NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED
as
Issuer,
NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION
AND
NORTEL NETWORKS INC.
as
Guarantors,
AND
THE
BANK OF NEW YORK
as
Trustee
THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
Dated as of May 28, 2008
to
Indenture Dated as of July 5, 2006
THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE dated as of May 28, 2008 (this
“Third Supplemental Indenture”) to the Indenture dated
as of July 5, 2006 among Nortel Networks Limited (together
with any successors, “NNL” or the
“Issuer”), a Canadian corporation having its principal
place of business at 195 The West Mall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M9C 5K1, Nortel Networks Corporation (together with any successors,
“NNC”), a Canadian corporation having its principal
place of business at 195 The West Mall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M9C 5K1, and Nortel Networks Inc. (together with any successors,
“NNI” and, together with NNC, the
“Guarantors”), a Delaware corporation having its
principal place of business at 2221 Lakeside Boulevard, Richardson,
Texas, U.S.A. 75082, and The Bank of New York (the
“Trustee”), a New York corporation authorized to
conduct a banking business, having its Corporate Trust Office at
101 Barclay Street 4 East, New York, New York, U.S.A. 10286 (the
“Original Indenture,” and, as supplemented by the First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of July 5, 2006 (the
“First Supplemental Indenture”), among the parties
hereto, the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 1,
2007 (the “Second Supplemental Indenture”) among the
parties hereto and this Third Supplemental Indenture, the
“Indenture”).
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Guarantors
and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered the Original
Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second
Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Issuer, pursuant to the
Original Indenture and the First Supplemental Indenture, issued,
and the Guarantors guaranteed, its 10.750% Senior Notes due 2016
(the “2016 Fixed Rate Notes”);
WHEREAS, Section 310 of the
Original Indenture provides that from time to time the Issuer may
create and issue Additional Debt Securities, carrying the
Guarantees executed by the Guarantors, on terms and conditions
substantially similar to those of the 2016 Fixed Rate Notes, which
Additional Debt Securities shall increase the aggregate principal
amount of the 2016 Fixed Rate Notes and shall have the right to
vote together with Holders of the 2016 Fixed Rate Notes as one
class;
WHEREAS, Article Nine of the
Original Indenture provides, among other things, that the Issuer,
the Guarantors and the Trustee may enter into indentures
supplemental to the Original Indenture to, among other things,
provide for the form or terms of Additional Debt Securities;
WHEREAS, the Issuer has duly
authorized the creation of an additional issue of the Original 2016
Fixed Rate Notes under the Original Indenture (the
“Additional Original 2016 Fixed Rate Notes”), and an
issue of securities evidencing the same continuing indebtedness and
with substantially identical terms (except that such securities
shall be registered under the Securities Act and shall not have a
provision for additional interest pursuant to the 2008 Registration
Rights Agreement) in exchange for such Debt Securities (the
“Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Exchange Notes,” and
together with the Additional Original 2016 Fixed Rate Notes, the
“Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes”), to be consolidated
and form a single series with the 2016 Fixed Rate Notes, and the
terms and provisions of which are to be as specified in this Third
Supplemental Indenture;
WHEREAS, each Guarantor has duly
authorized its guarantee of the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes
and to provide therefor, each of the Guarantors has duly authorized
the execution and delivery of this Third Supplemental Indenture and
its Guarantee under the terms set forth herein; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things
necessary to make the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes, when
executed by the Issuer, endorsed by the Guarantors and
authenticated and delivered by the Trustee as provided in the
Original Indenture, the valid and binding obligations of the Issuer
and the Guarantors and to constitute a valid and binding
supplemental indenture according to its terms binding on the Issuer
and the Guarantors have been done and performed;
NOW, THEREFORE, THIS THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WITNESSETH:
SECTION
1. Issuance of Additional
2016 Fixed Rate Notes .
(a) Pursuant to Section 310
of the Original Indenture, there is hereby authorized Additional
Debt Securities of the Debt Securities designated in the First
Supplemental Indenture as the “10.750% Senior Notes due
2016” issuable by NNL and guaranteed by NNC and NNI. The
Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes will be consolidated to form a
single series with, and be fully fungible with, the 2016 Fixed Rate
Notes, except that the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes will
initially not be fungible for trading purposes with, and will
initially bear different CUSIP and ISIN numbers than, the 2016
Fixed Rate Notes.
(b) The Additional 2016 Fixed
Rate Notes shall be initially issued as one or more Global
Securities in the form specified in Exhibit A to this
Third Supplemental Indenture, shall have the terms set forth
therein and shall be entitled to the benefits of the other
provisions of the Original Indenture as modified by the First
Supplemental Indenture (to the extent applicable to the 2016 Fixed
Rate Notes), the Second Supplemental Indenture and this Third
Supplemental Indenture and specified herein. The Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”) and its nominees and any successor
corporation of DTC and such successor’s nominees are hereby
designated as the Depositary for the Global Securities representing
the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes.
SECTION
2. Definitions
.
(a) Capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the respective meanings
assigned thereto in the Original Indenture and the First
Supplemental Indenture, as applicable. Except insofar as herein
otherwise expressly provided, all the definitions, terms and
conditions of the Original Indenture, the First Supplemental
Indenture (to the extent applicable to the 2016 Fixed Rate Notes)
and the Second Supplemental Indenture shall remain in full force
and effect. The Original Indenture, the First Supplemental
Indenture (to the extent applicable to the 2016 Fixed Rate Notes)
and the Second Supplemental Indenture shall be read, taken and
considered as one and the same instrument for all purposes related
to the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes.
(b) Solely for purposes of this
Third Supplemental Indenture and the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate
Notes and except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the
context otherwise
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requires, the following terms shall have the indicated meanings
(such meanings shall apply equally to both the singular and plural
forms of the respective terms):
“2008 Registration Rights
Agreement” means the registration rights agreement dated as
of the date of this Third Supplemental Indenture among the Issuer,
the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.
“Clearstream Luxembourg”
means Clearstream Banking, S.A., or the successor to its securities
clearance and settlement operations.
“Euroclear” means
Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system, or
its successor in such capacity.
“Global Security Legend”
means the legend set forth in Section 5(a)(i) below.
“Initial Purchasers”
means [ ].
“Regulation S Global
Security” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Security
or Regulation S Permanent Global Security, as
applicable.
“Regulation S Permanent
Global Security” means a permanent Regulation S Global
Security, bearing the Global Security Legend and issued in a
principal amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security upon expiration of the
Restricted Period or such lesser portion thereof as to which the
certificate required pursuant to Section 4(b) of this Third
Supplemental Indenture shall have been received.
“Regulation S Temporary
Global Security” means a temporary Regulation S Global
Security bearing the Global Security Legend, the Restricted Debt
Securities Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Security
Legend and issued in a principal amount equal to the outstanding
principal amount of the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes initially
sold pursuant to Regulation S.
“Regulation S Temporary
Global Security Legend” means the legend set forth in Section
5(c) below.
“Resale Restriction Termination
Date” means, for any Restricted Debt Security (or beneficial
interest therein) the date on which the Issuer instructs the
Trustee in writing to remove the Restricted Debt Securities Legend
from the Restricted Debt Securities in accordance with the
procedures described in this Third Supplemental Indenture (which
instruction is expected to be given on or about the one-year
anniversary of the issuance of such Restricted Debt
Security).
SECTION
3. Original Indenture
(a) Section 301(i) of the
Original Indenture shall, for purposes of the Additional 2016 Fixed
Rate Notes only, be replaced with the following:
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“(i) Debt
Securities originally offered and sold outside the United States in
reliance on Regulation S will be issued in the form of one or
more Regulation S Temporary Global Securities, each of which
shall be exchangeable for a Regulation S Permanent Global
Security, as provided in the applicable supplemental
indenture.”
(b) Section 306(c)(ii) of
the Original Indenture shall, for purposes of the Additional 2016
Fixed Rate Notes only, be replaced with the following:
“(ii) the
Issuer executes and delivers to the Trustee and Security Registrar
an Officers’ Certificate stating that such Global Security
shall be so exchangeable; provided that beneficial interests
in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security may not be
exchanged for Certificated Securities prior to the later of
(1) the expiration of the applicable Restricted Period and
(2) the receipt of the certificates required by
Section 4(b)(i)(A) of the Third Supplemental Indenture dated
as of May 28, 2008 (the “ Third Supplemental
Indenture ”) among the Issuer, the Guarantors and the
Trustee.”
(c) Section 308(c)(iv) of
the Original Indenture shall, for purposes of the Additional 2016
Fixed Rate Notes only, be replaced with the following:
“(iv)
such Certificated Securities (or beneficial interests) are
transferred, replaced or exchanged after the Resale Restriction
Termination Date therefor and, in the case of any such Restricted
Debt Security, the Issuer has complied with the applicable
procedures for delegending in accordance with Section 6 of the
Third Supplemental Indenture; or”
(d) Exhibit B to the
Original Indenture shall, for purposes of the Additional 2016 Fixed
Rate Notes only, be replaced with Exhibit B attached
hereto.
(e) The following provision
shall be inserted at the end of Section 308 of the Original
Indenture, for purposes of the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes
only:
“(f) The
following provisions contained in this subsection (f) shall
apply with respect to any proposed transfer of an interest in a
Regulation S Temporary Global Security, during the applicable
Restricted Period: If (1) the owner of a beneficial interest
in such Regulation S Temporary Global Security wishes to transfer
such interest (or portion thereof) to a QIB pursuant to
Rule 144A and (2) such QIB wishes to hold its interest in
the Debt Securities through a beneficial interest in a
Rule 144A Global Security, then (x) upon receipt by the
Security Custodian and Security Registrar of:
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instructions from the DTC participant holding such interest in
the Regulation S Temporary Global Security directing the
Security Custodian and Security Registrar to credit or cause to be
credited a beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security
equal to the principal amount of the interest in such
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Section 308(b)(i), if applicable, and (z) subject to the rules
and procedures of the Depositary, the Security Custodian and
Security Registrar shall increase the Rule 144A Global
Security and decrease the Regulation S Temporary Global
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(g) No
interest in a Regulation S Temporary Global Security will be
transferred to a holder of an interest in the Regulation S
Permanent Global Security except pursuant to and in compliance with
Section 4 of the Third Supplemental Indenture.”
SECTION
4. Temporary
Regulation S Global Securities .
(a) Additional 2016 Fixed Rate
Notes that are Regulation S Debt Securities shall be issued
initially in the form of one or more Regulation S Temporary
Global Securities, which shall be delivered to the Security
Custodian and registered in the name of the Depositary or the
nominee of the Depositary, duly executed by the Issuer and
authenticated by the Trustee as provided in the Original
Indenture.
(b) Following (i) the
termination of the Restricted Period and (ii) the receipt by
the Trustee of (A) a certification in the form of
Exhibit D-1 hereto to the effect that Euroclear or
Clearstream Luxembourg, as applicable (or, alternatively, by each
DTC participant thereof), has received a certificate in the form of
Exhibit D-2 of non-United States beneficial ownership
of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of each Regulation S
Temporary Global Security (except to the extent of any beneficial
owners thereof who acquired an interest therein during the
Restricted Period pursuant to another exemption from registration
under the Securities Act and who shall take delivery of a
beneficial interest in a Rule 144A Global Security bearing the
Restricted Debt Securities Legend, all as contemplated by
Section 308 of the Original Indenture) and (B) an
Officers’ Certificate in the form of Exhibit E
hereto from the Issuer, the Trustee shall remove the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend from the
Regulation S Temporary Global Security, following which
beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global
Security shall automatically be deemed exchanged for beneficial
interests in the Regulation S Permanent Global Security.
(c) The aggregate principal
amount of a Regulation S Temporary Global Security and a
Regulation S Permanent Global Security may from time to time
be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the
Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in
connection with transfers of interests as provided in the Original
Indenture.
(d) For the avoidance of doubt,
the Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend shall not be
removed if less than 100% of the aggregate principal amount of each
Regulation S Temporary Global Security is certified, pursuant
to clause (b) above, as being beneficially owned by non-United
States persons or United States persons who purchased such
Regulation S Temporary Global Securities in transactions which
did not require registration under the Securities Act.
SECTION
5. Legends
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(a) Global Security Legends.
(i) Each Global Security representing Additional 2016 Fixed
Notes shall bear the legend set forth in Section 307(a)(i) of
the Original Indenture.
(ii) For
so long as DTC is the Depositary for a Global Security representing
Additional 2016 Fixed Notes, such Global Security shall bear the
legend set forth in Section 307(a)(ii) of the Original
Indenture.
(b) Securities Act Legends.
Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes that are Restricted Debt
Securities or their Successor Debt Securities shall, in lieu of the
legend set forth in Section 307(b) of the Original Indenture, bear
a Restricted Debt Securities Legend substantially in the form set
forth below:
“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED
STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES
ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER
JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS
ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY
INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER,
SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE
“RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) ON WHICH THE
ISSUER INSTRUCTS THE TRUSTEE THAT THIS RESTRICTIVE LEGEND SHALL BE
DEEMED REMOVED (WHICH INSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE GIVEN ON OR
ABOUT THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY),
ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER OR A GUARANTOR, (B) PURSUANT TO A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE
FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A
PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS
AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING
OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING
OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE
SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE
REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT,
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SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND ANY GUARANTOR’S RIGHT
PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES
(E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF
COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO
EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND SHALL BE DEEMED REMOVED WITHOUT FURTHER
ACTION OF THE ISSUER, THE TRUSTEE OR ANY HOLDER AT SUCH TIME AS THE
ISSUER INSTRUCTS THE TRUSTEE IN WRITING TO REMOVE SUCH LEGEND IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.”
(c) Regulation S Temporary
Global Security Legend. Any Regulation S Temporary Global
Security representing Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes shall bear
the Regulation S Temporary Global Security Legend
substantially in the form set forth below:
“THIS SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED
IN A TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO,
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED
ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.”
(d) Canadian Securities Legend.
Each Global Security representing Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes
shall bear a legend in substantially the form set forth in Section
307(c) of the Original Indenture unless the Security Registrar
receives an Officers’ Certificate confirming that such legend
is not required.
SECTION
6. Applicable Procedures
for Delegending .
(a) Promptly after one year has
elapsed following (i) the date of original issuance of
Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes or (ii) if the Issuer has
issued any Additional Debt Securities with the same terms and the
same CUSIP number as the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes under
Section 310 of the Original Indenture within one year following the
last date of original issuance of Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes,
the last date of original issuance of such Additional Debt
Securities, if the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes (including any
Additional Debt Securities with the same terms and the same CUSIP
number as the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes) are freely tradable
pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or otherwise)
without volume restrictions by Holders who are not Affiliates of
the Issuer, the Issuer shall:
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Securities Legend described in Section 5 above from the
Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes by delivering to the Trustee a
certificate in the form of Exhibit F , and upon such
instruction the Restricted Debt Securities Legend shall be deemed
removed from any Global Securities representing such Additional
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in the form of Exhibit F attached hereto and instruct
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event will the failure of the Issuer to provide any notice set
forth in this paragraph or of the Trustee to remove the Restricted
Debt Securities Legend constitute a failure by the Issuer to comply
with any of its covenants or agreements set forth in the Indenture
for purposes of Section 501 of the Original Indenture or otherwise.
Any Restricted Debt Security (or security issued in exchange or
substitution therefor) as to which such restrictions on transfer
shall have expired in accordance with their terms may, upon
surrender of such Restricted Debt Security for exchange to the
Security Registrar in accordance with the provisions of
Article Three of the Original Indenture, be exchanged for a
new Debt Security or Debt Securities, of like tenor and aggregate
principal amount, which shall not bear the Restricted Debt
Securities Legend required by Article Three of the Original
Indenture and this Section 6. The Issuer shall notify the
Trustee in writing upon the occurrence of the Resale Restriction
Termination Date and promptly after a Registration Statement with
respect to the Debt Securities, if any, has been declared effective
under the Securities Act.
(b) Notwithstanding any
provision of Sections 5 or 6 herein or Section 308 of the
Original Indenture to the contrary, in the event that Rule 144
as promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule) is
amended to change the one-year holding period thereunder (or the
corresponding period under any successor rule), from and after
receipt by the Trustee of the Officers’ Certificate and
Opinion of Counsel provided for in Section 308(c)(iii) of the
Original Indenture, (i) each reference in this Section 6
to “one year” and in the Restricted Debt Securities
Legend set forth in Section 5(c) to “ONE YEAR” shall be
deemed for all purposes hereof to be references to such changed
period, and (ii) all corresponding references in the Debt
Securities (including the definition of Resale Restriction
Termination Date) and the Restricted Debt Securities Legends
thereon shall be deemed for all purposes hereof to be references to
such changed period, provided that such changes shall not
become effective if they are otherwise prohibited by, or would
otherwise cause a violation of, the then-applicable federal
securities laws. The provisions of this Section 6(b) will not be
effective until such time as the Opinion of Counsel and
Officers’ Certificate have been received by the Trustee
hereunder. This Section 6 shall apply to successive amendments
to Rule 144 (or any successor rule) changing the holding
period thereunder.
SECTION 7.
Amendments
(a) The preamble of the Original
Indenture is hereby amended by replacing each reference to
“101 Barclay Street 21W” with “101 Barclay Street
4 East.”
(b) The preamble of the Original
Indenture is hereby amended by replacing each reference to
“4008 Chapel Hill — Nelson Highway, Research Triangle
Park, North Carolina, U.S.A. 27709” with “2221 Lakeside
Boulevard, Richardson, Texas, U.S.A. 75082.”
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(c) Clause (i) of the
definition of Permitted Funded Debt set forth in the Original
Indenture is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as
follows: “(i) additional Funded Debt of NNC, the Issuer
and/or any Subsidiary of NNC in an aggregate outstanding principal
amount not to exceed, after giving effect to the relevant
transaction, $250,000,000;”.
SECTION 8.
Governing
Law.
This Third Supplemental Indenture and
each of the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New
York, but without giving effect to applicable principles of
conflicts of law to the extent that the application of the law of
another jurisdiction would be required thereby.
SECTION
9. No Recourse Against
Others .
No recourse for the payment of the
principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Additional
2016 Fixed Rate Notes, or payment under any of the Guarantees, or
for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no
recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the
Issuer or any Guarantor contained in this Third Supplemental
Indenture, or in any of the Additional 2016 Fixed Rate Notes or
Guarantees, or because of the creation of any indebtedness
represented thereby shall be had against any incorporator or
against any past, present or future partner, shareholder, other
equityholder, officer, director, employee or controlling person, as
such, of the Issuer, any Guarantor or of any successor Person
thereof, either directly or through the Issuer, any Guarantor or
any successor Person thereof, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise, it being expressly understood
that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as
condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this
Third Supplemental Indenture and the issuance of the Additional
2016 Fixed Rate Notes and the Guarantees.
SECTION 10.
Counterparts.
This Third Supplemental Indenture may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be
an original but such counterparts shall together constitute but one
and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties
hereto have caused this Third Supplemental Indenture to be duly
executed as of the day, month and year first above written.
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NORTEL NETWORKS LIMITED, as Issuer
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Deputy General Counsel and Corporate
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NORTEL NETWORKS CORPORATION, as
Guarantor
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/s/ Michael W. McCorkle |
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Michael W. McCorkle |
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Deputy General Counsel and Corporate
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NORTEL NETWORKS INC., as Guarantor
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Trustee
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EXHIBIT A
10.750% Senior Notes due 2016
[
Insert the Global Security Legend, if applicable, pursuant to
Section 5 of the Third Supplemental Indenture
—
THIS
IS A GLOBAL SECURITY WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE REFERRED
TO HEREINAFTER.
TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS
IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO NOMINEES OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST
COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”) OR TO A
SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS
OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS
MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE
REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.
UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED
REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS
AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY
CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR
IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER
ENTITY AS IS 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.]
[
If a Restricted Debt Security or its Successor Debt Securities,
then insert the following legend (the “Restricted Debt
Security Legend”) pursuant to Section 5 of the Third
Supplemental Indenture —
THIS
SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE
SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS
SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED,
SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE
DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH
TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION.
THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON
ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT
HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH
SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION
TERMINATION DATE”) ON WHICH THE ISSUER INSTRUCTS
THE
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TRUSTEE THAT THIS RESTRICTIVE LEGEND SHALL BE DEEMED REMOVED
(WHICH INSTRUCTION IS EXPECTED TO BE GIVEN ON OR ABOUT THE ONE-YEAR
ANNIVERSARY OF THE ISSUANCE OF THIS SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE
ISSUER OR A GUARANTOR, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION
STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE
PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT
REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL
BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT
PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED
INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS
BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS
AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING
OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (E) TO AN
INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING
OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT THAT IS AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR ACQUIRING THE
SECURITY FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF SUCH AN
INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION
WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (F)
PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION
REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S
AND ANY GUARANTOR’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR
TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (E) OR (F) TO REQUIRE THE
DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND SHALL BE
DEEMED REMOVED WITHOUT FURTHER ACTION OF THE ISSUER, THE TRUSTEE OR
ANY HOLDER AT SUCH TIME AS THE ISSUER INSTRUCTS THE TRUSTEE IN
WRITING TO REMOVE SUCH LEGEND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE THIRD
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE.]
[
If this Security is a Regulation S Temporary Global
Security issued during the Restricted Period therefor, then insert
the following legend (the “Regulation S Temporary Global
Security Legend”) pursuant to Section 5 of the Third
Supplemental Indenture —
THIS
SECURITY (OR ITS PREDECESSOR) WAS ORIGINALLY ISSUED IN A
TRANSACTION ORIGINALLY EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE TRANSFERRED IN THE UNITED STATES OR TO,
OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OR BENEFIT OF, ANY U.S. PERSON EXCEPT PURSUANT
TO AN AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE
SECURITIES ACT AND ALL APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. TERMS USED
ABOVE HAVE THE MEANINGS GIVEN TO THEM IN REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT.]
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[
Insert the Canadian Securities Legend, if applicable, pursuant
to Section 5 of the Third Supplemental Indenture
—
UNLESS PERMITTED UNDER CANADIAN SECURITIES LEGISLATION, THE
HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY MUST NOT TRADE THE SECURITY IN CANADA
BEFORE [INSERT DATE THAT IS FOUR MONTHS PLUS ONE DAY AFTER THE
ISSUE DATE].]
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