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8.875% SENIOR UNSECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT

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8.875% SENIOR UNSECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT | Document Parties: INTELSAT LTD | BANC OF AMERICA BRIDGE LLC | BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | INTELSAT JACKSON HOLDINGS, LTD | INTELSAT SUBSIDIARY HOLDING COMPANY, LTD | INTELSAT, LTD | MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC You are currently viewing:
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INTELSAT LTD | BANC OF AMERICA BRIDGE LLC | BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC | CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC | INTELSAT JACKSON HOLDINGS, LTD | INTELSAT SUBSIDIARY HOLDING COMPANY, LTD | INTELSAT, LTD | MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC

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Title: 8.875% SENIOR UNSECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 5/6/2008
Law Firm: Cahill Gordon;Latham Watkins    

8.875% SENIOR UNSECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT, Parties: intelsat ltd , banc of america bridge llc , banc of america securities llc , credit suisse securities (usa) llc , intelsat jackson holdings  ltd , intelsat subsidiary holding company  ltd , intelsat  ltd , morgan stanley senior funding  inc
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Exhibit 10.2

 

 

$681,012,700

8.875% SENIOR UNSECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 2, 2008,

among

INTELSAT SUBSIDIARY HOLDING COMPANY, LTD.,

as the Borrower,

INTELSAT, LTD.,

INTELSAT (BERMUDA), LTD.,

INTELSAT JACKSON HOLDINGS, LTD., AND

INTELSAT INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY, LTD.

as Guarantors,

and

the Several Lenders

from Time to Time Parties Hereto

CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent

BANC OF AMERICA BRIDGE LLC,

as Syndication Agent

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.

as Documentation Agent

and

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC,

BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, and

MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page

SECTION 1.

   Definitions   

1.1

   Defined Terms    1

SECTION 2.

   Amount and Terms of Credit   

2.1

   Commitments    43

2.2

   Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing; Maximum Number of Borrowings    43

2.3

   Notice of Borrowing    43

2.4

   Disbursement of Funds    43

2.5

   Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt    44

2.6

   [Intentionally Omitted]    45

2.7

   Pro Rata Borrowings    45

2.8

   Interest    45

SECTION 3.

   Securities Demand; Exchange Notes   

3.1

   Exchange Notes and Execution of Exchange Note Indenture    45

3.2

   Securities Demand    46

3.3

   Option to Exchange Loans for Exchange Notes    46

3.4

   Procedures for Issuing Exchange Notes    46

3.5

   Registration Rights with Respect to Exchange Notes    47

3.6

   Private Placement    47

SECTION 4.

   Fees; Commitments   

4.1

   Fees    47

4.2

   Mandatory Termination of Commitments    47

SECTION 5.

   Payments   

5.1

   Voluntary Prepayments    47

5.2

   Mandatory Prepayments    48

5.3

   Method and Place of Payment    49

5.4

   Net Payments    50

5.5

   Computation of Interest and Fees    51

5.6

   Limit on Rate of Interest    51

SECTION 6.

   Conditions Precedent to Initial Borrowing on the Closing Date   

6.1

   Credit Documents    52

6.2

   No Default; Representations and Warranties    52

6.3

   Fees and Expenses    52

SECTION 7.

   [Reserved]   

SECTION 8.

   Representations, Warranties and Agreements   

8.1

   Corporate Status    52

8.2

   Corporate Power and Authority    53

8.3

   No Violation    53

 

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8.4

   Litigation    53

8.5

   Margin Regulations    53

8.6

   [Reserved]    53

8.7

   Investment Company Act    53

8.8

   True and Complete Disclosure    53

8.9

   No Material Adverse Change    54

8.10

   Tax Returns and Payments    54

8.11

   Compliance with ERISA    54

8.12

   Subsidiaries    55

8.13

   Patents, etc    55

8.14

   Environmental Laws    55

8.15

   Properties    55

8.16

   Solvency    56

8.17

   Compliance    56

8.18

   FCC Licenses, etc    56

SECTION 9.

   Affirmative Covenants   

9.1

   Reports and Other Information    56

9.2

   Maintenance of Insurance    57

9.3

   Payment of Taxes    58

9.4

   Consolidated Corporate Franchises    59

9.5

   Compliance with Statutes, Regulations, etc    59

9.6

   ERISA    59

9.7

   Maintenance of Properties    59

9.8

   [Reserved]    60

9.9

   [Reserved]    60

9.10

   Changes in Business    60

9.11

   Use of Proceeds    60

9.12

   [Reserved]    60

9.13

   Further Instruments and Acts    60

9.14

   Intelsat General Corporation    60

9.15

   Marketing Efforts    60

SECTION 10.

   Negative Covenants   

10.1

   Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock    63

10.2

   Limitation on Restricted Payments    68

10.3

   Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries    73

10.4

   Asset Sales    74

10.5

   Transactions with Affiliates    76

10.6

   Change of Control    78

10.7

   Future Guarantors    78

10.8

   Liens    79

10.9

   Suspension of Covenants    79

10.10

   When Borrower May Merge or Transfer Assets    80

10.11

   Successor Company Substituted    82

 

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SECTION 11.

   [Reserved]   

SECTION 12.

   Events of Default   

12.1

   Events of Default    82

12.2

   Acceleration    83

12.3

   Other Remedies    84

12.4

   Waiver of Past Defaults    84

12.5

   Control by Majority    84

12.6

   Limitation on Suits    85

12.7

   Rights of the Lenders to Receive Payment    85

12.8

   Priorities    85

SECTION 13.

   The Administrative Agent   

13.1

   Appointment    85

13.2

   Delegation of Duties    86

13.3

   Exculpatory Provisions    86

13.4

   Reliance by Administrative Agent    86

13.5

   Notice of Default    87

13.6

   Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders    87

13.7

   Indemnification    87

13.8

   Administrative Agent in Its Individual Capacity    88

13.9

   Successor Agent    88

13.10

   Withholding Tax    88

13.11

   [Reserved]    88

SECTION 14.

   Miscellaneous   

14.1

   Amendments and Waivers    88

14.2

   Notices    90

14.3

   No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies    91

14.4

   Survival of Representations and Warranties    91

14.5

   Payment of Expenses and Taxes    91

14.6

   Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments    92

14.7

   Replacements of Lenders Under Certain Circumstances    95

14.8

   Adjustments; Set-off    95

14.9

   Counterparts    96

14.10

   Severability    96

14.11

   Integration    96

14.12

   GOVERNING LAW    96

14.13

   Submission to Jurisdiction; Consent to Service; Waivers    96

14.14

   Acknowledgments    97

14.15

   WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL    97

14.16

   Confidentiality    98

14.17

   No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility    98

14.18

   USA PATRIOT Act    99

14.19

   Conversion of Currencies    99

SECTION 15.

   Holdings Guarantee   

15.1

   The Holdings Guarantee    99

15.2

   Bankruptcy    100

 

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15.3

   Nature of Liability    100

15.4

   Independent Obligations    100

15.5

   Authorization    101

15.6

   Reliance    101

15.7

   [Reserved]    101

15.8

   Waivers    102

15.9

   Maximum Liability    102

15.10

   Holdings Guarantee Release    102

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 1.1 (a)

  Commitments of Lenders

Schedule 1.1(b)

  Administrative Agent Details

Schedule 1.1(c)

  Existing Notes

Schedule 8.12

  Subsidiaries

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A    Form of Guarantee
Exhibit B    [Intentionally Omitted]
Exhibit C    [Intentionally Omitted]
Exhibit D    Form of Assignment and Acceptance
Exhibit E    Form of Promissory Note
Exhibit F    Preliminary Offering Memorandum
Exhibit G    Form of Exchange Notice

 

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SENIOR UNSECURED CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of May 2, 2008 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), among INTELSAT SUBSIDIARY HOLDING COMPANY, LTD. (the “ Borrower ”), INTELSAT (BERMUDA), LTD., INTELSAT JACKSON HOLDINGS, LTD., and INTELSAT INTERMEDIATE HOLDING COMPANY, LTD., as Guarantors, the lending institutions from time to time parties hereto (each a “ Lender ” and, collectively, the “ Lenders ”), CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Administrative Agent, BANC OF AMERICA BRIDGE LLC, as Syndication Agent, MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Documentation Agent, and CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC and MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (such terms and each other capitalized term used but not defined in this introductory statement and recitals having the meaning provided in Section 1).

WHEREAS, the Borrower intends to redeem or repurchase the Notes (as defined below);

The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions .

1.1 Defined Terms.

(a) As used herein, the following terms shall have the meanings specified in this Section 1.1 (it being understood that defined terms in this Agreement shall include in the singular number the plural and in the plural the singular):

Acceptable Exclusions ” means:

(1) war, invasion or hostile or warlike action in time of peace or war, including action in hindering, combating or defending against an actual, impending or expected attack by:

 

  (a) any government or sovereign power ( de jure or de facto ),

 

  (b) any authority maintaining or using a military, naval or air force,

 

  (c) a military, naval or air force, or

 

  (d) any agent of any such government, power, authority or force;

(2) any anti-satellite device, or device employing atomic or nuclear fission or fusion, or device employing laser or directed energy beams;

(3) insurrection, strikes, labor disturbances, riots, civil commotion, rebellion, revolution, civil war, usurpation or action taken by a government authority in hindering, combating or defending against such an occurrence, whether there be declaration of war or not;

(4) confiscation, nationalization, seizure, restraint, detention, appropriation or requisition for title or use by or under the order of any government or governmental authority or agent (whether secret or otherwise or whether civil, military or de facto) or public or local authority or agency;

 

 


(5) nuclear reaction, nuclear radiation or radioactive contamination of any nature, whether such loss or damage be direct or indirect, except for radiation naturally occurring in the space environment;

(6) electromagnetic or radio frequency interference, except for physical damage to the Satellite directly resulting from such interference;

(7) willful or intentional acts of the directors or officers of the named insured, acting within the scope of their duties, designed to cause loss or failure of the Satellite;

(8) an act of one or more individuals, whether or not agents of a sovereign power, for political or terrorist purposes and whether the loss, damage or failure resulting therefrom is accidental or intentional;

(9) any unlawful seizure or wrongful exercise of control of the Satellite made by any individual or individuals acting for political or terrorist purposes;

(10) loss of revenue, incidental damages or consequential loss;

(11) extra expenses, other than the expenses insured under such policy;

(12) third party liability;

(13) loss of a redundant component(s) that does not cause a transponder failure; and

(14) such other similar exclusions or modifications to the foregoing exclusions as may be customary for policies of such type as of the date of issuance or renewal of such coverage.

Acquired Indebtedness ” shall mean, 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 becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, and

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

in each case, other than Indebtedness Incurred as consideration in, in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by such Person, or such asset was acquired by such Person, as applicable.

Acquisition ” shall mean the transactions pursuant to which Serafina Acquisition Limited became the owner of all of the outstanding share capital of Intelsat Holdings, Ltd. pursuant to the Transaction Agreement.

Acquisition Documents ” shall mean the Transaction Agreement, the Credit Agreements, each agreement and instrument governing the Acquisition Notes (to the extent applicable), the Specified Intercompany Agreements and, in each case, any other document entered into in connection therewith, in each case as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

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Acquisition Notes ” shall mean (a) the $2,805,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2018 of Serafina Acquisition, Ltd. that were intended to be issued in the manner contemplated by the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, (b) the $2,055,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of Senior PIK Election Notes due 2018 of Serafina Acquisition Ltd. that were intended to be issued in the manner contemplated by the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, and (c) any agreement or instrument executed in connection with a financing consummated in lieu of the issuance of the foregoing notes.

Additional Debt Securities ” shall mean one or more additional series of debt securities issued by the Borrower or one or more of its Subsidiaries or Parents or Affiliates in connection with (or to refinance or replace) the funding of any “Change of Control Backstop Facility,” “Bermuda Unsecured Credit Facility” and/or “Bridge Facility,” in each case as defined in, and contemplated by, the Commitment Letter.

Adjusted EBITDA ” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period plus, without duplication, to the extent the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income:

(1) Consolidated Taxes; plus

(2) Consolidated Interest Expense (including any interest expense set forth in clause (4) of the definition thereof, whether or not the same was deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income); plus

(3) Consolidated Non-cash Charges; plus

(4) the amount of any restructuring charges or expenses (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include retention, severance, systems establishment costs or excess pension charges); plus

(5)(a) the amount of any fees or expenses incurred or paid in such period for transition services related to satellites or other assets or businesses acquired and (b) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees and related expenses paid to the Sponsors or any other Permitted Holder (or any accruals relating to such fees and related expenses) during such period, provided that such amount pursuant to subclause (b) shall not exceed in any four-quarter period the greater of (x) $6.25 million and (y) 1.25% of Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; less , without duplication,

(6) non-cash items increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any items which represent the reversal of any accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges in any prior period and any items for which cash was received in any prior period).

Administrative Agent ” shall mean Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, in its capacity as the administrative agent for the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, until a successor replaces it in accordance with Section 13.9, and thereafter means such successor.

Administrative Agent’s Office ” shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent as set forth on Schedule 1.1(b) or such other office as the Administrative Agent may designate to the Borrower and the Lenders from time to time.

Administrative Questionnaire ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.6(b).

 

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Affiliate ” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, 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.

Agents ” shall mean each Joint Lead Arranger, the Administrative Agent and the Syndication Agent.

Agreement ” shall mean this credit agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Agreement Currency ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.19(b).

Applicable Premium ” means, with respect to any Loans on any applicable prepayment date, the greater of: (1) 1.0% of the then outstanding principal amount of such Loan being prepaid; and (2) the excess of: (a) the present value at such prepayment date of (i) the prepayment price of such Loan at January 15, 2010 as set forth in Section 5.1(a), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Loan through January 15, 2010 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such prepayment date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Loan.

Approved Fund ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.6.

Asset Sale ” shall mean:

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions) of property or assets (including by way of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”), or

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares or shares or interests required to be held by foreign nationals) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions),

in each case other than:

(a) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete or worn out property or equipment in the ordinary course of business (including the sale or leasing (including by way of sales-type lease) of transponders or transponder capacity and the leasing or licensing of teleports);

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 10.10 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;

(c) any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 10.2;

 

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(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than $20.0 million;

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

(f) any exchange of assets for assets (including a combination of assets and Cash Equivalents) related to a Similar Business of comparable or greater market value or usefulness to the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as a whole, as determined in good faith by the Borrower, which in the event of an exchange of assets with a Fair Market Value in excess of (1) $20.0 million shall be evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate, and (2) $40.0 million shall be set forth in a resolution approved in good faith by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower;

(g) foreclosures on assets or property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

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

(i) any disposition of inventory or other assets (including transponders, transponder capacity and teleports) in the ordinary course of business;

(j) the lease, assignment or sublease of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

(k) a sale of accounts receivable (including in respect of sales-type leases) and related assets (including contract rights) of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” to a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing or in factoring or similar transactions;

(l) a transfer of accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” (or a fractional undivided interest therein) by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Financing;

(m) the grant in the ordinary course of business of any license of patents, trademarks, know-how and any other intellectual property;

(n) any Event of Loss;

(o) any sale or other disposition of assets or property in connection with a Specified Sale/Leaseback Transaction;

(p) any sale of an Excluded Satellite; provided , that for purposes of this clause (p) of this definition of Asset Sale, references in the definition of Excluded Satellite to $37.5 million shall be deemed to be $25.0 million; and provided , further , that any cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with the sale of an Excluded Satellite shall be treated as Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale and shall be applied as provided for in Sections 5.2(b) and 10.4; and

 

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(q) any transfer or disposition of any assets or equity of Galaxy Satellite TV Holdings Limited or Galaxy Satellite Broadcasting Limited.

Assignment and Acceptance ” shall mean an assignment and acceptance substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

Authorized Officer ” shall mean the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Controller or any other senior officer of the Borrower designated as such in writing to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

Backstop Credit Facility ” means each agreement or instrument (including indentures) executed in connection with a financing contemplated by the Commitment Letter, dated June 19, 2007, by and among Serafina Acquisition Limited and the arrangers, agents and lenders party thereto, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Bank Indebtedness ” shall mean any and all amounts payable under or in respect of any Credit Agreement or any other Senior Credit Documents, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including after termination of any Credit Agreement), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Borrower whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

Board ” shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States (or any successor).

Board of Directors ” means as to any Person, the board of directors or managers, as applicable, of such Person (or, if such Person is a partnership, the board of directors or other governing body of the general partner of such Person) or any duly authorized committee thereof.

Borrower ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

Borrowing ” shall mean and include the incurrence of the Loans on the Closing Date.

Business Day ” shall mean any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day that shall be in The City of New York a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized by law or other governmental actions to close.

Capital Stock ” shall mean:

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

(2) in the case of an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock;

(3) in the case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and

(4) any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.

 

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

Cash Contribution Amount ” shall mean the aggregate amount of cash contributions made to the capital of the Borrower or any Guarantor described in the definition of “Contribution Indebtedness.”

Cash Equivalents ” shall mean:

(1) U.S. dollars, pounds sterling, euros, national currency of any participating member state in the European Union or, in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government of the United States or any country that is a member of the European Union or any agency or instrumentality thereof, in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances, in each case with maturities not exceeding one year, and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250 million, or the foreign currency equivalent thereof, and whose long-term debt is rated “A” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency);

(4) repurchase obligations 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 issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Borrower) rated at least “A-1” or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) and in each case maturing within one year after the date of acquisition;

(6) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision thereof having one of the two highest rating categories obtainable from either Moody’s or S&P (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition;

(7) Indebtedness issued by Persons (other than the Sponsors or any of their Affiliates) with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A-2” or higher from Moody’s (or reasonably equivalent ratings of another internationally recognized ratings agency) in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition; and

(8) investment funds investing at least 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (7) above.

Change of Control ” shall mean:

(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than any of the Permitted Holders, and other than any transaction in compliance with Section 10.10 and 10.11 where the Successor Company is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of a Parent of the Borrower;

 

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

(3) individuals who on the Closing Date constituted the Board of Directors of Holdings (together with any new directors whose election by such Board of Directors of Holdings or whose nomination for election by the shareholders of Holdings was approved by (a) a vote of a majority of the directors of Holdings then still in office who were either directors on the Closing Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved or (b) any of the Permitted Holders) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Holdings then in office.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither (i) the PanAmSat Acquisition, the Zeus Acquisition and the Acquisition (and any related change in the composition of the Board of Directors of any Credit Party or any Parent of any Credit Party in connection therewith) nor (ii) any Specified Merger/Transfer Transaction shall constitute a Change of Control.

Change of Control Offer ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(a).

Change of Control Offers ” shall mean (a) each offer to purchase outstanding notes of the Borrower and any Parent, Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Borrower (including Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd., Intelsat Jackson, Intelsat Intermediate Holdco and PanAmSat Opco) pursuant to the indentures governing such series of notes set forth on Schedule 1.1(c), and (b) the offer to repay outstanding loans pursuant to the Intelsat Jackson Unsecured Credit Agreement, under which, in each case, the Acquisition resulted in a “change of control” as defined in each such agreement.

Closing Date ” shall mean May 2, 2008.

Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section references to the Code are to the Code, as in effect at the Closing Date, and any subsequent provisions of the Code, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

Commitment Letter ” shall mean the Commitment Letter dated June 19, 2007 by and among Serafina Acquisition Limited and the arrangers, agents and lenders party thereto, as amended by that certain Amendment to Commitment Letter, Fee Letter and Engagement Letter agreement dated as of February 4, 2008, as further amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

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Commitments ” shall mean, with respect to each Lender, such Lender’s Commitment set forth on Schedule 1.1(a). The aggregate amount of all Commitments hereunder is $681,012,700.

Confidential Information ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.16.

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

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income (including amortization of original issue discount, the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and net payments and receipts (if any) pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations and excluding amortization of deferred financing fees, expensing of any bridge or other financing fees and any interest under Satellite Purchase Agreements);

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

(3) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges Incurred in connection with any Receivables Financing which are payable to Persons other than the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(4) with respect to the Borrower, consolidated interest expense of any Parent of the Borrower for such period with respect to the Existing Holdings Notes or any refinancing thereof to the extent cash interest is paid thereon pursuant to Section 10.2(b)(xiii)(C);

less interest income for such period; provided , that for purposes of calculating Consolidated Interest Expense, no effect shall be given to the effect of any purchase accounting adjustments in connection with the Transactions; provided , further , that for purposes of calculating Consolidated Interest Expense, no effect shall be given to the discount and/or premium resulting from the bifurcation of derivatives under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations as a result of the terms of the Indebtedness to which such Consolidated Interest Expense relates.

Consolidated Net Income ” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis; provided , however , that:

(1) any net after-tax extraordinary or nonrecurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto), or income or expense or charge (including, without limitation, any severance, relocation or other restructuring costs) and fees, expenses or charges related to any offering of equity interests of such Person, Investment, acquisition or Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred by this Agreement (in each case, whether or not successful), including any such fees, expenses, charges or change in control payments related to the Transactions, in each case, shall be excluded;

(2) any increase in amortization or depreciation or any one-time non-cash charges resulting from purchase accounting in connection with the Transactions or any acquisition that was consummated prior to, on or after the Closing Date shall be excluded;

 

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

(4) any net after-tax income or loss from discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of discontinued operations shall be excluded;

(5) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower) shall be excluded;

(6) any net after-tax gains or losses (less all fees and expenses or charges relating thereto) attributable to the early extinguishment of indebtedness shall be excluded;

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

(8) solely for the purpose of determining the amount of the Cumulative Credit, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restrictions with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions have been legally waived; provided that the Consolidated Net Income of such Person shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or converted into cash) by any such Restricted Subsidiary to such Person, to the extent not already included therein;

(9) any non-cash impairment charge or asset write-off resulting from the application of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142 and 144, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to No. 141, shall be excluded;

(10) any non-cash expenses realized or resulting from employee benefit plans or post-employment benefit plans, grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights to officers, directors and employees of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded;

(11) any (a) severance or relocation costs or expenses, (b) one-time non-cash compensation charges, (c) solely for purposes of calculating the Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio, the costs and expenses after January 28, 2005 related to employment of terminated employees, (d) costs or expenses realized in connection with, resulting from or in anticipation of the Transactions or (e) costs or expenses realized in connection with or resulting from stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options or other rights existing on January 28, 2005 of officers, directors and employees, in each case of such Person or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be excluded;

 

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(12) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the Closing Date and that are so required to be established in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded;

(13)(a)(i) the non-cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense shall be excluded and (ii) the cash portion of “straight-line” rent expense which exceeds the amount expensed in respect of such rent expense shall be included and (b) non-cash gains, losses, income and expenses resulting from fair value accounting required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations shall be excluded; and

(14) an amount equal to the amount of tax distributions actually made to the holders of Capital Stock of such Person or any Parent of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 10.2(b)(xii) shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person for such period.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 10.2 only, there shall be excluded from the calculation of Consolidated Net Income any dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in respect of or that originally constituted Restricted Investments to the extent such dividends, repayments or transfers increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 10.2 pursuant to clause (5) or (6) of the definition of “Cumulative Credit.”

Consolidated Non-cash Charges ” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate depreciation, amortization, impairment, compensation, rent and other non-cash expenses of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP, but excluding (i) any such charge which consists of or requires an accrual of, or cash reserve for, anticipated cash charges for any future period and (ii) the non-cash impact of recording the change in fair value of any embedded derivatives under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations as a result of the terms of any agreement or instrument to which such Consolidated Non-cash Charges relate.

Consolidated Taxes ” shall mean, with respect to any Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis for any period, provision for taxes based on income, profits or capital, including, without limitation, state franchise and similar taxes, and including an amount equal to the amount of tax distributions actually made to the holders of Capital Stock of such Person or any Parent of such Person in respect of such period in accordance with Section 10.2(b)(xii) which shall be included as though such amounts had been paid as income taxes directly by such Person.

Consolidated Total Indebtedness ” shall mean, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries and (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Borrower and all Preferred Stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and maximum fixed repurchase prices, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

For purposes hereof, the “ maximum fixed repurchase price ” of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock were purchased on any date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Agreement, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower.

 

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

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

(2) to advance or supply funds:

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

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

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

Contribution Indebtedness ” shall mean Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Guarantor in an aggregate principal amount not greater than twice the aggregate amount of cash contributions (other than Excluded Contributions) made to the capital of the Borrower or such Guarantor after January 28, 2005 (other than any cash contributions in connection with the Transactions), provided that (1) if the aggregate principal amount of such Contribution Indebtedness is greater than the aggregate amount of such cash contributions to the capital of the Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, the amount in excess shall be Indebtedness (other than Secured Indebtedness) that ranks subordinate to the Loans with a Stated Maturity later than the Stated Maturity of the Loans, and (2) such Contribution Indebtedness (a) is Incurred within 210 days after the making of such cash contributions and (b) is so designated as Contribution Indebtedness pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate on the date of Incurrence thereof.

Credit Agreements ” shall mean the Intelsat Credit Agreement, the PanAmSat Credit Agreement and each Backstop Credit Facility.

Credit Documents ” shall mean this Agreement, any promissory notes issued by the Borrower hereunder and each Guarantee.

Credit Party ” shall mean each of the Borrower and each Guarantor (including Holdings), for so long as any such Guarantor shall remain a Guarantor.

Cumulative Credit ” shall mean the sum of (without duplication):

(1) cumulative Adjusted EBITDA of the Borrower for the period (taken as one accounting period) from and after January 1, 2005 to the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such Adjusted EBITDA for such period is a negative, minus the amount by which cumulative Adjusted EBITDA is less than zero), plus

 

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(2) 100% of the aggregate net proceeds, including cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than cash, received by the Borrower after January 28, 2005 from the issue or sale of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent of the Borrower (excluding (without duplication) Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Excluded Contributions, Disqualified Stock and the Cash Contribution Amount), including Equity Interests issued upon conversion of Indebtedness or upon exercise of warrants or options (other than an issuance or sale to a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), plus

(3) 100% of the aggregate amount of contributions to the capital of the Borrower received in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than cash after January 28, 2005 (other than Excluded Contributions, Refunding Capital Stock, Designated Preferred Stock, Disqualified Stock and the Cash Contribution Amount), plus

(4) the principal amount of any Indebtedness, or the liquidation preference or maximum fixed repurchase price, as the case may be, of any Disqualified Stock, of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereof issued after January 28, 2005 (other than Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock issued to a Restricted Subsidiary) which has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests in the Borrower or any Parent of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock), plus

(5) 100% of the aggregate amount received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since January 28, 2005 in cash and the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of property other than cash received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from:

(A) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) of Restricted Investments made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and from repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries by any Person (other than the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) and from repayments of loans or advances which constituted Restricted Investments (other than in each case to the extent that the Restricted Investment was made pursuant to Section 10.2(b)(vii) or (x)),

(B) the sale (other than to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) of the Capital Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or

(C) a distribution, dividend or other payment from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, plus

(6) in the event any Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Borrower has been redesignated as a Restricted Subsidiary or has been merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower since January 28, 2005, the Fair Market Value (as determined in accordance with the next succeeding sentence) of the Investments of the Borrower in such Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, combination or transfer (or of the assets transferred or conveyed, as applicable) (other than in each case to the extent that the designation of such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary was made pursuant to Section 10.2(b)(vii) or (x) or constituted a Permitted Investment).

 

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The Fair Market Value of property other than cash covered by clauses (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) above shall be determined in good faith by the Borrower and

(A) in the event of property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $20.0 million, shall be set forth in an Officers’ Certificate or

(B) in the event of property with a Fair Market Value in excess of $40.0 million, shall be set forth in a resolution approved by at least a majority of the Board of Directors of the Borrower.

Cumulative Interest Expense ” shall mean, in respect of any Restricted Payment, the sum of the aggregate amount of Consolidated Interest Expense of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries for the period from and after January 1, 2005 to the end of the Borrower’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available and immediately preceding the proposed Restricted Payment.

Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio ” shall mean, with respect to any Person for any period, the ratio of (i) Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of calculation (the “ Calculation Date ”) to (ii) Adjusted EBITDA of such Person for the four consecutive fiscal quarters immediately preceding such Calculation Date. In the event that the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs or redeems any Indebtedness (other than in the case of revolving credit borrowings, in which case interest expense shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period) or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio is being calculated but prior to the Calculation Date, then the Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence or redemption of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and other operational changes that the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has both determined to make and made after January 28, 2005 and during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations, discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change of any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Adjusted EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, amalgamation, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

 

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For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower. If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest on such Indebtedness shall be calculated as if the rate in effect on the Calculation Date had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Hedging Obligations applicable to such Indebtedness if such Hedging Obligation has a remaining term in excess of 12 months). Interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of making the computation referred to above, interest on any Indebtedness under a revolving credit facility computed on a pro forma basis shall be computed based upon the average daily balance of such Indebtedness during the applicable period. Interest on Indebtedness that may optionally be determined at an interest rate based upon a factor of a prime or similar rate, a eurocurrency interbank offered rate, or other rate, shall be deemed to have been based upon the rate actually chosen, or, if none, then based upon such optional rate chosen as the Borrower may designate. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of the Borrower as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, to reflect, among other things, (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from any acquisition, amalgamation, merger or operational change (including, without limitation, from the Transactions) and (2) all adjustments used in connection with (i) the calculation of “Sub Holdco Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in Intelsat, Ltd.’s Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and (ii) the calculation of “Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote 4 to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” section of the offering memorandum dated January 28, 2005 in connection with the offering of the Notes, in each case to the extent such adjustments continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.

Default ” shall mean any event which is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender ” shall mean any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in effect.

Designated Non-cash Consideration ” shall mean the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Borrower or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Designated Preferred Stock ” shall mean Preferred Stock of the Borrower or any Parent of the Borrower, as applicable (other than Disqualified Stock), that is issued for cash (other than to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in the definition of “Cumulative Credit.”

Disqualified Stock ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event:

(1) matures or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (other than as a result of a change of control or asset sale; provided that the relevant asset sale or change of control provisions, taken as a whole, are no more favorable in any material

 

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respect to holders of such Capital Stock than the asset sale and change of control provisions applicable to the Loans and any purchase requirement triggered thereby may not become operative until compliance with the asset sale and change of control provisions applicable to the Loans (including the repayment of any Loans in connection with such asset sale and change of control provisions)),

(2) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, or

(3) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, in each case prior to 91 days after the Maturity Date;

provided , however , that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided , further , however , that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Borrower in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided , further , that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

Dollars ” and “ $ ” shall mean dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

Employee Transfer Agreement ” shall mean the intercompany agreement regarding the transfer of substantially all of the employees of Intelsat Global Service Corporation to PanAmSat Opco, dated as of July 3, 2006, between Intelsat Global Service Corporation and PanAmSat Opco, as amended from time to time ( provided that no such amendment materially affects the ability of the Borrower to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Loans).

Environmental Claims ” shall mean any and all actions, suits, orders, decrees, demands, demand letters, claims, liens, notices of noncompliance, violation or potential responsibility or investigation (other than internal reports prepared by Holdings, the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries (a) in the ordinary course of such Person’s business or (b) as required in connection with a financing transaction or an acquisition or disposition of real estate) or proceedings relating in any way to any Environmental Law or any permit issued, or any approval given, under any such Environmental Law (hereinafter, “ Claims ”), including, without limitation, (i) any and all Claims by governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions or damages pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law and (ii) any and all Claims by any third party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive relief relating to the presence, release or threatened release of Hazardous Materials or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or the environment including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands.

Environmental Law ” shall mean any applicable Federal, state, foreign or local statute, law, rule, regulation, ordinance, code and rule of common law, and any binding judicial or administrative interpretation thereof, including any binding judicial or administrative order, consent decree or judgment, relating to the protection of environment, including, without limitation, ambient air, surface water, ground-water, land surface and subsurface strata and natural resources such as wetlands, or human health or safety (to the extent relating to human exposure to Hazardous Materials), or Hazardous Materials.

 

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Equity Interests ” shall mean 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).

ERISA ” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time. Section references to ERISA are to ERISA as in effect at the Closing Date and any subsequent provisions of ERISA amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.

ERISA Affiliate ” shall mean each person (as defined in Section 3(9) of ERISA) that together with the Borrower or a Subsidiary would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

Event of Default ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 12.

Event of Loss ” shall mean any event that results in the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries receiving proceeds from any insurance covering any Satellite, or in the event that the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries receives proceeds from any insurance maintained for it by any Satellite Manufacturer or any launch provider covering any of such Satellites.

Event of Loss Proceeds ” shall mean, with respect to any proceeds from any Event of Loss, all Satellite insurance proceeds received by the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such Event of Loss, after

(1) provision for all income or other taxes measured by or resulting from such Event of Loss,

(2) payment of all reasonable legal, accounting and other reasonable fees and expenses related to such Event of Loss,

(3) payment of amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the Satellite that is the subject of such Event of Loss,

(4) provision for payments to Persons who own an interest in the Satellite (including any transponder thereon) in accordance with the terms of the agreement(s) governing the ownership of such interest by such Person (other than provision for payments to insurance carriers required to be made based on projected future revenues expected to be generated from such Satellite in the good faith determination of the Borrower as evidenced by an Officers’ Certificate), and

(5) deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the Satellite that was the subject of the Event of Loss.

Excess Proceeds Offer ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.2(b).

 

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

Exchange Note Indenture ” shall mean the indenture with respect to the Exchange Notes executed in accordance with Section 3 and containing terms (including covenants, events of default, redemption, optional prepayment provisions and other provisions) that are identical to those set forth in this Agreement (except for differences that are customary between indentures and credit agreements or as otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Joint Lead Arrangers).

Exchange Note Trustee ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

Exchange Notes ” shall mean the senior unsecured notes of the Borrower due on the Maturity Date, issued under the Exchange Note Indenture in exchange for an equal principal amount of Loans pursuant to Section 3.4.

Exchange Notice ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.3.

Excluded Contributions ” shall mean the Cash Equivalents or other assets (valued at their Fair Market Value as determined by the Borrower in good faith) received by the Borrower after January 28, 2005 from:

(1) contributions to its common equity capital, and

(2) the sale (other than to a Subsidiary of the Borrower or pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock and Designated Preferred Stock) of the Borrower,

in each case designated as Excluded Contributions pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate executed by an Officer of the Borrower, which are excluded from the calculation set forth in the definition of the term “Cumulative Credit.”

Excluded Satellite ” shall mean any Satellite (or, if the entire Satellite is not owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, the portion of the Satellite it owns or for which it has risk of loss) (i) that is not expected or intended in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Borrower as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors to earn revenue from the operation of such Satellite (or portion, as applicable) in excess of $37.5 million for the immediately succeeding 12-month calendar period or (ii) that has a net book value not in excess of $150.0 million or (iii) that (1) the procurement of In-Orbit Insurance therefor in the amounts and on the terms required by Section 9.2 would not be available for a price that is, and on other terms and conditions that are, commercially reasonable or (2) the procurement of such In-Orbit Insurance therefor would be subject to exclusions or limitations of coverage that would make the terms of the insurance commercially unreasonable, in either case, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Borrower as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors delivered to the Administrative Agent, or (iv) for which In-Orbit Contingency Protection is available or (v) whose primary purpose is to provide In-Orbit Contingency Protection for the satellites (or portions) of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries’ or other Affiliates and otherwise that is not expected or intended, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Borrower as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors to earn revenue from the operation of such Satellite (or portion, as applicable) in excess of $37.5 million for the immediately succeeding 12-month calendar period.

 

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Excluded Taxes ” shall mean (a) with respect to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, net income taxes and franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of net income taxes) and capital taxes imposed on the Administrative Agent or any Lender by any jurisdiction as a result of the Administrative Agent or such Lender being organized in, or having its principal office of applicable lending office in, such jurisdiction imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and (b) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any Tax to the extent attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 5.4(d).

Existing Holdings Notes ” means (a) the 7  5 / 8 % Senior Notes due 2012 and (b) the 6  1 / 2 % Senior Notes due 2013, in each case of Intelsat, Ltd.

Fair Market Value ” shall mean, with respect to any asset or property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

FCC ” shall mean the Federal Communications Commission or any Governmental Authority substituted therefor.

FCC Licenses ” shall mean all authorizations, licenses and permits issued by the FCC to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, under which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is authorized to launch and operate any of its Satellites or to operate any of its TT&C Earth Stations (other than authorizations, orders, licenses or permits that are no longer in effect).

Fee Letter ” shall mean the Fee Letter dated June 19, 2007 by and among the Borrower and the arrangers, agents and lenders party thereto, as supplemented from time to time.

Fees ” shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to, or referred to in, Section 4.1.

Flow Through Entity ” shall mean an entity that is treated as a partnership not taxable as a corporation, a grantor trust or a disregarded entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes or subject to treatment on a comparable basis for purposes of state, local or foreign tax law.

Foreign Lender ” shall mean any Lender that is not organized or incorporated under the laws of Bermuda.

Foreign Plan ” shall mean any employee benefit plan, program, fund, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to employees employed outside the United States.

Foreign Subsidiary ” shall mean a Restricted Subsidiary not organized or existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or territory thereof or the District of Columbia and any direct or indirect subsidiary of such Restricted Subsidiary.

FSS Operators ” means each of (i) New Skies Satellites B.V., (ii) SES Global S.A., (iii) Eutelsat S.A. and (iv) any successor entities of each of the foregoing (whether by consolidation, amalgamation, merger with or winding up into another Person, or through the sale, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all its equity, assets or properties in one or more related transactions to another Person or otherwise).

 

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G2 Transfer Agreement ” shall mean the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of July 3, 2006, among Intelsat General Corporation, G2 Satellite Solutions Corporation and PanAmSat Opco, as amended from time to time ( provided that no such amendment materially affects the ability of the Borrower to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Loans), and the other agreements entered into in connection therewith on or prior to July 3, 2006.

GAAP ” shall mean 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 on January 28, 2005. For the purposes of this Agreement, the term “ consolidated ” with respect to any Person shall mean such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and shall not include any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of such Person in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an Investment.

Governmental Authority ” shall mean any nation or government, any state, province, territory or other political subdivision thereof, and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.

Government Business Subsidiary ” shall mean any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that (i) is engaged primarily in the business of providing services to customers similar to the services provided on the Closing Date by Intelsat General Corporation and services or activities that are reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof, or is complementary, incidental, ancillary or related thereto and (ii) is subject to the Proxy Agreement or a substantially similar agreement substantially restricting the Borrower’s control of such Restricted Subsidiary.

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

Guarantee ” shall mean any guarantee of the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement in accordance with the provisions hereof.

Guarantor ” shall mean any Person that Incurs a Guarantee; provided that upon the release or discharge of such Person from its Guarantee in accordance with this Agreement, such Person shall cease to be a Guarantor.

Hazardous Materials ” shall mean (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, friable asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, transformers or other equipment that contain dielectric fluid containing regulated levels of polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas; (b) any chemicals, materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,” “hazardous waste,” “hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous waste,” “restricted hazardous waste,” “toxic substances,” “toxic pollutants,” “contaminants” or “pollutants,” or words of similar import, under any applicable Environmental Law; and (c) any other chemical, material or substance, the exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated by any Environmental Law.

Hedging Obligations ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under:

(1) currency exchange or interest rate swap agreements, cap agreements and collar agreements; and

 

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(2) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations in currency exchange or interest rates.

Holdings ” shall mean Intelsat, Ltd., until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

Incur ” shall mean issue, assume, guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided , however , that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, amalgamation, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary.

Indebtedness ” shall mean, with respect to any Person:

(1) the principal and premium (if any) of any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not contingent, (a) in respect of borrowed money, (b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), (c) representing the deferred and unpaid purchase price of any property, except any such balance that constitutes a current account payable, trade payable or similar obligation Incurred, (d) in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (e) representing any Hedging Obligations, if and to the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, the Indebtedness of another Person (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business);

(3) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided , however , that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the lesser of: (a) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination, and (b) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Person; and

(4) to the extent not otherwise included, with respect to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the amount then outstanding (i.e., advanced, and received by, and available for use by, the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) under any Receivables Financing (as set forth in the books and records of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and confirmed by the agent, trustee or other representative of the institution or group providing such Receivables Financing);

provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in respect of borrowed money; (2) deferred or prepaid revenues; (3) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the respective seller; (4) obligations to make payments to one or more insurers under satellite insurance policies in respect of premiums or the requirement to remit to such insurer(s) a portion of the future revenue generated by a

 

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satellite which has been declared a constructive total loss, in each case in accordance with the terms of the insurance policies relating thereto; (5) Obligations under or in respect of any Qualified Receivables Financing; or (6) any obligations to make progress or incentive payments or risk money payments under any satellite manufacturing contract or to make payments under satellite launch contracts in respect of launch services provided thereunder, in each case, to the extent not overdue by more than 90 days.

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, Indebtedness shall not include, and shall be calculated without giving effect to, the effects of Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133 and related interpretations to the extent such effects would otherwise increase or decrease an amount of Indebtedness for any purpose under this Agreement as a result of accounting for any embedded derivatives created by the terms of such Indebtedness; and any such amounts that would have constituted Indebtedness under this Agreement but for the application of this sentence shall not be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness under this Agreement.

Indemnified Taxes ” shall mean all Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) and Other Taxes.

Independent Financial Advisor ” shall mean an accounting, appraisal or investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in a Similar Business, in each case of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith determination of the Borrower, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

In-Orbit Contingency Protection ” shall mean transponder capacity that, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Borrower as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors, is available on a contingency basis by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, directly or by another satellite operator pursuant to a contractual arrangement, to accommodate the transfer of traffic representing at least 25% of the revenue-generating capacity with respect to any Satellite (or, if the entire Satellite is not owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, the portion of the Satellite it owns or for which it has risk of loss) that may suffer actual or constructive total loss and that meets or exceeds the contractual performance specifications for the transponders that had been utilized by such traffic; provided that the Satellite (or portion, as applicable) shall be deemed to be insured for a percentage of the Satellite’s (or applicable portion’s) net book value for which In-Orbit Contingency Protection is available.

In-Orbit Insurance ” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite (or, if the entire Satellite is not owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, the portion of the Satellite it owns or for which it has risk of loss), insurance (subject to a right of co-insurance in an amount up to $150.0 million) or other contractual arrangement providing for coverage against the risk of loss of or damage to such Satellite (or portion, as applicable) attaching upon the expiration of the launch insurance therefor (or, if launch insurance is not procured, upon the initial completion of in-orbit testing) and attaching, during the commercial in-orbit service of such Satellite (or portion, as applicable), upon the expiration of the immediately preceding corresponding policy or other contractual arrangement, as the case may be, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.

Intelsat Bermuda ” shall mean Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd., until a successor replaces it, and thereafter means such successor.

Intelsat Bermuda Intercompany Loan ” shall mean the intercompany loans by the Borrower (irrespective of any subsequent holder of such loans so long as a subsidiary of the Borrower) to PanAmSat Holdco to fund the payment of a portion of the purchase price of the PanAmSat Acquisition

 

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and to fund the purchase of PanAmSat Holdco’s 10 3/8% senior discount notes due 2014 and, in each case, any fees and expenses related thereto.

Intelsat Bermuda Transfer ” shall mean the transfer by Intelsat Bermuda of certain of its assets and certain of its liabilities and obligations to Intelsat Jackson on February 4, 2008.

Intelsat Corp Refinancing ” means the borrowing by PanAmSat Opco of $150.0 million in aggregate principal amount pursuant to a new term loan under the PanAmSat Credit Agreement, and the repayment of its 6  3 / 8 % Senior Secured Notes due 2008 with the proceeds of such borrowing.

Intelsat Credit Agreement ” shall mean (i) the credit agreement entered into on July 3, 2006 in connection with, the consummation of the PanAmSat Acquisition, among the Borrower, Intelsat Intermediate Holdco, the financial institutions named therein and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent, and the guarantees thereof provided by certain subsidiaries of the Borrower, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (prior to, on or after the Closing Date), including any one or more agreements or indentures extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof and (ii) whether or not the credit agreement referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Borrower to be included in the definition of “Intelsat Credit Agreement,” one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

Intelsat General ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14.

Intelsat Intermediate Holdco ” shall mean Intelsat Intermediate Holding Company, Ltd., until a successor replaces it, and thereafter means such successor.

Intelsat Jackson ” shall mean Intelsat Jackson Holdings, Ltd., until a successor replaces it, and thereafter means such successor.

Investment Grade Rating ” shall mean a rating equal to or higher than Baa 3 (or equivalent) by Moody’s or BBB- (or equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

Investment Grade Securities ” shall mean:

(1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents),

(2) securities that have an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or loans or advances between and among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries,

 

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

(4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments and in each case with maturities not exceeding two years from the date of acquisition.

Investments ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit and advances to customers and commission, travel and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet of the Borrower in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 10.2:

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

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

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Borrower.

Joint Lead Arrangers ” shall mean Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Banc of America Securities LLC and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., in their respective capacity as joint lead arrangers and joint bookrunners with respect to the Loans.

Joint Venture ” shall mean any Person, other than an individual or a Subsidiary of the Borrower, (i) in which the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower holds or acquires an ownership interest (whether by way of Capital Stock or otherwise) and (ii) which is engaged in a Similar Business.

Judgment Currency ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.19(b).

Lender ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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Lender Default ” shall mean (a) the failure (which has not been cured) of a Lender to make available its portion of any Borrowing or (b) a Lender having notified the Administrative Agent and/or the Borrower that it does not intend to comply with the obligations under Section 2.1(a), 2.1(b) or 2.1(d).

License Subsidiary ” shall mean one or more wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower (i) that holds, was formed for the purpose of holding or is designated to hold FCC Licenses for the launch and operation of Satellites or for the operation of any TT&C Earth Station (other than any FCC License held by Intelsat General Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries) and (ii) all of the shares of capital stock and other ownership interests of which are held directly by the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor.

Lien ” shall mean, 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 other agreement to give a security interest and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Loan ” shall mean any loan made by any Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.1.

Lockheed Note ” shall mean the $20.0 million note, dated November 25, 2002 from Intelsat Global Service Corporation to COMSAT Corporation.

Mandatory Offer Election Time ” means, with respect to any Mandatory Prepayment Offer, noon, New York time, two Business Days preceding the prepayment date with respect to such Mandatory Prepayment Offer.

Mandatory Prepayment Offer ” refers to any offer to prepay Loans that the Borrower is required to make pursuant to any of clauses (a) or (b) of Section 5.2.

Marketing Period ” means the period of time (a) commencing on the Closing Date and (b) ending on the second anniversary of the delivery of the Offering Memorandum.

Master Intercompany Services Agreement ” shall mean the Master Intercompany Services Agreement, dated as of July 3, 2006, among the Intelsat Bermuda and certain direct and indirect Parent companies and Subsidiaries of the Intelsat Bermuda and the other parties thereto, as in effect on the Closing Date and as amended from time to time thereafter ( provided that no such amendment materially affects the ability of the Borrower to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Loans).

Material Adverse Change ” shall mean any event or circumstance which has resulted or is reasonably likely to result in a material adverse change in the business, assets, operations, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole or that would materially adversely affect the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents.

Material Adverse Effect ” shall mean a circumstance or condition affecting the business, assets, operations, properties or financial condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, that would materially adversely affect (a) the ability of the Borrower to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents or (b) the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents.

 

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Material Subsidiary ” shall mean, at any date of determination, (1) any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor and (2) any other Significant Subsidiary of the Borrower (after giving effect to the Transactions); provided that no Government Business Subsidiary (including Intelsat General and its Subsidiaries) shall be deemed a Material Subsidiary.

Maturity Date ” shall mean January 15, 2015.

Minimum Borrowing Amount ” shall mean, with respect to a Borrowing of Loans, $1,000,000.

Moody’s ” shall mean Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

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

Net Proceeds ” shall mean the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of or upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium (if any) and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 10.4(b)) to be paid as a result of such transaction (including to obtain any consent therefor), and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Borrower as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Borrower after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

Net Transponder Capacity ” shall mean the aggregate transponder capacity for all in-orbit transponders then owned by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Non-Consenting Lender ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.7(b).

Non-Defaulting Lender ” shall mean and include each Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

Non-Guarantor Exception ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(a).

Notes ” shall mean the Borrower’s 8  5 / 8 % senior notes due 2015.

Notice of Borrowing ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3.

Obligations ” shall mean any principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness; provided that obligations shall not include fees or indemnifications of the Administrative Agent and other third parties other than the Lenders.

 

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Offering Memorandum ” shall mean a confidential offering memorandum prepared by the Borrower or its direct or indirect Parent relating to the Take-Out Securities, together with such other Additional Debt Securities (other than Additional Debt Securities issued by Intelsat Corporation) and/or other debt securities issued in exchange for or to refinance or replace the debt facilities and bridge loans contemplated by the Commitment Letter (other than other debt securities issued by Intelsat Corporation) as the Joint Lead Arrangers or the Borrower may select, and containing information customarily included in preliminary confidential offering memoranda previously prepared by the Borrower or a Parent of the Borrower (which may, at the election of the Borrower and in consultation with the Joint Lead Arrangers, incorporate prior filings of the Borrower or its Parent by reference), including customary pro forma financial information (with respect to the confidential offering memorandum delivered pursuant to Section 9.15(a)(i) and not with respect to any other confidential offering memorandum delivered pursuant to this Agreement or delivered with respect to Intelsat Corporation) and other financial information prepared in substantial accordance with Regulation S-X, with customary exceptions to financial statement requirements in Rule 144A offerings. The term “Offering Memorandum” shall include any supplement or amendment to a confidential offering memorandum referred to in the prior sentence.

Officer ” shall mean the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Borrower, any Parent of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries.

Officers’ Certificate ” shall mean a certificate signed on behalf of the Borrower by two Officers of the Borrower, any Parent of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries, one of whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Borrower, any Parent of the Borrower or any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries, that meets the requirements set forth in this Agreement.

Other Taxes ” shall mean any and all present or future stamp, documentary or any other excise, property or similar taxes (including interest, fines, penalties, additions to tax and related expenses with regard thereto) arising directly from any payment made or required to be made under this Agreement or any other Credit Document or from the execution or delivery of, registration or enforcement of, consummation or administration of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

PanAmSat Acquisition ” shall mean the transaction pursuant to which Intelsat (Bermuda), Ltd. became the owner of all of the outstanding share capital of PanAmSat Holdco.

PanAmSat Credit Agreement ” shall mean (i) the amended and restated credit agreement entered into on July 3, 2006 in connection with the consummation of the PanAmSat Acquisition, among PanAmSat Opco, the financial institutions named therein and Credit Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch, as Administrative Agent, and the guarantees thereof provided by certain subsidiaries of the borrower, as amended, restated, supplemented, waived, replaced (whether or not upon termination, and whether with the original lenders or otherwise), restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (prior to, on or after the Closing Date), including any one or more agreements or indentures extending the maturity thereof, refinancing, replacing or otherwise restructuring all or any portion of the Indebtedness under such agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or any successor or replacement agreement or agreements or indenture or indentures or increasing the amount loaned or issued thereunder or altering the maturity thereof, and (ii) whether or not the credit agreement referred to in clause (i) remains outstanding, if designated by the Borrower to be included in the definition of “PanAmSat Credit Agreement,” one or more (A) debt facilities or commercial paper facilities providing

 

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for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of receivables to lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from lenders against such receivables) or letters of credit, (B) debt securities, indentures or other forms of debt financing (including convertible or exchangeable debt instruments or bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances), or (C) instruments or agreements evidencing any other Indebtedness, in each case, with the same or different borrowers or issuers and, in each case, as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, restructured, renewed, refinanced, restated, replaced or refunded in whole or in part from time to time.

PanAmSat Holdco ” shall mean Intelsat Holding Corporation (formerly PanAmSat Holding Corporation), until a successor replaces it, and thereafter means such successor.

PanAmSat Opco ” shall mean Intelsat Corporation (formerly PanAmSat Corporation), until a successor replaces it, and thereafter means such successor.

Parent ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any direct or indirect parent company of such Person.

Pari Passu Indebtedness ” shall mean:

(1) with respect to the Borrower, the Loans and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment with the Loans; and

(2) with respect to any Guarantor, its Guarantee and any Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment with such Guarantor’s Guarantee.

Participant ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.6(c)(i).

PBGC ” shall mean the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Section 4002 of ERISA, or any successor thereto.

Period of Suspension ” shall mean each period of time commencing on the date upon which the Borrower provides written notice to the Joint Lead Arrangers of the suspension of the availability of an update to an Offering Memorandum in accordance with Section 9.15(a) and ending on the date upon which the Borrower provides written notice to the Joint Lead Arrangers of the discontinuation of such suspension; provided that the aggregate of all Periods of Suspension shall not exceed 90 days in any consecutive 12-month period.

Permitted Debt ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(b).

Permitted Holders ” shall mean, at any time, each of (i) the Sponsors and (ii) any FSS Operator; provided that, with respect to clause (ii), the Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or less than such ratio for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to the transaction involving such FSS Operator that causes a Change of Control to occur (including any incurrence of indebtedness used to finance the acquisition thereof). Any person or group whose acquisition of beneficial ownership constitutes a Change of Control in respect of which a Change of Control Offer is made in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement will thereafter, together with its Affiliates, constitute an additional Permitted Holder.

Permitted Investments ” shall mean:

(1) any Investment in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

 

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

(3) any Investment by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in a Person that is primarily engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower, or (b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower;

(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.4 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investment existing on the Closing Date and any Investments made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Closing Date;

(6) advances to employees not in excess of $15.0 million outstanding at any one time in the aggregate;

(7) any Investment acquired by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Borrower or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the Borrower of such other Investment or accounts receivable, or (b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(8) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 10.1(b)(x);

(9) any Investment by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Similar Business having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (9) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $125.0 million and (y) 2.5% of Total Assets of the Borrower at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value); provided , however , that if any Investment pursuant to this clause (9) is made in any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (1) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (9) for so long as such Person continues to be a Restricted Subsidiary;

(10) additional Investments by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (10) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $125.0 million and (y) 2.5% of Total Assets of the Borrower at the time of such Investment (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

 

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(11) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business related travel expenses, moving and relocation expenses and other similar expenses, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(12) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Borrower or any Parent of the Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock); provided , however , that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under the calculation set forth in the definition of the term “Cumulative Credit”;

(13) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted by and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.5(b) (except transactions described in clauses (ii)(a), (vi), (vii) and (xi)(B) of such Section);

(14) Investments consisting of the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

(15) guarantees not prohibited by or required pursuant to, as the case may be, Section 10.1 and 10.7;

(16) any Investments by Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries in other Subsidiaries that are not Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower;

(17) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, materials and equipment or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(18) any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any other Person in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, including Investments of funds held in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Qualified Receivables Financing or any related Indebtedness; provided , however , that any Investment in a Receivables Subsidiary is in the form of a Purchase Money Note, contribution of additional receivables or an equity interest;

(19) Investments resulting from the receipt of non-cash consideration in a sale of assets or property that does not constitute an Asset Sale or in an Asset Sale received in compliance with Sections 5.2(b) and 10.4;

(20) additional Investments in Joint Ventures of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the Closing Date in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20.0 million outstanding at any one time;

(21) Investments of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower acquired after the Closing Date or of an entity merged into, amalgamated with, or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower in a transaction that is not prohibited by Section 10.10 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger, amalgamation or consolidation;

(22) Investments in Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures formed for the purpose of selling or leasing transponders or transponder capacity to third-party customers in the ordinary course of

 

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business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries which investments are in the form of transfers to such Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures for fair market value transponders or transponder capacity sold or to be sold or leased or to be leased by such Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures; provided that all such Investments in Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures do not exceed 10% of Net Transponder Capacity; and

(23) any Investment in the Notes, Acquisition Notes, Intelsat Bermuda Notes, the Loans or any other Indebtedness incurred in connection with the Transactions.

Permitted Liens ” shall mean, with respect to any Person:

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

(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet due or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for nonpayment or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

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

(5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not Incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of said properties or materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(6)(A) Liens securing an aggregate principal amount of Pari Passu Indebtedness not to exceed the greater of (x) the aggregate principal amount of Pari Passu Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 10.1(b)(i) and (y) the maximum principal amount of Indebtedness that, as of such date, and after giving effect to the Incurrence of such Indebtedness and the application of the proceeds therefrom on such date, would not cause the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio of the Borrower to exceed 2.00 to 1.00 and (B) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the Non-Guarantor Exception and Sections 10.1(b)(ii), (iv) ( provided that such Liens do not extend to any property or assets that are not property being purchased, leased, constructed or improved with the proceeds of such Indebtedness being Incurred pursuant to clause (iv)), (xii) or (xx) of Section 10.1(b); provided

 

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that in the case of the Non-Guarantor Exception and Section 10.1(b)(xx), such Lien does not extend to the property or assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Guarantor;

(7) Liens existing on the Closing Date;

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

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

(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower permitted to be Incurred in accordance with Section 10.1;

(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations permitted to be Incurred under clause (x) of Section 10.1(b);

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

(13) leases and subleases of real property which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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

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

(16) Liens on equipment of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary granted in the ordinary course of business to the Borrower’s client at which such equipment is located;

(17) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets of the type specified in the definition of “Receivables Financing” Incurred in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing;

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

 

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(19) Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(20) grants of software and other technology licenses in the ordinary course of business;

(21) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6)(B), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15); provided , however , that (x) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (y) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (A) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6)(B), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (15) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (B) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement; and

(22) other Liens securing obligations Incurred in the ordinary course of business which obligations do not exceed $20.0 million at any one time outstanding.

Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, Joint Venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Plan ” shall mean any multiemployer or single-employer plan, as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA and subject to Title IV of ERISA, that is or was within any of the preceding six plan years maintained or contributed to by (or to which there is or was an obligation to contribute or to make payments to) the Borrower, a Subsidiary or an ERISA Affiliate.

Preferred Stock ” shall mean any Equity Interest with preferential right of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Preliminary Offering Memorandum ” shall mean the preliminary confidential offering memorandum of the Borrower dated January 11, 2008, prepared in connection with the potential offering of Acquisition Notes, attached as Exhibit F hereto.

Presumed Tax Rate ” shall mean the highest effective marginal statutory combined U.S. federal, state and local income tax rate prescribed for an individual residing in New York City (taking into account (i) the deductibility of state and local income taxes for U.S. federal income tax purposes, assuming the limitation of Section 68(a)(2) of the Code applies and taking into account any impact of Section 68(f) of the Code, and (ii) the character (long-term or short-term capital gain, dividend income or other ordinary income) of the applicable income).

Proxy Agreement ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.14.

Purchase Money Note ” shall mean a promissory note of a Receivables Subsidiary evidencing a line of credit, which may be irrevocable, from the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Receivables Financing, which note is intended to finance that portion of the purchase price that is not paid by cash or a contribution of equity.

 

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Put Loans ” shall mean all Loans (or portions thereof) held by Lenders that have notified the Administrative Agent in writing of such Lenders’ elections (and that have not subsequently validly withdrawn such elections) to require all or a portion of such Loans to be prepaid in any Mandatory Prepayment Offer in accordance with Section 5.2(c).

Qualified Receivables Financing ” shall mean any Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the following conditions:

(1) the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Receivables Subsidiary,

(2) all sales of accounts receivable and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), and

(3) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.

The grant of a security interest in any accounts receivable of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) to secure Bank Indebtedness shall not be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.

Rating Agency ” shall mean (1) each of Moody’s and S&P and (2) if Moody’s or S&P ceases to rate the Loans for reasons outside of the Borrower’s control, a “nationally recognized statistical rating organization” within the meaning of Rule 15c3-1(c)(2)(vi)(F) under the Exchange Act selected by the Borrower or any Parent of the Borrower as a replacement agency for Moody’s or S&P, as the case may be.

Receivables Fees ” shall mean distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, any Receivables Financing.

Receivables Financing ” shall mean any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), and (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether now existing or arising in the future) of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and any Hedging Obligations entered into by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.

Receivables Repurchase Obligation ” shall mean any obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

 

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Receivables Subsidiary ” shall mean a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Receivables Financing with the Borrower in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board of Directors of the Borrower (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:

(a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings,

(b) with which neither the Borrower nor any other Subsidiary of the Borrower has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower, and

(c) to which neither the Borrower nor any other Subsidiary of the Borrower has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by providing the Administrative Agent with a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Borrower giving effect to such designation and a certificate of an Authorized Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

Refinancings ” means, collectively, the (i) redemption of the outstanding Intelsat Jackson (after giving effect to the Intelsat Bermuda Transfer) Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2013 and Floating Rate Senior Notes due 2015 and (ii) redemption of the outstanding Holdings 5  1 / 4 % Senior Notes due 2008.

Refinancing Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.1(b)(xiv).

Refunding Capital Stock ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(b)(ii).

Register ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.6(b)(iv).

Regulation T ” shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

 

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Regulation U ” shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

Regulation X ” shall mean Regulation X of the Board as from time to time in effect and any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing margin requirements.

Reportable Event ” shall mean an event described in Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations thereunder.

Required Lenders ” shall mean, at any date, Non-Defaulting Lenders having or holding a majority of the outstanding principal amount of the Loans (excluding Loans held by Defaulting Lenders) at such date.

Requirement of Law ” shall mean, as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or assets or to which such Person or any of its property or assets is subject.

Restricted Investment ” shall mean an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Payment ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(a).

Restricted Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of such Person. Unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement, all references to Restricted Subsidiaries shall mean Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

Retired Capital Stock ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.2(b)(ii).

S&P ” shall mean Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” shall mean an arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary transfers such property to a Person and the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it from such Person, other than leases between the Borrower and a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower or between Restricted Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

Satellite ” shall mean any satellite owned by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and any satellite purchased by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of a Satellite Purchase Agreement, whether such satellite is in the process of manufacture, has been delivered for launch or is in orbit (whether or not in operational service).

Satellite Manufacturer ” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, the prime contractor and manufacturer of such Satellite.

Satellite Purchase Agreement ” shall mean, with respect to any Satellite, the agreement between the applicable Satellite Purchaser and the applicable Satellite Manufacturer relating to the manufacture, testing and delivery of such Satellite.

 

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Satellite Purchaser ” shall mean the Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary that is a party to a Satellite Purchase Agreement.

SEC ” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

Secured Indebtedness ” shall mean any Indebtedness secured by a Lien.

Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, at any date the ratio of (i) Secured Indebtedness of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date of calculation (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) to (ii) Adjusted EBITDA of such Person for the four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date on which such additional Indebtedness is Incurred. In the event that the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Incurs or redeems any Indebtedness subsequent to the commencement of the period for which the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to the event for which the calculation of the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio is made (the “ Secured Leverage Calculation Date ”), then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such Incurrence or redemption of Indebtedness as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations, consolidations and discontinued operations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, and other operational changes that the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has both determined to make and made after January 28, 2005 and during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Secured Leverage Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, consolidations, discontinued operations and other operational changes (and the change in Adjusted EBITDA resulting therefrom) had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, discontinued operation or operational change, in each case with respect to an operating unit of a business, that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Secured Indebtedness Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, discontinued operation, merger, consolidation or operational change had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Borrower. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of the Borrower as set forth in an Officers’ Certificate, to reflect, among other things, (1) operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from any acquisition, merger or operational change and (2) all adjustments used in connection with (i) the calculation of “SubHoldco Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in Intelsat, Ltd.’s Annual Report filed on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007, and (ii) the calculation of Adjusted EBITDA” as set forth in footnote 4 to the “Summary Historical and Pro Forma Consolidated Financial Data” section of the offering memorandum dated January 28, 2005 in connection with the offering of the Notes, in each case to the extent such adjustments, without duplication, continue to be applicable to such four-quarter period.

 

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Securities Act ” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

Senior Credit Documents ” shall mean the collective reference to any Credit Agreement, the notes issued pursuant thereto and the guarantees thereof, and the collateral documents relating thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Serafina Assignment ” shall mean the assignment by Serafina Acquisition Limited, immediately following the Intelsat Bermuda Transfer on February 4, 2008, of certain of its liabilities and obligations to Intelsat Bermuda, and the assumption by Intelsat Bermuda of such liabilities and obligations.

Significant Subsidiary ” shall means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” of the Borrower within the meaning of Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC or any successor provision.

Similar Business ” shall mean any business or activity of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries currently conducted or proposed as of the Closing Date, or any business or activity that is reasonably similar thereto or a reasonable extension, development or expansion thereof, or is complementary, incidental, ancillary or related thereto.

Solvent ” shall mean that, as of any date of determination, both (i) (a) the sum of the Borrower’s respective debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the Borrower’s respective present assets; (b) the Borrower’s capital is not unreasonably small in relation to its respective businesses as contemplated on the Closing Date; and (c) the Borrower has not incurred and does not intend to incur, or believe that it will incur, debts including current obligations beyond its ability to pay such debts as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (ii) the Borrower is “solvent” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 5).

Specified Intercompany Agreements ” shall mean the Master Intercompany Services Agreement, the Employee Transfer Agreement, the G2 Transfer Agreement and the agreements or promissory notes evidencing the Intelsat Bermuda Intercompany Loan and, in each case, agreements in connection therewith.

Specified Merger/Transfer Transaction ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.10(a).

Specified Sale/Leaseback Transaction ” shall mean one Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to which the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries sell one Satellite and related assets that is designated as a Specified Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to an Officers’ Certificate.

Sponsors ” shall mean (1) one or more investment funds advised, managed or controlled by BC Partners Holdings Limited or any Affiliate thereof, (2) one or more investment funds advised, managed or controlled by Silver Lake or any Affiliate thereof, and (3) one or more investment funds advised, managed or controlled by any of the Persons described in clauses (1) and (2) of this definition, and, in each case, (whether individually or as a group) their Affiliates; provided that, for purposes of determining the fees and expenses that may be added back pursuant to clause (5) within the definition of Adjusted

 

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EBITDA for any period before the Closing Date, the term “Sponsor” shall also mean one or more investment funds advised, managed or controlled by Apax Partners Worldwide, LLP, Apax Partners, Inc., Apollo Management V, L.P., Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC or Permira Advisers, LLC or any of their respective Affiliates.

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” shall mean representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities and guarantees of performance entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary in a Receivables Financing including, without limitation, those relating to the servicing of the assets of a Receivables Subsidiary, it being understood that any Receivables Repurchase Obligation shall be deemed to be a Standard Securitization Undertaking.

Stated Maturity ” shall mean, with respect to any loan or security, the date specified in such loan or security as the fixed date on which the final payment of principal of such loan or security is due and payable, including pursuant to any mandatory redemption provision (but excluding any provision providing for the repurchase of such loan or security at the option of the holder or lender thereof upon the happening of any contingency beyond the control of the Borrower unless such contingency has occurred).

Subordinated Indebtedness ” shall mean (a) with respect to the Borrower, any Indebtedness of the Borrower which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Loans, and (b) with respect to any Guarantor, any Indebtedness of such Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to its Guarantee.

Subsidiary ” shall mean, with respect to any Person, (1) any corporation, association or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture or limited liability company) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a combination thereof, (2) any partnership, joint venture or limited liability company of which (x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general and limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof, whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership interests or otherwise, and (y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity and (3) any Person that is consolidated in the consolidated financial statements of the specified Person in accordance with GAAP.

Subsidiary Guarantee ” shall mean any Guarantee, made by any Subsidiary Guarantor, if any, in favor of the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and hereof.

Subsidiary Guarantors ” shall mean each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is a Guarantor on the Closing Date (for so long as such Subsidiary shall remain a Guarantor) and each Subsidiary of the Borrower that becomes a Guarantor pursuant to Section 10.7 (for so long as such Subsidiary shall remain a Guarantor).

Successor Company ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.10(a)(i).

Successor Guarantor ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.10(b)(i).

 

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Syndication Agent ” shall mean Banc of America Bridge LLC, together with its affiliates under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

Take-Out Notice ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.2.

Take-Out Securities ” shall mean the senior unsecured notes of the Borrower due on the Maturity Date, issued under the Take-Out Securities Indenture, the proceeds of which are used to prepay Loans pursuant to Section 3.2.

Take-Out Securities Indenture ” shall mean the indenture with respect to the Take-Out Securities, which shall contain terms (including covenants, events of default, redemption, optional prepayment provisions and other provisions) that are identical to those set forth in this Agreement (except for differences that are customary between indentures and credit agreements or as otherwise in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Borrower and the Joint Lead Arrangers), which shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (the “ TIA ”) ( provided that the Take-Out Securities Indenture will not be required to be qualified under the TIA), which will select the laws of the State of New York as the governing law and forum, and in which each party thereto will waive the right to trial by jury and will consent to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in The City of New York.

Taxes ” shall mean any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, assessments, deductions, withholdings or other similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority whether computed on a separate, consolidated, unitary, combined or other basis and any and all liabilities (including interest, fines, penalties or additions to tax) with respect to the foregoing.

Total Assets ” means, with respect to any Person, the total consolidated assets of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, as shown on the most recent balance sheet.

Transaction Agreement ” shall mean the Share Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 19, 2007, among Intelsat Holdings Ltd., Serafina Acquisition Limited, Serafina Holdings Limited, the Initial Borrower and the other parties thereto, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.

Transactions ” shall mean the Zeus Acquisition and the transactions contemplated by the Zeus Acquisition Documents and the Acquisition and the transactions related thereto (including the Intelsat Bermuda Transfer, the Serafina Assignment, the Change of Control Offers and the Refinancings, as applicable), including as contemplated by the Acquisition Documents (including any Equity Interest payments made in connection therewith (whether on the Closing Date or thereafter)), the issuance of any Notes, amendments and borrowings made pursuant to the Credit Agreements, the Intelsat Corp. Refinancing, the transactions consummated in connection with the offering of the Intelsat Bermuda Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes 2015, and the other transactions in connection with the foregoing.

Transferee ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 14.6(e).

Treasury Rate ” means with respect to the Loans, as of the applicable prepayment date, the yield to maturity as of such prepayment 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 such prepayment 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 such prepayment date to January 15, 2010; provided , however , that if the period from such prepayment date to January 15, 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.

 

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TT&C Earth Station ” shall mean any earth station licensed for operation by the FCC or by any international, federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body, authority, agency or commission or legislative body or other governmental entity outside of the United States used for the provision of TT&C Services that is owned and operated by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

TT&C Services ” shall mean the provision of tracking, telemetry and command services for the purposes of operational control of any Satellite.

Unfunded Current Liability ” of any Plan shall mean the amount, if any, by which the present value of the accrued benefits under the Plan as of the close of its most recent plan year, determined in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87 as in effect on the Closing Date, based upon the actuarial assumptions that would be used by the Plan’s actuary in a termination of the Plan, exceeds the fair market value of the assets allocable thereto.

Unrestricted Subsidiary ” shall mean:

(1) any Subsidiary of the Borrower that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors of such Person in the manner provided below; and

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Board of Directors of the Borrower may designate any Subsidiary of the Borrower (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Borrower) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided , however , that the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries do not at the time of designation have and do not thereafter Incur any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries); provided , further , however , that either:

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less; or

(b) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 10.2.

The Board of Directors of the Borrower may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , however , that immediately after giving effect to such designation:

(x) (1) the Borrower could Incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio test described in Section 10.1 (a) or (2) the Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Ratio for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than such ratio for the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such designation, in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation; and

 

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(y) no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Any such designation by the Board of Directors of the Borrower shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors of the Borrower giving effect to such designation and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

U.S. Dollar Equivalent ” shall mean, with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than U.S. Dollars, at any time for the determination thereof, the amount of U.S. Dollars obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into U.S. Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. Dollars with the applicable foreign currency as quoted by Reuters at approximately 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on such date of determination (or if no such quote is avai


 
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