DISH
DBS CORPORATION
7.875% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2019
INDENTURE
Dated as of August 17,
2009
U.S. Bank National
Association
TRUSTEE
CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
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310 (a)(1)
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7.10
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(a)(2)
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7.10
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(a)(3)
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N/A
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(a)(4)
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N/A
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(b)
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7.10
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(c)
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N/A
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311 (a)
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7.11
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(b)
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7.11
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(c)
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N/A
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312 (a)
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2.05
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(b)
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11.03
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(c)
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11.03
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313 (a)
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7.06
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(b)(1)
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7.06
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(b)(2)
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7.06
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(c)
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7.06; 11.02
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(d)
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7.06
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314 (a)
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11.05
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(4)
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4.04
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(b)
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N/A
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(c)(1)
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11.04
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(c)(2)
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11.04
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(c)(3)
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N/A
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(d)
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N/A
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(e)
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11.05
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(f)
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N/A
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315 (a)
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7.01(b)
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(b)
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7.05; 11.02
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(c)
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7.01(a)
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(d)
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7.01
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(e)
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6.11
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316 (a)
(last sentence)
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2.09
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(a)(1)(A)
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6.05
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(a)(1)(B)
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6.04
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(a)(2)
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N/A
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(b)
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6.07
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(c)
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2.13
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317 (a)(1)
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6.08
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(a)(2)
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6.09
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(b)
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2.04
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318 (a)
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11.01
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(c)
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11.01
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N/A means Not
Applicable.
Note: This
Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purposes, be deemed to be
part of this Indenture.
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
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Incorporation
by Reference of Trust Indenture Act
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ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES
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Form of
Execution and Authentication
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Registrar and
Paying Agent
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Paying Agent to
Hold Money in Trust
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Lists of
Holders of the Notes
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ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION
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Selection of
Notes to Be Redeemed
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Effect of
Notice of Redemption
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Deposit of
Redemption Price
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Offer to
Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds
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ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS
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Maintenance of
Office or Agency
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Stay, Extension
and Usury Laws
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Limitation on
Restricted Payments
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Limitations on
Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting
Subsidiaries
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Limitation on
Incurrence of Indebtedness
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Limitation on
Transactions with Affiliates
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Additional
Subsidiary Guarantees
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Offer to
Purchase Upon Change of Control Event
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Limitation on
Activities of the Company
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Accounts
Receivable Subsidiary
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Dispositions of
ETC and Non-Core Assets
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Termination or
Suspension of Certain Covenants Under Certain
Conditions
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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS
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Merger,
Consolidation, or Sale of Assets of the Company
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Successor
Corporation Substituted
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ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
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Rights of
Holders of Notes to Receive Payment
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Collection Suit
by Trustee
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Trustee May
File Proofs of Claim
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ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE
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Individual
Rights of Trustee
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Reports by
Trustee to Holders of the Notes
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Compensation
and Indemnity
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Successor
Trustee by Merger, Etc
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Eligibility;
Disqualification
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Preferential
Collection of Claims Against Company
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ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT
DEFEASANCE
Page
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Option to
Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance
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Legal
Defeasance and Discharge
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Conditions to
Legal or Covenant Defeasance
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Deposited Money
and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous
Provisions
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ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND
WAIVER
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Without Consent
of Holders of Notes
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With Consent of
Holders of Notes
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Compliance with
Trust Indenture Act
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Revocation and
Effect of Consents
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Notation on or
Exchange of Notes
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Trustee to Sign
Amendments, Etc
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ARTICLE 10
GUARANTEES
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Execution and
Delivery of Guarantees
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Merger,
Consolidation or Sale of Assets of Guarantors
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Successor
Corporation Substituted
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ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS
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Trust Indenture
Act Controls
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Communication
by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes
90
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Certificate and
Opinion as to Conditions Precedent
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Statements
Required in Certificate or Opinion
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Rules by
Trustee and Agents
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No Personal
Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees, Incorporators and
Stockholders
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No Adverse
Interpretation of Other Agreements
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Table of
Contents, Headings, Etc
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EXHIBITS
EXHIBIT
A FORM OF NOTE
EXHIBIT
B FORM OF GUARANTEE
EXHIBIT
C FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER
EXHIBIT
D FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE
INDENTURE, dated as of August 17, 2009, among
DISH DBS Corporation, a Colorado corporation (the
“Company”), the Guarantors (as hereinafter defined) and
U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the
“Trustee”).
The Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee
agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal
and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Company’s 7.875%
Senior Notes due 2019.
RECITALS
The Company and the Guarantors have duly
authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide
for the issuance of the Notes and the Guarantees.
All things necessary (i) to make the Notes, when
executed by the Company and authenticated and delivered hereunder
and duly issued by the Company and delivered hereunder, the valid
obligations of the Company, (ii) to make the Guarantees when
executed by the Guarantors and delivered hereunder the valid
obligations of the Guarantors, and (iii) to make this Indenture a
valid agreement of the Company and the Guarantors, all in
accordance with their respective terms, have been done.
For and in consideration of the premises and the
purchase of the Notes by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed
as follows for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the
Notes.
ARTICLE
1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY
REFERENCE
“144A Global Note” means one or more
Global Notes substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto
bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and
deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the
Depositary or its nominee, which, in the aggregate, are initially
equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes initially
sold by the Company in reliance on Rule 144A.
“2003 DDBS Notes” means the
$1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s
6⅜% Senior Notes due 2011 issued by the Company.
“2003 DDBS Notes Indenture” means
the indenture, dated as of October 2, 2003 between the Company and
U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“2004 DDBS Notes” means the
$1,000,000,000 aggregate principal original issue amount of
6⅝% Senior Notes due 2014 issued by the Company.
“2004 DDBS Notes Indenture”
means the indenture dated October 1, 2004 between the Company and
U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, as the same may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.
“2006 DDBS Notes” means the
$1,500,000,000 aggregate principal original issue amount of
7⅛% Senior Notes due 2016 issued by the Company and the
$500,000,000 aggregate principal original issue amount of 7% Senior
Notes due 2013 issued by the Company.
“2006 DDBS Notes Indentures” means
the indentures dated February 2, 2006 and October 18, 2006 between
the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, and
each of them as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time.
“2008 DDBS Notes” means the
$750,000,000 aggregate principal original issue amount of 7.75%
Senior Notes due 2015 issued by the Company.
“2008 DDBS Notes Indenture” means
the indenture dated May 27, 2008 between the Company and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee, as the same may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time.
“Accounts Receivable Subsidiary”
means one Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company specifically
designated as an Accounts Receivable Subsidiary for the purpose of
financing the Company’s accounts receivable and
provided that any such designation shall not be deemed to
prohibit the Company from financing accounts receivable through any
other entity, including, without limitation, any other Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
“Accounts Receivable Subsidiary
Notes” means the notes to be issued by the Accounts
Receivable Subsidiary for the purchase of accounts
receivable.
“Acquired Debt” means, with respect
to any specified Person, Indebtedness of any other Person existing
at the time such other Person merges with or into or becomes a
Subsidiary of such specified Person, or Indebtedness incurred by
such specified Person in connection with the acquisition of assets,
including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or
becoming a Subsidiary of such specified Person or the acquisition
of such assets, as the case may be.
“Acquired Subscriber” means a
subscriber to a telecommunications service provided by a
telecommunications service provider that is not an Affiliate of the
Company at the time the Company or one of its Restricted
Subsidiaries purchases the right to provide telecommunications
services to such subscriber from such telecommunications service
provider, whether directly or through the acquisition of the entity
providing telecommunications services or assets used or to be used
to provide telecommunications service to such
subscriber.
“Acquired Subscriber Debt” means (i)
Indebtedness, the proceeds of which are used to pay the purchase
price for Acquired Subscribers or to acquire the entity which has
the right to provide telecommunications services to such Acquired
Subscribers or to acquire from such entity or an Affiliate of such
entity assets used or to be used in connection with such
telecommunications business; provided that such Indebtedness
is incurred within three years after the date of the acquisition of
such Acquired Subscriber and (ii) Acquired Debt of any
such
entity being
acquired; provided that in no event shall the amount of such
Indebtedness and Acquired Debt for any Acquired Subscriber exceed
the sum of the actual purchase price (inclusive of such Acquired
Debt) for such Acquired Subscriber, such entity and such assets
plus the cost of converting such Acquired Subscriber to usage of a
delivery format for telecommunications services made available by
the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person
means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person. For purposes of this definition,
“control” (including, with correlative meanings, the
terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and
“under common control with”), as used with respect to
any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of
the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or
policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by agreement or otherwise; provided ,
however , that no individual, other than a director of DISH
or the Company or an officer of DISH or the Company with a policy
making function, shall be deemed an Affiliate of the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries solely by reason of such individual’s
employment, position or responsibilities by or with respect to
DISH, the Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.
“Agent” means any Registrar, Paying
Agent or co-registrar.
“Applicable Procedures” means, with
respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests
in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary that
apply to such transfer or exchange.
“Bankruptcy Law” means title 11,
U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of
debtors.
“Board of Directors” means the Board
of Directors of the Company.
“Broker-Dealer” has the meaning set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Business Day” means any day other
than a Legal Holiday.
“Capital Lease Obligation” means, as
to any Person, the obligations of such Person under a lease that
are required to be classified and accounted for as capital lease
obligations under GAAP and, for purposes of this definition, the
amount of such obligations at the time any determination thereof is
to be made shall be the amount of the liability in respect of a
capital lease that would at such time be so required to be
capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP.
“Capital Stock” means any and all
shares, interests, participations, rights or other equivalents,
however designated, of corporate stock or partnership or membership
interests, whether common or preferred.
“Cash Equivalents” means:
(a) United States dollars; (b) securities issued or
directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States
government or any agency or instrumentality thereof having
maturities of not more than two years from the date of
acquisition;
(c) certificates of deposit and eurodollar
time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of
acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not
exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with
any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess
of $500 million; (d) repurchase obligations with a term of not
more than 30 days for underlying securities of the types described
in clauses (b) and (c) entered into with any financial institution
meeting the qualifications specified in clause (c) above;
(e) commercial paper rated P-2 or better, A-2 or better or the
equivalent thereof by Moody’s or S&P, respectively, and
in each case maturing within twelve months after the date of
acquisition; and (f) money market funds offered by any
domestic commercial or investment bank having capital and surplus
in excess of $500 million at least 95% of the assets of which
constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (a)
through (e) of this definition.
“Change of Control” means: (a) any
transaction or series of transactions the result of which is that
any Person (other than the Principal or a Related Party)
individually owns more than 50% of the total Equity Interest of
DISH Network Corporation; (b) the first day on which a majority of
the members of the Board of Directors of DISH Network Corporation
are not Continuing Directors; or (c) any time that DISH Network
Corporation shall cease to beneficially own 100% of the Equity
Interests of the Company.
“Change of Control Event” means the
occurrence of a Change of Control and a Rating Decline.
“Communications Act” means the
Communications Act of 1934, as amended.
“Consolidated Cash Flow” means, with
respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income
of such Person for such period, plus, to the extent deducted in
computing Consolidated Net Income: (a) provision for taxes
based on income or profits; (b) Consolidated Interest Expense;
(c) depreciation and amortization (including amortization of
goodwill and other intangibles) of such Person for such period; and
(d) any extraordinary loss and any net loss realized in
connection with any Asset Sale, in each case, on a consolidated
basis determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that
Consolidated Cash Flow shall not include interest income derived
from the net proceeds of the Offering.
“Consolidated Interest Expense”
means, with respect to any Person for any period, consolidated
interest expense of such Person for such period, whether paid or
accrued, including amortization of original issue discount and
deferred financing costs, non-cash interest payments and the
interest component of Capital Lease Obligations, on a consolidated
basis determined in accordance with GAAP; provided ,
however , that with respect to the calculation of the
consolidated interest expense of the Company, the interest expense
of Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall be excluded.
“Consolidated Net Income” means,
with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net
Income of such Person and its Subsidiaries or, if such Person is
the Company, of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries for
such period, on a consolidated basis, determined in accordance with
GAAP; provided , however , that: (a) the Net Income
of any Person that is not a 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 paid in cash to
the
referent
Person, in the case of a gain, or to the extent of any
contributions or other payments by the referent Person, in the case
of a loss; (b) the Net Income of any Person that is a Subsidiary
that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be included only to the
extent of the amount of dividends or distributions paid in cash to
the referent Person; (c) the Net Income of any Person acquired in a
pooling of interests transaction for any period prior to the date
of such acquisition shall be excluded; (d) the Net Income of any
Subsidiary of such Person shall be excluded to the extent that the
declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions is not
at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its charter or
bylaws or any other agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order,
statute, rule or government regulation to which it is subject; and
(e) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles
shall be excluded.
“Consolidated Net Tangible Assets”
means, with respect to any Person, the aggregate amount of assets
of such Person (less applicable reserves and other properly
deductible items) after deducting therefrom (to the extent
otherwise included therein) (a) all current liabilities and (b) all
goodwill, trade names, trademarks, patents, unamortized debt
discount and expense and other like intangibles, all as set forth
on the books and records of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal
quarter and computed in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Net Worth” means, with
respect to any Person, the sum of: (a) the stockholders’
equity of such Person; plus (b) the amount reported on such
Person’s most recent balance sheet with respect to any series
of preferred stock (other than Disqualified Stock) that by its
terms is not entitled to the payment of dividends unless such
dividends may be declared and paid only out of net earnings in
respect of the year of such declaration and payment, but only to
the extent of any cash received by such Person upon issuance of
such preferred stock, less: (i) all write-ups (other than write-ups
resulting from foreign currency translations and write-ups of
tangible assets of a going concern business made within 12 months
after the acquisition of such business) subsequent to the date of
this Indenture in the book value of any asset owned by such Person
or a consolidated Subsidiary of such Person; and (ii) all
unamortized debt discount and expense and unamortized deferred
charges, all of the foregoing determined on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“Continuing Director” means, as of
any date of determination, any member of the Board of Directors of
DISH Network Corporation who: (a) was a member of such Board of
Directors on the date of this Indenture; or (b) was nominated for
election or elected to such Board of Directors with the affirmative
vote of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of
such Board at the time of such nomination or election or was
nominated for election or elected by the Principal and his Related
Parties.
“Corporate Trust Office of the
Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in
Section 11.02 or such other address as to which the Trustee may
give notice to the Company.
“Custodian” means the Trustee, as
custodian with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity
thereto.
“DBS” means direct broadcast
satellite.
“DDBS Notes” means the 2003
DDBS Notes, the 2004 DDBS Notes, the 2006 DDBS Notes and the 2008
DDBS Notes.
“DDBS Notes Indentures” means the
2003 DDBS Notes Indenture, the 2004 DDBS Notes Indenture, the 2006
DDBS Notes Indentures and the 2008 DDBS Notes Indenture.
“Default” means any event that is,
or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would
be, an Event of Default.
“Deferred Payments” means
Indebtedness owed to satellite construction or launch contractors
incurred after the date of this Indenture in connection with the
construction or launch of one or more satellites of the Company or
its Restricted Subsidiaries used by the Company and/or them in the
businesses described in Section 4.16 in an aggregate principal
amount not to exceed $400 million at any one time
outstanding.
“Definitive Note” means a
certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and
issued in accordance with Section 2.06 of this Indenture,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except
that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not
have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global
Note” attached thereto.
“Depositary” means The Depository
Trust Company and any and all successors thereto appointed as
depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to an
applicable provision of this Indenture.
“DISH” means Dish Network
Corporation, a Nevada corporation, together with each Wholly Owned
Subsidiary of DISH that beneficially owns 100% of the Equity
Interests of the Company, but only so long as DISH beneficially
owns 100% of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary.
“Dish Network” means the DBS service
of the Company and its Subsidiaries.
“Disqualified Stock” means any
Capital Stock which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security
into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or
upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily
redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or
redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in
part, on or prior to the date on which the Notes mature;
provided , however , that any such Capital Stock may
require the issuer of such Capital Stock to make an offer to
purchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of certain events
if the terms of such Capital Stock provide that such an offer may
not be satisfied and the purchase of such Capital Stock may not be
consummated until the 91st day after the Notes have been paid in
full.
“DNCC” means Dish Network Credit
Corporation, a Colorado corporation.
“DNLLC” means Dish Network L.L.C., a
Colorado limited liability company.
“EchoStar” means EchoStar
Corporation, a Nevada corporation.
“EchoStar I” means the
Company’s high-powered direct broadcast satellite as
identified in DISH’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2007 and consolidated financial statements
included therein.
“EchoStar II” means the
Company’s high-powered direct broadcast satellite identified
in DISH’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2007 and consolidated financial statements included
therein.
“Eligible Institution” means a
commercial banking institution that has combined capital and
surplus of not less than $500 million or its equivalent in foreign
currency, whose debt is rated Investment Grade at the time as of
which any investment or rollover therein is made.
“Equity Interests” means Capital
Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital
Stock (but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or
exchangeable for, Capital Stock).
“ETC” means EchoStar Technologies
Corporation, a Texas corporation.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
“Exchange Notes” means the Notes
issued in the Exchange Offer pursuant to Section 2.06(f) or
pursuant to a registered exchange offer for Notes with a Private
Placement Legend issued after the Issue Date.
“Exchange Offer” has the meaning set
forth in the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the
Notes.
“Exchange Offer Registration
Statement” has the meaning set forth in the Registration
Rights Agreement with respect to the Notes.
“Existing Indebtedness” means the
Notes and any other Indebtedness of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in existence on the date of this Indenture until such
amounts are repaid.
“FCC” means Federal Communications
Commission.
“GAAP” means United States 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 may be approved by a
significant segment of the accounting profession of the United
States, which are applicable as of the date of determination;
provided that, except as otherwise specifically provided,
all calculations made for purposes of determining compliance with
the terms of the provisions of this Indenture shall utilize GAAP as
in effect on the date of this Indenture.
“Global Note Legend” means the
legend set forth in Section 2.01, which is required to be placed on
all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.
“Global Notes” means,
individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes
and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto issued in accordance with Section 2.01
or 2.06 of this Indenture.
“Government Securities” means direct
obligations of, or obligations guaranteed by, the United States of
America for the payment of which guarantee or obligations the full
faith and credit of the United States of America is
pledged.
“guarantee” means a guarantee (other
than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner
(including, without limitation, letters of credit and reimbursement
agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any
Indebtedness.
“Guarantee” means a guarantee by a
Guarantor of the Notes.
“Guarantor” means any entity that
executes a Guarantee of the obligations of the Company under the
Notes, and their respective successors and assigns.
“Hedging Obligations” means, with
respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person pursuant to
any arrangement with any other Person, whereby, directly or
indirectly, such Person is entitled to receive from time to time
periodic payments calculated by applying either floating or a fixed
rate of interest on a stated notional amount in exchange for
periodic payments made by such other Person calculated by applying
a fixed or a floating rate of interest on the same notional amount
and shall include, without limitation, interest rate swaps, caps,
floors, collars and similar agreements designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in interest rates.
“Holder” means a Person in whose
name a Note is registered.
“Indebtedness” means, with respect
to any Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not
contingent, in respect of borrowed money or evidenced by bonds,
notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof) or representing the
balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property
(including pursuant to capital leases) or representing any Hedging
Obligations, except any such balance that constitutes an accrued
expense or trade payable, if and to the extent any of the foregoing
(other than Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a
balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP, and
also includes, to the extent not otherwise included, the amount of
all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption,
repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with
respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, the liquidation
preference with respect to, any Preferred Equity Interests (but
excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends) as well as the
guarantee of items that would be included within this
definition.
“Indebtedness to Cash Flow Ratio”
means, with respect to any Person, the ratio of: (a) the
Indebtedness of such Person and its Subsidiaries (or, if such
Person is the Company, of the Company and its Restricted
Subsidiaries) as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal
quarter, plus the amount of any Indebtedness incurred subsequent to
the end of such fiscal quarter; to (b) such Person’s
Consolidated Cash Flow for the most recently ended four full
fiscal
quarters for
which internal financial statements are available immediately
preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation
is being made shall occur (the “Measurement Period”);
provided , however ; that if such Person or any of
its Subsidiaries (or, if such Person is the Company, any of its
Restricted Subsidiaries) consummates an acquisition, merger or
other business combination or an Asset Sale or other disposition of
assets subsequent to the commencement of the Measurement Period for
which the calculation of the Indebtedness to Cash Flow Ratio is
made, then the Indebtedness to Cash Flow Ratio shall be calculated
giving pro forma effect to such transaction(s) as if the same had
occurred at the beginning of the applicable period.
“Indenture” means this Indenture, as
amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Indirect Participant” means a
Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a
Participant.
“Initial Notes” means the $1 billion
aggregate principal amount 7.875% Senior Notes due 2019 of the
Company issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date.
“Initial Purchaser” means, with
respect to the Notes, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
“Investment Grade” means, with
respect to a security, that such security is rated at least BBB- or
higher by S&P or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s (or, in the
event of change in ratings systems, the equivalent of such ratings
by S&P or Moody’s), or the equivalent rating of another
nationally recognized statistical rating organization.
“Investments” means, with respect to
any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons
(including Affiliates) in the forms of loans (including
guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding
commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees
made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other
acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or
other securities and all other items that are or would be
classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance
with GAAP.
“Issue Date” means August 17, 2009,
the date of original issuance of the Initial Notes.
“Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a
Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the City of New
York or at a place of payment are authorized or required by law,
regulation or executive order to remain closed. If a payment date
is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at
that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday,
and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.
“Letter of Transmittal” means the
letter of transmittal to be prepared by the Company and sent to all
Holders of the Notes for use by such Holders in connection with the
Exchange Offer.
“Lien” means, with respect to any
asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or
encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not
filed,
recorded or
otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any conditional
sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature
thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a security
interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing
statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statute)
of any jurisdiction).
“Marketable Securities” means: (a)
Government Securities; (b) any certificate of deposit maturing not
more than 365 days after the date of acquisition issued by, or time
deposit of, an Eligible Institution; (c) commercial paper or
corporate securities maturing not more than 18 months after the
date of acquisition issued by a corporation (other than an
Affiliate of the Company) with an Investment Grade rating, at the
time as of which any investment therein is made, issued or offered
by an Eligible Institution; (d) any bankers’ acceptances or
money market deposit accounts issued or offered by an Eligible
Institution; and (e) any fund investing exclusively in investments
of the types described in clauses (a) through (d) above.
“Maximum Secured Amount” means 3.75
times the Trailing Cash Flow Amount, or, if greater and (i)
following a Fall Away Event or (ii) during a period in which
covenants do not apply as a result of the occurrence of the event
described in the second paragraph of Section 4.21, 15% of the
Company’s Consolidated Net Tangible Assets.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s
Investor Service, Inc.
“Net Income” means, with respect to
any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in
accordance with GAAP, excluding, however, any gain (but not loss),
together with any related provision for taxes on such gain (but not
loss), realized in connection with any Asset Sale (including,
without limitation, dispositions pursuant to sale and leaseback
transactions), and excluding any extraordinary gain (but not loss),
together with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary
gain (but not loss) and excluding any unusual gain (but not loss)
relating to recovery of insurance proceeds on satellites, together
with any related provision for taxes on such extraordinary gain
(but not loss).
“Net Proceeds” means the aggregate
cash proceeds received by the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in respect of any Asset Sale, net
of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale (including, without
limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, 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), amounts required to be applied to the
repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the asset or assets
that are the subject of such Asset Sale and any reserve for
adjustment in respect of the sale price of such asset or assets.
Net Proceeds shall exclude any non-cash proceeds received from any
Asset Sale, but shall include such proceeds when and as converted
by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to cash.
“Non-Core Assets” means: (1) all
intangible present and possible future authorizations, rights,
interests and other intangible assets related to all
“western” DBS orbital locations other than the 148
degree orbital slot (as the term “western” is used by
the FCC) held by the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries at any
time; (2) all intangible present and possible future
authorizations, rights, interests and other intangible assets
related to the fixed satellite service in the Ku-band, extended
Ku-band, Ka-band and C-band held by the Company and/or
any of its
Subsidiaries at any time; (3) all present and possible future
intangible authorizations, rights, interests and other intangible
assets related to any mobile satellite service held by the Company
and/or any of its Subsidiaries at any time; (4) all present and
possible future intangible authorizations, rights, interests and
other intangible assets related to local multi-point distribution
service; and (5) any Subsidiary of the Company the assets of which
consist solely of (i) any combination of the foregoing and (ii)
other assets to the extent permitted under the provision described
under the second paragraph of Section 4.19.
“Non-Recourse Indebtedness” of any
Person means Indebtedness of such Person that: (i) is not
guaranteed by any other Person (except a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of
the referent Person); (ii) is not recourse to and does not obligate
any other Person (except a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the referent
Person) in any way; (iii) does not subject any property or assets
of any other Person (except a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the
referent Person), directly or indirectly, contingently or
otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, and (iv) is not required by
GAAP to be reflected on the financial statements of any other
Person (other than a Subsidiary of the referent Person) prepared in
accordance with GAAP.
“Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who
is not a U.S. Person.
“Notes” means the Initial Notes, the
Exchange Notes and any other notes issued after the Issue Date in
accordance with the fourth paragraph of Section 2.02 of this
Indenture treated as a single class of securities.
“Obligations” means any principal,
interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements,
damages and other liabilities payable under the documentation
governing any Indebtedness.
“Offering” means the offering of the
Notes pursuant to the Offering Memorandum.
“Offering Memorandum” means the
Offering Memorandum, dated as of August 12, 2009, relating to and
used in connection with the Offering.
“Officer” means, with respect to any
Person, the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, Controller,
Secretary or any Vice-President of such Person.
“Officers’ Certificate” means
a certificate signed on behalf of the Company by two Officers of
the Company, one of whom must be the principal executive officer,
principal financial officer, treasurer or principal accounting
officer of the Company.
“Opinion of Counsel” means an
opinion from legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to
the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or the
Trustee.
“Participant” means, with
respect to the Depositary, a Person who has an account with the
Depositary.
“Permitted Investments” means:
(a) Investments in the Company or in a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary that is a Guarantor; (b) Investments in Cash Equivalents
and Marketable Securities; and (c) Investments by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries in a Person if, as a result of such
Investment: (i) such Person becomes a Wholly Owned Restricted
Subsidiary and becomes a Guarantor, or (ii) such Person is merged,
consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys
substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the
Company or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary that is a
Guarantor; provided that if at any time a Restricted
Subsidiary of the Company shall cease to be a Subsidiary of the
Company, the Company shall be deemed to have made a Restricted
Investment in the amount of its remaining investment, if any, in
such former Subsidiary.
(a) Liens
securing the Notes and Liens securing any Guarantee;
(b) Liens
securing the Deferred Payments;
(c) Liens
securing any Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 of this
Indenture; provided that such Liens under this clause (c)
shall not secure Indebtedness in an amount exceeding the Maximum
Secured Amount at the time that such Lien is incurred;
(d) Liens
securing Purchase Money Indebtedness; provided that such
Indebtedness was permitted to be incurred by the terms of this
Indenture and such Liens do not extend to any assets of the Company
or its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the assets so
acquired;
(e) Liens
securing Indebtedness the proceeds of which are used to develop,
construct, launch or insure any satellites other than EchoStar I
and EchoStar II; provided that such Indebtedness was
permitted to be incurred by the terms of this Indenture and such
Liens do not extend to any assets of the Company or its Restricted
Subsidiaries other than such satellites being developed,
constructed, launched or insured, and to the related licenses,
permits and construction, launch and TT&C contracts;
(f) Liens
on orbital slots, licenses and other assets and rights of the
Company, provided that such orbital slots, licenses and
other assets and rights relate solely to the satellites referred to
in clause (e) of this definition;
(g) Liens
on property of a Person existing at the time such Person is merged
into or consolidated with the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries, provided that such Liens were not incurred in
connection with, or in contemplation of, such merger or
consolidation, other than in the ordinary course of
business;
(h) Liens
on property of an Unrestricted Subsidiary at the time that it is
designated as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to the definition of
“Unrestricted Subsidiary;” provided that such
Liens were not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of,
such designation;
(i) Liens
on property existing at the time of acquisition thereof by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; provided that
such Liens were not incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation of, such acquisition and do not extend to any assets
of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries other than the
property so acquired;
(j) Liens
to secure the performance of statutory obligations, surety or
appeal bonds or performance bonds, or landlords’,
carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’,
suppliers’, materialmen’s or other like Liens, in any
case incurred in the ordinary course of business and with respect
to amounts not yet delinquent or being contested in good faith by
appropriate process of law, if a reserve or other appropriate
provision, if any, as is required by GAAP shall have been made
therefor;
(k) Liens
existing on the Issue Date;
(l) Liens
for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or claims that are
not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings promptly instituted and diligently
concluded; provided that any reserve or other appropriate
provision as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have
been made therefor;
(m) Liens
incurred in the ordinary course of the business of the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including, without limitation,
Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness) with respect to
obligations that do not exceed $100 million in principal amount in
the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
(n) Liens
securing Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $50 million
incurred pursuant to clause (11) of the second paragraph of Section
4.09 of this Indenture;
(o) Liens
on any asset of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries
securing Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $50
million;
(p) Liens
securing Indebtedness permitted under clause (12) of the second
paragraph of Section 4.09 of this Indenture; provided that
such Liens shall not extend to assets other than the assets that
secure such Indebtedness being refinanced;
(q) any
interest or title of a lessor under any Capital Lease Obligations;
provided that such Capital Lease Obligation is permitted
under the other provisions of this Indenture;
(r) Liens
permitted to be incurred under the DDBS Notes
Indentures;
(s) Liens
not provided for in clauses (a) through (r) above, securing
Indebtedness incurred in compliance with the terms of this
Indenture; provided that the Notes are secured by the assets
subject to such Liens on an equal and ratable basis or on a basis
prior to such Liens; provided that to the extent that such
Lien secured Indebtedness that is subordinated to the Notes, such
Lien shall be subordinated to and be later in priority than the
Notes on the same basis; and
(t) extensions,
renewals or refundings of any Liens referred to in clauses (a)
through (q) above; provided that (i) any such extension,
renewal or refunding does not extend to any assets or secure any
Indebtedness not securing or secured by the Liens being extended,
renewed or refinanced and (ii) any extension, renewal or refunding
of a Lien originally incurred pursuant to clause (c) above shall
not secure Indebtedness in an amount greater than the Maximum
Secured Amount at the time of such extension, renewal or
refunding.
“Person” means any individual,
corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture,
association, joint-stock company, trust or unincorporated
organization (including any subdivision or ongoing business of any
such entity or substantially all of the assets of any such entity,
subdivision or business).
“Preferred Equity Interest,” in any
Person, means an Equity Interest of any class or classes (however
designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or
distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any
voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person,
over Equity Interests of any other class in such Person.
“Principal” means Charles W.
Ergen.
“Private Placement Legend” means the
legend set forth in Section 2.01 to be placed on all Notes issued
under this Indenture except where otherwise permitted by the
provisions of this Indenture.
“Purchase Money Indebtedness” means
(i) Indebtedness of the Company, or any Guarantor incurred
(within 365 days of such purchase) to finance the purchase of any
assets (including the purchase of Equity Interests of Persons that
are not Affiliates of the Company or the Guarantors): (a) to the
extent the amount of Indebtedness thereunder does not exceed 100%
of the purchase cost of such assets; and (b) to the extent that no
more than $50 million of such Indebtedness at any one time
outstanding is recourse to the Company or any of its Restricted
Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets, other than the
assets so purchased; and (ii) Indebtedness of the Company or
any Guarantor which refinances Indebtedness referred to in clause
(i) of this definition; provided that such refinancing
satisfies subclauses (a) and (b) of such clause (i).
“QIB” means a “qualified
institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.
“Rating Agency” or “Rating
Agencies” means: (a) S&P; (b) Moody’s;
or (c) if S&P or Moody’s or both shall not make a rating
of the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized securities
rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the
Company, which shall be substituted for S&P or Moody’s or
both, as the case may be.
“Rating Decline” means the
occurrence on any date from and after the date of the public notice
by the Company or another Person seeking to effect a Change of
Control of an arrangement that, in the Company’s good faith
judgment, is expected to result in a Change of Control until the
end of the 60 day period following public notice of the occurrence
of a Change of Control or abandonment of the expected Change of
Control transaction (which period shall be extended so long as the
rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for
possible downgrade by any Rating Agency) of a decline in the rating
of the Notes by either
Rating Agency
by at least one notch in the gradation of the rating scale (e.g., +
or – for S&P or 1, 2 and 3 for Moody’s) from such
Rating Agency’s rating of the Notes.
“Receivables Trust” means a trust
organized solely for the purpose of securitizing the accounts
receivable held by the Accounts Receivable Subsidiary that: (a)
shall not engage in any business other than (i) the purchase of
accounts receivable or participation interests therein from the
Accounts Receivable Subsidiary and the servicing thereof, (ii) the
issuance of and distribution of payments with respect to the
securities permitted to be issued under clause (b) below and (iii)
other activities incidental to the foregoing; (b) shall not at any
time incur Indebtedness or issue any securities, except (i)
certificates representing undivided interests in the trust issued
to the Accounts Receivable Subsidiary and (ii) debt securities
issued in an arm’s length transaction for consideration
solely in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents, all of which (net
of any issuance fees and expenses) shall promptly be paid to the
Accounts Receivable Subsidiary; and (c) shall distribute to the
Accounts Receivable Subsidiary as a distribution on the Accounts
Receivable Subsidiary’s beneficial interest in the trust no
less frequently than once every six months all available cash and
Cash Equivalents held by it, to the extent not required for
reasonable operating expenses or reserves therefor or to service
any securities issued pursuant to clause (b) above that are not
held by the Accounts Receivable Subsidiary.
“Registration Rights Agreement”
means the Registration Rights Agreement for the Notes, dated as of
August 17, 2009, by and among the Company, the Guarantors, the
Initial Purchaser and any other parties named on the signature
pages thereof, as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
“Regulation S” means Regulation S
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Regulation S Global Note” means one
or more Global Notes substantially in the form of Exhibit A
hereto bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement
Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the
name of, the Depositary or its nominee, which, in the aggregate,
are equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes
initially sold by the Company in reliance on Rule 903 of Regulation
S.
“Related Party” means, with respect
to the Principal, (a) the spouse and each immediate family member
of the Principal and (b) each trust, corporation, partnership or
other entity of which the Principal beneficially holds an 80% or
more controlling interest.
“Responsible Officer,” when used
with respect to the Trustee, means any officer within the Corporate
Trust Administration of the Trustee (or any successor group of the
Trustee) or any other officer of the Trustee customarily performing
functions similar to those performed by any of the above designated
officers and also means, with respect to a particular corporate
trust matter, any other officer to whom such matter is referred
because of his knowledge of and familiarity with the particular
subject.
“Restricted Definitive Note” means a
Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Global Note” means a
Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.
“Restricted Investment” means an
Investment other than Permitted Investments.
“Restricted Period” means the 40-day
distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation
S.
“Restricted Subsidiary” or
“Restricted Subsidiaries” means any corporation,
association or other business entity of which more than 50% of the
total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without
regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the
election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time
owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Company or one
or more Subsidiaries of the Company or a combination thereof, other
than Unrestricted Subsidiaries.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 903” means Rule 903
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 904” means Rule 904
promulgated under the Securities Act.
“S&P” means Standard &
Poor’s Ratings Group, a division of The McGraw Hill
Companies, Inc.
“Satellite Receiver” means any
satellite receiver capable of receiving programming from the Dish
Network.
“SEC” means the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
“Securities Act” means the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
“Shelf Registration Statement” means
the Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the Registration
Rights Agreement.
“Significant Subsidiary” means any
Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as
defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on
the Issue Date.
“Subsidiary” or
“Subsidiaries” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock
entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is
at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such
Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of such Person or a
combination thereof.
“TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act
of 1939 as in effect on the date of this Indenture.
“Trailing Cash Flow Amount”
means the Consolidated Cash Flow of the Company during the most
recent four fiscal quarters of the Company for which financial
statements are available; provided that if the Company or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consummates a merger,
acquisition or other business combination or an Asset Sale or other
disposition of assets subsequent to the commencement of such period
but prior to or contemporaneously with the event for which the
calculation of Trailing Cash Flow Amount is made, then Trailing
Cash Flow Amount shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to
such material acquisition or Asset Sale or other disposition of
assets, as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the
applicable period.
“Trustee” means the party named as
such above until a successor replaces it in accordance with the
applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the
successor serving hereunder.
“TT&C” means telemetry, tracking
and control.
“U.S. Person” means a U.S. Person as
defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.
“Unrestricted Definitive Note” means
one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required
to bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Global Note” means a
permanent Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A
attached hereto that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the
“Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note”
attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and
registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that
do not bear the Private Placement Legend.
“Unrestricted Subsidiary” or
“Unrestricted Subsidiaries” means: (A) E-Sat, Inc.,
Wright Travel Corporation, DISH Real Estate Corporation V, EchoStar
International (Mauritius) Ltd., EchoStar Manufacturing &
Distribution Private Ltd. India, Celsat America, WS Acquisition
L.L.C., Flextracker Sdn. Bhd., Echosphere De Mexico S. De R.L. De
C.V., and EIC Spain, S.L.; and (B) any Subsidiary of the Company
designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in a resolution of the
Board of Directors:
(a) no
portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligation (contingent or
otherwise) of which, immediately after such
designation: (i) is guaranteed by the Company or any
other Subsidiary of the Company (other than another Unrestricted
Subsidiary); (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Company or any
other Subsidiary of the Company (other than another Unrestricted
Subsidiary) in any way; or (iii) subjects any property or asset of
the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company (other than
another Unrestricted Subsidiary), directly or indirectly,
contingently or otherwise, to satisfaction thereof;
(b) with
which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary of the Company
(other than another Unrestricted Subsidiary) has any contract,
agreement, arrangement, understanding or is subject to an
obligation of any kind, written or oral, other than on
terms no less
favorable to the Company or such other Subsidiary than those that
might be obtained at the time from Persons who are not Affiliates
of the Company; and
(c) with
which neither the Company nor any other Subsidiary of the Company
(other than another Unrestricted Subsidiary) has any obligation:
(i) to subscribe for additional shares of Capital Stock or other
equity interests therein; or (ii) to maintain or preserve such
Subsidiary’s financial condition or to cause such Subsidiary
to achieve certain levels of operating results;
provided , however , that neither DNLLC nor
Echosphere L.L.C. may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
If at any time after the date of this Indenture the Company
designates an additional Subsidiary (other than ETC or a Subsidiary
that constitutes a Non-Core Asset) as an Unrestricted Subsidiary,
the Company will be deemed to have made a Restricted Investment in
an amount equal to the fair market value (as determined in good
faith by the Board of Directors of the Company evidenced by a
resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and set forth
in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Trustee no later
than ten business days following a request from the Trustee, which
certificate shall cover the six months preceding the date of the
request) of such Subsidiary and to have incurred all Indebtedness
of such Unrestricted Subsidiary. An Unrestricted Subsidiary may be
designated as a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company if, at the
time of such designation after giving pro forma effect thereto, no
Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be
continuing.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity”
means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of
years obtained by dividing (a) the then outstanding principal
amount of such Indebtedness into (b) the total of the product
obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining
installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required
payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in
respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the
nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the
making of such payment.
“Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary”
means a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company that is a Restricted
Subsidiary.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means,
with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary all of the outstanding
voting stock (other than directors’ qualifying shares) of
which is owned by such Person, directly or indirectly.
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4.10
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“Change
of Control
Offer”
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4.15
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“Change
of Control
Payment”
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4.15
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“Change
of Control Payment
Date”
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4.15
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Preamble
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8.03
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2.01
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4.19
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6.01
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4.10
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3.08
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4.21
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4.21
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“H.15
Statistical
Release”
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3.07
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4.09
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8.02
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3.07
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“Non-Core
Asset Amount
Due”
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4.19
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3.08
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3.08
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2.03
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6.01
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4.19
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4.09
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“Private
Placement
Legend”
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2.01
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3.08
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“Refinancing
Indebtedness”
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4.09
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2.03
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3.07
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4.07
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3.07
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Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture
Act .
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Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of
the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a
part of this Indenture.
The following TIA terms used in this Indenture
have the following meanings:
“indenture securities” means the
Notes;
“indenture security Holder” means a
Holder of a Note;
“indenture to be qualified” means
this Indenture;
“indenture trustee” or
“institutional trustee” means the Trustee;
“obligor” on the Notes means each of
the Company and any successor obligor upon the Notes.
All other terms used in this Indenture that are
defined by the TIA, defined by reference to another statute or
defined by SEC rule under the TIA have the meanings so assigned to
them.
Unless the context otherwise
requires:
(1) a term has the
meaning assigned to it;
(2) an accounting term
not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance
with GAAP;
(3) “or”
is not exclusive;
(4) words in the
singular include the plural, and in the plural include the
singular; and
(5) provisions apply
to successive events and transactions.
ARTICLE
2
THE NOTES
The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of
authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit
A hereto, the terms of which are incorporated in and made a
part of this Indenture. The Notes may have notations, legends or
endorsements approved as to form by the Company, and required by
law, stock exchange rule, agreements to which the Company is
subject or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of its
authentication. The Notes shall be issuable only in denominations
of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof.
The Notes shall initially be issued in the form
of one or more Global Notes and the Depository Trust Company
(“DTC”), its nominees, and their respective successors,
shall act as the Depositary with respect thereto. Each Global Note
shall (i) be registered in the name of the
Depositary for
such Global Note or the nominee of such Depositary, (ii) shall be
delivered by the Trustee to such Depositary or pursuant to such
Depositary’s instructions, and (iii) shall bear a legend (the
“Global Note Legend”) substantially to the following
effect:
UNLESS THIS
CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE
DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), TO THE COMPANY OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION
OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS
REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS
IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY
PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE
& CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
THIS NOTE IS A
GLOBAL NOTE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE INDENTURE HEREINAFTER
REFERRED TO AND IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A DEPOSITARY OR A
NOMINEE OF A DEPOSITARY OR A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. THIS NOTE IS NOT
EXCHANGEABLE FOR SECURITIES REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF A PERSON
OTHER THAN THE DEPOSITARY OR ITS NOMINEE EXCEPT IN THE LIMITED
CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE, AND NO TRANSFER OF THIS
NOTE (OTHER THAN A TRANSFER OF THIS NOTE AS A WHOLE BY THE
DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE
DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY
OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY
OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY) MAY BE REGISTERED EXCEPT
IN THE LIMITED CIRCUMSTANCES DESCRIBED IN THE INDENTURE.
Except as permitted by Section 2.06(g), any Note
not registered under the Securities Act shall bear the following
legend (the “Private Placement Legend”) on the face
thereof:
THIS NOTE HAS
NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED
(THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
LAWS. NEITHER THIS NOTE NOR ANY INTEREST OR
PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE OFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED,
PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH
REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT
SUBJECT TO, THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES
ACT. THE HOLDER OF THIS NOTE BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF
AGREES TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE, PRIOR TO
THE
DATE WHICH IS
TWO YEARS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE
LAST DATE ON WHICH THE COMPANY OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE COMPANY WAS
THE OWNER OF THIS NOTE (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF THIS NOTE) (THE
“RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) ONLY (A) TO THE
COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO AN EFFECTIVE
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS
THE NOTES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT (“RULE 144A”), TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY
BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS
DEFINED IN RULE 144A THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE
ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN
THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D)
PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES TO NON-U.S. PERSONS THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT AND OTHERWISE IN COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION
FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT
TO THE COMPANY’S AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY
SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) PRIOR TO THE
END OF THE 40 DAY DISTRIBUTION COMPLIANCE PERIOD WITHIN THE MEANING
OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (E)
PRIOR TO THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE TO REQUIRE THE
DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER
INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND
WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF A HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE
RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE.
The Trustee
must refuse to register any transfer of a Note bearing the Private
Placement Legend that would violate the restrictions described in
such legend.
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Form of
Execution and Authentication .
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Two Officers of the Company shall sign the Notes
for the Company by manual or facsimile signature. The
Company’s seal may be reproduced on the Notes.
If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no
longer holds that office at the time the Note is authenticated, the
Note shall nevertheless be valid.
A Note shall not be valid until authenticated by
the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature of the Trustee
shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated
under this Indenture.
The Trustee shall authenticate (i) Initial Notes
for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal
amount of $1 billion, (ii) pursuant to the Exchange
Offer, Exchange Notes from time to time for issue only in exchange
for a like principal amount of Initial Notes and (iii) subject to
compliance with Section 4.09, one or more series of Notes for
original issue after the Issue Date (such Notes to be substantially
in the form of Exhibit A ) in an unlimited amount (and if
issued with a Private Placement Legend, the same principal amount
of Exchange Notes in exchange therefor upon consummation of a
registered exchange offer) in each case upon written orders of the
Company in the form of an Officers’ Certificate, which
Officers’ Certificate shall, in the case of any issuance
pursuant to clause (iii) above, certify that such issuance is in
compliance with Section 4.09. In addition, each such
Officers’ Certificate shall specify the amount of Notes to be
authenticated, the date on which the Notes are to be authenticated,
whether the Securities are to be Initial Notes, Exchange Notes or
Notes issued under clause (iii) of the preceding sentence and the
aggregate principal amount of Notes outstanding on the date of
authentication, and shall further specify the amount of such Notes
to be issued as a Global Note or Definitive Notes. Such Notes shall
initially be in the form of one or more Global Notes, which (i)
shall represent, and shall be denominated in an amount equal to the
aggregate principal amount of, the Notes to be issued, (ii) shall
be registered in the name of the Depositary for such Global Note or
Notes or its nominee and (iii) shall be delivered by the Trustee to
the Depositary or pursuant to the Depositary’s instruction.
All Notes issued under this Indenture shall vote and consent
together on all matters as one class and no series of Notes will
have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any
matter.
The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent
acceptable to the Company to authenticate Notes. Unless limited by
the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may
authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference
in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes
authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same
rights as an Agent to deal with the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company.
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Registrar
and Paying Agent .
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The Company shall maintain (i) an office or
agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or
for exchange (including any co-registrar, the
“Registrar”) and (ii) an office or agency where Notes
may be presented for payment (“Paying Agent”). The
Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer
and exchange. The Company may appoint one or more co-registrars and
one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying
Agent” includes any additional paying agent. The Company may
change any Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar without prior
notice to any Holder of a Note. The Company shall notify the
Trustee and the Trustee shall notify the Holders of the Notes of
the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture.
The Company may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or co-registrar. The
Company shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any
Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the
provisions of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions
of this Indenture that relate to such Agent. The Company shall
notify the Trustee of the name and address of any such Agent. If
the Company fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, or fails
to give the foregoing notice, the Trustee shall act as such, and
shall be entitled to appropriate compensation in accordance with
Section 7.07.
The Company initially appoints the Trustee as
Registrar, Paying Agent and agent for service of notices and
demands in connection with the Notes.
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Paying Agent
to Hold Money in Trust .
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The Company shall require each Paying Agent
other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent
shall hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes or
the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes, and shall
notify the Trustee of any Default by the Company in making any such
payment. While any such Default continues, the Trustee may require
a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The
Company at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money
held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the
Paying Agent (if other than the Company) shall have no further
liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. If the Company
acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate
trust fund for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes all money
held by it as Paying Agent.
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Lists of
Holders of the Notes .
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The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form
as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it
of the names and addresses of Holders of the Notes and shall
otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the
Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven
Business Days before each interest payment date and at such other
times as the Trustee may request in writing a list in such form and
as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names
and addresses of Holders of the Notes, including the aggregate
principal amount of the Notes held by each thereof, and the Company
shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a).
(a) Transfer and
Exchange of Global Notes . A Global Note may not be transferred
as a whole except by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary,
by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or to another
nominee of the Depositary, or by the Depositary or any such nominee
to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor
Depositary. All Global Notes will be exchanged by the Company for
Definitive Notes if (i) the Company delivers to the Trustee notice
from the Depositary that it is unwilling or unable to continue to
act as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed by
the Company within 90 days after the date of such notice from the
Depositary, (ii) the Depositary has ceased to be a clearing agency
registered under the Exchange Act or (iii) there shall have
occurred and be continuing a Default or an Event of Default under
this Indenture and the Depositary shall have so requested. In any
such case, the Company will notify the Trustee in writing that,
upon surrender by the Direct Participants and Indirect Participants
of their interest in such Global Note, Certificated Notes will be
issued to each Person that such Direct Participants and Indirect
Participants and DTC identify as being the beneficial owner of the
related Notes. Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in
whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 of this
Indenture. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for,
or in lieu of, a Global Note or any portion thereof, pursuant to
this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 of this Indenture, shall
be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a
Global Note. A Global Note
may not be
exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section
2.06. However, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be
transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or
(f) of this Indenture.
(b) Transfer and
Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes . The
transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes
shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.
Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be
subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth
in this Indenture to the extent required by the Securities Act.
Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall
require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as
applicable, as well as one or more of the other following
subparagraphs, as applicable:
(i) Transfer of
Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial
interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the
transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend;
provided , however , that prior to the expiration of
the Restricted Period, no transfer of beneficial interests in the
Regulation S Global Note may be made to a U.S. Person or for the
account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial
Purchaser) unless permitted by applicable law and made in
compliance with subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) below. Beneficial
interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial
interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or
instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to
effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i) unless
specifically stated above.
(ii) All Other
Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In
connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests
that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) above, the transferor of
such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A)
(1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant
given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable
Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be
credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note in an amount
equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and
(2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures
containing information regarding the Participant account to be
credited with such increase or, (B) (1) if Definitive
Notes are at such time permitted to be issued pursuant to this
Indenture, a written order from a Participant or an Indirect
Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the
Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be
issued a Definitive Note in an amount equal to the beneficial
interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given
by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding
the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered
to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above. Upon
consummation of an Exchange Offer by the Company in accordance with
Section 2.06(f), the requirements of this Section 2.06(b)(ii) shall
be deemed to have been satisfied upon receipt by the Registrar of
the instructions contained in the Letter of Transmittal delivered
by the Holder of such beneficial interests in the Restricted Global
Notes. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or
exchange of beneficial interests in
Global Notes
contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable
under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal
amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section
2.06(h).
(iii) Transfer of
Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A
beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be
transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a
beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the
transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii)
above and the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transferee
will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the 144A
Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1) thereof; and
(B) if the transferee
will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a
certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the
certifications in item (2) thereof.
(iv) Transfer and
Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for
Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial
interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any
Holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global
Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the
form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note if the
exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section
2.06(b)(ii) above and:
(A) such exchange or
transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of the
beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange,
or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the
applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) a
Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution of
the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an
“affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) such transfer is
effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is
effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(y) if the Holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note, a
certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit D hereto, including
the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof, or
(z) if the Holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, a
certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained in
this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global
Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02,
the Trustee shall authenticate, one or more Unrestricted Global
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global
Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take
delivery thereof in the form of, a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note.
(c) Transfer or
Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes
.
(i) Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive
Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest
to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted
Definitive Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the
following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of
such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to
exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note,
a certificate from such Holder in the form of Exhibit D
hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a)
thereof;
(B) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A
under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)
thereof;
(C) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore
transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904
under
the Securities
Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit C
hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof;
(D) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the
registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with
Rule 144 under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(a) thereof;
(E) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, a certificate to the effect set forth in Exhibit
C hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof;
or
(F) if such beneficial
interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (3)(c) thereof,
the Trustee
shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global
Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h), and the
Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and
deliver to the Person designated in the instructions a Restricted
Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Restricted
Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a
Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be
registered in such name or names and in such authorized
denomination or denominations as the Holder of such beneficial
interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the
Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee
shall deliver such Restricted Definitive Notes to the Persons in
whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Restricted Definitive
Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted
Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the
Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions
on transfer contained therein.
(ii) Beneficial
Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. A Holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted
Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a
Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note only if:
(A) such exchange or
transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder of such
beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee,
in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of
Transmittal that it is not (1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person
participating in the distribution of the Exchange Notes or (3) a
Person who is an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144)
of the Company;
(B) such transfer is
effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is
effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(y) if the Holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such
beneficial interest for a Definitive Note that does not bear the
Private Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit D hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(b) thereof; or
(z) if the Holder of such beneficial
interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such
beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in
the form of a Definitive Note that does not bear the Private
Placement Legend, a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof,
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained in
this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
If any such transfer is effected pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global
Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall issue and, upon
receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02,
the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global
Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate
principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to
subparagraph (B) or (D) above.
(iii) Beneficial
Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive
Notes. If any Holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted
Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a
Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then,
upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section
2.06(b)(ii), the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount
of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to
Section 2.06(h), and the Company shall execute and the Trustee
shall authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the
instructions a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount.
Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest
pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall be registered in such
name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations
as the Holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the
Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the
Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall deliver such
Definitive Notes
to the Persons
in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note
issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this
Section 2.06(c)(iii) shall not bear the Private Placement
Legend.
(d) Transfer and
Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests
.
(i) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global
Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to
exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global
Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Notes to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in
a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of
the following documentation:
(A) if the Holder of
such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for
a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate
from such Holder in the form of Exhibit D hereto, including
the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;
(B) if such Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with
Rule 144A under the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set
forth in Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (1) thereof; or
(C) if such Restricted
Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an
offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under
the Securities Act, a certificate to the effect set forth in
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)
thereof,
the Trustee
shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to
be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of
clause (A) above, the appropriate Restricted Global Note, in the
case of clause (B) above, the 144A Global Note, and in the case of
clause (C) above, the Regulation S Global Note.
(ii) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such
Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or
transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note only if:
(A) such exchange or
transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case
of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer,
certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not
(1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an
“affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) such transfer is
effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) such transfer is
effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(y) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes
proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit D hereto, including the certifications
in item (1)(c) thereof; or
(z) if the Holder of such Definitive
Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take
delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the
Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in
item (4) thereof;
and, in each
such case set forth in this subparagraph (D), if the Registrar so
requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of
Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the
effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the
Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained in
this Indenture and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer
required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities
Act.
Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of
the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall
cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased
the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global
Note.
(iii) Unrestricted
Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global
Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange
such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note
or transfer such Unrestricted Definitive Notes to a Person who
takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an
Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for
such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the
applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be
increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted
Global Notes.
If any such exchange or transfer from an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or a Restricted Definitive Note, as
the case may be, to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to
subparagraphs (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an
Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Company shall
issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance
with Section 2.02 of this Indenture, the Trustee shall authenticate
one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal
amount equal to the principal amount of Unrestricted Definitive
Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes, as the case may be, so
transferred.
(e) Transfer and
Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes . Upon
request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s
compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the
Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive
Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the
requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the
Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written
instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly
executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in
writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any
additional certifications, documents and information, as
applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this
Section 2.06(e).
(i) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of
Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted
Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:
(A) if the transfer
will be made pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, then
the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit
C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)
thereof;
(B) if the transfer
will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904, then the transferor
must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto,
including the certifications in item (2) thereof; and
(C) if the transfer
will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration
requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must
deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including,
if the Registrar so requests, a certification or Opinion of Counsel
in form reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that
such transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act.
(ii) Restricted
Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted
Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons
who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive
Note if:
(A) such exchange or
transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case
of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer,
certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not
(1) a Broker-Dealer, (2) a Person participating in the distribution
of the Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an
“affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the
Company;
(B) any such transfer
is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in
accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement;
(C) any such transfer
is effected by a Broker-Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Offer
Registration Statement in accordance with the Registration Rights
Agreement; or
(D) the Registrar
receives the following:
(y) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an
Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the
form of Exhibit D hereto, including the certifications in
item (1)(d) thereof; or
(z) if the Holder of such Restricted
Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who
shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder in the form of
Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (4)
thereof; and, in each such case set forth in this subparagraph (D),
if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form
reasonably acceptable to the Company to the effect that such
exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and
that the restrictions on transfer contained in this Indenture and
in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to
maintain compliance with the Securities Act.
(iii) Unrestricted
Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of
Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person
who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted
Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a
transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive
Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder
thereof.
(f) Exchange
Offer . Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in accordance
with the Registration Rights Agreement, the Company shall issue
and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with
Section 2.02, the Trustee shall authenticate (i) one or more
Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to
the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted
Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the
applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not
Broker-Dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of
the Exchange Notes and (z) they are not “affiliates”
(as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, and accepted for exchange
in an Exchange Offer and (ii) Definitive Notes in an aggregate
principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted
Definitive Notes accepted for exchange in an Exchange Offer.
Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall
cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted
Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Company shall
execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the
Persons designated by the Holders of Restricted Definitive Notes so
accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the appropriate principal
amount.
(g) Legends .
The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes
and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless
specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this
Indenture.
(i) Private Placement
Legend.
(A) Except as
permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note
(other than an Unrestricted Global Note) and each Definitive Note
(and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof)
shall bear the Private Placement Legend.
(B) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant
to subparagraphs (b)(iv), (c)(ii), (c)(iii), (d)(ii), (d)(iii),
(e)(ii), (e)(iii) or (f) to this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued
in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the
Private Placement Legend.
(ii) Global Note
Legend. Each Global Note shall bear the Global Note
Legend.
(h) Cancellation
and/or Adjustment of Global Notes . At such time as
all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been
exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been
redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each
such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by
the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11. At any time prior to
such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is
exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery
thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note
or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented
by such Global Note shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement
shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the
Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such
reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or
transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form
of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global
Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be
made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the
direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.
(i) General
Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges .
(i) To permit
registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Company shall execute
and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive
Notes upon the Company’s order or at the Registrar’s
request.
(ii) No service charge
shall be made to a Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note
or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of
transfer or exchange, but the Company may require payment of a sum
sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge
payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes
or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer
pursuant to Sections 2.10, 3.06, 3.08 and 9.05).
(iii) The Registrar
shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any
Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the
unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.
(iv) All Global Notes
and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or
exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid
obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled
to the same benefits of this Indenture, as the Global Notes or
Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or
exchange.
(v) The Company shall
not be required (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to
exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of
business on a Business Day 15 days before the day of any selection
of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 of this Indenture and
ending at the close of business on the day of selection or (B) to
register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for
redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of
any Note being redeemed in part.
(vi) Prior to due
presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the
Trustee, any Agent and the Company may deem and treat the Person in
whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such
Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and
interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the
Trustee, any Agent or the Company shall be affected by notice to
the contrary.
(vii) The Trustee shall
authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with
the provisions of Section 2.02 of this Indenture.
(viii) All
certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be
submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect
a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by
facsimile.
If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the
Trustee, or the Company and the Trustee receive evidence to their
satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the
Company shall issue and the Trustee, upon the written order of the
Company signed by two Officers of the Company, shall authenticate a
replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements for
replacements of Notes are met. If required by the Trustee or the
Company, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is
sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Company to
protect the Company, the Trustee, any Agent or any authenticating
agent from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is
replaced. Each of the Company and the Trustee may charge for its
expenses in replacing a Note.
Every replacement Note is an obligation of the
Company.
The Notes outstanding at any time are all the
Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it,
those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this
Section as not outstanding.
If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07,
it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof
satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a protected
purchaser.
If the principal amount of any Note is
considered paid under Section 4.01, it shall cease to be
outstanding and interest on it shall cease to accrue.
Subject to Section 2.09, a Note does not cease
to be outstanding because the Company, a Subsidiary of the Company
or an Affiliate of the Company holds the Note.
In determining whether
the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have
concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the
Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that
for purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected
in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes
which a Responsible Officer knows to be so owned shall be so
considered. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Notes that are to be
acquired by the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or an
Affiliate of the Company pursuant to an exchange offer, tender
offer or other agreement shall not be deemed to be owned by the
Company, a Subsidiary of the Company or an Affiliate of the Company
until legal title to such Notes passes to the Company, such
Subsidiary or such Affiliate, as the case may be.
Until definitive Notes are ready for delivery,
the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate
temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form
of definitive Notes but may have variations that the Company and
the Trustee consider appropriate for temporary Notes. Without
unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee, upon
receipt of the written order of the Company signed by two Officers
of the Company, shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for
temporary Notes. Until such exchange, temporary Notes shall be
entitled to the same rights, benefits and privileges as definitive
Notes.
The Company at any time may deliver Notes to the
Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall
forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for
registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall
cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer,
exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall
destroy
canceled Notes
(subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act),
unless the Company directs canceled Notes to be returned to it. The
Company may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has
redeemed or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for
cancellation. All canceled Notes held by the Trustee shall be
destroyed and certification of their destruction delivered to the
Company, unless by a written order, signed by two Officers of the
Company, the Company shall direct that canceled Notes be returned
to it.
If the Company defaults in a payment of interest
on the Notes, it shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful
manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the
defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Holders of the Notes on
a subsequent special record date, which date shall be at the
earliest practicable date but in all events at least five Business
Days prior to the payment date, in each case at the rate provided
in the Notes. The Company shall, with the consent of the Trustee,
fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment
date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Company
(or the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company)
shall mail to Holders of the Notes a notice that states the special
record date, the related payment date and the amount of such
interest to be paid.
The record date for purposes of determining the
identity of Holders of the Notes entitled to vote or consent to any
action by vote or consent authorized or permitted under this
Indenture shall be determined as provided for in TIA Section
316(c).
The Company in issuing the Notes may use a
“CUSIP” number and, if it does so, the Trustee shall
use the CUSIP number in notices of redemption or exchange as a
convenience to Holders; provided that any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness or
accuracy of the CUSIP number printed in the notice or on the Notes
and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification
numbers printed on the Notes. The Company will promptly notify the
Trustee of any change in the CUSIP number.
REDEMPTION
If the Company elects to redeem Notes pursuant
to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07, it shall
furnish to the Trustee, at least 35 days (unless a shorter period
is acceptable to the Trustee) but not more than 60 days before a
redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i)
the redemption date, (ii) the principal amount of Notes to be
redeemed and (iii) the redemption price. If the Company is required
to make the redemption pursuant to Section 3.08, it shall furnish
the Trustee, at least one but not more than 10 Business Days before
a redemption date, an Officers’ Certificate setting forth (i)
the redemption date and (ii) the redemption price.
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Selection of
Notes to Be Redeemed .
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If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed
at any time, the selection of Notes for redemption will be made by
the Trustee in compliance with the requirements of the principal
national securities exchange, if any, on which the Notes are
listed, or if the Notes are not so listed on a pro rata basis, by
lot or in accordance with any other method the Trustee deems fair
and appropriate, provided that no Notes with a principal
amount of $1,000 or less shall be redeemed in part. In the event of
partial redemption by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed
shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than
30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the
Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for
redemption.
The Trustee shall promptly notify the Company in
writing of the Notes selected for redemption and, in the case of
any Note selected for partial redemption, the principal amount
thereof to be redeemed. Notes and portions of them selected shall
be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000; except that
if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed, the entire
outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a
multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed. Except as provided in the
preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to
Notes called for redemption also apply to portions of Notes called
for redemption.
Subject to the provisions of Sections 3.08, at
least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date,
the Company shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail,
a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be
redeemed at its registered address.
The notice shall identify the Notes to be
redeemed and shall state:
(ii) the redemption
price;
(iii) if any Note is
being redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of
such Note to be redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon
surrender of such Note, a new Note or Notes in principal amount
equal to the unredeemed portion shall be issued in the name of the
Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note;
(iv) the name and
address of the Paying Agent;
(v) that Notes called
for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect
the redemption price;
(vi) that, unless the
Company defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on
Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the
redemption date;
(vii) the paragraph of
the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the
Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and
(viii) that no
representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the
CUSIP number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the
Notes.
At the Company’s request, the Trustee
shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and
at its expense; provided that the Company shall have
delivered to the Trustee, at least 35 days (unless a shorter period
is acceptable to the Trustee) prior to the redemption date, an
Officers’ Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such
notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such
notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.
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Effect of
Notice of Redemption .
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Once notice of redemption is mailed in
accordance with Section 3.03, Notes called for redemption become
due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption
price.
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Deposit of
Redemption Price .
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On or prior to any redemption date, the Company
shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money
sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest on
all Notes to be redeemed on that date. The Trustee or the Paying
Agent shall promptly return to the Company any money deposited with
the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Company in excess of the
amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued
interest on, all Notes to be redeemed.
On and after the redemption date, if the Company
does not default in the payment of the redemption price, interest
shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called
for redemption. If a Note is redeemed on or after an interest
record date but on or prior to the related interest payment date,
then any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in
whose name such Note was registered at the close of business on
such record date. If any Note called for redemption shall not be so
paid upon surrender for redemption because of the failure of the
Company to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be
paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption date until such
principal is paid, and to the extent lawful on any interest not
paid on such unpaid principal, in each case at the rate provided in
the Notes.
Upon surrender and cancellation of a Note that
is redeemed in part, the Company shall issue and the Trustee shall
authenticate for the Holder of the Notes at the expense of the
Company a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed
portion of the Note surrendered.
Except as provided below, the Notes are not
redeemable at the option of the Company prior to September 1,
2019.
The Notes will be subject to redemption at the
option of the Company, at any time in whole, or from time to time
in part, upon not less than 30 nor more than 60 days’ notice,
at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of such
Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the applicable
redemption date plus the “Make-Whole
Premium.” The “Make-Whole Premium,”
with respect to any Note or any portion of any Note to be redeemed
shall be equal to the greater of:
(a) 1% of the
principal amount of such Note or such portion of a Note being
redeemed and
(b) the excess, if
any, of
(i) the sum of the
present values, calculated as of the redemption date,
of:
(A) each interest
payment that, but for the redemption, would have been payable on
the Note, or portion of a Note, being redeemed on each interest
payment date occurring after the redemption date, excluding any
accrued interest for the period prior to the redemption date,
plus
(B) the principal
amount that, but for the redemption, would have been payable on the
maturity date of the Note, or portion of a Note, being redeemed;
over
(ii) the principal
amount of the Note, or portion of a Note, being
redeemed.
The present
values of interest and principal payments referred to in
clause (b)(i) above will be determined in accordance with
generally accepted principles of financial analysis. The present
values will be calculated by discounting the amount of each payment
of interest or principal from the date that each such payment would
have been payable, but for the redemption, to the redemption date
at a discount rate equal to the Treasury Yield, as defined below,
plus 50 basis points.
The Company shall appoint an independent
investment banking institution of national standing to calculate
the Make-Whole Premium; provided that if the Company fails
to appoint such an institution at least 45 days prior to the date
set for redemption or if the institution that the Company appoints
is unwilling or unable to make such calculation, such calculation
shall be made by Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. or, if such firm is
unwilling or unable to make such calculation, by an independent
investment banking institution of national standing appointed by
the Trustee.
For purposes of determining the Make-Whole
Premium, “Treasury Yield” shall refer to an annual rate
of interest equal to the weekly average yield to maturity of United
States Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity that
corresponds to the remaining term to maturity of the Notes being
redeemed, calculated to the nearest 1/12th of a year (the
“Remaining Term”). The Treasury Yield shall be
determined as of the third Business Day immediately preceding the
applicable redemption date.
The weekly average yields of United States
Treasury Notes shall be determined by reference to the most recent
statistical release published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York and designated “H.15(519) Selected Interest Rates”
or any successor release (the “H.15 Statistical
Release”). If the H.15 Statistical Release sets forth a
weekly average yield for United States Treasury Notes having a
constant maturity that is the same as the Remaining Term, then the
Treasury Yield shall be equal to such weekly average yield. In all
other cases, the Treasury Yield shall be calculated by
interpolation, on a straight-line basis, between the weekly average
yields on the United States Treasury Notes that have a constant
maturity closest to and greater than the Remaining Term and the
United States Treasury Notes that have a constant maturity closest
to and less than the Remaining Term, in each case as set forth in
the H.15 Statistical Release. Any weekly average yields as
calculated by interpolation shall be rounded to the nearest 0.01%,
with any figure of 0.005% or more being rounded upward. If weekly
average yields for United States Treasury Notes are not available
in the H.15 Statistical Release or otherwise, then the Treasury
Yield shall be calculated by interpolation of comparable rates
selected by the independent investment banking
institution.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Holders of
record on the relevant record date shall have the right to receive
interest due on any interest payment date that is on or prior to
the redemption date and (ii) the redemption price shall never be
less than 100% of the principal amount of the Notes being redeemed
plus accrued interest to the redemption date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time prior
to September 1, 2012, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the
aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding at a redemption
price equal to 107.875% of the principal amount thereof, together
with accrued and unpaid interest to such redemption date, with the
net cash proceeds of any capital contributions or one or more
public or private sales (including sales to DISH, regardless of
whether DISH obtained such funds from an offering of Equity
Interests or Indebtedness of DISH or otherwise) of Equity Interests
(other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company (other than proceeds
from a sale to any Subsidiary of the Company or any employee
benefit plan in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
participates); provided that: (a) at least 65% in aggregate
of the originally issued principal amount of the Notes remains
outstanding immediately after the occurrence of such redemption;
and (b) the sale of such Equity Interests is made in compliance
with the terms of this Indenture.
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Offer to
Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds .
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When the cumulative amount of Excess Proceeds
that have not been applied in accordance with Section 4.10 or this
Section 3.08 exceeds $100.0 million, the Company shall be obligated
to make an offer to all Holders of the Notes (an “Excess
Proceeds Offer”) to purchase the maximum principal amount of
Notes that may be purchased out of such Excess Proceeds
at
an offer price
in cash in an amount equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof,
together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for the
closing of such offer in accordance with the procedures set forth
in this Indenture. To the extent the Company or a Restricted
Subsidiary is required under the terms of Indebtedness of the
Company or such Restricted Subsidiary which is ranked equally with
the Notes to make an offer to purchase such other Indebtedness with
any proceeds which constitute Excess Proceeds under this Indenture,
the Company shall make a pro rata offer to the holders of
all other pari passu Indebtedness (including the Notes) with
such proceeds. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes and other
pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by holders thereof
exceeds the amount of such Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall
select the Notes and other pari passu Indebtedness to be
purchased on a pro rata basis.
The Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for
a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no
longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by
applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five
Business