-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, KB73Wzxp0YltjCF1EihS86loC9C1jIucRP7f/40jJD1bSoAfUpTb+hGz3/VAXb7Q PF3k5rCQwP2p1F980ChKrg== 0001019056-02-000168.txt : 20020415 0001019056-02-000168.hdr.sgml : 20020415 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001019056-02-000168 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20020315 ITEM INFORMATION: Other events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial statements and exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20020318 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001037949 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEPHONE COMMUNICATIONS (NO RADIO TELEPHONE) [4813] IRS NUMBER: 841339282 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-15577 FILM NUMBER: 02577335 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 CALIFORNIA ST CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 BUSINESS PHONE: 3039921400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1801 CALIFORNIA ST CITY: DENVER STATE: CO ZIP: 80202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: QUEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970416 8-K 1 qwest8_k.txt FORM 8-K SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 --------------------- FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 15, 2002 QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. ------------------------------------------------------ (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) Delaware ---------------------------------------------- (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) 000-22609 84-1339282 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Commission File Number) (IRS Employer Identification No.) 1801 California Street Denver, Colorado 80202 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 303-992-1400 ------------ Not applicable ------------------------------------------------------------- (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) ITEM 5. Other Events. On March 15, 2002, Qwest Communications International Inc. ("Qwest") amended its $4 billion unsecured bank agreement. The form of the amendment is attached as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. (The original agreement, dated as of May 4, 2001, is included as an exhibit to Qwest's quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2001.) On March 18, 2002, Qwest issued a press release announcing the amendment. The press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K. Forward Looking Statements Warning - ---------------------------------- This Current Report on Form 8-K contains projections and other forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Qwest Communications International Inc. (together with its affiliates, "Qwest", "we" or "us") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the most recent reports which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: potential fluctuations in quarterly results; volatility of Qwest's stock price; intense competition in the markets in which we compete; changes in demand for our products and services; the duration and extent of the current economic downturn, including its effect on our customers and suppliers; adverse economic conditions in the markets served by us or by companies in which we have substantial investments; adverse results of review and scrutiny by regulatory authorities, media and others of financial reporting practices; dependence on new product development and acceleration of the deployment of advanced new services, such as broadband data, wireless and video services, which could require substantial expenditure of financial and other resources in excess of contemplated levels; higher than anticipated employee levels, capital expenditures and operating expenses; rapid and significant changes in technology and markets; adverse changes in the regulatory or legislative environment affecting our business; adverse developments in commercial disputes or legal proceedings; delays in our ability to provide interLATA services within our 14-state local service area; failure to maintain rights-of-way; and failure to achieve the projected synergies and financial results expected to result from the acquisition of U S WEST, and difficulties in combining the operations of the combined company. The information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K is a statement of Qwest's present intention, belief or expectation and is based upon, among other things, the existing regulatory environment, industry conditions, market conditions and prices, the economy in general and Qwest's assumptions. Qwest may change its intention, belief or expectation, at any time and without notice, based upon any changes in such factors, in Qwest's assumptions or otherwise. This Current Report on Form 8-K includes analysts' estimates and other information prepared by third parties for which Qwest assumes no responsibility. Qwest undertakes no obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. By including any information in this Current Report on Form 8-K, Qwest does not necessarily acknowledge that disclosure of such information is required by applicable law or that the information is material. 2 ITEM 7. Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits Exhibit 10.1 Form of amendment to credit agreement. Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated March 18, 2002. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Qwest has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized. QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. DATE: March 18, 2002 By: /s/ YASH A. RANA -------------------- Yash A. Rana Vice President 3 EXHIBIT INDEX Exhibit 10.1 Form of amendment to credit agreement. Exhibit 99.1 Press release dated March 18, 2002. 4 EX-10.1 3 ex10_1.txt EXHIBIT 10.1 FORM OF AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of March 12, 2002 among QWEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC., QWEST CORPORATION, QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. and the BANKS listed on the signature pages hereof. W I T N E S S E T H : WHEREAS, the parties hereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent (the "Agent"), have heretofore entered into a 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of May 4, 2001 (as amended, the "Credit Agreement"); and WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the Credit Agreement as set forth herein and to restate the Credit Agreement in its entirety to read as set forth in the Credit Agreement with the amendments specified below; NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows: SECTION 1. Defined Terms; References. Unless otherwise specifically defined herein, each term used herein which is defined in the Credit Agreement has the meaning assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement. Each reference to "hereof", "hereunder", "herein" and "hereby" and each other similar reference and each reference to "this Agreement" and each other similar reference contained in the Credit Agreement shall, after the Restatement Effective Date (as defined in Section 17 below), refer to the Credit Agreement as amended and restated hereby. SECTION 2. No Money Market Borrowings. The Borrowers and the Banks acknowledge that no Money Market Borrowings are outstanding on the Restatement Effective Date. Each Borrower agrees that, on and after the Restatement Effective Date, it will not request the Banks to make offers to make Money Market Loans pursuant to the Credit Agreement. SECTION 3. Addition of Definitions Relating to Mandatory Reductions and Prepayments. (a) The following new definitions are added in alphabetical order in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement: "Capital Markets Event" means a Prepayment Event described in clause (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the definition of Prepayment Event. "Equity Interests" means (i) shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person or (ii) any warrants, options or other rights to acquire such shares or interests. "Net Proceeds" means, with respect to any event, the cash proceeds received in respect of such event including, without limitation, any cash received in respect of any non-cash proceeds, but only as and when received, in each case net of the sum of (1) all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket costs and expenses paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by a Prepayment Party to third parties (other than Affiliates) in connection with such event, (2) in the case of a sale, transfer or other disposition of an asset (including, without limitation, pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction), the amount of all payments required to be made by a Prepayment Party as a result of such event to repay Debt (other than Loans) secured by such asset or otherwise subject to mandatory prepayment as a result of such event, and (3) the amount of all taxes paid (or reasonably estimated to be payable) by the Prepayment Parties, the amount of any reserves established by the Prepayment Parties to fund contingent liabilities reasonably estimated to be payable and the amount of capital and operating expenditures that would not otherwise have been incurred and are required in writing or by application of policy by a public utility commission to be incurred as a condition to its consent, in each case during the year that such event occurred or the next succeeding year and that are directly attributable to such event (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the chief financial officer of the Company). "Prepayment Event" means: (i) any sale, transfer or other disposition (including pursuant to a sale and leaseback transaction) of any property of any Prepayment Party, except (1) sales of inventory, customer premise equipment and other equipment, conduit, fiber and capacity (including indefeasible rights of use) and short-term investments and sales or licenses of technology, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (2) sales, transfers and other dispositions to any Prepayment Party and (3) any other single disposition or series of related dispositions resulting in aggregate Net Proceeds not exceeding $20,000,000 for any single disposition or series of related dispositions or $100,000,000 in the aggregate for all such dispositions; (ii) the issuance by any Prepayment Party of any Equity Interests, or the receipt by any of them of any capital contribution, other than any such issuance of an Equity Interest to, or receipt of any such capital contribution from, any Prepayment Party or directors, employees, consultants or contractors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) the issuance or incurrence by any Prepayment Party of any Debt described in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition thereof (including, without limitation, any such Debt issued in any registered offering or pursuant to any 2 private placement and any such Debt incurred pursuant to any syndicated line of credit or other credit facility), other than (1) the Loans and (2) Debt of the Company to any Subsidiary and of any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary; and (iv) to the extent not included in any of the foregoing clauses, any receivables securitization consummated by any Prepayment Party. "Prepayment Event Notice" means any notice delivered by the Company pursuant to Section 2.16. "Prepayment Party" means the Company, a Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries. "Reduction Percentage" means, with respect to reductions pursuant to Section 2.09(b)(i) and prepayments pursuant to Section 2.11(e)(i), (i) 662/3%, with respect to the first $1,250,000,000 of Net Proceeds of Prepayment Events, and (ii) 100%, thereafter. (b) The definition of "Subsidiary" in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended to add the following sentence at the end thereof: It is understood that KPNQwest N.V. shall not be considered to be a Subsidiary solely as a result of charter or contractual arrangements in effect on the date hereof, which may temporarily result in designees of the Company constituting a majority of the board of directors of KPNQwest N.V. SECTION 4. Addition of Mandatory Commitment Reductions. Section 2.09 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows: SECTION 2.09. Termination or Reduction of Commitments. (a) Optional Reductions. During the Revolving Credit Period, the Company may, upon at least three Domestic Business Days' notice to the Agent, (i) terminate the Commitments at any time, if no Loans are outstanding at such time or (ii) ratably reduce from time to time by an aggregate amount of $25,000,000 or any larger multiple of $5,000,000, the aggregate amount of the Commitments in excess of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Loans. Any notice of a reduction shall also specify how such reduction shall be allocated between Capital Funding and Corp. for purposes of calculating their respective Available Amounts. (b) Mandatory Reductions. (i) On the third Euro-Dollar Business Day after any date prior to the Termination Date on which any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of any Prepayment Party in respect of any Prepayment Event, the Commitments will be permanently reduced by an amount equal to the Reduction Percentage of such Net Proceeds; provided that no such reduction shall 3 occur pursuant to this subsection (b)(i) to the extent that (x) a reduction would occur pursuant to subsection (b)(ii) below or (y) after giving effect thereto, the Commitments shall be less than $2,000,000,000. (ii) In addition to the foregoing, on the third Euro-Dollar Business Day after any date prior to the Termination Date on which any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of Corp. or any of its subsidiaries in respect of a Capital Markets Event, the Commitments will be permanently reduced by the amount of such Net Proceeds. (iii) Each reduction pursuant to this subsection (b) shall be applied to reduce ratably the Commitments of all the Banks. For purposes of calculating their respective Available Amounts, such reduction shall be allocated ratably between Capital Funding and Corp. SECTION 5. Addition of Mandatory Prepayments of Loans. (a) The first sentence of Section 2.11(c) of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows: "Upon receipt of a notice of prepayment pursuant to this Section or Section 2.16, the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the contents thereof and of such Bank's ratable share (if any) of such prepayment and such notice shall not thereafter be revocable by a Borrower or the Company." (b) A new subsection (e) is added immediately after Section 2.11(d) of the Credit Agreement, to read in its entirety as follows: (e) (i) Promptly, and in any event within three Euro-Dollar Business Days, after any date on or after the Termination Date on which any Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of any Prepayment Party in respect of any Prepayment Event, one or both Borrowers, as the case may be, shall prepay Committed Loans in an aggregate principal amount (together with accrued interest thereon) equal to the Reduction Percentage of such Net Proceeds; provided that no such prepayment shall be required pursuant to this subsection (e)(i) to the extent that (x) a prepayment would occur pursuant to subsection (e)(ii) below or (y) after giving effect thereto, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Committed Loans shall be less than $2,000,000,000. (ii) In addition to the foregoing, on the third Euro-Dollar Business Day after any date on or after the Termination Date on which Net Proceeds are received by or on behalf of Corp. or any of its subsidiaries in respect of a Capital Markets Event, one or both Borrowers, as the case may be, shall prepay Committed Loans in an aggregate principal amount (together with accrued interest thereon) equal to the amount of such Net Proceeds. 4 (iii) Each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this subsection (e) shall be applied ratably to prepay outstanding Loans of Capital Funding and of Corp., and shall be applied to prepay such Group or Groups of Loans of the relevant Borrower as shall have been designated in the applicable notice (or, if no such designation shall have been made, as the Agent shall select in its discretion). SECTION 6. Delivery of Notice of Prepayment Events. A new Section 2.16 is added to the Credit Agreement immediately after Section 2.15 thereof, to read in its entirety as follows: SECTION 2.16. Notice of Prepayment Events. The Company shall notify the Agent by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of the proposed consummation of any Prepayment Event (and the corresponding reduction of the Commitments pursuant to Section 2.09, if any, and prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.11, if any), not later than 10:30 a.m., New York City time, on the date of the proposed consummation thereof. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify (i) the date of consummation of the applicable Prepayment Event, (ii) a reasonably detailed calculation of the Net Proceeds thereof, and (iii) the amount of the reduction of the Commitments and prepayment of the Loans as a result of such Prepayment Event. Upon receipt of a notice of a Prepayment Event pursuant to this subsection, the Agent shall promptly notify each Bank of the contents thereof. SECTION 7. Additional Exclusion from Consolidated Debt. The definition of "Debt" in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by (i) deleting the "and" at the end of clause (x) thereof, (ii) replacing the period at the end of clause (y) thereof with "; and" and (iii) adding a new clause (z) immediately after clause (y) thereof to read in its entirety as follows: (z) any mandatorily convertible equity-linked securities issued by Capital Funding or the Company, so long as any such securities satisfy each of the following conditions: (i) the terms thereof require no repayments or prepayments and no mandatory redemptions or repurchases, in each case prior to at least 91 days after the later of the termination of the Commitments and the repayment in full of the Loans and all other amounts due under the Credit Agreement, and (ii) such securities are subordinated and junior in right of payment to all obligations of Capital Funding or the Company, as the case may be, for or in respect of borrowed money (unless the instrument governing such obligations expressly provides that such obligations are not senior or superior to such securities or are subordinated or junior in right of payment to them), including, without limitation, to all obligations under the Credit Agreement. SECTION 8. Increase in Permitted Debt Coverage. Section 5.06 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows: 5 SECTION 5.06. Debt Coverage. Consolidated Debt of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company set forth below will not exceed the percentage of Consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Company ending on such date set forth below opposite such day: - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fiscal Quarter Ending Percentage --------------------- ---------- - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 31, 2002 425% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- June 30, 2002 425% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- September 30, 2002 425% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- December 31, 2002 400% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- March 31, 2003 400% - -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For purposes of calculating compliance with this Section 5.06 as of each of June 30, 2002 and September 30, 2002 (each, a "Net Debt Date"), Consolidated Debt shall be reduced by the amount, not to exceed $750,000,000 as of June 30, 2002 or $250,000,000 as of September 30, 2002, of Net Proceeds of incurrences of Debt constituting Prepayment Events which have occurred on or after March 12, 2002, to the extent such Net Proceeds have been deposited in an escrow account established on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Agent. Such terms and conditions shall include, without limitation, that such Net Proceeds shall be released from escrow only to prepay or repay Debt described in clause (i) or (ii) of the definition of Debt which was outstanding on the date of effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement of this Agreement dated as of March 12, 2002 and is due and payable during the fiscal quarter commencing the day after the relevant Net Debt Date. SECTION 9. Additional Restriction on Liens. Section 5.07 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof: "Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any Borrower will, and the Company will not permit any Subsidiary to, create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any material asset (including, without limitation, on any Equity Interest in Qwest Dex, Inc. or any other Subsidiary which owns any material asset) which is part of the directory services business conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except for Liens permitted by clauses (b), (c), (d), (e) and (g) (to the extent relating to clauses (b) through (e)) and (h) above." SECTION 10. Limitation on Restricted Payments. (a) The following new definition is added in alphabetical order in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement: 6 "Restricted Payment" means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property, including without limitation pursuant to a "spin-off" or other distribution to equity holders generally) with respect to any Equity Interest of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest. (b) A new Section 5.10 is added to the Credit Agreement immediately following Section 5.09 thereof, to read in its entirety as follows: SECTION 5.10. Restricted Payments. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that (i) the Company may declare and pay dividends with respect to its common stock payable solely in additional shares of its common stock, and may declare and pay cash dividends with respect to its common stock in an annual amount not to exceed $.05 per share of common stock (adjusted for stock splits and similar events), (ii) any Subsidiary may declare and pay dividends with respect to its Equity Interests, (iii) the Company may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with stock or other benefit plans for management or employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (iv) the Company may declare and pay dividends required to be paid pursuant to the terms of Equity Interests of the Company issued in a transaction constituting a Prepayment Event. SECTION 11. Limitation on Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. A new Section 5.11 is added to the Credit Agreement immediately following Section 5.10 thereof, to read in its entirety as follows: SECTION 5.11. Limitations on Restrictions Affecting Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will enter into, or suffer to exist, any agreement with any Person (other than a written agreement with, or an agreement resulting from the application of a law, policy, rule or regulation by, a public utility commission or other governmental authority) which prohibits or limits the ability of any Subsidiary to (i) pay dividends or make other distributions or pay any Debt owed to the Company or any other Subsidiary, (ii) make loans or advances to the Company or any other Subsidiary, (iii) transfer any of its properties or assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary, (iv) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or on capital stock or equity interests issued by it, or (v) create, incur assume or suffer to exist any Debt; provided that the following shall be permitted: (1) agreements governing Debt as in effect on the date of effectiveness of the Amendment and Restatement of this Agreement dated as of March 12, 2002, and agreements which are no more restrictive in any material respect (or, in the case of any 7 restriction on the incurrence of Debt or Liens, in any respect) than such agreements, (2) agreements granting Liens permitted under Section 5.07 containing restrictions on the ability to transfer or grant Liens on the assets subject to such Liens, (3) restrictions contained in agreements of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary, which restrictions are applicable solely to such Person (including to Equity Interests in such Person) and (4) customary restrictions contained in stock purchase agreements, asset sale agreements limiting the transfer of assets pending the closing of the sale and customary non-assignment provisions in leases and other contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business. SECTION 12. Conforming Changes to Events of Default. Section 6.01(b) of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows: (b) the Company or either Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant contained in Section 5.01(d) or Sections 5.06 to 5.11, inclusive; SECTION 13. Increase in Pricing. (a) The Pricing Schedule is amended and restated to read in its entirety as set forth in the attached Pricing Schedule. (b) The following new definition is added in alphabetical order in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement: "Base Rate Margin" has the meaning set forth in Section 2.07. (c) The first sentence of Section 2.07(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows: "(a) Each Domestic Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof, for each day from the date such Loan is made until it becomes due, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Base Rate Margin plus the Base Rate for such day." (d) Section 2.07(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended to add the following new sentence at the end thereof: "Base Rate Margin" means a rate per annum determined in accordance with the Pricing Schedule. (e) Section 2.08 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read in its entirety as follows: SECTION 2.08. Commitment Fees. The Company shall pay to the Agent for the account of the Banks ratably a commitment fee at the Commitment Fee Rate (determined daily in accordance with the Pricing Schedule). Such commitment fee shall accrue from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the 8 Termination Date (or earlier date of termination of the Commitments in their entirety), on the daily actual aggregate amount of the unused Available Amount allocated to each Borrower pursuant to the definition of "Available Amount," and shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each calendar quarter and upon the date of termination of the Commitments in their entirety. "Commitment Fee Rate" means a rate per annum determined in accordance with the Pricing Schedule. SECTION 14. Representations. Each of the Company and the Borrowers represents and warrants that (i) the representations and warranties set forth in Article 4 of the Credit Agreement will be true on and as of the Restatement Effective Date, (ii) no Default will have occurred and be continuing on such date and (iii) there are no outstanding agreements of the Company and its Subsidiaries containing financial covenants like the covenant set forth in Section 5.06 of the Credit Agreement which are more restrictive than Section 5.06 as amended by this Amendment and Restatement. SECTION 15. Governing Law. This Amendment and Restatement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. SECTION 16. Counterparts. This Amendment and Restatement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. SECTION 17. Effectiveness; Waiver of Notice. This Amendment and Restatement shall become effective on the date when the following conditions are met (the "Restatement Effective Date"): (a) the Agent shall have received from the Company, each of the Borrowers and the Required Banks a counterpart hereof signed by such party or facsimile or other written confirmation (in form satisfactory to the Agent) that such party has signed a counterpart hereof; (b) the Agent shall have received a certificate of an appropriate officer of the Company, dated the Restatement Effective Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, relating to the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Amendment and Restatement; (c) the Agent shall have received, for the account of each Bank that has delivered an executed counterpart hereof on or prior to the Restatement Effective Date in accordance with subsection (a), an amendment fee in an amount equal to 0.25% of such Bank's Commitment (whether used or unused) as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date; 9 (d) the Company shall have paid in full all expenses payable by it pursuant to Section 10.03(a) of the Credit Agreement with respect to which the Company shall have received an invoice at least one Domestic Business Day prior to the Restatement Effective Date; and (e) the Agent shall have received, for the account of the Banks, a prepayment of Committed Loans in the aggregate principal amount of $608,166,667. On the Restatement Effective Date, the Commitments shall be reduced automatically by $608,166,667. Each of the Banks waives the requirements of three Euro-Dollar Business Days' notice of the prepayment of Committed Loans, and three Domestic Business Days' notice of the reduction of Commitments, referred to in this Section. SECTION 18. Amendment Fee. The Company agrees that, if the Restatement Effective Date occurs on or prior to March 22, 2002, it will pay or cause to be paid to the Agent, for the account of each Bank that has delivered to the Agent an executed counterpart hereof after the Restatement Effective Date but on or prior to March 22, 2002, an amendment fee in an amount equal to 0.25% of such Bank's Commitment (whether used or unused) as in effect on the Restatement Effective Date. Such amendment fee shall be payable with respect to any such Bank within one Domestic Business Day of receipt by the Agent of an executed counterpart hereof by such Bank. 10 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment and Restatement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written. QWEST CAPITAL FUNDING, INC. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: QWEST CORPORATION By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: QWEST COMMUNICATIONS INTERNATIONAL INC. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: CITIBANK, N.A. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: COMMERZBANK AG, NEW YORK AND GRAND CAYMAN BRANCHES By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: ABN AMRO BANK N.V. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: THE BANK OF NEW YORK By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: BANK ONE, NA By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: BAYERISCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: BEAR STEARNS CORPORATE LENDING INC. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: FLEET NATIONAL BANK By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: ROYAL BANK OF CANADA By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH AND/OR CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: MELLON BANK, N.A. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: WACHOVIA BANK, N.A. By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LIMITED NEW YORK BRANCH By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: MERRILL LYNCH BANK USA By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: THE FUJI BANK, LIMITED By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: THE SANWA BANK, LIMITED By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION By: -------------------------------------- Name: Title: EX-99.1 4 ex99_1.txt EXHIBIT 99.1 ride the light [GRAPHIC LOGO OMITTED] NEWS QWEST(R) QWEST COMMUNICATIONS AMENDS $4 BILLION UNSECURED BANK credit facility Company Continues To Expect To Be Cash Flow Positive in Second Quarter 2002 Amendment Increases Debt/EBITDA Coverage Limits DENVER, March 18, 2002 -- Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) today announced it has amended its $4 billion unsecured bank credit agreement. The company believes that available cash and borrowings available under the bank facility will be sufficient to pay debt maturing in the next twelve months and to fund its capital and operating expenditures during that period. Qwest continues to expect to become cash flow positive in the second quarter of 2002. "The amendment is good for Qwest and the banks," said Robin Szeliga, Qwest executive vice president and chief financial officer. "It lets us continue to reduce our debt and puts the liquidity issues to rest." As part of the amendment, Qwest is permitted to maintain a ratio of debt to Consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the agreement) for the trailing four quarters of not more than 4.25 at March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2002 and 4.0 at December 31, 2002 and March 31, 2003. The previous debt coverage ratio limit was 3.75. The bank facility matures May 3, 2002, but the company presently expects to exercise its option to extend the maturity to May 3, 2003, as permitted by the agreement. In connection with the amendment, the company repaid approximately $608 million from the net proceeds of the issuance by Qwest Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary, of $1.5 billion principal amount of 8 7/8 percent senior notes. Approximately $3.4 billion remains outstanding under the bank facility. As part of the amendment, the company agreed to use a portion of net proceeds from future sales of assets and capital market transactions, including the issuance of debt and equity securities, to prepay the bank loan until the outstanding loan is $2 billion or less. About Qwest Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) is a leader in reliable, scalable and secure broadband data, voice and image communications for businesses and consumers. The Qwest Macro Capacity(R) Fiber Network, designed with the newest optical networking equipment for speed and efficiency, spans more than 190,000 miles globally. For more information, please visit the Qwest Web site at www.qwest.com. # # # This release may contain projections and other forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or results. Readers are referred to the documents filed by Qwest Communications International Inc. (together with its affiliates, "Qwest", "we" or "us") with the Securities and Exchange Commission, specifically the most recent reports which identify important risk factors that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements, including but not limited to: potential fluctuations in quarterly results; volatility of Qwest's stock price; intense competition in the markets in which we compete; changes in demand for our products and services; the duration and extent of the current economic downturn, including its effect on our customers and suppliers; adverse economic conditions in the markets served by us or by companies in which we have substantial investments; adverse results of review and scrutiny by regulatory authorities, media and others of financial reporting practices; dependence on new product development and acceleration of the deployment of advanced new services, such as broadband data, wireless and video services, which could require substantial expenditure of financial and other resources in excess of contemplated levels; higher than anticipated employee levels, capital expenditures and operating expenses; rapid and significant changes in technology and markets; adverse changes in the regulatory or legislative environment affecting our business; adverse developments in commercial disputes or legal proceedings; delays in our ability to provide interLATA services within our 14-state local service area; failure to maintain rights-of-way; and failure to achieve the projected synergies and financial results expected to result from the acquisition of U S WEST, and difficulties in combining the operations of the combined company. This release may include analysts' estimates and other information prepared by third parties for which we assume no responsibility. We undertake no obligation to review or confirm analysts' expectations or estimates or to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. The Qwest logo is a registered trademark of, and CyberCenter is a service mark of, Qwest Communications International Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. Contacts: Media Contact: Investor Contact: -------------- ----------------- Tyler Gronbach Lee Wolfe 303-992-2155 800-567-7296 tyler.gronbach@qwest.com IR@qwest.com 2 -----END PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE-----