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Title: Purchase Agreement
Governing Law: New York     Date: 3/26/2007
Industry: Communications Services     Law Firm: Holland & Knight LLP     Sector: Services

Purchase Agreement, Parties: sba communications corp , lehman brothers inc.  , citigroup global markets inc.  , deutsche bank securities inc.
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Exhibit 10.62

SBA COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION

$300,000,000 0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010

Purchase Agreement

March 20, 2007

Lehman Brothers Inc.,

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.,

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

As Representatives of the several

Initial Purchasers listed on

Schedule 1 hereto

c/o Lehman Brothers Inc.

745 Seventh Avenue

New York, New York 10019

Ladies and Gentlemen:

SBA Communications Corporation, a Florida corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the initial purchasers listed on Schedule 1 hereto (collectively, the “ Initial Purchasers ”) $300,000,000 principal amount of its 0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 (the “ Firm Securities ”) and, at the option of the Initial Purchasers, up to an additional $50,000,000 principal amount of its 0.375% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 (the “ Additional Securities ” and, together with the Firm Securities, the “ Securities ”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to the Indenture, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 2(c)) (as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Indenture ”), between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

The Securities will be convertible into fully paid, nonassessable shares of Class A common stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share (the “ Common Stock ”), on the terms, and subject to the conditions, set forth in the Indenture. As used herein, “ Conversion Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock issuable upon conversion of the Securities.

The Securities will be offered and sold to the Initial Purchasers without being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), in reliance upon an exemption therefrom. Holders of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees) will be entitled to the benefits of a Registration Rights Agreement, to be dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company and you, as representatives (the “ Representatives ”) of the Initial Purchasers


(the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Company will agree to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) a shelf registration statement pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (the “ Registration Statement ”), pursuant to which the Company will register the resale of the Securities and the Conversion Shares under the Securities Act, subject to the terms and conditions therein specified.

The Company hereby confirms its agreement with the Initial Purchasers concerning the purchase and sale of the Securities, as follows:

1. Offering Memorandum . The Company has prepared a preliminary offering memorandum, dated March 20, 2007 (the “ Preliminary Offering Memorandum ”), and will prepare an offering memorandum, dated the date hereof (the “ Final Offering Memorandum ”), setting forth information concerning the Company, the Securities and the Conversion Shares. Copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum have been, and copies of the Final Offering Memorandum will be, delivered by the Company to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Company hereby confirms that it has authorized the use of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the other Time of Sale Information (as defined below) and the Final Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Securities and the Conversion Shares by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum. References herein to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any document incorporated by reference therein.

At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made or confirmed by the Initial Purchasers (the “ Time of Sale ”), the following information shall have been prepared (collectively, the “ Time of Sale Information ”): the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as supplemented and amended by the written communications listed on Annex A hereto.

2. Purchase and Resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers . The Company agrees to issue and sell the Firm Securities to the several Initial Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and each Initial Purchaser, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company the principal amount of Firm Securities set forth opposite that Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule 1 hereto, plus any additional principal amount of Securities which such Initial Purchaser may become obligated to purchase pursuant to the provisions of Section 8, at a purchase price equal to 97.75% of the principal amount thereof (the “ Purchase Price ”).

In addition, on the basis of the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement, and subject to its terms and conditions, the Company agrees to sell to the

 

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Initial Purchasers the Additional Securities, and each Initial Purchaser shall have the right, severally and not jointly, to purchase the principal amount of Additional Securities that bears the same proportion to the aggregate principal amount of Additional Securities to be sold on the Additional Closing Date as the principal amount of Firm Securities set forth in Schedule 1 hereto opposite the name of such Initial Purchaser bears to the aggregate principal amount of Firm Securities, at the Purchase Price plus accrued interest, if any, from the Closing Date (as defined below) to the Additional Closing Date, solely to cover over-allotments, if any. If you exercise such option, you shall so notify the Company in writing not later than thirty (30) calendar days after the date of this Agreement, which notice shall specify the principal amount of Additional Securities to be purchased by the Initial Purchasers and the date on which such Additional Securities are to be purchased. Such date may be the same as the Closing Date but not earlier than the Closing Date and not later than ten (10) Business Days after the date of such notice.

(a) The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer the Securities for resale pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“ Rule 144A ”) on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum. Each Initial Purchaser severally represents, warrants and agrees with the Company that:

(i) it is a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act (a “ QIB ”) and an accredited investor within the meaning of Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act;

(ii) it is purchasing the Securities pursuant to an exemption under the Securities Act;

(iii) it has not solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“ Regulation D ”) or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act; and

(iv) it has solicited offers and will solicit offers for the Securities only from, and has offered, sold and delivered and will offer, sell and deliver the Securities only to persons whom it reasonably believes to be QIBs or if any such person is buying for one or more institutional accounts for which such person is acting as fiduciary or agent, only when such person has represented to it that each such account is a QIB to whom notice has been given that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A.

The Company acknowledges and agrees that, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliates of the Initial Purchasers and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through the Initial Purchasers.

 

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(b) Payment for the Firm Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the account specified by the Company to the Initial Purchasers at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on March 26, 2007, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after March 26, 2007, as the Initial Purchasers and the Company may agree upon in writing.

(c) Payment for any Additional Securities shall be made on the date and at the time and place specified by the Initial Purchasers in the written notice of the Initial Purchasers’ election to purchase such Additional Securities. The time and date of such payment for the Firm Securities is referred to herein as the “ Closing Date ” and the time and date for such payment for the Additional Securities, if other than the Closing Date, is herein referred to as the “ Additional Closing Date .”

Certificates for the Firm Securities and Additional Securities shall be in global form, registered in such names and in such denominations as you shall request in writing not later than one (1) full Business Day prior to the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be. The certificates evidencing the Firm Securities and Additional Securities shall be delivered to you on the Closing Date or the Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, for the account of the Initial Purchasers, with any documentary stamp taxes or other taxes payable in connection with the issuance of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers duly paid by the Company, against payment of the Purchase Price therefor plus accrued interest, if any, to the Additional Closing Date on the Additional Closing Date.

(d) The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Initial Purchaser is acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company with respect to the offering of Securities and Conversion Shares contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to, or an agent of, the Company or any other person. Additionally, the Initial Purchasers are not advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Initial Purchasers shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto. Any review by the Initial Purchasers of the Company and the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Initial Purchasers and shall not be on behalf of the Company.

(e) Each Initial Purchaser agrees that, prior to or simultaneously with the confirmation of sale by the Initial Purchaser to any purchaser of any of the Securities purchased by the Initial Purchaser from the Company pursuant hereto, the Initial Purchaser shall furnish to that purchaser a copy of the Final Offering Memorandum. In addition to the foregoing, each Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company, and for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers

 

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pursuant to Section 6(i) and (j), counsel for the Company and for the Initial Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each Initial Purchaser and its compliance with its agreements contained in this Section 2, and each Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Initial Purchasers that:

(a) Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Time of Sale Information and Final Offering Memorandum. The Preliminary Offering Memorandum, as of its date, did not, the Time of Sale Information, at the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date and as of any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, and the Final Offering Memorandum, in the form first used by the Initial Purchasers to confirm sales of the Securities and as of the Closing Date and as of any Additional Closing Date, as the case may be, will not, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that the Company makes no representation or warranty with respect to any information contained in or omitted from the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum in reliance upon and in conformity with written information relating to the Initial Purchasers furnished to the Company by the Initial Purchasers expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum (the “ Initial Purchasers’ Information ”), which information is identified in Section 14.

(b) Additional Written Communications . The Company (including its agents and representatives, other than the Initial Purchasers in its capacity as such) has not made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to and will not prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities except for (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, (ii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, including a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, and (iii) other written communications used in accordance with Section 4(c).

(c) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (the “ Exchange Act ”), and none of such documents contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, when such documents are filed with the Commission, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act, and will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(d) Financial Statements. The consolidated historical financial statements, together with the related notes thereto, included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum fairly present the financial position of the Company at the respective dates indicated and the results of operations and cash flows for the respective periods indicated, in each case in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“ GAAP ”) consistently applied throughout such periods. The other financial information and data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum are, in all material respects, accurately presented and prepared on a basis consistent with such financial statements and the books and records of the Company.

(e) No Material Adverse Change. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, any material loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum; and, since such date, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company on a consolidated basis or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the general affairs, management, consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations, business or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, in each case otherwise than as set forth or contemplated in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(f) Organization and Good Standing. The Company is duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Florida with all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to conduct its business as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except to the extent that the failure to be duly registered or qualified or in good standing, would not, individually or in the aggregate, have caused a material adverse effect on the general affairs, management, consolidated financial position, stockholders’ equity, results of operations, business or prospects of the Company and the subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “ Material Adverse Effect ”), and none of the subsidiaries of the Company other than SBA CMBS-1 Holdings LLC, SBA CMBS-1 Guarantor LLC, SBA Telecommunications, Inc., SBA Senior Finance Inc., SBA Senior Finance II LLC, SBA Properties, Inc., SBA Network Services, Inc., SBA Towers, Inc., SBA Sites, Inc., SBA Structures, Inc. and SBA CMBS-1 Depositor LLC(collectively, the “ Significant Subsidiaries ”) is a “significant subsidiary” as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

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(g) Each of the subsidiaries of the Company is duly organized and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, with all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and is duly registered and qualified to conduct its business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction or place where the nature of its properties or the conduct of its business requires such registration or qualification, except where the failure to be duly registered or qualified would not, individually or in the aggregate, have caused a Material Adverse Effect. The Company and the subsidiaries, as a whole, conduct their business as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(h) Capitalization of the Company. The Company has an authorized capitalization as set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, and all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(i) Capitalization of the Company’s Subsidiaries . All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, and (except as set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum with respect to shares subject to liens under or pursuant to the Second Loan and Security Agreement Supplement and Amendment, dated as of November 6, 2006, entered into among SBA Properties, Inc., SBA Towers, Inc., SBA Puerto Rico, Inc., SBA Sites, Inc., SBA Towers USVI, Inc., and SBA Structures, Inc., as borrowers, and Midland Loan Services, Inc., as Servicer on behalf of LaSalle Bank National Association as Trustee, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Mortgage Loan ” and the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2005, by and among SBA Senior Finance II LLC and the lenders from time to time parties thereto, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (the “ Revolving Senior Credit Agreement ”) free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, equities, claims or adverse interests.

(j) Full Power. The Company has full right, power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement (collectively, the “ Transaction Documents ”), and the Company has full right, power and authority to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder; and, as of the Closing Date, all corporate action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution, issuance and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been or will have been duly and validly taken. The Company has the full right, power and authority to issue and deliver the Conversion Shares.

(k) The Indenture . The Indenture has been duly authorized and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Trustee, constitutes a valid and legally binding instrument, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar

 

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laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; on the Closing Date, the Indenture will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (the “ Trust Indenture Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission applicable to and indenture that is qualified thereunder; and the Indenture conforms in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(l) The Securities . The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and delivered by the Company and paid for by the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement and duly authenticated by the Trustee will have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, and will be enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles; and the Securities conform in all material respects to the descriptions thereof in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum. The Securities will be convertible into Common Stock in accordance with their terms and the terms of the Indenture.

(m) The Conversion Shares . The Conversion Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and reserved for issuance by the Company upon such conversion by all necessary corporate action and such Conversion Shares, when issued upon such conversion, will be duly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the issuance of such Conversion Shares will not be subject to preemptive or similar rights of any shareholder of the Company arising by law, under the charter or by-laws of the Company or under any agreement to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party. No holder of the Conversion Shares will be subject to personal liability by reason of being such a holder.

(n) Purchase Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(o) Registration Rights Agreement. The Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered on the Closing Date in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, and except that rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law and public policy considerations.

(p) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each Transaction Document conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum. The statements set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Description of Notes” and “Registration Rights,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the material terms of the Securities, under the captions

 

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“Material United Stated Federal Income and Estate Tax Considerations” and “Plan of Distribution,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the documents referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the matters referred to therein. The statements set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the captions “Description of Capital Stock,” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the material terms of the Common Stock fairly summarize in all material respects the matters referred to therein.

(q) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of the Significant Subsidiaries (i) is in violation of its charter or by-laws, (ii) is in default, and no event has occurred which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) is in violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, other than, a default or violation described in clauses (ii) and (iii) which is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(r) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not conflict with, or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or (including with the giving of notice or the lapse of time or both) constitute a default under (i) any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) the provisions of the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) any internal policy of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iv) to the knowledge of the Company, any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties or assets, except in the cases of clause (i) or (iv), such breaches, violations or defaults that in the aggregate would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(s) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance, authentication, sale and delivery of the Securities and the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture and compliance by the Company with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, including the use of proceeds therewith as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, filings and registrations which shall have been obtained or made prior to the Closing Date or as may be required to be obtained or made under the Trust Indenture Act, the Securities

 

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Act and applicable state securities laws as contemplated in the Registration Rights Agreement.

(t) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action has been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order has been enacted, adopted or issued by any governmental agency or body which prevents the issuance of the Securities or the issuance of the Conversion Shares in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture or suspends the sale of the Securities in any jurisdiction; no injunction, restraining order or order of any nature by any federal or state court of competent jurisdiction has been issued with respect to the Company or any of its subsidiaries which would prevent or suspend the issuance, authentication, sale or delivery of the Securities or the use of the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum in any jurisdiction; no action, suit or proceeding is pending against or, to the best knowledge of the Company, threatened against or affecting the Company or any of its subsidiaries before any court or arbitrator or any governmental agency, body or official, domestic or foreign, which could reasonably be expected to interfere with or adversely affect the issuance of the Securities or in any manner reasonably draws into question the validity or enforceability of any of the Transaction Documents or any action taken or to be taken pursuant thereto; and the Company has complied with any and all requests by any securities authority in any jurisdiction for additional information to be included in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(u) Legal Proceedings. There are no legal or governmental proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or its subsidiaries, threatened against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or to which any of their respective properties is subject, that are not disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum and which are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or to materially affect the issuance of the Securities.

(v) Independent Accountants. Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Company, whose report appears in the Form 10-K incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum and who have delivered the initial letter referred to in Section 6(h), are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder and were independent accountants under the guidelines of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants as required by the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder during the periods covered by the financial statements on which they reported incorporated by reference into the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(w) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to or a leasehold interest in all real property and good and valid title to all personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, defects, equities or claims except for liens contemplated by the Mortgage Loan, the Revolving Senior Credit Agreement or as are otherwise described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering

 

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Memorandum or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Company and its subsidiaries; all assets held under lease by the Company and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as are not material and do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such assets by the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and the present and contemplated use of the assets owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries for the operation of towers is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable zoning ordinances and regulations and other laws and regulations where failure so to comply would result, or create reasonable risk of resulting, in a Material Adverse Effect.

(x) Title to Intellectual Property. The Company and each of its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations, copyrights, inventions, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) and licenses necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses and have no reason to believe that the conduct of their respective businesses will conflict with, and have not received any notice of any claim of conflict with, any such rights of others, in each case except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(y) No Undisclosed Relationships. No material relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries on the one hand, and the directors, officers, stockholders, affiliates, customers or suppliers of the Company and the Significant Subsidiaries on the other hand, that would be required by the Securities Act to be described in a registration statement filed with the Commission and that is not so described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum.

(z) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is currently or will be, upon the sale of the Securities in accordance herewith and the application of the net proceeds therefrom as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum under the caption “Use of Proceeds,” an “investment company” within the meaning of and subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act ”).

(aa) Taxes. Each of the Company and its subsidiaries has filed all federal, state and local income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof and has paid all taxes due thereon except where such failure would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries nor does the Company or any of its subsidiaries have any knowledge of any tax deficiency which, if determined adversely to the Company, would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(bb) FCC and FAA Matters. The Company and its subsidiaries (i) have duly and timely filed all material reports, registrations and other material filings, if any, which are required to be filed by it or any of its subsidiaries under the Communications Act of 1934, any similar or successor federal statute, and the rules of the Federal Communications Commission (the “ FCC ”) thereunder or any other applicable law, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, including the FCC and the Federal Aviation Authority (the “ FAA ”), other than such filings for which the failure to file would not result, or would not be reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) are in compliance with all such laws, rules, regulations and ordinances, including those promulgated by the FCC and the FAA, other than such compliance for which the failure to comply would not result, or would not be reasonably likely to result, in a Material Adverse Effect. All information provided by or on behalf of the Company or any affiliate in any material filing, if any, with the FCC and the FAA relating to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries was, to the knowledge of such person at the time of filing, complete and correct in all material respects when made, and the FCC and the FAA have been notified of any substantial or significant changes in such information as may be required in accordance with applicable requirements of law. The industry-related, tower-related and customer-related data and estimates included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum are based on or derived from sources which the Company believes to be reliable and accurate. For each existing tower of the Company (or of its subsidiaries) not yet registered with the FCC where registration will be required, the FCC’s grant of an application for registration of such tower will not have a significant environmental effect as defined under Section 1.1307(a) of the FCC’s rules.

(cc) No Labor Disputes. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is involved in any strike or labor dispute with any group of employees, and, to the knowledge of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, no such action or dispute is threatened, which might be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(dd) Compliance With Environmental Laws. There has been no storage, disposal, generation, manufacture, refinement, transportation, handling or treatment of toxic wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (or, to the knowledge of the Company, any of their predecessors in interest) at, upon or from any of the property now or previously owned or leased by the Company or any of its subsidiaries in violation of any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit or which would require remedial action under any applicable law, ordinance, rule, regulation, order, judgment, decree or permit, except for any violation or remedial action which would not have, or could not be reasonably likely to have, singularly or in the aggregate with all such violations and remedial actions, a Material Adverse Effect; there has been no material spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release of any kind onto such property or into the environment surrounding such property of any toxic wastes, medical wastes, solid wastes, hazardous wastes or hazardous substances due to or caused by the Company or any of its subsidiaries or with respect to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries has knowledge, except for any such spill, discharge, leak, emission, injection, escape, dumping or release which would not have or would not be reasonably likely to have,

 

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singularly or in the aggregate with all such spills, discharges, leaks, emissions, injections, escapes, dumpings and releases, a Material Adverse Effect; and the terms “hazardous wastes,” “toxic wastes,” “hazardous substances” and “medical wastes” shall have the meanings specified in any applicable local, state, federal and foreign laws or regulations with respect to environmental protection.

(ee) Compliance With ERISA. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ ERISA ”); no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability; the Company has not incurred nor expects to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) except where such liability would not have a Material Adverse Effect, Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “ Code ”); and each “pension plan” for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

(ff) Disclosure Controls . The Company has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act), which (i) are designed to ensure that material information relating to the Company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to the Company’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions by others within the Company, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared; (ii) have been evaluated for effectiveness as of December 31, 2006; and (iii) are effective in all material respects to perform the functions for which they were established. Based on the evaluation of its disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2006, the Company is not aware of (i) any significant deficiency in the design or operation of internal controls which could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data or any material weaknesses in internal controls that has not been remedied, except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls. Since the date of the most recent evaluation of such disclosure controls and procedures, there have been no significant changes in internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect internal controls, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

(gg) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries have a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of its consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain

 

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accountability for assets; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the reported accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals.

(hh) Insurance. The Company and each of its subsidiaries carry, or are covered by, insurance in such amounts and covering such risks as is adequate for the conduct of their respective businesses and the value of their respective properties and as is customary for companies engaged in similar businesses in similar industries.

(ii) No Unlawful Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, has used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; violated or is in violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(jj) Solvency. On the Closing Date and immediately after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities and the consummation of the other transactions related thereto as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company will be Solvent. As used in this paragraph, the term “Solvent” means, with respect to a particular date, that on such date (i) the present fair market value (or present fair saleable value) of the assets of the Company is not less than the total amount required to pay the probable liabilities of the Company on its total existing debts and other liabilities (including contingent liabilities, computed at the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) the Company is able to realize upon its assets and pay its debts and other liabilities (including such contingent liabilities) as they mature and become due in the normal course of business; (iii) assuming consummation of the issuance of the Securities as contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, the Company has not incurred, and does not propose to incur, debts that would be beyond its ability to pay as such debts and other liabilities mature; (iv) the Company is not engaged in any business or transaction, and does not propose to engage in any business or transaction, for which its property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Company is engaged; and (v) the Company is not a defendant in any civil action that would result in a judgment that the Company is or would become unable to satisfy.

(kk) No Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, or entered into any transaction, in each case not in the ordinary course of business, and that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and there has

 

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been no Material Adverse Effect, nor to the Company’s knowledge, after due inquiry, any development or event involving a prospective Material Adverse Effect and, except as disclosed in or contemplated by each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, since the date of the latest audited consolidated financial statements of the Company incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Final Offering Memorandum, there has been no (i) dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made by the Company on any class of its capital stock, (ii) issuance of securities, other than the securities issued pursuant to the the Company’s 1999 Equity Participation Plan, the Company’s 2001 Equity Participation Plan, the Company’s 1999 Employee Stock Purchase Plan and shares of common stock of the Company issued pursuant to the registration statements on Form S-4 (File Nos. 333-71460, 333-46730 and 333-139005) or (iii) material increase in short-term or long-term debt of the Company on a consolidated basis.

(ll) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries . Except as described in the Time of Sale Information or the Final Offering Memorandum, no subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock, from repaying to the Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the Company.

(mm) Rule 144A Eligibility. On the Closing Date, the Securities will not be of the same class as securities listed on a national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the Exchange Act or quoted in an automated inter-dealer quotation system; and each of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Final Offering Memorandum, as of its respective date, contains all the information that, if requested by a prospective purchaser of the Securities, would be required to be provided to such prospective purchaser pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(nn) No Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) has, directly or through any agent, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act), that is or will be integrated with the sale of the Securities in a manner that would require registration of the Securities under the Securities Act.

(oo) No General Solicitation. None of the Company or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no representation is made) has solicited offers for, or offered or sold, the Securities by means of any form of general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) of Regulation D.

(pp) Securities Law Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section&nb


 
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