and
the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and
registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee that will
be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the Notes sold to Institutional Accredited Investors
. " Indebtedness "
means, with respect to any specified Person, without duplication,
any indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and
trade payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in respect of borrowed money;
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(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) representing Capital
Lease Obligations; (5) representing
the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any
property or services due more than six months after such property
is acquired or such services are completed; or
(6) representing any Hedging
Obligations, if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other
than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet of the specified Person prepared in
accordance with GAAP. In addition, the term "Indebtedness" includes
all Indebtedness of others secured by a Lien on any asset of the
specified Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by
the specified Person) and, to the extent not otherwise included,
the Guarantee by the specified Person of any Indebtedness of any
other Person. " Indenture "
means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.
" Indirect Participant " means
a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant. " Initial Notes "
means the first $550.0 million aggregate principal amount of
Notes issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.
" 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.
" Investments " means, with
respect to any Person, all direct or indirect investments by such
Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the forms of
loans (including Guarantees or other obligations), advances
(excluding commission, travel, entertainment, drawing accounts and
similar advances to officers and employees made in the ordinary
course of business) or capital contributions, purchases or other
acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or
other securities, together with all items that are or would be
classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance
with GAAP. If the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company sells or otherwise disposes of any Capital Stock of any
direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Company such that,
after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such Person is
no longer a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company will
be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale
or disposition equal to the Fair Market Value of the
Company’s Investments in such Restricted Subsidiary that were
not sold or disposed of in an amount determined as provided in the
final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. The acquisition by the
Company or any Subsidiary of the Company of a Person that holds an
Investment in a third Person will be deemed to be an Investment by
the Company or such Subsidiary in such third Person in an amount
equal to the Fair Market Value of the Investments held by the
acquired Person in such third Person in an amount determined as
provided in the final paragraph of Section 4.07 hereof. Except
as otherwise provided in this Indenture, the amount of an
Investment will be determined at the time the Investment is made
and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.
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" 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 by law,
regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date
is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at
that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday,
and no interest shall accrue on such payment for the intervening
period. " 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 Exchange Offer.
" Lien " means, with respect
to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest
or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not
filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law,
including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
any lease in the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to
sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement
to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code
(or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
" Liquidated Damages " means
all liquidated damages then owing pursuant to the Registration
Rights Agreement . "
Moody’s " means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
" Net Equity Proceeds " means
the net cash proceeds received by the Company since
November 3, 2006 as a contribution to its common equity
capital or from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the
Company (other than Disqualified Stock)
" 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 accretion or dividends, excluding,
however: (1) any gain (but not loss),
together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but not
loss), realized in connection with:
(a) any Asset Sale; or
(b) the disposition of any securities
by such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the
extinguishment of any Indebtedness of such Person or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries; and (2) any
extraordinary gain (but not loss), together with any related
provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain (but not loss).
" Net Proceeds " means the
aggregate cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, any cash received upon the sale or other
disposition of any non-cash consideration received in any Asset
Sale), net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale,
including, without limitation, (a) legal, accounting and investment
banking fees, sales commissions, employee severance costs, and any
relocation expenses incurred as a result of the Asset Sale,
(b) taxes paid or payable as a result of the Asset Sale, in
each case, after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements, (c) amounts
required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness, other than
Indebtedness under a Credit Facility, secured by a Lien on the
asset or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale, and
(d) any amounts to be set aside in any reserve established in
accordance with GAAP or any amount placed in escrow, in
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either case for adjustment in respect of the sale price of such
properties or assets or for liabilities associated with such Asset
Sale and retained by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries until such time as such reserve is reversed or such
escrow arrangement is terminated, in which case Net Proceeds shall
include only the amount of the reserve so reversed or the amount
returned to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries from such
escrow arrangement, as the case may be.
" Non-Recourse Debt " means
Indebtedness: (1) as to which neither
the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(a) provides credit support of any kind (including any
undertaking, agreement or instrument that would constitute
Indebtedness), (b) is directly or indirectly liable as a
guarantor or otherwise, or (c) constitutes the lender;
(2) no default with respect to which
(including any rights that the holders of the Indebtedness may have
to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary)
would permit upon notice, lapse of time or both any holder of any
other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries to declare a default on such other Indebtedness or
cause the payment of the Indebtedness to be accelerated or payable
prior to its Stated Maturity; and (3)
as to which the lenders have been notified in writing that they
will not have any recourse to the stock or assets of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries. " Non-U.S. Person "
means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.
" Note Guarantee " means the
Guarantee by each Guarantor of the Company’s obligations
under this Indenture and the Notes, executed pursuant to the
provisions of this Indenture. "
Notes " has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to
this Indenture. The Initial Notes and the Additional Notes shall be
treated as a single class for all purposes under this Indenture,
and unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the
Notes shall include the Initial Notes and any Additional Notes.
" Obligations " means any
principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the
documentation governing any Indebtedness.
" 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.
" Officers’ Certificate
" means a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by 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, that meets the
requirements of Section 12.05 hereof.
" Opinion of Counsel " means
an opinion from legal counsel who is reasonably acceptable to the
Trustee, that meets the requirements of Section 12.05 hereof.
The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, any
Subsidiary of the Company or the Trustee.
" Parent " means MetroPCS
Communications, Inc.
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" 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 those businesses in which the Company and its
Subsidiaries were engaged on November 3, 2006, or any business
similar, related, incidental or ancillary thereto or that
constitutes a reasonable extension or expansion thereof, or any
business reasonably related to the telecommunications industry, and
the acquisition, holding or exploitation of any license relating to
the delivery of those services. "
Permitted Investments " means:
(1) any Investment in the Company or
in any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that is a Guarantor;
(2) any Investment in Cash
Equivalents; (3) any Investment by
the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in a
Person, if as a result of such Investment:
(a) such Person becomes a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company; or (b)
such Person is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or
transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is
liquidated into, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the
Company; (4) any Investment made as a
result of the receipt of non-cash consideration from an Asset Sale
that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10
hereof; (5) any acquisition of assets
or Capital Stock solely in exchange for the issuance of Equity
Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;
(6) any Investments received in
compromise or resolution of (A) obligations of trade creditors
or customers that were incurred in the ordinary course of business
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, including
pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon
the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer; or
(B) litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who
are not Affiliates; (7) Investments
represented by Hedging Obligations;
(8) loans or advances to employees
made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any
Restricted Subsidiary of the Company in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $5.0 million at any one time outstanding;
(9) repurchases of (i) the Notes
or (ii) any of the Company’s 9 1 /4% Senior
Notes due 2014 issued pursuant to that certain Indenture, dated
November 3, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors named
therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., f.k.a.
The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as trustee;
(10) advances and prepayments for
asset purchases in the ordinary course of business in a Permitted
Business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;
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(11) Investments existing on
November 3, 2006; (12) the
acquisition by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of
Equity Interests of Royal Street;
(13) Investments in Royal Street
represented by the Royal Street Loan or Investments required or
contemplated by the Royal Street Agreements in the geographic
markets covered by the assets purchased by Royal Street in Auction
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Venture Investments, and (b) other Investments in any Person
other than an Affiliate of the Company (excluding any Person that
is an Affiliate of the Company solely by reason of Parent’s
ownership, directly or indirectly, of Equity Interests of such
Person), to the extent such Investment under (a) or
(b) has 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 (14) that are at the
time outstanding, not to exceed 10% of the Company’s Total
Assets on the date such Investment is made. Notwithstanding any
other provision to the contrary, no Permitted Investment shall be
deemed to be a Restricted Payment. "
Permitted Joint Venture Investment " means, with respect to
any specified Person, Investments in any other Person engaged in a
Permitted Business (a) (i) over which the specified Person has
or controls 40% or more of the votes on the management committee or
Board of Directors of such other Person, (ii) with which such
specified Person is party to an FCC approved services agreement
pursuant to which such specified Person actively participates in
the day-to-day management of such other Person, or (iii) over
which the specified Person otherwise has operational and managerial
control of such other Person, and (b) of which at least 40% of
the outstanding Capital Stock of such other Person is at the time
owned directly or indirectly by the specified Person.
" Permitted Liens " means:
(1) Liens securing Indebtedness and
other Obligations under Credit Facilities and/or securing Hedging
Obligations related thereto permitted by Section 4.09(b)(1),
(8) and (16) hereof; (2) Liens
in favor of the Company or the Guarantors;
(3) Liens on property of a Person
existing at the time such Person is merged with or into or
consolidated with the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company;
provided that such Liens were in existence prior to the
contemplation of such merger or consolidation and do not extend to
any assets other than those of the Person merged into or
consolidated with the Company or the Subsidiary;
(4) Liens on property (including
Capital Stock) existing at the time of acquisition of the property
by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that such
Liens were in existence prior to, such acquisition, and not
incurred in contemplation of, such acquisition;
(5) bankers’ Liens, rights of
setoff and Liens to secure the performance of bids, tenders, trade
or governmental contracts, leases, licenses, statutory obligations,
surety or appeal bonds, performance bonds or other obligations of a
like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;
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(6) Liens to secure Indebtedness
(including Capital Lease Obligations) permitted by
Section 4.09(b)(4) hereof covering only the assets (including
the proceeds thereof, accessions thereto and upgrades thereof)
acquired with or financed by such Indebtedness;
(7) Liens existing on
November 3, 2006; (8) Liens for
taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are not
yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate provision
as is required in conformity with GAAP has been made therefor;
(9) Liens imposed by law, such as
carriers’, warehousemen’s, suppliers’,
vendors’, construction, repairmen’s, landlord’s
and mechanics’ Liens or other similar Liens, in each case,
incurred in the ordinary course of business;
(10) survey exceptions, easements or
reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way,
sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other
similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of
real property that were not incurred in connection with
Indebtedness and that do not in the aggregate materially adversely
affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use
in the operation of the business of such Person;
(11) Liens arising by reason of a
judgment, attachment, decree or court order, to the extent not
otherwise resulting in an Event of Default, and any Liens that are
required to protect or enforce any rights in any administrative,
arbitration or other court proceedings in the ordinary course of
business; (12) Liens created for the
benefit of (or to secure) (i) the Notes (or the Note
Guarantees) or (ii) any of the Company’s 9 1
/4% Senior Notes due 2014 issued pursuant to that certain
Indenture, dated November 3, 2006, among the Company, the
Guarantors named therein and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust
Company, N.A., f.k.a. The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee (and the Guarantees by the Guarantors of such notes);
(13) Liens to secure any Permitted
Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under this
Indenture; provided, however, that:
(a) the new Lien shall be limited to
all or part of the same property and assets that secured or, under
the written agreements pursuant to which the original Lien arose,
could secure the original Lien (plus improvements and accessions to
such property and assets and proceeds or distributions of such
property and assets and improvements and accessions thereto); and
(b) the Indebtedness secured by the
new Lien is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of
(x) the outstanding principal amount, or, if greater,
committed amount, of the Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness and
(y) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses,
including premiums, related to such renewal, refunding,
refinancing, replacement, defeasance or discharge;
(14) Liens contained in purchase and
sale agreements limiting the transfer of assets pending the closing
of the transactions contemplated thereby;
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(15) Liens that may be deemed to
exist by virtue of contractual provisions that restrict the ability
of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from granting or
permitting to exist Liens on their respective assets;
(16) Liens in favor of the Trustee as
provided for in this Indenture on money or property held or
collected by the trustee in its capacity as trustee;
(17) Liens on cash or Cash
Equivalents securing (a) workers’ compensation claims,
self-insurance obligations, unemployment insurance or other social
security, old age pension, bankers’ acceptances, performance
bonds, completion bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds,
public liability obligations, or other similar bonds or
obligations, or securing any Guarantees or letters of credit
functioning as or supporting any of the foregoing, in each case
incurred in the ordinary course of business or (b) letters of
credit required to be issued for the benefit of (x) C9
Wireless, LLC in accordance with the Royal Street Agreements or
(y) any Person that controls a Permitted Joint Venture
Investment to secure any put right for the benefit of the Person
controlling the Permitted Joint Venture Investment;
(18) Liens arising from Uniform
Commercial Code financing statement filings regarding operating
leases entered into in the ordinary course of business covering
only the property under lease (plush improvements and accessions to
such property and proceeds or distributions of such property and
improvements and accessions thereto); and
(19) Liens with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $5.0 million at any one time
outstanding. Permitted Payments to Parent " means , without
duplication as to amounts: (1)
payments to Parent (directly or through HoldCo) to permit Parent to
pay reasonable accounting, legal, investment banking fees and
administrative expenses of Parent when due; and
(2) for so long as the Company is a
member of a group filing a consolidated or combined tax return with
Parent, payments to Parent (directly or through HoldCo) in respect
of an allocable portion of the tax liabilities of such group that
is attributable to the Company and its Subsidiaries ("Tax
Payments"). The Tax Payments shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the
amount of the relevant tax (including any penalties and interest)
that the Company would owe if the Company were filing a separate
tax return (or a separate consolidated or combined return with its
Subsidiaries that are members of the consolidated or combined
group), taking into account any carryovers and carrybacks of tax
attributes (such as net operating losses) of the Company and such
Subsidiaries from other taxable years and (ii) the net amount
of the relevant tax that Parent actually owes to the appropriate
taxing authority. Any Tax Payments received from the Company shall
be paid over to the appropriate taxing authority within
30 days of Parent’s receipt of such Tax Payments or
refunded to the Company. "
Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness " means any Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any
Disqualified Stock of the Company or any preferred stock of any
Restricted Subsidiary issued (a) in exchange for, or the net
proceeds of which are used to, extend the maturity, renew, refund,
refinance, replace, defease, discharge or otherwise retire for
value, in whole or in part, or (b) constituting an amendment,
modification or supplement to or a deferral or renewal of ((a) and
(b) above, collectively, a " Refinancing "), any other
Indebtedness of the Company any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
(other than intercompany Indebtedness), any Disqualified Stock of
the Company or any
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preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary in a principal amount
or, in the case of Disqualified Stock of the Company or preferred
stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, liquidation preference, not to
exceed (after deduction of reasonable and customary fees and
expenses incurred in connection with the Refinancing) the lesser
of: (1) the principal amount or, in
the case of Disqualified Stock or preferred stock, liquidation
preference, of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock so Refinanced (plus, in the case of Indebtedness, the amount
of premium, if any paid in connection therewith), and
(2) if the Indebtedness being
Refinanced was issued with any original issue discount, the
accreted value of such Indebtedness (as determined in accordance
with GAAP) at the time of such Refinancing. Notwithstanding the
preceding, no Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock
will be deemed to be Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness, unless:
(1) such Indebtedness, Disqualified
Stock or preferred stock has a final maturity date or redemption
date, as applicable, later than the final maturity date or
redemption date, as applicable, of, and has a Weighted Average Life
to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to
Maturity of, the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred
stock being Refinanced; (2) if the
Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being
Refinanced is contractually subordinated in right of payment to the
Notes, such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock is
contractually subordinated in right of payment to, the Notes, on
terms at least as favorable to the Holders of Notes as those
contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness,
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being Refinanced at the time
of the Refinancing; and (3) such
Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock is incurred or issued by the
Company or such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or preferred stock
is incurred or issued by the Restricted Subsidiary who is the
obligor on the Indebtedness being Refinanced or the issuer of the
Disqualified Stock or preferred stock being Refinanced.
" Person " means any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited
liability company or government or other entity.
" Principals " means any
direct or indirect Beneficial Owner of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries on November 3, 2006.
" Private Placement Legend "
means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(1) hereof to be
placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture except where
otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.
" QIB " means a "qualified
institutional buyer" as defined in Rule 144A.
" Registration Rights
Agreement " means the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of January 20, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors and the
other parties named on the signature pages thereof, as such
agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time and, with respect to any Additional Notes, one or more
registration rights agreements among the Company, the Guarantors
and the
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other parties thereto, as such agreement(s) may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, relating to rights
given by the Company to the purchasers of Additional Notes to
register such Additional Notes under the Securities Act.
" Regulation S " means
Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.
" Regulation S Global
Note " means a Global Note in the form of Exhibit A hereto
bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the
Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the
outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially sold in
reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation S.
" Related Party " means:
(1) any controlling stockholder, 80%
(or more) owned Subsidiary, or immediate family member (in the case
of an individual) of any Principal; or
(2) any trust, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity, the
beneficiaries, stockholders, partners, members, owners or Persons
beneficially holding an 80% or more controlling interest of which
consist of any one or more Principals and/or such other Persons
referred to in the immediately preceding clause (1).
" 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. "
Restricted Global Note " means a Global Note bearing the
Private Placement Legend. "
Restricted Investment " means an Investment other than a
Permitted Investment. " Restricted
Subsidiary " of a Person means any Subsidiary of the referenced
Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
" Royal Street " means Royal
Street Communications, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
" Royal Street Agreements "
means the Royal Street Credit Agreement, the Royal Street Equipment
and Facilities Lease Agreement, the Royal Street Letter of Credit
Agreement, the Royal Street LLC Agreement, the Royal Street Pledge
Agreement, the Royal Street Promissory Note, the Royal Street
Security Agreement and the Royal Street Services Agreement.
" Royal Street Credit
Agreement " means the Second Amended and Restated Credit
Agreement, executed on December 15, 2005 as of
December 22, 2004, by and between Royal Street and the
Company, as amended from time to time, as in effect on
November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified
from time to time after November 3, 2006 so long as such
amendment, supplement or modification does not materially adversely
affect the Liens granted to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor
pursuant to the Royal Street Credit Agreement, the Royal Street
Security Agreement or Royal Street Pledge Agreement, each as in
effect on November 3, 2006.
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" Royal Street Equipment and
Facilities Lease Agreement " means the Master Equipment and
Facilities Lease Agreement executed as of May 17, 2006, by and
between Royal Street and the Company, as amended from time to time,
as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented
or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006.
" Royal Street Letter of Credit
Agreement " means the Letter of Credit Agreement, dated
November 24, 2004, by GWI PCS1, Inc. to and for the benefit of C9
Wireless II, LLC, as amended from time to time, as in effect on
November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified
from time to time after November 3, 2006.
" Royal Street LLC Agreement "
means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement
of Royal Street, executed on December 15, 2005 as of
November 24, 2004, by and between C9 Wireless, LLC, GWI PCS1,
Inc., and the Company, as amended from time to time, as in effect
on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or modified
from time to time after November 3, 2006.
" Royal Street Loan " means
the aggregate amount of loans by the Company to Royal Street in
order to fund the purchase by Royal Street of wireless spectrum in
Auction 58 and the build-out of the Royal Street systems and the
operations of Royal Street, as amended from time to time, as in
effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented or
modified from time to time after November 3, 2006.
" Royal Street Pledge
Agreement " means the Amended and Restated Pledge Agreement,
executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by
and between Royal Street and the Company, as amended from time to
time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3,
2006 so long as such amendment, supplement or modification does not
materially adversely affect the Liens granted to the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Royal Street Credit Agreement,
the Royal Street Security Agreement or Royal Street Pledge
Agreement, each as in effect on November 3, 2006.
" Royal Street Promissory Note
" means the Amended and Restated Promissory Note, executed on
December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by Royal
Street to the order of the Company, as amended from time to time,
as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended, supplemented
or modified from time to time after November 3, 2006.
" Royal Street Security
Agreement " means the Amended and Restated Security Agreement,
executed on December 15, 2005 as of December 22, 2004, by
and between Royal Street and the Company, as amended from time to
time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3,
2006 so long as such amendment, supplement or modification does not
materially adversely affect the Liens granted to the Company or any
Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the Royal Street Credit Agreement,
the Royal Street Security Agreement or Royal Street Pledge
Agreement, each as in effect on November 3, 2006.
" Royal Street Services
Agreement " means the Amended and Restated Services Agreement,
executed on December 15, 2005 as of November 24, 2004, by
and between Royal Street and the Company, as amended from time to
time, as in effect on November 3, 2006, and as amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time after November 3,
2006. " Rule 144 " means
Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act.
" Rule 144A " means
Rule 144A promulgated under the Securities Act.
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" Rule 903 " means
Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.
" Rule 904 " means
Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.
" S&P " means Standard
& Poor’s Rating Group. "
SEC " means the Securities and Exchange Commission.
" Securities Act " means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. "
Shelf Registration Statement " means the Shelf Registration
Statement as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement.
" Significant Subsidiary "
means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a "significant
subsidiary" as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of
Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as
such Regulation is in effect on November 3, 2006.
" Stated Maturity " means,
with respect to any installment of interest or principal on any
series of Indebtedness, the date on which the payment of interest
or principal was scheduled to be paid in the documentation
governing such Indebtedness as of the date of this Indenture, and
will not include any contingent obligations to repay, redeem or
repurchase any such interest or principal prior to the date
originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
" Subsidiary " means, with
respect to any specified Person: (1)
any corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency and
after giving effect to any voting agreement or stockholders’
agreement that effectively transfers voting power) to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees of the corporation,
association or other business entity is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more
of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a combination
thereof); and (2) any partnership
(a) the sole general partner or the managing general partner
of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person or
(b) the only general partners of which are that Person or one
or more Subsidiaries of that Person (or any combination thereof).
" Subsidiary Guarantors "
means, collectively, the Guarantors that are Subsidiaries of the
Company. " TIA " means the
Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§
77aaa-77bbbb). " Total Assets
" means the total assets of a Person as set forth on the most
recent balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with
GAAP. " Treasury Rate " means,
as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such
redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a
constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent
Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become
publicly available at least two business days prior to the
redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer
published, any publicly available source of similar market data))
most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to
November 1, 2010; provided, however , that if the
period from the redemption date to November 1,
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2010, is less than one year, the weekly average yield on
actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a
constant maturity of one year will be used. The Company will (1)
calculate the Treasury Rate on the third business day preceding the
applicable redemption date and (2) prior to such redemption
date file with the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting
forth the Applicable Premium and the Treasury Rate and showing the
calculation of each in reasonable detail.
" Trustee " means The Bank of
New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., until a successor replaces it
in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and
thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.
" Unrestricted Definitive Note
" means a Definitive Note that does not bear and is not required to
bear the Private Placement Legend. "
Unrestricted Global Note " means a Global Note that does not
bear and is not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.
" Unrestricted Subsidiary "
means any Subsidiary of the Company that is designated by the Board
of Directors of the Company as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant
to a resolution of the Board of Directors, but only to the extent
that such Subsidiary: (1) has no
Indebtedness other than Non-Recourse Debt;
(2) except as permitted by
Section 4.11 hereof, is not party to any agreement, contract,
arrangement or understanding with the Company or any Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company unless the terms of any such agreement,
contract, arrangement or understanding are no less favorable to the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be
obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates of the
Company; (3) is a Person with respect
to which neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
has any direct or indirect obligation (a) to subscribe for
additional Equity Interests or (b) to maintain or preserve
such Person’s financial condition or to cause such Person to
achieve any specified levels of operating results; and
(4) has not guaranteed or otherwise
directly or indirectly provided credit support for any Indebtedness
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
" U.S. Person " means a U.S.
Person as defined in Rule 902(k) promulgated under the Securities
Act. " Voting Stock " of any
specified Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such
Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the
Board of Directors of such Person. "
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 of the Indebtedness, 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
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(2) the then outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness. Section 1.02 Other
Definitions.
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4.11
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" Asset Sale Offer "
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3.09
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" Authentication Order "
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2.02
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" Change of Control Offer "
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4.15
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4.15
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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; " indenture
trustee " or " institutional trustee " means the
Trustee; and " obligor " on
the Notes and the Note Guarantees means the Company and the
Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes
and the Note Guarantees, respectively.
All other terms used in this
Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to
another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the
meanings so assigned to them.
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Section 1.04 Rules of Construction.
Unless the context otherwise
requires: (1) a term has the meaning
assigned to it; (2) an accounting
term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in
accordance with GAAP; (3) "or" is not
exclusive; (4) words in the singular
include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;
(5) "will" shall be interpreted to
express a command; (6) provisions
apply to successive events and transactions; and
(7) references to sections of or
rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include
substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by
the SEC from time to time. ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES Section 2.01 Form and Dating.
(a) General . The Notes
and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication will 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 will be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and
integral multiples of $1,000. The
terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and
are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the
Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, by their execution and
delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and
provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any
provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this
Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be
controlling. (b) Global
Notes . Notes issued in global form will be substantially in
the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend
thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note" attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (but without the
Global Note Legend thereon and without the "Schedule of Exchanges
of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Each Global
Note will represent such of the outstanding Notes as will be
specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time
endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be
reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and
redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount
of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee
or the Custodian, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance
with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by
Section 2.06 hereof.
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(c) Euroclear and
Clearstream Procedures Applicable. The provisions of the
"Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and
Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and
Conditions of Clearstream Banking" and "Customer Handbook" of
Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests
in the Regulation S Global Note that are held by Participants
through Euroclear or Clearstream. Section 2.02 Execution
and Authentication. At least one
Officer must 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 will nevertheless be valid.
A Note will not be valid until
authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature
will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated
under this Indenture. The Trustee
will, upon receipt of a written order of the Company signed by at
least one Officer (an " Authentication Order "),
authenticate Notes for original issue that may be validly issued
under this Indenture, including any Additional Notes. The aggregate
principal amount of Notes outstanding at any time may not exceed
the aggregate principal amount of Notes authorized for issuance by
the Company pursuant to one or more Authentication Orders, except
as provided in Section 2.07 hereof.
The Trustee may appoint an
authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate
Notes. An authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the
Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to
authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such
agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to
deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Company. Section 2.03
Registrar and Paying Agent.
The Company will 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 will 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 notice to any Holder. The Company
will 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. If the Holder
has given wire transfer instructions to the Company and the Company
is the Paying Agent, the Company will pay all principal, interest
and premiums and Liquidated Damages, if any, on that Holder’s
Notes in accordance with these instructions. All other payments on
the Notes will be made at the office of the agent of the Trustee
within the City and State of New York, which as of the date hereof
is the office of The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A., which as of the
date hereof is located at 101 Barclay Street, 7 East, New York, New
York 10014, unless the Company elects to make interest payments by
check mailed to the Holders at their address in the register of the
Holders. The Company initially
appoints The Depository Trust Company (" DTC ") to act as
Depositary with respect to the Global Notes. The Company may change
the Depository at any time without notice to any Holder, but the
Company will notify the Trustee of the name and address of any new
Depository.
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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 2.04
Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.
The Company will require each Paying
Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying
Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee
all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal,
premium or Liquidated Damages, if any, or interest on the Notes,
and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company in making
any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may
require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee.
The Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent (if other than the Company or a Subsidiary) will have
no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary
acts as Paying Agent, it will 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 will serve as Paying Agent for
the Notes. Section 2.05 Holder Lists.
The Company and the Guarantors shall
furnish or caused to be furnished to the Trustee at stated
intervals of not more than six months, and at such other times as
the Trustee may request in writing, all information in the
possession or control of such obligor, or any of its paying agents,
as to the names and addresses of the Holders, and the Trustee shall
preserve, in as current form as is reasonably practicable, all such
information so furnished to it or received by it in the capacity of
Paying Agent. The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee shall
otherwise comply with TIA § 77lll(a). Section 2.06
Transfer and Exchange.
(a) Transfer and Exchange of
Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred except as a
whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a
nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another nominee
of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a
successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All
Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for Definitive Notes
if: (1) the Company delivers to the
Trustee notice from the Depositary that the Depository is unwilling
or unable to continue to act as Depositary or that it is no longer
a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act and, in either
case, a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Company within
120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary;
(2) the Company in its sole
discretion determines that the Global Notes (in whole but not in
part) should be exchanged for Definitive Notes and delivers a
written notice to such effect to the Trustee; or
(3) there has occurred and is
continuing a Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes.
Upon the occurrence of either of the
preceding events in (1) or (2) above, Definitive Notes
shall be issued in such names as the Depositary shall instruct the
Trustee. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole
or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof.
Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu
of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to this
Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be
authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a
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Global Note. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note
other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a), however,
beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and
exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or
(f) hereof. (b)
Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global
Notes . The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in
the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in
accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable
Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes
will be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set
forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act.
Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also will
require compliance with either subparagraph (1) or (2) below,
as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
subparagraphs, as applicable: (1)
Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note .
Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in
accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private
Placement Legend. Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global
Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No
written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to
the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this
Section 2.06(b)(1). (2) All
Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global
Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of
beneficial interests that are not subject to
Section 2.06(b)(1) above, the transferor of such beneficial
interest must deliver to the Registrar either: (A) both:
(i) 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 (ii)
instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Participant account to be
credited with such increase; or (B) both:
(i) 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
(ii) 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. Upon
consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.06(f) hereof, the requirements of this
Section 2.06(b)(2) shall be deemed to have been satisfied upon
receipt by the Registrar 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
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transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes
contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable
under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal
amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to
Section 2.06(h) hereof. (3)
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 2.06(b)(2)
above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee will 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; (B) if the
transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest
in the Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transferee will take
delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the IAI Global
Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications, certificates
and Opinion of Counsel required by item (3) thereof, if
applicable. (4) Transfer and
Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged
by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof
in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of
Section 2.06(b)(2) above and:
(A) such exchange or transfer is
effected pursuant to the 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 (i) a Broker-Dealer,
(ii) a Person participating in the distribution of the
Exchange Notes or (iii) 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:
(i) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a)
thereof; or (ii) if the holder of
such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take
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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.
(1) 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, 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 a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction
in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof;
(D) if such beneficial interest is
being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial interest is
being transferred to an Institutional Accredited Investor in
reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements of the
Securities Act other than those listed in subparagraphs
(B) through (D) above, a certificate to the effect set forth
in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications,
certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by item
(3) thereof, if applicable;
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(F) if such beneficial interest is
being transferred to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, a
certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or
(G) if such beneficial interest is
being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c)
thereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of
the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to
Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Company shall execute and the
Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in
the instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal
amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and
in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of
such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through
instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect
Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such Definitive Notes to the
Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(1) shall bear the
Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions
on transfer contained therein. (2)
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 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 (i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a
Person participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or
(iii) 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: (i) if the holder of such
beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive
Note, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or
(ii) if the holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from
such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (4) thereof;
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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. (3) Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial
interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial
interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
Definitive Note, then, upon satisfaction of the conditions set
forth in Section 2.06(b)(2) hereof, the Trustee will cause the
aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be
reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and
the Company will execute and the Trustee will authenticate and
deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive
Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Note
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c)(3) will be registered in such name or names
and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder
of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the
Registrar from or through the Depositary and the Participant or
Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive
Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest
pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(3) will not bear the Private
Placement Legend. (d)
Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial
Interests. (1) 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:
(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, 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, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item
(2) thereof; (D) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an
exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act
in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof; (E) if such
Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to an Institutional
Accredited Investor in reliance on an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act other than those
listed in subparagraphs (B) through (D) above, a
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certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel
required by item (3) thereof, if applicable;
(F) if such Restricted Definitive
Note is being transferred to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b)
thereof; or (G) if such Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective
registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to
the effect set forth in Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (3)(c) thereof, the Trustee will cancel the
Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the
aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause
(A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the case
of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, in the case of
clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note, and in
all other cases, the IAI Global Note.
(2) 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 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
(i) a Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the
distribution of the Exchange Notes or (iii) 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:
(i) if the Holder of such 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 (ii) if the Holder
of such 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 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
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Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions
of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(2), the Trustee
will cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global
Note. (3) 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 will cancel the applicable
Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased
the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global
Notes. If any such exchange or
transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is
effected pursuant to subparagraphs (2)(B), (2)(D) or (3) above
at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued,
the Company will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order
in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will
authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes
so transferred. (e) Transfer
and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon
request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s
compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the
Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive
Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the
requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the
Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly
executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in
writing. In addition, the requesting Holder must provide any
additional certifications, documents and information, as
applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this
Section 2.06(e). (1) 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:
(A) if the transfer will be made
pursuant to Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications in item (1) thereof;
(B) if the transfer will be made
pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer will be made
pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements
of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the
certifications, certificates and Opinion of Counsel required by
item (3) thereof, if applicable.
(2) Restricted Definitive Notes to
Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note
may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note or
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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 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 (i) a
Broker-Dealer, (ii) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (iii) 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:
(i) 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 (ii) 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 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.
(3) 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) Exchange Offer. Upon
the occurrence of the Exchange Offer in accordance with the
Registration Rights Agreement, the Company will issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee will authenticate:
(1) 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
accepted for exchange in the Exchange Offer by Persons that certify
in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (A) they are not
Broker-Dealers, (B) they are not participating in a
distribution of the Exchange Notes and (C) they are not
affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company; and
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(2) Unrestricted Definitive Notes
in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of
the Restricted Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in the
Exchange Offer by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of
Transmittal that (A) they are not Broker-Dealers,
(B) they are not participating in a distribution of the
Exchange Notes and (C) they are not affiliates (as defined in
Rule 144) of the Company.
Concurrently with the issuance of
such Notes, the Trustee will cause the aggregate principal amount
of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced
accordingly, and the Company will execute and the Trustee will
authenticate and deliver to the Persons designated by the Holders
of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in
the appropriate principal amount.
(g) Legends. The
following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes and
Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically
stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture.
(1) Private Placement Legend .
(A) Except as permitted by
subparagraph (B) 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. THE HOLDER OF THE SECURITY EVIDENCED HEREBY
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ISSUER THAT (A) SUCH SECURITY
MAY BE OFFERED, RESOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED ONLY (1)
(a) IN THE UNITED STATES TO A PERSON WHO THE SELLER REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER (AS DEFINED IN RULE
144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE
REQUIREMENTS OF RULE 144A, (b) OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN AN
OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH RULE 904 UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (c) IN A TRANSACTION MEETING THE REQUIREMENTS
OF RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (d) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL
"ACCREDITED INVESTOR" (AS DEFINED IN RULE 501 (a) (1), (2),
(3) OR (7) 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 AMOUNT OF NOTES LESS THAN
$250,000, AN OPINION OF COUNSEL ACCEPTABLE TO METROPCS WIRELESS,
INC. 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 ACCEPTABLE TO METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. IF METROPCS WIRELESS,
INC. SO REQUESTS), (2) TO METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. OR
(3) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AND, IN
EACH CASE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE JURISDICTION AND
(B) THE HOLDER WILL, AND EACH SUBSEQUENT HOLDER IS
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REQUIRED TO, NOTIFY ANY PURCHASER FROM IT OF THE SECURITY
EVIDENCED HEREBY OF THE RESALE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN
(A) ABOVE." (B) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant
to subparagraphs (b)(4), (c)(3), (c)(4), (d)(2), (d)(3), (e)(2),
(e)(3) or (f) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued
in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) will not bear the
Private Placement Legend. (2)
Global Note Legend . Each Global Note will bear a legend in
substantially the following form: "THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE
DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS
NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF,
AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES
EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS
MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE,
(2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART
PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL
NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO
SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE
TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN
CONSENT OF THE COMPANY. UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED FOR NOTES
IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A
WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A
NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF
THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A
SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET,
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10041) ("DTC"), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR
REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE
ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER
NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC
(AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS
MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY
TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR
TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN."
(3) Original Issue Discount
Legend . Each Note will bear a legend in substantially the
following form: "THIS NOTE WAS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT
FOR PURPOSES OF SECTIONS 1272, 1273, AND 1275 OF THE INTERNAL
REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. AGREES TO
PROVIDE PROMPTLY TO THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE, UPON WRITTEN REQUEST,
THE ISSUE PRICE, THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE
AND YIELD TO MATURITY WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTE. ANY SUCH WRITTEN
REQUEST SHOULD BE SENT TO METROPCS WIRELESS, INC. AT THE FOLLOWING
ADDRESS: METROPCS WIRELESS, INC., 2250 LAKESIDE BLVD., RICHARDSON,
TEXAS 75082, ATTENTION: EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF
FINANCIAL OFFICER."
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(h) Cancellation and/or
Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial
interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for
Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed,
repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global
Note will be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in
accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such
cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note
or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented
by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement
will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global
Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made
on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the
direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General Provisions
Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.
(1) To permit registrations of
transfers and exchanges, the Company will execute and the Trustee
will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of
an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof
or at the Registrar’s request.
(2) No service charge will be made to
a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder
of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange,
but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover
any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in
connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar
governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to
Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).
(3) The Registrar will not be
required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note
selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed
portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(4) All Global Notes and Definitive
Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of
the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same
benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive
Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(5) Neither the Registrar nor the
Company will 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 selected for redemption in
whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being
redeemed in part; or (C) to register
the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the
next succeeding interest payment date.
(6) 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
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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.
(7) The Trustee will authenticate
Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions
of Section 2.02 hereof. (8) All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be
submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to
effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by
facsimile. Section 2.07 Replacement Notes.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered
to the Trustee or the Company and the Trustee receives evidence to
its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note,
which may include a certificate from the Holder thereof in
accordance with Section 12.05 hereof, the Company will issue
and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will
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.
Every replacement Note is an
additional obligation of the Company and will be entitled to all of
the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all
other Notes duly issued hereunder. Section 2.08 Outstanding
Notes. The Notes outstanding at
any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for
those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those
reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee
in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in
this Section 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in
Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding
because the Company or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note;
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(a) hereof. If a
Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to
be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to
it, which may include a certificate in accordance with
Section 12.05 hereof, that the replaced Note is held by a
protected purchaser and shall be deemed cancelled for all purposes.
If the principal amount of any Note
is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be
outstanding, shall be deemed cancelled, and interest on it ceases
to accrue. If the Paying Agent (other
than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof)
holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to
pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such
Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding, shall be deemed
cancelled, and will cease to accrue interest.
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Section 2.09 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 any
Guarantor, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the
Company or any Guarantor, shall be disregarded, except that for the
purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in
relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that
the Trustee knows are so owned will be so disregarded.
Section 2.10 Temporary Notes.
Until certificates representing Notes
are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee,
upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate
temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form
of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Company
considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably
acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Company
will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate definitive Notes in
exchange for temporary Notes. Holders
of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this
Indenture. Section 2.11 Cancellation.
The Company at any time may deliver
Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying
Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no
one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of
transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will
destroy canceled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement
of the Exchange Act). Certification of the destruction of all
canceled Notes will be delivered to the Company promptly following
cancellation. 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 2.12 Defaulted Interest.
If the Company defaults in a payment
of interest on the Notes, it will 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 will 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 will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date
and payment date; provided that no such special record date
may 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)
will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the
special record date, the related payment date and the amount of
such interest to be paid. ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT Section 3.01 Notices to
Trustee. If the Company elects to
redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of
Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least
10 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption
date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth:
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(1) the clause of this Indenture
pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;
(2) the redemption date;
(3) the principal amount of Notes to
be redeemed; and (4) the redemption
price. Section 3.02 Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or
Purchased. If less than all of
the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase
at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or
purchase on a pro rata basis unless otherwise required by
law or applicable stock exchange requirements.
In the event of partial redemption or
purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased
will be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than
10 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date
by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for
redemption or purchase. The Trustee
will promptly notify the Company in writing of the Notes selected
for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected
for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to
be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will
be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; except that
if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased,
the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if
not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as
provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture
that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to
portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.
Section 3.03 Notice of Redemption.
Subject to the provisions of
Section 3.09 hereof, at least 10 days but not more than
60 days before a redemption date, the Company will mail or
cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to
each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered
address, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than
60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in
connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles 8 or 11 hereof.
The notice will identify the Notes to
be redeemed and will state: (1) the
redemption date; (2) the redemption
price; (3) if any Note is being
redeemed in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note
to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender
of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the
unredeemed portion will be issued upon cancellation of the original
Note; (4) the name and address of the
Paying Agent;
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(5) that Notes called for
redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the
redemption price; (6) that, unless
the Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on
Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the
redemption date; (7) the paragraph of
the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the
Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(8) that no representation is made as
to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP number, if any, listed
in such notice or printed on the Notes.
At the Company’s request, the
Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Company’s
name and at its expense; provided, however , that the
Company has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the
redemptio
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