-----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, UZwtRdRFwX9DZC3llzOgrmmk81QDPkxdnSm7wpd9d0Glq7eiJDL+jBYu8wLwDFFq r9R9Q9elLBOZX1q3Siw5Lg== 0001193125-10-278444.txt : 20101210 0001193125-10-278444.hdr.sgml : 20101210 20101210163245 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-10-278444 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 8 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20101206 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20101210 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20101210 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CITADEL BROADCASTING CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001174527 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS [4832] IRS NUMBER: 510405729 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-31740 FILM NUMBER: 101245363 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7201 W LAKE MEAD BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89128 BUSINESS PHONE: 7028048204 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 7201 W LAKE MEAD BLVD STREET 2: SUITE 400 CITY: LAS VEGAS STATE: NV ZIP: 89128 8-K 1 d8k.htm FORM 8-K Form 8-K

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): December 6, 2010

 

 

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

DELAWARE   001-31740   51-0405729

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

City Center West, Suite 400

7201 West Lake Mead Blvd.

Las Vegas, Nevada 89128

(Address of Principal executive offices, including Zip Code)

(702) 804-5200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Offering of Senior Notes

On December 6, 2010, Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (the “Company”) entered into a Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) by and among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein (the “Guarantors”) and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Representative”), as representative of the several initial purchasers, relating to the issuance and sale of $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.75% senior notes due 2018 (the “Notes”).

The Notes are being offered to the initial purchasers as a private placement and have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The initial purchasers intend to sell the Notes only to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and to persons outside the United States under Regulation S of the Securities Act.

The Purchase Agreement contains customary representations, warranties, agreements, indemnification obligations, including for liabilities under the Securities Act, other obligations and termination provisions of the Company, certain of its subsidiaries and the initial purchasers.

The Purchase Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein. The description of the Purchase Agreement contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

Indenture Relating to the Notes

On December 10, 2010, the Company completed the private placement of the $400,000,000 Notes from the several initial purchasers. The initial purchasers subsequently sold the Notes to qualified institutional buyers under Rule 144A and to persons outside the United States under Regulation S of the Securities Act. The private placement of the Notes resulted in proceeds to the Company of approximately $391.0 million. The Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of December 10, 2010 by and among the Company, Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation (the “Agent”), as registrar, authentication agent and paying agent.

The Notes will mature on December 15, 2018, and bear interest at a rate of 7.75% per annum, payable semi-annually in cash in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, beginning on June 15, 2011. The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company and will be guaranteed by each of the Guarantors.

The terms of the Indenture will, among other things, limit the ability of the Company and its restricted subsidiaries to (i) incur additional indebtedness or issue certain preferred stock; (ii) pay dividends on, or make distributions in respect of, their capital stock or repurchase their capital stock; (iii) make certain investments or other restricted payments; (iv) sell certain assets; (v) create liens or use assets as security in other transactions; (vi) merge, consolidate or transfer or dispose of substantially all of their assets; and (vii) engage in certain transactions with affiliates. These covenants are subject to a number of important limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.

 

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The Notes will be redeemable, in whole or in part, at any time after December 15, 2014, at the redemption prices specified in the Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. At any time prior to December 15, 2013, the Company may redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with the net cash proceeds from one or more equity offerings at a redemption price equal to 107.75% of the principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. In addition, at any time prior to December 15, 2014, the Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes so redeemed, plus a make-whole premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. The Company may also redeem all or part of the Notes at a redemption price equal to 107.75% of the face amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date if specified change of control or business combination events occur on or before 180 days after the issue date of the Notes.

Upon the occurrence of a change of control triggering event specified in the Indenture, the Company must offer to purchase the Notes at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to, but not including, the repurchase date.

The Indenture provides for customary events of default (subject in certain cases to customary grace and cure periods), which include nonpayment, breach of covenants in the Indenture, payment defaults or acceleration of other indebtedness, a failure to pay certain judgments and certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the trustee or holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may declare the principal, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all the Notes to be due and payable. These events of default are subject to a number of important qualifications, limitations and exceptions that are described in the Indenture.

The Indenture is filed as Exhibit 4.1 hereto and incorporated by reference herein. The description of the Indenture contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

Registration Rights Agreement

On December 10, 2010, in connection with the private placement of the Notes, the Company, the Guarantors and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on behalf of itself and the other initial purchasers named therein, entered into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”). The terms of the Registration Rights Agreement require the Company and the Guarantors to (i) use their commercially reasonable efforts to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission and cause to become effective within 365 days after the date of the initial issuance of the Notes, a registration statement with respect to an offer to exchange the Notes for a new issue of debt securities registered under the Securities Act (the “Exchange Offer”), with terms substantially identical to those of the Notes, (except for provisions relating to the transfer restrictions and payment of additional interest); (ii) keep the Exchange Offer open for at least 20 business days (or longer if required by applicable law); and (iii) in certain circumstances, file a shelf registration statement for the resale of the Notes. If the Company and the Guarantors fail to satisfy their registration obligations under the Registration Rights Agreement, then the Company will be required to pay additional interest to the holders of the Notes, up to a maximum additional interest rate of 1.00% per annum.

 

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The Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 4.2 hereto and incorporated by reference herein. The description of the Registration Rights Agreement contained herein does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.

Credit Agreement

On the Effective Date, the Company entered into a new credit agreement dated as of December 10, 2010 (the “Credit Agreement”) by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders.

The Credit Agreement consists of a term loan credit facility of $350 million with a term of six years (the “Term Loan”) and a revolving credit facility in the amount of $150 million under which letters of credit may be issued and a swing line sub-facility of up to $30 million may be borrowed (the “Revolving Loan”, together with the Term Loan, the “Credit Facilities”).

The Credit Agreement and related loan documents replace the Company’s prior credit agreement, dated as of June 3, 2010, and related loan documents in connection with the Company’s senior secured term loan facility and letters of credit (collectively, the “Prior Credit Facilities”). The Credit Agreement provides that all commitments under the Prior Credit Facilities were terminated and all borrowings thereunder were deemed repaid on the Effective Date.

The following is a description of certain material terms of the Credit Facilities. A copy of the Credit Agreement is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 to this report and is incorporated by reference herein. The description of the Credit Facilities below does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit. Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms have the meanings given them in the Credit Agreement.

Interest Rate and Fees

The proceeds from the Term Loan and the Revolving Loan will bear interest at either (A) ABR (as defined in the Credit Agreement) subject to a 2.0% floor, plus 2.25% or (B) Eurodollar Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) subject to a 1.0% floor, plus 3.25%.

In addition to paying interest on outstanding principal under the Credit Facilities, the Company is required to pay the Administrative Agent (i) a commitment fee on the sum of each Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment (as defined in the Credit Agreement) outstanding from time to time, at the rate per annum for each day during the period for which payment is made equal to 0.50% and payable in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter and (ii) for the account of the Issuing Lender (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and the Participating Lenders (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (a) a Standby L/C (as defined in the Credit Agreement) fee, with respect to each Standby L/C, on the average outstanding amount available to be drawn under each Standby L/C at a rate per annum equal to 3.25%, payable in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date and (b) a Commercial L/C (as defined in the Credit Agreement) fee, on the aggregate face amount of each Commercial L/C at a rate equal to 3.25%, whether, payable on the date such Commercial L/C is issued.

 

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In addition, the Company shall pay the Issuing Lender with respect to each Standby L/C and Commercial L/C, in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter and on date in which all Letters of Credit have expired or been fully drawn upon, a fee to be agreed upon with the applicable Issuing Lender but not greater than .25% per annum on the average outstanding amount available to be drawn on such Letter of Credit.

Prepayments

The Company will be required to prepay the outstanding amount of the Term Loan, subject to certain exceptions, with:

 

   

100% of the Net Proceeds (as defined in the Credit Agreement) from any issuance of debt not otherwise permitted to be incurred under the Credit Agreement;

 

   

100% of Net Proceeds of non-ordinary course asset sales and insurance or condemnation recoveries, subject to reinvestment rights and other exceptions; and

 

   

50% of Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Credit Agreement) with a potential stepdown to 0% if certain leverage thresholds are met, less the amount of all voluntary prepayments made as described in the Credit Agreement, subject to certain thresholds and exceptions.

The Company may voluntarily repay outstanding loans under the Credit Facilities at any time without premium or penalty other than payment of any customary Eurodollar Rate breakage costs.

Maturity and Amortization

The Term Loan will amortize in an amount equal to $875,000 for each fiscal quarter starting on March 31, 2011, with the remaining amount payable on December 30, 2016. Outstanding amounts under the Revolving Loan will be payable on December 10, 2013.

Certain Covenants and Events of Default

The Credit Agreement and related loan documents contain certain covenants that limit the Company’s and its subsidiaries ability, among other things, subject to certain exceptions to:

 

   

Incur or guarantee indebtedness;

 

   

Consummate asset sales, acquisitions or mergers;

 

   

Make investments;

 

   

Enter into transactions with affiliates; and

 

   

Pay dividends or repurchase stock.

 

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The Credit Agreement also requires compliance with a consolidated total leverage ratio of 4.5 as of December 31, 2010 (with step-downs thereafter), a senior secured leverage ratio of 2.25 to 1.0 as of December 31, 2010 and consolidated interest coverage ratio of 2.5 to 1.0 as of December 31, 2010.

Subject to customary grace periods and notice requirements, the Credit Facilities also contain certain customary events of default, including:

 

   

Failure to make required payments;

 

   

Failure to comply with certain agreements or covenants;

 

   

Defaults under certain other indebtedness;

 

   

Certain events of bankruptcy and insolvency;

 

   

The occurrence of certain material ERISA events; and

 

   

The occurrence of a “change of control”.

A “change of control” of the Company is deemed to have occurred if: (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder), of more than 35% of any class of capital stock of the Company; or (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Company nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated.

The foregoing description of the covenants and events of default does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Credit Agreement which is incorporated herein by reference.

Guarantees and Security

In connection with the execution of the Credit Agreement, the Company also entered into a certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. All of the Company’s obligations under the Credit Facilities will be unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by each of the direct and indirect subsidiaries party thereto (the “Guarantee and Collateral Guarantors”).

Additionally, the Credit Facilities and the Guarantees will be secured by the following: (a) a perfected first priority security interest in, among other things, all of our and the Guarantee and Collateral Guarantors’ accounts receivable, inventory, cash, personal property, material intellectual property and, in each case, proceeds thereof (subject to certain exceptions); and (b) a perfected first priority pledge of the capital stock in our subsidiaries, except that with respect to any foreign subsidiaries such pledge shall be limited to 65% of the capital stock of the “first-tier” foreign subsidiaries; in each case, subject to permitted liens and materiality thresholds and other exceptions and limitations.

 

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The collateral under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is subject to release upon fulfillment of certain conditions specified in the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

The foregoing description of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of this agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On December 6, 2010, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had priced the Notes. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

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Exhibit No.

  

Description

  4.1    Indenture, dated December 10, 2010, by and among the Company, Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, authentication agent and paying agent.
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 10, 2010, by and among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on behalf of itself and the other initial purchasers named therein.
10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated December 6, 2010, by and among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers.
10.2    Credit Agreement, dated December 10, 2010, by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders.
10.3    Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated December 10, 2010 among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
99.1    Press Release, dated December 6, 2010.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION
Date: December 10, 2010    
    By:  

/s/ Randy L. Taylor

    Name:   Randy L. Taylor
    Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.    Description
  4.1    Indenture, dated December 10, 2010, by and among the Company, Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as registrar, authentication agent and paying agent.
  4.2    Registration Rights Agreement, dated December 10, 2010, by and among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on behalf of itself and the other initial purchasers named therein.
10.1    Purchase Agreement, dated December 6, 2010, by and among the Company, certain subsidiary guarantors named therein and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representative of the several initial purchasers.
10.2    Credit Agreement, dated December 10, 2010, by and among the Company, the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders.
10.3    Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated December 10, 2010 among the Company, certain of the Company’s subsidiaries and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
99.1    Press Release, dated December 6, 2010.
EX-4.1 2 dex41.htm INDENTURE Indenture

Exhibit 4.1

 

 

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

AS TRUSTEE

AND

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

AS REGISTRAR, AUTHENTICATION AGENT and PAYING AGENT

7.75% Senior Notes due 2018

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of December 10, 2010

 

 

 

 


Table of Contents

 

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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     1   
 

SECTION 1.1.

   Definitions      1   
 

SECTION 1.2.

   Other Definitions      33   
 

SECTION 1.3.

   Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act      35   
 

SECTION 1.4.

   Rules of Construction      36   

ARTICLE II THE NOTES

     36   
 

SECTION 2.1.

   Form, Dating and Terms      36   
 

SECTION 2.2.

   Execution and Authentication      45   
 

SECTION 2.3.

   Registrar and Paying Agent      46   
 

SECTION 2.4.

   Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust      46   
 

SECTION 2.5.

   Holder Lists      47   
 

SECTION 2.6.

   Transfer and Exchange      47   
 

SECTION 2.7.

   [Reserved]      52   
 

SECTION 2.8.

   Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors      52   
 

SECTION 2.9.

   Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S      53   
 

SECTION 2.10.

   Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes      55   
 

SECTION 2.11.

   Outstanding Notes      56   
 

SECTION 2.12.

   Temporary Notes      56   
 

SECTION 2.13.

   Cancellation      56   
 

SECTION 2.14.

   Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest      57   
 

SECTION 2.15.

   CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers      58   

ARTICLE III COVENANTS

     58   
 

SECTION 3.1.

   Payment of Notes      58   
 

SECTION 3.2.

   Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock      59   
 

SECTION 3.3.

   Limitation on Restricted Payments      65   
 

SECTION 3.4.

   Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries      72   
 

SECTION 3.5.

   Limitation on Asset Sales      74   
 

SECTION 3.6.

   Limitation on Liens      77   
 

SECTION 3.7.

   Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries      78   
 

SECTION 3.8.

   Transactions with Affiliates      79   
 

SECTION 3.9.

   Limitation on Activities of the License Subsidiaries      81   
 

SECTION 3.10.

   Change of Control      81   
 

SECTION 3.11.

   Reports and Other Information      83   

 

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SECTION 3.12.

   Maintenance of Office or Agency      85   
 

SECTION 3.13.

   Corporate Existence      85   
 

SECTION 3.14.

   Payment of Taxes      85   
 

SECTION 3.15.

   Payments for Consent      85   
 

SECTION 3.16.

   Compliance Certificate      86   
 

SECTION 3.17.

   Further Instruments and Acts      86   
 

SECTION 3.18.

   Limitation on Lines of Business      86   
 

SECTION 3.19.

   Statement by Officers as to Default      86   
 

SECTION 3.20.

   Suspension of Certain Covenants      86   

ARTICLE IV SUCCESSOR COMPANY

     87   
 

SECTION 4.1.

   Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets      87   

ARTICLE V REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

     89   
 

SECTION 5.1.

   Notices to Trustee      89   
 

SECTION 5.2.

   Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased      89   
 

SECTION 5.3.

   Notice of Redemption      90   
 

SECTION 5.4.

   Effect of Notice of Redemption      91   
 

SECTION 5.5.

   Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price      91   
 

SECTION 5.6.

   Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part      91   
 

SECTION 5.7.

   Optional Redemption      92   
 

SECTION 5.8.

   Mandatory Redemption      93   

ARTICLE VI DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     93   
 

SECTION 6.1.

   Events of Default      93   
 

SECTION 6.2.

   Acceleration      95   
 

SECTION 6.3.

   Other Remedies      96   
 

SECTION 6.4.

   Waiver of Past Defaults      96   
 

SECTION 6.5.

   Control by Majority      97   
 

SECTION 6.6.

   Limitation on Suits      97   
 

SECTION 6.7.

   Rights of Holders to Receive Payment      97   
 

SECTION 6.8.

   Collection Suit by Trustee      97   
 

SECTION 6.9.

   Trustee May File Proofs of Claim      98   
 

SECTION 6.10.

   Priorities      98   
 

SECTION 6.11.

   Undertaking for Costs      98   

ARTICLE VII TRUSTEE

     99   
 

SECTION 7.1.

   Duties of Trustee      99   
 

SECTION 7.2.

   Rights of Trustee      100   
 

SECTION 7.3.

   Individual Rights of Trustee      102   
 

SECTION 7.4.

   Trustee’s Disclaimer      102   
 

SECTION 7.5.

   Notice of Defaults      102   

 

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SECTION 7.6.

   Reports by Trustee to Holders      102   
 

SECTION 7.7.

   Compensation and Indemnity      103   
 

SECTION 7.8.

   Replacement of Trustee      103   
 

SECTION 7.9.

   Successor Trustee by Merger      104   
 

SECTION 7.10.

   Eligibility; Disqualification      105   
 

SECTION 7.11.

   Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer      105   
 

SECTION 7.12.

   Trustee’s Application for Instruction from the Issuer      105   

ARTICLE VIII LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     105   
 

SECTION 8.1.

   Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance; Defeasance      105   
 

SECTION 8.2.

   Legal Defeasance and Discharge      105   
 

SECTION 8.3.

   Covenant Defeasance      106   
 

SECTION 8.4.

   Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance      107   
 

SECTION 8.5.

   Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions      108   
 

SECTION 8.6.

   Repayment to the Issuer      108   
 

SECTION 8.7.

   Reinstatement      109   

ARTICLE IX AMENDMENTS

     109   
 

SECTION 9.1.

   Without Consent of Holders      109   
 

SECTION 9.2.

   With Consent of Holders      110   
 

SECTION 9.3.

   Compliance with Trust Indenture Act      112   
 

SECTION 9.4.

   Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers      112   
 

SECTION 9.5.

   Notation on or Exchange of Notes      113   
 

SECTION 9.6.

   Trustee to Sign Amendments      113   

ARTICLE X GUARANTEE

     113   
 

SECTION 10.1.

   Guarantee      113   
 

SECTION 10.2.

   Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge      115   
 

SECTION 10.3.

   Right of Contribution      117   
 

SECTION 10.4.

   No Subrogation      117   

ARTICLE XI RESERVED

     118   

ARTICLE XII SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     118   
 

SECTION 12.1.

   Satisfaction and Discharge      118   
 

SECTION 12.2.

   Application of Trust Money      119   

ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS

     119   
 

SECTION 13.1.

   Trust Indenture Act Controls      119   
 

SECTION 13.2.

   Notices      120   
 

SECTION 13.3.

   Communication by Holders with other Holders      121   

 

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SECTION 13.4.

   Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent      122   
 

SECTION 13.5.

   Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion      122   
 

SECTION 13.6.

   When Notes Disregarded      122   
 

SECTION 13.7.

   Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar      123   
 

SECTION 13.8.

   Legal Holidays      123   
 

SECTION 13.9.

   GOVERNING LAW      123   
 

SECTION 13.10.

   USA Patriot Act      123   
 

SECTION 13.11.

   No Recourse Against Others      123   
 

SECTION 13.12.

   Successors      123   
 

SECTION 13.13.

   Multiple Originals      123   
 

SECTION 13.14.

   Qualification of Indenture      124   
 

SECTION 13.15.

   Table of Contents; Headings      124   
 

SECTION 13.16.

   WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL      124   
 

SECTION 13.17.

   Force Majeure      124   

 

EXHIBIT A   Form of Series A Note
EXHIBIT B   Form of Series B Note
EXHIBIT C   Form of Indenture Supplement to Add Future Subsidiary Guarantors

 

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE

 

TIA

Section

  

Indenture

Section

310(a)(1)

     7.10

      (a)(2)

     7.10

      (a)(3)

    N.A.

      (a)(4)

    N.A.

      (a)(5)

     7.10

      (b)

     7.3; 7.8; 7.10

      (c)

     7.10

311(a)

     7.11

      (b)

     7.11

      (c)

    N.A.

312(a)

     2.5

      (b)

   13.3

      (c)

   13.3

313(a)

     7.6

      (b)(1)

     7.6; 11.2

      (b)(2)

     7.6; 11.2

      (c)

     7.6; 11.2

      (d)

     7.6

314(a)

     3.11; 3.16; 13.5

      (b)

   11.2(b)

      (c)(1)

   13.4

      (c)(2)

   13.4

      (c)(3)

    N.A.

      (d)

   11.2; 11.6(b)

      (e)

   13.5

315(a)

     7.1

      (b)

     7.5; 13.2

      (c)

     7.1

      (d)

     7.1

      (e)

     6.11

316(a)(last sentence)

   13.6

      (a)(1)(A)

     6.5

      (a)(1)(B)

     6.4

      (a)(2)

    N.A.

      (b)

     6.7

      (c)

     6.5

317(a)(1)

     6.8

      (a)(2)

     6.9

      (b)

     2.4

318(a)

   13.1

N.A. means Not Applicable.

Note: This Cross-Reference Table shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of this Indenture.

 

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INDENTURE dated as of December 10, 2010, among CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking corporation (the “Trustee”), as Trustee, and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, a New York banking corporation (the “Agent”), as registrar, authentication agent and paying agent.

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of (i) the Issuer’s 7.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2018, issued on the date hereof (the “Initial Notes”), (ii) if and when issued, an unlimited principal amount of additional 7.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2018 in a non-registered offering or 7.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2018 in a registered offering that may be offered from time to time subsequent to the Issue Date, in each case subject to Section 2.1 (the “Additional Notes”) as provided in Section 2.1(a) and (iii) if and when issued, the Issuer’s 7.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2018 that may be issued from time to time in exchange for Initial Notes or any Additional Notes in an offer registered under the Securities Act as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement, as hereinafter defined (the “Exchange Notes” and, together with the Initial Notes and Additional Notes, the “Notes”):

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

SECTION 1.1. Definitions.

Acquired Indebtedness” means, with respect to any specified Person,

(1) Indebtedness of any other Person existing at the time such other Person is merged with or into or became a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person, including Indebtedness incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person merging with or into or becoming a Restricted Subsidiary of such specified Person; and

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

Additional Interest” means all additional interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement.

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.

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and


(2) the excess, if any, of (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of such Note at December 15, 2014 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Section 5.7(d)), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through December 15, 2014 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of such Note.

Asset Sale” means:

(1) the sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition, whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, of property or assets (including by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) of the Issuer (other than Equity Interests of the Issuer) or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to in this definition as a “disposition”); or

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 3.2 or directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals as required under applicable law), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, in each case, other than:

(a) any disposition of Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or obsolete or worn out equipment in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale or no longer used in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 4.1 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture;

(c) the making of any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 3.3 and the making of any Permitted Investments;

(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate fair market value of less than $5.0 million;

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

(f) to the extent allowable under Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

(g) the lease, assignment, sub-lease, license or sublicense of any real or personal property in the ordinary course of business;

 

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

(i) foreclosures, condemnation or any similar action on assets;

(j) any disposition of Securitization Assets, or participations therein, in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing, or the disposition of an account receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof in the ordinary course of business;

(k) the granting of a Lien that is permitted by Section 3.6;

(l) the sale or issuance by a Restricted Subsidiary of Preferred Stock or Disqualified Stock that is permitted by Section 3.2;

(m) any financing transaction with respect to property constructed, acquired, replaced, repaired or improved (including any reconstruction, refurbishment, renovation and/or development of real property) by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, including Sale and Lease-Back Transactions and asset securitizations, permitted by this Indenture; and

(n) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or other litigation claims in the ordinary course of business.

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of a Person to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors of such Person and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.

Business Day” means each day which is not a Legal Holiday.

Capital Stock” means:

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

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

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

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

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

 

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Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) United States dollars;

(2) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(3) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $300.0 million;

(4) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (2) and (3) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (3) above and in U.S. dollars;

(5) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moody’s or at least A-2 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof, in U.S. dollars;

(6) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and in U.S. dollars;

(7) investment funds investing substantially all of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (6) above;

(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(9) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition and in each case in U.S. dollars;

(10) Investments with weighted average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and in each case in U.S. dollars; and

 

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(11) credit card receivables and debit card receivables so long as such are considered cash equivalents under GAAP and are so reflected on the Issuer’s balance sheet.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars; provided that such amounts are converted into U.S. dollars as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

Cash Management Services” means any of the following to the extent not constituting a line of credit (other than an overnight overdraft facility that is not in default): ACH transactions, treasury and/or cash management services, including, without limitation, controlled disbursement services, overdraft facilities, foreign exchange facilities, deposit and other accounts and merchant services.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions (other than by way of merger or consolidation), of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than to any Subsidiary Guarantor; or

(2) the Issuer becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act) in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies holding directly or indirectly 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer; provided that for purposes of determining the beneficial ownership of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Issuer, all of the outstanding shares of our Class B common stock shall be deemed to have been converted to outstanding shares of our Class A common stock; or

(3) the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that constitute all or substantially all of the business of the Issuer shall, on or before the first anniversary of the Issue Date, merge or consolidate with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets to, in one or more related transactions, any Person, or directly or indirectly enter into any business combination with any Person (other than (a) a merger or consolidation of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor with or into, or a transfer of all or part of its properties or assets to the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable or (b) a merger or consolidation of the Issuer with or into an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof), or enter into an agreement or arrangement to do any of the foregoing (whether or not such transaction is completed on or before such first anniversary), if, upon completion of any such transaction described above, immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, the Leverage Ratio of the Issuer or other surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such transaction, on a consolidated basis together with such Person’s Restricted Subsidiaries, shall be greater than 3.75 to 1.0; or

 

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(4) the first day on which a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Issuer are not Continuing Directors; or

(5) the adoption by the stockholders of the Issuer of a plan or proposal for the liquidation or dissolution of the Issuer.

Change of Control Triggering Event” means a Change of Control; provided that, subject to the succeeding proviso, a transaction or other event described in clause (3) of the definition of “Change of Control” shall constitute a Change of Control Triggering Event whether or not, after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, the Leverage Ratio described in such clause shall be greater than 3.75 to 1.0; and provided, further, that a Change of Control Triggering Event shall not include a merger or consolidation with or into, a winding up into, a sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all properties or assets to, or a business combination with a Person or Persons that would not, collectively, constitute a Significant Subsidiary if such Person or Persons were, collectively, a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer (and substituting 20 percent for 10 percent each place it appears in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X for purposes of the definition of Significant Subsidiary).

Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

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

 

  (1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark-to-market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (e) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (v) penalties and interest related to taxes, (w) any Additional Interest with respect to the Notes, (x) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, discounted liabilities, commissions, fees and expenses, (y) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Securitization Facility); plus

 

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

 

  (3) interest income for such period.

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income, of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication,

(1) any net after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses, costs, charges or expenses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) (including any such amounts relating to the Refinancing Transactions to the extent incurred on or prior to the date that is the one year anniversary of the Issue Date), severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded,

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

(3) any net after-tax effect of income (loss) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations and any net after-tax gains or losses on disposal of disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations shall be excluded,

(4) any net after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions (including sales or other dispositions of assets under a Securitization Facility) other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer, shall be excluded,

(5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to the referent Person or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period (without duplication for purposes of Section 3.3 of any amounts included in Section 3.3(a)(iv)(C)(iv)(a)),

 

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(6) solely for the purpose of determining the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 3.3(a)(iv)(C)(i), the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Subsidiary Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, is otherwise restricted by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Issuer shall be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

(7) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in such Person’s consolidated financial statements, including adjustments to the inventory, property and equipment, software and other intangible assets (including favorable and unfavorable leases and contracts), deferred revenue and debt line items in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off or write-down of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

(8) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment or cancellation of Indebtedness or Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments shall be excluded,

(9) any impairment charge, asset write-off or write-down, in each case pursuant to GAAP and the amortization of intangibles and other assets arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,

(10) any (i) non-cash compensation charge or expense recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights and (ii) income (loss) attributable to deferred compensation plans or trusts shall be excluded,

(11) any unrealized net gains and losses resulting from Hedging Obligations or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and related pronouncements shall be excluded; and

(12) any net income or loss included in the consolidated financial statements as noncontrolling interests due to the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 810, Consolidation, shall be excluded.

In addition, to the extent not already included in the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include the amount of proceeds received from business interruption insurance and reimbursements of any expenses and charges that are covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any Permitted Investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted under this Indenture.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 3.3 only (other than Section 3.3(a)(iv)(C)(iv)), there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any income arising from any sale or other disposition of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repurchases and redemptions of Restricted Investments from the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, any repayments of loans and advances which constitute Restricted Investments by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, any sale of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any distribution or dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary, in each case only to the extent such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 3.3(a)(C)(iv).

Consolidated Total Indebtedness” means, as at any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (1) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Obligations in respect of Capitalized Lease Obligations and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes and similar instruments (and including, for the avoidance of doubt, all obligations relating to Qualified Securitization Financings) and (2) the aggregate amount of all outstanding Disqualified Stock of the Issuer and all Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, with the amount of such Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock equal to the greater of their respective voluntary or involuntary liquidation preferences and maximum fixed repurchase prices, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided that Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries under any revolving credit facility or line of credit as at any date of determination shall be determined using the Average Quarterly Balance of such Indebtedness for the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available as of such date of determination (the “Reference Period”).

For purposes hereof, (a) the “maximum fixed repurchase price” of any Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock that does not have a fixed repurchase price shall be calculated in accordance with the terms of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock as if such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock were purchased on any date on which Consolidated Total Indebtedness shall be required to be determined pursuant to this Indenture, and if such price is based upon, or measured by, the fair market value of such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such fair market value shall be determined reasonably and in Good Faith by the Issuer, (b) “Average Quarterly Balance” means, with respect to any Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries under a revolving facility or line of credit, the quotient of (x) the sum of each Individual Quarterly Balance for each fiscal quarter ended on or prior to such date of determination and included in the Reference Period divided by (y) 4, and (c) “Individual Quarterly Balance” means, with respect to any Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries under a revolving credit facility or line of credit during any fiscal quarter of the Issuer, the quotient of (x) the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all such Indebtedness at the end of each day of such quarter divided by (y) the number of days in such fiscal quarter.

 

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

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

(2) to advance or supply funds

 

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

 

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

 

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

Continuing Directors” means, as of any date of determination, any member of the board of directors of the Issuer who: (1) was a member of such board of directors on the Issue Date or (2) was nominated for election or elected to such board of directors with the approval of a majority of the Continuing Directors who were members of such board of directors at the time of such nomination or election.

Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities, including the New Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit or other indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refunding thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 3.2) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or investor or group of lenders or investors.

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; provided that any Default that results solely from the taking of an action that would have been permitted but for the continuation of a previous Default will be deemed to be cured if such previous Default is cured prior to becoming an Event of Default.

Definitive Notes” means certificated Notes.

 

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Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value of non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Designated Preferred Stock” means Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any parent company thereof (in each case other than Disqualified Stock) that is issued for cash (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) and is so designated as Designated Preferred Stock, pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate executed by the principal financial officer of the Issuer or the applicable parent company thereof, as the case may be, on the issuance date thereof, the cash proceeds of which are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 3.3(a)(C).

Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date 91 days after the earlier of the maturity date of the Notes or the date the Notes are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Issuer or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

DTC” means The Depository Trust Company, its nominees and their respective successors and assigns, or such other depository institution hereinafter appointed by the Issuer.

EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period

 

  (1) increased (without duplication) by:

 

  (a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

  (b) Fixed Charges of such Person for such period (including (x) net losses on Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk and (y) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, plus amounts excluded from the definition of “Consolidated Interest Expense” pursuant to clauses 1(v) through 1(z) thereof, to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in calculating such Consolidated Net Income); plus

 

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  (c) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period to the extent the same were deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

  (d) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful) or an amendment or modification of any debt instrument, including

(i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the New Credit Facilities and any Securitization Fees, and

(ii) any amendment or other modification of the Notes, the New Credit Facilities and any Securitization Fees, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

 

  (e) the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve, integration cost or other business optimization expense or cost associated with establishing new facilities that is certified by the chief financial officer of the Issuer and deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Issue Date and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; provided that the aggregate amount of all charges, expenses, costs and losses added back under this clause (e) in the aggregate in any consecutive four-quarter period will not exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate; plus

 

  (f) any other non-cash charges, expenses or losses reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (including any impairment charges or the impact of purchase accounting and the effects of fresh start accounting under SOP 90-7), excluding any such charge that represents an accrual or reserve for a cash expenditure for a future period; plus

 

  (g) any costs or expense incurred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Issuer or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests of the Issuer (other than Disqualified Stock), solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in Section 3.3(a)(C); plus

 

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  (h) the amount of loss on sale of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing; plus

 

  (i) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing EBITDA or Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of EBITDA pursuant to clause (2) below for any previous period and not added back; plus

 

  (j) net realized losses from Hedging Obligations or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and related pronouncements; plus

 

  (k) restructuring or reorganization charges or reserves relating to the transactions contemplated by the Issuer’s Second Modified Joint Plan of Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, dated May 10, 2010, including (i) professional and service provider fees related to the Issuer’s bankruptcy (including, but not limited to, legal, accounting and tax professionals, as well as any associated out-of-pocket costs), (ii) investment advisory fees associated with the Issuer’s Chapter 11 proceedings, (iii) professional fees and temporary staffing costs related to claims resolution, (iv) fresh start accounting professional fees (including tax professionals, valuation professionals and other accounting professionals), (v) costs associated with rejected contracts, (vi) write-off of loan costs due to bankruptcy, (vii) United States Trustee fees, (viii) cure costs associated with the assumption of executory contracts and unexpired leases, including network talent contracts, and (ix) charges relating to administrative claims arising during the course of the Issuer’s Chapter 11 proceedings, in each case to the extent deducted in computing Consolidated Net Income;

 

  (2) decreased (without duplication) by: (a) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period (including the effects of fresh-start accounting under SOP 90-7), excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior period and any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase EBITDA in such prior period; plus (b) any net realized income or gains from Hedging Obligations or embedded derivatives that require similar accounting treatment and the application of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and related pronouncements, and

 

  (3) increased or decreased by (without duplication), as applicable, any adjustments resulting from the application of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 460¸ Guarantees, or any comparable regulation.

 

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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.

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:

(1) public offerings with respect to the Issuer’s or any direct or indirect parent company’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8; and

(2) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Issuer.

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

Exchange Notes” means any notes issued in exchange for Notes pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or similar agreement.

FCC” means the Federal Communications Commission or any governmental authority succeeding to the Federal Communications Commission.

FCC Licenses” means (a) the licenses, permits, authorizations or certificates to construct, own or operate the television or radio stations granted by the FCC, and all extensions, additions and renewals thereto or thereof, and (b) the licenses, permits, authorizations or certificates which are necessary to construct, own or operate the television or radio stations granted by administrative law courts or any state, county, city, town, village or other local government authority, and all extensions, additions and renewals thereto or thereof.

Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Issuer ending on December 31 of each year or such other date as the board of directors of the Issuer may approve.

Fixed Charges” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the sum of:

 

  (1) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period;

 

  (2) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Preferred Stock during such period; and

 

  (3) all cash dividends or other distributions paid (excluding items eliminated in consolidation) on any series of Disqualified Stock during such period.

Foreign Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person that is not organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, and any Restricted Subsidiary of such Foreign Subsidiary.

 

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GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States which are in effect on the Issue Date.

Good Faith by the Issuer” means the decision in good faith by a responsible financial officer of the Issuer; provided that (a) if such decision involves a determination of fair market value in excess of $5.0 million, the decision is made in good faith by the Senior Management of the Issuer and (b) if such decision involves a determination of fair market value in excess of $15.0 million, the decision is made in good faith by the board of directors of the Issuer.

Government Securities” means securities that are:

 

  (1) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged; or

 

  (2) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of the United States of America the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by the United States of America,

which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuers thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such Government Securities or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such Government Securities held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depository receipt; provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depository receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the Government Securities or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the Government Securities evidenced by such depository receipt.

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

Guarantee” means the guarantee by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the Issuer’s Obligations under this Indenture and the Notes.

Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, the obligations of such Person under any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, commodity swap agreement, commodity cap agreement, commodity collar agreement, foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or similar agreement providing for the transfer or mitigation of interest rate, commodity price or currency risks either generally or under specific contingencies.

Holder” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered on the registrar’s books.

 

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IAI” means an institutional “accredited investor” as described in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act.

Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication:

 

  (1) any indebtedness (including principal and premium) of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(a) in respect of borrowed money;

(b) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);

(c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), except (i) any such balance that constitutes an obligation in respect of a commercial letter of credit, a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business (and with respect to commercial letters of credit, repaid in a timely manner) and (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and is not paid after becoming due and payable; or

(d) representing any Hedging Obligations;

if and to the extent that any of the foregoing Indebtedness (other than letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;

 

  (2) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation by such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and

 

  (3) to the extent not otherwise included, the obligations of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person;

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business. For the avoidance of doubt, Indebtedness does not include Cash Management Services.

Indenture” means this Indenture as amended or supplemented from time to time.

 

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Independent Financial Advisor” means an accounting, appraisal, investment banking firm or consultant to Persons engaged in Similar Businesses of nationally recognized standing that is, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, qualified to perform the task for which it has been engaged.

Initial Notes” has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory paragraph of this Indenture.

Initial Purchasers” means J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and RBS Securities Inc.

Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or, in either case, an equivalent rating by any other Rating Agency.

Investment Grade Securities” means:

 

  (1) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other than Cash Equivalents);

 

  (2) debt securities or debt instruments with an Investment Grade Rating, but excluding any debt securities or instruments constituting loans or advances among the Issuer and its Subsidiaries;

 

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

 

  (4) corresponding instruments in countries other than the United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, credit card and debit card receivables, trade credit, advances to customers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of the Issuer in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 3.3:

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

 

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

 

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  (b) the portion (proportionate to the Issuer’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation;

(2) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer, in each case as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer; and

(3) if the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary sells or otherwise disposes of any Voting Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary such that, after giving effect to any such sale or disposition, such entity is no longer a Subsidiary of the Issuer, the Issuer shall be deemed to have made an Investment on the date of any such sale or disposition equal to the fair market value of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary not sold or disposed of.

Issue Date” means December 10, 2010.

Issuer” means Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and its permitted successors.

Legal Holiday” means a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which commercial banking institutions are not required to be open in the State of New York.

Leverage Ratio” as of any date of determination, means the ratio of:

(1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries at the time of determination, to

(2) the Issuer’s EBITDA for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur;

provided, however, that:

(3) if the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has incurred, repaid, repurchased, redeemed, retired, defeased or otherwise discharged any Indebtedness since the beginning of such period that remains outstanding on such date of determination or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio involves an incurrence, repayment, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasement or other discharge of Indebtedness, Indebtedness at the end of such period, EBITDA and Consolidated Interest Expense for such period will be calculated after giving effect on a pro forma basis to such incurrence, repayment, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasement or other discharge of Indebtedness as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred on the first day of such period:

 

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(4) if since the beginning of such period the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary will have made any Asset Sale or disposed of or discontinued any company, division, operating unit, segment, business, group of related assets or line of business or if the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate the Leverage Ratio includes such an Asset Sale, EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Expense and Indebtedness for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Asset Sale, disposition or discontinuation occurred on the first day of such period.

(5) if since the beginning of such period the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger or otherwise) will have made an Investment in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged with or into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition of assets, including any acquisition of assets occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder, which constitutes all or substantially all of a company, division, operating unit, segment, business or group of related assets or line of business, EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Expense and Indebtedness for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto (including the incurrence of any Indebtedness) as if such Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period; and

(6) if since the beginning of such period any Person (that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period) will have incurred any Indebtedness or discharged any Indebtedness or made any disposition or any Investment or acquisition of assets that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (3), (4) or (5) above if made by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary during such period, EBITDA, Consolidated Interest Expense and Indebtedness for such period will be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such transaction occurred on the first day of such period.

The pro forma calculations will be determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting Officer of the Issuer (including pro forma expense and cost reductions calculated on a basis consistent with Regulation S-X under the Securities Act). If any Indebtedness bears a floating rate of interest and is being given pro forma effect, the interest expense on such Indebtedness will be calculated as if the rate in effect on the date of determination had been the applicable rate for the entire period (taking into account any Interest Rate Agreement applicable to such Indebtedness if such Interest Rate Agreement has a remaining term in excess of 12 months).

License Subsidiary” means a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Issuer that (x) owns no material assets other than FCC Licenses and related rights and (y) has no material liabilities other than (i) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) tax liabilities, other governmental charges and other liabilities incidental to ownership of such rights.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority 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 statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

 

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Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds received by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, 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 principal, premium, if any, and interest on Senior Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the assets disposed of required (other than required by Section 3.5(b)(1)) to be paid as a result of such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

New Credit Facilities” means the Credit Facility under the Credit Agreement to be entered into as of the Issue Date by and among the Issuer, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted by Section 3.2).

Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person (as defined in Regulation S).

Notes” has the meaning ascribed to it in the second introductory paragraph of this Indenture.

 

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Notes Custodian” means the custodian with respect to the Global Notes or any successor Person thereto and shall initially be the Agent.

Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.

Offering Memorandum” means the final offering memorandum, dated December 6, 2010 relating to the offering by the Issuer of $400.0 million principal amount of Notes and any future offering memorandum relating to Additional Notes.

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer or the Secretary of the Issuer or any other Person, as the case may be.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Issuer by an Officer of the Issuer or on behalf of any other Person, as the case may be, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer or the principal accounting officer of the Issuer or such other Person that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture, and delivered to the Trustee with a copy to the Agent.

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee and that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer.

Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalent received must be applied in accordance with Section 3.5.

Permitted Investments” means

(1) any Investment in the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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

(3) any Investment by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment:

 

  (a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

 

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(b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary,

and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person; provided that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transfer;

(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.5 or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investment existing on the Issue Date and any extension, modification, replacement or renewal of any such Investments existing on the Issue Date, but only to the extent not involving additional advances, contributions or other Investments of cash or other assets or other increases thereof other than as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities, in each case, pursuant to the terms of such Investment as in effect on the Issue Date (or as subsequently amended or otherwise modified in a manner not disadvantageous to the Holders of the Notes in any material respect);

(6) any Investment acquired by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

(a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable; or

(b) as a result of a foreclosure by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

(7) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 3.2(b)(10);

(8) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer, or any of its direct or indirect parent companies; provided, however, that such Equity Interests shall not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 3.3(a)(C);

(9) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 3.2;

(10) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with Section 3.8(b) (except transactions permitted by clauses (2), (4), (9) and (11) of Section 3.8(b));

(11) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment;

 

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(12) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (x) $25.0 million and (y) 1.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(13) Investments relating to a Securitization Subsidiary that, in the good faith determination of the Issuer are necessary or advisable to effect any Qualified Securitization Financing;

(14) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, officers, directors and employees not in excess of $5.0 million outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;

(15) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company thereof; and

(16) Investments consisting of licensing of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons.

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

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

(2) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and mechanics’ Liens, in each case for sums not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or other Liens arising out of judgments or awards against such Person with respect to which such Person shall then be proceeding with an appeal or other proceedings for review if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP, or for property taxes on property that the Issuer or one of its Subsidiaries has determined to abandon if the sole recourse for such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claims is to such property;

 

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(4) Liens in favor of issuers of performance, surety, bid, indemnity, warranty, release, appeal or similar bonds or with respect to other regulatory requirements or letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances issued, and completion guarantees provided for, in each case pursuant to the request of and for the account of such Person in the ordinary course of its business;

(5) minor survey exceptions, minor encumbrances, ground leases, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, servitudes, sewers, electric lines, drains, telegraph and telephone and cable television lines, gas and oil pipelines and other similar purposes, or zoning, building codes or other restrictions (including, without limitation, minor defects or irregularities in title and similar encumbrances) as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental, to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness and which do not in the aggregate materially impair their use in the operation of the business of such Person;

(6) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(4);

(7) Liens existing on the Issue Date (with the exception of Liens securing the New Credit Facilities, on the Issue Date, which shall be deemed incurred pursuant to clause (32) of this definition);

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

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

(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 3.2;

(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Services entered into in the ordinary course of business (and not for speculative purposes);

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

 

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(13) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any Indebtedness;

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

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

(16) Liens on Securitization Assets and related assets incurred in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;

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

(18) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

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

(20) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.1(a)(7) so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

(21) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

(22) Liens (i) of a collection bank arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code on items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodity brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (iii) in favor of banking institutions arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits (including the right of set-off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

 

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(23) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 3.2; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

(24) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(25) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(26) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted under this Indenture;

(27) the rights reserved or vested in any Person by the terms of any lease, license, franchise, grant or permit held by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or by a statutory provision, to terminate any such lease, license, franchise, grant or permit, or to require annual or periodic payments as a condition to the continuance thereof;

(28) restrictive covenants affecting the use to which real property may be put; provided, however, that the covenants are complied with;

(29) security given to a public utility or any municipality or governmental authority when required by such utility or authority in connection with the operations of that Person in the ordinary course of business;

(30) zoning by-laws and other land use restrictions, including, without limitation, site plan agreements, development agreements and contract zoning agreements;

(31) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(32) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(1); and

(33) Liens incurred to secure Obligations in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 3.2; provided that, with respect to Liens securing Obligations permitted under this clause (33), at the time of incurrence and after giving pro forma thereto, the Secured Leverage Ratio would be no greater than 3.0 to 1.0.

 

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For purposes of this definition, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on such Indebtedness.

Person” means any individual, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity.

Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.10 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note.

Preferred Stock” means any Equity Interest with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution, or winding up.

Qualified Proceeds” means assets that are used or useful in, or Capital Stock of any Person engaged in, a Similar Business; provided that the fair market value of any such assets or Capital Stock shall be determined in Good Faith by the Issuer.

Qualified Securitization Financing” means any Securitization Facility of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (i) the board of directors of the Issuer shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically fair and reasonable to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) all sales of Securitization Assets and related assets by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Securitization Subsidiary or any other Person are made at fair market value (as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer), (iii) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings and (iv) the Obligations under such Securitization Facility are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary). The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under the New Credit Facilities shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.

QIB” means any “qualified institutional buyer” as such term is defined in Rule 144A.

Rating Agencies” means Moody’s and S&P, or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Issuer which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

Refinancing Transactions” means the issuance of Notes, borrowings under the New Credit Facilities as in effect on the Issue Date and the use of the proceeds thereof.

 

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Registration Rights Agreement” means (i) the Registration Rights Agreement related to the Notes dated as of the Issue Date, among the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers, as amended or supplemented, and (ii) any other registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of Additional Notes in a private offering by the Issuer after the Issue Date.

Regulation S” means Regulation S under the Securities Act.

Regulation S-X” means Regulation S-X under the Securities Act.

Related Business Assets” means assets (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) used or useful in a Similar Business, provided that any assets received by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for assets transferred by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary shall not be deemed to be Related Business Assets if they consist of securities of a Person, unless upon receipt of the securities of such Person, such Person would become a Restricted Subsidiary.

Restricted Investment” means an Investment other than a Permitted Investment.

Restricted Notes” means Initial Notes and Additional Notes bearing one of the restrictive legends described in Section 2.1(d).

Restricted Notes Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.1(d)(1).

Restricted Period” means, in relation to the Initial Notes, the 40 consecutive days beginning on and including the later of (A) the day on which the Initial Notes are offered to persons other than distributors (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) and (B) the Issue Date and, in relation to any Additional Notes that are Restricted Notes, it means the comparable period of 40 consecutive days.

Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.”

Rule 144A” means Rule 144A under the Securities Act.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating agency business.

Sale and Lease-Back Transaction” means any arrangement providing for the leasing by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any real or tangible personal property, which property has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to a third Person in contemplation of such leasing.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien.

 

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Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (1) Consolidated Total Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by Liens as of the end of the most recent fiscal period for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such event for which such calculation is being made shall occur to (2) the Issuer’s EBITDA 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, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Total Indebtedness and EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Leverage Ratio.

Securitization Asset” means any accounts receivable, real estate asset, mortgage receivables or related assets, in each case subject to a Securitization Facility.

Securitization Facility” means any of one or more securitization financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, pursuant to which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells its Securitization Assets to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Securitization Subsidiary that in turn sells Securitization Assets to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.

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

Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including, without limitation, as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, offset or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

Securitization Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary in each case formed for the purpose of and that solely engages in one or more Qualified Securitization Financings and other activities reasonably related thereto.

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

Senior Indebtedness” means:

(1) all Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor outstanding under the New Credit Facilities or Notes and related Guarantees (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or similar proceeding or for reorganization of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor (at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings)), and any and all other fees, expense reimbursement obligations, indemnification amounts, penalties, and other amounts (whether existing on the Issue Date or thereafter created or incurred) and all obligations of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor to reimburse any bank or other Person in respect of amounts paid under letters of credit, acceptances or other similar instruments;

 

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(2) all Hedging Obligations (and guarantees thereof) owing to a Lender (as defined in the New Credit Facilities) or any Affiliate of such Lender (or any Person that was a Lender or an Affiliate of such Lender at the time the applicable agreement giving rise to such Hedging Obligation was entered into); provided that such Hedging Obligations are permitted to be incurred under the terms of the Indenture;

(3) any other Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor permitted to be incurred under the terms of the Indenture, unless the instrument under which such Indebtedness is incurred expressly provides that it is subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any related Guarantee; and

(4) all Obligations with respect to the items listed in the preceding clause (1), (2) and (3);

provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness shall not include:

(a) any obligation of such Person to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

(b) any liability for federal, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by such Person;

(c) any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business;

(d) any Indebtedness or other Obligation of such Person which is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or other Obligation of such person; or

(e) that portion of any Indebtedness which at the time of incurrence is incurred in violation of the Indenture.

Senior Management” means the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the Issuer.

Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted 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.

Similar Business” means any business conducted or proposed to be conducted by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Issue Date or any business that is similar, reasonably related, incidental or ancillary thereto.

 

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

Subordinated Indebtedness” means, with respect to the Notes,

(1) any Indebtedness of the Issuer which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, and

(2) any Indebtedness of any Subsidiary Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such entity of the Notes.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar 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 of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof or is consolidated under GAAP with such Person at such time; and

(2) any partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity of which

(x) more than 50% of the capital accounts, distribution rights, total equity and voting interests or general or limited partnership interests, as applicable, are owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof whether in the form of membership, general, special or limited partnership or otherwise, and

(y) such Person or any Restricted Subsidiary of such Person is a controlling general partner or otherwise controls such entity.

Subsidiary Guarantee” means the Guarantee of a Subsidiary Guarantor.

Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that provides a Guarantee of the Notes.

Total Assets” means, as of any date, the total consolidated assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2014; provided, however, that if the period from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2014 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

 

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Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-777bbbb).

Trustee” means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and, thereafter, means the successor.

Trust Officer” shall mean, when used with respect to the Trustee, any vice president, assistant vice president, any trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

(1) any Subsidiary of the Issuer which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by the Issuer, as provided below); and

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

The Issuer may designate any Subsidiary of the Issuer (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided that

(1) any Unrestricted Subsidiary must be an entity of which the Equity Interests entitled to cast at least a majority of the votes that may be cast by all Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or Persons performing a similar function are owned, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer;

(2) such designation complies with Section 3.3; and

(3) each of:

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated; and

(b) its Subsidiaries

 

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has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary.

The Issuer may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Issuer or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary would be able to incur such Indebtedness pursuant to Section 3.2 on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.

Any such designation by the Issuer shall be notified by the Issuer to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Issuer or any committee thereof giving effect to such designation and an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing:

(1) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment; by

(2) the sum of all such payments.

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” of any Person means a Subsidiary of such Person, 100% of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than directors’ qualifying shares) shall at the time be owned by such Person or by one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

SECTION 1.2. Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Defined in
Section

“Additional Restricted Notes”

   2.1(b)

“Affiliate Transaction”

   3.8

“Agent Members”

   2.1(e)(iii)

“Asset Sale Offer”

   3.5(b)

“Authenticating Agent”

   2.2

 

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Term

   Defined in
Section

“Change of Control Offer”

   3.10

“Change of Control Payment”

   3.10

“Change of Control Payment Date”

   3.10(a)(2)

“Clearstream”

   2.1(b)

“Covenant Defeasance”

   8.3

“Defaulted Interest”

   2.14

“Euroclear”

   2.1(b)

“Event of Default”

   6.1(a)

“Excess Proceeds”

   3.5(b)

“Exchange Global Note”

   2.1(b)

“Global Notes”

   2.1(b)

“Guaranteed Obligations”

   10.1

“incur”

   3.2 (a)

“incurrence”

   3.2 (a)

“Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note”

   2.1(b)

“Institutional Accredited Investor Notes”

   2.1(b)

“Issuer Order”

   2.2

“Legal Defeasance”

   8.2

“Legal Holiday”

   13.8

“Notes Register”

   2.3

“Paying Agent”

   2.3

“protected purchaser”

   2.10

“Redemption Date”

   5.7(a)

“Refinancing Indebtedness”

   3.2(b)(13)

 

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Term

   Defined in
Section

“Refunding Capital Stock”

   3.3(b)(2)

“Registrar”

   2.3

“Regulation S Global Note”

   2.1(b)

“Regulation S Notes”

   2.1(b)

“Resale Restriction Termination Date”

   2.6(b)

“Restricted Payments”

   3.3(a)

“Rule 144A Global Note”

   2.1(b)

“Rule 144A Notes”

   2.1(b)

“Special Interest Payment Date”

   2.14(a)

“Special Record Date”

   2.14(a)

“Successor Company”

   4.1(a)(1)

“Successor Person”

   10.2(b)(i)

“Suspended Covenants”

   3.20

“Suspension Period”

   3.20

“Trustee”

   8.5

SECTION 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. This Indenture is subject to the mandatory provisions of the TIA, which are incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms have the following meanings:

Commission” means the SEC.

indenture securities” means the Notes.

indenture security holder” means a Holder.

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee.

obligor” on the indenture securities means the Issuer and any other obligor on the indenture securities.

 

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All other TIA terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined in the TIA by reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule have the meanings assigned to them by such definitions.

SECTION 1.4. Rules of Construction. 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) “including” means including without limitation;

(5) words in the singular include the plural and words in the plural include the singular;

(6) the principal amount of any noninterest bearing or other discount security at any date shall be the principal amount thereof that would be shown on a balance sheet of the issuer dated such date prepared in accordance with GAAP;

(7) the principal amount of any preferred stock shall be (i) the maximum liquidation value of such preferred stock or (ii) the maximum mandatory redemption or mandatory repurchase price with respect to such preferred stock, whichever is greater;

(8) all amounts expressed in this Indenture or in any of the Notes in terms of money refer to the lawful currency of the United States of America;

(9) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

(10) unless otherwise specifically indicated, the term “consolidated” with respect to any Person refers to such Person consolidated with its Restricted Subsidiaries, and excludes from such consolidation any Unrestricted Subsidiary as if such Unrestricted Subsidiary were not an Affiliate of such Person.

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

SECTION 2.1. Form, Dating and Terms.

(a) The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Initial Notes issued on the date hereof shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000. In addition, the Issuer may issue, from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, Additional Notes (as provided herein) and Exchange Notes. Furthermore, Notes may be authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer, exchange or in lieu of, other Notes pursuant to Sections 2.2, 2.6, 2.10, 2.12, 5.6 or 9.5, in connection with an Asset Sale Offer pursuant to Section 3.5 or in connection with a Change of Control Offer pursuant to Section 3.10.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Issuer may not issue any Additional Notes, unless such issuance is in compliance with Sections 3.2 and 3.6.

The Initial Notes shall be known and designated as “7.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2018” of the Issuer. Additional Notes issued as Restricted Notes shall be known and designated as “7.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2018” of the Issuer. Additional Notes issued other than as Restricted Notes shall be known and designated as “7.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2018” of the Issuer, and Exchange Notes shall be known and designated as “7.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2018” of the Issuer.

With respect to any Additional Notes, the Issuer shall set forth in (a) a Board Resolution and (b) (i) an Officer’s Certificate or (ii) one or more indentures supplemental hereto, the following information:

(1) the aggregate principal amount of such Additional Notes to be authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture;

(2) the issue price and the issue date of such Additional Notes, including the date from which interest shall accrue; and

(3) whether such Additional Notes shall be Restricted Notes issued in the form of Exhibit A hereto and/or shall be issued in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

In authenticating and delivering Additional Notes, the Agent shall be entitled to receive and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate required by Section 13.4, an Opinion of Counsel as to the due authorization, execution, delivery, validity and enforceability of such Additional Notes.

The Initial Notes, the Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes shall be considered collectively as a single class for all purposes of this Indenture. Holders of the Initial Notes, the Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes shall vote and consent together on all matters to which such Holders are entitled to vote or consent as one class, and none of the Holders of the Initial Notes, the Additional Notes or the Exchange Notes shall have the right to vote or consent as a separate class on any matter to which such Holders are entitled to vote or consent.

If any of the terms of any Additional Notes are established by action taken pursuant to Board Resolutions of the Issuer, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustee, with a copy to the Agent, at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate or the indenture supplemental hereto setting forth the terms of the Additional Notes.

 

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(b) The Initial Notes are being offered and sold by the Issuer pursuant to a Purchase Agreement, dated December 6, 2010, among Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and the other initial purchasers named therein. The Initial Notes and any Additional Notes (if issued as Restricted Notes) (the “Additional Restricted Notes”) shall be resold initially only to (A) QIBs in reliance on Rule 144A and (B) Non-U.S. Persons in reliance on Regulation S. Such Initial Notes and Additional Restricted Notes may thereafter be transferred to, among others, QIBs, purchasers in reliance on Regulation S and IAIs in accordance with Rule 501 of the Securities Act, in each case, in accordance with the procedure described herein. Additional Notes offered after the date hereof may be offered and sold by the Issuer from time to time pursuant to one or more purchase agreements in accordance with applicable law.

Initial Notes and Additional Restricted Notes offered and sold to QIBs in the United States of America in reliance on Rule 144A (the “Rule 144A Notes”) shall be issued in the form of a permanent global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A, which is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, including appropriate legends as set forth in Section 2.1(d) (the “Rule 144A Global Note”), deposited with the Notes Custodian, as custodian for DTC, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Agent as hereinafter provided. The Rule 144A Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate, if so required by DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal amount to be represented by a single certificate. The aggregate principal amount of the Rule 144A Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Notes Custodian, as custodian for DTC or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

Initial Notes and any Additional Restricted Notes offered and sold outside the United States of America (the “Regulation S Notes”) in reliance on Regulation S shall initially be issued in the form of a permanent global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A including appropriate legends as set forth in Section 2.1(d) (the “Regulation S Global Note”). The Regulation S Note will be deposited upon issuance with, or on behalf of, the Notes Custodian, as custodian for the DTC in the manner described in this Article II for credit to the respective accounts of the purchasers (or to such other accounts as they may direct), including, but not limited to, accounts at Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. (“Euroclear”) or Clearstream Banking, société anonyme (“Clearstream”). During the Restricted Period, interests in the Regulation S Global Note may only be transferred to non-U.S. persons pursuant to Regulation S, to QIBs under Rule 144A or IAI in accordance with the transfer and certification requirements described herein.

Investors may hold their interests in the Regulation S Global Note through organizations other than Euroclear or Clearstream that are participants in DTC’s system or directly through Euroclear or Clearstream, if they are participants in such systems, or indirectly through organizations which are participants in such systems. If such interests are held through Euroclear or Clearstream, Euroclear and Clearstream shall hold such interests in the applicable Regulation S Global Note on behalf of their participants through customers’ securities accounts in their respective names on the books of their respective depositaries. Such depositaries, in turn, shall hold such interests in the applicable Regulation S Global Note in customers’ securities accounts in the depositaries’ names on the books of DTC.

The Regulation S Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate, if so required by DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal amount to be represented by a single certificate. The aggregate principal amount of the Regulation S Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Notes Custodian, as custodian for DTC or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

 

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Initial Notes and Additional Restricted Notes resold to IAIs (the “Institutional Accredited Investor Notes”) in the United States of America shall be issued in the form of a permanent global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A including appropriate legends as set forth in Section 2.1(d) (the “Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note”) deposited with the Notes Custodian, as custodian for DTC, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Agent as hereinafter provided. The Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate, if so required by DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal amount to be represented by a single certificate. The aggregate principal amount of the Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Notes Custodian, as custodian for DTC or its nominee, as hereinafter provided.

Exchange Notes exchanged for interests in the Rule 144A Notes, the Regulation S Notes and the Institutional Accredited Investor Notes shall be issued in the form of a permanent global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, which is hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, deposited with the Notes Custodian, as custodian for DTC, as hereinafter provided, including the appropriate legend set forth in Section 2.1(d) (the “Exchange Global Note”). The Exchange Global Note shall be deposited upon issuance with, or on behalf of, the Notes Custodian, as custodian for DTC, duly executed by the Issuer and authenticated by the Agent as hereinafter provided. The Exchange Global Note may be represented by more than one certificate, if so required by DTC’s rules regarding the maximum principal amount to be represented by a single certificate.

The Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note, the Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note and the Exchange Global Note are sometimes collectively herein referred to as the “Global Notes.”

The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of Paying Agent or Registrar designated by the Issuer maintained for such purpose in the United States or at such other office or agency of the Issuer as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3 of this Indenture; provided, however, that, at the option of the Issuer, each installment of interest may be paid by (i) check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Notes Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee, subject to the last sentence of this paragraph. Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder or Holders thereof. Payments in respect of Notes represented by Definitive Notes (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) held by a Holder of at least $1,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes represented by Definitive Notes shall be made by wire transfer to a U.S. dollar account maintained by the payee with a bank in the United States if such Holder elects payment by wire transfer by giving written notice to the Paying Agent to such effect designating such account no later than 15 days immediately preceding the relevant due date for payment (or such other date as the Trustee may accept in its discretion).

 

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The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage, in addition to those set forth on Exhibit A and Exhibit B and in Section 2.1(d). The Issuer shall approve any notation, endorsement or legend on the Notes. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication. The terms of the Notes set forth in Exhibit A and Exhibit B are part of the terms of this Indenture and, to the extent applicable, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Agent and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to be bound by such terms.

(c) Denominations. The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and only in denominations of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

(d) Restrictive Legends. Unless and until (i) an Initial Note or an Additional Note issued as a Restricted Note is sold under an effective registration statement or (ii) an Initial Note or an Additional Note issued as a Restricted Note is exchanged for an Exchange Note in connection with an effective registration statement, in each case pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or a similar agreement or (iii) the Trustee receives an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act:

(1) the Rule 144A Global Note, the Regulation S Global Note and the Institutional Accredited Investor Global Note shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF THE RULE 144A GLOBAL NOTE AND THE INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR GLOBAL NOTE: ONE YEAR AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF, THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE OF THE ISSUANCE OF ANY ADDITIONAL NOTES AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUER WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY),] [IN THE CASE OF THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE: 40 DAYS AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY) WAS FIRST OFFERED TO PERSONS OTHER THAN DISTRIBUTORS (AS DEFINED IN RULE 902 OF REGULATION S) IN RELIANCE ON REGULATION S], ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUER OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT (“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, (E) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(a)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT IS NOT A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER AND THAT IS PURCHASING FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF ANOTHER INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR, IN EACH CASE IN A MINIMUM PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE SECURITIES OF $250,000, FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO OR FOR OFFER OR SALE IN CONNECTION WITH ANY DISTRIBUTION IN VIOLATION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OR (F) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUER’S AND THE REGISTRAR’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D), (E) OR (F) 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 THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. [IN THE CASE OF THE REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]

 

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BY ITS ACQUISITION OF THIS SECURITY THE HOLDER AND ANY SUBSEQUENT TRANSFEREE HEREOF WILL BE DEEMED TO HAVE REPRESENTED AND WARRANTED THAT EITHER (I) NO PORTION OF THE ASSETS USED BY SUCH HOLDER OR ANY TRANSFEREE TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD THIS SECURITY CONSTITUTES THE ASSETS OF AN EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN THAT IS SUBJECT TO TITLE I OF THE U.S. EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974, AS AMENDED (“ERISA”), OF A PLAN, INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT THAT IS SUBJECT TO SECTION 4975 OF THE U.S. INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED (THE “CODE”), OR PROVISIONS UNDER ANY FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, NON-U.S. OR OTHER LAWS OR REGULATIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR TO SUCH PROVISIONS OF ERISA OR THE CODE (“SIMILAR LAWS”), OR OF AN ENTITY WHOSE UNDERLYING ASSETS ARE CONSIDERED TO INCLUDE “PLAN ASSETS” OF SUCH PLAN, ACCOUNT OR ARRANGEMENT, OR (II) THE ACQUISITION AND HOLDING OF THIS SECURITY BY SUCH HOLDER OR TRANSFEREE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A NON-EXEMPT PROHIBITED TRANSACTION UNDER SECTION 406 OF ERISA OR SECTION 4975 OF THE CODE OR A SIMILAR VIOLATION UNDER ANY APPLICATION SIMILAR LAWS.

 

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(2) Each Global Security, whether or not an Initial Security, shall bear the following legend on the face thereof:

UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION (“DTC”), NEW YORK, NEW YORK, TO THE ISSUER OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER, EXCHANGE OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.

TRANSFERS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS IN WHOLE, BUT NOT IN PART, TO DTC, TO NOMINEES OF DTC OR TO A SUCCESSOR THEREOF OR SUCH SUCCESSOR’S NOMINEE AND TRANSFERS OF PORTIONS OF THIS GLOBAL SECURITY SHALL BE LIMITED TO TRANSFERS MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THE INDENTURE REFERRED TO ON THE REVERSE HEREOF.

(3) Each Note issued hereunder that has more than a de minimis amount of original issue discount for U.S. federal income tax purposes shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

THIS SECURITY HAS BEEN ISSUED WITH “ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT” (WITHIN THE MEANING OF SECTION 1272 OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED). UPON WRITTEN REQUEST, THE ISSUER WILL PROMPTLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO ANY HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION: (1) THE ISSUE PRICE AND DATE OF THE SECURITY, (2) THE AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT ON THE SECURITY AND (3) THE YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE SECURITY. HOLDERS SHOULD CONTACT [NAME OF INDIVIDUAL OR THE INDIVIDUAL’S TITLE] AT [ADDRESS].

(e) Book-Entry Provisions. (i) This Section 2.1(e) shall apply only to Global Notes deposited with the Notes Custodian, as custodian for DTC.

 

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(ii) Each Global Note initially shall (x) be registered in the name of DTC or the nominee of DTC, (y) be delivered to the Notes Custodian, as custodian for DTC, and (z) bear legends as set forth in Section 2.1(d). Transfers of a Global Note (but not a beneficial interest therein) shall be limited to transfers thereof in whole, but not in part, to the DTC, its successors or its respective nominees, except as set forth in Section 2.1(e)(v) and 2.1(f). If a beneficial interest in a Global Note is transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in another Global Note, the Agent shall (x) record a decrease in the principal amount of the Global Note being transferred or exchanged equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (y) record a like increase in the principal amount of the other Global Note. Any beneficial interest in one Global Note that is transferred to a Person who takes delivery in the form of an interest in another Global Note, or exchanged for an interest in another Global Note, shall, upon transfer or exchange, cease to be an interest in such Global Note and become an interest in the other Global Note and, accordingly, shall thereafter be subject to all transfer and exchange restrictions, if any, and other procedures applicable to beneficial interests in such other Global Note for as long as it remains such an interest.

(iii) Members of, or participants in, DTC (“Agent Members”) shall have no rights under this Indenture with respect to any Global Note held on their behalf by DTC or by the Notes Custodian, as the custodian of DTC, or under such Global Note, and DTC may be treated by the Issuer, the Trustee and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee as the absolute owner of such Global Note for all purposes whatsoever. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall prevent the Issuer, the Trustee or any agent of the Issuer or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by DTC or impair, as between DTC and its Agent Members, the operation of customary practices of DTC governing the exercise of the rights of a Holder of a beneficial interest in any Global Note.

(iv) In connection with any transfer of a portion of the beneficial interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.1(f) to beneficial owners who are required to hold Definitive Notes, the Notes Custodian shall reflect on its books and records the date and a decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note in an amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interest in the Global Note to be transferred, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more Definitive Notes of like tenor and amount.

(v) In connection with the transfer of an entire Global Note to beneficial owners pursuant to Section 2.1(f), such Global Note shall be deemed to be surrendered to the Agent for cancellation, and the Issuer shall execute, and the Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to each beneficial owner identified by DTC in exchange for its beneficial interest in such Global Note, an equal aggregate principal amount of Definitive Notes of authorized denominations.

(vi) The registered Holder of a Global Note may grant proxies and otherwise authorize any person, including Agent Members and persons that may hold interests through Agent Members, to take any action which a Holder is entitled to take under this Indenture or the Notes.

 

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(vii) Any Holder of a Global Note shall, by acceptance of such Global Note, agree that transfers of beneficial interests in such Global Note may be effected only through a book-entry system maintained by (a) the Holder of such Global Note (or its agent) or (b) any Holder of a beneficial interest in such Global Note, and that ownership of a beneficial interest in such Global Note shall be required to be reflected in a book entry.

(f) Definitive Notes. (i) Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in Global Notes shall not be entitled to receive Definitive Notes. If required to do so pursuant to any applicable law or regulation, beneficial owners may obtain Definitive Notes in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Note upon written request in accordance with DTC’s and the Registrar’s procedures. In addition, Definitive Notes shall be transferred to all beneficial owners in exchange for their beneficial interests in a Global Note if (A) DTC notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary for such Global Note or DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, at a time when DTC is required to be so registered in order to act as depositary, and in each case a successor depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 90 days of such notice or, (B) the Issuer in its sole discretion executes and delivers to the Trustee and Registrar an Officer’s Certificate stating that such Global Note shall be so exchangeable or (C) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Registrar has received a request from DTC. In the event of the occurrence of any of the events specified in the second preceding sentence or in clause (A), (B) or (C) of the preceding sentence, the Issuer shall promptly make available to the Registrar a reasonable supply of Definitive Notes.

(ii) Any Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.1(e)(iv) or (v) shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.6(d), bear the applicable legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Definitive Note set forth in Section 2.1(d).

(iii) If a Definitive Note is transferred or exchanged for a beneficial interest in a Global Note, the Agent shall (x) cancel such Definitive Note, (y) record an increase in the principal amount of such Global Note equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange and (z) in the event that such transfer or exchange involves less than the entire principal amount of the canceled Definitive Note, the Issuer shall execute, and the Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery, to the transferring Holder a new Definitive Note representing the principal amount not so transferred.

(iv) If a Definitive Note is transferred or exchanged for another Definitive Note, (x) the Agent shall cancel the Definitive Note being transferred or exchanged, (y) the Issuer shall execute, and the Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery, one or more new Definitive Notes in authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of such transfer or exchange to the transferee (in the case of a transfer) or the Holder of the canceled Definitive Note (in the case of an exchange), registered in the name of such transferee or Holder, as applicable, and (z) if such transfer or exchange involves less than the entire principal amount of the canceled Definitive Note, the Issuer shall execute, and the Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery to the Holder thereof, one or more Definitive Notes in authorized denominations having an aggregate principal amount equal to the untransferred or unexchanged portion of the canceled Definitive Notes, registered in the name of the Holder thereof.

 

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SECTION 2.2. Execution and Authentication. One Officer shall sign the Notes for the Issuer by manual or facsimile signature. If the Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time the Agent authenticates the Note, the Note shall be valid nevertheless.

A Note shall not be valid until an authorized officer of the Agent manually authenticates the Note. The signature of the Agent on a Note shall be conclusive evidence that such Note has been duly and validly authenticated and issued under this Indenture. A Note shall be dated the date of its authentication.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery: (1) Initial Notes for original issue on the Issue Date in an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000, (2) subject to the terms of this Indenture, Additional Notes for original issue in an unlimited principal amount, and (3) Exchange Notes for issue only in an exchange offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or upon resale under an effective Shelf Registration Statement, and only in exchange for Initial Notes or Additional Notes of an equal principal amount and (4) under the circumstances set forth in Section 2.6(e), Initial Notes in the form of an Unrestricted Global Note, in each case upon a written order of the Issuer signed by one Officer (the “Issuer Order”). Such Issuer Order shall specify whether the Notes shall be in the form of Definitive Notes or Global Notes, the amount of the Notes to be authenticated and the date on which the original issue of Notes is to be authenticated and whether the Notes are to be Initial Notes, Additional Notes or Exchange Notes.

The Trustee may appoint an agent (the “Authenticating Agent”) reasonably acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate the Notes. Any such instrument shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Trust Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuer. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, any such Authenticating Agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by the Authenticating Agent. An Authenticating Agent has the same rights as any Registrar, Paying Agent or agent for service of notices and demands.

In case the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, pursuant to Article IV or Section 10.2, as applicable, shall be consolidated or merged with or into any other Person or shall convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, and the successor Person resulting from such consolidation, or surviving such merger, or into which the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor shall have been merged, or the Person which shall have received a conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition as aforesaid, shall have executed an indenture supplemental hereto with the Trustee pursuant to Article IV or Section 10.2, as applicable, any of the Notes authenticated or delivered prior to such consolidation, merger, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition may (but shall not be required), from time to time, at the request of the successor Person, be exchanged for other Notes executed in the name of the successor Person with such changes in phraseology and form as may be appropriate, but otherwise in substance of like tenor as the Notes surrendered for such exchange and of like principal amount; and the Agent, upon the Issuer Order of the successor Person, shall authenticate and make available for delivery Notes as specified in such order for the purpose of such exchange. If Notes shall at any time be authenticated and delivered in any new name of a successor Person pursuant to this Section 2.2 in exchange or substitution for or upon registration of transfer of any Notes, such successor Person, at the option of the Holders but without expense to them, shall provide for the exchange of all Notes at the time outstanding for Notes authenticated and delivered in such new name.

 

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SECTION 2.3. Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “Registrar”) and an office or agency where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “Notes Register”). The Issuer may have one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent and the term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar.

The Issuer shall enter into an appropriate agency agreement with any Registrar or Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture, which shall incorporate the terms of the TIA. The agreement shall implement the provisions of this Indenture that relate to such agent. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee of the name and address of each such agent. If the Issuer fails to maintain a Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such and shall be entitled to appropriate compensation therefor pursuant to Section 7.7. The Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.

The Issuer initially appoints the Agent as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes. The Issuer may change any Registrar or Paying Agent without prior notice to the Holders, but upon written notice to such Registrar or Paying Agent and to the Trustee; provided, however, that no such removal shall become effective until (i) acceptance of any appointment by a successor as evidenced by an appropriate agreement entered into by the Issuer and such successor Registrar or Paying Agent, as the case may be, and delivered to the Trustee or (ii) notification to the Trustee that the Trustee shall serve as Registrar or Paying Agent until the appointment of a successor in accordance with clause (i) above. The Registrar or Paying Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Issuer and the Trustee.

SECTION 2.4. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient in immediately available funds to pay such principal, premium or interest when due. The Issuer shall require each Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to agree in writing that such Paying Agent shall hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by such Paying Agent for the payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes (whether such assets have been distributed to it by the Issuer or other obligors on the Notes), shall notify the Trustee in writing of any default by the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor in making any such payment and shall during the continuance of any default by the Issuer (or any other obligor upon the Notes) in the making of any payment in respect of the Notes, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith deliver to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Notes together with a full accounting thereof. If the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate the money held by it as Paying Agent and hold it as a separate trust fund. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent (other than the Trustee) to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds or assets disbursed by such Paying Agent. Upon complying with this Section 2.4, the Paying Agent (if other than the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer) shall have no further liability for the money delivered to the Trustee. Upon any bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding with respect to the Issuer, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

 

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SECTION 2.5. Holder Lists.

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 and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, or to the extent otherwise required under the TIA, the Issuer, on its own behalf and on behalf of each of the Subsidiary Guarantors, shall furnish or cause the Registrar to furnish to the Trustee, in writing at least five 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 and the Issuer shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

SECTION 2.6. Transfer and Exchange.

(a) General. A Holder may transfer a Note (or a beneficial interest therein) to another Person or exchange a Note (or a beneficial interest therein) for another Note or Notes of any authorized denomination by presenting to the Registrar a written request therefor stating the name of the proposed transferee or requesting such an exchange, accompanied by any certification, opinion or other document required by this Section 2.6. The Registrar shall promptly register any transfer or exchange that meets the requirements of this Section 2.6 by noting the same in the register maintained by the Registrar for the purpose, and no transfer or exchange shall be effective until it is registered in such register. The transfer or exchange of any Note (or a beneficial interest therein) may only be made in accordance with this Section 2.6 and Section 2.1(e) and 2.1(f), as applicable, and, in the case of a Global Note (or a beneficial interest therein), the applicable rules and procedures of DTC, Euroclear and Clearstream. The Registrar shall refuse to register any requested transfer or exchange that does not comply with this paragraph. Any action with respect to transfers and exchanges of the Notes pursuant to this Section 2.6 may be taken by the Registrar whenever the Trustee may do so, and each reference in this Section 2.6 to the Trustee shall include the Registrar.

(b) Transfers of Rule 144A Notes and Institutional Accredited Investor Notes. The following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited Investor Note prior to the date which is one year after the later of the date of its original issue and the last date on which the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”):

(i) a registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited Investor Note or a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall be made upon the representation of the transferee in the form as set forth on the reverse of the Note that it is purchasing for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A; provided that no such written representation or other written certification shall be required in connection with the transfer of a beneficial interest in the Rule 144A Global Note to a transferee in the form of a beneficial interest in that Rule 144A Global Note in accordance with this Indenture and the applicable procedures of DTC.

 

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(ii) a registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited Investor Note or a beneficial interest therein to an IAI shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.8 from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the Issuer, the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to it; and

(iii) a registration of transfer of a Rule 144A Note or an Institutional Accredited Investor Note or a beneficial interest therein to a Non-U.S. Person shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.9 from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the Issuer, the delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to it.

(c) Transfers of Regulations S Notes. The following provisions shall apply with respect to any proposed transfer of a Regulation S Note prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period:

(i) a transfer of a Regulation S Note or a beneficial interest therein to a QIB shall be made upon the representation of the transferee, in the form of assignment on the reverse of the certificate, that it is purchasing the Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A, is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon its foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A;

(ii) a transfer of a Regulation S Note or a beneficial interest therein to an IAI shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.8 from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the Issuer or the Trustee, the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to each of them; and

 

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(iii) a transfer of a Regulation S Note or a beneficial interest therein to a Non-U.S. Person shall be made upon receipt by the Registrar of a certificate substantially in the form set forth in Section 2.9 hereof from the proposed transferee and, if requested by the Issuer, receipt by the Registrar of an opinion of counsel, certification and/or other information satisfactory to the Issuer.

After the expiration of the Restricted Period, interests in the Regulation S Note may be transferred in accordance with applicable law without requiring the certification set forth in Section 2.8, Section 2.9 or any additional certification.

(d) Restricted Notes Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes not bearing a Restricted Notes Legend, the Registrar shall deliver Notes that do not bear a Restricted Notes Legend. Upon the transfer, exchange or replacement of Notes bearing a Restricted Notes Legend, the Registrar shall deliver only Notes that bear a Restricted Notes Legend unless (i) Initial Notes are being exchanged for Exchange Notes in an exchange offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, in which case the Exchange Notes shall not bear a Restricted Notes Legend, (ii) an Initial Note is being transferred pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or other effective registration statement, (iii) Initial Notes are being exchanged for Notes that do not bear the Restricted Notes Legend in accordance with Section 2.6(e) or (iv) there is delivered to the Registrar an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee to the effect that neither such legend nor the related restrictions on transfer are required in order to maintain compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act. Any Additional Notes sold in a registered offering shall not be required to bear the Restricted Notes Legend.

(e) Automatic Exchange from Global Note Bearing Restricted Notes Legend to Global Note Not Bearing Restricted Notes Legend. Upon the Issuer’s satisfaction that the Restricted Notes Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act, beneficial interests in a Global Note bearing the Restricted Notes Legend (a “Restricted Global Note”) may be automatically exchanged into beneficial interests in a Global Note not bearing the Restricted Notes Legend (an “Unrestricted Global Note”) without any action required by or on behalf of the Holder (the “Automatic Exchange”) at any time on or after the date that is the 366th calendar day after (A) with respect to the Notes issued on the Issue Date or (B) with respect to Additional Notes, if any, the issue date of such Additional Notes, or, in each case, if such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (the “Automatic Exchange Date”). Upon the Issuer’s satisfaction that the Restricted Notes Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act, the Issuer may pursuant to the rules and procedures (i) provide written notice to DTC at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the Automatic Exchange Date, instructing DTC to exchange all of the outstanding beneficial interests in a particular Restricted Global Note to the Unrestricted Global Note, which the Issuer shall have previously otherwise made eligible for exchange with the DTC, (ii) provide prior written notice (the “Automatic Exchange Notice”) to each Holder at such Holder’s address appearing in the register of Holders at least fifteen (15) calendar days prior to the Automatic Exchange Date (the “Automatic Exchange Notice Date”), which notice must include (w) the Automatic Exchange Date, (x) the section of the Indenture pursuant to which the Automatic Exchange shall occur, (y) the “CUSIP” number of the Restricted Global Note from which such Holder’s beneficial interests shall be transferred and the (z) “CUSIP” number of the Unrestricted Global Note into which such Holder’s beneficial interests shall be transferred, and (iii) on or prior to the Automatic Exchange Date, deliver to the Agent for authentication one or more Unrestricted Global Notes, duly executed by the Issuer, in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Restricted Global Notes to be exchanged. At the Issuer’s request on no less than five (5) calendar days’ notice prior to the Automatic Exchange Notice Date, the Trustee with a copy to the Agent shall deliver, in the Issuer’s name and at its expense, the Automatic Exchange Notice to each Holder at such Holder’s address appearing in the register of Holders. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.6(e), during the fifteen (15) day period prior to the Automatic Exchange Date, no transfers or exchanges other than pursuant to this Section 2.6(e) shall be permitted without the prior written consent of the Issuer. As a condition to any Automatic Exchange, the Issuer shall provide, and the Trustee and the Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably acceptable to the Trustee and the Agent to the effect that the Automatic Exchange shall be effected in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Restricted Notes Legend shall no longer be required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and that the aggregate principal amount of the particular Restricted Global Note is to be transferred to the particular Unrestricted Global Note by adjustment made on the records of the Notes Custodian to reflect the Automatic Exchange. Upon such exchange of beneficial interests pursuant to this Section 2.6(e), the aggregate principal amount of the Global Notes shall be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Notes Custodian, to reflect the relevant increase or decrease in the principal amount of such Global Note resulting from the applicable exchange. The Restricted Global Note from which beneficial interests are transferred pursuant to an Automatic Exchange shall be canceled following the Automatic Exchange.

 

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(f) Retention of Written Communications. The Registrar shall retain copies of all letters, notices and other written communications received pursuant to Section 2.1 or this Section 2.6. The Issuer shall have the right to inspect and make copies of all such letters, notices or other written communications at any reasonable time upon the giving of reasonable prior written notice to the Registrar.

(g) Obligations with Respect to Transfers and Exchanges of Notes.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer shall, subject to the other terms and conditions of this Article II, execute and the Agent shall authenticate Definitive Notes and Global Notes at the Registrar’s request.

(ii) No service charge shall be made to a Holder for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require the Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax assessments or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes, assessments or similar governmental charges payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.2, 2.6, 2.10, 2.12, 3.5, 3.10, 5.6 or 9.5).

(iii) The Issuer (and the Registrar) shall not be required to register the transfer of or exchange of any Note (A) for a period beginning (1) 15 days before the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (2) 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date or (B) called for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer, except the unredeemed or untendered portion of any Note being redeemed or tendered in part.

 

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(iv) Prior to the due presentation for registration of transfer of any Note, the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar may deem and treat the person in whose name a Note is registered as the owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of, premium, if any, and (subject to the ninth paragraph of Section 2.1(b) and paragraph 2 of the forms of Notes attached hereto as Exhibits A and B) interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, including without limitation the transfer or exchange of such Note, whether or not such Note is overdue, and none of the Issuer, the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(v) Any Definitive Note delivered in exchange for an interest in a Global Note pursuant to Section 2.1(f) shall, except as otherwise provided by Section 2.6(d), bear the applicable legend regarding transfer restrictions applicable to the Definitive Note set forth in Section 2.1(d).

(vi) All Notes issued upon any transfer or exchange pursuant to the terms of this Indenture shall evidence the same debt and shall be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such transfer or exchange.

(h) No Obligation of the Agent. (i) The Agent shall have no responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner of a Global Note, a member of, or a participant in, DTC or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of DTC or its nominee or of any participant or member thereof, with respect to any ownership interest in the Notes or with respect to the delivery to any participant, member, beneficial owner or other Person (other than DTC) of any notice (including any notice of redemption or purchase) or the payment of any amount or delivery of any Notes (or other security or property) under or with respect to such Notes. All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders in respect of the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders (which shall be DTC or its nominee in the case of a Global Note). The rights of beneficial owners in any Global Note shall be exercised only through DTC subject to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC. The Agent may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon information furnished by DTC with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners.

(ii) The Agent shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among DTC participants, members or beneficial owners in any Global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof. Neither the Trustee nor the Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by DTC.

 

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SECTION 2.7. [Reserved].

SECTION 2.8. Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers to Institutional Accredited Investors.

[Date]

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Attention: Transfer

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This certificate is delivered to request a transfer of $[                    ] principal amount of the 7.75% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”) of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (the “Issuer”).

Upon transfer, the Notes would be registered in the name of the new beneficial owner as follows:

Name:                                                                  

Address:                                                              

Taxpayer ID Number:                                         

The undersigned represents and warrants to you that:

1. We are an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)) purchasing for our own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor” at least $250,000 principal amount of the Notes, and we are acquiring the Notes not with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution in violation of the Securities Act. We have such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risk of our investment in the Notes and we invest in or purchase securities similar to the Notes in the normal course of our business. We and any accounts for which we are acting are each able to bear the economic risk of our or its investment.

 

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2. We understand that the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act and, unless so registered, may not be sold except as permitted in the following sentence. We agree on our own behalf and on behalf of any investor account for which we are purchasing Notes to offer, sell or otherwise transfer such Notes prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issue and the last date on which the Issuer or any affiliate of the Issuer was the owner of such Notes (or any predecessor thereto) (the “Resale Restriction Termination Date”) only (a) to the Issuer or any Subsidiary thereof, (b) pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, (c) in a transaction complying with the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, to a person we reasonably believe is a “qualified institutional buyer” under Rule 144A of the Securities Act (a “QIB”) that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of a QIB and 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, (e) to an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act that is purchasing for its own account or for the account of such an institutional “accredited investor,” in each case in a minimum principal amount of Notes of $250,000 for investment purposes and not with a view to or for offer or sale in connection with any distribution in violation of the Securities Act or (f) pursuant to any other available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, subject in each of the foregoing cases to any requirement of law that the disposition of our property or the property of such investor account or accounts be at all times within our or their control and in compliance with any applicable state securities laws. The foregoing restrictions on resale shall not apply subsequent to the Resale Restriction Termination Date. If any resale or other transfer of the Notes is proposed to be made pursuant to clause (e) above prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, the transferor shall deliver a letter from the transferee substantially in the form of this letter to the Issuer and the Registrar, which shall provide, among other things, that the transferee is an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act) and that it is acquiring such Notes for investment purposes and not for distribution in violation of the Securities Act. Each purchaser acknowledges that the Issuer and the Registrar reserve the right prior to any offer, sale or other transfer prior to the Resale Termination Date of the Notes pursuant to clauses (d), (e) or (f) above to require the delivery of an opinion of counsel, certifications and/or other information satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustee.

3. We [are][are not] an Affiliate of the Issuer.

 

TRANSFEREE:  

 

BY:  

 

SECTION 2.9. Form of Certificate to be Delivered in Connection with Transfers Pursuant to Regulation S.

[Date]

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

c/o DB Services Americas, Inc.

5022 Gate Parkway, Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

Attention: Transfer

Re: Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (the “Issuer”)

7.75% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Notes”)

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

In connection with our proposed sale of $[                    ] aggregate principal amount of the Notes, we confirm that such sale has been effected pursuant to and in accordance with Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, we represent that:

(a) the offer of the Notes was not made to a person in the United States;

(b) either (i) at the time the buy order was originated, the transferee was outside the United States or we and any person acting on our behalf reasonably believed that the transferee was outside the United States or (ii) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated off-shore securities market and neither we nor any person acting on our behalf knows that the transaction has been pre-arranged with a buyer in the United States;

(c) no directed selling efforts have been made in the United States in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(a)(2) or Rule 904(a)(2) of Regulation S, as applicable; and

(d) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

In addition, if the sale is made during a restricted period and the provisions of Rule 903(b)(2), Rule 903(b)(3) or Rule 904(b)(1) of Regulation S are applicable thereto, we confirm that such sale has been made in accordance with the applicable provisions of Rule 903(b)(2), Rule 903(b)(3) or Rule 904(b)(1), as the case may be.

We also hereby certify that we [are][are not] an Affiliate of the Issuer and, to our knowledge, the transferee of the Notes [is][is not] an Affiliate of the Issuer.

You and the Issuer are entitled to rely upon this letter and are irrevocably authorized to produce this letter or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceedings or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby. Terms used in this certificate have the meanings set forth in Regulation S.

Very truly yours,

[Name of Transferor]

 

  

By:

  

 

  
  

 

  
   Authorized Signature   

 

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SECTION 2.10. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes.

If a mutilated Note is surrendered to the Registrar or if the Holder of a Note claims that the Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Issuer shall issue and the Agent shall authenticate a replacement Note if the requirements of Section 8-405 of the Uniform Commercial Code are met, such that the Holder (a) satisfies the Issuer or the Agent that such Note has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken within a reasonable time after such Holder has notice of such loss, destruction or wrongful taking and the Registrar has not registered a transfer prior to receiving such notification, (b) makes such request to the Issuer or Agent prior to the Note being acquired by a protected purchaser as defined in Section 8-303 of the Uniform Commercial Code (a “protected purchaser”) and (c) satisfies any other reasonable requirements of the Agent; provided, however, if after the delivery of such replacement Note, a protected purchaser of the Note for which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment or registration such replaced Note, the Agent or the Issuer shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note from the Person to whom it was issued and delivered or any Person taking therefrom, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by the Issuer or the Agent in connection therewith. Such Holder shall furnish an indemnity bond sufficient in the judgment of the Issuer and the Agent to protect the Issuer, the Agent, the Paying Agent and the Registrar from any loss which any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced, and, in the absence of notice to the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor or the Agent that such Note has been acquired by a protected purchaser, the Issuer shall execute, and upon receipt of an Issuer Order, the Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in exchange for any such mutilated Note or in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a new Note of like tenor and principal amount, bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

In case any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note has become or is about to become due and payable, the Issuer in its discretion may, instead of issuing a new Note, pay such Note.

Upon the issuance of any new Note under this Section 2.10, the Issuer may require that such Holder pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of counsel and of the Agent) in connection therewith.

Subject to the proviso in the initial paragraph of this Section 2.10, every new Note issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor (if applicable) and any other obligor upon the Notes, whether or not the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

The provisions of this Section 2.10 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

 

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SECTION 2.11. Outstanding Notes.

Notes outstanding at any time are all Notes authenticated by the Agent except for those cancelled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation and those described in this Section as not outstanding. A Note does not cease to be outstanding in the event the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Note; provided, however, that (i) for purposes of determining which are outstanding for consent or voting purposes hereunder, the provisions of Section 13.6 shall apply and (ii) in determining whether the Agent shall be protected in making a determination whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Notes are present at a meeting of Holders of Notes for quorum purposes or have consented to or voted in favor of any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver, amendment or modification hereunder, or relying upon any such quorum, consent or vote, only Notes which a Trust Officer of the Agent actually knows to be held by the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer shall not be considered outstanding.

If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.10 (other than a mutilated Note surrendered for replacement), it ceases to be outstanding unless the Agent and the Issuer receive proof satisfactory to them that the replaced Note is held by a protected purchaser. A mutilated Note ceases to be outstanding upon surrender of such Note and replacement pursuant to Section 2.10.

If the Paying Agent segregates and holds in trust, in accordance with this Indenture, on a Redemption Date or maturity date money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest payable on that date with respect to the Notes (or portions thereof) to be redeemed or maturing, as the case may be, and the Paying Agent is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes (or portions thereof) cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

SECTION 2.12. Temporary Notes.

In the event that Definitive Notes are to be issued under the terms of this Indenture, until such Definitive Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Agent shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form, and shall carry all rights, of Definitive Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer shall prepare and the Agent shall authenticate Definitive Notes. After the preparation of Definitive Notes, the temporary Notes shall be exchangeable for Definitive Notes upon surrender of the temporary Notes at any office or agency maintained by the Issuer for that purpose and such exchange shall be without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Notes, the Issuer shall execute, and the Agent shall authenticate and make available for delivery in exchange therefor, one or more Definitive Notes representing an equal principal amount of Notes. Until so exchanged, the Holder of temporary Notes shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as a Holder of Definitive Notes.

SECTION 2.13. Cancellation.

The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Agent for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Agent any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Agent and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and dispose of such Notes in accordance with its internal policies and customary procedures including delivery of a certificate describing such Notes disposed (subject to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) or deliver copies of canceled Notes to the Issuer pursuant to written direction by one Officer. If the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor acquires any of the Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the Indebtedness represented by such Notes unless and until the same are surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Section 2.13. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes it has paid or delivered to the Agent for cancellation for any reason other than in connection with a transfer or exchange.

 

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At such time as all beneficial interests in a Global Note have either been exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, such Global Note shall be returned by DTC to the Agent for cancellation or retained and canceled by the Agent. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for Definitive Notes, transferred in exchange for an interest in another Global Note, redeemed, repurchased or canceled, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note shall be reduced and an adjustment shall be made on the books and records of the Agent (if it is then the Notes Custodian for such Global Note) with respect to such Global Note, by the Agent or the Notes Custodian, to reflect such reduction.

SECTION 2.14. Payment of Interest; Defaulted Interest.

Interest on any Note which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the regular record date for such payment at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3.

Any interest on any Note which is payable, but is not paid when the same becomes due and payable and such nonpayment continues for a period of 30 days shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the regular record date, and such defaulted interest and (to the extent lawful) interest on such defaulted interest at the rate borne by the Notes (such defaulted interest and interest thereon herein collectively called “Defaulted Interest”) shall be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (a) or (b) below:

(a) The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date (as defined below) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date (not less than 30 days after such notice) of the proposed payment (the “Special Interest Payment Date”), and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as in this Section 2.14(a). Thereupon the Issuer shall fix a record date (the “Special Record Date”) for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the Special Interest Payment Date and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee of such Special Record Date, and in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, the Trustee shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor to be given in the manner provided for in Section 13.2, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date and Special Interest Payment Date therefor having been so given, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid on the Special Interest Payment Date to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the provisions in Section 2.14(b).

 

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(b) The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which the Notes may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this Section 2.14(b), such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.14, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of, transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

SECTION 2.15. CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers.

The Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP,” “Common Code” and “ISIN” numbers and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP,” “Common Code” and “ISIN” numbers in notices of redemption or purchase as a convenience to Holders; provided, however, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of a redemption or purchase and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption or purchase shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers. The Issuer shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers.

ARTICLE III

COVENANTS

SECTION 3.1. Payment of Notes.

The Issuer shall pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest) on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes and in this Indenture. Principal, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest) shall be considered paid on the date due if on such date the Trustee or the Paying Agent holds in accordance with this Indenture money sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest) then due.

The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified therefor in the Notes, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (including Additional Interest) at the same rate to the extent lawful.

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture, the Issuer may, to the extent it is required to do so by law, deduct or withhold income or other similar taxes imposed by the United States of America from principal or interest payments hereunder.

SECTION 3.2. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.

(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Issuer shall not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Issuer may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Leverage Ratio on a consolidated basis for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been less than 4.5 to 1.00, determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of such four-quarter period.

(b) The limitations of Section 3.2(a) shall not apply to:

(1) the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Issuer or any of the Subsidiary Guarantors and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof), up to an aggregate principal amount of $600.0 million outstanding at any one time, less the aggregate principal amount of all principal repayments with the proceeds from Asset Sales made pursuant to Section 3.5(b)(1)(a) and (b) in satisfaction of the requirements of Section 3.5;

(2) the incurrence by the Issuer and any Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (including any Guarantee) (other than any Additional Notes) and exchange notes issued in respect of such Notes and any Guarantee thereof;

(3) Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in Sections 3.2(b)(1) and 3.2(b)(2));

(4) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations) incurred or, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock issued by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the purchase, lease or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets; provided that the aggregate amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to this Section 3.2(b)(4), when aggregated with the outstanding amount of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(13) to refinance Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock initially incurred in reliance on this Section 3.2(b)(4), does not exceed the greater of $30.0 million and 1.5% of the Issuer’s Total Assets at any one time outstanding;

 

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(5) Indebtedness incurred by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business, including, without limitation, letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self insurance, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims; provided, however, that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within 30 days following such drawing or incurrence;

(6) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided, however, that

 

  (A) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Issuer, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet shall not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this Section 3.2(b)(6)(A)); and

 

  (B) with respect to a disposition, the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition;

(7) Indebtedness of the Issuer to a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness owing to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this Section 3.2(b)(7);

 

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(8) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if a Subsidiary Guarantor incurs such Indebtedness owing to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of the Notes of such Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this Section 3.2(b)(8);

(9) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any such Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Issuer or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this Section 3.2(b)(9);

(10) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes) for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk, exchange rate risk or commodity pricing risk;

(11) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees or obligations in respect of letters of credit related thereto provided by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(12) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Issuer and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this Section 3.2(b)(12), does not at any one time outstanding exceed $40.0 million;

(13) the incurrence or issuance by the Issuer of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or the incurrence or issuance by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock which serves to refund or refinance any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued as permitted under Section 3.2(a) and Section 3.2(b)(2), Section 3.2(b)(3), this Section 3.2(b)(13) and Section 3.2(b)(14) or any Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to so refund or refinance such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock including additional Indebtedness incurred or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued to pay premiums (including tender premiums), defeasance costs and fees in connection therewith (the “Refinancing Indebtedness”) prior to its respective maturity; provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

 

  (A) has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity at the time such Refinancing Indebtedness is incurred which is not less than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock being refunded or refinanced,

 

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  (B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or any Guarantee thereof, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu to the Notes or the Guarantee at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or refunded or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively,

 

  (C) shall not include:

(x) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer;

(y) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor; or

(z) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

 

  (D) shall not be in a principal amount in excess of the principal amount of, premium, if any, accrued interest on and related fees and expenses (including tender premiums) of, the Indebtedness being refunded or refinanced, and

 

  (E) shall not have a stated maturity date prior to the earlier of the stated maturity of the Indebtedness being so refunded or refinanced or the stated maturity of the Notes;

and provided, further, that subclauses (A) and (E) of this Section 3.2(b)(13) shall not apply to any refunding or refinancing of any Indebtedness outstanding under the New Credit Facilities;

(14) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred or issued to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, either (a) the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 3.2(a) or (b) the Leverage Ratio of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries is less than immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

 

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(15) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence;

(16) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries supported by a letter of credit issued pursuant to the New Credit Facilities, in a principal amount not in excess of the stated amount of such letter of credit;

(17) (A) any guarantee by the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness is permitted under the terms of the Indenture; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, any such guarantee of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantors’ Guarantee with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Guarantee of such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;

 

  (B) any guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor of Indebtedness of the Issuer so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness is permitted under the terms of this Indenture and such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section 3.7; provided that if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, any such guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantors’ Guarantee with respect to the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes, as applicable; or

 

  (C) any guarantee by a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of Indebtedness of another Non-Guarantor Subsidiary incurred in accordance with the terms of the Indenture;

(18) Indebtedness of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of the financing of insurance premiums; and

(19) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to current or former officers, members of the board of managers or directors and employees and consultants thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance, either directly or through promissory notes issued to such persons, the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent described in Section 3.3(b)(4).

 

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  (c) For purposes of determining compliance with this covenant:

(1) in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in Section 3.2(b)(1) through Section 3.2(b)(19) or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 3.2(a), the Issuer, in its sole discretion, shall classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and shall only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in Section 3.2(a) or one of the clauses set forth in Section 3.2(b). Additionally, all or any portion of any item of Indebtedness may later be classified as having been incurred pursuant to any category of permitted Indebtedness described in Section 3.2(b)(1) through Section 3.2(b)(19) or pursuant to Section 3.2(a) so long as such Indebtedness is permitted to be incurred pursuant to such provision at the time of reclassification. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all Indebtedness outstanding under the New Credit Facilities on the Issue Date shall be treated as incurred under Section 3.2(b)(1) and may not later be reclassified; and

(2) at the time of incurrence, the Issuer shall be entitled to divide and classify an item of Indebtedness in more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in Sections 3.2(a) and 3.2(b), subject to the last sentence of Section 3.2(c)(1).

Accrual of interest or dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount and the payment of interest or dividends in the form of additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 3.2.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced.

The principal amount of any Indebtedness incurred to refinance other Indebtedness, if incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such respective Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.

 

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The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be.

For purposes of this Indenture, (1) unsecured Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured or (2) Senior Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to any other Senior Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral or is secured by different collateral.

SECTION 3.3. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

(i) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of the Issuer’s, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’, Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation other than:

 

  (A) dividends or distributions by the Issuer payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer; or

 

  (B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary (and if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, to its other holders of common stock on a pro rata basis) so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;

(ii) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer, including in connection with any merger or consolidation involving the Issuer;

(iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value, in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness, other than:

 

  (A) Indebtedness permitted under Sections 3.2(b)(7) and 3.2(b)(8); or

 

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  (B) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition; or

(iv) make any Restricted Investment

(all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), unless, at the time of such Restricted Payment:

 

  (A) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;

 

  (B) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Issuer could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 3.2(a); and

 

  (C) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by Sections 3.3(b)(1) and (11) and up to $50.0 million of the first Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(8), but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 3.3(b)), is less than the sum of (without duplication):

 

  (i) 100% of EBITDA of the Issuer for the period (taken as one accounting period) commencing October 1, 2010, to the end of the Issuer’s most recently ended fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment (or, in the case such EBITDA for such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit) less 1.4 times Fixed Charges for the same period; plus

 

  (ii) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property received by the Issuer since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of:

 

  (a) (x) Equity Interests of the Issuer, including Treasury Capital Stock (as defined below), but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property received from the sale of:

 

  (1) Equity Interests to members of management, members of the board of managers or directors or consultants of the Issuer, any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer and the Issuer’s Subsidiaries after the Issue Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 3.3(b)(4); and

 

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  (2) Designated Preferred Stock; and

(y) to the extent such net cash proceeds are actually contributed to the Issuer, Equity Interests of the Issuer’s direct or indirect parent companies (excluding contributions of the proceeds from the sale of Designated Preferred Stock of such companies or contributions to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 3.3(b)(4)); or

 

  (b) debt securities of the Issuer that have been converted into or exchanged for such Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent of the Issuer;

provided, however, that in addition to clauses (a) and (b) referred to above, this clause (ii) shall not include the proceeds from (W) Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below), (X) Equity Interests or convertible debt securities of the Issuer sold to a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) and (Y) Disqualified Stock or debt securities that have been converted into Disqualified Stock; plus

 

  (iii) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Issuer following the Issue Date (other than net cash proceeds to the extent such net cash proceeds are contributed by a Restricted Subsidiary); plus

 

  (iv) 100% of the aggregate amount received in cash and the fair market value, as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer, of marketable securities or other property by means of:

 

  (a) the sale or other disposition (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of Restricted Investments made by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repurchases and redemptions of such Restricted Investments from the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries and repayments of loans or advances, and releases of guarantees, which constitute Restricted Investments by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case after the Issue Date; or

 

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  (b) the sale (other than to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) of the stock of an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a distribution from an Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than in each case to the extent of the amount of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary made by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(8) or to the extent of the amount of the Investment that constituted a Permitted Investment) or a dividend from an Unrestricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date; plus

 

  (v) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the merger or consolidation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary into the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary or the transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (or the assets transferred), as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer or, if such fair market value exceeds $50.0 million, in writing by an Independent Financial Advisor, at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or at the time of such merger or consolidation or transfer of assets (after taking into consideration any Indebtedness associated with the Unrestricted Subsidiary so designated or merged or consolidated or Indebtedness associated with the assets so transferred), other than to the extent of the amount of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary made by the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 3.3(b)(8) or to the extent of the amount of the Investment that constituted a Permitted Investment.

(b) The foregoing provisions of Section 3.3(a) hereof shall not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of the Indenture or the redemption, repurchase or retirement of Indebtedness if, at the date of any irrevocable redemption notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of the Indenture;

 

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(2) (a) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests (“Treasury Capital Stock”) or Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of, Equity Interests of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer to the extent contributed to the Issuer (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock) (“Refunding Capital Stock”), (b) the declaration and payment of dividends on Treasury Capital Stock out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Subsidiary of the Issuer or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries) of Refunding Capital Stock, and (c) if immediately prior to the retirement of Treasury Capital Stock, the declaration and payment of dividends thereon was permitted under Section 3.3(b)(6), the declaration and payment of dividends on the Refunding Capital Stock (other than Refunding Capital Stock the proceeds of which were used to redeem, repurchase, retire or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests of any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer) in an aggregate amount per year no greater than the aggregate amount of dividends per annum that were declarable and payable on such Treasury Capital Stock immediately prior to such retirement;

(3) the redemption, repurchase, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of Subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale of, new Indebtedness of the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with the provisions of Section 3.2 so long as:

 

  (A) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, exchanged, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium (including any tender premiums), defeasance costs and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with such redemption, repurchase, defeasance, exchange, acquisition or retirement and the issuance of such new Indebtedness;

 

  (B) such new Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or the applicable Guarantee at least to the same extent as such Subordinated Indebtedness so repurchased, defeased, exchanged, redeemed, acquired or retired for value;

 

  (C) such new Indebtedness has a final scheduled maturity date equal to or later than the earlier of the final scheduled maturity date of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, exchanged, acquired or retired, or the maturity date of the Notes; and

 

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  (D) such new Indebtedness has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Subordinated Indebtedness being so redeemed, repurchased, defeased, exchanged, acquired or retired;

(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies held by any future, present or former employee, member of the board of directors or consultant of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies (permitted transferees, assigns, estates or heirs of such employee, director or consultant), pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this Section 3.3(b)(4) do not exceed in any calendar year $5.0 million (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over to succeeding calendar years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $10.0 million in any calendar year); provided further that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

 

  (A) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Issuer and, to the extent contributed to the Issuer, Equity Interests of any of the Issuer’s direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to any employee, member of the board of directors or consultant of the Issuer, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of Section 3.3(a)(C); plus

 

  (B) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date; less

 

  (C) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in Sections 3.3(b)(4)(A) and (B);

and provided further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary from any employee, member of the board of directors or consultant of the Issuer, any of the Issuer’s direct or indirect parent companies or any of the Issuer’s Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of its direct or indirect parent companies shall not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of the Indenture;

(5) the declaration and payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries issued in accordance with the covenant described under Section 3.2 to the extent such dividends are included in the definition of “Fixed Charges”;

 

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(6) (A) the declaration and payment of dividends and distributions to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) issued by the Issuer after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this Section 3.3(b)(6)(A) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually received by the Issuer from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock;

 

  (B) the declaration and payment of dividends and distributions to a direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer, the proceeds of which shall be used to fund the payment of dividends to holders of any class or series of Designated Preferred Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of such parent company issued after the Issue Date; provided that the amount of dividends paid pursuant to this clause Section 3.3(b)(6)(B) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of cash actually contributed to the Issuer from the sale of such Designated Preferred Stock; or

 

  (C) the declaration and payment of dividends and distributions on Refunding Capital Stock that is Preferred Stock in excess of the dividends declarable and payable thereon pursuant Section 3.3(b)(2);

provided, however, in the case of each of Section 3.3(b)(6)(A), (B) and (C), that for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding the date of issuance of such Designated Preferred Stock, after giving effect to such issuance or declaration on a pro forma basis, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis would have had a Leverage Ratio of less than 4.5 to 1.00;

(7) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(8) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause Section 3.3(b)(8), that are at the time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Investment to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of, or have not been subsequently sold or transferred for, cash or marketable securities) not to exceed $85.0 million at the time made;

(9) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees, sales contributions and other transfers of Securitization Assets and purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation, in each case in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;

(10) any Restricted Payment contemplated pursuant to the Refinancing Transactions and the fees and expenses related thereto;

 

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(11) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Preferred Stock or Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to provisions similar to Section 3.5 and Section 3.10; provided that all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

(12) the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary by, Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents); and

(13) cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares or interests in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other rights or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Issuer or any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer; provided that any such cash payment shall not be for the purpose of evading the limitation of this covenant;

provided however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under Sections 3.3(b)(4), 3.3(b)(8), and 3.3(b)(12), no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof.

The amount of all Restricted Payments (other than cash) shall be the fair market value (as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer) on the date of such Restricted Payment of the assets or securities proposed to be paid, transferred or issued by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, pursuant to such Restricted Payment.

The Issuer shall not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary except pursuant to the last sentence of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary.” For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated shall be deemed to be Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investment.” Such designation shall be permitted only if a Restricted Payment in such amount would be permitted at such time, whether pursuant to Section 3.3 or pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an Unrestricted Subsidiary. Unrestricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to any of the restrictive covenants set forth in the Indenture.

SECTION 3.4. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

(a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or consensual restriction on the ability of any such Restricted Subsidiary to:

(1) (i) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or (ii) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

 

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(2) make loans or advances to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; or

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

(b) The restrictions in Section 3.4(a) shall not apply (in each case) to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

 

  (i) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date, including pursuant to the New Credit Facilities and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations and Cash Management Obligations;

 

  (ii) the Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees (including any exchange notes and related guarantees);

 

  (iii) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in Section 3.4(a)(3) on the property so acquired;

 

  (iv) applicable law or any applicable rule, regulation or order;

 

  (v) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time of such acquisition (or at the time it merges with or into the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or assumed in connection with the acquisition of assets from such Person) (but, in each case, not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired;

 

  (vi) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or assets of such Subsidiary;

 

  (vii) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Sections 3.2 and 3.6 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

 

  (viii) restrictions on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

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  (ix) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements relating solely to such joint venture; provided that with respect to any joint venture agreement relating to a Restricted Subsidiary, such provisions shall not materially affect the Issuer’s ability to make anticipated principal or interest payments on the Notes (as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer);

 

  (x) customary provisions contained in leases, subleases, licenses, sublicenses or other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

  (xi) any agreement or instrument (A) relating to any Indebtedness or preferred stock of a Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 3.2 if the encumbrances and restrictions are not materially more disadvantageous to the Holders than is customary in comparable financings (as determined in good faith by the Issuer) and (B) either (x) the Issuer determines that such encumbrance or restriction shall not adversely affect the Issuer’s ability to make principal and interest payments on the Notes as and when they come due or (y) such encumbrances and restrictions apply only during the continuance of a default in respect of a payment or financial maintenance covenant relating to such Indebtedness;

 

  (xii) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 3.4(a) imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (xi) above; provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Issuer, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing; and

 

  (xiii) restrictions created in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing that, in the good faith determination of the Issuer, are necessary or advisable to effect such Securitization Facility.

SECTION 3.5. Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:

(1) the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and

 

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(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

 

  (A) any liabilities (as shown on the Issuer’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been shown on the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer) of the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which the Issuer and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing,

 

  (B) any securities or other obligations received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale, and

 

  (C) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $50.0 million and 2.0% of Total Assets at the time of receipt of the Designated Non-cash Consideration, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,

shall be deemed to be Cash Equivalents for purposes of this provision and for no other purpose.

(b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Proceeds from such Asset Sale,

 

  (1) to reduce or repay:

 

  a. Obligations under the New Credit Facilities, and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

 

  b. Obligations under Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) that is secured by a Lien, which Lien is permitted by the Indenture, and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

 

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  c. Obligations under other Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto); provided that, to the extent the Issuer reduces Obligations under such Indebtedness, the Issuer shall equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes as provided in Section 5.7, through open-market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or by making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, on the amount of Notes that would otherwise be prepaid; or

 

  d. Indebtedness of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto);

(2) to make (a) an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in the Issuer or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) capital expenditures or (c) acquisitions of other assets (other than working capital assets), in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), used or useful in a Similar Business; or

(3) to make an Investment in (a) any one or more businesses, provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in the Issuer or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) properties (other than working capital assets) or (c) acquisitions of other assets (other than working capital assets) that, in the case of each of (a), (b) and (c), replace the businesses, properties and/or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale;

provided that, in the case of Section 3.5(b)(2) and Section 3.5(b)(3), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Issuer or such other Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds shall be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”) and, in the event any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into another Acceptable Commitment (a “Second Commitment”) within 180 days of such cancellation or termination; provided further that if any Second Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds.

 

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Any Net Proceeds from the Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the first sentence of the preceding paragraph shall be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $20.0 million, the Issuer shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes, and, if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that is equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. The Issuer shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $20.0 million by mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee and the Agent or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC. The Issuer may satisfy the foregoing obligations with respect to such Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer with respect to such Net Proceeds prior to the expiration of the application period.

To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to compliance with other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes or the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee or the applicable registrar shall select the Notes and the Issuer or agent for such Pari Passu Indebtedness shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this Section 3.5, the holder of such Net Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise use such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by the Indenture.

The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of the Indenture, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in the Indenture by virtue thereof.

SECTION 3.6. Limitation on Liens. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) (each, an “Initial Lien”) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness or any related guarantee, on any asset or property of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any income or profits therefrom, unless:

(a) in the case of Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, the Notes and related Guarantees are secured by a Lien on such property, assets or proceeds that is senior in priority to such Liens; or

 

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(b) in all other cases, the Notes or the Guarantees are equally and ratably secured, except that the foregoing shall not apply to Liens securing the Notes and the related Guarantees.

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall provide by its terms that such Lien shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the Initial Lien that gave rise to the obligation to so secure the Notes.

SECTION 3.7. Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.

(a) The Issuer shall not permit any of its Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries (and non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries if such non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries guarantee other capital markets debt securities of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary or guarantee all or a portion of the New Credit Facilities), other than a Subsidiary Guarantor, to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the Issuer or any other Subsidiary Guarantor unless:

(A) such Restricted Subsidiary within 30 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture and joinder or supplement to the Registration Rights Agreement providing for a senior Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Guarantee substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee;

(B) such Restricted Subsidiary waives and shall not in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any rights of reimbursement, indemnity or subrogation or any other rights against the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary as a result of any payment by such Restricted Subsidiary under its Guarantee until payment in full of Obligations under this Indenture; and

(C) such Restricted Subsidiary shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that:

 

  (1) such Guarantee has been duly executed and authorized; and

 

  (2) such Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary, except insofar as enforcement thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws (including, without limitation, all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and except insofar as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity;

 

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provided that this Section 3.7 shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary.

The Issuer may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor to become a Subsidiary Guarantor, in which case, such Subsidiary shall only be required to comply with the Sections 3.7(a)(C)(1) and (2) above.

SECTION 3.8. Transactions with Affiliates. (a) The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Issuer (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $5.0 million, unless:

(1) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or its relevant Restricted Subsidiaries than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis;

(2) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $15.0 million, a resolution adopted by the majority of the board of directors of the Issuer approving such Affiliate Transaction and set forth in an Officer’s Certificate certifying that such Affiliate Transaction complies with Section 3.8(a)(1) above; and

(3) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $50.0 million, a written opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such Affiliate Transaction is fair to the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, from a financial point of view or complies with Section 3.8(a)(1) above.

(b) The foregoing provisions shall not apply to the following:

(1) transactions between or among the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(2) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 3.3 and the definition of “Permitted Investments”;

(3) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements provided for the benefit of, former, current or future officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Issuer, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as determined in Good Faith by the Issuer;

 

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(4) transactions in which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, delivers to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or stating that the terms are not materially less favorable to the Issuer or its relevant Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis;

(5) any agreement or arrangement as in effect as of the Issue Date, or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date);

(6) the Refinancing Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Refinancing Transactions, in each case as contemplated in the Offering Memorandum;

(7) transactions with customers, clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of the Indenture which are fair to the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the board of directors of the Issuer or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;

(8) if otherwise permitted under this Indenture, the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) to Affiliates of the Issuer and the granting of registration and other customary rights in connection therewith or any contribution to the capital of direct or indirect parent companies, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(9) any customary transaction with a Securitization Subsidiary effected as part of a Qualified Securitization Financing;

(10) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees or consultants of the Issuer, any of its direct or indirect parent companies or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and employment agreements, stock option plans, restricted stock plans, bonus programs and other similar arrangements with such employees or consultants which, in each case, are approved in Good Faith by the Issuer and in accordance with applicable law; and

(11) transactions with a Person (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Issuer) that is an Affiliate of the Issuer solely because the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer owns an equity interest in or otherwise controls such Person.

 

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SECTION 3.9. Limitation on Activities of the License Subsidiaries. So long as a License Subsidiary does not Guarantee the Notes, such License Subsidiary shall not (i) incur any Indebtedness or (ii) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Liens upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except Permitted Liens.

SECTION 3.10. Change of Control. (a) If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuer has previously or concurrently mailed a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes pursuant to Section 5.7, the Issuer shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of record of the Notes on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date; provided that if the Issuer or one of its Restricted Subsidiaries has entered into an agreement or arrangement with respect to a transaction described in clause (3) of the definition of Change of Control on or before the first anniversary of the Issue Date but such transaction has not been completed, then the obligation to make a Change of Control Offer pursuant to this Section 3.10(a) shall arise only upon the completion of such transaction (whether or not such transaction is completed on or before the first anniversary of the Issue Date) and only if the Leverage Ratio specified in such clause (3) is exceeded upon the completion of such transaction. Within 30 days following any Change of Control (for the avoidance of doubt, in the circumstances described in the proviso to the immediately preceding sentence, within 30 days following the completion of such transaction), the Issuer shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, the Agent and to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, with the following information:

(1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.10, and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer shall be accepted for payment by the Issuer;

(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

(3) that any Note not properly tendered shall remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest;

(4) that unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest on the Change of Control Payment Date;

(5) that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Change of Control Offer shall be required to surrender such Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of such Notes completed, to the paying agent specified in the notice at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;

 

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(6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Issuer to purchase such Note; provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the expiration time of the Change of Control Offer, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;

(7) that if the Issuer is redeeming less than all of the Notes, the Holders of the remaining Notes shall be issued new Notes, and such new Notes shall be equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The unpurchased portion of the Notes must be equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof;

(8) if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control (for the avoidance of doubt, in the circumstances described in the proviso to the first sentence of this paragraph, prior to the completion of such transaction) stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control; and

(9) the other instructions, as determined by us, consistent with the covenant described hereunder, that a Holder must follow.

(b) On the Change of Control Payment Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent permitted by law,

(1) accept for payment all Notes issued by it or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Change of Control Offer;

(2) deposit with the paying agent an amount equal to the aggregate Change of Control Payment in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and

(3) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Agent for cancellation the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate to the Agent stating that such Notes or portions thereof have been tendered to and purchased by the Issuer.

(c) The Issuer shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.10, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

(e) The Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws or regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase by the Issuer of Notes pursuant to a Change of Control Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue thereof.

 

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SECTION 3.11. Reports and Other Information.

(a) Notwithstanding that the Issuer may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Issuer shall file with the SEC within 15 days after the dates set forth below:

(1) within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, all financial information that would be required to be contained in an annual report on Form 10-K, or any successor or comparable form, filed with the SEC, including a “Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations” and a report on the annual financial statements by the Issuer’s independent registered public accounting firm;

(2) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each Fiscal Year, all financial information that would be required to be contained in a quarterly report on Form 10-Q, or any successor or comparable form, filed with the SEC;

(3) all current reports that would be required to be filed with the SEC on Form 8-K, or any successor or comparable form, if the Issuer were required to file such reports; and

(4) any other information, documents and other reports which the Issuer would be required to file with the SEC if it were subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

in each case, in a manner that complies in all material respects with the requirements specified in such form. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, so long as the Issuer makes available such information to prospective purchasers of Notes, in addition to providing such information to the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes, in each case, at the Issuer’s expense and by the applicable date the Issuer would be required to file such information pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence. To the extent any such information is not so filed or furnished, as applicable, within the time periods specified above and such information is subsequently filed or furnished, as applicable, the Issuer shall be deemed to have satisfied its obligations with respect thereto at such time and any Default with respect thereto shall be deemed to have been cured; provided that such cure shall not otherwise affect the rights of the Holders under Article VI if Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes have declared the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately and such declaration shall not have been rescinded or cancelled prior to such cure. In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, the Issuer shall, for so long as any Notes are outstanding, furnish to Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

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(b) Substantially concurrently with the furnishing or making such information available to the Trustee pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph, the Issuer shall also post copies of such information required by the immediately preceding paragraph on a website (which may be nonpublic and may be maintained by the Issuer or a third party) to which access shall be given to holders, prospective investors in the Notes (which prospective investors shall be limited to “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act or non-U.S. persons (as defined in Regulation S under the Securities Act) that certify their status as such to the reasonable satisfaction of the Issuer), and securities analysts and market making financial institutions that are reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for determining whether or not such information has been posted. The Issuer shall hold quarterly conference calls that are publicly accessible after the Issuer’s financial statements for the prior fiscal period have been made available, beginning when financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2010 have been made available pursuant to this covenant; provided that such conference calls shall be held no later than five Business Days after the date that such financial statements are required to be made available. No fewer than three Business Days prior to the date of the conference call required to be held in accordance with the preceding sentence, the Issuer shall issue a press release to the appropriate U.S. wire services announcing the time and the date of such conference call and directing the beneficial owners of, and prospective investors in, the Notes and securities analysts to contact an individual at the Issuer (for whom contact information shall be provided in such press release) to obtain information on how to access such conference call. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

(c) In the event that any direct or indirect parent company of the Issuer becomes a guarantor of the Notes, the Issuer shall be deemed to have satisfied the requirements of this section if such parent files and provides reports, documents and information of the types otherwise so required, in each case within the applicable time periods, and the Issuer is not required to file such reports, documents and information separately under the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC (after giving effect to any exemptive relief) because of the filings by such parent; provided that such financial statements are accompanied by consolidating financial information for such parent, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries in the manner prescribed by the SEC to the extent such financial information would be required by the SEC.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, such requirements shall be deemed satisfied prior to the commencement of the offering of the Exchange Notes or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by the filing with the SEC of any registration statement relating to the exchange offer pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement or other filing, and any amendments thereto, with such financial information that satisfies Regulation S-X of the Securities Act.

 

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SECTION 3.12. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for payment, where, if applicable, the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange. The office of the Agent located at 60 Wall Street, 27th Floor, MS: NYC60-27, New York, NY 10005, Attn: Corporate Team, Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, shall be such office or agency of the Issuer, unless the Issuer shall designate and maintain some other office or agency for one or more of such purposes. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Agent of any change in the location of any such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Agent with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the corporate trust office of the Agent, and the Issuer hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind any such designation. The Issuer shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

SECTION 3.13. Corporate Existence. Except as otherwise provided in this Article III, Article IV and Section 10.2(b), the Issuer shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its respective corporate existence and the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of each Restricted Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Issuer and each Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise or the corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other existence of any Restricted Subsidiary if the respective board of directors or, with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Significant Subsidiary (or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together would not be a Significant Subsidiary), senior management of the Issuer determines that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and that the loss thereof is not, and shall not be, disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders.

SECTION 3.14. Payment of Taxes. The Issuer shall pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged, before the same shall become delinquent, all material taxes, assessments and governmental charges levied or imposed upon the Issuer or any Subsidiary; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be required to pay or discharge or cause to be paid or discharged any such tax, assessment, charge or claim the amount, applicability or validity of which is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves, if necessary (in the good faith judgment of management of the Issuer), are being maintained in accordance with GAAP or where the failure to effect such payment shall not be disadvantageous to the Holders.

SECTION 3.15. Payments for Consent. Neither the Issuer nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid and is paid to all Holders that are “qualified institutional buyers” within the meaning of Rule 144A of the Securities Act, who, upon request, confirm that they are “qualified institutional buyers,” consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or amendment.

 

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SECTION 3.16. Compliance Certificate. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year of the Issuer an Officer’s Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signers of their duties as Officers of the Issuer they would normally have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default and whether or not the signers know of any Default or Event of Default that occurred during the previous Fiscal Year; provided that no such Officer’s Certificate shall be required for any Fiscal Year ended prior to the Issue Date. If they do, the certificate shall describe the Default or Event of Default, its status and the action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto. The Issuer also shall comply with TIA § 314(a)(4).

SECTION 3.17. Further Instruments and Acts. Upon request of the Trustee, the Issuer shall execute and deliver such further instruments and do such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to carry out more effectively the purpose of this Indenture.

SECTION 3.18. Limitation on Lines of Business. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than a Similar Business.

SECTION 3.19. Statement by Officers as to Default. The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee with a copy to the Agent, as soon as possible and in any event within 10 Business Days after the Issuer becomes aware of the occurrence of any Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default, its status and the actions which the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

SECTION 3.20. Suspension of Certain Covenants. Following the first day (a) the Notes have an Investment Grade Rating from both of the Rating Agencies and (b) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8 and 4.1(a)(4) (collectively, the “Suspended Covenants”).

If at any time the Notes’ credit rating is downgraded from an Investment Grade Rating by any Rating Agency or if a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing, then the Suspended Covenants shall thereafter be reinstated as if such covenants had never been suspended (the “Reinstatement Date”) and be applicable pursuant to the terms of the Indenture (including in connection with performing any calculation or assessment to determine compliance with the terms of the Indenture), unless and until the Notes subsequently attain an Investment Grade Rating and no Default or Event of Default is in existence (in which event the Suspended Covenants shall no longer be in effect for such time that the Notes maintain an Investment Grade Rating and no Default or Event of Default is in existence); provided, however, that no Default, Event of Default or breach of any kind shall be deemed to exist under this Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Notes or the Guarantees with respect to the Suspended Covenants based on, and none of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries shall bear any liability for, any actions taken or events occurring during the Suspension Period (as defined below), or any actions taken at any time pursuant to any contractual obligation arising prior to the Reinstatement Date, regardless of whether such actions or events would have been permitted if the applicable Suspended Covenants remained in effect during such period. The period of time between the date of suspension of the covenants and the Reinstatement Date is referred to as the “Suspension Period.”

 

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On the Reinstatement Date, all Indebtedness incurred during the Suspension Period shall be classified to have been incurred pursuant to Section 3.2(a) or one of the clauses of Section 3.2(b) (to the extent such Indebtedness would be permitted to be incurred thereunder as of the Reinstatement Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness incurred prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reinstatement Date). To the extent such Indebtedness would not be so permitted to be incurred pursuant Section 3.2(a) or (b), such Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 3.2(b)(3). Calculations made after the Reinstatement Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 3.3 shall be made as though Section 3.3 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period; provided that no breach of such covenant shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of any Restricted Payments made during any Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period shall reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 3.3(a).

During any period when the Suspended Covenants are suspended, the board of directors of the Issuer may not designate any of the Issuer’s Subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries pursuant to this Indenture.

The Issuer shall provide an Officer’s Certificate to the Trustee indicating the occurrence of any Suspension Period or Reinstatement Date. The Trustee shall have no obligation to (i) independently determine or verify if such events have occurred, (ii) make any determination regarding the impact of actions taken during the Suspension Period on the Issuer’s future compliance with its covenants or (iii) notify the Holders of any Suspension Period or Reinstatement Date.

ARTICLE IV

SUCCESSOR COMPANY

SECTION 4.1. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

(a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

(1) the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the Issuer or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;

 

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(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Issuer, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;

(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,

 

  (A) the Successor Company or the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 3.2(a) or

 

  (B) the Leverage Ratio for the Successor Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than the Leverage Ratio for the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

(5) each Subsidiary Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case Section 10.2(b)(ii) shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Registration Rights Agreement; and

(6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, with a copy to the Agent, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture;

(b) The Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for the Issuer, as the case may be, under the Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Guarantees and the Notes, as applicable.

(c) Notwithstanding Sections 4.1(a)(3) and (a)(4),

 

  (a) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may consolidate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary,

 

  (b) the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, and

 

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  (c) the Issuer may consolidate or merge with an Affiliate of the Issuer, as the case may be, solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Issuer in any state of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof.

(d) For purposes of this Section 4.1, the sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Issuer, which properties and assets, if held by the Issuer instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer. The predecessor company shall be released from its obligations under the Indenture and the Successor Company shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture, but, in the case of a lease of all or substantially all its assets, the predecessor shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.

ARTICLE V

REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

SECTION 5.1. Notices to Trustee.

If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 5.7 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee with a copy to the Agent, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth:

(1) the clause of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur;

(2) the redemption date;

(3) the principal amount of Notes to be redeemed; and

(4) the redemption price.

Any redemption referenced in such Officer’s Certificate may be cancelled by the Issuer at any time prior to notice of redemption being mailed to any Holder and thereafter shall be null and void.

SECTION 5.2. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

If the Issuer is redeeming or purchasing less than all of the Notes issued by it at any time, pursuant to Section 5.7 or purchased in an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer pursuant to Section 3.10, the Trustee or the applicable registrar shall select the Notes to be redeemed (a) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, (b) on a pro rata basis (to the extent practicable) or (c) by lot or such other similar method in accordance with the procedures of DTC.

 

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No Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part. In the event of partial redemption, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption or purchase date by the Trustee or the applicable registrar from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.

The Trustee or the applicable registrar shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

SECTION 5.3. Notice of Redemption. Upon no less than 10 days’ notice to the Trustee and the Agent (unless otherwise agreed with the Trustee and Agent) and at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuer shall mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, postage prepaid, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with a defeasance of the Notes or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Articles VIII or XII hereof or in connection with a redemption pursuant to Section 5.7(c) that is conditioned upon the completion of a transaction constituting a Change of Control Trigger Event.

The notice shall identify the Notes (including the CUSIP number) to be redeemed and shall state:

(1) the redemption date;

(2) the redemption price;

(3) if any Note is being redeemed in part, 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 upon cancellation of the original Note;

(4) the name and address of the Paying Agent;

(5) that Notes called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

(6) that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

 

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(7) the paragraph of the Notes and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the Notes called for redemption are being redeemed; and

(8) 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 Issuer’s written request, the Agent shall give the notice of redemption in the Issuer’s name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Issuer has delivered to the Agent, at least 10 days prior to the redemption date (or such shorter period as the Agent shall agree), an Officer’s Certificate requesting that the Agent give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

SECTION 5.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption. Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 5.3 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. Any redemption or notice of redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of an Equity Offering, other offering or other corporate transaction or event. Notice of any redemption in respect of an Equity Offering may be given prior to the completion thereof.

SECTION 5.5. Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price. Prior to 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the redemption or purchase date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Trustee or the Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Issuer any money deposited with the Trustee or the Paying Agent by the Issuer in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption or purchase price of, and accrued interest and Additional Interest, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased 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 or purchase is not so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuer to comply with the preceding paragraph, interest shall be paid on the unpaid principal, from the redemption or purchase 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 and in Section 3.1 hereof.

SECTION 5.6. Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part. Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuer shall issue and, upon receipt of an Issuer Order, the Agent shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuer a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered; provided, that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof.

 

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SECTION 5.7. Optional Redemption.

(a) At any time prior to December 15, 2014, the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as provided in Section 5.3, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

(b) Prior to December 15, 2013, the Issuer may, at its option, upon notice as provided in Section 5.3, on one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption price equal to 107.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that (a) at least 65% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under this Indenture on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes that are issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and (b) each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering. The Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased in the manner described under Sections 5.1 through 5.6.

(c) At any time on or prior to the date that is 180 days after the Issue Date, if a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs (including, without limitation, for the avoidance of doubt, if the Issuer enters into an agreement or arrangement, whether or not such transaction is completed on or before such date), the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon notice as provided in Section 5.3, at a redemption price equal to 107.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date; provided that the Issuer shall be permitted to repurchase Notes pursuant to a notice of redemption issued in accordance with this paragraph only if the transaction constituting a Change of Control Triggering Event has been completed or is completed substantially concurrently with such repurchase. Any such redemption or notice of redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of any transaction constituting a Change of Control Triggering Event.

(d) Except pursuant to clause (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 5.7, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the Company’s option prior to December 15, 2014.

(e) On and after December 15, 2014 the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon notice as provided in Section 5.3, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth in the table below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on December 15 of each of the years indicated in the table below:

 

Period

   Percentage  

2014

     103.875

2015

     101.938

2016 and thereafter

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(f) Unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the redemption price, interest shall cease to accrue on the Notes or portions thereof called for redemption on the applicable Redemption Date.

(g) Any redemption pursuant to this Section 5.7 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5.1 through 5.6.

SECTION 5.8. Mandatory Redemption. Except as set forth in Section 3.5 and Section 3.10 hereof, the Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

ARTICLE VI

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

SECTION 6.1. Events of Default. (a) Each of the following is an “Event of Default”:

(1) default in payment when due and payable, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, of principal of, or premium, if any, on the Notes;

(2) default for 30 days or more in the payment when due of interest or Additional Interest on or with respect to the Notes;

(3) failure by the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor to comply with its obligations under Section 4.1 and Section 10.2(b);

(4) failure by the Issuer or the Subsidiary Guarantors to comply for 30 days with any of their obligations under Section 3.5 and Section 3.10 (in each case, other than a failure to purchase Notes which constitutes an Event of Default under Section 6.1(a)(1) and Section 6.1(a)(2));

(5) failure by the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Notes to comply with any of its obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in Section 6.1(a)(1) and Section 6.1(a)(2)) contained in this Indenture or the Notes;

(6) default under any mortgage, indenture or instrument under which there is issued or by which there is secured or evidenced any Indebtedness for money borrowed by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or the payment of which is guaranteed by the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, other than Indebtedness owed to the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, whether such Indebtedness or guarantee now exists or is created after the issuance of the Notes, if both:

 

  (A) (i) such default either results from the failure to pay any principal of such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods) or (ii) relates to an obligation other than the obligation to pay principal of any such Indebtedness at its stated final maturity and results in the holder or holders of such Indebtedness causing such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity; and

 

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  (B) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at its stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $35.0 million or more at any one time outstanding;

(7) failure by the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal period end provided as required under Section 3.11) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $35.0 million other than any judgments covered by indemnities provided by, or insurance policies issued by, reputable and creditworthy companies, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;

(8) the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal period end provided as required under Section 3.11), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

  (A) commences a voluntary case or proceeding;

 

  (B) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case or proceeding;

 

  (C) consents to the appointment of a Custodian of it or for substantially all of its property;

 

  (D) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors;

 

  (E) consents to or acquiesces in the institution of a bankruptcy or an insolvency proceeding against it; or

 

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  (F) takes any comparable action under any foreign laws relating to insolvency;

(9) a court of competent jurisdiction enters an order or decree under any Bankruptcy Law that:

 

  (A) is for relief against the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal period end provided as required under Section 3.11), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, in an involuntary case;

 

  (B) appoints a custodian of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal period end provided as required under Section 3.11), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary, for substantially all of its property; or

 

  (C) orders the winding up or liquidation of the Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary (or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal period end provided as required under Section 3.11), would constitute a Significant Subsidiary; or

 

  (D) or any similar relief is granted under any foreign laws and the order, decree or relief remains unstayed and in effect for 60 consecutive days; and

(10) the Guarantee of any Significant Subsidiary (or group of Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal period end provided as required under Section 3.11) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary) shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of any Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary (or the responsible officers of any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that, taken together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal period end provided as required under Section 3.11) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), as the case may be, denies that it has any further liability under its or their Guarantee(s) or gives notice to such effect, other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture.

SECTION 6.2. Acceleration. If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default described in Section 6.1(a)(8) or Section 6.1(a)(9)) occurs and is continuing under the Indenture, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes to be due and payable immediately. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately.

 

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If an Event of Default described in Section 6.1(a)(8) or Section 6.1(a)(9) occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) and any other monetary obligations on all the Notes shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act or notice on the part of the Trustee or any Holders.

In the event of any Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a)(6), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 30 days after such Event of Default arose:

(x) the Indebtedness or guarantee that is the basis for such Event of Default has been discharged; or

(y) the holders thereof have rescinded or waived the acceleration, notice or action (as the case may be) giving rise to such Event of Default; or

(z) if the default that is the basis for such Event of Default has been cured.

SECTION 6.3. Other Remedies. If an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy by proceeding at law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest (including Additional Interest) on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes, this Indenture or the Guarantees.

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding. A delay or omission by the Trustee or any Holder in exercising any right or remedy accruing upon an Event of Default shall not impair the right or remedy or constitute a waiver of or acquiescence in the Event of Default. No remedy is exclusive of any other remedy. All available remedies are cumulative.

SECTION 6.4. Waiver of Past Defaults. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by notice to the Trustee (with a copy to the Issuer, but the applicable waiver or rescission shall be effective when the notice is given to the Trustee) may, on behalf of the Holders of all the Notes, (a) waive, by their consent (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes), an existing Default and its consequences under this Indenture except (i) a continuing Default in the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest (including Additional Interest) on a Note held by a non-consenting Holder or (ii) a Default in respect of a provision that under Section 9.2 cannot be amended without the consent of each Holder affected and (b) rescind any acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Notes provided such rescission would not conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. When a Default or Event of Default is waived, it is deemed cured, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any consequent right.

 

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SECTION 6.5. Control by Majority. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees or, subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2, that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Holders or would involve the Trustee in personal liability; provided, however, that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. Prior to taking any such action hereunder, the Trustee shall be entitled to indemnification reasonably satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

SECTION 6.6. Limitation on Suits. Subject to Section 6.7, a Holder may not pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee notice stating that an Event of Default is continuing;

(2) Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have requested the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

(3) Holders of the Notes have offered and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

(4) the Trustee has not complied with such request within 60 days after the receipt thereof and the offer of security or indemnity; and

(5) Holders of a majority in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes have not given the Trustee a direction inconsistent with such request within such 60-day period.

A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

SECTION 6.7. Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture (including, without limitation, Section 6.6), the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, premium (if any), or interest (including Additional Interest) on the Notes held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in the Notes, or to bring suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after such respective dates, shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.

SECTION 6.8. Collection Suit by Trustee. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(a)(1) or Section 6.1(a)(2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and the amounts provided for in Section 7.7.

 

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SECTION 6.9. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. The Trustee may file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, its Subsidiaries or its or their respective creditors or properties and, unless prohibited by law or applicable regulations, may be entitled and empowered to participate as a member of any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and may vote on behalf of the Holders in any election of a trustee in bankruptcy or other Person performing similar functions, and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and its counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Notes or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

SECTION 6.10. Priorities. (a) If the Trustee collects any money or property pursuant to this Article VI, it shall pay out the money or property in the following order:

FIRST: to the Trustee or Agent for amounts due to it under Section 7.7;

SECOND: to Holders for amounts due and unpaid on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on the Notes for principal, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest), respectively; and

THIRD: to the Issuer, or to the extent the Trustee or Agent collects any amount for any Subsidiary Guarantor, to such Subsidiary Guarantor.

(b) The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10. At least 15 days before such record date, the Issuer shall mail to each Holder and the Trustee a notice that states the record date, the payment date and amount to be paid.

SECTION 6.11. Undertaking for Costs. In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, a court in its discretion may require the filing by any party litigant in the suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of the suit, and the court in its discretion may assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in the suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by the party litigant. This Section 6.11 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by the Issuer, a suit by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.7 or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in outstanding principal amount of the Notes.

 

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ARTICLE VII

TRUSTEE

SECTION 7.1. Duties of Trustee. (a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; provided that the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless the Holders have offered the Trustee indemnity or security reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense.

(b) Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(1) the Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and

(2) in the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates, opinions or orders furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees, as applicable. However, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine such certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees, as the case may be (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).

(c) The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or its own bad faith or willful misconduct, except that:

(1) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.1;

(2) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;

(3) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.5; and

 

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(4) No provision of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable grounds to believe that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it.

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 7.1.

(e) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer.

(f) Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

(g) Every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.1 and to the provisions of the TIA.

(h) Unless otherwise specifically provided in this Indenture, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Issuer shall be sufficient if signed by one Officer of the Issuer.

SECTION 7.2. Rights of Trustee. Subject to Section 7.1:

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely on and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order or other paper or document (whether in its original or facsimile form) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper person. The Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in the document. The Trustee shall receive and retain financial reports and statements of the Issuer as provided herein, but shall have no duty to review or analyze such reports or statements to determine compliance with covenants or other obligations of the Issuer.

(b) Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate and/or an Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel.

(c) The Trustee may execute any of the trusts and powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly by or through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder.

(d) In the absence of willful misconduct or negligence, the Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers, conferred upon it by this Indenture.

(e) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection, and the advice or opinion of counsel with respect to legal matters relating to this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it hereunder or under the Notes or the Guarantees in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

 

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(f) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default or whether any entity or group of entities constitutes a Significant Subsidiary unless a Trust Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default or of any such Significant Subsidiary is received by the Trustee at the corporate trust office of the Trustee specified in Section 13.2, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

(g) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and to each Agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder.

(h) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless the Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby.

(i) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any fact or matter unless such fact or matter is known to a Trust Officer of the Trustee.

(j) Whenever in the administration of this Indenture, the Notes or the Guarantees the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder or thereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.

(k) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit), irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

(l) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, coupon or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine, during business hours and upon reasonable notice, the books, records and premises of the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries, personally or by agent or attorney, and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind to Holders of such inquiry or investigation.

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(n) The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture or the Notes.

SECTION 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee. The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, Subsidiary Guarantors or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Paying Agent, Registrar, co-registrar or co-paying agent may do the same with like rights. However, the Trustee must comply with Sections 7.10 and 7.11. In addition, the Trustee shall be permitted to engage in transactions with the Issuer; provided, however, that if the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest under the TIA, the Trustee must (i) eliminate such conflict within 90 days of acquiring such conflicting interest, (ii) apply to the SEC for permission to continue acting as Trustee or (iii) resign.

SECTION 7.4. Trustee’s Disclaimer. The Trustee shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Guarantees or the Notes, shall not be accountable for the Issuer’s use of the proceeds from the sale of the Notes, shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee or any money paid to the Issuer pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and shall not be responsible for any statement of the Issuer in this Indenture or in any document issued in connection with the sale of the Notes or in the Notes other than the Trustee’s certificate of authentication.

SECTION 7.5. Notice of Defaults. If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing and if a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof, the Trustee shall mail by first class mail to each Holder at the address set forth in the Notes Register notice of the Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it is actually known to a Trust Officer. Except in the case of a Default relating to the payment of principal of, premium (if any), or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the optional redemption or required repurchase provisions of such Note), the Trustee may withhold the notice if and so long as a committee of its Trust Officers in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Holders. In addition, subject to Section 6.5, the Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if in the best judgment of the Trustee acceleration is not in the best interest of the Holders of the Notes.

SECTION 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders. Within 60 days after each December 15, beginning December 15, 2011, the Trustee shall mail to each Holder a brief report dated as of such December 15 that complies with TIA § 313(a) if and to the extent required thereby. The Trustee also shall comply with TIA § 313(b) and TIA § 313(c).

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Holders shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange (if any) on which the Notes are listed. The Issuer agrees to notify promptly the Trustee in writing whenever the Notes become listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof and the Trustee shall comply with TIA § 313(d).

 

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SECTION 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity. The Issuer shall pay to each of the Trustee and the Agent from time to time such compensation for its services hereunder and under the Notes and the Guarantees as the Issuer and such party shall from time to time agree in writing. Neither the Trustee’s nor the Agent’s compensation shall be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer shall reimburse each of the Trustee and the Agent upon request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred or made by it, including, but not limited to, costs of collection, costs of preparing reports, certificates and other documents, costs of preparation and mailing of notices to Holders. Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation and expenses, disbursements and advances of the respective agents, counsel, accountants and experts of the Trustee and the Agent. The Issuer shall indemnify each of the Trustee and Agent against any and all loss, liability, damages, claims or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it without willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith on its part in connection with the administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder and under the Notes and the Guarantees, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture (including this Section 7.7), the Notes and the Guarantees and of defending itself against any claims (whether asserted by any Holder, the Issuer or otherwise). Each of the Trustee and the Agent shall notify the Issuer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity of which it has received written notice. Failure by the Trustee or the Agent to so notify the Issuer shall not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder. The Issuer shall defend the claim and each of the Trustee and the Agent shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuer’s expense in the defense. The Trustee and the Agent may each have separate counsel and the Issuer shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided that the Issuer shall not be required to pay the fees and expenses of such separate counsel if it assumes such party’s defense, and, in the reasonable judgment of outside counsel to such party, there is no conflict of interest between the Issuer and such party in connection with such defense.

To secure the Issuer’s payment obligations in this Section 7.7, each of the Trustee and the Agent shall have a lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by such party other than money or property held in trust to pay principal of and interest on particular Notes. Such lien shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture. The Trustee’s and the Agent’s rights to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.7 shall not be subordinate to any other liability or Indebtedness of the Issuer.

The Issuer’s obligations pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall survive the discharge of this Indenture. Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee or the Agent under applicable law, when the Trustee or the Agent incurs expenses or renders services after the occurrence of a Default specified in clause (8) or clause (9) of Section 6.1, the expenses (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

SECTION 7.8. Replacement of Trustee. The Trustee, the Agent or any other Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by so notifying the Issuer in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such resignation. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes may remove the Trustee, the Agent or any other Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent by so notifying the removed party in writing not less than 30 days prior to the effective date of such removal and may appoint a successor Trustee, Agent, Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent, as the case may be, with the Issuer’s written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Issuer shall remove the Trustee if:

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(2) the Trustee is adjudged bankrupt or insolvent;

(3) a receiver or other public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

(4) the Trustee otherwise becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed by the Issuer or by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes and such Holders do not reasonably promptly appoint a successor Trustee as described in the preceding paragraph, or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason (the Trustee in such event being referred to herein as the retiring Trustee), the Issuer shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7.

If a successor Trustee does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Notes may petition, at the Issuer’s expense, any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

If the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10, unless the Trustee’s duty to resign is stayed as provided in TIA § 310(b), any Holder, who has been a bona fide holder of a Note for at least six months, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

As used in this Section 7.8, the term “Trustee” shall also include the Agent and each other Registrar, Paying Agent or Authenticating Agent, as the case may be.

Notwithstanding the replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Issuer’s obligations under Section 7.7 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

SECTION 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger. If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all its corporate trust business or assets to, another corporation or banking association, the resulting, surviving or transferee corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; provided that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall only apply to its successor or successors by merger, consolidation or conversion.

 

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SECTION 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification. This Indenture shall always have a Trustee that satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5) in every respect. The Trustee shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $100.0 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA § 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Issuer are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA § 310(b)(1) are met.

SECTION 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against the Issuer. The Trustee shall comply with TIA § 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA § 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA § 311(a) to the extent indicated.

SECTION 7.12. Trustee’s Application for Instruction from the Issuer. Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Issuer may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any Officer of the Issuer actually receives such application, unless any such Officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date) unless prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of an omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.

ARTICLE VIII

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

SECTION 8.1. Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance; Defeasance. The Issuer may, at its option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article VIII.

SECTION 8.2. Legal Defeasance and Discharge. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.2, the Issuer and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligation with respect to all outstanding Notes (including the Guarantees) on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, “Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes (including the Guarantees), which shall thereafter be deemed to be “outstanding” only for the purposes of Section 8.5 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (1) and (2) below, and to have satisfied all of their other obligations under such Notes, the Guarantees and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same) and to have cured all then existing Events of Default, except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(1) the rights of Holders of Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust referred to in Section 8.4 hereof;

 

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(2) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to Notes under Article II concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and Section 3.12 hereof concerning the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

(3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee and the Issuer’s obligations in connection therewith; and;

(4) this Article VIII with respect to provisions relating to Legal Defeasance.

SECTION 8.3. Covenant Defeasance. Upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, the Issuer and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, be released from each of their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.14, 3.15 and 3.18 and Sections 4.1(a)(4) and 10.2(b)(v) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, “Covenant Defeasance”), and the Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder. For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes and Guarantees, the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.1 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes and Guarantees shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer’s exercise under Section 8.1 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.3, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.4 hereof, Sections 6.1(a)(3) (with respect only to Sections 4.1(a)(4)) and 10.2(b)(u), 6.1(a)(4), 6.1(a)(5), 6.1(a)(6), 6.1(a)(7), 6.1(a)(8) (with respect only to a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), 6.1(a)(9) (with respect only to a Restricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiaries or any group of Restricted Subsidiaries that taken together would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), and 6.1(a)(10) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.

 

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SECTION 8.4. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance. In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof:

(1) the Issuer must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or as specified by the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest due on the Notes on the stated maturity date or on the redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal, premium, if any, or interest on such Notes, and the Issuer must specify whether such Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee, with a copy to the Agent, an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions;

 

  (A) the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

 

  (B) since the issuance of the Notes, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and shall be subject to such U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel, with a copy to the Agent, reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of the Notes shall not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and shall be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the New Credit Facilities or any other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

 

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(6) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee, with a copy to the Agent, an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion and subject to customary assumptions and exclusions following the deposit, the trust funds shall not be subject to the effect of Section 547 of Title 11 of the United States Code;

(7) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee, with a copy to the Agent, an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or others; and

(8) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee, with a copy to the Agent, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

SECTION 8.5. Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions. Subject to Section 8.6 hereof, all money and non-callable Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.5, the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 8.4 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Notes of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal, premium and Additional Interest, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the cash or non-callable Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.4 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Notwithstanding anything in this Article VIII to the contrary, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or non-callable Government Securities held by it as provided in Section 8.4 hereof which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.4(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof that would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

SECTION 8.6. Repayment to the Issuer. Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof unless an abandoned property law designates another Person, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal (national edition), notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining shall be repaid to the Issuer.

 

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SECTION 8.7. Reinstatement. If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. dollars or non-callable Government Securities in accordance with Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof, as the case may be, by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the Issuer’s and the Subsidiary Guarantors’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes and the Guarantees shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.2 or 8.3 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or non-callable Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

SECTION 9.1. Without Consent of Holders. Notwithstanding Section 9.2 of this Indenture, the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or this Indenture to which it is a party) and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and any Guarantee and the Notes without the consent of any Holder:

(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes of such series in addition to or in place of certificated Notes;

(3) to comply with Article IV or Section 10.2(b);

(4) to provide for the assumption of the Issuer’s or any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders in a transaction that complies with this Indenture;

 

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(5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;

(6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

(7) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee hereunder pursuant to the requirements hereof;

(9) to provide for the issuance of exchange notes or private exchange notes, which are identical to exchange notes except that they are not freely transferable;

(10) to add a Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture;

(11) to conform the text of this Indenture, the Guarantees or Notes to any provision under the heading “Description of notes” in the Offering Memorandum to the extent that such provision in the Offering Memorandum was intended to be a verbatim recitation of a provision of this Indenture, the Guarantees or Notes, as provided in an Officer’s Certificate; or

(12) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that (i) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (ii) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes.

Subject to Section 9.2, upon the request of the Issuer, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 13.4 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.

After an amendment or supplement under this Section 9.1 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment or supplement under this Section 9.1.

SECTION 9.2. With Consent of Holders.

Except as provided below in this Section 9.2, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, any Guarantee and the Notes issued hereunder with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for, Notes, and, subject to Sections 6.4 and 6.7 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and Additional Interest, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, other than Notes beneficially owned by the Issuer or its Affiliates (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of or tender offer or exchange offer for the Notes). Section 2.11 hereof and Section 13.6 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.2.

 

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Upon the request of the Issuer, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence satisfactory to the Trustee of the consent of the Holders of Notes as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 13.4 hereof, the Trustee shall join with the Issuer and the Subsidiary Guarantors in the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture unless such amended or supplemental indenture directly affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental Indenture.

Without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment or waiver may not, with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder:

(1) reduce the principal amount of such Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the principal of or change the fixed stated maturity of any such Note or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of such Notes (other than provisions relating to Sections 3.5 and 3.10);

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note;

(4) waive a Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in the Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders;

(5) make any Note payable in money other than that stated therein;

(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes;

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(8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest on such Holder’s Notes on or after the due dates therefor or to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to such Holder’s Notes;

(9) make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes that would adversely affect the Holders; or

(10) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the Guarantees of any Significant Subsidiary (or group of Restricted Subsidiaries that together (determined as of the most recent consolidated financial statements of the Issuer for a fiscal period end provided as required under Section 3.11) would constitute a Significant Subsidiary), in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes.

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, supplement or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. A consent to any amendment, supplement or waiver under this Indenture by any Holder of the Notes given in connection with a tender or exchange of such Holder’s Notes shall not be rendered invalid by such tender or exchange.

After an amendment or supplement under this Section 9.2 becomes effective, the Issuer shall mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment or supplement. The failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, shall not impair or affect the validity of an amendment or supplement.

SECTION 9.3. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture, any Guarantee and the Notes shall be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

SECTION 9.4. Revocation and Effect of Consents and Waivers.

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent or waiver is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent or waiver as to such Holder’s Note or portion of its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

The Issuer may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to give their consent or take any other action described above or required or permitted to be taken pursuant to this Indenture. If a record date is fixed, then notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only those Persons, shall be entitled to give such consent or to revoke any consent previously given or to take any such action, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date.

 

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SECTION 9.5. Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment, supplement or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated. The Issuer in exchange for all Notes may issue and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Issuer Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

SECTION 9.6. Trustee to Sign Amendments.

The Trustee and Agent shall sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article IX if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. In executing any amended or supplemental indenture, the Trustee and Agent shall be entitled to receive and (subject to Sections 7.1 and 7.2 hereof) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.4 hereof, an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such amended or supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture.

ARTICLE X

GUARANTEE

SECTION 10.1. Guarantee. Subject to the provisions of this Article X, from and after the Release each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby fully, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, jointly and severally with each other Subsidiary Guarantor, to each Holder of the Notes, and the Trustee the full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest (including Additional Interest)) (accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding and the obligations under Section 7.7) on the Notes and all other obligations and liabilities of the Issuer under this Indenture (including without limitation interest (including Additional Interest) and the Registration Rights Agreement (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). Each Guarantee shall be on an unsecured senior basis. Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations shall (i) rank equally in right of payment with other existing and future Senior Indebtedness of each such Subsidiary Guarantor, (ii) be effectively subordinated to all Secured Indebtedness of each such Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent of the value of the assets securing such Indebtedness and (iii) shall be senior in right of payment to all existing and future Subordinated Indebtedness of each such Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

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To evidence its Guarantee set forth in this Section 10.1, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture (or a supplemental indenture to the Indenture) shall be executed on behalf of such Subsidiary Guarantor by an Officer of such Subsidiary Guarantor.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.1 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

Upon execution of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture by the Subsidiary Guarantors, the Guarantees set forth in this Indenture shall be deemed duly delivered, without any further action by any Person, on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors. Following the Issue Date, the delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Subsidiary Guarantors.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees (to the extent permitted by law) that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from it, and that it shall remain bound under this Article X notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives presentation to, demand of payment from and protest to the Issuer of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and also waives notice of protest for nonpayment. Each Subsidiary Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a Guarantee of payment when due (and not a Guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

Except as set forth in Section 10.2, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason (other than payment of the Guaranteed Obligations in full), including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense of setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever or by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Guaranteed Obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (a) the failure of any Holder to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy against the Issuer or any other person under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement or otherwise; (b) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (c) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (d) the failure of any Holder to exercise any right or remedy against any other Subsidiary Guarantor; (e) any change in the ownership of the Issuer; (f) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, or (g) any other act or thing or omission or delay to do any other act or thing which may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Subsidiary Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of such Subsidiary Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

 

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Each Subsidiary Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee herein shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations or such Subsidiary Guarantor is released from its Guarantee in compliance with Section 10.2, Article VIII or Article XII. Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.

In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder has at law or in equity against any Subsidiary Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby promises to and shall, upon receipt of written demand by the Trustee, forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Holders or the Trustee on behalf of the Holders an amount equal to the sum of (i) the unpaid amount of such Guaranteed Obligations then due and owing and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) on such Guaranteed Obligations then due and owing (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) (including interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding relating to the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding).

Each Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that, as between such Subsidiary Guarantor, on the one hand, and the Holders, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in this Indenture for the purposes of its Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby and (y) in the event of any such declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantor for the purposes of this Guarantee.

Each Subsidiary Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or the Holders in enforcing any rights under this Section.

SECTION 10.2. Limitation on Liability; Termination, Release and Discharge.

(a) Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the obligations of each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder shall be limited to the maximum amount as shall, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including, without limitation, any guarantees under the New Credit Facilities) and after giving effect to any collections from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee or pursuant to its contribution obligations under this Indenture, result in the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under federal or state law and not otherwise being void or voidable under any similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

 

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(b) Subject to Section 10.2(c), the Issuer shall not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

(i) such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (such Subsidiary Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”);

(ii) the Successor Person, if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(iii) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;

(iv) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, with a copy to the Agent, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; and

(v) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 3.5, if applicable.

(c) Subject to the limitations described in this Indenture, the Successor Person shall succeed to, and be substituted for, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee and the Registration Rights Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantor may (i) merge into or with or wind up into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Subsidiary Guarantor or the Issuer or (ii) merge with an Affiliate of the Issuer solely for the purpose of reincorporating or reorganizing the Subsidiary Guarantor in the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve if the board of directors of the Issuer determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Issuer and is not materially disadvantageous to the Holders.

(d) Any Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor of the Notes shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon:

(1) (A) any sale, exchange, disposition or transfer (by merger or otherwise) of (x) the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor, after which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary, or (y) all or substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor, which sale, exchange, disposition or transfer in each case is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

 

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(B) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor of the New Credit Facilities or the guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee;

(C) the proper designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture; and

(D) the Issuer exercising its legal defeasance option or covenant defeasance option as described in Article VIII or if its obligations under this Indenture are discharged in accordance with Article XII; and

(2) Such Subsidiary Guarantor delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, with a copy to the Agent, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

SECTION 10.3. Right of Contribution. Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby agrees that any Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment on the obligations under the Guarantees shall be entitled, upon payment in full of all obligations under the Guarantees, to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Subsidiary Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Subsidiary Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP. The provisions of this Section 10.3 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of each Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee and the Holders, and each Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain liable to the Trustee and the Holders for the full amount guaranteed by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder.

SECTION 10.4. No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by each Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, no Subsidiary Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Trustee or any Holder against the Issuer or any other Subsidiary Guarantor or any guarantee or right of offset held by the Trustee or any Holder for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations, nor shall any Subsidiary Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Issuer or any other Subsidiary Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Trustee and the Holders by the Issuer on account of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid in full. If any amount shall be paid to any Subsidiary Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Subsidiary Guarantor in trust for the Trustee and the Holders, segregated from other funds of such Subsidiary Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Subsidiary Guarantor, be turned over to the Trustee in the exact form received by such Subsidiary Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Subsidiary Guarantor to the Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

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ARTICLE XI

RESERVED

ARTICLE XII

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

SECTION 12.1. Satisfaction and Discharge.

This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to all Notes, when:

(a) either:

(i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Agent for cancellation; or

(ii) all Notes not theretofore delivered to the Agent for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee or the applicable registrar in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer, and the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee or as specified by the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as shall be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the Notes not theretofore delivered to the Agent for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(b) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith) with respect to this Indenture or the Notes shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or shall occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, the New Credit Facilities or any other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

 

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(c) the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all sums payable by it under this Indenture; and

(d) the Issuer has delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

In addition, the Issuer shall deliver an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee, with a copy to the Agent, stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge have been satisfied.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, if money has been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of this Section 12.1, the provisions of Sections 12.2 and 8.6 hereof shall survive.

SECTION 12.2. Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.6 hereof, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium and Additional Interest, if any) and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustee; but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 12.1 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Issuer’s and any Subsidiary Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 12.1 hereof; provided that if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, premium or Additional Interest, if any, or interest on, any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE XIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 13.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with another provision which is required to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, the provision required by the TIA shall control. Each Subsidiary Guarantor in addition to performing its obligations under its Guarantee shall perform such other obligations as may be imposed upon it with respect to this Indenture under the TIA.

 

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SECTION 13.2. Notices. Any notice or communication shall be in writing and delivered in person, sent by facsimile, sent by electronic mail, delivered by commercial courier service or mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:

if to Issuer or to any Subsidiary Guarantor:

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

142 W. 57th Street, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy: 212 887-1675

with a copy to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Ave

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Joshua N. Korff and Christopher A. Kitchen

Telecopy: (212) 446-4900

E-mail: joshua.korff@kirkland.com;

christopher.kitchen@kirkland.com

if to the Trustee, at its corporate trust office, which corporate trust office for purposes of this Indenture is at the date hereof located at:

Wilmington Trust Company

Corporate Capital Market Services

Rodney Square North

1100 N. Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890

Attention: Geoffrey Lewis

Telecopy: (302) 636-4145

E-mail: glewis@wilmingtontrust.com

 

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if to the Agent, at its corporate trust office, which corporate trust office for purposes of this Indenture is at the date hereof located at:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 27th Floor

MS: NYC60-27

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Corporate Team, Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

Telecopy: (732) 578-4635

with a copy to:

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

Trust and Securities Services

100 Plaza One

6th Floor – MSJCY03-0699

Jersey City, NJ 07311-3901

Attention: Corporate Team, Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

Telecopy: (732) 578-4635

The Issuer, the Trustee or the Agent by written notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

Any notice or communication to the Issuer or the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be deemed to have been given or made as of the date so delivered if personally delivered; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; on the first date on which publication is made, when given by publication; and five calendar days after mailing if sent by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid (except that a notice of change of address shall not be deemed to have been given until actually received by the addressee). Any notice or communication to the Trustee shall be deemed delivered upon receipt.

Any notice or communication mailed to a Holder shall be mailed to the Holder at the Holder’s address as it appears in the Notes Register and shall be sufficiently given if so mailed within the time prescribed.

Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except that notices to the Trustee shall be effective only upon receipt.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to any Holder of a global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to DTC or any other applicable depositary for such Note (or its designee) according to the applicable rules and procedures of DTC or such depositary.

SECTION 13.3. Communication by Holders with other Holders. Holders may communicate pursuant to TIA § 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuer, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or any Note, where this Indenture or any Note provides for notice of any event (including any notice of redemption) to a Holder of a Global Note (whether by mail or otherwise), such notice shall be sufficiently given if given to DTC for such Note (or its designee), pursuant to the customary procedures of DTC.

SECTION 13.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take or refrain from taking any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:

(1) an Officer’s Certificate in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

(2) an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

SECTION 13.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a covenant or condition provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(1) a statement that the individual making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(2) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(3) a statement that, in the opinion of such individual, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(4) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such individual, such covenant or condition has been complied with.

In giving such Opinion of Counsel, counsel may rely as to factual matters on an Officer’s Certificate or on certificates of public officials.

SECTION 13.6. When Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the required aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuer, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Affiliate of them shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding, except that, for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes which the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Also, subject to the foregoing, only Notes outstanding at the time shall be considered in any such determination.

 

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SECTION 13.7. Rules by Trustee, Paying Agent and Registrar. The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by, or at meetings of, Holders. The Registrar and the Paying Agent may make reasonable rules for their functions.

SECTION 13.8. Legal Holidays. A “Legal Holiday” is a Saturday, a Sunday or other day on which commercial banking institutions are authorized or required to be closed in New York, New York. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday, payment shall be made on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period. If a regular record date is a Legal Holiday, the record date shall not be affected.

SECTION 13.9. GOVERNING LAW. THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK APPLICABLE TO AGREEMENTS MADE OR INSTRUMENTS ENTERED INTO AND, IN EACH CASE, PERFORMED IN SAID STATE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES TO SUBMIT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE STATE COURTS OF, AND THE FEDERAL COURTS LOCATED IN, THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE (INCLUDING THE GUARANTEES SET FORTH HEREIN) OR THE NOTES.

SECTION 13.10. USA Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act, the Trustee and the Agent, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account. The parties to this Indenture agree that they shall provide the Trustee and the Agent with such information as they may request in order to satisfy the requirements of the USA Patriot Act.

SECTION 13.11. No Recourse Against Others. An incorporator, director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their parent companies, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantees or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are a part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

SECTION 13.12. Successors. All agreements of the Issuer and each Subsidiary Guarantor in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their respective successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successors.

SECTION 13.13. Multiple Originals. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. One signed copy is enough to prove this Indenture. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture for all purposes. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or PDF shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

 

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SECTION 13.14. Qualification of Indenture. The Issuer has agreed to qualify this Indenture under the TIA in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Registration Rights Agreement and to pay all reasonable costs and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and expenses for the Issuer, the Trustee and the Holders) incurred in connection therewith, including, but not limited to, costs and expenses of qualification of this Indenture and the Notes and printing this Indenture and the Notes. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Issuer any such Officer’s Certificates, Opinions of Counsel or other documentation as it may reasonably request in connection with any such qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

SECTION 13.15. Table of Contents; Headings. The table of contents, cross-reference sheet and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not intended to be considered a part hereof and shall not modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

SECTION 13.16. WAIVERS OF JURY TRIAL. THE ISSUER, THE SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS, THE TRUSTEE AND THE AGENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE GUARANTEES AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

SECTION 13.17. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee or the Agent be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable best efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Indenture to be duly executed all as of the date and year first written above.

 

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

By

 

  /s/ Randy L. Taylor

Name:  Randy L. Taylor

Title:    Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
as Trustee

By:

 

  /s/ Geoffrey J. Lewis

 

Name:  Geoffrey J. Lewis

 

Title:    Assistant Vice President

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Registrar, Authentication Agent and Paying Agent

By:

 

  /s/ Annie Jaghatspanyan

  Name:  Annie Jaghatspanyan
  Title:    Vice President

By:

 

  /s/ Carol Ng

  Name:  Carol Ng
  Title:    Vice President

[Signature Page to the Indenture]


EXHIBIT 1

Subsidiary Guarantors

 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR    JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION     
Alphabet Acquisition Corp.    Delaware   
Atlanta Radio, LLC    Delaware   
Aviation I, LLC    Nevada   
Chicago FM Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware   
Chicago License, LLC    Delaware   
Chicago Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware   
Chicago Radio Holding, LLC    Delaware   
Chicago Radio, LLC    Delaware   
Citadel Broadcasting Company    Nevada   
DC Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware   
DC Radio, LLC    Delaware   
Detroit Radio, LLC    Delaware   
International Radio, Inc.    Delaware   
KLOS Radio, LLC    Delaware   
KLOS-FM Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware   
KLOS Syndications Assets, LLC    Delaware   
LA License, LLC    Delaware   
LA Radio, LLC    Delaware   
Minneapolis Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware   
Minneapolis Radio, LLC    Delaware   
Network License, LLC    Delaware   
NY License, LLC    Delaware   
NY Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware   
NY Radio, LLC    Delaware   
Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware   
Radio Networks, LLC    Delaware   
Radio Today Entertainment, Inc.    New York   
Radio Watermark, Inc.    Delaware   
San Francisco Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware   
San Francisco Radio, LLC    Delaware   
SF License, LLC    Delaware   
WBAP-KSCS Acquisition Partner, LLC    Delaware   
WBAP-KSCS Assets, LLC    Delaware   
WBAP-KSCS Radio Acquisition, LLC    Delaware   
WBAP-KSCS Radio Group, Ltd.    Texas   
WPLJ Radio, LLC    Delaware   
Oklahoma Radio Partners, LLC    Alabama   


EXHIBIT A: Form of Series A Note

[FORM OF FACE OF SERIES A NOTE]

[Applicable Restricted Notes Legend]

[Depository Legend, if applicable]

[OID Legend, if applicable]

 

No. [    ]     Principal Amount $[                    ] [as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached hereto]1 CUSIP NO.                                     2

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

7.75% Senior Notes due 2018

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]1, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                              Dollars, [as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached hereto] 1, on December 15, 2018.

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15, commencing on June 15, 2011

Record Dates: June 1 and December 1

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

 

1

Insert in Global Notes only

2

144A – 17285TAD8

Reg S – U1728JTAD81

IAI – 17285TAE6

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

By:

 

 

Name:

Title:

 

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AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF

AUTHENTICATION

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Agent, certifies

that this is one of

the Notes referred

to in the Indenture.

 

By:

 

 

     
 

Authorized Officer

    Date:                      

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

7.75% Senior Notes due 2018

Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

 

1. Interest

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate of 7.75% per annum, which shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from December 10, 2010. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified herein, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (including Additional Interest) at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

The Issuer shall make each interest payment in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2011, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) to Holders of record of Notes on the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1.

In addition to the rights provided to Holders under the Indenture, Holders of Registrable Securities shall have all rights set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2010, among the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors named therein and the other parties named on the signature pages thereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), including the right to receive Additional Interest in certain circumstances. If applicable, Additional Interest shall be paid to the same Persons, in the same manner and at the same times as regular interest.

 

2. Method of Payment

By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient in immediately available funds to pay such principal, premium or interest when due. Interest on any Note which is payable, and is timely paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the preceding June 1 and December 1 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Indenture. The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of Paying Agent or Registrar designated by the Issuer maintained for such purpose in the United States or at such other office or agency of the Issuer as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Indenture; provided, however, that, at the option of the Issuer, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest may be paid by (i) check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Notes Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee, subject to the last sentence of this paragraph. Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder or Holders thereof.

 

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3. Paying Agent and Registrar

The Issuer initially appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “Agent”) as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes. The Issuer may change any Registrar or Paying Agent without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.

 

4. Indenture

The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of December 10, 2010 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Indenture”), among Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, Wilmington Trust Company (the “Trustee”) and the Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “Act”). The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of those terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited. This Note is one of the 7.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2018 referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include (i) $400,000,000 principal amount of the Issuer’s 7.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2018 issued under the Indenture on December 10, 2010 (the “Initial Notes”), (ii) if and when issued, additional 7.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2018 or 7.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2018 of the Issuer that may be issued from time to time under the Indenture subsequent to December 10, 2010 (the “Additional Notes”) as provided in Section 2.1(a) of the Indenture and (iii) if and when issued, the Issuer’s 7.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2018 that may be issued from time to time under the Indenture in exchange for Initial Notes or Additional Notes in an offer registered under the Securities Act as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (herein called “Exchange Notes”). The Initial Notes, the Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes shall be considered collectively as a single class for all purposes of the Indenture and the Security Documents. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the incurrence of indebtedness and issuance of disqualified stock and preferred stock, the making of restricted payments, the sale of assets and subsidiary stock, the incurrence of certain liens, the making of payments for consents, the entering into of agreements that restrict distribution from restricted subsidiaries and the consummation of mergers and consolidations. The Indenture also imposes requirements with respect to the provision of financial information and the provision of guarantees of the Notes by certain subsidiaries.

 

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5. Guarantees

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest (including post-filing or post-petition interest) on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantors shall unconditionally guarantee (and future guarantors, together with the Subsidiary Guarantors, shall unconditionally Guarantee), jointly and severally, such obligations on a senior unsecured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

6. Redemption

At any time prior to December 15, 2014, the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as described in Section 5.3 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium (as defined below) as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to but excluding the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

Prior to December 15, 2013, the Issuer may, at its option, upon notice as described under Section 5.3 of the Indenture, on one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under the Indenture at a redemption price equal to 107.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, thereon, if any, to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that (a) at least 65% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes that are issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and (b) each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.

At any time on or prior to the date that is 180 days after the Issue Date, if a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs (including, without limitation, for the avoidance of doubt, if the Issuer enters into an agreement or arrangement, whether or not such transaction is completed on or before such date), the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon notice as provided in Section 5.3, at a redemption price equal to 107.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date; provided that the Issuer shall be permitted to repurchase Notes pursuant to a notice of redemption issued in accordance with this paragraph only if the transaction constituting a Change of Control Triggering Event has been completed or is completed substantially concurrently with such repurchase. Any such redemption or notice of redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of any transaction constituting a Change of Control Triggering Event.

 

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Except as set forth above, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the Issuer’s option prior to December 15, 2014.

On and after December 15, 2014, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon notice as described under Section 5.3 of the Indenture, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth in the table below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if any, to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on December 15 of each of the years indicated in the table below:

 

Period

   Percentage  

2014

     103.875

2015

     101.938

2016 and thereafter

     100.000

Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph 6 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5.1 through 5.6 of the Indenture.

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and

(2) the excess, if any, of: (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of such Note at December 15, 2014 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing above), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through December 15, 2014 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of such Note.

Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2014; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to December 15, 2014 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

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7. Repurchase Provisions

If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuer has previously or concurrently mailed a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described in Section 5.7 of the Indenture, each Holder shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase from each Holder all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

In addition, under the circumstances set forth in Section 3.5 of the Indenture, the Issuer shall be required to make an offer to purchase Notes with the Excess Proceeds of certain Asset Sales.

 

8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and only in denominations of principal amount of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange of any Note (A) for a period beginning (1) 15 days before the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (2) 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date or (B) called for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchases in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer, except the unredeemed or untendered portion of any Note being redeemed or tendered in part.

 

9. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

10. Unclaimed Money

If money for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuer at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an abandoned property law designates another person and not to the Trustee for payment.

 

11. Defeasance

Subject to certain exceptions and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuer at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money or Government Securities for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

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12. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions contained in the Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, any Guarantee and the Notes as provided in the Indenture.

 

13. Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or certain Restricted Subsidiaries) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, and any other monetary obligations on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) and any other monetary obligations shall be due and payable immediately. If a bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or certain Restricted Subsidiaries occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) and any other monetary obligations on all the Notes shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

 

14. Trustee Dealings with the Issuer

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, Subsidiary Guarantors or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

15. No Recourse Against Others

An incorporator, director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their parent companies, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are a part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

16. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until the Agent manually authenticates the Note.

 

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17. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

18. CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers

The Issuer has caused CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if applicable, to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if applicable, in notices of redemption or purchase as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption or purchase and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

19. Governing Law

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

The Issuer shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

142 W. 57th Street, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy: 212 887-1675

with a copy to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Ave

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Joshua N. Korff and Christopher A. Kitchen

Telecopy: (212) 446-4900

E-mail: joshua.korff@kirkland.com;

    christopher.kitchen@kirkland.com

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint                      agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:   

 

      Your Signature:   

 

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

  

(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

The undersigned hereby certifies that it ¨ is / ¨ is not an Affiliate of the Issuer and that, to its knowledge, the proposed transferee ¨ is / ¨ is not an Affiliate of the Issuer.

In connection with any transfer or exchange of any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate occurring prior to the date that is one year after the later of the date of original issuance of such Notes and the last date, if any, on which such Notes were owned by the Issuer or any Affiliate of the Issuer, the undersigned confirms that such Notes are being:

CHECK ONE BOX BELOW:

 

(1)    ¨    acquired for the undersigned’s own account, without transfer; or
(2)    ¨    transferred to the Issuer; or
(3)    ¨    transferred pursuant to and in compliance with Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”); or
(4)    ¨    transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act; or

 

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(5)   ¨    transferred pursuant to and in compliance with Regulation S under the Securities Act; or
(6)   ¨    transferred to an institutional “accredited investor” (as defined in Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act), that has furnished to the Agent a signed letter containing certain representations and agreements (the form of which letter appears as Section 2.8 of the Indenture); or
(7)   ¨    transferred pursuant to another available exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Unless one of the boxes is checked, the Agent shall refuse to register any of the Notes evidenced by this certificate in the name of any person other than the registered Holder thereof; provided, however, that if box (5), (6) or (7) is checked, the Issuer may require, prior to registering any such transfer of the Notes, in its sole discretion, such legal opinions, certifications and other information as the Issuer may reasonably request to confirm that such transfer is being made pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, such as the exemption provided by Rule 144 under such Act.

 

   

 

        Signature
Signature Guarantee:    

 

   

 

(Signature must be guaranteed)     Signature

 

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

TO BE COMPLETED BY PURCHASER IF BOX (1) OR (3) ABOVE IS CHECKED.

The undersigned represents and warrants that it is purchasing this Note for its own account or an account with respect to which it exercises sole investment discretion and that it and any such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is aware that the sale to it is being made in reliance on Rule 144A and acknowledges that it has received such information regarding the Issuer as the undersigned has requested pursuant to Rule 144A or has determined not to request such information and that it is aware that the transferor is relying upon the undersigned’s foregoing representations in order to claim the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144A.

 

 

Dated:

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTES

The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

  

Amount of decrease in Principal
Amount of this Global Note

  

Amount of increase in Principal
Amount of this Global Note

  

Principal Amount of this Global
Note following such decrease or
increase

  

Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee or Notes
Custodian

                     
                     

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.5 or 3.10 of the Indenture, check either box:

¨           ¨

3.5         3.10

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.5 or 3.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount (must be in denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): $                                                                          and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the within Note not being repurchased (in the absence of any such specification, one such Note shall be issued for the portion not being repurchased):                             .

 

Date:   

 

   Your Signature   

 

         (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

  

(Signature must be guaranteed)

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

 

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EXHIBIT B: Form of Series B Note

[FORM OF FACE OF SERIES B NOTE]

[Depository Legend, if applicable]

[OID Legend, if applicable]

 

No. [        ]       Principal Amount $[                    ] [as
      revised by the Schedule of Increases and
      Decreases in Global Note attached hereto]3
      CUSIP NO.        

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

7.75% Senior Notes due 2018

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), promises to pay to [Cede & Co.]3, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                      Dollars, [as revised by the Schedule of Increases and Decreases in Global Note attached hereto]3, on December 15, 2018.

Interest Payment Dates: June 15 and December 15 commencing on December 15, 2011

Record Dates: June 1 and December 1

Additional provisions of this Note are set forth on the other side of this Note.

 

3

Insert in Global Notes only

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuer has caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION
By  

 

Name:  
Title:  

 

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AGENT’S CERTIFICATE OF

AUTHENTICATION

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Agent, certifies

that this is one of

the Notes referred

to in the Indenture.

 

By:

 

 

     
 

Authorized Officer

    Date:                      

By:

 

 

     
 

Authorized Officer

     

 

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[FORM OF REVERSE SIDE OF NOTE]

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

7.75% Senior Notes due 2018

Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.

 

1. Interest

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation (such corporation, and its successors and assigns under the Indenture hereinafter referred to, being herein called the “Issuer”), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at the rate of 7.75% per annum, which shall accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from December 10, 2010. The Issuer shall pay interest on overdue principal at the rate specified herein, and it shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest (including Additional Interest) at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

The Issuer shall make each interest payment in cash semi-annually in arrears on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2011, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an “Interest Payment Date”) to Holders of record of Notes on the immediately preceding June 1 and December 1.

 

2. Method of Payment

By no later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the date on which any principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note is due and payable, the Issuer shall deposit with the Paying Agent a sum sufficient in immediately available funds to pay such principal, premium or interest when due. Interest on any Note which is payable, and is timely paid or duly provided for, on any interest payment date shall be paid to the Person in whose name such Note (or one or more Predecessor Notes) is registered at the close of business on the preceding June 1 and December 1 at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Indenture. The principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Notes shall be payable at the office or agency of Paying Agent or Registrar designated by the Issuer maintained for such purpose in the United States or at such other office or agency of the Issuer as may be maintained for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Indenture; provided, however, that, at the option of the Issuer, the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest may be paid by (i) check mailed to addresses of the Persons entitled thereto as such addresses shall appear on the Notes Register or (ii) wire transfer to an account located in the United States maintained by the payee, subject to the last sentence of this paragraph. Payments in respect of Notes represented by a Global Note (including principal, premium, if any, and interest) shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Holder or Holders thereof.

 

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3. Paying Agent and Registrar

The Issuer initially appoints Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (the “Agent”) as Registrar and Paying Agent for the Notes. The Issuer may change any Registrar or Paying Agent without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor may act as Paying Agent, Registrar or transfer agent.

 

4. Indenture

The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of December 10, 2010 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Indenture”), among Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, Wilmington Trust Company (the “Trustee”) and the Agent. The terms of the Notes include those stated in the Indenture and those made part of the Indenture by reference to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of the Indenture (the “Act”). The Notes are subject to all terms and provisions of the Indenture, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the Act for a statement of those terms. To the extent any provision of this Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

The Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Issuer. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under the Indenture is unlimited. This Note is one of the 7.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2018 referred to in the Indenture. The Notes include (i) $400,000,000 principal amount of the Issuer’s 7.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2018 issued under the Indenture on December 10, 2010 (the “Initial Notes”), (ii) if and when issued, additional 7.75% Senior Notes, Series A, due 2018 or 7.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2018 of the Issuer that may be issued from time to time under the Indenture subsequent to December 10, 2010 (the “Additional Notes”) as provided in Section 2.1(a) of the Indenture and (iii) if and when issued, the Issuer’s 7.75% Senior Notes, Series B, due 2018 that may be issued from time to time under the Indenture in exchange for Initial Notes or Additional Notes in an offer registered under the Securities Act as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement (herein called “Exchange Notes”). The Initial Notes, the Additional Notes and the Exchange Notes shall be considered collectively as a single class for all purposes of the Indenture and the Security Documents. The Indenture imposes certain limitations on the incurrence of indebtedness and issuance of disqualified stock and preferred stock, the making of restricted payments, the sale of assets and subsidiary stock, the incurrence of certain liens, the making of payments for consents, the entering into of agreements that restrict distribution from restricted subsidiaries and the consummation of mergers and consolidations. The Indenture also imposes requirements with respect to the provision of financial information and the provision of guarantees of the Notes by certain subsidiaries.

 

5. Guarantees

To guarantee the due and punctual payment of the principal, premium, if any, and interest (including post-filing or post-petition interest) on the Notes and all other amounts payable by the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, according to the terms of the Notes and the Indenture, the Subsidiary Guarantors have unconditionally guaranteed (and future guarantors, together with the Subsidiary Guarantors, shall unconditionally Guarantee), jointly and severally, such obligations on a senior unsecured basis pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.

 

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6. Redemption

At any time prior to December 15, 2014, the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes, upon notice as described under Section 5.3 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of Notes redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium (as defined below) as of, and accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, to but excluding the date of redemption (the “Redemption Date”), subject to the rights of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date.

Prior to December 15, 2013, the Issuer may, at its option, upon notice as described under Section 5.3 of the Indenture, on one or more occasions redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes issued under this Indenture at a redemption price equal to 107.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, thereon, if any, to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that (a) at least 65% of the sum of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture on the Issue Date and any Additional Notes that are issued under the Indenture after the Issue Date remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption and (b) each such redemption occurs within 90 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering.

At any time on or prior to the date that is 180 days after the Issue Date, if a Change of Control Triggering Event occurs (including, without limitation, for the avoidance of doubt, if the Issuer enters into an agreement or arrangement, whether or not such transaction is completed on or before such date), the Issuer may redeem all or a part of the Notes upon notice as provided in Section 5.3, at a redemption price equal to 107.75% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date; provided that the Issuer shall be permitted to repurchase Notes pursuant to a notice of redemption issued in accordance with this paragraph only if the transaction constituting a Change of Control Triggering Event has been completed or is completed substantially concurrently with such repurchase. Any such redemption or notice of redemption may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent, including, but not limited to, completion of any transaction constituting a Change of Control Triggering Event.

Except as set forth above, the Notes shall not be redeemable at the Issuer’s option prior to December 15, 2014.

On and after December 15, 2014, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, upon notice as described under Section 5.3 of the Indenture, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed) set forth in the table below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest, if any, to but excluding the applicable Redemption Date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on December 15 of each of the years indicated in the table below:

 

Period

   Percentage  

2014

     103.875

2015

     101.938

2016 and thereafter

     100.000

 

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Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph 6 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 5.1 through 5.6 of the Indenture.

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any Redemption Date, the greater of:

(1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note; and

(2) the excess, if any, of: (a) the present value at such Redemption Date of (i) the redemption price of such Note at December 15, 2014 (such redemption price being set forth in the table above), plus (ii) all required interest payments due on such Note through December 15, 2014 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the Redemption Date), computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate as of such Redemption Date plus 50 basis points; over (b) the principal amount of such Note.

Treasury Rate” means, as of any Redemption Date, the yield to maturity as of such Redemption Date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the Redemption Date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the Redemption Date to December 15, 2014; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to December 15, 2014 is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actually traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year shall be used.

Except as set forth in paragraph 7 below, the Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

 

7. Repurchase Provisions

If a Change of Control occurs, unless the Issuer has previously or concurrently mailed a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described in Section 5.7 of the Indenture, each Holder shall have the right to require the Issuer to repurchase from each Holder all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to but excluding the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date as provided in, and subject to the terms of, the Indenture.

 

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In addition, under the circumstances set forth in Section 3.5 of the Indenture, the Issuer shall be required to make an offer to purchase Notes with the Excess Proceeds of certain Asset Sales.

 

8. Denominations; Transfer; Exchange

The Notes shall be issuable only in fully registered form, without coupons, and only in denominations of principal amount of $2,000 and any integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. A Holder may transfer or exchange Notes in accordance with the Indenture. The Registrar may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements or transfer documents and to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax and fees required by law or permitted by the Indenture. The Registrar need not register the transfer of or exchange of any Note (A) for a period beginning (1) 15 days before the mailing of a notice of an offer to repurchase or redeem Notes and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing or (2) 15 days before an interest payment date and ending on such interest payment date or (B) called for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchases in connection with a Change of Control Offer, an Asset Sale Offer or other tender offer, except the unredeemed or untendered portion of any Note being redeemed or tendered in part.

 

9. Persons Deemed Owners

The registered Holder of this Note may be treated as the owner of it for all purposes.

 

10. Unclaimed Money

If money for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest remains unclaimed for two years, the Trustee or Paying Agent shall pay the money back to the Issuer at its request unless an abandoned property law designates another Person. After any such payment, Holders entitled to the money must look only to the Issuer for payment as general creditors unless an abandoned property law designates another person and not to the Trustee for payment.

 

11. Defeasance

Subject to certain exceptions and conditions set forth in the Indenture, the Issuer at any time may terminate some or all of its obligations under the Notes and the Indenture if the Issuer deposits with the Trustee money or Government Securities for the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes to redemption or maturity, as the case may be.

 

12. Amendment, Supplement, Waiver

Subject to certain exceptions contained in the Indenture, the Indenture and the Notes may be amended, or default may be waived, with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes. Without notice to or the consent of any Holder, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement the Indenture, any Guarantee and the Notes as provided in the Indenture.

 

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13. Defaults and Remedies

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default relating to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or certain Restricted Subsidiaries) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Issuer, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer and the Trustee, may, and the Trustee at the request of such Holders shall, declare the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest), if any, and any other monetary obligations on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal, premium and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) and any other monetary obligations shall be due and payable immediately. If a bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Issuer or certain Restricted Subsidiaries occurs and is continuing, the principal of, premium, if any, and accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest) and any other monetary obligations on all the Notes shall become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Under certain circumstances, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Notes may rescind any such acceleration with respect to the Notes and its consequences.

 

14. Trustee Dealings with the Issuer

Subject to certain limitations set forth in the Indenture, The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with the Issuer, Subsidiary Guarantors or their Affiliates with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.

 

15. No Recourse Against Others

An incorporator, director, officer, employee or stockholder of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor or any of their parent companies, solely by reason of this status, shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Notes, the Guarantees or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. By accepting a Note, each Holder waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are a part of the consideration for the issuance of the Notes.

 

16. Authentication

This Note shall not be valid until the Agent authenticates the Note.

 

17. Abbreviations

Customary abbreviations may be used in the name of a Holder or an assignee, such as TEN COM (= tenants in common), TEN ENT (= tenants by the entirety), JT TEN (= joint tenants with rights of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gift to Minors Act).

 

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18. CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN Numbers

The Issuer has caused CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if applicable, to be printed on the Notes and has directed the Trustee to use CUSIP, Common Code and ISIN numbers, if applicable, in notices of redemption or purchase as a convenience to Holders. No representation is made as to the accuracy of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption or purchase and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

 

19. Governing Law

This Note shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

The Issuer shall furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge to the Holder a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

142 W. 57th Street, 11th Floor

New York, New York 10019

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy: 212 887-1675

with a copy to:

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Ave

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Joshua N. Korff and Christopher A. Kitchen

Telecopy: (212) 446-4900

E-mail: joshua.korff@kirkland.com;

             christopher.kitchen@kirkland.com

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

I or we assign and transfer this Note to:

 

 

(Print or type assignee’s name, address and zip code)

 

 

(Insert assignee’s social security or tax I.D. No.)

and irrevocably appoint                      agent to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

 

 

Date:   

 

      Your Signature:   

 

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

  

(Signature must be guaranteed)

 

 

Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of this Note.

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

 

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[TO BE ATTACHED TO GLOBAL NOTES]

SCHEDULE OF INCREASES OR DECREASES IN GLOBAL NOTES

The following increases or decreases in this Global Note have been made:

 

Date of

Exchange

  

Amount of decrease in Principal
Amount of this Global Note

  

Amount of increase in Principal
Amount of this Global Note

  

Principal Amount of this Global
Note following such decrease or
increase

  

Signature of authorized
signatory of Trustee or Notes
Custodian

           
           

 

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OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.5 or 3.10 of the Indenture, check either box:

¨           ¨

3.5         3.10

If you want to elect to have only part of this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 3.5 or 3.10 of the Indenture, state the amount in principal amount (must be in denominations of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof): $                                                                          and specify the denomination or denominations (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) of the Notes to be issued to the Holder for the portion of the within Note not being repurchased (in the absence of any such specification, one such Note shall be issued for the portion not being repurchased):                             .

 

Date:   

 

   Your Signature   

 

         (Sign exactly as your name appears on the other side of the Note)

 

Signature Guarantee:   

 

  

(Signature must be guaranteed)

The signature(s) should be guaranteed by an eligible guarantor institution (banks, stockbrokers, savings and loan associations and credit unions with membership in an approved signature guarantee medallion program), pursuant to S.E.C. Rule 17Ad-15.

 

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EXHIBIT C: Form of Indenture Supplement to Add Future Subsidiary Guarantors

FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO ADD FUTURE SUBSIDIARY

GUARANTORS

This Supplemental Indenture is entered into as of                      (this “Supplemental Indenture”), by and among [NAME OF FUTURE GUARANTOR] (the “New Guarantor”), a subsidiary of Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), and Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee under the Indenture referred to below.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, Issuer and the Trustee have heretofore executed and delivered an Indenture dated as of December 10, 2010 (as supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $400.0 million of 7.75% Senior Notes due 2018 of the Issuer (the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the New Guarantor shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the New Guarantor shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuer’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.1 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Supplemental Indenture, terms defined in the Indenture or in the preamble or recital hereto are used herein as therein defined. The words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereby” and other words of similar import used in this Supplemental Indenture refer to this Supplemental Indenture as a whole and not to any particular section hereof.

 

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ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS; AGREEMENT TO BE BOUND; GUARANTEE

SECTION 2.1 Representations. The New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Trustee as follows:

(i) It is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization.

(ii) The execution, delivery and performance by it of this Supplemental Indenture have been authorized and approved by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action on its part.

SECTION 2.2 Agreement to be Bound. The New Guarantor hereby becomes a party to the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor and as such shall have all of the rights and be subject to all of the obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture. The New Guarantor agrees to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Subsidiary Guarantor and to perform all of the obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture.

SECTION 2.3 Guarantee. The New Guarantor agrees, on a joint and several basis with all the existing Subsidiary Guarantors, to fully, unconditionally and irrevocably Guarantee to each Holder of the Notes and the Trustee the Guaranteed Obligations pursuant to Article X of the Indenture on a senior unsecured basis.

ARTICLE III

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 3.1 Notices. All notices and other communications to the New Guarantor shall be given as provided in the Indenture to the New Guarantor, at its address set forth below, with a copy to the Issuer as provided in the Indenture for notices to the Issuer.

SECTION 3.2 Parties. Nothing expressed or mentioned herein is intended or shall be construed to give any Person, firm or corporation, other than the Holders and the Trustee, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Supplemental Indenture or the Indenture or any provision herein or therein contained.

SECTION 3.3 Governing Law. This Supplemental Indenture shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.

SECTION 3.4 Severability Clause. In case any provision in this Supplemental Indenture shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and such provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability.

 

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SECTION 3.5 Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indentures Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby. The Trustee makes no representation or warranty as to the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or with respect to the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the other parties hereto.

SECTION 3.6 Counterparts. The parties hereto may sign one or more copies of this Supplemental Indenture in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

SECTION 3.7 Headings. The headings of the Articles and the sections in this Supplemental Indenture are for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to alter or affect the meaning or interpretation of any provisions hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

[NEW GUARANTOR],

as a Subsidiary Guarantor

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:
  [Address]

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as

Trustee

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY

AMERICAS, as Registrar, Authentication Agent

and Paying Agent

By:

 

 

  Name:
  Title:

By:

 

 

  Name:
 

Title:

 

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EX-4.2 3 dex42.htm REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT Registration Rights Agreement

Exhibit 4.2

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

$500,000,000

7.75% Senior Notes due 2018

Registration Rights Agreement

This REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT dated December 10, 2010 (this “Agreement”) is entered into by and among Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the guarantors listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Guarantors”), and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“J.P. Morgan”), on behalf of itself and the other initial purchasers (the “Initial Purchasers”) parties to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers are parties to the Purchase Agreement, dated December 6, 2010 (the “Purchase Agreement”), which provides for the sale by the Company to the Initial Purchasers of $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.75% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Securities”) which will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by each of the Guarantors. As an inducement to the Initial Purchasers to enter into the Purchase Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors have agreed to provide to the Initial Purchasers and their direct and indirect transferees the registration rights set forth in this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement is a condition to the closing under the Purchase Agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Guarantor” shall mean any subsidiary of the Company that issues a Guarantee under the Indenture after the date of this Agreement.

Business Day” shall mean any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble and shall also include the Company’s successors.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

Exchange Dates” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(a)(ii) hereof.


Exchange Offer” shall mean the exchange offer by the Company and the Guarantors of Exchange Securities for Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration” shall mean a registration under the Securities Act effected pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean an exchange offer registration statement on Form S-4 (or, if applicable, on another appropriate form) and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

Exchange Securities” shall mean senior notes issued by the Company and guaranteed by the Guarantors under the Indenture containing terms identical to the Securities (except that the Exchange Securities will not be subject to restrictions on transfer or to any increase in annual interest rate for failure to comply with this Agreement) and to be offered to Holders of Securities in exchange for Securities pursuant to the Exchange Offer.

FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Free Writing Prospectus” means each free writing prospectus (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the sale of the Securities or the Exchange Securities.

Guarantees” shall mean the guarantees of the Securities and guarantees of the Exchange Securities by the Guarantors under the Indenture.

Guarantors” shall mean the Initial Guarantors, any Additional Guarantors and any Guarantor’s successor that Guarantees the Securities.

Holders” shall mean the Initial Purchasers, for so long as they own any Registrable Securities, and each of their successors, assigns and direct and indirect transferees who become owners of Registrable Securities under the Indenture; provided that, for purposes of Section 4 and Section 5 hereof, the term “Holders” shall include Participating Broker-Dealers.

Indemnified Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

Indemnifying Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(c) hereof.

Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of December 10, 2010, among the Company, the Guarantors and Wilmington Trust Company, as trustee, and as the same may be amended and supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Inspector” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(a)(xiv) hereof.

Issuer Information” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5(a) hereof.

J.P. Morgan” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Majority Holders” shall mean the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities; provided that whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities is required hereunder, any Registrable Securities owned directly or indirectly by the Company or any of its affiliates shall not be counted in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage or amount; and provided, further, that if the Company shall issue any additional Securities under the Indenture prior to consummation of the Exchange Offer or, if applicable, the effectiveness of any Shelf Registration Statement, such additional Securities and the Registrable Securities to which this Agreement relates shall be treated together as one class for purposes of determining whether the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of Registrable Securities has been obtained.

Notice and Questionnaire” shall mean a notice of registration statement and selling security holder questionnaire distributed to a Holder by the Company upon receipt of a Shelf Request from such Holder.

Participating Broker-Dealers” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4(a) hereof.

Participating Holder” shall mean any Holder of Registrable Securities that has returned a properly completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire to the Company in accordance with Section 2(b) hereof.

Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political subdivision thereof.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in, or, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities Act, deemed a part of, a Registration Statement, including any preliminary prospectus, and any such prospectus as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, including a prospectus supplement with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Shelf Registration Statement, and by all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, and in each case including any document incorporated by reference therein.

Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged, sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Securities are sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any similar provision then in force, but not Rule 144A), (iii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding or (iv) except in the case of Securities that otherwise remain Registrable Securities and that are held by an Initial Purchaser and that are ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, when the Exchange Offer is consummated.

 

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Registration Default” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the Exchange Offer is not completed on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (ii) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required pursuant to Section 2(b)(i) or Section 2(b)(ii) hereof, has not become effective on or prior to the Target Registration Date, (iii) if the Company receives a Shelf Request pursuant to Section 2(b)(iii), the Shelf Registration Statement required to be filed thereby has not become effective by the later of (a) the Target Registration Date and (b) 90 days after delivery of such Shelf Request, (iv) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has become effective and thereafter ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement, at any time during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, and such failure to remain effective or usable exists for more than 30 days (whether or not consecutive) in any 12-month period or (v) the Shelf Registration Statement, if required by this Agreement, has become effective and thereafter, on more than two occasions in any 12-month period during the Shelf Effectiveness Period, the Shelf Registration Statement ceases to be effective or the Prospectus contained therein ceases to be usable, in each case whether or not permitted by this Agreement.

Registration Expenses” shall mean any and all expenses incident to performance of or compliance by the Company and the Guarantors with this Agreement, including without limitation: (i) all SEC, stock exchange or FINRA registration and filing fees, (ii) all fees and expenses incurred in connection with compliance with state securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel for any Underwriters or Holders in connection with blue sky qualification of any Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities), (iii) the costs incurred in preparing or assisting in preparing, word processing, printing and distributing any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and any amendments or supplements thereto, any underwriting agreements, securities sales agreements or other similar agreements and any other documents relating to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, (iv) all rating agency fees, (v) all fees and disbursements relating to the qualification of the Indenture under applicable securities laws, (vi) the fees and disbursements of the Trustee and its counsel, (vii) the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and the Guarantors and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the fees and disbursements of one counsel for the Participating Holders (which counsel shall be selected by the Participating Holders holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Registrable Securities held by such Participating Holders and which counsel may also be counsel for the Initial Purchasers), and (viii) the fees and disbursements of the independent registered public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors, including the expenses of any special audits or “comfort” letters required by or incident to the performance of and compliance with this Agreement, but excluding fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters (other than fees and expenses set forth in clause (ii) above) or the Holders and underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Registrable Securities by a Holder.

 

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Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors that covers any of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and all amendments and supplements to any such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Shelf Effectiveness Period” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Company and the Guarantors that covers all or a portion of the Registrable Securities (but no other securities unless approved by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities held by the Participating Holders) on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the SEC, and all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein or deemed a part thereof, all exhibits thereto and any document incorporated by reference therein.

Shelf Request” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 2(b) hereof.

Staff” shall mean the staff of the SEC.

Target Registration Date” shall mean December 10, 2011, the date that is 365 days after the closing date of the offering of the Securities.

Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended from time to time.

Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

Underwriter” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(e) hereof.

 

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Underwritten Offering” shall mean an offering in which Registrable Securities are sold to an Underwriter for reoffering to the public.

2. Registration Under the Securities Act. (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to (x) cause to be filed an Exchange Offer Registration Statement covering an offer to the Holders to exchange all the Registrable Securities for Exchange Securities and (y) have such Registration Statement become and remain effective until 180 days after the date the Exchange Offer Registration Statement became effective for use by one or more Participating Broker-Dealers. The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer promptly after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC and use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer not later than 60 days after such effective date.

The Company and the Guarantors shall commence the Exchange Offer by mailing the related Prospectus, appropriate letters of transmittal and other accompanying documents to each Holder stating, in addition to such other disclosures as are required by applicable law, substantially the following:

 

(i) that the Exchange Offer is being made pursuant to this Agreement and that all Registrable Securities validly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be accepted for exchange;

 

(ii) the dates of acceptance for exchange (which shall be a period of at least 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed) (the “Exchange Dates”);

 

(iii) that any Registrable Security not tendered will remain outstanding and continue to accrue interest but will not retain any rights under this Agreement, except as otherwise specified herein;

 

(iv) that any Holder electing to have a Registrable Security exchanged pursuant to the Exchange Offer will be required to (A) surrender such Registrable Security, together with the appropriate letters of transmittal, to the institution and at the address and in the manner specified in the notice, or (B) effect such exchange otherwise in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for such Registrable Security, in each case prior to the close of business on the last Exchange Date; and

 

(v) that any Holder will be entitled to withdraw its election, not later than the close of business on the last Exchange Date, by (A) sending to the institution and at the address specified in the notice, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of such Holder, the principal amount of Registrable Securities delivered for exchange, such other information as may be reasonably required to identify the Securities to be withdrawn and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Securities exchanged or (B) effecting such withdrawal in compliance with the applicable procedures of the depositary for the Registrable Securities.

 

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As a condition to participating in the Exchange Offer, a Holder will be required to represent to the Company and the Guarantors that (1) any Exchange Securities to be received by it will be acquired in the ordinary course of its business, (2) at the time of the commencement of the Exchange Offer it has no arrangement or understanding with any Person to participate in the distribution (within the meaning of the Securities Act) of the Exchange Securities in violation of the provisions of the Securities Act, (3) it is not an “affiliate” (within the meaning of Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Company or any Guarantor and (4) if such Holder is not a broker-dealer, that it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, the distribution of the Exchange Securities. Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any broker-dealer and any such Holder using the Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the securities to be acquired in the Exchange Offer (1) could not under SEC policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the SEC enunciated in Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (available June 5, 1991) and Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (available May 13, 1988), as interpreted in the SEC’s letter to Shearman & Sterling dated July 2, 1993, and similar no action letters, and (2) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with a secondary resale transaction and that such a secondary resale transaction should be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K if the resales are of Exchange Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Registrable Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Company.

As soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall:

 

(I) accept for exchange Registrable Securities or portions thereof validly tendered and not properly withdrawn pursuant to the Exchange Offer; and

 

(II) deliver, or cause to be delivered, to the Trustee for cancellation all Registrable Securities or portions thereof so accepted for exchange by the Company and issue, and cause the Trustee to promptly authenticate and deliver to each Holder, Exchange Securities equal in principal amount to the principal amount of the Registrable Securities tendered by such Holder.

The Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to complete the Exchange Offer as provided above and shall comply with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and other applicable laws and regulations in connection with the Exchange Offer. The Exchange Offer shall not be subject to any conditions, other than that the Exchange Offer does not violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff and customary conditions relating to the delivery of Securities or other actions customarily taken by Holders participating in the Exchange Offer or the execution and delivery of customary documentation relating to the Exchange Offer.

 

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(b) In the event that (i) the Company and the Guarantors determine that the Exchange Offer Registration provided for in Section 2(a) hereof is not available or the Exchange Offer may not be completed as soon as practicable after the last Exchange Date because it would violate any applicable law or applicable interpretations of the Staff, (ii) the Exchange Offer is not for any other reason completed by the Target Registration Date or (iii) upon receipt of a written request (a “Shelf Request”) from any Initial Purchaser representing that it holds Registrable Securities that are or were ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause to be filed as soon as practicable after such determination, date or Shelf Request, as the case may be, a Shelf Registration Statement providing for the sale of all the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and to have such Shelf Registration Statement become effective; provided that no Holder will be entitled to have any Registrable Securities included in any Shelf Registration Statement, or entitled to use the prospectus forming a part of such Shelf Registration Statement, until such Holder shall have delivered a completed and signed Notice and Questionnaire and provided such other information regarding such Holder to the Company as is contemplated by Section 3(b) hereof or as otherwise reasonably required or requested in writing by the Company.

In the event that the Company and the Guarantors are required to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to clause (iii) of the preceding sentence, the Company and the Guarantors shall use their reasonable best efforts to file and have become effective both an Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof with respect to all Registrable Securities and a Shelf Registration Statement (which may be a combined Registration Statement with the Exchange Offer Registration Statement) with respect to offers and sales of Registrable Securities held by the Initial Purchasers after completion of the Exchange Offer.

The Company and the Guarantors agree to use their reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective until the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities (the “Shelf Effectiveness Period”). The Company and the Guarantors further agree to supplement or amend the Shelf Registration Statement, the related Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus if required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company for such Shelf Registration Statement or by the Securities Act or by any other rules and regulations thereunder or if reasonably requested by a Holder of Registrable Securities with respect to information relating to such Holder, and to use their reasonable best efforts to cause any such amendment to become effective, if required, and such Shelf Registration Statement, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to become usable as soon as thereafter practicable. The Company and the Guarantors agree to furnish to the Participating Holders copies of any such supplement or amendment promptly after its being used or filed with the SEC.

(c) The Company and the Guarantors shall pay all Registration Expenses in connection with any registration pursuant to Section 2(a) or Section 2(b) hereof. Each Holder shall pay all underwriting discounts and commissions, brokerage commissions and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of such Holder’s Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement.

 

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(d) An Exchange Offer Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(a) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC. A Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to Section 2(b) hereof will not be deemed to have become effective unless it has been declared effective by the SEC or is automatically effective upon filing with the SEC as provided by Rule 462 under the Securities Act.

If a Registration Default occurs, the interest rate on the Registrable Securities will be increased by (i) 0.25% per annum for the first 90-day period beginning on the day immediately following such Registration Default and (ii) an additional 0.25% per annum with respect to each subsequent 90-day period, in each case until but excluding the date such Registration Default ends, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum. A Registration Default ends when the Securities cease to be Registrable Securities or, if earlier, (1) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (i) of the definition thereof, when the Exchange Offer is completed, (2) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (ii) or clause (iii) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement becomes effective or (3) in the case of a Registration Default under clause (iv) or clause (v) of the definition thereof, when the Shelf Registration Statement again becomes effective or the Prospectus again becomes usable. If at any time more than one Registration Default has occurred and is continuing, then, until the next date that there is no Registration Default, the increase in interest rate provided for by this paragraph shall apply as if there occurred a single Registration Default that begins on the date that the earliest such Registration Default occurred and ends on such next date that there is no Registration Default.

(e) Without limiting the remedies available to the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, the Company and the Guarantors acknowledge that any failure by the Company or the Guarantors to comply with their obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof may result in material irreparable injury to the Initial Purchasers or the Holders for which there is no adequate remedy at law, that it will not be possible to measure damages for such injuries precisely and that, in the event of any such failure, the Initial Purchasers or any Holder may obtain such relief as may be required to specifically enforce the Company’s and the Guarantors’ obligations under Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof.

3. Registration Procedures. (a) In connection with their obligations pursuant to Section 2(a) and Section 2(b) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors shall promptly:

(i) prepare and file with the SEC a Registration Statement on the appropriate form under the Securities Act, which form (A) shall be selected by the Company and the Guarantors, (B) shall, in the case of a Shelf Registration, be available for the sale of the Registrable Securities by the Holders thereof and (C) shall comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the applicable form and include all financial statements required by the SEC to be filed therewith; and use their reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof;

 

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(ii) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and post-effective amendments to each Registration Statement as may be necessary to keep such Registration Statement effective for the applicable period in accordance with Section 2 hereof and cause each Prospectus to be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement and, as so supplemented, to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act; and keep each Prospectus current during the period described in Section 4(3) of and Rule 174 under the Securities Act that is applicable to transactions by brokers or dealers with respect to the Registrable Securities or Exchange Securities;

(iii) to the extent any Free Writing Prospectus is used, file with the SEC any Free Writing Prospectus that is required to be filed by the Company or the Guarantors with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act and to retain any Free Writing Prospectus not required to be filed;

(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder, to counsel for the Initial Purchasers, to counsel for such Participating Holders and to each Underwriter of an Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities, if any, without charge, as many copies of each Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, and any amendment or supplement thereto, as such Participating Holder, counsel or Underwriter may reasonably request in order to facilitate the sale or other disposition of the Registrable Securities thereunder; and, subject to Section 3(c) hereof, the Company and the Guarantors consent to the use of such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law by each of the Participating Holders and any such Underwriters in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by and in the manner described in such Prospectus, preliminary prospectus or such Free Writing Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto in accordance with applicable law;

(v) in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement, use their reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, cooperate with the selling Holders and their counsel to register or qualify the Registrable Securities under all applicable state securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as any Participating Holder shall reasonably request in writing by the time the applicable Registration Statement becomes effective; cooperate with such Participating Holders in connection with any filings required to be made with FINRA; and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable each Participating Holder to complete the disposition in each such jurisdiction of the Registrable Securities owned by such Participating Holder; provided that neither the Company nor any Guarantor shall be required to (1) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (2) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (3) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not so subject;

 

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(vi) notify counsel for the Initial Purchasers and, in the case of a Shelf Registration, notify each Participating Holder and counsel for such Participating Holders promptly and, if requested by any such Participating Holder or counsel, confirm such advice in writing (1) when a Registration Statement has become effective, when any post-effective amendment thereto has been filed and becomes effective, when any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus has been filed, (2) of any request by the SEC or any state securities authority for amendments and supplements to a Registration Statement, Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information after the Registration Statement has become effective, (3) of the issuance by the SEC or any state securities authority of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose, including the receipt by the Company of any notice of objection of the SEC to the use of a Shelf Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, (4) if, between the applicable effective date of a Shelf Registration Statement and the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities covered thereby, the Company or any Guarantor receives any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose, (5) of the happening of any event during the period a Registration Statement is effective that makes any statement made in such Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus untrue in any material respect or that requires the making of any changes in such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus in order to make the statements therein not misleading (in the case of the Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made) and (6) of any determination by the Company or any Guarantor that a post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement or any amendment or supplement to the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus would be required;

(vii) use their reasonable best efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, in the case of a Shelf Registration, the resolution of any objection of the SEC pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Securities Act, including by filing an amendment to such Registration Statement on the proper form, as promptly as practicable and provide prompt notice to each Holder or Participating Holder of the withdrawal of any such order or such resolution;

(viii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, furnish to each Participating Holder, without charge, at least one conformed copy of each Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto (without any documents incorporated therein by reference or exhibits thereto, unless requested in writing);

(ix) in the case of a Shelf Registration, cooperate with the Participating Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing Registrable Securities to be sold and not bearing any restrictive legends and enable such Registrable Securities to be issued in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as such Participating Holders may reasonably request at least one Business Day prior to the closing of any sale of Registrable Securities;

 

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(x) upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, use their reasonable best efforts to prepare and file with the SEC a supplement or post-effective amendment to the applicable Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement or the related Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available) to purchasers of the Registrable Securities, such Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, will not contain any 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; and the Company and the Guarantors shall notify the Participating Holders (in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement) and the Initial Purchasers and any Participating Broker-Dealers known to the Company (in the case of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement) to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus as promptly as practicable after the occurrence of such an event, and such Participating Holders, such Participating Broker-Dealers and the Initial Purchasers, as applicable, hereby agree to suspend use of the Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, until the Company and the Guarantors have amended or supplemented the Prospectus or the Free Writing Prospectus, as the case may be, to correct such misstatement or omission;

(xi) a reasonable time prior to the filing of any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment to a Registration Statement or amendment or supplement to a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus other than any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus after initial filing of a Registration Statement, provide copies of such document to the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, to the Participating Holders and their counsel) and make such of the representatives of the Company and the Guarantors as shall be reasonably requested by the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) available for discussion of such document; and the Company and the Guarantors shall not, at any time after initial filing of a Registration Statement, use or file any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus, any amendment of or supplement to a Registration Statement or a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into a Registration Statement, a Prospectus or a Free Writing Prospectus, of which the Initial Purchasers and their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders and their counsel) shall not have previously been advised and furnished a copy or to which the Initial Purchasers or their counsel (and, in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Participating Holders or their counsel) shall reasonably object in writing within five business days after the receipt thereof;

 

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(xii) use reasonable best efforts to obtain a CUSIP number for all Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be, not later than the initial effective date of a Registration Statement;

(xiii) use reasonable best efforts to cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act in connection with the registration of the Exchange Securities or Registrable Securities, as the case may be; cooperate with the Trustee and the Holders to effect such changes to the Indenture as may be required for the Indenture to be so qualified in accordance with the terms of the Trust Indenture Act; and execute, and use their reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to execute, all documents as may be required to effect such changes and all other forms and documents required to be filed with the SEC to enable the Indenture to be so qualified in a timely manner;

(xiv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, make available for inspection by a representative of the Participating Holders (an “Inspector”), any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Shelf Registration Statement, any attorneys and accountants designated by a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Securities held by the Participating Holders and any attorneys and accountants designated by such Underwriter, at reasonable times and in a reasonable manner, all pertinent financial and other records, documents and properties of the Company and its subsidiaries, and cause the respective officers, directors and employees of the Company and the Guarantors to supply all information reasonably requested by any such Inspector, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement; provided that if any such information is identified by the Company or any Guarantor as being confidential or proprietary, each Person receiving such information shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary to protect the confidentiality of such information to the extent such action is otherwise not inconsistent with, an impairment of or in derogation of the rights and interests of any Inspector, Holder or Underwriter);

(xv) in the case of a Shelf Registration, use their reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities to be listed on any securities exchange or any automated quotation system on which similar securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor are then listed if requested by the Majority Holders, to the extent such Registrable Securities satisfy applicable listing requirements;

(xvi) if reasonably requested by any Participating Holder, promptly include in a Prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information with respect to such Participating Holder as such Participating Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and make all required filings of such Prospectus supplement or such post-effective amendment as soon as the Company has received notification of the matters to be so included in such filing;

 

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(xvii) in the case of a Shelf Registration, enter into such customary agreements and take all such other actions in connection therewith (including those reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement) in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities including, but not limited to, an Underwritten Offering and in such connection, (1) to the extent possible, make such representations and warranties to the Participating Holders and any Underwriters of such Registrable Securities with respect to the business of the Company and its subsidiaries and the Registration Statement, Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus and documents incorporated by reference or deemed incorporated by reference, if any, in each case, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in underwritten offerings and confirm the same if and when requested, (2) obtain opinions of counsel to the Company and the Guarantors (which counsel and opinions, in form, scope and substance, shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Participating Holders and such Underwriters and their respective counsel) addressed to each Participating Holder and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, covering the matters customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings, (3) obtain “comfort” letters from the independent registered public accountants of the Company and the Guarantors (and, if necessary, any other registered public accountant of any subsidiary of the Company or any Guarantor, or of any business acquired by the Company or any Guarantor for which financial statements and financial data are or are required to be included in the Registration Statement) addressed to each Participating Holder (to the extent permitted by applicable professional standards) and Underwriter of Registrable Securities, such letters to be in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with underwritten offerings, including but not limited to financial information contained in any preliminary prospectus, Prospectus or Free Writing Prospectus and (4) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities being sold or the Underwriters, and which are customarily delivered in underwritten offerings, to evidence the continued validity of the representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors made pursuant to clause (1) above and to evidence compliance with any customary conditions contained in an underwriting agreement, it being agreed that the representations and warranties, opinions of counsel and comfort letters delivered in connection with the initial offering of the Securities are customary; and

(xviii) so long as any Registrable Securities remain outstanding, cause each Additional Guarantor upon the creation or acquisition by the Company of such Additional Guarantor, to execute a counterpart to this Agreement in the form attached hereto as Annex A and to deliver such counterpart to the Initial Purchasers no later than five Business Days following the execution thereof.

(b) In the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, the Company may require each Holder of Registrable Securities to furnish to the Company a Notice and Questionnaire and such other information regarding such Holder and the proposed disposition by such Holder of such Registrable Securities as the Company and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably request in writing; provided that if such Holder fails to provide the requested information within 20 Business Days, the Company may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from such Shelf Registration Statement until such time as the information is provided.

 

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(c) Each Participating Holder agrees that, upon receipt of any notice from the Company and the Guarantors of the happening of any event of the kind described in Section 3(a)(vi)(3) or Section 3(a)(vi)(5) hereof, such Participating Holder will forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Participating Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus contemplated by Section 3(a)(x) hereof and, if so directed by the Company and the Guarantors, such Participating Holder will deliver to the Company and the Guarantors all copies in its possession, other than permanent file copies then in such Participating Holder’s possession, of the Prospectus and any Free Writing Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities that is current at the time of receipt of such notice.

(d) If the Company and the Guarantors shall give any notice to suspend the disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement, the Company and the Guarantors shall extend the period during which such Registration Statement shall be maintained effective pursuant to this Agreement by the number of days during the period from and including the date of the giving of such notice to and including the date when the Holders of such Registrable Securities shall have received copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus necessary to resume such dispositions. The Company and the Guarantors may give any such notice only twice during any 365-day period and any such suspensions shall not exceed 45 days for each suspension and there shall not be more than two suspensions in effect during any 365-day period.

(e) The Participating Holders who desire to do so may sell such Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering. In any such Underwritten Offering, the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers (each an “Underwriter”) that will administer the offering will be selected by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Registrable Securities included in such offering and reasonably acceptable to the Company. However, each Holder agrees that neither such Holder nor any Underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to any Registration Statement on such Holder’s behalf, will make any offer relating to the Registrable Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (as defined in Rule 433 under the Securities Act) or that would otherwise constitute a “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) required to be filed by the Company with the SEC or retained by the Company under Rule 433 of the Securities Act, unless it has obtained the prior written consent of the Company.

4. Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer. (a) The Company has been advised that the Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities.

 

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The Company and the Guarantors have been advised that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.

(b) In light of the above, and notwithstanding the other provisions of this Agreement, the Company and the Guarantors agree to use their reasonable best efforts to amend or supplement the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement for a period ending on the earlier of (i) 180 days after the Exchange Offer Registration Statement becomes effective (as such period may be extended pursuant to Section 3(d) hereof) and (ii) the date on which each Participating Broker-Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market making or other trading activities, in each case to the extent necessary to ensure that it is available for resales. The Company and the Guarantors further consent to the delivery of such Prospectus (or, to the extent permitted by law, agree to make available) by Participating Broker-Dealers during such period in connection with the resales contemplated by this Section 4.

(c) The Initial Purchasers shall have no liability to the Company, any Guarantor or any Holder with respect to any request that they may make pursuant to Section 4(b) hereof.

5. Indemnification and Contribution. (a) The Company and each Guarantor, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser and each Holder, their respective affiliates, directors and officers and each Person, if any, who controls any Initial Purchaser or any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, (1) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Registration Statement or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, or (2) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any “issuer information” (“Issuer Information”) filed or required to be filed pursuant to Rule 433(d) under the Securities Act, or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser, information relating to any Holder furnished to the Company in writing through J.P. Morgan or any selling Holder expressly for use therein. In connection with any Underwritten Offering permitted by Section 3, the Company and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, will also indemnify the Underwriters, if any, their respective affiliates and each Person who controls such Persons (within the meaning of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act) to the same extent as provided above with respect to the indemnification of the Holders, if requested in connection with any Registration Statement, any Prospectus, any Free Writing Prospectus or any Issuer Information.

 

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(b) Each Holder agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, the Guarantors, the Initial Purchasers and the other selling Holders, the directors of the Company and the Guarantors, each officer of the Company and the Guarantors who signed the Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls the Company, the Guarantors, any Initial Purchaser and any other selling Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Holder furnished to the Company in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use in any Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any Free Writing Prospectus.

(c) If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any Person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above, such Person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the Person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 5 that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm (x) for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control Persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan, (y) for any Holder, its directors and officers and any control Persons of such Holder shall be designated in writing by the Majority Holders and (z) in all other cases shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (A) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (B) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

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(d) If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors from the offering of the Securities and the Exchange Securities, on the one hand, and by the Holders from receiving Securities or Exchange Securities registered under the Securities Act, on the other hand, or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Holders on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company and the Guarantors or by the Holders, as applicable, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

 

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(f) The Company, the Guarantors and the Holders agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Holders were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (e) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, in no event shall a Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total price at which the Securities or Exchange Securities sold by such Holder exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Holders’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 5 are several and not joint.

(g) The remedies provided for in this Section 5 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

(h) The indemnity and contribution provisions contained in this Section 5 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of (i) any termination of this Agreement, (ii) any investigation made by or on behalf of the Initial Purchasers or any Holder or any Person controlling any Initial Purchaser or any Holder, or by or on behalf of the Company or the Guarantors or the officers or directors of or any Person controlling the Company or the Guarantors, (iii) acceptance of any of the Exchange Securities and (iv) any sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement.

6. General.

(a) No Inconsistent Agreements. The Company and the Guarantors represent, warrant and agree that (i) the rights granted to the Holders hereunder do not in any way conflict with and are not inconsistent with the rights granted to the holders of any other outstanding securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any Guarantor under any other agreement and (ii) neither the Company nor any Guarantor has entered into, or on or after the date of this Agreement will enter into, any agreement that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders of Registrable Securities in this Agreement or otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof.

 

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(b) Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of this sentence, may not be amended, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given unless the Company and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Registrable Securities affected by such amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent; provided that no amendment, modification, supplement, waiver or consent to any departure from the provisions of Section 5 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registrable Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder. Any amendments, modifications, supplements, waivers or consents pursuant to this Section 6(b) shall be by a writing executed by each of the parties hereto.

(c) Notices. Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, registered first-class mail, telecopier, or any courier guaranteeing overnight delivery (i) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such Holder to the Company by means of a notice given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c), which address initially is, with respect to the Initial Purchasers, the address set forth in the Purchase Agreement; (ii) if to the Company and the Guarantors, initially at the Company’s address set forth in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c); and (iii) to such other persons at their respective addresses as provided in the Purchase Agreement and thereafter at such other address, notice of which is given in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6(c). All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed; when receipt is acknowledged, if telecopied; and on the next Business Day if timely delivered to an air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery. Copies of all such notices, demands or other communications shall be concurrently delivered by the Person giving the same to the Trustee, at the address specified in the Indenture.

(d) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors, assigns and transferees of each of the parties, including, without limitation and without the need for an express assignment, subsequent Holders; provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to permit any assignment, transfer or other disposition of Registrable Securities in violation of the terms of the Purchase Agreement or the Indenture. If any transferee of any Holder shall acquire Registrable Securities in any manner, whether by operation of law or otherwise, such Registrable Securities shall be held subject to all the terms of this Agreement, and by taking and holding such Registrable Securities such Person shall be conclusively deemed to have agreed to be bound by and to perform all of the terms and provisions of this Agreement and such Person shall be entitled to receive the benefits hereof. The Initial Purchasers (in their capacity as Initial Purchasers) shall have no liability or obligation to the Company or the Guarantors with respect to any failure by a Holder to comply with, or any breach by any Holder of, any of the obligations of such Holder under this Agreement.

 

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(e) Third-Party Beneficiaries. Each Holder shall be a third-party beneficiary to the agreements made hereunder between the Company and the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Initial Purchasers, on the other hand, and shall have the right to enforce such agreements directly to the extent it deems such enforcement necessary or advisable to protect its rights or the rights of other Holders hereunder.

(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

(g) Headings. The headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only, are not a part of this Agreement and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

(h) Governing Law. This Agreement, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(j) Entire Agreement; Severability. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all oral statements and prior writings with respect thereto. If any term, provision, covenant or restriction contained in this Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, void or unenforceable or against public policy, the remainder of the terms, provisions, covenants and restrictions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect and shall in no way be affected, impaired or invalidated. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, void or unenforceable provisions.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION
By  

/s/ Randy L. Taylor

Name:   Randy L. Taylor
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Each of the Guarantors listed on Schedule 1 hereto
By  

/s/ Randy L. Taylor

Name:   Randy L. Taylor
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written:

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
For itself and on behalf of the several Initial Purchasers
By  

/s/ Richard Gabriel

  Authorized Signatory


Schedule 1

Initial Guarantors

 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR    JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION
Alphabet Acquisition Corp.    Delaware
Atlanta Radio, LLC    Delaware
Aviation I, LLC    Nevada
Chicago FM Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Chicago License, LLC    Delaware
Chicago Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Chicago Radio Holding, LLC    Delaware
Chicago Radio, LLC    Delaware
Citadel Broadcasting Company    Nevada
DC Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
DC Radio, LLC    Delaware
Detroit Radio, LLC    Delaware
International Radio, Inc.    Delaware
KLOS Radio, LLC    Delaware
KLOS-FM Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
KLOS Syndications Assets, LLC    Delaware
LA License, LLC    Delaware
LA Radio, LLC    Delaware
Minneapolis Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Minneapolis Radio, LLC    Delaware
Network License, LLC    Delaware
NY License, LLC    Delaware
NY Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
NY Radio, LLC    Delaware
Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Radio Networks, LLC    Delaware
Radio Today Entertainment, Inc.    New York
Radio Watermark, Inc.    Delaware
San Francisco Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
San Francisco Radio, LLC    Delaware
SF License, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Acquisition Partner, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Assets, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Radio Acquisition, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Radio Group, Ltd.    Texas
WPLJ Radio, LLC    Delaware
Oklahoma Radio Partners, LLC    Alabama


Annex A

Counterpart to Registration Rights Agreement

The undersigned hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably agrees as a Guarantor (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December [ ], 2010, among Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the guarantors party thereto and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, on behalf of itself and the other Initial Purchasers (as defined in such Registration Rights Agreement)) to be bound by the terms and provisions of such Registration Rights Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this counterpart as of             , 201    .

 

[GUARANTOR]
By  

 

Name:  
Title:  
EX-10.1 4 dex101.htm PURCHASE AGREEMENT Purchase Agreement

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

$400,000,000

7.75% Senior Notes due 2018

Purchase Agreement

December 6, 2010

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

as Representative of the

several Initial Purchasers listed

in Schedule 1 hereto

c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell to the several initial purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto (the “Initial Purchasers”), for whom you are acting as representative (the “Representative”), $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of its 7.75% Senior Notes due 2018 (the “Securities”). The Securities will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, to be dated as of December 10, 2010 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, the guarantors listed on Schedule 2 hereto (the “Guarantors”), and Wilmington Trust FSB, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and will be guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by each of the Guarantors (the “Guarantees”).

The Securities will be 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. The Company and the Guarantors have prepared a preliminary offering memorandum dated November 24, 2010 (the “Preliminary Offering Memorandum”) and will prepare an offering memorandum dated the date hereof (the “Offering Memorandum”) setting forth information concerning the Company, the Guarantors, the Securities, the Guarantees and the Exchange Securities (as defined herein). Copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum have been, and copies of the 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 Offering Memorandum in connection with the offering and resale of the Securities 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 Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any document incorporated by reference therein and any reference to “amend,” “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date and incorporated by reference therein.

At or prior to the time when sales of the Securities were first made (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.

The 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 (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined below), by and among the Company and the Initial Purchasers and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, pursuant to which the Company and the Guarantors will agree to file one or more registration statements with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) providing for the registration under the Securities Act of the Securities or the Exchange Securities referred to (and as defined) in the Registration Rights Agreement.

Concurrently with the Closing Date (as defined below), the Company and the Guarantors expect to enter into a new senior secured revolving credit facility (the “New Revolving Credit Facility”) and a new senior secured term loan facility (the “New Term Loan Facility” and, together with the New Revolving Credit Facility, the “New Credit Facilities”). The documents, agreements and instruments to be executed and delivered in connection with the New Credit Facilities are referred to herein as the “New Credit Facilities Documentation.” The Company expects to use the net proceeds of the offering of the Securities and borrowings under the New Credit Facilities to refinance its existing Credit Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2010 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the Guarantors, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto.

The Company and the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally confirm their agreement with the several Initial Purchasers concerning the purchase and resale of the Securities, as follows:

1. Purchase and Resale of the Securities. (a) On the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein, the Company agrees to issue and sell the 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 respective principal amount of the Securities set forth opposite such Initial Purchaser’s name in Schedule 1 hereto at a price equal to 98.0% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued interest, if any, from December 10, 2010 to the Closing Date. The Company will not be obligated to deliver any of the Securities except upon payment for all the Securities to be purchased as provided herein.

 

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(b) The Company understands that the Initial Purchasers intend to offer the Securities for resale on the terms set forth in the Time of Sale Information. Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees 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) of Regulation D under the Securities Act (“Regulation D”);

(ii) neither it nor any person engaged by it has 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 or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act; and

(iii) neither it nor any person engaged by it has solicited offers for, or offered or sold, and will not solicit offers for, or offer or sell, the Securities as part of their initial offering except:

(A) within the United States to persons whom it reasonably believes to be QIBs in transactions pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act (“Rule 144A”) and in connection with each such sale, it has taken or will take reasonable steps to ensure that the purchaser of the Securities is aware that such sale is being made in reliance on Rule 144A; or

(B) in accordance with the restrictions set forth in Annex C hereto.

(c) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that the Company and, for purposes of the “no registration” opinions to be delivered to the Initial Purchasers pursuant to Section 6(f) and Section 6(j), counsel for the Company and counsel for the Initial Purchasers, respectively, may rely upon the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers, and compliance by the Initial Purchasers with their agreements, contained in paragraph (b) above (including Annex C hereto), and each Initial Purchaser hereby consents to such reliance.

(d) The Company and each of the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that the Initial Purchasers may offer and sell Securities to or through any affiliate of an Initial Purchaser and that any such affiliate may offer and sell Securities purchased by it to or through any Initial Purchaser; provided that such offers and sales shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.

(e) The Company and the Guarantors acknowledge and agree that the Initial Purchasers are acting solely in the capacity of an arm’s length contractual counterparty to the Company and the Guarantors with respect to the offering of Securities contemplated hereby (including in connection with determining the terms of the offering) and not as financial advisors or fiduciaries to, or agents of, the Company, the Guarantors or any other person. Additionally, neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser is advising the Company, the Guarantors or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company and the Guarantors shall consult with their own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making their own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and neither the Representative nor any other Initial Purchaser shall have any responsibility or liability to the Company or the Guarantors with respect thereto. Any review by the Representative or any Initial Purchaser of the Company, the Guarantors, and the transactions contemplated hereby or other matters relating to such transactions will be performed solely for the benefit of the Representative or such Initial Purchaser, as the case may be, and shall not be on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or any other person.

 

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2. Payment and Delivery. (a) Payment for and delivery of the Securities will be made at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP at 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on December 10, 2010, or at such other time or place on the same or such other date, not later than the fifth business day thereafter, as the Representative and the Company may agree upon in writing. The time and date of such payment and delivery is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

(b) Payment for the Securities shall be made by wire transfer in immediately available funds to account(s) specified by the Company to the Representative against delivery to the nominee of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), for the account of the Initial Purchasers, of one or more global notes representing the Securities (collectively, the “Global Note”), with any transfer taxes payable in connection with the sale of the Securities duly paid by the Company. The Global Note will be made available for inspection by the Representative not later than 1:00 p.m., New York City time, on the business day prior to the Closing Date.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and the Guarantors jointly and severally represent and warrant to each Initial Purchaser that:

(a) Preliminary Offering Memorandum, Time of Sale Information and 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, will not, and the Offering Memorandum, at the time first used by the Initial Purchasers to confirm sales of the Securities and as of the Closing Date, 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 and the Guarantors make no representation or warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company or the Guarantors in writing by or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum.

(b) Additional Written Communications. Neither the Company nor the Guarantors (including their respective agents and representatives, other than the Initial Purchasers in their capacity as such) have prepared, made, used, authorized, approved or referred to nor will it 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 (each such communication by the Company or its agents and representatives (other than a communication referred to in clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) below) an “Issuer Written Communication”) other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, (ii) the Offering Memorandum, (iii) the documents listed on Annex A hereto, including a term sheet substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, which constitute part of the Time of Sale Information, and (iv) any electronic road show or other written communications, in each case used in accordance with Section 4(c). Each such Issuer Written Communication, when taken together with the Time of Sale Information, did not, and at the Closing Date 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 and the Guarantors make no representation and warranty with respect to any statements or omissions made in each such Issuer Written Communication in reliance upon and in conformity with information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company or the Guarantors in writing by or on behalf of such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in any Issuer Written Communication.

 

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(c) Incorporated Documents. The documents incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, when filed with the Commission, conformed or will conform, as the case may be, in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder, and, when considered together with the Time of Sale Information or Offering Memorandum, as applicable, did not and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(d) Financial Statements. The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations and the changes in their cash flows for the periods specified; such financial statements have been prepared in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby; the other financial information included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum has been derived from the accounting records of the Company and its subsidiaries and presents fairly in all material respects the information shown thereby; and the pro forma financial information and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum give pro forma effect to the adjustments (as described in the Time of Sale Information under the caption “Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated financial information”) in accordance with the Commission’s rules and guidance with respect to pro forma financial information in all material respects, and the assumptions underlying such pro forma financial information are reasonable and are set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

 

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(e) No Material Adverse Change. Since the date of the most recent financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, in each case (i) there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Company on any class of capital stock, or any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in or affecting the business, assets, management, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and (iii) neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained 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 disturbance or dispute or any action, order or decree of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except in respect of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above as otherwise disclosed in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

(f) Organization and Good Standing. The Company and each of its subsidiaries have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, are duly qualified to do business and are in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, properties, financial position or results of operations of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or on the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their obligations under this Agreement, the Securities and the Guarantees (a “Material Adverse Effect”). The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity other than the subsidiaries listed in Schedule 3 to this Agreement.

(g) Capitalization. The Company has an authorized capitalization as of September 30, 2010 as set forth in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Capitalization,” and all the outstanding shares of capital stock or other equity interests of the Company and each subsidiary of the Company have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and non-assessable (except, in the case of any foreign subsidiary, for directors’ qualifying shares) and, with respect to the subsidiaries, are owned directly or indirectly by the Company, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party, except pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement.

(h) Due Authorization. The Company and each of the Guarantors have full right, power and authority to execute and deliver, in each case, to the extent a party thereto, this Agreement, the Securities, the Exchange Securities (including the related guarantees), the Indenture (including each Guarantee set forth therein) and the Registration Rights Agreement and the New Credit Facilities Documentation (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”), and to perform their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder; and all action required to be taken for the due and proper authorization, execution and delivery of each of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby has been or will be duly and validly taken on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(i) The Indenture. The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or law) relating to enforceability (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”); and 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 an indenture that is qualified thereunder.

(j) The Securities and the Guarantees. The Securities have been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, the Securities will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. On the Closing Date, the Guarantees will have been duly authorized by each of the Guarantors and, when the Securities have been duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, the Guarantees will be valid and legally binding obligations of each of the Guarantors, enforceable against each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(k) The Exchange Securities. The Exchange Securities (including the related guarantees) have been duly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as contemplated by the Indenture and the Registration Rights Agreement, the Exchange Securities (including the related guarantees) will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, as issuer, and each of the Guarantors, as guarantors, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

(l) Purchase Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and each of the Guarantors; and the Registration Rights Agreement has been duly authorized by the Company and each of the Guarantors and, when duly executed and delivered in accordance with its terms by each of the other parties thereto, will constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of the Company and each of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and each of the Guarantors in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, and except that rights to indemnity and contribution thereunder may be limited by applicable law and public policy.

 

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(m) Other Transaction Documents. The New Credit Facilities Documentation has been duly authorized by the Company and, when duly executed and delivered 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 to the Enforceability Exceptions.

(n) Descriptions of the Transaction Documents. Each of the Transaction Documents conforms in all material respects to the description thereof contained in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum (to the extent described therein).

(o) No Violation or Default. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of its charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents; (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, 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 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 property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject; or (iii) in violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for any such default or violation that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(p) No Conflicts. The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party (including but not limited to, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the Guarantees)), and compliance by the Company and each of the Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, 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 property or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject (other than any lien, charge or encumbrance created or imposed pursuant to the Transaction Documents), (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the charter or by-laws or similar organizational documents of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or (iii) result in the violation of any law or statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority, except, in the case of clauses (i) and (iii) above, for any such conflict, breach, violation, default, lien, charge or encumbrance that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(q) No Consents Required. No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or arbitrator or governmental or regulatory authority is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which each is a party, the issuance and sale of the Securities (including the Guarantees) and compliance by the Company and each of the Guarantors with the terms thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, except for such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders and registrations or qualifications (A) as may be required (i) under applicable state securities laws in connection with the purchase and resale of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers, (ii) with respect to the Exchange Securities (including the related guarantees) under the Securities Act, the Trust Indenture Act and applicable state securities laws as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement and (iii) that if not obtained or made would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) as have been obtained or made prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(r) Legal Proceedings. Except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits or proceedings pending to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be a party or to which any property of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is or may be the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, if determined adversely to the Company or any of its subsidiaries, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and no such investigations, actions, suits or proceedings are, to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, threatened or contemplated by any governmental or regulatory authority or by others.

(s) Independent Accountants. Deloitte & Touche LLP, who has certified certain financial statements of the Company and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants with respect to the Company and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and as required by the Securities Act.

(t) Title to Real and Personal Property. The Company and its subsidiaries have good and marketable title in fee simple to, or have valid rights to lease or otherwise use, all items of real and personal property that are material to the respective businesses of the Company and its subsidiaries, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, claims and defects and imperfections of title except for those that (i) would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) are created pursuant to the New Credit Facilities Documentation or (iii) were created pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreement and will be repaid and terminated on the Closing Date.

(u) Intellectual Property. Except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the Company and its subsidiaries own or possess adequate rights to use all material patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, trademark registrations, service mark registrations and other indicia of origin, copyrights, works of authorship, all applications and registrations for the foregoing, domain names and know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures) necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, free of liens (other than liens created pursuant to the Transaction Documents); to the knowledge of the Company and the Guarantors, the conduct of their respective businesses does not infringe or otherwise violate any such rights of others (except for such infringements or other violations as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect); to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, no third party violates or infringes the intellectual property owned by the Company or any of its subsidiaries except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and neither the Company nor its subsidiaries have received any written notice of any claim of infringement or other violation of any such rights of others that, if determined in a manner adverse to the Company and its subsidiaries, would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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

(w) Investment Company Act. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors is, and after giving effect to the offering and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum none of them will be, an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

(x) Taxes. The Company and its subsidiaries have paid all federal, state, local and foreign taxes and filed all tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof (taking into account any validly obtained extension of the time within which to file) except for items being contested in good faith for which adequate reserves for taxes have been established in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles or where failure to pay or file, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there is no material tax deficiency that has been, or could reasonably be expected to be, asserted against the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets.

(y) FCC Licenses and Permits. Except as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and Offering Memorandum, the Company and its subsidiaries hold all material Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) permits, licenses, authorizations and approvals for its broadcast stations (collectively, the “FCC Authorizations”) that are necessary to conduct their respective businesses in the manner in which they are currently being conducted as described in the Time of Sale Information and Offering Memorandum; the FCC Authorizations are in full force and effect; the operations of the stations owned or operated by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (the “Stations”) are in compliance with the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules, regulations, written policies and decisions of the FCC thereunder (collectively, the “Communications Act”); and all reports and documents that are required by the Communications Act to be filed with respect to the ownership, management or operation of the Stations have been duly and timely filed, except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(z) Other Licenses and Permits. In addition to the FCC Authorizations, the Company and its subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings with, the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory authorities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, except where the failure to possess or make the same would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has received notice of any revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or authorization or has any reason to believe that any such license, certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary course, except where such modification or failure to renew, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(aa) No Labor Disputes. No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, is contemplated or threatened, and neither the Company nor any Guarantor is aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of the Company’s or any of the Company’s subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(bb) Compliance With Environmental Laws. (i) The Company and its subsidiaries (x) are, and were during the applicable statute of limitations, in compliance with any and all applicable federal, state, local and foreign laws, rules, regulations, requirements, decisions and orders relating to the protection of human health or safety, the environment, natural resources, hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (collectively, “Environmental Laws”), (y) have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses, certificates or other authorizations or approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted, and (z) have not received written notice of any actual or potential liability under or relating to any Environmental Laws, including for the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, and have no knowledge of any event or condition that would reasonably be expected to result in any such notice, that would with respect to clause (x), (y) or (z), individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) there are no costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws of or relating to the Company or its subsidiaries, except in the case of each of (i) and (ii) above, for any such failure to comply, or failure to receive required permits, licenses or approvals, written notice, or cost or liability, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) (x) there are no proceedings that are pending, or that are to the Company’s or the Guarantors’ knowledge contemplated, against the Company or any of its subsidiaries under any Environmental Laws in which a governmental entity is also a party, other than such proceedings regarding which it is reasonably believed no monetary sanctions of $100,000 or more will be imposed, (y) neither the Company nor the Guarantors has knowledge of any issues regarding compliance with Environmental Laws, or liabilities or other obligations under Environmental Laws or concerning hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (z) neither the Company nor its subsidiaries anticipates material capital expenditures relating to any Environmental Laws that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(cc) Compliance With ERISA. (i) Each employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), for which the Company or any member of its “Controlled Group” (defined as any organization which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”)) would have any liability (each, a “Plan”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and the requirements of any applicable statutes, orders, rules and regulations, including but not limited to ERISA and the Code; (ii) no prohibited transaction, within the meaning of Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code, has occurred with respect to any Plan excluding transactions effected pursuant to a statutory or administrative exemption; (iii) for each Plan that is subject to the funding rules of Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, no “accumulated funding deficiency” as defined in Section 412 of the Code, whether or not waived, has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; (iv) except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the fair market value of the assets of each Plan exceeds the present value of all benefits accrued under such Plan (determined based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan); (v) except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, each pension plan within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA that is maintained outside the jurisdiction of the United States satisfies the minimum funding requirements to the extent required by applicable law, (vi) no “reportable event” (within the meaning of Section 4043(c) of ERISA) has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur; and (vii) neither the Company nor any member of its Controlled Group has incurred, nor reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than contributions to the Plan or premiums to the PBGC, in the ordinary course and without default) in respect of a Plan (including a “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), and except for where failure to comply with any of the clauses (i) through (vii) of this paragraph would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(dd) Disclosure Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain a system of “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) that is designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms, including controls and procedures designed to ensure that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company and its subsidiaries have carried out evaluations of the effectiveness of their disclosure controls and procedures as required by Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act.

 

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(ee) Accounting Controls. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain systems of “internal control over financial reporting” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that comply with the requirements of the Exchange Act and have been designed by, or under the supervision of, their respective principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company and its subsidiaries maintain internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorizations; (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain asset accountability; (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization; and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with the existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences. Except as disclosed in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, there are no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in the Company’s and its subsidiaries’ internal controls.

(ff) Insurance. The Company and its subsidiaries have insurance covering their respective properties, operations, personnel and businesses, including business interruption insurance, which insurance is in amounts and insures against such losses and risks as the Company and its subsidiaries believe are adequate to protect their respective businesses; and neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that capital improvements or other expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance or (ii) any reason to believe that it will not be able to renew its existing insurance coverage as and when such coverage expires or to obtain similar coverage at reasonable cost from similar insurers, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

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

(hh) Compliance with Money Laundering Laws. The operations of the Company and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in compliance in all material respects with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “Money Laundering Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company and each of the Guarantors, threatened.

 

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(ii) Compliance with OFAC. None of the Company, any of its subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Company or any Guarantor, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“OFAC”); and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering of the Securities hereunder, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(jj) Solvency. On and immediately after the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors on a consolidated basis (after giving effect to the issuance of the Securities and the other transactions related thereto as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum) 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 and the Guarantors is not less than the total amount required to pay the liabilities of the Company and the Guarantors on their combined total existing debts and liabilities (including contingent liabilities) as they become absolute and matured; (ii) the Company and the Guarantors are able to realize upon their assets and pay their debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and commitments 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 borrowings under the New Credit Facilities and the use of proceeds therefrom as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, the Company and the Guarantors are not incurring debts or liabilities beyond their ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature; (iv) the Company and the Guarantors are not engaged in any business or transaction, and do not propose to engage in any business or transaction, for which their property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which the Company and its subsidiaries are engaged; and (v) the Company and the Guarantors are not defendants in any civil action that would result in a judgment that the Company and the Guarantors are or would become unable to satisfy.

(kk) No Restrictions on Subsidiaries. On the Closing Date, no subsidiary of the Company will be prohibited, directly or indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is as of the Closing Date a party or will be subject, from paying any dividends to the Company, from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s capital stock or similar ownership interests, 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, except (i) pursuant to the New Credit Facilities, (ii) to the extent such restriction or prohibition would constitute a Permitted Lien under and as defined in the Indenture or the Transaction Documents or (iii) as disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum or as created under the Transaction Documents.

(ll) No Broker’s Fees. Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is a party to any contract, agreement or understanding with any person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid claim against any of them or any Initial Purchaser for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities.

 

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(mm) Rule 144A Eligibility. On the Closing Date, the Securities will not be of the same class as securities of the Company 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 Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, as of its respective date, contains or will contain 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. None of the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective 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 or Directed Selling Efforts. None of the Company, the Guarantors nor any of their respective affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no representation is made) has (i) 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 or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engaged in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”), and all such persons have complied with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

(pp) Securities Law Exemptions. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Initial Purchasers contained in Section 1(b) (including Annex C hereto) and their compliance with their agreements set forth therein, it is not necessary, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Initial Purchasers and the offer, resale and delivery of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum, to register the Securities under the Securities Act or to qualify the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.

(qq) No Stabilization. None of the Company nor any of the Guarantors has taken, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

(rr) Margin Rules. Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum will violate Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any other regulation of such Board of Governors.

(ss) Forward-Looking Statements. No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) included or incorporated by reference in any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

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(tt) Statistical and Market Data. Nothing has come to the attention of the Company or any Guarantor that has caused such entity to believe that the statistical and market-related data included or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum is not based on or derived from sources that are reliable and accurate in all material respects.

(uu) Sarbanes-Oxley Act. To the extent applicable, there is and has been no failure on the part of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or any of their directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), including Section 402 related to loans and Sections 302 and 906 related to certifications.

4. Further Agreements of the Company and the Guarantors. The Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally covenant and agree, with each Initial Purchaser that:

(a) Delivery of Copies. The Company will deliver, without charge, to the Initial Purchasers as many copies of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including all amendments and supplements thereto) as the Representative may reasonably request.

(b) Offering Memorandum, Amendments or Supplements. Before finalizing the Offering Memorandum or making or distributing any amendment or supplement to any of the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum or filing with the Commission any document that will be incorporated by reference therein, the Company will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of the proposed Offering Memorandum or such amendment or supplement or document to be incorporated by reference for review, and will not distribute any such proposed Offering Memorandum, amendment or supplement or file any such document with the Commission to which the Representative reasonably objects.

(c) Additional Written Communications. Before using, authorizing, approving or referring to any Issuer Written Communication (other than those listed on Annex A), the Company and the Guarantors will furnish to the Representative and counsel for the Initial Purchasers a copy of such written communication for review and will not use, authorize, approve or refer to any such written communication to which the Representative reasonably objects.

(d) Notice to the Representative. The Company will advise the Representative promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the issuance by any governmental or regulatory authority of any order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose; (ii) of the occurrence of any event at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include 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 existing when such Time of Sale Information, Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; and (iii) of the receipt by the Company of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and the Company will use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order preventing or suspending the use of any of the Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, will use reasonable best efforts to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

 

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(e) Time of Sale Information. If at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which any of the Time of Sale Information as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement any of the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to any of the Time of Sale Information (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in any of the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented (including such document to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, be misleading or so that any of the Time of Sale Information will comply with law.

(f) Ongoing Compliance of the Offering Memorandum. If at any time prior to the completion of the initial offering of the Securities (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Offering Memorandum as then amended or supplemented would include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Offering Memorandum to comply with law, the Company will promptly notify the Initial Purchasers thereof and forthwith prepare and, subject to paragraph (b) above, furnish to the Initial Purchasers such amendments or supplements to the Offering Memorandum (or any document to be filed with the Commission and incorporated by reference therein) as may be necessary so that the statements in the Offering Memorandum as so amended or supplemented (including such document to be incorporated by reference therein) will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Offering Memorandum is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Offering Memorandum will comply with law.

(g) Blue Sky Compliance. The Company will qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative shall reasonably request and will continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for the offering and resale of the Securities; provided that neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors shall be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation or other entity or as a dealer in securities in any such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file any general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any such jurisdiction if it is not otherwise so subject.

 

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(h) Clear Market. During the period from the date hereof through and including the date that is 90 days after the date hereof, the Company and each of the Guarantors will not, without the prior written consent of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, offer, sell, contract to sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of any debt securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors and having a term of more than one year.

(i) Use of Proceeds. The Company will apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Securities in the manner described in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum under the heading “Use of proceeds.”

(j) Supplying Information. While the Securities remain outstanding and are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, the Company and each of the Guarantors will, during any period in which the Company is not subject to and in compliance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, furnish to holders of the Securities and prospective purchasers of the Securities designated by such holders, upon the request of such holders or such prospective purchasers, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

(k) DTC. The Company will assist the Initial Purchasers in arranging for the Securities to be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(l) No Resales by the Issuers. Until the Exchange Securities are issued pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement in exchange for all of the Securities, the Company will not, and will not permit any of their respective controlled affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) to, resell any of the Securities that have been acquired by any of them, except for Securities purchased by the Company or any of their affiliates and resold in a transaction registered under the Securities Act.

(m) No Integration. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates (as defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D) will, directly or through any agent, sell, offer for sale, solicit offers to buy or otherwise negotiate 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.

(n) No General Solicitation or Directed Selling Efforts. Neither the Company nor any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf (other than the Initial Purchasers, as to which no covenant is given) will (i) 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 or in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(2) of the Securities Act or (ii) engage in any directed selling efforts within the meaning of Regulation S, and all such persons will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

 

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(o) No Stabilization. Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors will take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in any stabilization or manipulation of the price of the Securities.

5. Certain Agreements of the Initial Purchasers. Each Initial Purchaser hereby represents and agrees that it has not and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of, any written communication that constitutes an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities other than (i) the Preliminary Offering Memorandum and the Offering Memorandum, (ii) a written communication that contains no “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433(h)(2) under the Securities Act) that was not included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum, (iii) any written communication listed on Annex A or prepared by the Company pursuant to Section 4(c) above (including any electronic road show), (iv) any written communication prepared by such Initial Purchaser and approved by the Company in advance in writing or (v) any written communication that contains the preliminary or final terms of the Securities or their offering and/or other information that was included (including through incorporation by reference) in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum or the Offering Memorandum.

6. Conditions of Initial Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligation of each Initial Purchaser to purchase Securities on the Closing Date as provided herein is subject to the performance by the Company and each of the Guarantors of their respective covenants and other obligations hereunder and to the following additional conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors contained herein shall be true and correct on the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date; and the statements of the Company, the Guarantors and their respective officers made in any certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date.

(b) No Downgrade. Subsequent to the earlier of (A) the Time of Sale and (B) the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Securities or any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries by any “nationally recognized statistical rating organization,” as such term is defined by the Commission for purposes of Rule 436(g)(2) under the Securities Act; and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review, or has changed its outlook with respect to, its rating of the Securities or of any other debt securities or preferred stock issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading).

(c) No Material Adverse Change. No event or condition described in Section 3(e) hereof shall have occurred or shall exist, which event or condition is not described in each of the Time of Sale Information (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the Offering Memorandum (excluding any amendment or supplement thereto) and the effect of which in the judgment of the Representative makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

 

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(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date a certificate of an executive officer of the Company and of each Guarantor who has specific knowledge of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s financial matters and is satisfactory to the Representative (i) confirming that such officer has carefully reviewed the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum and, to the knowledge of such officer, the representations set forth in Sections 3(a), 3(b), 3(c) and 3(d) hereof are true and correct, (ii) confirming that the other representations and warranties of the Company and the Guarantors in this Agreement are true and correct and that the Company and the Guarantors have complied in all material respects with all agreements and satisfied all conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to the Closing Date and (iii) to the effect set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) above.

(e) Comfort Letters. On the date of this Agreement and on the Closing Date, Deloitte & Touche LLP shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, letters, dated the respective dates of delivery thereof and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative, containing statements and information of the type customarily included in accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters with respect to the financial statements and certain financial information contained or incorporated by reference in each of the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum; provided that the letter delivered on the Closing Date shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the Closing Date.

(f) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Company. Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion and 10b-5 statement, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in the form set forth in Annex D hereto.

(g) Opinion of General Counsel of the Company. Jacquelyn J. Orr, General Counsel and Vice President of the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, her written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in the form set forth in Annex E hereto.

(h) Opinion of Regulatory Counsel. Lerman Senter PLLC, special regulatory counsel for the Company, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in the form set forth in Annex F hereto.

(i) Opinion of Nevada Counsel. Coppedge Emmel & Klegerman PC, special counsel for the Company in the State of Nevada, shall have furnished to the Representative, at the request of the Company, their written opinion, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Initial Purchasers, substantially in the form set forth in Annex G hereto.

 

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(j) Opinion and 10b-5 Statement of Counsel for the Initial Purchasers. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date an opinion and 10b-5 statement of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Initial Purchasers, with respect to such matters as the Representative may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(k) No Legal Impediment to Issuance. No action shall have been taken and no statute, rule, regulation or order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any federal, state or foreign governmental or regulatory authority that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees; and no injunction or order of any federal, state or foreign court shall have been issued that would, as of the Closing Date, prevent the issuance or sale of the Securities or the issuance of the Guarantees.

(l) Good Standing. The Representative shall have received on and as of the Closing Date satisfactory evidence of the existence or good standing of the Company and the Guarantors in their respective jurisdictions of organization and their good standing in such other jurisdictions as the Representative may reasonably request, in each case in writing or any standard form of telecommunication, from the appropriate governmental authorities of such jurisdictions.

(m) Registration Rights Agreement. The Initial Purchasers shall have received a counterpart of the Registration Rights Agreement that shall have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and each of the Guarantors.

(n) Indenture and Securities. The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each of the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee, and the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee.

(o) DTC. The Securities shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

(p) New Credit Facilities. Prior to or substantially contemporaneously with the purchase of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers, the Company shall have received at least $250.0 million in gross cash proceeds from borrowings under the New Credit Facilities.

(q) Existing Credit Agreement. The Representative shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that, substantially simultaneously with the purchase of the Securities by the Initial Purchasers, all loans outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement, and all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and other amounts owing thereunder shall have terminated, and all liens securing obligations thereunder shall have been released.

(r) Additional Documents. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Company and the Guarantors shall have furnished to the Representative such further certificates and documents as the Representative may reasonably request.

 

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All opinions, letters, certificates and evidence mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Initial Purchasers.

7. Indemnification and Contribution.

(a) Indemnification of the Initial Purchasers. The Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls such Initial Purchaser within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including, without limitation, reasonable legal fees and other expenses incurred in connection with any suit, action or proceeding or any claim asserted, as such fees and expenses are incurred), joint or several, that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case except insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use therein.

(b) Indemnification of the Company and the Guarantors. Each Initial Purchaser agrees, severally and not jointly, to indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of the Guarantors, each of their respective directors and officers and each person, if any, who controls the Company or any of the Guarantors within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act to the same extent as the indemnity set forth in paragraph (a) above, but only with respect to any losses, claims, damages or liabilities that arise out of, or are based upon, any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in conformity with any information relating to such Initial Purchaser furnished to the Company in writing by such Initial Purchaser through the Representative expressly for use in the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any of the other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication or the Offering Memorandum (or any amendment or supplement thereto), it being understood and agreed that the only such information consists of the following: (i) the second, third, fourth and fifth sentences under the subheading “Securities owned by the initial purchasers”, found under the heading “Principal stockholders,” (ii) the third sentence of footnote four and the first sentence of footnote six, in each case found under the heading “Principal stockholders” and (iii) the second, third and fourth sentences of the fourteenth paragraph, found under the heading “Plan of distribution.”

 

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(c) Notice and Procedures. If any suit, action, proceeding (including any governmental or regulatory investigation), claim or demand shall be brought or asserted against any person in respect of which indemnification may be sought pursuant to either paragraph (a) or (b) above, such person (the “Indemnified Person”) shall promptly notify the person against whom such indemnification may be sought (the “Indemnifying Person”) in writing; provided that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under paragraph (a) or (b) above except to the extent that it has been materially prejudiced (through the forfeiture of substantive rights or defenses) by such failure; and provided, further, that the failure to notify the Indemnifying Person shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have to an Indemnified Person otherwise than under paragraph (a) or (b) above. If any such proceeding shall be brought or asserted against an Indemnified Person and it shall have notified the Indemnifying Person thereof, the Indemnifying Person shall retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person (who shall not, without the consent of the Indemnified Person, be counsel to the Indemnifying Person) to represent the Indemnified Person and any others entitled to indemnification pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) above that the Indemnifying Person may designate in such proceeding and shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such proceeding and shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel related to such proceeding, as incurred. In any such proceeding, any Indemnified Person shall have the right to retain its own counsel, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of such Indemnified Person unless (i) the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person shall have mutually agreed to the contrary; (ii) the Indemnifying Person has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Person; (iii) the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it that are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Person; or (iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the Indemnifying Person and the Indemnified Person and the Indemnified Person shall have reasonably concluded that representation of both parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them. It is understood and agreed that the Indemnifying Person shall not, in connection with any proceeding or related proceeding in the same jurisdiction, be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel) for all Indemnified Persons, and that all such fees and expenses shall be reimbursed as they are incurred. Any such separate firm for any Initial Purchaser, its affiliates, directors and officers and any control persons of such Initial Purchaser shall be designated in writing by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and any such separate firm for the Company, the Guarantors, their respective directors and officers and any control persons of the Company and the Guarantors shall be designated in writing by the Company. The Indemnifying Person shall not be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent, but if settled with such consent or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff, the Indemnifying Person agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Person from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, if at any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested that an Indemnifying Person reimburse the Indemnified Person for fees and expenses of counsel as contemplated by this paragraph, the Indemnifying Person shall be liable for any settlement of any proceeding effected without its written consent if (i) such settlement is entered into more than 30 days after receipt by the Indemnifying Person of such request and (ii) the Indemnifying Person shall not have reimbursed the Indemnified Person in accordance with such request prior to the date of such settlement. No Indemnifying Person shall, without the written consent of the Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any Indemnified Person is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person, unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified Person.

 

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(d) Contribution. If the indemnification provided for in paragraphs (a) and (b) above is unavailable to an Indemnified Person or insufficient in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities referred to therein, then each Indemnifying Person under such paragraph, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Person thereunder, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (i) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other from the offering of the Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Company from the sale of the Securities and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers in connection therewith, as provided in this Agreement, bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. The relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or any Guarantor or by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.

(e) Limitation on Liability. The Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 7 were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Initial Purchasers were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in paragraph (d) above. The amount paid or payable by an Indemnified Person as a result of the losses, claims, damages and liabilities referred to in paragraph (d) above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth above, any legal or other expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 7, in no event shall an Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by such Initial Purchaser with respect to the offering of the Securities exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The Initial Purchasers’ obligations to contribute pursuant to this Section 7 are several in proportion to their respective purchase obligations hereunder and not joint.

 

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(f) Non-Exclusive Remedies. The remedies provided for in this Section 7 are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies that may otherwise be available to any Indemnified Person at law or in equity.

8. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated in the absolute discretion of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, by notice to the Company, if after the execution and delivery of this Agreement and on or prior to the Closing Date (i) trading generally shall have been suspended or materially limited on the New York Stock Exchange or the over-the-counter market; (ii) trading of any securities issued or guaranteed by the Company or any of the Guarantors shall have been suspended on any exchange or in any over-the-counter market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities shall have been declared by federal or New York State authorities; or (iv) there shall have occurred any outbreak or escalation of hostilities or any change in financial markets or any calamity or crisis, either within or outside the United States, that, in the judgment of J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, is material and adverse and makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the offering, sale or delivery, of the Securities on the terms and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, the Time of Sale Information and the Offering Memorandum.

9. Defaulting Initial Purchaser. (a) If, on the Closing Date, any Initial Purchaser defaults on its obligation to purchase the Securities that it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers may in their discretion arrange for the purchase of such Securities by other persons satisfactory to the Company on the terms contained in this Agreement. If, within 36 hours after any such default by any Initial Purchaser, the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers do not arrange for the purchase of such Securities, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of 36 hours within which to procure other persons satisfactory to the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers to purchase such Securities on such terms. If other persons become obligated or agree to purchase the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser, either the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers or the Company may postpone the Closing Date for up to five full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Initial Purchasers may be necessary in the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum or in any other document or arrangement, and the Company agrees to promptly prepare any amendment or supplement to the Time of Sale Information or the Offering Memorandum that effects any such changes. As used in this Agreement, the term “Initial Purchaser” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires, any person not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 9, purchases Securities that a defaulting Initial Purchaser agreed but failed to purchase.

(b) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased does not exceed one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Initial Purchaser to purchase the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder plus such Initial Purchaser’s pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Securities that such Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Securities of such defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers for which such arrangements have not been made.

 

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(c) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Securities of a defaulting Initial Purchaser or Initial Purchasers by the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers and the Company as provided in paragraph (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Securities that remains unpurchased exceeds one-eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Securities, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in paragraph (b) above, then this Agreement shall terminate without liability on the part of the non-defaulting Initial Purchasers. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 9 shall be without liability on the part of the Company or the Guarantors, except that the Company and each of the Guarantors will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses as set forth in Section 10 hereof and except that the provisions of Section 7 hereof shall not terminate and shall remain in effect.

(d) Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Initial Purchaser of any liability it may have to the Company, the Guarantors or any non-defaulting Initial Purchaser for damages caused by its default.

10. Payment of Expenses. (a) Whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, the Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incident to the performance of their respective obligations hereunder, including without limitation, (i) the costs incident to the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and any taxes payable in that connection; (ii) the costs incident to the preparation and printing of the Preliminary Offering Memorandum, any other Time of Sale Information, any Issuer Written Communication and the Offering Memorandum (including any amendment or supplement thereto) and the distribution thereof; (iii) the costs of reproducing and distributing each of the Transaction Documents; (iv) the fees and expenses of the Company’s and the Guarantors’ counsel and independent accountants; (v) the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the registration or qualification and determination of eligibility for investment of the Securities under the laws of such jurisdictions as the Representative may designate and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including the related fees and expenses of counsel for the Initial Purchasers); (vi) any fees charged by rating agencies for rating the Securities; (vii) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any paying agent (including related fees and expenses of any counsel to such parties); (viii) all expenses and fees incurred in connection with the approval of the Securities for book-entry transfer by DTC; and (ix) all expenses incurred by the Company in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors; provided that the Initial Purchasers shall pay, except as contemplated by clause (v) of this Section 10(a) and by Section(b), their own counsel fees and travel expenses in connection with any “road show” presentation to potential investors, including 50% of the cost of any chartered aircraft.

(b) If (i) this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8, (ii) the Company for any reason fails to tender the Securities for delivery to the Initial Purchasers or (iii) the Initial Purchasers decline to purchase the Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement, the Company and each of the Guarantors jointly and severally agree to reimburse the Initial Purchasers for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including the fees and expenses of their counsel) reasonably incurred by the Initial Purchasers in connection with this Agreement and the offering contemplated hereby.

 

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11. Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and any controlling persons referred to herein, and the affiliates, officers and directors of each Initial Purchaser referred to in Section 7 hereof. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any other person any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein. No purchaser of Securities from any Initial Purchaser shall be deemed to be a successor merely by reason of such purchase.

12. Survival. The respective indemnities, rights of contribution, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers pursuant to this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any termination of this Agreement or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Company, the Guarantors or the Initial Purchasers.

13. Certain Defined Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (b) the term “business day” means any day other than a day on which banks are permitted or required to be closed in New York City; (c) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act; (d) the term “written communication” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and (e) the term “significant subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.

14. Miscellaneous. (a) Authority of the Representative. Any action by the Initial Purchasers hereunder may be taken by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC on behalf of the Initial Purchasers, and any such action taken by J.P. Morgan Securities LLC shall be binding upon the Initial Purchasers.

(b) Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if mailed or transmitted and confirmed by any standard form of telecommunication. Notices to the Initial Purchasers shall be given to the Representative c/o J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, 383 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10179 (fax: 212-270-1063), Attention: Richard Gabriel. Notices to the Company and the Guarantors shall be given to them at Citadel Broadcasting Corporation, 142 W. 57th Street, 11th Floor, New York, New York 10019 (fax: 212 887-1675), Attn: General Counsel, with a copy to: Kirkland & Ellis LLP, 601 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 (fax: 212-446-4900), Attn: Joshua N. Korff and Christopher A. Kitchen.

(c) Governing Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

(d) Waiver of Jury Trial. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all right to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(e) Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in counterparts (which may include counterparts delivered by any standard form of telecommunication), each of which shall be an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

(f) Amendments or Waivers. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor any consent or approval to any departure therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto.

(g) Headings. The headings herein are included for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please indicate your acceptance of this Agreement by signing in the space provided below.

 

Very truly yours,
CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION
By:   /s/ Randy L. Taylor
Name:   Randy L. Taylor
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Each of the Guarantors listed on Schedule 2 hereto
By:   /s/ Randy L. Taylor
Name:   Randy L. Taylor
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Purchase Agreement]


Accepted: December 6, 2010

 

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC
For itself and on behalf of the several
Initial Purchasers listed in Schedule 1 hereto.
By:   /s/ Richard Gabriel
  Authorized Signatory


Schedule 1

 

Initial Purchaser

   Principal Amount  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

   $ 152,000,000   

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC

   $ 80,000,000   

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated

   $ 56,000,000   

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

   $ 56,000,000   

RBS Securities Inc.

   $ 56,000,000   
        

Total

   $ 400,000,000   


Schedule 2

Guarantors

 

SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR    JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION
Alphabet Acquisition Corp.    Delaware
Atlanta Radio, LLC    Delaware
Aviation I, LLC    Nevada
Chicago FM Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Chicago License, LLC    Delaware
Chicago Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Chicago Radio Holding, LLC    Delaware
Chicago Radio, LLC    Delaware
Citadel Broadcasting Company    Nevada
DC Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
DC Radio, LLC    Delaware
Detroit Radio, LLC    Delaware
International Radio, Inc.    Delaware
KLOS Radio, LLC    Delaware
KLOS-FM Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
KLOS Syndications Assets, LLC    Delaware
LA License, LLC    Delaware
LA Radio, LLC    Delaware
Minneapolis Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Minneapolis Radio, LLC    Delaware
Network License, LLC    Delaware
NY License, LLC    Delaware
NY Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
NY Radio, LLC    Delaware
Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Radio Networks, LLC    Delaware
Radio Today Entertainment, Inc.    New York
Radio Watermark, Inc.    Delaware
San Francisco Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
San Francisco Radio, LLC    Delaware
SF License, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Acquisition Partner, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Assets, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Radio Acquisition, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Radio Group, Ltd.    Texas
WPLJ Radio, LLC    Delaware
Oklahoma Radio Partners, LLC    Alabama


Schedule 3

Subsidiaries

 

SUBSIDIARY    JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION
Alphabet Acquisition Corp.    Delaware
Atlanta Radio, LLC    Delaware
Aviation I, LLC    Nevada
Chicago FM Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Chicago License, LLC    Delaware
Chicago Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Chicago Radio Holding, LLC    Delaware
Chicago Radio, LLC    Delaware
Citadel Broadcasting Company    Nevada
DC Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
DC Radio, LLC    Delaware
Detroit Radio, LLC    Delaware
International Radio, Inc.    Delaware
KLOS Radio, LLC    Delaware
KLOS-FM Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
KLOS Syndications Assets, LLC    Delaware
LA License, LLC    Delaware
LA Radio, LLC    Delaware
Minneapolis Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Minneapolis Radio, LLC    Delaware
Network License, LLC    Delaware
NY License, LLC    Delaware
NY Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
NY Radio, LLC    Delaware
Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding CBC, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding I, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding II, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding III, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding IV, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding V, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding VI, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding VII, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding VIII, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding IX, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding X, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding XI, LLC    Delaware
Radio License Holding XII, LLC    Delaware
Radio Networks, LLC    Delaware
Radio Today Entertainment, Inc.    New York
Radio Watermark, Inc.    Delaware
San Francisco Radio Assets, LLC    Delaware
San Francisco Radio, LLC    Delaware
SF License, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Acquisition Partner, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Assets, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Radio Acquisition, LLC    Delaware
WBAP-KSCS Radio Group, Ltd.    Texas
WPLJ Radio, LLC    Delaware
Oklahoma Radio Partners, LLC    Alabama


Annex A

Additional Time of Sale Information

 

1. List each document provided as an amendment or supplement to the Preliminary Offering Memorandum.

 

2. Supplement dated December 6, 2010.

 

3. Term sheet containing the terms of the Securities, substantially in the form of Annex B.

 

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Annex C

Restrictions on Offers and Sales Outside the United States

In connection with offers and sales of Securities outside the United States:

(a) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons except pursuant to an exemption from, or in transactions not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

(b) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:

(i) Such Initial Purchaser has offered and sold the Securities, and will offer and sell the Securities, (A) as part of their distribution at any time and (B) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities and the Closing Date, only in accordance with Regulation S under the Securities Act (“Regulation S”) or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act.

(ii) None of such Initial Purchaser or any of its affiliates or any other person acting on its or their behalf has engaged or will engage in any directed selling efforts with respect to the Securities, and all such persons have complied and will comply with the offering restrictions requirement of Regulation S.

(iii) At or prior to the confirmation of sale of any Securities sold in reliance on Regulation S, such Initial Purchaser will have sent to each distributor, dealer or other person receiving a selling concession, fee or other remuneration that purchases Securities from it during the distribution compliance period a confirmation or notice to substantially the following effect:

The Securities covered hereby have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and may not be offered or sold within the United States or to, or for the account or benefit of, U.S. persons (i) as part of their distribution at any time or (ii) otherwise until 40 days after the later of the commencement of the offering of the Securities and the date of original issuance of the Securities, except in accordance with Regulation S or Rule 144A or any other available exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Terms used above have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

(iv) Such Initial Purchaser has not and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with any distributor with respect to the distribution of the Securities, except with its affiliates or with the prior written consent of the Company.

 

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Terms used in paragraph (a) and this paragraph (b) and not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them by Regulation S.

(c) Each Initial Purchaser, severally and not jointly, represents, warrants and agrees that:

(i) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated any invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of Section 21 of the United Kingdom Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of any Securities in circumstances in which Section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company or the Guarantors; and

(ii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Securities in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

(d) Each Initial Purchaser acknowledges that no action has been or will be taken by the Company that would permit a public offering of the Securities, or possession or distribution of any of the Time of Sale Information, the Offering Memorandum, any Issuer Written Communication or any other offering or publicity material relating to the Securities, in any country or jurisdiction where action for that purpose is required.

(e) Each Initial Purchaser represents and warrants that in relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area that has implemented Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), with effect from and including the date on which the Prospectus Directive is implemented in that Relevant Member State (the “Relevant Implementation Date”), it has not made and will not make an offer of Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State prior to the publication of a prospectus in relation to the Securities which has been approved by the competent authority in that Relevant Member State or, where appropriate, approved in another Relevant Member State and notified to the competent authority in that Relevant Member State, all in accordance with the Prospectus Directive, except that it may, with effect from and including the Relevant Implementation Date, make an offer of Securities to the public in that Relevant Member State at any time to legal entities which are authorized or regulated to operate in the financial markets or, if not so authorized or regulated, whose corporate purpose is solely to invest in securities; to any legal entity which has two or more of (1) an average of at least 250 employees during the last financial year; (2) a total balance sheet of more than €43,000,000; and (3) an annual net turnover of more than €50,000,000, as shown in its last annual or consolidated accounts; or to fewer than 100 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive) subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representative for any such offer; or in any other circumstances which do not require the publication by the Company of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

 

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For the purposes of this provision, the expression an “offer of Securities to the public” in relation to any Securities in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and the Securities to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe to the Securities, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State, and the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC and includes any relevant implementing measure in each Relevant Member State.

 

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EX-10.2 5 dex102.htm CREDIT AGREEMENT Credit Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

among

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION,

CERTAIN LENDERS,

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

as Administrative Agent

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

as Co-Syndication Agents, and

CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC

and

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,

as Co-Documentation Agents

Dated as of December 10, 2010

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,

MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED

and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

          Page  
SECTION 1.    DEFINITIONS      1   

1.1

   Defined Terms      1   

1.2

   Other Definitional Provisions      26   
SECTION 2.    AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS      26   

2.1

   Term Loans      26   

2.2

   Repayment of Term Loans      27   

2.3

   Proceeds of Term Loans      27   
SECTION 3.    AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS      27   

3.1

   Revolving Credit Commitments      27   

3.2

   Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans      28   

3.3

   Issuance of Letters of Credit      28   

3.4

   Participating Interests      29   

3.5

   Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit      29   

3.6

   Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit      29   

3.7

   Swing Line Commitment      30   

3.8

   Participations      31   
SECTION 4.    GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT      31   

4.1

   Procedure for Borrowing by the Company      31   

4.2

   Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt      32   

4.3

   Conversion Options      33   

4.4

   Changes of Commitment Amounts      33   

4.5

   Optional Prepayments      34   

4.6

   Mandatory Prepayments      34   

4.7

   Interest Rates and Payment Dates      35   

4.8

   Computation of Interest and Fees      35   

4.9

   Commitment Fees      36   

4.10

   Certain Fees      36   

4.11

   Letter of Credit Fees      36   

4.12

   Letter of Credit Reserves      37   

4.13

   Further Assurances      38   

4.14

   Obligations Absolute      38   

4.15

   Assignments      38   

4.16

   Participations      38   

4.17

   Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans      39   

4.18

   Pro Rata Treatment and Payments      39   

4.19

   Illegality      40   

4.20

   Requirements of Law      41   

4.21

   Indemnity      42   

4.22

   Taxes      42   

4.23

   Defaulting Lender      45   

4.24

   Replacement of Lenders      47   

 

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4.25

   Prepayments Below Par      47   

4.26

   Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments      49   

4.27

   Incremental Facility      51   
SECTION 5.    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      52   

5.1

   Financial Condition      52   

5.2

   Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law      53   

5.3

   Corporate Power; Authorization      53   

5.4

   Enforceable Obligations      54   

5.5

   No Legal Bar      54   

5.6

   No Material Litigation      54   

5.7

   Investment Company Act      54   

5.8

   Federal Regulation      54   

5.9

   No Default      54   

5.10

   Taxes      54   

5.11

   Subsidiaries      55   

5.12

   Ownership of Property; Liens      55   

5.13

   Intellectual Property      55   

5.14

   Labor Matters      55   

5.15

   ERISA      55   

5.16

   Environmental Matters      55   

5.17

   Disclosure      56   

5.18

   Security Documents      56   

5.19

   Solvency      57   

5.20

   Use of Proceeds      57   

5.21

   Regulation H      57   
SECTION 6.    CONDITIONS PRECEDENT      57   

6.1

   Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit      57   

6.2

   Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit      59   
SECTION 7.    AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS      59   

7.1

   Financial Statements      59   

7.2

   Certificates; Other Information      60   

7.3

   Payment of Obligations      62   

7.4

   Conduct of Business; Maintenance of Existence; Compliance      62   

7.5

   Maintenance of Property; Insurance      62   

7.6

   Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions      62   

7.7

   Notices      63   

7.8

   Environmental Laws      63   

7.9

   [Reserved]      64   

7.10

   Additional Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledge of Stock of Additional Subsidiaries; Additional Collateral, etc.      64   

7.11

   Broadcast License Subsidiaries      64   
SECTION 8.    NEGATIVE COVENANTS      65   

8.1

   Financial Condition Covenants      65   

8.2

   Indebtedness      65   

8.3

   Limitation on Liens      67   

 

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8.4

   Limitation on Contingent Obligations      68   

8.5

   Prohibition of Fundamental Changes      68   

8.6

   Prohibition on Sale of Assets      69   

8.7

   Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances      72   

8.8

   Limitation on Dividends      74   

8.9

   Capital Expenditures      75   

8.10

   Transactions with Affiliates      76   

8.11

   Derivative Contracts      76   

8.12

   Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks      76   

8.13

   Fiscal Year      76   

8.14

   Negative Pledge Clauses      76   

8.15

   Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions      77   

8.16

   Management of Stations      77   

8.17

   Programming; Advertisements; FCC Licenses      77   

8.18

   Certain Payments of Indebtedness      78   
SECTION 9.    EVENTS OF DEFAULT      78   
SECTION 10.    THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE ISSUING LENDER      81   

10.1

   Appointment      81   

10.2

   Delegation of Duties      81   

10.3

   Exculpatory Provisions      81   

10.4

   Reliance by the Administrative Agent      81   

10.5

   Notice of Default      82   

10.6

   Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders      82   

10.7

   Indemnification      82   

10.8

   Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity      83   

10.9

   Successor Administrative Agent      83   

10.10

   Issuing Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit      83   

10.11

   No Other Agent Duties, Etc.      83   
SECTION 11.    MISCELLANEOUS      83   

11.1

   Amendments and Waivers      83   

11.2

   Notices      85   

11.3

   No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies      86   

11.4

   Survival of Representations and Warranties      86   

11.5

   Payment of Expenses      86   

11.6

   Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders      88   

11.7

   Adjustments; Set-off      91   

11.8

   Counterparts      92   

11.9

   Integration      92   

11.10

   GOVERNING LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS      92   

11.11

   SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS      92   

11.12

   Acknowledgements      93   

11.13

   Releases of Guarantees and Liens      93   

11.14

   Confidentiality      94   

11.15

   Severability      94   

11.16

   USA PATRIOT Act      94   

 

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SCHEDULES:

 

Schedule 1.1A    Commitments
Schedule 3.1    Letters of Credit
Schedule 5.9    No Default
Schedule 5.11(a)    Domestic Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.11(b)    Foreign Subsidiaries
Schedule 5.18    Financing Statements and Other Filings
Schedule 8.2    Existing Indebtedness
Schedule 8.3    Existing Liens
Schedule 8.4    Existing Contingent Obligations
Schedule 8.7    Existing Investments, Loans and Advances
Schedule 8.10    Transactions with Affiliates
Schedule 8.16    Stations in Trust / Owned Stations Under LMA Agreements

 

EXHIBITS:

 

Exhibit A    Form of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
Exhibit B-1    Form of Company Closing Certificate
Exhibit B-2    Form of Subsidiary Guarantor Closing Certificate
Exhibit C    Form of L/C Participation Certificate
Exhibit D    Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit E    Forms of Exemption Certificate
Exhibit F    Form of Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate
Exhibit G    Form of Discounted Prepayment Option Notice
Exhibit H    Form of Lender Participation Notice
Exhibit I    Form of Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 10, 2010, among CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), the several banks and other financial institutions or entities from time to time parties hereto (the “Lenders”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as co-syndication agents and CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC and THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as co-documentation agents.

WHEREAS, the Company, the lenders from time to time parties thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, have entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of June 3, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Existing Credit Agreement”); and

WHEREAS, the Company intends to refinance (the “Refinancing”) the obligations outstanding under the Existing Credit Agreement with the proceeds of (a) credit facilities comprised of a $350,000,000 term loan facility and a $150,000,000 revolving credit facility and (b) the issuance of $400,000,000 in senior unsecured notes in a Rule 144A private placement (collectively, the “Transactions”).

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS

1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the terms defined in the preamble or recitals hereto shall have the meanings set forth therein, and the following terms shall have the following meanings:

ABR”: for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next  1/16 of 1%) equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus  1/2 of 1% and (c) the Eurodollar Rate for a Eurodollar Loan with a one-month interest period commencing on such day plus 1.0%. For purposes hereof: “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by JPMCB as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by JPMCB in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); and “Federal Funds Effective Rate” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it. If for any reason the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate, for any reason, including the inability or failure of the Administrative Agent to obtain sufficient quotations in accordance with the terms hereof, the ABR shall be determined without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of this definition, as appropriate, until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer exist. For purposes of this definition, the Eurodollar Rate shall be determined using the Eurodollar Rate as otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition of Eurodollar Rate, except that (x) if a given day is a Business Day, such determination shall be made on such day (rather than two Business Days prior to the commencement of an Interest Period) or (y) if a given day is not a Business Day, the Eurodollar Rate for such day shall be the rate determined by the Administrative Agent pursuant to preceding clause (x) for the most recent Business Day preceding such day. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, respectively. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in respect of any Term Loans that are ABR Loans, ABR shall at all times not be less than 2.0%.


ABR Loans”: Loans whose interest rate is based on the ABR.

Acceptable Discount”: as defined in subsection 4.24.

Acceptance Date”: as defined in subsection 4.24.

Additional Lender”: as defined in subsection 4.27.

Administrative Agent”: JPMCB, together with its affiliates, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Lenders hereunder, and its successors in such capacity as provided in Section 10.

Affiliate”: of any Person (a) any Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with such Person, or (b) any Person who is a director or officer (i) of such Person, (ii) of any Subsidiary of such Person or (iii) of any Person described in clause (a) above. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the power, direct or indirect, either to (x) vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person, or (y) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether by contract or otherwise.

Aggregate Exposure”: with respect to any Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of such Lender’s Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit plus such Lender’s participating interests in Swing Line Loans.

Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit”: at any particular time, the sum of (a) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, (b) the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit and (c) the aggregate amount of Revolving L/C Obligations.

Agreement”: this Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Applicable Discount”: as defined in subsection 4.24.

Applicable Margin”: (a) for each Revolving Credit Loan, 3.25% per annum in the case of a Eurodollar Loan or 2.25% per annum in the case of an ABR Loan, (b) for each Term Loan, 3.25% per annum in the case of a Eurodollar Loan or 2.25% per annum in the case of an ABR Loan and (c) for each Swing Line Loan, 2.25% per annum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Applicable Margin in respect of any tranche of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or any Extended Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans made pursuant to any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall be the applicable percentages per annum set forth in the relevant Extension Offer.

Approved Fund”: as defined in subsection 11.6(c).

 

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Arrangers”: JPMorgan Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (successor by merger to Banc of America Securities LLC) and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., in their capacity as arrangers of the Commitments.

ASC”: the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.

Asset Sale”: any sale, sale-leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or other disposition by the Company or any Subsidiary thereof of any of its property or assets, including the stock of any Subsidiary of the Company (except sales, assignments, conveyances, transfers and other dispositions permitted by subsection 8.6 (other than clauses (e), (f), (g) and (y) thereof).

Assignee”: as defined in subsection 11.6(c).

Assignment and Assumption”: an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

Available Amount”: at any time (the “Available Amount Reference Time”), an amount (which shall not be less than zero) equal to the sum of:

(a) $85,000,000; plus

(b) 100% of Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow for all fiscal years prior to the Available Amount Reference Time; plus

(c) 100% of the Net Proceeds received by the Company from the issuance or sale of its common stock during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Available Amount Reference Time (but excluding any such Net Proceeds applied for Restricted Payments under subsection 8.8(c)); minus

(d) the aggregate amount of any Investment made pursuant to subsection 8.7(q), any Restricted Payment made pursuant to subsection 8.8(b) and any payment made pursuant to subsection 8.18(b)(ii) during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the Available Amount Reference Time (and, for purposes of this clause (d), without taking into account of the intended usage of the Available Amount at such Available Amount Reference Time) at a time that the Company or such Subsidiary is required to use the Available Amount and limited to the portion of the Available Amount used for such transaction.

Available Revolving Credit Commitment”: as to any Lender, at a particular time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment at such time less (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Lender pursuant to subsection 3.1, (ii) such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest in the aggregate amount available to be drawn at such time under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (iii) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate outstanding amount of Revolving L/C Obligations and (iv) such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Swing Line Loans, provided that for purposes of calculating Available Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to subsection 4.9 the amount referred to in this clause (iv) shall be zero; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Available Revolving Credit Commitments”.

 

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Bankruptcy Event”: with respect to any Person, such Person or its Parent becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Person by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Person with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Person (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Person or its Parent.

Benefited Lender”: as defined in subsection 11.7 hereof.

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

Borrowing Date”: any Business Day, or, in the case of Eurodollar Loans, any Working Day, specified in a notice pursuant to (a) subsection 3.7 or 4.1 as a date on which the Company requests JPMCB to make Swing Line Loans or the Lenders to make Revolving Credit Loans hereunder or (b) subsection 3.5 as a date on which the Company requests the Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit hereunder.

Broadcast License Subsidiary”: a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company that (x) owns no material assets other than FCC Licenses and related rights and (y) has no material liabilities other than (i) trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business and (ii) tax liabilities, other governmental charges and other liabilities incidental to ownership of such rights.

Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.

Capital Expenditures”: for any period, all amounts (other than those arising from the acquisition or lease of businesses and assets which are permitted by subsection 8.7) which are set forth on the consolidated statement of cash flows of the Company for such period as “capital expenditures” in accordance with GAAP.

Capital Lease Obligations”: as to any Person, the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP and, for the purposes of this Agreement, the amount of such obligations at any time shall be the capitalized amount thereof at such time determined in accordance with GAAP. Notwithstanding anything else set forth herein, any lease that was or would have been treated as an operating lease under GAAP as in effect on the Closing Date that would become or be treated as a capital lease solely as a result of a change in GAAP after the Closing Date shall always be treated as an operating lease for all purposes and at all times under this Agreement.

Capital Stock”: any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase any of the foregoing; provided, that any instrument evidencing Indebtedness convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock shall not be deemed to be Capital Stock, unless and until any such instruments are so converted or exchanged.

 

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Cash Equivalents”:

(a) United States dollars;

(b) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the U.S. government or any agency or instrumentality thereof the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(c) certificates of deposit, time deposits 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 commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $300,0000,000;

(d) repurchase obligations 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 and in U.S. dollars;

(e) commercial paper rated at least P-2 by Moody’s or at least A-2 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof, in U.S. dollars;

(f) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moody’s or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither Moody’s nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another Rating Agency) and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and in U.S. dollars;

(g) investment funds investing substantially all of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (f) above;

(h) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from either Moody’s or S&P with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(i) Indebtedness or Preferred Stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from Moody’s with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition and in each case in U.S. dollars;

(j) Investments with weighted average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and in each case in U.S. dollars; and

(k) credit card receivables and debit card receivables so long as such are considered cash equivalents under GAAP and are so reflected on the Company’s balance sheet.

 

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars; provided that such amounts are converted into U.S. dollars as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

Change in Control”: (a) the acquisition of ownership, directly or indirectly, beneficially or of record, by any Person or group (within the meaning of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder as in effect on the date hereof), of more than 35% of any class of capital stock of the Company; (b) occupation of a majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors of the Company by Persons who were neither (i) nominated by the board of directors of the Company nor (ii) appointed by directors so nominated or (c) the occurrence of a “Change of Control” (or similar event) as defined in (i) the Senior Note Indenture or (ii) any indenture or agreement in respect of a Permitted Refinancing in respect of the Senior Notes.

Change in Law”: with respect to any Lender, the adoption of any law, rule, regulation, policy, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority, including, without limitation, the issuance of any final rule, regulation or guideline by any regulatory agency having jurisdiction over such Lender or, in the case of subsection 4.12(b) or 4.20, any corporation controlling such Lender; provided however, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith shall be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Closing Date”: the date on which each of the conditions precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement contained in subsection 6.1 has been either satisfied or waived and the initial Loans are made hereunder, in accordance with the terms and provisions of Section 6.

Closing Fee”: as defined in subsection 4.10(b).

Code”: the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

Collateral”: all property of the Credit Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.

Commercial L/C”: a commercial documentary Letter of Credit under which the relevant Issuing Lender agrees to make payments in Dollars for the account of the Company, on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, in respect of obligations of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof in connection with the purchase of goods or services in the ordinary course of business.

Commitments”: the collective reference to the Term Loan Commitments, the Swing Line Commitment, the Revolving Credit Commitments and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment; individually, a “Commitment”.

Commitment Percentage”: with respect to any Lender, any of the Term Loan Commitment Percentage and the Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Lender, as the context may require.

Company”: as defined in the preamble hereto.

 

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Conduit Lender”: any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument, subject to the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld); provided, that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations to fund a Loan under this Agreement if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall (a) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to subsections 4.12, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21 or 4.22 than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender or (b) be deemed to have any Commitment.

Confirmation Order”: that certain order confirming the Reorganization Plan pursuant to applicable sections of the Bankruptcy Code entered by the Bankruptcy Court on May 19, 2010.

Consolidated Current Assets”: at any date, all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date.

Consolidated Current Liabilities”: at any date, all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at such date, but excluding (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (b) without duplication of clause (a) above, all Indebtedness consisting of Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans to the extent otherwise included therein.

Consolidated EBITDA”: for any period of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the consolidated net income ((i) including net income and losses from discontinued operations, (ii) excluding all income tax expense or benefit to the extent that the effect of such item has entered into the determination of consolidated net income whether based on income, profits or capital, including federal, foreign state, franchise, excise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to any tax examinations, (iii) excluding extraordinary items, as well as unusual gains, losses and charges and gains and losses arising from the proposed or actual disposition of material assets (what constitutes material assets to be reasonably determined by the Company in good faith) whether such losses or gains are classified as discontinued operations, continuing operations or extraordinary items, (iv) excluding minority interest and (v) excluding to the extent reflected in the statement of consolidated net income for such period, the sum of (a) interest expense (net of interest income), including costs recognized from interest rate hedges, amortization and write offs of debt discount and debt issuance costs and commissions, discounts and other fees and charges associated with Letters of Credit, (b) depreciation and amortization expenses whether such expenses are classified as discontinued operations or continuing operations including acceleration thereof and including the amortization of the increase in inventory, if any, resulting from the application of ASC 805, “Business Combinations” for transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including Permitted Acquisitions), (c) any impairment expense or write-off with respect to goodwill, other intangible assets, long-lived asset, joint ventures, assets held for sale, variable interest entities resulting from the application of ASC 810, “Consolidation,” and investment in debt and equity securities pursuant to GAAP, (d) compensation expenses arising from the sale of stock, the granting of stock options, restricted stock, restricted stock units, dividends on unvested shares, the granting of stock appreciation rights, termination of stock based rewards in connection with the Plan and similar stock based arrangements, (e) the excess of the expense in respect of post-retirement benefits and post-employment benefits accrued under ASC 715, “Compensation—Retirement Benefits” and ASC 712, “Compensation—Nonretirement Postemployment Benefits” over the cash expense in respect of such post-retirement benefits and post-employment benefits, (f) all non-cash gains or losses incurred in connection with the disposition of assets, (g) all costs relating to hedging arrangements or the unwinding of hedging arrangements, (h) other non-cash expenses or charges, including asset retirement obligations and supplemental executive retirement obligations, (i) non-recurring expenses recognized for restructuring costs in a cash amount not to exceed $35,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement, including but not limited to severance costs, relocation costs, integration and facilities costs, signing costs, retention or completion bonuses and transition costs, (j) restructuring or reorganization charges or reserves relating to the transactions contemplated by the Reorganization Plan as described on Schedule 1.1(A), to the extent deducted in computing consolidated net income, (k) to the extent covered by insurance under which the insurer has been properly notified and has not denied or contested coverage, expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption, (l) all transactional costs and any fees or expenses incurred or paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Financing Transactions (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement) and the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and (m) any charges, expenses and write-offs deducted in calculating consolidated net income for such period for purchase accounting adjustments, provided that Consolidated EBITDA for any such period shall exclude the cumulative effect of changes in GAAP or accounting principle(s) subsequent to the date hereof.

 

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The financial results of joint ventures and variable interest entities shall be excluded in calculating “Consolidated EBITDA” except that Consolidated EBITDA for any period shall be increased by the amount of cash dividends paid by such joint ventures and variable interest entities to the Company or any of its wholly-owned Subsidiaries.

For the purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “Measurement Period”) pursuant to any determination (i) if at any time during such Measurement Period, the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made any Material Disposition, the Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Measurement Period or increased by an amount equal to the Consolidated EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Measurement Period and (ii) if during such Measurement Period, the Company or any Subsidiary shall have made a Material Acquisition, Consolidated EBITDA for such Measurement Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Measurement Period. As used in this Agreement, “Material Acquisition” means the acquisition of any separate asset, business or lines of business for a purchase price (or in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, the value of the assets subject to such Permitted Asset Swap) in excess of $25,000,000; and “Material Disposition” means any sale or other disposition of property or series of related sales or dispositions of property that yields gross proceeds to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $25,000,000. Calculations of Consolidated EBITDA shall take into account any identifiable cost savings from Material Acquisitions and Material Dispositions documented to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, for the purposes of determining Consolidated EBITDA under this Agreement for any period that includes any of the fiscal quarters ended December 31, 2009, March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010, Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal quarters shall be $59,243,000, $44,636,000, $72,296,000 and $66,058,000 respectively.

 

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Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio”: for any period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated EBITDA for such period to (b) Consolidated Interest Expense for such period.

Consolidated Interest Expense”: for any period, total cash interest expense (including that attributable to Capital Lease Obligations), net of cash interest income of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including all cash commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing and net cash costs under Swap Agreements in respect of interest rates to the extent such net cash costs are allocable to such period in accordance with GAAP) but excluding changes in the fair value of such Swap Agreements in accordance with GAAP); provided that Consolidated Interest Expense for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ending December 31, 2010, March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 and September 30, 2011 shall be deemed to equal Consolidated Interest Expense for the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on December 31, 2010, March 31, 2011, June 30, 2011 or September 30, 2011, as applicable, (the “Actual Days Elapsed”) multiplied by a ratio equal to (x) 360 divided by (y) the Actual Days Elapsed.

Consolidated Senior Secured Debt”: as of any date of determination, Consolidated Total Indebtedness secured by a Lien on any of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio”: for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, as of the end of such period the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt (provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) as of the end of such period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period, provided that the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to any Indebtedness incurred or repaid in connection with a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition occurring during the relevant Measurement Period as if such Indebtedness had been incurred or repaid on the first day of such period.

Consolidated Total Indebtedness”: as of any date of determination, all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio”: for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, as of the end of such period the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Indebtedness (provided that Indebtedness under clause (b) of the definition of Indebtedness shall only be included to the extent of any unreimbursed drawings under any letter of credit) as of the end of such period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA for such period, provided that the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to any Indebtedness incurred or repaid in connection with a Material Acquisition or Material Disposition occurring during the relevant Measurement Period as if such Indebtedness had been incurred or repaid on the first day of such period.

Consolidated Working Capital”: at any date, the excess of Consolidated Current Assets on such date minus Consolidated Current Liabilities on such date.

 

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Contingent Obligation”: as to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent (a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, (b) to advance or supply funds (i) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or (ii) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, (c) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or (d) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Contingent Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount (based on the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof as determined by the Company in good faith) of the primary obligation or portion thereof in respect of which such Contingent Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated net liability in respect thereof (assuming such Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined by the Company in good faith.

Contractual Obligation”: as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of the property owned by it is bound.

Credit Documents”: the collective reference to this Agreement, the Notes, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and any Mortgage or other security document executed and delivered pursuant to the terms of subsection 7.10.

Credit Parties”: the collective reference to the Company and each Subsidiary which is a party, or which at any time becomes a party, to a Credit Document.

Cumulative Retained Excess Cash Flow”: an amount equal to (a) the cumulative amount of Excess Cash Flow for each fiscal year of the Company (commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011) ended since the Closing Date minus (b) the portion of such Excess Cash Flow that has been (or is required to be) applied after the Closing Date to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with subsection 4.6(c).

Default”: any of the events specified in Section 9, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

Defaulting Lender”: any Lender that, in the reasonable determination of the Administrative Agent, (a) has failed, within three Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans or (iii) pay over to any Lender Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied or waived in accordance with subsection 11.1, (b) has notified the Company or any Lender Party in writing that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied or waived in accordance with subsection 11.1), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or the Company, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and the Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event.

 

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Discount Range”: as defined in subsection 4.25.

Discounted Prepayment Option Notice”: as defined in subsection 4.25.

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment”: as defined in subsection 4.25.

Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice”: as defined in subsection 4.25.

Disqualified Stock”: with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date that is 180 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date; provided, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any plan for the benefit of employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

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

Domestic Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Company other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

ECF Percentage”: 50%; provided, that, with respect to any fiscal year of the Company, the ECF Percentage shall be reduced to 0% if (i) the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is equal to or less than 1.25 to 1.0 and (ii) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio as of the last day of such fiscal year is equal to or less than 3.0 to 1.0.

Environmental Laws”: any and all applicable Federal, state, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees or requirements of any Governmental Authority regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning human health or the protection of the environment, including without limitation, Materials of Environmental Concern, as now or may at any time hereafter be in effect.

ERISA”: the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements”: for any day, as applied to a Eurodollar Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal) of reserve requirements current on such day (including, without limitation, basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto), as now and from time to time hereafter in effect, dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for Eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency liabilities” in Regulation D of such Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

 

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Eurodollar Base Rate”: with respect to each day during any Interest Period for any Eurodollar Loan, the rate per annum determined on the basis of the rate for deposits in Dollars for a period equal to such Interest Period commencing on the first day of such Interest Period appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as of 11:00 a.m., London time, two Working Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate does not appear on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or otherwise on such screen), the “Eurodollar Base Rate” shall be determined by reference to such other comparable publicly available service for displaying eurodollar rates as may be reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent or, in the absence of such availability, by reference to the rate at which JPMCB is offered Dollar deposits at or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Working Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurodollar market where the foreign currency and exchange operations in respect of its Eurodollar Loans then are being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to the amount of its Eurodollar Loan to be outstanding during such Interest Period.

Eurodollar Lending Office”: the office of each Lender which shall be maintaining its Eurodollar Loans.

Eurodollar Loans”: Loans at such time as they are made and/or being maintained at a rate of interest based upon a Eurodollar Rate.

Eurodollar Rate”: with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurodollar Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):

 

 

Eurodollar Base Rate

 
  1.00 – Eurocurrency Reserve Requirement  

; provided that, in respect of any Term Loans that are Eurodollar Loans, the Eurodollar Rate shall be at all times not less than 1.0%.

Event of Default”: any of the events specified in Section 9, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, has been satisfied.

Excess Cash Flow”: for any fiscal year of the Company, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum, without duplication, of (i) consolidated net income of the Company for such period, (ii) the amount of all non-cash charges (including, without limitation, depreciation and amortization) deducted in arriving at such consolidated net income, (iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period, and (iv) the aggregate net amount of non cash loss on the disposition of property by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent deducted in arriving at such consolidated net income less (b) the sum, without duplication, of (i) the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such consolidated net income, (ii) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period on account of Capital Expenditures (excluding the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred in connection with such expenditures and any such expenditures financed with the proceeds of any Reinvestment Deferred Amount), (iii) the aggregate amount of all regularly scheduled principal payments of Funded Debt (including the Loans) of the Company and its Subsidiaries made during such period (other than in respect of any revolving credit facility (including the Revolving Credit Facility) to the extent there is not an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder), (iv) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period, (v) the aggregate net amount of non-cash gain on the disposition of property by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business), to the extent included in arriving at such consolidated net income and (vi) the aggregate amount actually paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries in cash during such period on account of professional fees that have not been deducted in the calculation of consolidated net income for such period.

 

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Excess Cash Flow Application Date”: as defined in subsection 4.6(c).

Existing Credit Agreement”: as defined in the recitals hereto.

Existing Letters of Credit”: as defined in subsection 3.3(c).

Extended Revolving Credit Commitment”: as defined in subsection 4.26(a).

Extended Term Loans”: as defined in subsection 4.26(a).

Extending Revolving Lender”: as defined in subsection 4.26(a).

Extending Term Lender”: as defined in subsection 4.26(a).

Extension”: as defined in subsection 4.26(a).

Extension Offer”: as defined in subsection 4.26(a).

Facility”: each of (a) the Term Loan Commitments and Term Loans made thereunder (the “Term Facility”) and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments and the extensions of credit made thereunder (the “Revolving Credit Facility”).

FASB”: the Financial Accounting Standards Board

FATCA”: Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date hereof.

FCC”: the Federal Communications Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to the Federal Communications Commission.

FCC Licenses”: licenses issued by the FCC to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Foreign Acquisition”: any acquisition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which (a) all of the acquired or newly formed Subsidiaries are Foreign Subsidiaries or (b) all of the assets that are the subject of such acquisition are acquired by a Foreign Subsidiary or are located outside of the United States of America. If the acquired or newly formed Subsidiaries in an acquisition are in part Domestic Subsidiaries and in part Foreign Subsidiaries or the assets acquired in an acquisition are in part located in the United States of America and in part outside of the United States of America, such acquisition shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as a Foreign Acquisition to the extent of the foreign component (as determined by the Company in good faith).

 

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Foreign Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary of the Company (a) which is organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code), or (b) whose principal assets consist of capital stock or other equity interests of one or more Persons which conduct the major portion of their business outside the United States (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(9) of the Code).

Funded Debt”: as to any Person, all Indebtedness of such Person that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date but is renewable or extendible, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including all current maturities and current sinking fund payments in respect of such Indebtedness whether or not required to be paid within one year from the date of its creation and, in the case of the Company, Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.

GAAP”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time. In the event that any “Accounting Change” (as defined below) shall occur and such change results in a material change in the method of calculation of financial covenants, standards or terms in this Agreement, then the Company and the Administrative Agent agree, upon the request of the Company or the Administrative Agent, respectively, to enter into negotiations in order to amend such provisions of this Agreement so as to reflect equitably such Accounting Changes with the desired result that the criteria for evaluating the Company’s financial condition shall be the same after such Accounting Changes as if such Accounting Changes had not been made. In the event a request for an amendment has been made pursuant to the prior sentence, until such time as such an amendment shall have been executed and delivered by the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders, all financial covenants, standards and terms in this Agreement shall continue to be calculated or construed as if such Accounting Changes had not occurred. “Accounting Changes” refers to changes in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule, regulation, pronouncement or opinion by the Financial Accounting Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants or, if applicable, the SEC.

Gleiser Note”: the promissory note dated as of November 21, 2003, made by Gleiser Communications, LLC, as the same may be amended or otherwise modified prior to and after the date hereof.

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

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”: the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, substantially in the form of Exhibit A (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary herein, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall not require the pledge of (x) any of the outstanding capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any Subsidiary of the Company which is owned by a Foreign Subsidiary of the Company, or (y) more than 65% of the outstanding voting stock of any “first tier” Foreign Subsidiary of the Company).

 

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Incremental Facility”: as defined in subsection 4.27(a).

Incremental Facility Amendment”: as defined in subsection 4.27(b).

Incremental Facility Closing Date”: as defined in subsection 4.27(b).

Incremental Revolving Facility”: as defined in subsection 4.27(a).

Incremental Term Facility”: as defined in subsection 4.27(a).

Indebtedness”: of any Person, at any particular date, (a) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade payables or liabilities and deferred payment for services to employees or former employees incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices and other deferred compensation arrangements), (b) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Person and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder, (c) all liabilities (other than Lease Obligations) secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person, to the extent attributable to such Person’s interest in such property, even though such Person has not assumed or become liable for the payment thereof, (d) Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (e) all indebtedness of such Person arising under bankers’ acceptance facilities, and (f) for the purposes of Section 9(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of Swap Agreements; but, in each case, excluding (x) any working capital adjustments or earnouts in connection with any permitted Investment under subsection 8.7 or disposition of assets permitted under subsection 8.5, (y) customer deposits and interest payable thereon in the ordinary course of business and (z) trade and other accounts and accrued expenses payable in the ordinary course of business in accordance with customary trade terms and in the case of both clauses (y) and (z) above, which are not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or, if overdue for more than 90 days, as to which a dispute exists and adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been established on the books of such Person.

Insolvent” or “Insolvency”: with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

Intellectual Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including copyrights, copyright licenses, patents, patent licenses, trademarks, trademark licenses, technology, know-how and processes, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

Interest Payment Date”: (a) as to any ABR Loan (other than any Swing Line Loan), the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur while such Loan is outstanding and the final maturity date of such Loan, (b) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, (c) as to any Eurodollar Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and the last day of such Interest Period, (d) as to any Loan (other than any Revolving Credit Loan that is an ABR Loan and any Swing Line Loan), the date of any repayment or prepayment made in respect thereof and (e) as to any Swing Line Loan, the day that such Loan is required to be repaid.

 

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Interest Period”: with respect to any Eurodollar Loan:

(a) initially, the period commencing on the Borrowing Date or the effective date of the most recent conversion or continuation of such Eurodollar Loan, as the case may be, and ending one, two, three or six months (or, if made available by all relevant Lenders, nine or twelve months) thereafter as selected by the Company in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and

(b) thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Loan and ending one, two, three or six months (or, if made available by all relevant Lenders, nine or twelve months) thereafter as selected by the Company by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent not less than three Working Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect to such Eurodollar Loan;

provided that the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

(i) if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Working Day, that Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Working Day, unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month, in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Working Day;

(ii) the Company may not select an Interest Period under a particular Facility that would extend beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date or beyond the Term Loan Maturity Date, as the case may be, or if the Revolving Credit Termination Date or Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, shall not be a Working Day, on the next preceding Working Day;

(iii) if the Company shall fail to give notice as provided above in clause (b), it shall be deemed to have selected a conversion of a Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan (which conversion shall occur automatically and without need for compliance with the conditions for conversion set forth in subsection 4.3);

(iv) any Interest Period that begins on the last day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Working Day of a calendar month;

(v) the Company shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a prepayment (to the extent practicable) or a scheduled payment of a Eurodollar Loan during an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loan; and

(vi) any Eurodollar Loans made on the Closing Date shall have an initial Interest Period of one month.

Investments”: as defined in subsection 8.7.

Issuing Lender”: JPMCB or any other Lender (or their respective Affiliates) which agrees to be an Issuing Lender and is designated by the Company and the Administrative Agent as an Issuing Lender, as issuer of Letters of Credit.

JPMCB”: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

L/C Application”: a letter of credit application in the Issuing Lender’s then customary form for the type of letter of credit requested.

 

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L/C Exposure”: at any time, an amount equal to the sum of (a) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit and (b) the aggregate amount of drawings under Letters of Credit that have not then been reimbursed pursuant to subsection 3.6.

L/C Participating Interest”: an undivided participating interest in the face amount of each issued and outstanding Letter of Credit and the L/C Application relating thereto.

L/C Participation Certificate”: a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit C hereto.

Lease Obligations”: of the Company and its Subsidiaries, as of the date of any determination thereof, the rental commitments of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis, if any, under leases for real and/or personal property (net of rental commitments from sub-leases thereof), excluding Capital Lease Obligations.

Lender Affiliate”: (a) any Affiliate of any Lender, (b) any Person that is administered or managed by any Lender and that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and (c) with respect to any Lender which is a fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or investment advisor.

Lender Participation Notice”: as defined in subsection 4.25.

Lender Party”: the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender.

Lenders”: as defined in the preamble hereto; provided that unless the context otherwise requires, each reference herein to the Lenders shall be deemed to include any Conduit Lender.

Letters of Credit”: a letter of credit issued by an Issuing Lender pursuant to the terms of subsection 3.3.

Lien”: any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction in respect of any of the foregoing, except for the filing of financing statements in connection with Lease Obligations incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries to the extent that such financing statements relate to the property subject to such Lease Obligations).

Loans”: the collective reference to the Term Loans, the Revolving Credit Loans and the Swing Line Loans; individually, a “Loan”.

Material Acquisition”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Material Adverse Effect”: any event, development or circumstance (other than the Chapter 11 proceedings commenced by the Company on December 20, 2009 in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York and those events and conditions which customarily occur as a result of events following the commencement of Chapter 11 proceedings) that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on (a) the business, results of operations, property or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or (b) the validity or enforceability of any of the Credit Documents or the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders thereunder.

 

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Material Disposition”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Materials of Environmental Concern”: any gasoline or petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof) or petroleum products or any hazardous or toxic substances, materials or wastes, defined or regulated as such in, or which form the basis of liability under, any Environmental Law, including, without limitation, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation, medical waste and radioactive materials.

Measurement Period”: as defined in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

Minimum Extension Condition”: as defined in subsection 4.26(b).

Minimum Tranche Amount”: as defined in subsection 4.26(b).

Moody’s”: Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor to its rating agency business.

Mortgages”: each of the mortgages and deeds of trust (if any) made by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Multiemployer Plan”: a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA to which a Credit Party has (or within the past 6 years has had) an obligation to contribute pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement to which a Credit Party is a party.

Net Proceeds”: (a) in connection with any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof in the form of cash and Cash Equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) actually received by the Company or a Subsidiary, net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event (other than any Lien pursuant to a Security Document), any reserves required to be maintained in connection therewith in accordance with GAAP and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account (i) any available tax credits or deductions that would not otherwise have been utilized during the taxable period during which such Asset Sale or Recovery Event occurs and (ii) any tax sharing arrangements with a Person other than the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and (b) in connection with any issuance or sale of Capital Stock or any incurrence of Indebtedness, the cash proceeds received from such issuance or incurrence, net of attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, accountants’ fees, underwriting discounts and commissions and other customary fees and expenses actually incurred in connection therewith.

 

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Non-Excluded Taxes”: as defined in subsection 4.22(a).

Non-Significant Subsidiary”: at any time, any Subsidiary of the Company (other than any Broadcast License Subsidiary) which (i) at such time has total assets (including the total assets of any of its Subsidiaries), together with the total assets of any other Subsidiaries that are Non-Significant Subsidiaries, of less than 5% of the total assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) has accrued revenues (including the accrued revenues of any of its Subsidiaries), together with the accrued revenues of any other Subsidiaries that are Non-Significant Subsidiaries, for the most recently ended twelve-month period of less than 5% of the total revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

Non-U.S. Lender”: as defined in subsection 4.22(g).

Notes”: the collective reference to any promissory notes evidencing Loans.

Obligations”: the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and all other obligations and liabilities of the Company to the Administrative Agent or any Lenders (or, in the case of Specified Swap Agreements and Specified Cash Management Agreements, any affiliate of any Lender) (including, without limitation, interest accruing after the maturity of the Loans and interest accruing after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, related to the Company, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the Loans, the other Credit Documents, any Letter of Credit or L/C Application, any Specified Swap Agreement, any Specified Cash Management Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection therewith, whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, other fees, indemnities, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or any Lender or any such Affiliate) or otherwise.

Offered Loans”: as defined in subsection 4.25.

Other Taxes”: any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other similar excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement or any other Credit Document including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Parent”: with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Participant Register”: as defined in subsection 11.6(b).

Participants”: as defined in subsection 11.6(b).

Participating Lender”: any Lender (other than the Issuing Lender with respect to such Letter of Credit) with respect to its L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit.

PBGC”: the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor).

 

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Permitted Acquisition”: any acquisition permitted by subsection 8.7(k).

Permitted Additional Debt”: Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with a Permitted Acquisition and other Indebtedness incurred by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that (i) such Indebtedness has a final maturity no earlier than 180 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date (other than Indebtedness constituting Capital Lease Obligations or of the type permitted to be incurred under subsection 8.2(k) or working capital facilities), (ii) such Indebtedness is either (x) unsecured or (y) secured solely by a Lien on assets which constitute Collateral which is subordinated to the Lien securing the Obligations pursuant to intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (iii) such Indebtedness does not require any scheduled payment of principal (including pursuant to a sinking fund obligation) or mandatory redemption or redemption at the option of the holders thereof (except for redemptions and repayments in respect of asset sales and changes in control on terms that are subject to prior payment and termination of the Facilities or “securities demand” or other provisions that provide for the refinancing of such Indebtedness with replacement financing) prior to the date that is 180 days after the Term Loan Maturity Date, (iv) at the time of incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (v) at the time of incurrence or assumption of such Indebtedness and after giving effect thereto, the Company is in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in subsection 8.1, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available; provided that for purposes of this clause (v) the applicable levels for the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be the then applicable levels set forth in subsection 8.1(a) and (b), respectively, minus 0.25.

Permitted Asset Swap”: as defined in subsection 8.6(q).

Permitted Refinancing”: with respect to any Indebtedness, any modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of such Indebtedness; provided that (i) the principal amount thereof does not exceed the principal amount of the Indebtedness so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended (plus any accrued but unpaid interest, fees and redemption premiums payable by the terms of such Indebtedness thereon and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith), (ii) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to subsection 8.2(k), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a weighted average life to maturity equal to or greater than the weighted average life to maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (iii) if the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable on the whole to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (iv) the terms and conditions of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness are market terms on the date of issuance (as determined in good faith by the Company) or are not, taken as a whole, materially more restrictive than the covenants and events of default contained in this Agreement, provided that if such Indebtedness contains any financial maintenance covenants, such covenants shall not be tighter than those contained in this Agreement, (v) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension shall not be incurred by a Person who is not a Subsidiary Guarantor (unless such Indebtedness being refinanced was originally incurred or guaranteed by a Person who was not a Subsidiary Guarantor), (vi) at the time thereof, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (vii) to the extent that the Liens securing the Indebtedness being refinanced are subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations, any Lien securing such refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations on terms at least as favorable (when taken as a whole) to the Lenders as those contained in the applicable subordination language (if any) for the Indebtedness being refinanced.

 

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Person”: an individual, partnership, corporation, business trust, joint stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

Plan”: any employee pension benefit plan (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA) that is sponsored by a Credit Party (other than a Multiemployer Plan).

Pledged Note”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Pledged Stock”: as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

Preferred Stock”: any Capital Stock with preferential rights of payment of dividends or upon liquidation, dissolution or winding up.

Pro Forma Balance Sheet”: as defined in subsection 5.1.

Prohibited Transaction”: as defined in Section 406 of ERISA and Section 4975(f)(3) of the Code.

Properties”: each parcel of real property currently or previously owned or operated by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company.

Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount”: as defined in subsection 4.24.

Qualifying Lender”: as defined in subsection 4.25.

Qualifying Loan”: as defined in subsection 4.25.

Rating Agencies”: Moody’s and S&P, or if Moody’s or S&P or both shall not make a rating on the Notes publicly available, a nationally recognized statistical rating agency or agencies, as the case may be, selected by the Company which shall be substituted for Moody’s or S&P or both, as the case may be.

Recovery Event”: any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

Refunded Swing Line Loans “: as defined in subsection 3.7.

Register”: as defined in subsection 11.6(d).

Regulation U”: Regulation U of the Board, as from time to time in effect.

Reinvestment Deferred Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the aggregate Net Proceeds received by the Company or any Subsidiary in connection therewith that are not applied to prepay the Term Loans pursuant to subsection 4.6(b).

 

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Reinvestment Event”: any Asset Sale or Recovery Event in respect of which the Company has exercised its Reinvestment Rights in accordance with subsection 4.6(b).

Reinvestment Prepayment Amount”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the Reinvestment Deferred Amount relating thereto less any amount expended prior to the relevant Reinvestment Prepayment Date to acquire, improve or repair assets useful in the Company’s business.

Reinvestment Prepayment Date”: with respect to any Reinvestment Event, the earlier of (a) the date occurring twelve months after such Reinvestment Event (or, if the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest the Net Proceeds from such Reinvestment Event within such 12-month period, 18 months after such Reinvestment Event) and (b) the date on which the Company shall have conclusively determined not to acquire, improve or repair assets useful in the Company’s business with all or any portion of the relevant Reinvestment Deferred Amount.

Reinvestment Rights”: if no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of receipt of Net Proceeds of a Reinvestment Event, except as provided in subsection 8.6(f) or subsection 8.12, the right of the Company (directly or indirectly through a Subsidiary) to use all or a specified portion of the Net Proceeds of an Asset Sale or Recovery Event to acquire, improve or repair assets useful in its business.

Related Document”: any agreement, certificate, document or instrument relating to a Letter of Credit.

Reorganization”: with respect to a Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is in reorganization as such term is used in Section 4241 of ERISA.

Reorganization Plan”: the Second Modified Joint Plan of Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, dated May 10, 2010 as in effect on the date of the confirmation thereof pursuant to the Confirmation Order and as may be amended thereafter in accordance with the terms thereof and the Bankruptcy Code.

Reportable Event”: any “reportable event,” as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, with respect to a Single Employer Plan, other than those events as to which the 30-day notice period has been waived pursuant to applicable regulations as in effect on the date hereof.

Required Lenders”: at a particular time Lenders that hold more than 50% of (a) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and (b) the Revolving Credit Commitments or if the Revolving Credit Commitments have been cancelled (i) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, (ii) the L/C Participating Interests in the aggregate amount then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit, (iii) the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Revolving L/C Obligations and (iv) the aggregate amount represented by the agreements of the Lenders in subsections 3.7(b) and (d) with respect to the Swing Line Loans then outstanding or the Swing Line Loan Participation Certificates then outstanding.

Requirement of Law”: as to any Person, the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation (including, without limitation, Environmental Laws) or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

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Responsible Officer”: the chief executive officer or the chief operating officer of the Company or, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer of the Company.

Restricted Payments”: as defined in subsection 8.8.

Revolving Credit Commitment”: as to any Lender, its obligations to make Revolving Credit Loans to the Company pursuant to subsection 3.1, and to purchase its L/C Participating Interest in any Letter of Credit in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule 1.1A under the heading “Revolving Credit” and in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments, as the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments may be reduced or adjusted from time to time pursuant to this Agreement; collectively, as to all the Lenders, the “Revolving Credit Commitments”. The Revolving Credit Commitments as of the Closing Date shall be $150,000,000.

Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage”: as to any Lender at any time, the percentage which such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment constitutes of all of the Revolving Credit Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment) (or, if the Revolving Credit Commitments shall have been terminated, the percentage of the outstanding Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and Swing Line Loans constituted by such Lender’s Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and participating interest in Swing Line Loans giving effect to any assignments and to any Lender’s status as a Defaulting Lender at the time of determination).

Revolving Credit Commitment Period”: the period from and including the Closing Date to but not including the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

Revolving Credit Loan” and “Revolving Credit Loans”: as defined in subsection 3.1.

Revolving Credit Termination Date”: the earlier of (i) December 10, 2013 and (ii) any other date on which the Revolving Credit Commitments shall terminate hereunder.

Revolving L/C Obligations”: the obligations of the Company to reimburse the Issuing Lender for any payments made by an Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the Company pursuant to subsection 3.6.

Revolving Lender”: each Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment or that holds Revolving Credit Loans.

S&P”: Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC and any successor to its rating agency business.

SEC Filings”: as to the Company, any public filings that the Company has made on form 10K, 10Q or 8K pursuant to the U.S. federal securities statutes, rules or regulations prior to the Closing Date.

Security Documents”: the collective reference to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Mortgages and all other security documents hereafter delivered to the Administrative Agent granting a Lien on any property of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of any Credit Party under any Credit Document.

 

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Senior Note Indenture”: the indenture entered into by the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries in connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, together with all instruments and other agreements entered into by the Company or such Subsidiaries in connection therewith.

Senior Notes”: $400,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 7.75% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2018.

Single Employer Plan”: any Plan subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of the Code.

Solvent”: when used with respect to any Person, means that, as of any date of determination, (a) the amount of the “present fair saleable value” of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, exceed the amount of all “liabilities of such Person, contingent or otherwise”, as of such date, as such quoted terms are determined in accordance with applicable federal and state laws governing determinations of the insolvency of debtors, (b) the present fair saleable value of the assets of such Person will, as of such date, be greater than the amount that will be required to pay the liability of such Person on its debts as such debts become absolute and matured, (c) such Person will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital with which to conduct its business, and (d) such Person will be able to pay its debts as they mature. For purposes of this definition, (i) “debt” means liability on a “claim”, and (ii) “claim” means any (x) right to payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured or (y) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a right to payment, whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured or unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured.

Specified Cash Management Agreement”: any agreement providing for treasury, depositary, purchasing card or cash management services, including in connection with any automated clearing house transfers of funds or any similar transactions between the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Lender or affiliate thereof.

Specified Swap Agreement”: any Swap Agreement in respect of interest rates, currency exchange rates or commodity prices entered into by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor and any Person that is a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into.

Standby L/C”: an irrevocable standby or direct pay Letter of Credit under which the Issuing Lender agrees to make payments in Dollars for the account of the Company on behalf of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof, in respect of obligations of the Company or a Subsidiary thereof incurred for general corporate purposes, including, without limitation, for insurance purposes or in respect of advance payments or as bid or performance bonds.

Station”: a radio station operated to transmit over airwaves radio signals within a geographic area for the purposes of providing commercial broadcasting radio programming.

Subordinated Indebtedness”: any Indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries which is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations.

 

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Subsidiary”: as to any Person, a corporation, partnership or other entity of which shares of capital stock or other equity interests having ordinary voting power (other than capital stock or other equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership or other entity are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Company.

Subsidiary Guarantor”: any Subsidiary which enters into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement pursuant to clause (a) of subsection 6.1 or subsection 7.10(a) (it being understood and agreed that no Foreign Subsidiary of the Company shall, in any case, enter into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement pursuant to subsection 7.10(a)).

Swap Agreement”: any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic, financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall be a “Swap Agreement”.

Swing Line Commitment”: JPMCB’s obligation to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to subsection 3.7.

Swing Line Exposure”: at any time, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding at such time. The Swing Line Exposure of any Lender at any time shall equal its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the aggregate Swing Line Exposure at such time.

Swing Line Lender”: at any time the Lender then having an obligation to make Swing Line Loans under this Agreement.

Swing Line Loan” and “Swing Line Loans”: as defined in subsection 3.7(a).

Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate”: a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto.

Term Lender”: each Lender that has a Term Loan Commitment or that holds a Term Loan.

Term Loan”: as defined in subsection 2.1.

Term Loan Commitment”: as to any Lender, the obligation of such Lender, if any, to make a Term Loan to the Company in a principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth under the heading “Term Commitment” opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A. The Term Loan Commitment as of the Closing Date shall be $350,000,000.

Term Loan Commitment Percentage”: as to any Lender, the percentage which such Lender’s Term Loan constitutes of the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of Term Loans.

 

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Term Loan Maturity Date”: December 30, 2016 or if such day is not a Business Day, the first Business Day thereafter.

Term Loan Termination Date”: the earlier of (i) the Term Loan Maturity Date, and (ii) any other date on which the remaining principal balance of the Term Loans shall become due hereunder.

Transferee”: as defined in subsection 11.6(f).

Type”: as to any Loan, its nature as an ABR Loan or a Eurodollar Loan.

UCC”: the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect, from time to time, in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

Withdrawal Liability”: liability of a Credit Party to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete withdrawal or a partial withdrawal by a Credit Party from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Title IV of ERISA.

Working Day”: any Business Day which is a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the interbank Eurodollar market.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the Notes, any other Credit Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.

(a) As used herein and in the Notes, any other Credit Document and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto, accounting terms relating to the Company and its Subsidiaries not defined in subsection 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in subsection 1.1 to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under ASC 825 “Financial Instruments” (or any other ASC having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of Holdings, the Company or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.

(b) The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(c) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of such terms.

SECTION 2. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF THE TERM LOAN COMMITMENTS

2.1 Term Loans. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make a term loan (a “Term Loan”) to the Company on the Closing Date in an amount equal to the Term Loan Commitment of such Lender as set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.1A. Amounts repaid or prepaid in respect of Term Loans may not be reborrowed. The Term Loans may from time to time be (a) Eurodollar Loans or (b) ABR Loans or (c) a combination thereof, as determined by the Company and notified to the Administrative Agent in accordance with subsections 4.1 and 4.3.

 

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2.2 Repayment of Term Loans. The Company shall repay the Term Loans in consecutive quarterly installments on the last day of each fiscal quarter (or, in the case of the last installment, the Term Loan Maturity Date), commencing on March 31, 2011, in the aggregate principal amount set forth opposite each such installment specified below:

 

Installment

   Principal Amount  

March 31, 2011

   $ 875,000   

June 30, 2011

   $ 875,000   

September 30, 2011

   $ 875,000   

December 31, 2011

   $ 875,000   

March 31, 2012

   $ 875,000   

June 30, 2012

   $ 875,000   

September 30, 2012

   $ 875,000   

December 31, 2012

   $ 875,000   

March 31, 2013

   $ 875,000   

June 30, 2013

   $ 875,000   

September 30, 2013

   $ 875,000   

December 31, 2013

   $ 875,000   

March 31, 2014

   $ 875,000   

June 30, 2014

   $ 875,000   

September 30, 2014

   $ 875,000   

December 31, 2014

   $ 875,000   

March 31, 2015

   $ 875,000   

June 30, 2015

   $ 875,000   

September 30, 2015

   $ 875,000   

December 31, 2015

   $ 875,000   

March 31, 2016

   $ 875,000   

June 30, 2016

   $ 875,000   

September 30, 2016

   $ 875,000   

Term Loan Maturity Date

    
 
Outstanding principal
amount of Term Loans
  
  

2.3 Proceeds of Term Loans. The Company shall use the proceeds of the Term Loans to finance, in part, the Refinancing.

SECTION 3. AMOUNT AND TERMS OF REVOLVING CREDIT COMMITMENTS

3.1 Revolving Credit Commitments. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each Lender severally agrees to extend credit, in an aggregate amount not to exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, to the Company from time to time on any Borrowing Date during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period by purchasing an L/C Participating Interest in each Letter of Credit issued by the Issuing Lender and by making loans to the Company (“Revolving Credit Loans”) from time to time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if, after giving effect to such making or issuance and the use of proceeds thereof as irrevocably directed by the Company, the sum of the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans would exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments or if subsection 3.7 would be violated thereby or (ii) any Revolving Credit Loan or Swing Line Loan be made, or any Letter of Credit be issued, if the amount of such Loan to be made or any Letter of Credit to be issued would, after giving effect to the use of proceeds, if any, thereof, exceed the Available Revolving Credit Commitments. During the Revolving Credit Commitment Period, the Company may use the Revolving Credit Commitments by borrowing, prepaying the Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans in whole or in part, and reborrowing, all in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof, and/or by having the Issuing Lenders issue Letters of Credit, having such Letters of Credit expire undrawn upon or if drawn upon, reimbursing the relevant Issuing Lender for such drawing, and having the Issuing Lenders issue new Letters of Credit.

 

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(b) Each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an aggregate principal amount of the lesser of (i) $2,500,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) the Available Revolving Credit Commitments, except that any borrowing of a Revolving Credit Loan to be used solely to pay a like amount of Swing Line Loans may be in the aggregate principal amount of such Swing Line Loans.

3.2 Proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans. The Company shall use the proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans for (a) making payments to the Issuing Lender to reimburse the Issuing Lender for drawings made under the Letters of Credit, (b) repaying Swing Line Loans and Revolving Credit Loans after the Closing Date, and (c) financing the general working capital needs and general corporate purposes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

3.3 Issuance of Letters of Credit. (a) The Company may from time to time request any Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit, which may be either a Standby L/C or a Commercial L/C, by delivering to the Administrative Agent at its address specified in subsection 11.2 and the Issuing Lender an L/C Application completed to the satisfaction of the Issuing Lender, together with the proposed form of the Letter of Credit (which shall comply with the applicable requirements of paragraph (b) below) and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the Issuing Lender may reasonably request; provided that if the Issuing Lender informs the Company that it is for any reason unable to open such Letter of Credit, the Company may request another Lender to open such Letter of Credit upon the same terms offered to the initial Issuing Lender and if such other Lender agrees to issue such Letter of Credit each reference to the Issuing Lender for purposes of the Credit Documents shall be deemed to be a reference to such Lender.

(b) Each Letter of Credit issued hereunder shall, among other things, (i) be in such form requested by the Company as shall be acceptable to the Issuing Lender in its sole discretion and (ii) have an expiry date occurring not later than the earlier of (w) 365 days after the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit (or, in the case of a renewal or extension, 365 days after such renewal or extension) and (x) five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date; provided that any Letter of Credit with a one year term may provide for the renewal thereof for additional one year periods (but not beyond the date that is five Business Days prior to the Revolving Credit Termination Date, except to the extent cash collateralized or backstopped pursuant to arrangements reasonably acceptable to the relevant Issuing Lenders). Each L/C Application and each Letter of Credit shall be subject to the Uniform Customs and, to the extent not inconsistent therewith, the laws of the State of New York.

(c) The letters of credit set forth on Schedule 3.1 which remain outstanding on the Closing Date (the “Existing Letters of Credit”) shall be deemed to be Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement on the Closing Date. Without limiting the foregoing (i) each such Existing Letter of Credit shall be included in the calculation of the L/C Exposure, (ii) all liabilities of the Company and the other Credit Parties with respect to such Existing Letters of Credit shall constitute Obligations and (iii) each Lender shall have reimbursement obligations with respect to such Existing Letters of Credit as provided in subsection 3.6(b).

 

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(d) If the maturity date in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments occurs prior to the expiration of any Letter of Credit, then (i) if one or more other tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of which the maturity date shall not have occurred are then in effect, such Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the obligations of the Revolving Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make Revolving Credit Loans and payments in respect thereof pursuant to subsection 3.4) under (and ratably participated in by Lenders pursuant to) the Revolving Credit Commitments in respect of such non-terminating tranches up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Revolving Credit Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any Letter of Credit may be so reallocated) and (ii) to the extent not reallocated pursuant to immediately preceding clause (i), the Company shall cash collateralize any such Letter of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. If, for any reason, such cash collateral is not provided or the reallocation does not occur, the Revolving Lenders under the maturing tranche shall continue to be responsible for their participating interests in the Letters of Credit. Except to the extent of reallocations of participations pursuant to clause (i) of the second preceding sentence, the occurrence of a maturity date with respect to a given tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments shall have no effect upon (and shall not diminish) the percentage participations of the Revolving Lenders in any Letter of Credit issued before such maturity date. Commencing with the maturity date of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments, the sublimit for Letters of Credit shall be agreed with the Lenders under the extended tranches.

3.4 Participating Interests. Effective in the case of each Letter of Credit opened by the Issuing Lender as of the date of the opening thereof, the Issuing Lender agrees to allot and does allot, to itself and each other Lender, and each Lender severally and irrevocably agrees to take and does take in such Letter of Credit and the related L/C Application, an L/C Participating Interest in a percentage equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.

3.5 Procedure for Opening Letters of Credit. Upon receipt of any L/C Application from the Company in respect of a Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify the Administrative Agent thereof. The Issuing Lender will process such L/C Application, and the other certificates, documents and other papers delivered to the Issuing Lender in connection therewith, upon receipt thereof in accordance with its customary procedures and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, shall promptly open such Letter of Credit by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof and by furnishing a copy thereof to the Company; provided that no such Letter of Credit shall be issued (a) if the amount of such requested Letter of Credit, together with the sum of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of Revolving L/C Obligations outstanding at the time of such request and (ii) the maximum aggregate amount available to be drawn under all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, would exceed $30,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by the Issuing Lender and the Lenders holding more than 50% of the Revolving Credit Commitments) or (b) if subsection 3.1 would be violated thereby.

3.6 Payments in Respect of Letters of Credit. (a) The Company agrees forthwith upon demand by the Issuing Lender and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the L/C Application relating thereto (i) to reimburse the Issuing Lender, through the Administrative Agent, for any payment made by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit, and (ii) to pay interest on any unreimbursed portion of any such payment from the date of such payment until reimbursement in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to (A) prior to the date which is one Business Day after the day on which the Issuing Lender demands reimbursement from the Company for such payment, the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans and (B) on such date and thereafter, the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are ABR Loans plus 2%.

 

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(b) In the event that the Issuing Lender makes a payment under any Letter of Credit and is not reimbursed in full therefor forthwith upon demand of the Issuing Lender, and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the L/C Application relating to such Letter of Credit, the Issuing Lender will promptly notify each other Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment through the Administrative Agent. Forthwith upon its receipt of any such notice, each other Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment will transfer to the Issuing Lender, through the Administrative Agent, in immediately available funds, an amount equal to such other Lender’s pro rata share of the Revolving L/C Obligation arising from such unreimbursed payment. Upon its receipt from such other Lender of such amount and a request of such Lender, the Issuing Lender will complete, execute and deliver to such other Lender an L/C Participation Certificate dated the date of such receipt and in such amount.

(c) Whenever, at any time after the Issuing Lender has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any other Lender such other Lender’s pro rata share of the Revolving L/C Obligation arising therefrom, the Issuing Lender receives any reimbursement on account of such Revolving L/C Obligation or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Issuing Lender will distribute to such other Lender, through the Administrative Agent, its pro rata share thereof in like funds as received (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided that, in the event that the receipt by the Issuing Lender of such reimbursement or such payment of interest (as the case may be) is required to be returned, such other Lender will return to the Issuing Lender, through the Administrative Agent, any portion thereof previously distributed by the Issuing Lender to it in like funds as such reimbursement or payment is required to be returned by the Issuing Lender.

3.7 Swing Line Commitment. (a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, JPMCB agrees to make swing line loans (individually, a “Swing Line Loan”; collectively, the “Swing Line Loans”) to the Company from time to time during the Revolving Credit Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $30,000,000; provided that at no time may the sum of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Swing Line Loans and the Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit exceed the Revolving Credit Commitments. Amounts borrowed by the Company under this subsection may be repaid and, through but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date, reborrowed. The Swing Line Loans shall be ABR Loans, and shall not be entitled to be converted into Eurodollar Loans. The Company shall give JPMCB irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by JPMCB prior to 1:00 p.m., New York City time) on the requested Borrowing Date specifying the amount of each requested Swing Line Loan, which shall be in the minimum amount of $250,000 or a whole multiple thereof. The proceeds of each Swing Line Loan will be made available by JPMCB to the Company by crediting the account of the Company at JPMCB with such proceeds. The proceeds of Swing Line Loans may be used solely for the purposes referred to in subsection 3.2.

(b) JPMCB at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may, and on the thirtieth day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next Business Day) after the Borrowing Date with respect to any Swing Line Loans shall, on behalf of the Company (which hereby irrevocably directs JPMCB to act on its behalf), request each Lender, including JPMCB, to make a Revolving Credit Loan (which shall be initially an ABR Loan) in an amount equal to such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount of such Swing Line Loans (the “Refunded Swing Line Loans”) outstanding on the date such notice is given. Unless any of the events described in paragraph (f) of Section 9 shall have occurred (in which event the procedures of paragraph (c) of this subsection shall apply) each Lender shall make the proceeds of its Revolving Credit Loan available to JPMCB for the account of JPMCB at the office of JPMCB located at 270 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017 prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given. The proceeds of such Revolving Credit Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loans.

 

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(c) If prior to the making of a Revolving Credit Loan pursuant to paragraph (b) of this subsection one of the events described in paragraph (f) of Section 9 shall have occurred, each Lender will, on the date such Loan would otherwise have been made, purchase an undivided participating interest in the Refunded Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of such Refunded Swing Line Loans. Each Lender will immediately transfer to JPMCB, in immediately available funds, the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof JPMCB will deliver to such Lender a Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such amount.

(d) Whenever, at any time after JPMCB has received from any Lender such Lender’s participating interest in a Swing Line Loan, JPMCB receives any payment on account thereof, JPMCB will distribute to such Lender its participating interest in such amount (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded) in like funds as received; provided, however, that in the event that such payment received by JPMCB is required to be returned, such Lender will return to JPMCB any portion thereof previously distributed by JPMCB to it in like funds as such payment is required to be returned by JPMCB.

(e) If the maturity date shall have occurred in respect of any tranche of Revolving Credit Commitments at a time when another tranche or tranches of Revolving Credit Commitments is or are in effect with a longer maturity date, then on the earliest occurring maturity date all then outstanding Swing Line Loans shall be repaid in full on such date (and there shall be no adjustment to the participations in such Swing Line Loans as a result of the occurrence of such maturity date); provided, however, that if on the occurrence of such earliest maturity date (after giving effect to any repayments of Revolving Credit Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as contemplated in subsection 3.3(d)), there shall exist sufficient unutilized Extended Revolving Credit Commitments so that the respective outstanding Swing Line Loans could be incurred pursuant the Extended Revolving Credit Commitments which will remain in effect after the occurrence of such maturity date, then there shall be an automatic adjustment on such date of the participations in such Swing Line Loans and same shall be deemed to have been incurred solely pursuant to the relevant Extended Revolving Credit Commitments, and such Swing Line Loans shall not be so required to be repaid in full on such earliest maturity date.

3.8 Participations. Each Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to subsection 3.4 and clauses (b) and (c) of subsection 3.7 is absolute and unconditional as set forth in subsection 4.16.

SECTION 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

4.1 Procedure for Borrowing by the Company. (a) The Company may borrow under the Commitments on any Working Day, if the borrowing is of Eurodollar Loans, or on any Business Day, if the borrowing is of ABR Loans. With respect to any borrowings, the Company shall give the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, (i) three Working Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date if all or any part of the Loans are to be Eurodollar Loans and (ii) one Business Day prior to the requested Borrowing Date if the borrowing is to be solely of ABR Loans) specifying (A) the amount of the borrowing, (B) whether such Loans are initially to be Eurodollar Loans or ABR Loans, or a combination thereof, (C) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly Eurodollar Loans, the length of the Interest Period for such Eurodollar Loans, and (D) if the borrowing is to be made after the Closing Date, the amount of such borrowing to be constituted by Revolving Credit Loans. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender (which notice shall in any event be delivered to each Lender by 4:00 P.M., New York City time, on such date or, in the case of Loans to be made on the Closing Date, promptly following receipt thereof by the Administrative Agent). Not later than 12:00 Noon, New York City time, on the Borrowing Date specified in such notice, each Lender shall make available to the Administrative Agent at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 11.2 (or at such other location as the Administrative Agent may direct) an amount in immediately available funds equal to the amount of the Loan to be made by such Lender. Subject to subsection 3.7(b), Loan proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall promptly be made available to the Company by the Administrative Agent’s crediting the account of the Company, at the office of the Administrative Agent specified in subsection 11.2, with the aggregate amount actually received by the Administrative Agent from the Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent.

 

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(b) Any borrowing of Eurodollar Loans by the Company hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans having the same Interest Period shall not be less than $2,500,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) no more than five Interest Periods shall be in effect at any one time with respect to Eurodollar Loans which are Term Loans and no more than five Interest Periods shall be in effect at any one time with respect to Eurodollar Loans which are Revolving Credit Loans.

4.2 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt. (a) The Company hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender (i) the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender (other than any Revolving Credit Loan made under any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment) on the Revolving Credit Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Revolving Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9), (ii) the then unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan of such Lender (other than Extended Term Loans), in accordance with the applicable amortization schedule set forth in subsection 2.2 (or the then unpaid principal amount of such Term Loans, on the date that any or all of the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9), (iii) the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan under an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment of such Lender on the respective maturity date applicable thereto (or such earlier date on which the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9) and (iv) the then unpaid principal amount of any Extended Term Loan of such Lender, in accordance with the amortization schedule and maturity date applicable thereto (or the then unpaid principal amount of such Extended Term Loan, on the date that any or all of the Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9). The Company hereby further agrees to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of the Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in subsection 4.7.

(b) Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of the Company to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

(c) The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to subsection 11.6(d), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Company to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder from the Company and each Lender’s share thereof.

 

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(d) The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to subsection 4.2(c) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of the Company therein recorded; provided, however, that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Company to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Company by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

4.3 Conversion Options. The Company may elect from time to time to convert Eurodollar Loans into ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, at least three Working Days prior to the proposed conversion date, provided that any such conversion of Eurodollar Loans shall only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto. The Company may elect from time to time to convert all or a portion of the ABR Loans then outstanding to Eurodollar Loans by giving the Administrative Agent irrevocable notice of such election, to be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, at least three Working Days prior to the proposed conversion date, specifying the Interest Period selected therefor, and, if no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, such conversion shall be made on the requested conversion date or, if such requested conversion date is not a Working Day, on the next succeeding Working Day. Upon receipt of any notice pursuant to this subsection 4.3, the Administrative Agent shall promptly, but in any event by 4:00 P.M., New York City time, notify each Lender thereof. All or any part of the outstanding Loans (other than Swing Line Loans) may be converted as provided herein, provided that partial conversions of Loans shall be in the aggregate principal amount of $2,500,000, or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and the aggregate principal amount of the resulting Eurodollar Loans outstanding in respect of any one Interest Period shall be at least $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

4.4 Changes of Commitment Amounts. (a) The Company shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, to terminate or, from time to time, reduce the Revolving Credit Commitments subject to the provisions of this subsection 4.4. To the extent, if any, that the sum of the amount of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans, and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and the amounts available to be drawn under outstanding Letters of Credit exceeds the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments as then reduced, the Company shall be required to make a prepayment equal to such excess amount, the proceeds of which shall be applied first, to payment of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding, second, to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, third, to payment of any Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding, and last, to cash collateralize any outstanding Letters of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Any such termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be accompanied by prepayment in full of the Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans and Revolving L/C Obligations then outstanding and by cash collateralization of any outstanding Letter of Credit on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. Upon termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments any Letter of Credit then outstanding which has been so cash collateralized shall no longer be considered a “Letter of Credit”, as defined in subsection 1.1 and any L/C Participating Interests heretofore granted by the Issuing Lender to the Lenders in such Letter of Credit shall be deemed terminated (subject to automatic reinstatement in the event that such cash collateral is returned and the Issuing Lender is not fully reimbursed for any such Revolving L/C Obligations) but the Letter of Credit fees payable under subsection 4.11 shall continue to accrue to the Issuing Lender (or, in the event of any such automatic reinstatement, as provided in subsection 8.4) with respect to such Letter of Credit until the expiry thereof.

 

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(b) Interest accrued on the amount of any partial prepayment pursuant to this subsection 4.4 to the date of such partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment. In the case of the termination of the Revolving Credit Commitments, interest accrued on the amount of any prepayment relating thereto and any unpaid commitment fee accrued hereunder shall be paid on the date of such termination. Any such partial reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be in an amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and shall reduce permanently the Revolving Credit Commitments.

4.5 Optional Prepayments. (a) The Company may at any time and from time to time prepay Loans, in whole or in part, upon at least one Business Days’ irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent in the case of ABR Loans and two Working Days’ irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent in the case of Eurodollar Loans and specifying the date and amount of prepayment; provided that Eurodollar Loans prepaid on other than the last day of any Interest Period with respect thereto shall be prepaid subject to the provisions of subsection 4.18. Upon receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender thereof. If such notice is given, the Company shall make such prepayment, and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable, on the date specified therein. Accrued interest on any Notes or on the amount of any Loans paid in full pursuant to this subsection 4.5 shall be paid on the date of such prepayment. Accrued interest on the amount of any partial prepayment shall be paid on the Interest Payment Date next succeeding the date of such partial prepayment. Partial prepayments shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the lesser of (A) $1,500,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and (B) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the applicable Loans, as the case may be. Any amount prepaid on account of Term Loans may not be reborrowed. Partial prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to this subsection 4.5 shall be applied as directed by the Company.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company may rescind any notice of prepayment under this subsection 4.5 if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Facilities, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.

4.6 Mandatory Prepayments. (a) In the event of any incurrence of Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted to be issued under subsection 8.2), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Indebtedness incurrence shall on the date of such Indebtedness incurrence be applied to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in subsection 4.6(d).

(b) In the event of receipt by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale or Recovery Event (in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all Asset Sales and Recovery Events per fiscal year) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries then, unless the Company exercises its Reinvestment Rights in respect thereof, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Proceeds of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event shall on the date of such receipt be applied to the prepayment of the Term Loans as set forth in subsection 4.6(d); provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, on each Reinvestment Prepayment Date, an amount equal to the Reinvestment Prepayment Amount with respect to the relevant Reinvestment Event shall be applied toward the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in subsection 4.6(d).

(c) If, for any fiscal year of the Company commencing with the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, there shall be Excess Cash Flow, the Company shall, on the relevant Excess Cash Flow Application Date, apply the ECF Percentage of such Excess Cash Flow less (y) the aggregate amount of all optional prepayments of Term Loans pursuant to subsection 4.5 made during such fiscal year toward the prepayment of the Term Loans. Each such prepayment shall be made on a date (an “Excess Cash Flow Application Date”) no later than ten Business Days after the earlier of (i) the date on which the financial statements of the Company referred to in subsection 7.1, for the fiscal year with respect to which such prepayment is made, are required to be delivered to the Lenders and (ii) the date such financial statements are actually delivered.

 

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(d) Partial prepayments of the Term Loans pursuant to subsection 4.6 shall be applied first, to the next four installments thereof scheduled to be paid in direct order, and second, to the remaining installments on a pro rata basis; provided that prepayments of Eurodollar Loans pursuant to this subsection 4.6, if not on the last day of the Interest Period with respect thereto, shall, at the Company’s option, as long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, be prepaid subject to the provisions of subsection 4.21 or such prepayment (after application to any ABR Loans, in the case of prepayments by the Company) shall be deposited with the Administrative Agent as cash collateral for such Eurodollar Loans on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and thereafter shall be applied to the prepayment of the Eurodollar Loans on the last day of the respective Interest Periods for such Eurodollar Loans next ending most closely to the date of receipt of such Net Proceeds. After such application, unless a Default or an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any remaining interest earned on such cash collateral shall be paid to the Company.

(e) Except as set forth in subsection 4.21, all payments made under this subsection 4.6 will be without penalty or premium.

(f) Upon the Revolving Credit Termination Date the Company shall, with respect to each then outstanding Letter of Credit, if any, either (i) cause such Letter of Credit to be cancelled without such Letter of Credit being drawn upon or (ii) collateralize the Revolving L/C Obligations with respect to such Letter of Credit with cash or a letter of credit issued by banks or a bank satisfactory to the Administrative Agent on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

4.7 Interest Rates and Payment Dates. (a) Each Eurodollar Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate determined for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) ABR Loans shall bear interest for the period from and including the date thereof until maturity thereof on the unpaid principal amount thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

(c) If all or a portion of (i) the principal amount of any of the Loans or Revolving L/C Obligations or (ii) any interest payable thereon, shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall, without limiting the rights of the Lenders under Section 9, bear interest at a rate per annum which is (x) in the case of overdue principal or Revolving L/C Obligations, 2% above the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this subsection or (y) in the case of overdue interest, fees and other amounts, 2% above the rate described in paragraph (b) of this subsection for Revolving Credit Loans, in each case from the date of such nonpayment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

(d) Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date; provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this subsection shall be payable on demand by the Administrative Agent made at the request of the Required Lenders.

4.8 Computation of Interest and Fees. (a) Interest in respect of ABR Loans at any time the ABR is calculated based on the Prime Rate and all fees hereunder shall be calculated on the basis of a 365 or 366, as the case may be, day year for the actual days elapsed. Interest in respect of Eurodollar Loans and ABR Loans at any time the ABR is not calculated based on the Prime Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 360 day year for the actual days elapsed. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company and the Lenders of each determination of a Eurodollar Rate. Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change in the ABR becomes effective. The Administrative Agent shall as soon as practicable notify the Company and the Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change.

 

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(b) Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Company and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error. The Administrative Agent shall, at the request of the Company, deliver to the Company a statement showing the quotations used by the Administrative Agent in determining the Eurodollar Rate.

4.9 Commitment Fees. (a) Subject to paragraph (b) of this subsection 4.9, the Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, a commitment fee from and including the Closing Date to but excluding the Revolving Credit Termination Date on the sum of such Lender’s Available Revolving Credit Commitment outstanding from time to time, at the rate per annum for each day during the period for which payment is made equal to 0.50%.

(b) The commitment fee provided for in this subsection 4.9 shall be payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date.

4.10 Certain Fees. (a) The Company agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for its own account a non-refundable agent’s fee in the amount and payable on such dates as is separately agreed to by the Company and the Administrative Agent.

(b) The Company agrees to pay on the Closing Date to each Lender party to this Agreement on the Closing Date, a closing fee (the “Closing Fee”) in an amount equal to (i) 1.0% of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment on the Closing Date and (ii) 0.50% of the principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans made on the Closing Date. Such Closing Fee will be in all respects fully earned, due and payable on the Closing Date and non-refundable and non-creditable thereafter and, in the case of the Term Loans, such Closing Fee shall be netted against the Term Loans made by such Lenders.

4.11 Letter of Credit Fees. (a) In lieu of any letter of credit commissions and fees provided for in any L/C Application relating to Letters of Credit (other than standard administrative, issuance, amendment and negotiation fees), the Company agrees to pay the Administrative Agent a Letter of Credit fee, for the account of the Issuing Lender and the Participating Lenders, (i) with respect to each Standby L/C, on the average outstanding amount available to be drawn under each Standby L/C at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are Eurodollar Loans in effect at such time, whether or not there are any such Eurodollar Loans outstanding at such time, payable in arrears, on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date and (ii) with respect to each Commercial L/C, on the aggregate face amount of each Commercial L/C at a rate equal to the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit Loans which are Eurodollar Loans in effect at such time, whether or not there are any such Eurodollar Loans outstanding at such time, payable on the date such Commercial L/C is issued.

In addition, the Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender (i) with respect to each Standby L/C, in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company and on the Revolving Credit Termination Date with respect to the Revolving Credit Commitments, a fee to be agreed with the applicable Issuing Lender but not greater than  1/4 of 1% per annum on the average outstanding amount available to be drawn under such Standby L/C, solely for its own account as Issuing Lender of such Standby L/C and not on account of its L/C Participating Interest therein and (ii) with respect to each Commercial L/C, on the date such Commercial L/C is issued, a fee to be agreed with the applicable Issuing Lender but not greater than  1/4 of 1% on the aggregate face amount of such Commercial L/C, solely for its own account as Issuing Lender of such Commercial L/C and not on account of its L/C Participating Interest therein.

 

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(b) In connection with any payment of fees pursuant to this subsection 4.11, the Administrative Agent agrees to provide to the Company a statement of any such fees so paid; provided that the failure by the Administrative Agent to provide the Company with any such invoice shall not relieve the Company of its obligation to pay such fees.

4.12 Letter of Credit Reserves. (a) If any Change in Law after the date of this Agreement shall either (i) impose, modify, deem or make applicable any reserve, special deposit, assessment or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by the Issuing Lender or (ii) impose on the Issuing Lender any other condition regarding this Agreement or any Letter of Credit, and the result of any event referred to in clause (i) or (ii) above shall be to increase the cost to the Issuing Lender of maintaining any Letter of Credit (which increase in cost shall be the result of the Issuing Lender’s reasonable allocation of the aggregate of such cost increases resulting from such events), then, upon demand by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall immediately pay to the Issuing Lender, from time to time as specified by the Issuing Lender, additional amounts which shall be sufficient to compensate the Issuing Lender for such increased cost, together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin for Revolving Credit ABR Loans. A certificate submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.

(b) In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to the Issuing Lender shall, in the opinion of the Issuing Lender, require that any obligation under any Letter of Credit be treated as an asset or otherwise be included for purposes of calculating the appropriate amount of capital to be maintained by the Issuing Lender or any corporation controlling the Issuing Lender, and such Change in Law shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s capital, as the case may be, as a consequence of the Issuing Lender’s obligations under such Letter of Credit to a level below that which the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account the Issuing Lender’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by the Issuing Lender to be material, then from time to time following notice by the Issuing Lender to the Company of such Change in Law, within 15 days after demand by the Issuing Lender, the Company shall pay to the Issuing Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate the Issuing Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, for such reduction. If the Issuing Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this subsection 4.12(b), it shall promptly notify the Company of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. A certificate submitted by the Issuing Lender to the Company concurrently with any such demand by the Issuing Lender, shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, as to the amount thereof.

(c) The Company agrees that the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs (a) and (b) and the provisions of each L/C Application providing for reimbursement or payment to the Issuing Lender in the event of the imposition or implementation of, or increase in, any reserve, special deposit, capital adequacy or similar requirement in respect of the Letter of Credit relating thereto shall apply equally to each Participating Lender in respect of its L/C Participating Interest in such Letter of Credit, as if the references in such paragraphs and provisions referred to, where applicable, such Participating Lender or any corporation controlling such Participating Lender.

 

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4.13 Further Assurances. The Company hereby agrees, from time to time, to do and perform any and all acts and to execute any and all further instruments reasonably requested by the Issuing Lender to effect more fully the purposes of this Agreement and the issuance of Letters of Credit hereunder. The Company further agrees to execute any and all instruments reasonably requested by the Issuing Lender in connection with the obtaining and/or maintaining of any insurance coverage applicable to any Letters of Credit.

4.14 Obligations Absolute. The payment obligations of the Company under this Agreement with respect to the Letters of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including, without limitation, the following circumstances:

(i) the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may have at any time against any beneficiary, or any transferee, of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the Issuing Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the Related Documents, any Credit Documents, the transactions contemplated herein, or any unrelated transaction;

(ii) any statement or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

(iii) payment by the Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit, except where such payment constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender; or

(iv) any other circumstances or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, except for any such circumstances or happening constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Issuing Lender.

4.15 Assignments. No Participating Lender’s participation in any Letter of Credit or any of its rights or duties hereunder shall be subdivided, assigned or transferred (other than in connection with a transfer of part or all of such Participating Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment in accordance with subsection 11.6) without the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Such consent may be given or withheld without the consent or agreement of any other Participating Lender. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Participating Lender may subparticipate its Participating Interest without obtaining the prior written consent of the Issuing Lender.

4.16 Participations. Each Lender’s obligation to purchase participating interests pursuant to subsection 3.4 shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including, without limitation, (i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Issuing Lender, the Company or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; (iii) any adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Company; (iv) any breach of this Agreement by the Company or any other Lender; or (v) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

 

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4.17 Inability to Determine Interest Rate for Eurodollar Loans. (a) In the event that the Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the Company) that (a) by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for any Interest Period with respect to (i) proposed Loans that the Company has requested be made as Eurodollar Loans, (ii) any Eurodollar Loans that will result from the requested conversion of all or part of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans or (iii) the continuation of any Eurodollar Loan as such for an additional Interest Period, (b) the Eurodollar Rate determined or to be determined for any Interest Period will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Lenders constituting the Required Lenders of maintaining their affected Eurodollar Loans during such Interest Period by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally or (c) dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant period with respect to any such Eurodollar Loan are not available to any of the Lenders in their respective Eurodollar Lending Offices’ interbank eurodollar market, the Administrative Agent shall forthwith give notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the Company and the Lenders at least one day prior to, as the case may be, the requested Borrowing Date, the conversion date or the last day of such Interest Period. If such notice is given, (i) any requested Eurodollar Loans shall be made as ABR Loans, (ii) any ABR Loans that were to have been converted to Eurodollar Loans shall be continued as ABR Loans and (iii) any outstanding Eurodollar Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then current Interest Period applicable thereto, into ABR Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurodollar Loans shall be made and no ABR Loans shall be converted to Eurodollar Loans.

4.18 Pro Rata Treatment and Payments. (a) Each borrowing of any Loan (other than Swing Line Loans), each payment by the Company on account of any fee hereunder (other than as set forth in subsections 4.10 and 4.11) and any reduction of the Revolving Credit Commitments shall be made pro rata according to the relevant Commitment Percentages of the Lenders entitled or obligated thereto. Each payment (including each prepayment) by the Company on account of principal of and interest on the Loans (other than Swing Line Loans and other than as set forth in subsections 4.6, 4.19, 4.20 and 4.21) shall be made pro rata according to the relevant Commitment Percentages of the Lenders entitled thereto. All payments (including prepayments) to be made by the Company on account of principal, interest and fees shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, at the Administrative Agent’s office located at 1111 Fannin Street, 8th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002, in lawful money of the United States of America and in immediately available funds. The Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute such payments ratably to each Lender in like funds as received. If any payment hereunder (other than payments on Eurodollar Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension. If any payment on a Eurodollar Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Working Day, the maturity thereof shall be extended to the next succeeding Working Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Working Day.

(b) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a Borrowing Date that such Lender will not make the amount which would constitute its relevant Commitment Percentage of the borrowing on such date available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such Borrowing Date in accordance with subsection 4.1 and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Company a corresponding amount. If such amount is made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender on a date after such Borrowing Date, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) the daily average Federal funds rate during such period as quoted by the Administrative Agent, times (ii) the amount of such Lender’s relevant Commitment Percentage of such borrowing, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse from and including such Borrowing Date to the date on which such Lender’s relevant Commitment Percentage of such borrowing shall have become immediately available to the Administrative Agent and the denominator of which is 360. A certificate of the Administrative Agent submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this subsection 4.18(b) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error. If such Lender’s relevant Commitment Percentage of such borrowing is not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to ABR Loans hereunder, on demand, from the Company without prejudice to any rights which the Company or the Administrative Agent may have against such Lender hereunder. Nothing contained in this subsection 4.18(b) shall relieve any Lender which has failed to make available its ratable portion of any borrowing hereunder from its obligation to do so in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

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(c) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it on any Borrowing Date shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on such Borrowing Date, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on such Borrowing Date.

(d) All payments and prepayments (other than mandatory prepayments as set forth in subsection 4.6 and other than prepayments as set forth in subsection 4.20 with respect to increased costs) of Eurodollar Loans hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of all Eurodollar Loans with the same Interest Period shall not be less than $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this subsection 4.18 or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Company may (i) make prepayments of Term Loans at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis in accordance with subsection 4.25 and (ii) extend the final maturity of Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments in connection with an Extension that is permitted under subsection 4.26 without being obligated to effect such extensions on a pro rata basis among the Lenders (it being understood that no such extension (x) shall constitute a payment or prepayment of any Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, for purposes of this subsection or (y) shall reduce the amount of any scheduled amortization payment due under subsection 2.2, except that the amount of any scheduled amortization payment due to a Lender of Extended Term Loans may be reduced to the extent provided pursuant to the express terms of the respective Extension Offer) without giving rise to any violation of this subsection or any other provision of this Agreement. Furthermore, the Company may take all actions contemplated by subsection 4.26 in connection with any Extension (including modifying pricing, amortization and repayments or prepayments of Extended Revolving Credit Commitments or Extended Term Loans), and in each case such actions taken in accordance with subsection 4.26 shall be permitted hereunder, and the differing payments contemplated therein shall be permitted without giving rise to any violation of this subsection or any other provision of this Agreement.

4.19 Illegality. Notwithstanding any other provisions herein, if any Requirement of Law or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof occurring after the date that any lender becomes a Lender party to this Agreement shall make it unlawful for such Lender to maintain Eurodollar Loans as contemplated by this Agreement, the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Eurodollar Loans or to convert all or a portion of ABR Loans into Eurodollar Loans shall forthwith be cancelled and such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Eurodollar Loans, if any, shall, if required by law and if such Lender so requests, be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the date specified by such Lender in such request. To the extent that such affected Eurodollar Loans are converted into ABR Loans, all payments of principal which would otherwise be applied to such Eurodollar Loans shall be applied instead to such Lender’s ABR Loans. The Company hereby agrees promptly to pay any Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for any costs incurred by such Lender in making any conversion in accordance with this subsection 4.19 including, but not limited to, any interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder (such Lender’s notice of such costs, as certified to the Company through the Administrative Agent, to be conclusive absent manifest error).

 

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4.20 Requirements of Law. (a) In the event that, at any time after the date hereof, the adoption of any Requirement of Law, or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority:

(i) does or shall subject any Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender to any Taxes (other than (A) Non-Excluded Taxes, (B) Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender and the jurisdiction imposing such Taxes (other than a connection arising solely from such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender having executed, delivered, enforced, become a party to, performed its obligations under, or received payments under any Credit Document), or (C) any Taxes described in clause (x) or (y) of the last sentence of subsection 4.22(a) with respect to this Agreement, any Note, any Eurodollar Loans or any Letter of Credit made by it);

(ii) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which are not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurodollar Rate; or

(iii) does or shall impose on such Lender any other condition;

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender (or, in the case of (i), to such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender) of converting, renewing or maintaining advances or extensions of credit or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder, in each case, in respect of its Eurodollar Loans or, in the case of (i), any Loans or issuing or participating Letters of Credit, then, in any such case, the Company, shall promptly pay such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender), on demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender) on an after-tax basis for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable which such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender) deems to be material as determined by such Lender (or, in the case of (i), such Lender, Transferee or Issuing Lender) with respect to such Eurodollar Loans or, in the case of (i), any Loans or issuing or participating Letters of Credit, together with interest on each such amount from the date demanded until payment in full thereof at a rate per annum equal to the ABR plus the Applicable Margin.

(b) In the event that at any time after the date hereof any Change in Law with respect to any Lender shall, in the opinion of such Lender, shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital, as the case may be, as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into account such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies, as the case may be, with respect to capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time following notice by such Lender to the Company of such Change in Law as provided in paragraph (c) of this subsection 4.20, within 15 days after demand by such Lender, the Company shall pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such corporation, as the case may be, on an after-tax basis for such reduction.

 

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(c) If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this subsection 4.20, it shall promptly notify the Company through the Administrative Agent, of the event by reason of which it has become so entitled. If any Lender has notified the Company through the Administrative Agent of any increased costs pursuant to paragraph (a) of this subsection 4.20, the Company at any time thereafter may, upon at least two Working Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders thereof), and subject to subsection 4.21, prepay or convert into ABR Loans all (but not a part) of the Eurodollar Loans then outstanding. Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of paragraph (a) of this subsection 4.20 or entitling a Lender to receive additional amounts under paragraph (a) or (c) of subsection 4.22 with respect to such Lender, it will, if requested by the Company, and to the extent permitted by law or by the relevant Governmental Authority, endeavor in good faith to avoid or minimize the increase in costs, reduction in payments, or payment of additional amounts resulting from such event (including, without limitation, endeavoring to change its Eurodollar Lending Office or any other lending office); provided, however, that such avoidance or minimization can be made in such a manner that such Lender, in its sole determination, suffers no economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage.

(d) A certificate submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Company shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The covenants contained in this subsection 4.20 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and repayment of the outstanding Loans.

4.21 Indemnity. The Company agrees to indemnify each Lender and to hold such Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur as a consequence of (a) default by the Company in payment of the principal amount of or interest on any Eurodollar Loans of such Lender, including, but not limited to, any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to make or maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder, (b) default by the Company in making a conversion of ABR Loans to Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given notice in accordance with subsection 4.1 or in continuing Eurodollar Loans for an additional Interest Period after the Company has given a notice in accordance with clause (b) of the definition of Interest Period, (c) default by the Company in making a borrowing of Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given a notice in accordance with subsection 4.1 or in making any prepayment of Eurodollar Loans after the Company has given a notice in accordance with subsection 4.3 or (d) a payment or prepayment of a Eurodollar Loan or conversion of any Eurodollar Loan into an ABR Loan, in either case on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto, including, but not limited to, any such loss or expense arising from interest or fees payable by such Lender to lenders of funds obtained by it in order to maintain its Eurodollar Loans hereunder. This covenant shall survive termination of this Agreement and payment of the outstanding Obligations.

4.22 Taxes. (a) All payments made by or on behalf of any Credit Party under this Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority, excluding net income taxes, branch profit taxes, franchise taxes and other similar taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between the Administrative Agent or such Lender and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising solely from the Administrative Agent or such Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or any other Credit Document); provided that, if any such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings (“Non-Excluded Taxes”) or Other Taxes are required to be withheld from any amounts payable to the Administrative Agent or any Lender, as determined in good faith by the applicable withholding agent, (i) such amounts shall be paid to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and (ii) the amounts so payable by the applicable Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or such Lender shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement as if such withholding or deduction had not been made; provided further, however, that Non-Excluded Taxes shall not include any amounts (x) that are attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the requirements of paragraph (f), (g), (h) or (i) of this subsection 4.22 or (y) that are taxes imposed by a Requirement of Law in effect (including FATCA) at the time (and, in the case of FATCA, including any future regulations of official interpretations thereof) a Non-U.S. Lender becomes a party hereto (or designates a new lending office) that do not arise as a result of a change in the jurisdiction of incorporation or the operations of a Credit Party, except to the extent that such Non-U.S. Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding taxes under this subsection 4.22.

 

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(b) In addition, the Company shall pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority if and to the extent required by applicable law.

(c) Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are payable by a Credit Party, as promptly as possible thereafter such Credit Party shall send to the Administrative Agent for its own account or for the account of the relevant Lender, as the case may be, a copy of a receipt received by such Credit Party showing payment thereof. If (i) a Credit Party fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority, (ii) a Credit Party fails to remit to the Administrative Agent the required receipts or other reasonably requested documentary evidence or (iii) any Non-Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes are imposed directly upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender (other than in the case of (iii) any interest or penalties attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Lender), the Credit Parties shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for such amounts and any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure, in the case of (i) and (ii), or any such direct imposition, in the case of (iii).

(d) If any Lender Party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this subsection 4.22 (including additional amounts paid pursuant to this subsection 4.22), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this subsection with respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including any Non-Excluded Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid to such indemnified party pursuant to the previous sentence (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection 4.22(d), in no event will any indemnified party be required to pay any amount to any indemnifying party pursuant to this subsection 4.22(d) if such payment would place such indemnified party in a less favorable position (on a net after-Tax basis) than such indemnified party would have been in if the indemnification payments or additional amounts giving rise to such refund had never been paid. This subsection 4.22(d) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes which it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

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(e) Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent for the full amount of any taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions, withholdings or similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority that are attributable to such Lender and that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, together with all interest, penalties, reasonable costs and expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, as determined by the Administrative Agent in good faith. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(f) If a payment made to a Lender under this Agreement or any other Credit Document would be subject to United States federal withholding tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Company or the Administrative Agent to comply with its obligations under FATCA, to determine that such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this subsection 4.22(f), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement

(g) Each Lender, Assignee and Participant that is not a citizen or resident of the United States of America, a corporation, partnership or other entity created or organized in or under the laws of the United States of America, or an estate or trust that is subject to United States federal income taxation regardless of the source of its income (a “Non-U.S. Lender”) shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, and if applicable, the assigning Lender (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) on or before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Participant, on or before the date on which such Participant purchases the related participation) and from time or time thereafter upon the request of the Company or the Administrative Agent:

(i) two duly completed and signed copies of either Internal Revenue Service Form W-BEN (relating to such Non-U.S. Lender and entitling it to a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States federal withholding tax on all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents), Form W-8ECI (relating to all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents) or Form W-8IMY (together with any applicable underlying Internal Revenue Service forms, which together entitle such Non-U.S. Lender to a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States Federal withholding tax on all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Lender pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents), or successor and related applicable forms, as the case may be; or

(ii) in the case of a Non-U.S. Lender that is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and that does not comply with the requirements of clause (i) hereof, (x) a statement in the form of the applicable Exhibit E (or such other form of statement as shall be reasonably requested by the Company from time to time) to the effect that such Non-U.S. Lender is eligible for a complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, United States federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code, and (y) two duly completed and signed copies of the applicable Internal Revenue Service Form W 8 or successor and related applicable form;

 

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In addition, each Non-U.S. Lender agrees (i) to deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent, and if applicable, the assigning Lender (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two further duly completed and signed copies of such Form W-8BEN, W-8IMY or W-8ECI or such other Internal Revenue Service forms required to be delivered pursuant to this subsection 4.22, as the case may be, or successor and related applicable forms, on or before the date that any such form expires or becomes obsolete and promptly after the occurrence of any event requiring a change from the most recent form(s) previously delivered by it to the Company and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) in accordance with applicable United States laws and regulations, and (ii) to notify promptly the Company and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) if it is no longer able to deliver, or if it is required to withdraw or cancel, any form or statement previously delivered by it pursuant to this subsection 4.22(g). Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection 4.22, a Non -U.S. Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this subsection 4.22 that such Non -U.S. Lender is not legally able to deliver.

(h) A Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Company is located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Company (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, as reasonably requested by the Company or the Administrative Agent, or as specified in the proceeding in the preceding paragraph, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(i) Each Lender, Assignee and Participant that is not a Non-U.S. Lender shall, on or before the date that such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from whom the related Participation was purchased), two duly completed and signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, certifying that such Person is exempt from United States back-up withholding tax. Each such Lender, Assignee or Participant shall deliver further documentation in accordance with the previous sentence at the time(s) specified by subsection 4.22(g).

(j) The agreements in this subsection 4.22 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

4.23 Defaulting Lender. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Revolving Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

(a) fees shall cease to accrue on the Revolving Credit Commitment of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to subsection 4.9;

(b) the Aggregate Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to subsection 10.1), provided that any waiver, amendment or modification (i) which requires the consent of all Lenders or each affected Lender which affects such Defaulting Lender differently than other affected Lenders or (ii) increases or extends such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment, reduces or excuses the principal amount of, or interest or fees payable on, Loans or Letter of Credit disbursements or postpones the scheduled date of payment as to such Defaulting Lender shall require the consent of such Defaulting Lender;

 

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(c) if any Swing Line Exposure or L/C Exposure exists at the time such Revolving Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender then:

(i) all or any part of the Swing Line Exposure and L/C Exposure of such Defaulting Lender shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Aggregate Revolving Credit Extensions of Credit and participations in Swing Line Loans plus such Defaulting Lender’s Swing Line Exposure and L/C Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Commitments;

(ii) if the reallocation described in clause (i) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Company shall within three Business Days following notice by the Administrative Agent (x) first, prepay such Swing Line Exposure and (y) second, cash collateralize for the benefit of the Issuing Lender only the Company’s obligations corresponding to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to clause (i) above) for so long as such L/C Exposure is outstanding;

(iii) if the Company cash collateralizes any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure pursuant to clause (ii) above, the Company shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to subsection 4.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure during the period such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure is cash collateralized;

(iv) if the L/C Exposure of the non-Defaulting Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to subsection 4.9 and subsection 4.11 shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages; and

(v) if all or any portion of such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure is neither reallocated nor cash collateralized pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above, then, without prejudice to any rights or remedies of the Issuing Lender or any other Lender hereunder, all letter of credit fees payable under subsection 4.11 with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s L/C Exposure shall be payable to the Issuing Lender until and to the extent that such L/C Exposure is reallocated and/or cash collateralized; and

(d) so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loan and the Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it has received assurances satisfactory to it that non-Defaulting Lenders will cover the related exposure and/or cash collateral will be provided by the Borrower, and participating interests in any newly made Swing Line Loan or any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among non-Defaulting Lenders in a manner consistent with subsection 4.23(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

In the event that the Administrative Agent, the Company, the Swing line Lender and the Issuing Lender each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Revolving Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the Swing Line Exposure and L/C Exposure of the Revolving Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such Revolving Lender’s Commitment and on such date such Revolving Lender shall purchase at par such of the Revolving Loans of the other Revolving Lenders (other than Swing Line Loans) as the Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Revolving Lender to hold such Revolving Loans in accordance with its Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage.

 

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4.24 Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under subsection 4.20, or if the Company is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to subsection 4.22, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in subsection 11.6), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that (i) the Company shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Credit Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, participations in Letters of Credit funded under subsection 3.6(b) and participations in Swing Line Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts), (iii) the Company or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in subsection 11.6(d) and (iv) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under subsection 4.20 or payments required to be made pursuant to subsection 4.22, such assignment will result in a material reduction in such compensation or payments. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise (including as a result of any action taken by such Lender under paragraph (a) above), the circumstances entitling the Company to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

4.25 Prepayments Below Par. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement (including subsection 4.18(a) or 11.7(a)) or any other Credit Document, the Company shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay Term Loans to the Lenders at a discount to the par value of such Loans and on a non pro rata basis (each, a “Discounted Voluntary Prepayment”) pursuant to the procedures described in this subsection 4.25, provided that (A) on the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and after giving effect to the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, no more than $50,000,000 shall be outstanding in Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans, (B) any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be offered to all Term Lenders of a particular tranche on a pro rata basis and (C) the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent, together with each Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Company (1) stating that no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, (2) stating that each of the conditions to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment contained in this subsection 4.25 has been satisfied and (3) specifying the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans to be prepaid pursuant to such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.

(b) To the extent the Company seeks to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, the Company will provide written notice to the Administrative Agent substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto (each, a “Discounted Prepayment Option Notice”) that the Company desires to prepay Term Loans in an aggregate principal amount specified therein by the Company (each, a “Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount”), in each case at a discount to the par value of such Loans as specified below. The Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount of any Loans shall not be less than $10,000,000 (unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent). The Discounted Prepayment Option Notice shall further specify with respect to the proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment (A) the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount for Loans to be prepaid, (B) a discount range (which may be a single percentage) selected by the Company with respect to such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment equal to a percentage of par of the principal amount of the Loans to be prepaid (the “Discount Range”), and (C) the date by which Lenders are required to indicate their election to participate in such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which shall be at least five Business Days following the date of the Discounted Prepayment Option Notice (the “Acceptance Date”).

 

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(c) Upon receipt of a Discounted Prepayment Option Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender thereof. On or prior to the Acceptance Date, each such Lender may specify by written notice substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto (each, a “Lender Participation Notice”) to the Administrative Agent (A) a maximum discount to par (the “Acceptable Discount”) within the Discount Range (for example, a Lender specifying a discount to par of 20% would accept a purchase price of 80% of the par value of the Loans to be prepaid) and (B) a maximum principal amount (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent) of the Loans to be prepaid held by such Lender with respect to which such Lender is willing to permit a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment at the Acceptable Discount (“Offered Loans”). Based on the Acceptable Discounts and principal amounts of the Loans to be prepaid specified by the Lenders in the applicable Lender Participation Notice, the Administrative Agent, in consultation with the Company, shall determine the applicable discount for such Loans to be prepaid (the “Applicable Discount”), which Applicable Discount shall be (A) the percentage specified by the Company if the Company has selected a single percentage pursuant to subsection 4.25(b) for the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment or (B) otherwise, the highest Acceptable Discount at which the Company can pay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount in full (determined by adding the principal amounts of Offered Loans commencing with the Offered Loans with the highest Acceptable Discount); provided, however, that in the event that such Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount cannot be repaid in full at any Acceptable Discount, the Applicable Discount shall be the lowest Acceptable Discount specified by the Lenders that is within the Discount Range. The Applicable Discount shall be applicable for all Lenders who have offered to participate in the Voluntary Discounted Prepayment and have Qualifying Loans (as defined below). Any Lender with outstanding Loans to be prepaid whose Lender Participation Notice is not received by the Administrative Agent by the Acceptance Date shall be deemed to have declined to accept a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of any of its Loans at any discount to their par value within the Applicable Discount.

(d) The Company shall make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment by prepaying those Loans to be prepaid (or the respective portions thereof) offered by the Lenders (“Qualifying Lenders”) that specify an Acceptable Discount that is equal to or greater than the Applicable Discount (“Qualifying Loans”) at the Applicable Discount, provided that if the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would exceed the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Company shall prepay such Qualifying Loans ratably among the Qualifying Lenders based on their respective principal amounts of such Qualifying Loans (subject to rounding requirements specified by the Administrative Agent). If the aggregate proceeds required to prepay all Qualifying Loans (disregarding any interest payable at such time) would be less than the amount of aggregate proceeds required to prepay the Proposed Discounted Prepayment Amount, such amounts in each case calculated by applying the Applicable Discount, the Company shall prepay all Qualifying Loans.

(e) Each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be made within five Business Days of the Acceptance Date (or such later date as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably agree, given the time required to calculate the Applicable Discount and determine the amount and holders of Qualifying Loans), without premium or penalty (and not subject to subsection 4.21), upon irrevocable notice substantially in the form of Exhibit I hereto (each a “Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice”), delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 1:00 p.m. New York City Time, three Business Days prior to the date of such Discounted Voluntary Prepayment, which notice shall specify the date and amount of the Discounted Voluntary Prepayment and the Applicable Discount determined by the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each relevant Lender thereof. If any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable to the applicable Lenders, subject to the Applicable Discount on the applicable Loans, on the date specified therein together with accrued interest (on the par principal amount) to but not including such date on the amount prepaid. The par principal amount of each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment of a Term Loan shall be applied ratably to reduce the remaining installments of such Term Loans.

 

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(f) To the extent not expressly provided for herein, each Discounted Voluntary Prepayment shall be consummated pursuant to reasonable procedures (including as to timing, rounding, minimum amounts, Type and Interest Periods and calculation of Applicable Discount in accordance with subsection 4.25(b) above) established by the Administrative Agent and the Company.

(g) Prior to the delivery of a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment Notice, (A) upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, the Company may withdraw or modify its offer to make a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Discounted Prepayment Option Notice and (B) no Lender may withdraw its offer to participate in a Discounted Voluntary Prepayment pursuant to any Lender Participation Notice unless the terms of such proposed Discounted Voluntary Prepayment have been modified by the Company after the date of such Lender Participation Notice.

(h) Nothing in this subsection 4.25 shall require the Company to undertake any Discounted Voluntary Prepayment.

4.26 Extensions of Term Loans and Revolving Credit Commitments. (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, pursuant to one or more offers (each, an “Extension Offer”) made from time to time by the Company to all Lenders of Term Loans with a like maturity date or Revolving Credit Commitments with a like maturity date, in each case on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the respective Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments with a like maturity date, as the case may be) and on the same terms to each such Lender, the Company is hereby permitted to consummate from time to time transactions with individual Lenders that accept the terms contained in such Extension Offers to extend the maturity date of each such Lender’s Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments and otherwise modify the terms of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Extension Offer (including, without limitation, by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) and/or modifying the amortization schedule in respect of such Lender’s Term Loans) (each, an “Extension”, and each group of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, in each case as so extended, as well as the original Term Loans and the original Revolving Credit Commitments (in each case not so extended), being a “tranche”; any Extended Term Loans shall constitute a separate tranche of Term Loans from the tranche of Term Loans from which they were converted, and any Extended Revolving Credit Commitments shall constitute a separate tranche of Revolving Commitments from the tranche of Revolving Commitments from which they were converted), so long as the following terms are satisfied: (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time the offering document in respect of an Extension Offer is delivered to the Lenders, (ii) except as to interest rates, fees and final maturity (which shall be determined by the Company and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Revolving Credit Commitment of any Revolving Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Revolving Credit Commitment (an “Extending Revolving Lender”) extended pursuant to an Extension (an “Extended Revolving Credit Commitment”), and the related outstandings, shall be a Revolving Credit Commitment (or related outstandings, as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings); provided that (x) subject to the provisions of subsections 3.3(d) and 3.7(e) to the extent dealing with Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit which mature or expire after a maturity date when there exist Extended Revolving Commitments with a longer maturity date, all Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated in on a pro rata basis by all Lenders with Revolving Credit Commitments in accordance with their Revolving Credit Commitment Percentages (and except as provided in subsections 3.3(d) and 3.7(e), without giving effect to changes thereto on an earlier maturity date with respect to Swing Line Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or issued) and all borrowings under Revolving Credit Commitments and repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis (except for (A) payments of interest and fees at different rates on Extended Revolving Credit Commitments (and related outstandings) and (B) repayments required upon the maturity date of the non-extending Revolving Credit Commitments) and (y) at no time shall there be Revolving Credit Commitments hereunder (including Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and any original Revolving Credit Commitments) which have more than three different maturity dates, (iii) except as to interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, premium, required prepayment dates and participation in prepayments (which shall, subject to immediately succeeding clauses (iv), (v) and (vi), be determined between the Company and set forth in the relevant Extension Offer), the Term Loans of any Term Lender that agrees to an extension with respect to such Term Loans (an “Extending Term Lender”) extended pursuant to any Extension (“Extended Term Loans”) shall have the same terms as the tranche of Term Loans subject to such Extension Offer until the maturity of such Term Loans, (iv) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the then latest maturity date hereunder and the amortization schedule applicable to Term Loans pursuant to subsection 2.2 for periods prior to the Term Loan Maturity Date, as applicable, may not be increased, (v) the weighted average life of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining weighted average life of the Term Loans extended thereby, (vi) any Extended Term Loans may participate on a pro rata basis or a less than pro rata basis (but not greater than a pro rata basis) in any voluntary or mandatory repayments or prepayments hereunder, in each case as specified in the respective Extension Offer, (vii) if the aggregate principal amount of Term Loans (calculated on the face amount thereof) or Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, in respect of which Term Lenders or Revolving Lenders, as the case may be, shall have accepted the relevant Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as the case may be, offered to be extended by the Company pursuant to such Extension Offer, then the Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, of such Term Lenders or Revolving Lenders, as the case may be, shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with respect to which such Term Lenders or Revolving Lenders, as the case may be, have accepted such Extension Offer, (viii) all documentation in respect of such Extension shall be consistent with the foregoing, (ix) any applicable Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied unless waived by the Company and (x) the Minimum Tranche Amount shall be satisfied unless waived by the Administrative Agent.

 

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(b) With respect to all Extensions consummated by the Company pursuant to this subsection, (i) such Extensions shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for purposes of subsection 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6 and (ii) no Extension Offer is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment, provided that (x) the Company may at its election specify as a condition (a “Minimum Extension Condition”) to consummating any such Extension that a minimum amount (to be determined and specified in the relevant Extension Offer in the Company’s sole discretion and may be waived by the Company) of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments (as applicable) of any or all applicable tranches be tendered and (y) no tranche of Extended Term Loans shall be in an amount of less than $50,000,000 (the “Minimum Tranche Amount”), unless such Minimum Tranche Amount is waived by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby consent to the transactions contemplated by this subsection (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest, fees or premium in respect of any Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments on the such terms as may be set forth in the relevant Extension Offer) and hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including, without limitation, subsection 4.4, 4.5 or 4.6 and 4.18(a)) or any other Credit Document that may otherwise prohibit any such Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section.

 

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(c) No consent of any Lender or the Administrative Agent shall be required to effectuate any Extension, other than (A) the consent of each Lender agreeing to such Extension with respect to one or more of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitments (or a portion thereof) and (B) with respect to any Extension of the Revolving Credit Commitments, the consent of the Issuing Bank and the Swing Line Lender, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. All Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other applicable Obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Company as may be necessary in order to establish new tranches or sub-tranches in respect of Revolving Credit Commitments or Term Loans so extended and such technical amendments as may be necessary or appropriate in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Company in connection with the establishment of such new tranches or sub-tranches, in each case on terms consistent with this subsection. Without limiting the foregoing, in connection with any Extensions the respective Credit Parties shall (at their expense) amend (and the Administrative Agent is hereby directed to amend) any Mortgage that has a maturity date prior to the then latest maturity date so that such maturity date is extended to the then latest maturity date (or such later date as may be advised by local counsel to the Administrative Agent).

(d) In connection with any Extension, the Company shall provide the Administrative Agent at least 5 Business Days’ (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent) prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures (including, without limitation, regarding timing, rounding and other adjustments and to ensure reasonable administrative management of the credit facilities hereunder after such Extension), if any, as may be established by, or acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this subsection.

4.27 Incremental Facility. (a) The Company may from time to time amend this Agreement in order to provide to the Company additional revolving loan facilities (each, an “Incremental Revolving Facility”) and additional term loan facilities (each, an “Incremental Term Facility”; together with any Incremental Revolving Facility, the “Incremental Facilities”), provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Facilities shall not exceed $100,000,000 and (ii) each Incremental Facility shall be in a minimum aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000. Each Incremental Facility will be secured and guaranteed with the other Facilities on a pari passu basis. Each Incremental Term Facility must have a weighted average life to maturity which is the same or longer than the then remaining weighted average life to maturity of the Term Facility and a final maturity no earlier than the Term Loan Maturity Date. Incremental Facilities will be entitled to prepayments and voting rights on the same basis as the comparable Facility unless the applicable Incremental Facility Activation Notice specifies a lesser treatment. Other than amortization, pricing or maturity date, each Incremental Facility shall have the same terms as the comparable Facility or such terms as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Company, provided that if the Applicable Margin (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders providing such Incremental Facility and any Eurodollar or ABR floor applicable to such Incremental Facility but excluding any ticking fees, arrangement fees and other fees not paid to the makers of such loans generally) relating to any Incremental Facility exceeds the Applicable Margin (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders providing the comparable Facility, and any Eurodollar or ABR floor applicable to the comparable Facility) relating to the comparable Facility immediately prior to the effectiveness of the applicable Incremental Facility by more than 0.25%, the Applicable Margin relating to the comparable Facility shall be adjusted to be equal to the Applicable Margin (which, for such purposes only, shall be deemed to include all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to all Lenders providing such Incremental Facility and any Eurodollar or ABR floor applicable to such Incremental Facility) relating to such Incremental Facility minus 0.25%. An Incremental Facility may be made available under this Agreement only if, after giving effect thereto and the use of proceeds thereof (x) no Default or Event of Default exists and (y) the Company is in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in subsection 8.1, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such Incremental Facility and the Indebtedness thereunder had been incurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such Incremental Facility.

 

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(b) An Incremental Facility shall be made available hereunder upon delivery to the Administrative Agent of an Incremental Facility Activation Notice executed by the Company. Any additional bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person that elects to extend loans or commitments under an Incremental Facility shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Company (any such bank, financial institution, existing Lender or other Person being called an “Additional Lender”) and, if not already a Lender, shall become a Lender under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Facility Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Credit Documents, executed by the Company, such Additional Lender and the Administrative Agent. No Incremental Facility Amendment shall require the consent of any Lenders other than the Additional Lenders with respect to such Incremental Facility Amendment. No Lender shall be obligated to provided any Incremental Facility, unless it so agrees. Commitments in respect of any Incremental Facility shall become Commitments under this Agreement. An Incremental Facility Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to any Credit Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this subsection (including to provide for voting provisions applicable to the Additional Lenders). The effectiveness of any Incremental Facility Amendment shall, unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Lenders, be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) of each of the conditions set forth in subsection 6.2 (it being understood that all references to “Borrowing Date” in subsection 6.2 shall be deemed to refer to the Incremental Facility Closing Date). The proceeds of any Incremental Facility will be used only for general corporate purposes (including Permitted Acquisitions).

SECTION 5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

In order to induce the Lenders to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans and to induce the Issuing Lender to issue, and the Participating Lenders to participate in, the Letters of Credit, the Company hereby represents and warrants to each Lender and the Administrative Agent, on the date of each Loan made or Letter of Credit issued, that:

5.1 Financial Condition. (a) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2010 (the “Pro Forma Balance Sheet”), has been prepared based upon the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of September 30, 2010 after giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date) to (i) the Loans to be made and the Senior Notes to be issued on the Closing Date and the use of proceeds thereof and (ii) the payment of fees and expenses in connection with the foregoing. The Pro Forma Balance Sheet was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable at the time made in light of the circumstances when made. As of the date of the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries had any material obligation, contingent or otherwise, which was not reflected therein or in the notes thereto and which would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(b) (i) The audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at December 31, 2007, December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP and (ii) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries at March 31, 2010, June 30, 2010 and September 30, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods ended on such dates, copies of each of which have heretofore been furnished to each Lender (if disclosed in the SEC Filings, such statements are deemed furnished to Lenders), fairly present in all material respects (except, with respect to interim reports, for normal year-end adjustments) the consolidated financial position of each of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at such date, and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the fiscal periods then ended and, in the case of the statements referred to in the foregoing clause (ii), the portion of the fiscal year through June 30, 2010, in each case, in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods involved (except as noted therein).

(c) No Change. Since December 31, 2009, there has been no development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.2 Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Credit Party and its Subsidiaries (a) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, (b) has the corporate power and authority and the legal right to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to possess such corporate power and authority and such legal right would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would not have a Material Adverse Effect and (d) is in compliance with all applicable Requirements of Law (including, without limitation, occupational safety and health, health care, pension, certificate of need, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, any so-called “Superfund” or “Superlien” law, or any applicable federal, state, local or other statute, law, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, order or decree regulating, relating to, or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning, any Materials of Environmental Concern), except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.3 Corporate Power; Authorization. Each Credit Party has the corporate power and authority and the legal right to make, deliver and perform the Credit Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of the Company, to obtain extensions of credit hereunder. Each Credit Party has taken all necessary corporate action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which it is a party and in case of the Company, to authorize the extensions of credit on the terms and conditions of this Agreement. No consent or authorization of, or filing with, notice to or other act by or in respect of, any Person (including, without limitation, any Governmental Authority) is required in connection with the extensions of credit hereunder or with the execution, delivery, performance by any Credit Party, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any Credit Document to the extent that it is a party thereto, or the guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, (ii) filings necessary to perfect Liens created under the Credit Documents and (iii) those consents, authorizations, filings and notices, the failure of which to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.4 Enforceable Obligations. Each of the Credit Documents has been duly executed and delivered on behalf of each Credit Party party thereto and each of such Credit Documents constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Credit Party, enforceable against such Credit Party in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

5.5 No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of each Credit Document, the guarantee of the Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the use of proceeds of the Loans and of drawings under the Letters of Credit will not violate any Requirement of Law or any Contractual Obligation applicable to or binding upon any Credit Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its properties or assets, which violations, individually or in the aggregate, would have a Material Adverse Effect, and will not result in the creation or imposition (or the obligation to create or impose) of any Lien (other than any Liens created pursuant to the Credit Documents) on any of its or their respective properties or assets.

5.6 No Material Litigation. Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, no litigation or investigation known to the Company through receipt of written notice or proceeding of or by any Governmental Authority or any other Person is pending against any Credit Party or any of its Subsidiaries, (a) with respect to the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any Credit Document, or with respect to the Loans made hereunder, or the use of proceeds thereof or (b) which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.7 Investment Company Act. Neither any Credit Party nor any of its Subsidiaries is required to be registered as an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” (as each of the quoted terms is defined or used in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended).

5.8 Federal Regulation. No part of the proceeds of any of the Loans, and no other extensions of credit hereunder, will be used for any purpose which violates, or which would be inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged or will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of “purchasing” or “carrying” any “margin stock” within the respective meanings of each of the quoted terms under said Regulation U.

5.9 No Default. Except as set forth in the SEC Filings made prior to the date hereof or on Schedule 5.9, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default (a) in the payment or performance of any of its or their Contractual Obligations (other than Indebtedness) in any respect which would have a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) under any FCC License or any order, award or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator binding upon or affecting it or them or by which any of its or their properties or assets may be bound or affected in any respect which would have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.10 Taxes. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on its tax returns or extension requests or on any assessments made against it or any of its property and all other taxes, fees or other charges imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be), except any such taxes, fees or charges, the payment of which, or the failure to pay, would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and, to the knowledge of the Company, no claims are being asserted with respect to any such taxes, fees or other charges (other than those the amount or validity of which is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided in the books of the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be), except as to any such taxes, fees or other charges, the payment of which, or the failure to pay, would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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5.11 Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, (a) the Subsidiaries of the Company listed on Schedule 5.11(a) constitute all of the Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company and (b) the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 5.11 (b) constitute all of the Foreign Subsidiaries of the Company.

5.12 Ownership of Property; Liens. Except as disclosed in Schedule 8.3 hereof, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title to, or valid and subsisting leasehold interests in, all its respective real property, and good title to all its respective other property, except where the failure to have such title or interest would not have a Material Adverse Effect. All such real property and other property is free and clear of any Liens, other than Liens permitted by subsection 8.3.

5.13 Intellectual Property. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries owns, or is licensed to use, all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business as currently conducted except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect has been asserted and is pending by any Person challenging or questioning the use of any Intellectual Property or the validity or effectiveness of any Intellectual Property, nor does the Company or any of its Subsidiaries know of any valid basis for any such claim. The use of Intellectual Property by the Company and any of its Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person in any material respect.

5.14 Labor Matters. Except as, in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect: (a) there are no strikes or other labor disputes against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the knowledge of the Company or its Subsidiaries, threatened; (b) hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Company and any of its Subsidiaries have not been in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable Requirement of Law dealing with such matters; and (c) all payments due from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries on account of employee health and welfare insurance have been paid or accrued as a liability on the books of the Company or its Subsidiaries. ERISA. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Credit Party is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA and the provisions of the Code relating to Plans; (ii) no Reportable Event or non-exempt Prohibited Transaction has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Plan; (iii) there has been no determination that any Single Employer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (iv) no Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Single Employer Plan has been imposed upon any Credit Party that remains unsatisfied; (v) no Credit Party has incurred any Withdrawal Liability that remains unsatisfied; and (vi) no Credit party has received any notice concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or any determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in Reorganization or in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA).

5.16 Environmental Matters. (a) Except as disclosed in the SEC Filings, to the Company’s knowledge, the Properties do not contain any Materials of Environmental Concern in concentrations which constitute a violation of, or would reasonably be expected to give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) The Properties and all operations at the Properties are in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws, except for failure to be in compliance that would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and there is no contamination at, under or about the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of violation, alleged violation, non-compliance, liability or potential liability regarding environmental matters or compliance with Environmental Laws with regard to the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect, nor does the Company have knowledge that any such action is being contemplated, considered or threatened.

(d) There are no judicial proceedings or governmental or administrative actions pending or threatened under any Environmental Law to which the Company or any Subsidiary is or will be named as a party with respect to the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect, nor are there any consent decrees or other decrees, consent orders, administrative orders or other orders under any Environmental Law with respect to the Properties that would have a Material Adverse Effect.

5.17 Disclosure. None of the written reports, financial statements, certificates or other written information (other than projections, budgets or other estimates or forward-looking statements or information of a general economic or industry nature or reports or studies prepared by third parties that were not expressly commissioned by the Company or its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Projections”)), taken as a whole, furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party to the Administrative Agent or any Lender prior to the Closing Date in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other Credit Document or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished prior to the Closing Date) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to Projections, the Company represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by the Company to be reasonable at the time such Projections were prepared, it being understood that Projections by their nature are uncertain and no assurance is given that the results reflected in such Projections will be achieved.

5.18 Security Documents. The Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is effective to create in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein and proceeds thereof except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law). In the case of the Pledged Stock that are Securities (as defined in the UCC) described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when stock certificates representing such Pledged Stock are delivered to the Administrative Agent (together with a properly completed and signed stock power or endorsement), and in the case of the other Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected under the relevant UCC by filing a UCC financing statement and described in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, when financing statements and other filings specified on Schedule 5.18 in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 5.18, the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall constitute a fully perfected Lien on, and security interest in, all right, title and interest of the Credit Parties in such Collateral and the proceeds thereof, as security for the Obligations (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), in each case prior and superior in right to any other Person (except, in the case of Collateral other than Pledged Stock, Liens permitted by subsection 8.3 and, in the case of Collateral consisting of Pledged Stock, inchoate Liens arising by operation of law).

 

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5.19 Solvency. The Credit Parties taken as a whole are Solvent.

5.20 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Term Loans shall be used to finance, in part, the Refinancing and to pay related fees and expenses. The proceeds of the Revolving Credit Loan and the Swing Line Loans shall be used for working capital and general corporate purposes.

5.21 Regulation H. No Mortgage encumbers improved real property that is located in an area that has been identified by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 except where the Company or the applicable Subsidiary has obtained flood hazard insurance to the extent expressly required by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968.

SECTION 6. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

6.1 Conditions to Initial Loans and Letters of Credit. The obligation of each Lender to make its Loans on the Closing Date and the obligation of the Issuing Lenders to issue any Letter of Credit on the Closing Date are subject to the satisfaction or waiver, immediately prior to or concurrently with the making of such Loans or the issuance of such Letter of Credit, as the case may be, of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Credit Agreement; Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Administrative Agent (or its counsel) shall have received (i) from each party thereto a counterpart of this Agreement signed on behalf of such party and (ii) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor.

(b) Existing Credit Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received reasonably satisfactory evidence that the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been repaid or cancelled, all documentation representing such indebtedness shall have been terminated and all guarantees, liens and security interests associated therewith have been released, or that adequate measures shall have been taken to terminate such documentation and release such guarantees, liens and security interests.

(c) Consents and Approvals. (i) The Administrative Agent shall have received all necessary or required material governmental and third party consents and approvals in connection with the Transactions and the continuing operations of the Company and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose adverse conditions on this Agreement or the Transactions, (ii) there shall not exist any action, investigation, litigation or proceeding pending or threatened in any court or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, this Agreement or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby and (iii) the Company shall not be in violation of the Communications Act of 1934, or any FCC rule or regulation, such that a violation of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Financial Information. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of (i) the Pro Forma Balance Sheet and (ii) the financial statements referred to in subsection 5.1(b).

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(f) Legal Opinions. The Administrative Agent shall have received, dated the Closing Date and addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, an opinion of (a) Kirkland & Ellis LLP, counsel to the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (b) Lionel Sawyer & Collins, counsel to the Company, or such other counsel which is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (c) Lerman Senter PLLC, FCC counsel to the Company, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, with such changes thereto as may be approved by the Administrative Agent and its counsel. Such opinions shall also cover such other matters incident to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require.

(g) Closing Certificates. The Administrative Agent shall have received a Closing Certificate of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibits B-1 and B-2 hereto, respectively, with appropriate insertions and attachments, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and its counsel, executed by the Chief Executive Officer or any Vice President and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Company and each Subsidiary Guarantor respectively.

(h) Fees. The Administrative Agent shall have received for the account of the Arrangers or the Lenders, or for its own account, as the case may be, all fees (including the fees referred to in subsection 4.10) and expenses payable to the Lenders, the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date and invoiced at least one Business Day prior to the Closing Date.

(i) Filings. All necessary or advisable filings shall have been duly made or made available to create a perfected first priority Lien on and security interest in all Collateral in which a security interest can be perfected by filing a UCC-1 financing statement, and all such Collateral shall be free and clear of all Liens, except Liens permitted by subsection 8.3.

(j) Lien Searches. The Administrative Agent shall have received the results of a recent Lien search with respect to each Credit Party, and such search shall reveal no Liens on any of the assets of the Credit Parties except for Liens permitted by subsection 8.3 or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or discharged on or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to documentation satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

(k) Pledged Stock; Stock Powers; Pledged Notes. The Administrative Agent shall have received the certificates representing the shares pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, together with an undated stock power for each such certificate executed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof, and any other promissory note pledged pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, endorsed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof.

(l) Organizational Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received true and correct copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and By-laws or Operating Agreement of each Credit Party, certified as to authenticity by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each such Credit Party.

(m) Corporate Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of certificates from the Secretary of State or other appropriate authority of such jurisdiction, evidencing good standing of each Credit Party in its jurisdiction of incorporation and in each state where the ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of business requires it to qualify as a foreign corporation except where the failure to so qualify would not have a Material Adverse Effect.

(n) Solvency Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have a solvency certificate from the Chief Financial Officer of the Company that shall document the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Transactions.

 

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(o) Insurance Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received insurance certificates satisfying the requirements of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

(p) Ratings. The Company shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to obtain a corporate family rating and a rating for the Loans from each of Moody’s and S&P.

(q) USA PATRIOT Act. Before the end of the fifth Business Day prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information, which has been requested in writing at least eight Business Days prior to the Closing Date, required by regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

6.2 Conditions to All Loans and Letters of Credit. The obligation of each Lender to make any Loan (other than (i) any Revolving Credit Loan the proceeds of which are to be used to repay Refunded Swing Line Loans or (ii) as agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Lenders as set forth in subsection 4.27(b)) and the obligation of each Issuing Lender to issue any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent on the relevant Borrowing Date:

(a) Representations and Warranties. Each of the representations and warranties made in or pursuant to the Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Loan (or such Letter of Credit) as if made on and as of such date (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

(b) No Default or Event of Default. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Loan to be made or the Letter of Credit to be issued on such Borrowing Date.

Each borrowing by the Company hereunder (other than (i) any borrowing of any Revolving Credit Loan the proceeds of which are used to repay funded Swing Line Loans and (ii) as agreed by the Administrative Agent and the Additional Lenders as set forth in subsection 4.27(b)) and the issuance of each Letter of Credit by each Issuing Lender hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Company as of the date of such borrowing or issuance that the conditions in clauses (a) and (b) of this subsection 6.2 have been satisfied.

SECTION 7. AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

From and after the Closing Date, the Company hereby agrees that, so long as the Commitments remain in effect, any Loan or Note or L/C Obligation remains outstanding and unpaid, any amount remains available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit or any other amount is owing to any Lender, the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder, it shall, and, in the case of the agreements contained in subsections 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6, 7.7, 7.8, 7.10, and 7.11 cause each of its Subsidiaries to:

7.1 Financial Statements. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender) or otherwise make available as described in the last sentence of subsection 7.2:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing not unacceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

 

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(b) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60 days after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Company, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such applicable period and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form, the figures for the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes);

all financial statements shall be prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP (provided, that interim statements may be condensed and may exclude detailed footnote disclosure and are subject to year-end adjustment) applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods (except as concurred in by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein and except that interim financial statements need not be restated for changes in accounting principles which require retroactive application, and operations which have been discontinued (as defined in ASC 360, “Property, Plant and Equipment”) during the current year need not be shown in interim financial statements as such either for the current period or comparable prior period).

In the event the Company changes its accounting methods because of changes in GAAP, or any change in GAAP occurs which increases or diminishes the protection and coverage afforded to the Lenders under current GAAP accounting methods, the Company or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, may request of the other parties to this Agreement an amendment of the financial covenants contained in this Agreement to reflect such changes in GAAP and to provide the Lenders with protection and coverage equivalent to that existing prior to such changes in accounting methods or GAAP, and each of the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree to consider such request in good faith.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this subsection 7.1 and subsection 7.2 below (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on the Company’s website on the Internet at www.citadelbroadcasting.com or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Company’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial or public third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that (x) in each case, the Company shall notify the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and (y) in the case of documents required to be delivered pursuant to subsection 7.2, at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Company shall furnish to the Administrative Agent a hard copy of such document.

7.2 Certificates; Other Information. Furnish to the Administrative Agent (with sufficient copies for each Lender) or otherwise make available as described in the last sentence of subsection 7.2:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the consolidated financial statements referred to in subsection 7.1(a), a letter from the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the examination necessary to express their opinion on such financial statements nothing came to their attention to cause them to believe that the Company failed to comply with the terms, covenants, provisions or conditions of subsection 8.1 insofar as they relate to financial and accounting matters (subject to customary qualifications), except as specified in such letter; provided, that this delivery shall not be required if such accountants do not provide such letters generally;

 

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(b) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b), a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Company (i) stating that, to the best of such officer’s knowledge, such officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except as specified in such certificate, (ii) showing in detail as of the end of the related fiscal period the figures and calculations supporting such statement in respect of subsection 8.1 and (iii) in the case of financial statements under subsection 7.1(a), beginning with the financial statements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of Excess Cash Flow;

(c) promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of all final reports submitted to the Company by independent certified public accountants in connection with each annual, interim or special audit of the books of the Company made by such accountants, including, without limitation, any final comment letter submitted by such accountants to management in connection with their annual audit;

(d) promptly upon their becoming available, copies of all financial statements, reports, notices and proxy statements and all regular and periodic reports and all final registration statements and final prospectuses, if any, filed by the Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries with any securities exchange or with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its functions;

(e) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in subsections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b), a management summary describing and analyzing the performance of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the periods covered by such financial statements; provided, however, that such management summary need not be furnished so long as the Company is a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended;

(f) concurrently with the delivery of the consolidated financial statements referred to in subsection 7.1(a), but in any event within 90 days after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Company to which such budget relates, an annual operating budget of the Company and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis;

(g) promptly following any request by the Administrative Agent therefor, copies of (i) any documents described in Section 101(k) of ERISA that a Credit Party may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan and (ii) any notices described in Section 101(l) of ERISA that a Credit Party may request with respect to any Multiemployer Plan; provided, that if a Credit Party has not requested such documents or notices from such Multiemployer Plan, the Company shall promptly make a request for such documents or notices from the administrator or sponsor of such Multiemployer Plan and shall provide copies of such documents and notices promptly after receipt thereof; and

(h) promptly, such additional financial and other information as any Lender may from time to time reasonably request.

The requirements of subsections 7.1 and 7.2 above shall be deemed to be satisfied if the Company shall have made such materials available to the Administrative Agent, including by electronic transmission, within the time periods specified therefor and pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, or by filing such materials by electronic transmission with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in which case “delivery” of such statements for purposes of subsections 7.2(a) and 7.1(b) shall mean making such statements available in such fashion.

 

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7.3 Payment of Obligations. Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all of its obligations and liabilities (including taxes) of whatever nature (but excluding Indebtedness), except (a) when the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, as the case may be and (b) for delinquent obligations which do not have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.4 Conduct of Business; Maintenance of Existence; Compliance. Continue to engage in business of the same general type as now conducted by it, and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations, necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business except for rights, privileges, franchises, accreditations, certifications, authorizations, licenses, permits, approvals and registrations the loss of which would not in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect, and except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement; and comply with all applicable Requirements of Law and Contractual Obligations except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.

7.5 Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Except if the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, keep all property useful and necessary in its business in good working order and condition (ordinary wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted).

(b) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all its property (provided that if any such insurance company shall at any time cease to be financially sound and reputable, there shall be no breach of this provision in the event that the Company promptly (and in any event within forty-five (45) days of such date) obtains insurance from an alternative insurance carrier that is financially sound and reputable) insurance with respect to its properties in at least such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Company and its Subsidiaries in the same geographic locales) and against at least such risks as are customarily insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or similar business.

(c) Maintain casualty and property insurance for which the Company shall (i) provide that no cancellation, material reduction in amount or material change in coverage thereof shall be effective until at least thirty (30) days after receipt by the Administrative Agent of written notice thereof, and (ii) name the Administrative Agent as insured party or loss payee.

(d) Upon request by the Administrative Agent, the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a report of a reputable insurance broker with respect to such insurance substantially concurrently with each delivery of the Company’s audited annual financial statements and such supplemental reports with respect thereto, as the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

7.6 Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions. Keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct in all material respects entries are made of all material dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities which permit financial statements to be prepared in conformity with GAAP and all Requirements of Law; and permit representatives of the Administrative Agent upon reasonable notice to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records at any reasonable time during normal business hours and as often as may reasonably be desired upon reasonable notice (but no more than once per annum unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing), and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries with officers and employees thereof and with their independent certified public accountants (with, at the option of the Company, an officer of the Company present) upon reasonable advance notice to the Company.

 

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7.7 Notices. Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall deliver to each Lender) upon a Responsible Officer obtaining knowledge of:

(a) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

(b) any litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between the Company or any of its respective Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority, or receipt of any notice of any environmental claim or assessment against the Company or any of its respective Subsidiaries by any Governmental Authority, which in any such case would have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) any litigation or proceeding affecting the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) in which more than $25,000,000 of the amount claimed is not covered by insurance or (ii) in which injunctive or similar relief is sought which if obtained would have a Material Adverse Effect;

(d) the occurrence of any Reportable Event that, alone or together with any other Reportable Events that have occurred, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and in addition to such notice, deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Lender whichever of the following may be applicable: (A) a certificate of the Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth details as to such Reportable Event and the action that the Company proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of any notice of such Reportable Event that may be required to be filed with the PBGC, or (B) any notice delivered by the PBGC in connection with such Reportable Event;

(e) the occurrence of any event which could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the aggregate value of the Collateral or on the security interests created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and

(f) any development or event that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice pursuant to this subsection 7.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of the Responsible Officer of the Company setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and (in the cases of clauses (a) through (f)) stating what action the Company proposes to take with respect thereto.

7.8 Environmental Laws. Except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect:

(a) Comply with, and take commercially reasonable steps to cause all tenants and subtenants, if any, to comply with, all applicable Environmental Laws, and obtain and comply with and maintain, and take commercially reasonable steps to cause all tenants and subtenants to obtain and comply with and maintain, any and all licenses, approvals, notifications, registrations or permits required by applicable Environmental Laws.

(b) Conduct and complete all investigations, studies, sampling and testing, and all remedial, removal and other actions to the extent required under Environmental Laws and promptly comply with all legally binding lawful orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws.

 

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7.9 [Reserved]

7.10 Additional Subsidiary Guarantors; Pledge of Stock of Additional Subsidiaries; Additional Collateral, etc. (a) With respect to any new Subsidiary (other than a Foreign Subsidiary, a Non-Significant Subsidiary or a Broadcast License Subsidiary) created or acquired after the Closing Date (including as a result of the consummation of any Permitted Acquisition), promptly cause such Subsidiary, to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement which shall be accompanied by such resolutions, incumbency certificates and legal opinions as are reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

(b) (i) Pledge the capital stock, or other equity interests and intercompany indebtedness, owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than a Foreign Subsidiary or a Non-Significant Subsidiary) that is created or acquired after the Closing Date pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (it being understood and agreed that, notwithstanding anything that may be to the contrary herein, this subsection 7.10(b) shall not require the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to pledge (x) more than 65% of the outstanding voting stock of any of its Foreign Subsidiaries or (y) any capital stock or other equity interests of a Foreign Subsidiary which is owned by a Foreign Subsidiary thereof) and (ii) with regard to any property acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor after the Closing Date (other than property described in paragraphs (b)(i) or (c)) (x) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such amendments to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or such other documents as the Administrative Agent deems necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in such property in accordance with the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and (y) take all actions necessary or advisable to grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest in such property, including the filing of Uniform Commercial Code financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or by law or as may be requested by the Administrative Agent.

(c) With respect to any fee interest in any real property having a value (together with improvements thereof) of at least $10,000,000 acquired after the Closing Date by the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor (unless subject to a Lien permitted under subsections 8.3(f) or 8.3(h)), promptly (i) execute and deliver a first priority Mortgage, in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, covering such real property, (ii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, provide the Lenders with (x) title and extended coverage insurance covering such real property in an amount at least equal to the purchase price of such real property (or such other amount as shall be reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent) as well as a current ALTA survey thereof, together with a surveyor’s certificate, in each case, if available, and (y) any consents or estoppels reasonably deemed necessary or advisable by the Administrative Agent in connection with such Mortgage, each of the foregoing in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (iii) if requested by the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent legal opinions relating to the matters described above, which opinions shall be in form and substance, and from counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

7.11 Broadcast License Subsidiaries. (a) The Company shall, unless the Company shall reasonably determine with the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld) that doing so would cause undue expense or effort for the Company, cause all FCC Licenses (except FCC Licenses for Stations held in trust and listed on Schedule 8.16) to be held at all times by one or more Broadcast License Subsidiaries; provided that with regard to any FCC Licenses for Stations acquired after the Closing Date, the foregoing requirement shall be deemed satisfied if such FCC Licenses are, promptly following the acquisition of the respective Station, transferred to and subsequently held by one or more Broadcast License Subsidiaries.

 

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(b) The Company shall ensure that each Broadcast License Subsidiary engages only in the business of holding FCC Licenses and rights and activities related thereto.

(c) The Company shall ensure that the property of each Broadcast License Subsidiary is not commingled with the property of the Company and any Subsidiary other than Broadcast License Subsidiaries or otherwise remains clearly identifiable.

(d) The Company shall ensure that no Broadcast License Subsidiary has any Indebtedness, guarantees or other liabilities except for the liabilities expressly permitted to be incurred in accordance with the definition of “Broadcast License Subsidiary”.

(e) The Company shall ensure that no Broadcast License Subsidiary creates, incurs, assumes or suffers to exist any Liens upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except non-consensual Liens arising by operation of law.

SECTION 8. NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

From and after the Closing Date, the Company hereby agrees that it shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly so long as the Commitments remain in effect or any Loan or Note or Revolving L/C Obligation remains outstanding and unpaid, any amount remains available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit (unless the Revolving L/C Obligations related thereto have been fully cash collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender) or any other amount is owing to any Lender (other than (i) under any Specified Swap Agreements or Specified Cash Management Agreements and (ii) indemnities and other contingent liabilities not then due and payable that survive repayment of the Loans), the Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder:

8.1 Financial Condition Covenants. (a) Permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such day to be more than 4.5 to 1.0 if such period ends on or before December 31, 2011, 4.25 to 1.0 if such period ends after December 31, 2011, but on or before December 31, 2013 and 4.0 to 1.0 if such period ends anytime thereafter.

(b) Permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company, the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such day to be more than 2.25 to 1.0.

(c) Permit, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Company, the Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio for the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters ended on such day to be less than 2.5 to 1.0.

8.2 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

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(b) Indebtedness of (i) the Company to any Subsidiary and (ii) any Subsidiary to the Company or any other Subsidiary to the extent the Indebtedness referred to in this clause (b)(ii) evidences a loan or advance permitted under subsection 8.7;

(c) Indebtedness in respect of any transaction permitted by subsection 8.11;

(d) Indebtedness consisting of reimbursement obligations under surety, indemnity, performance, release and appeal bonds and guarantees thereof and letters of credit required in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of the Company or its Subsidiaries, in each case to the extent a letter of credit supports in whole or in part the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to such bonds, guarantees and letters of credit;

(e) other Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40,000,000 at any time;

(f) existing Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.2 hereto including any extension or renewals or refinancing thereof, provided the principal amount thereof is not increased;

(g) Permitted Additional Debt and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(h) Letters of credit of the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate face amount of such letters of credit shall not exceed $5,000,000 outstanding at any time;

(i) Indebtedness in respect of the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;

(j) Indebtedness consisting of promissory notes issued by the Company and its Subsidiaries to current or former directors, officers, employees, members of management or consultants of such person (or their respective estate, heirs, family members, spouse or former spouse) to finance the repurchase of shares of the Company permitted by subsection 8.8;

(k) (i) Indebtedness (including Capital Lease Obligations) financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement, lease or improvement of fixed or capital assets in an amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at any time outstanding; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred prior to or within 270 days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, (ii) Indebtedness arising out of sale-leaseback transactions permitted hereunder and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii);

(l) cash management obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts;

(m) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company and its Subsidiaries providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or a Subsidiary, other than guarantees of Indebtedness incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition; provided, however, that (i) such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries prepared in accordance with GAAP (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will not be deemed to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (i)) and (ii) with respect to a disposition, the maximum assumable liability in respect of all such Indebtedness shall at no time exceed the gross proceeds including non-cash proceeds (the fair market value of such non-cash proceeds being measured at the time received and without giving effect to any subsequent changes in value) actually received by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with such disposition; and

 

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(n) Indebtedness consisting of (i) financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business.

8.3 Limitation on Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets, income or profits, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

(a) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlords’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations which are not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, in accordance with GAAP;

(c) pledges or deposits in connection with workmen’s compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;

(d) easements, right-of-way, zoning and similar restrictions and other similar encumbrances or title defects incurred, or leases or subleases granted to others, in the ordinary course of business, which, in the aggregate, are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or do not interfere with or adversely affect in any material respect the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(e) Liens in favor of the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Documents and bankers’ liens arising by operation of law;

(f) Liens on assets of entities or Persons which become Subsidiaries of the Company after the date hereof; provided that such Liens exist at the time such entities or Persons become Subsidiaries and are not created in anticipation thereof;

(g) Liens on documents of title and the property covered thereby securing Indebtedness in respect of the Letters of Credit which are Commercial L/Cs;

(h) Liens securing any Indebtedness permitted under subsection 8.2(e), 8.2(h) or 8.2(k); provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness secured by such Liens shall at no time exceed $25,000,000, and (ii) no such Liens shall encumber any capital stock or other equity interests of the Company or any of their Subsidiaries or any cash or accounts of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

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(j) Liens securing arrangements permitted by the proviso contained in subsection 8.12;

(k) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts (other than for borrowed money), leases, licenses, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(l) Liens securing Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Subsidiary Guarantor under subsection 8.2(b)(ii); and

(m) Liens securing Permitted Additional Debt or any Permitted Refinancing thereof.

8.4 Limitation on Contingent Obligations. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Contingent Obligation except:

(a) guarantees of obligations to third parties made in the ordinary course of business in connection with relocation of employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(b) guarantees by the Company and its Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business for an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any one time;

(c) existing Contingent Obligations described in Schedule 8.4 including any extensions or renewals thereof;

(d) Contingent Obligations in respect of derivatives contracts permitted by subsection 8.11;

(e) Contingent Obligations pursuant to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;

(f) guarantees by the Company and its Subsidiaries of (i) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries permitted under subsection 8.2 (other than clauses (g) and (i) thereof) and (ii) obligations (other than Indebtedness) of the Company and its Subsidiaries not prohibited hereunder; provided that any guarantee by a Credit Party of Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party shall only be permitted to the extent permitted by subsection 8.7; and

(g) guarantees by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the obligations under (i) the Senior Notes and any Permitted Refinancing thereof and (ii) any Permitted Additional Debt and any Permitted Refinancing thereof.

8.5 Prohibition of Fundamental Changes. Enter into any transaction of acquisition of, or merger or consolidation or amalgamation with, any other Person (including any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries), or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Foreign Subsidiary, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or engage in any material line of business other than of the same general type now conducted by it and businesses related, incidental or complementary thereto, except for (a) the transactions otherwise permitted pursuant to subsections 8.6 and 8.7; provided that the Company may not merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any Person unless the Company is the continuing or surviving Person, (b) the liquidation or dissolution of any Subsidiary of the Company if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, (c)(i) any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party and (ii) any Subsidiary may change its legal form if the Company determines in good faith that such action is in the best interest of the Company and its Subsidiaries and if not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders (it being understood that in the case of any change in legal form, a Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary Guarantor will remain a Subsidiary Guarantor unless such Subsidiary Guarantor is otherwise permitted to cease being a Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder) and (d) any Subsidiary of the Company may dispose of any or all of its assets to the Company or to another Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Subsidiary Guarantor, then (i) the transferee must be a Subsidiary Guarantor or the Company or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party in accordance with subsections 8.2 and 8.7 respectively or pursuant to a disposition permitted by subsection 8.6.

 

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8.6 Prohibition on Sale of Assets. Convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its property, business or assets (including, without limitation, tax benefits, receivables and leasehold interests), whether now owned or hereafter acquired except:

(a) the sale or other disposition of any tangible personal property that, in the reasonable judgment of the Company, has become uneconomic, obsolete or worn out or no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Company or any Subsidiaries, and which is disposed of in the ordinary course of business;

(b) sales of inventory made in the ordinary course of business;

(c) any Subsidiary of the Company may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company (including by way of merging such Subsidiary into another wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary or the Company) or make any investment permitted by subsection 8.7, and any Subsidiary of the Company may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part with control of any or all of, the stock of any Subsidiary to a wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary of the Company or to any other Subsidiary to the extent such transfer constitutes an investment permitted by subsection 8.7; provided that in either case such transfer shall not cause such wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiary to become a Foreign Subsidiary and provided further that no such transaction may be effected if it would result in the transfer of any assets of, or any stock of, a Subsidiary to another Subsidiary whose capital stock has not been pledged to the Administrative Agent or which has pledged a lesser percentage of its capital stock to the Administrative Agent than was pledged by the transferor Subsidiary unless, in any such case, after giving effect to such transaction, the stock of such other Subsidiary is not required to be pledged under the definition of Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or under subsection 7.10(b);

(d) any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or by merger, consolidation, transfer of assets, or otherwise) to the Company or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company and any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company may sell or otherwise dispose of, or part control of any or all of, the capital stock of, or other equity interests in, any Foreign Subsidiary of the Company to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company; provided that in either case such transfer shall not cause a Domestic Subsidiary to become a Foreign Subsidiary;

(e) the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of other assets consummated after the Closing Date, provided that (i) such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis, (ii) if the consideration for such sale or other disposition exceeds $15,000,000, the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii) the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4.6 and (iv) the fair market value of all assets disposed of in reliance on this clause (e) after the Closing Date shall not exceed $75,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year of the Company;

 

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(f) the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of other assets consummated after the Closing Date, provided that (i) such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arm’s-length basis, (ii) if the consideration for such sale or other disposition exceeds $15,000,000, the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents, (iii) the Company is in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in subsection 8.1, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such sale or other disposition had occurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such sale or other disposition and any related repayment of Indebtedness, (iv) the aggregate amount of Consolidated EBITDA attributable to all assets disposed of in reliance on this clause (f) or clause (e) of subsection 8.6 after the Closing Date shall not exceed $50,000,000 and (v) the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition shall be applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4.6(b); provided that the Reinvestment Rights provided in subsection 4.6(b) shall only be available to the extent that, at the time of receipt of such Net Proceeds, no Term Loans remain outstanding;

(g) the sale or other disposition by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or a divestiture trust in which such assets are held) after the Closing Date of Stations (and related assets) listed on Schedule 8.16 held in trust pursuant to rule, regulation or order of the Federal Communications Commission to the extent such sale or other disposition is required by applicable law or rule, regulation or order of the Federal Communications Commission, provided that (i) any such sale or other disposition shall be made for fair value on an arms’ length basis, (ii) if the consideration for such sale or other disposition exceeds $15,000,000, the consideration for such sale or other disposition consists of at least 75% in cash and Cash Equivalents, and (iii) the Net Proceeds from such sale or other disposition shall be applied in accordance with subsection 4.6;

(h) dispositions of past due accounts receivable in connection with the collection, write down or compromise thereof;

(i) leases, subleases, or sublicenses of property, and dispositions of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business, in each case that do not materially interfere with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and dispositions of intellectual property under a research or development agreement in which the other party receives a license to intellectual property that results from such agreement;

(j) transfers of property subject to any casualty event, including any condemnation, taking or similar event and any destruction, damage or any other casualty loss;

(k) dispositions in the ordinary course of business consisting of the abandonment of intellectual property which, in the reasonable good faith determination of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, are uneconomical, negligible, obsolete or otherwise not material in the conduct of its business;

(l) sales of immaterial non-core assets acquired in connection with a Permitted Acquisition which are not used in the business of the Credit Parties;

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(n) exclusive or non-exclusive licenses or similar agreements in respect of intellectual property;

(o) forgiveness of any loans or advances made pursuant to subsection 8.7(f);

(p) any disposition, assignment or writedown of the Gleiser Note;

(q) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets to the extent such assets are exchanged substantially simultaneously for replacement assets, provided that (i) no more than 30% of any consideration given by the Company or its Subsidiaries for such asset swap consists of cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) after giving effect to such asset swap, the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such asset swap had occurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to such asset swap, shall not exceed the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio or the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio immediately prior to giving effect to such asset swap (calculated on a pro forma basis in the same manner, but without giving effect to such asset swap) (each such asset swap, a “Permitted Asset Swap”);

(r) other asset swaps which are not Permitted Asset Swaps; provided that (i) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Company is in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in subsection 8.1, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such asset swap had occurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such asset swap; provided that for purposes of this clause (ii) the applicable levels for the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be the then applicable levels set forth in subsection 8.1(a) and (b), respectively, minus 0.25, (iii) all actions required to be taken with respect to any acquired assets under subsection 7.10 have been taken, and (iv) the Company has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above, together with all relevant financial information for the assets to be acquired;

(s) to the extent constituting dispositions, mergers, consolidations and liquidations permitted by subsection 8.5, Restricted Payments permitted by subsection 8.8 and Liens permitted by subsection 8.3;

(t) dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents;

(u) dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(v) the unwinding of any Swap Agreements in accordance with its terms;

(w) terminations of leases, subleases, licenses and sublicenses in the ordinary course of business;

(x) the Company or any Subsidiary may issue Capital Stock; and

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8.7 Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances. Make any advance, loan, extension of credit or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of, or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make or maintain any other investment in, any Person (all of the foregoing, “Investments”), except:

(a) (i) loans or advances in respect of intercompany accounts attributable to the operation of the Company’s cash management system and (ii) loans or advances by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a Subsidiary Guarantor (or a Subsidiary that would be a Subsidiary Guarantor but for the lapse of time until such Subsidiary is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor);

(b) Investments in Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Subsidiary Guarantors; provided that at all times the aggregate amount of all such Investments shall not exceed $20,000,000;

(c) Investments, not otherwise described in this subsection 8.7, in the Company or in Subsidiary Guarantors (or a Subsidiary that would be a Subsidiary Guarantor but for the lapse of time until such Subsidiary is required to be a Subsidiary Guarantor) that otherwise are not prohibited under the terms of this Agreement;

(d) any Subsidiary of the Company may make Investments in the Company (by way of capital contribution or otherwise);

(e) the Company and its Subsidiaries may invest in, acquire and hold (i) Cash Equivalents and cash and (ii) other cash equivalents invested in or held with any financial institutions to the extent such amounts under this clause (ii) do not exceed $5,000,000 per individual institution and $25,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time;

(f) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may make travel and entertainment advances and relocation loans in the ordinary course of business to officers, employees and agents of the Company or any such Subsidiary;

(g) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may make payroll advances in the ordinary course of business;

(h) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold receivables owing to it, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms (provided that nothing in this clause shall prevent the Company or any Subsidiary from offering such concessionary trade terms, or from receiving such investments or any other investments in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of their respective suppliers or customers or the settlement of disputes with such customers or suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business, as management deems reasonable in the circumstances);

(i) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make Investments in connection with asset sales permitted by subsection 8.6 or to which the Required Lenders consent;

(j) existing Investments of the Company described in Schedule 8.7;

(k) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make non-hostile acquisitions (by merger, purchase, lease (including any lease that contains up-front payments and/or buyout options) or otherwise) of any business, division or line of business or at least 80% of the outstanding capital stock or other equity interests of any corporation or other entity, as long as (i) the acquisition or investment is in a similar, complementary or incidental line of business as conducted by the Company and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, (ii) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iii) the Company shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in subsection 8.1, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such acquisition had occurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such acquisition; provided that for purposes of this clause (iii) the applicable levels for the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio and the Consolidated Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be the then applicable levels set forth in subsection 8.1(a) and (b), respectively, minus 0.25, (iv) all actions required to be taken with respect to any acquired assets or acquired or newly formed Subsidiary under subsection 7.10 have been taken and (v) the Company has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (i) through (iv) above, together with all relevant financial information for the Person or assets to be acquired; provided that the aggregate consideration (whether cash or property, as valued in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) given by the Company and its Subsidiaries for all Foreign Acquisitions consummated after the Closing Date in reliance on this clause (k) shall not exceed $30,000,000;

 

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(l) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make loans or advances to, or acquisitions or other Investments in, other Persons (exclusive of Persons which are, or become, Foreign Subsidiaries) that constitute or are in connection with joint ventures, provided the consideration paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in all such transactions after the Closing Date (net, in the case of Investments and other transfers, of any repayments or return of capital in respect thereof actually received in cash by the Company or its Subsidiaries (net of applicable taxes) after the Closing Date), does not exceed in the aggregate $10,000,000;

(m) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, or otherwise transfer funds (including without limitation by way of repayment of loans or advances) to, Foreign Subsidiaries (including new Foreign Subsidiaries); provided that the consideration paid by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in all transactions after the Closing Date (net, in the case of loans, advances, investments and other transfers, of any repayments or return of capital in respect thereof actually received in cash by the Company or its Subsidiaries (net of applicable taxes) after the Closing Date) does not exceed in the aggregate $10,000,000;

(n) the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may acquire obligations of one or more directors, officers, employees, members or management or consultants of any of the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with such person’s acquisition of shares of the Company, so long as no cash is actually advanced by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to such persons in connection with the acquisition of any such obligations;

(o) the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire assets with the Net Proceeds from Asset Sales in accordance with the reinvestment rights provided under subsection 4.6(b);

(p) the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire assets under a Permitted Asset Swap or an asset swap permitted by subsection 8.6(r);

(q) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make other Investments, as long as (i) immediately after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) the amount of such Investment shall not exceed the Available Amount; provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply if and as long as the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such Investment had occurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such Investment, is less than 2.0 to 1.0, (iii) the Company shall be in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in subsection 8.1, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such Investment had occurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such Investment and (iv) the Company has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above; and

 

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(r) other Investments not to exceed $20,000,000.

For purposes of calculating the amount of any Investment, such amount shall equal (x) the amount actually invested less (y) any repayments, interest, returns, profits, dividends, distributions, income and similar amounts actually received in cash from such Investment (from dispositions or otherwise) (which amount referred to in this clause (y) shall not exceed the amount of such Investment at the time such Investment was made).

8.8 Limitation on Dividends. Declare any dividends on any shares of any class of stock, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of any shares of any class of stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (all of the foregoing being referred to herein as “Restricted Payments”); except that:

(a) Subsidiaries may pay dividends and make Restricted Payments directly or indirectly to the Company or to Domestic Subsidiaries which are directly or indirectly wholly-owned by the Company and to any other owner of its Capital Stock (provided that in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly owned Subsidiary, to the Company and any other Subsidiary and to each other owner of Capital Stock of such Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Capital Stock), and Foreign Subsidiaries may pay dividends directly or indirectly to Foreign Subsidiaries which are directly or indirectly wholly-owned by the Company;

(b) so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (ii) the Company is in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in subsection 8.1, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such Restricted Payment had occurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such Restricted Payment, (iii) at the time of such Restricted Payment and after giving effect thereto, there are no Revolving Credit Loans or Swing Line Loans outstanding and (iv) the Company has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (i) and (iii) above, together with all relevant financial information, the Company may pay dividends and repurchase shares of any class of capital stock in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount; provided that the foregoing limitation to the Available Amount shall not apply if and as long as at the time of such Restricted Payment the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such Restricted Payment had occurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such Restricted Payment, is less than 2.0 to 1.0;

(c) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Company may purchase its common stock or common stock options from former officers or employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries upon the death, disability or termination of employment of such officer or employee, provided, that the amount of payments under this clause (c) after the Closing Date shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate in any fiscal year of the Company (with unused amounts in any fiscal year being carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum (without giving effect to the following proviso) of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year of the Company); provided further that such amount in any fiscal year may be increased by an amount not to exceed (i) the cash proceeds from the sale of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company and, to the extent contributed to the Company, Capital Stock of any of the Company’s direct or indirect parent companies, in each case to any employee, member or the board of directors or consultant of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its direct or indirect parent companies that occurs after the Closing Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Capital Stock have not been included in the calculation of the Available Amount; plus (ii) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by the Company or its Subsidiaries after the Closing Date; less (iii) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (i) and (ii);

 

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(d) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom , the Company may make payments and/or net shares under employee benefit plans to settle option price payments owed by employees and directors with respect thereto, make payments in respect of or purchase restricted stock units and similar stock based awards thereunder and to settle employees’ and directors’ federal, state and income tax liabilities (if any) related thereto, provided that the aggregate amount of payments made by the Company after the Closing Date shall not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year (with unused amounts in any fiscal year of the Company being carried over to succeeding fiscal years subject to a maximum of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year);

(e) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Company may make dividends or distributions payable solely in Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company;

(f) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make dividends or distributions within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;

(g) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make cash payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares or interests in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other rights or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company; provided that any such cash payment shall be for the purpose of evading the limitation of this covenant; and

(h) the Company may redeem, repurchase, retire or acquire any Capital Stock of the Company or any Capital Stock of any direct or indirect parent company of the Company, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of, the substantially concurrent sale or issuance (other than to a Subsidiary) of, Capital Stock of the Company or any direct or indirect parent company of the Company to the extent contributed to the Company (in each case, other than any Disqualified Stock).

8.9 Capital Expenditures. Make or commit to make any Capital Expenditure, except Capital Expenditures of the Company and its Subsidiaries not exceeding $30,000,000 during any fiscal year; provided, that (a) any such amount referred to above, if not so expended in the fiscal year for which it is permitted, may be carried over for expenditure in the next succeeding fiscal year and (b) Capital Expenditures made pursuant to this subsection during any fiscal year shall be deemed made, first, in respect of amounts permitted for such fiscal year as provided above and, second, in respect of amounts carried over from the prior fiscal year pursuant to clause (a) above.

 

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8.10 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into after the date hereof any transaction, including, without limitation, any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) except (a) for transactions which are otherwise permitted under this Agreement and which are upon fair and reasonable terms no less favorable to the Company or such Subsidiary than it would obtain in a hypothetical comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate, or (b) as permitted under subsection 8.2(b), subsection 8.3(l), subsections 8.4(a) and (f), subsection 8.6(c), subsection 8.7(c) and (d) and subsection 8.8 or (c) as set forth on Schedule 8.10.

8.11 Derivative Contracts. Enter into any foreign currency exchange contracts, interest rate swap arrangements or other derivative contracts or transactions, other than such contracts, arrangements or transactions entered into in the ordinary course of business for non-speculative purposes.

8.12 Limitation on Sales and Leasebacks. Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Company or any Subsidiary of real or personal property which has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Company or such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of the Company or such Subsidiary, provided that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may enter into such arrangements covering property with an aggregate fair market value not exceeding $125,000,000 during the term of this Agreement if the Net Proceeds from such sale leaseback arrangements are applied to the prepayment of Term Loans in accordance with the provisions of subsection 4.6(b); provided that the Reinvestment Rights provided in subsection 4.6(b) shall only be available to the extent that, at the time of receipt of such Net Proceeds, no Term Loans remain outstanding.

8.13 Fiscal Year. Permit the fiscal year for financial reporting purposes of the Company to end on a day other than December 31, unless the Company shall have given at least 45 days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent.

8.14 Negative Pledge Clauses. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any agreement that prohibits or limits (other than a dollar limit, provided that such dollar limit is sufficient in amount to allow at all times the Liens to secure the Obligations) the ability of the Company or any Subsidiary to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, to secure its obligations under the Credit Documents to which it is a party other than (a) this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the Senior Notes, (b) any agreements governing any secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted hereby (in which case, any prohibition or limitation shall only be effective against the assets financed thereby) but excluding any Permitted Additional Debt, (c) an agreement prohibiting only the creation of Liens securing Subordinated Indebtedness, (d) pursuant to applicable law, (e) restrictions by reason of customary provisions restricting assignments, subletting or other transfers contained in leases, licenses and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business (provided that such restrictions are limited to the property or assets secured by such Liens or the property or assets subject to such leases, licenses, or similar agreements, as the case may be), (f) any prohibition or limitation that consists of customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to the sale or sale-leaseback of any property permitted under this Agreement, (g) documents, agreements or constituent documents governing joint ventures, (h) any agreement in effect at the time a Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company, (i) agreements permitted under subsection 8.12 and (j) customary non-assignment provisions in contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business.

 

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8.15 Clauses Restricting Subsidiary Distributions. Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Subsidiary of the Company to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, (b) make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company or (c) transfer any of its assets to the Company or any other Subsidiary of the Company, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of (i) any restrictions existing under the Credit Documents or the Senior Notes, (ii) any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement that has been entered into in connection with the disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Stock or all or substantially all of the assets of such Subsidiary, (iii) applicable law, (iv) restrictions in effect on the date of this Agreement contained in the agreements governing the Indebtedness in effect on the Closing Date and in any agreements governing any refinancing thereof if such restrictions are no more restrictive than those contained in the agreements as in effect on the date of this Agreement governing the Indebtedness being renewed, extended or refinanced, (v) customary non-assignment provisions with respect to contracts, leases or licensing agreements entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vi) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (vii) Liens permitted under subsection 8.3 and any documents or instruments governing the terms of any Indebtedness or other obligations secured by any such Liens; provided that such prohibitions or restrictions apply only to the assets subject to such Liens; (viii) any encumbrance or restriction with respect to a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement relating to any capital stock or Indebtedness incurred by such Subsidiary on or prior to the date on which such Subsidiary was acquired by the Company and outstanding on such date as long as such agreement was not entered into in contemplation of such Person becoming a Subsidiary of the Company, (ix) any customary restriction on cash or other deposits imposed under agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business or net worth provisions in leases and other agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (x) provisions with respect to dividends, the disposition or distribution of assets or property in joint venture agreements, license agreements, asset sale agreements, sale-leaseback agreements, stock sale agreements and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; (xi) restrictions on deposits imposed under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business; and (xii) any restrictions under any Indebtedness permitted by subsection 8.2 if such restrictions are no more restrictive to the Company and its Subsidiaries than those contained under this Agreement.

8.16 Management of Stations. Permit the management of any Station owned by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to be managed by a Person other than an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries other than (a) pursuant to arrangements under any Local Marketing Agreement with respect to a Station set forth on the attached Schedule 8.16, (b) any Station listed on Schedule 8.16 held in trust pursuant to rule, regulation or order of the Federal Communications Commission), (c) any Station for which an asset purchase agreement for a sale to a third party has been executed, which sale is reasonably expected to close within nine months from execution of such asset purchase agreement (provided that the management by any third party shall be discontinued if the asset purchase agreement is terminated or the sale is otherwise abandoned by either party), and (d) Stations generating, in the aggregate, less than 5% of the aggregate revenues of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the immediately preceding fiscal year of the Company.

8.17 Programming; Advertisements; FCC Licenses. Cause any of the FCC Licenses to be held at any time by any Person other than the Company or any of its wholly-owned Domestic Subsidiaries, except (i) as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company (with an exception for those Stations held in trust pursuant to rule, regulation or order of the Federal Communications Commission) or (ii) as would otherwise be permitted by subsection 8.16.

 

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8.18 Certain Payments of Indebtedness. (a) Make any payment in violation of any of the subordination provisions of subordinated Indebtedness; or (b) make any optional payment or prepayment (including payments as a result of acceleration thereof) on the principal of the Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof or any Subordinated Indebtedness or redeem or otherwise acquire, purchase or defease any Senior Notes or any Permitted Refinancing thereof or any subordinated Indebtedness, except that (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make any such payment in connection with any refinancing of the Senior Notes or any subordinated Indebtedness permitted pursuant to the terms hereof and (ii) so long as (x) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (y) the Company is in pro forma compliance with the covenants set forth in subsection 8.1, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such payment and (z) the Company has delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer to the effect set forth in clauses (x) and (y) above, together with all relevant financial information, the Company may make payments not to exceed the Available Amount at the time of such payment; provided that that the foregoing limitation to the Available Amount shall not apply if and as long as at the time of such payment the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio, recomputed as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter of the Company for which financial statements are available as if such payment had occurred on the first day of such period for purposes of calculating Consolidated EBITDA and using Consolidated Total Indebtedness as of the date of, and after giving effect to, such payment, is less than 2.0 to 1.0 and (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries may convert or exchange all or any portion of any Indebtedness to Capital Stock of the Company.

SECTION 9. EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

Upon the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) The Company shall fail to (i) pay any principal of any Loan or Note or Revolving L/C Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof or (ii) pay any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms thereof or hereof; or

(b) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Credit Party in any Credit Document or which is contained in any certificate, guarantee, document or financial or other statement furnished under or in connection with this Agreement shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or

(c) Any Credit Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in subsection 7.7(a) or Section 8 of this Agreement; or

(d) Any Credit Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in any Credit Document, and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days; or

(e) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall (A) default in any payment of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (other than the Loans, the Revolving L/C Obligations and any intercompany debt) or in the payment of any Contingent Obligation (other than in respect of the Loans, the Revolving L/C Obligations or any intercompany debt) in respect of Indebtedness, beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness or such Contingent Obligation was created; or (B) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Contingent Obligation in respect of Indebtedness or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Contingent Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity, any applicable grace period having expired, or such Contingent Obligation to become payable, any applicable grace period having expired, provided that the aggregate principal amount of all such Indebtedness and Contingent Obligations which would then become due or payable as described in this Section 9(e) would equal or exceed $35,000,000; or

 

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(f) (i) The Company or any of its Subsidiaries shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or a material portion of its assets, or (B) seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or the Company or any such Subsidiary shall make a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced against the Company or any such Subsidiary any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which (A) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be commenced against the Company or any such Subsidiary any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or (iv) the Company or any such Subsidiary shall take any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) the Company or any such Subsidiary shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

(g) (i) A Reportable Event shall have occurred; (ii) any Plan that is intended to be qualified shall lose its qualification; (iii) a non-exempt Prohibited Transaction shall have occurred with respect to any Plan; (iv) any Credit Party shall have failed to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Code with respect to any Single Employer Plan or a required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, whether or not waived; (v) a determination shall have been made that any Single Employer Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status (within the meaning of Section 430 of the Code or Section 303 of ERISA); (vi) any Credit Party shall have incurred any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Single Employer Plan, including but not limited to the imposition of any Lien in favor of the PBGC or any Single Employer Plan; (vii) a Credit Party shall have been notified by the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan that it has incurred or will be assessed Withdrawal Liability to such Multiemployer Plan and such Credit Party does not have reasonable grounds for contesting such Withdrawal Liability or is not contesting such Withdrawal Liability in a timely and appropriate manner; or (viii) any Credit Party shall have received from the sponsor of a Multiemployer Plan a determination that such Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, Insolvent, in Reorganization, or in “endangered” or “critical” status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; and in each case in clauses (i) through (viii) above, such event or condition, together with all other such events or conditions if any, would result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

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(h) One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or fully covered by insurance) of $35,000,000 or more to the extent that all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within the time required by the terms of such judgment; or

(i) Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as provided in subsection 11.1, the guarantee contained in Section 2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or any Credit Party shall so assert in writing; or

(j) Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as provided in subsection 11.1, any Grantor (as defined in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) shall breach any covenant or agreement contained in the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement with the effect that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect or the Lien granted thereby shall cease to be a Lien with the priority required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any Credit Party shall assert in writing that the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is no longer in full force and or effect or the Lien granted thereby is no longer of the priority required by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; or

(k) A Change in Control shall occur; or

(l) The loss, suspension, amendment, termination or cancellation of one or more FCC Licenses which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

then, and in any such event, (a) if such event is an Event of Default with respect to the Company specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above, automatically (i) the Commitments and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and the Loans shall immediately become due and payable, and (ii) all obligations of the Company in respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, shall become immediately due and payable and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit shall immediately terminate and (b) if such event is any other Event of Default, so long as any such Event of Default shall be continuing, either or both of the following actions may be taken: (i) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Company declare the Commitments and the Issuing Lender’s obligation to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments and such obligation shall immediately terminate; and (ii) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice of default to the Company (A) declare all or a portion of the Loans of all Lenders hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement and such Loans to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable, and (B) declare all or a portion of the obligations of the Company in respect of the Letters of Credit, although contingent and unmatured, to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable and/or demand that the Company discharge any or all of the obligations supported by the Letters of Credit by paying or prepaying any amount due or to become due in respect of such obligations. All payments under this Section 9 on account of undrawn Letters of Credit shall be made by the Company directly to a cash collateral account established by the Administrative Agent for such purpose for application to the Company’s Revolving L/C Obligations as drafts are presented under the Letters of Credit, with the balance, if any, to be applied to the Company’s obligations under this Agreement and the Loans as the Administrative Agent shall determine with the approval of the Required Lenders. Except as expressly provided above in this Section 9, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.

 

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SECTION 10. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE ISSUING LENDER

10.1 Appointment. Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints JPMCB as the Administrative Agent under this Agreement and irrevocably authorizes JPMCB as Administrative Agent for such Lender to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of the Credit Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of the Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into the Credit Documents or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent.

10.2 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. Without limiting the foregoing, the Administrative Agent may appoint any of its affiliates as its agent to perform the functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder relating to the advancing of funds to the Company and distribution of funds to the Lenders and to perform such other related functions of the Administrative Agent hereunder as are reasonably incidental to such functions. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care, except as otherwise provided in subsection 10.3.

10.3 Exculpatory Provisions. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries shall be (i) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or such Person under or in connection with the Credit Documents (except for its or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Credit Party or any officer thereof contained in the Credit Documents or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, the Credit Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of the Credit Documents or for any failure of any Credit Party to perform its obligations thereunder. The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, any Credit Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Credit Party.

10.4 Reliance by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any Note, writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, electronic transmission, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company), independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless a written notice of assignment, negotiation or transfer thereof shall have been filed with the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Credit Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders (or, where unanimous consent of the Lenders is expressly required hereunder, such Lenders) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under any Credit Document in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders, and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Notes.

 

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10.5 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice from a Lender or the Company referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly give notice thereof to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders; provided that (i) the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to this Agreement or applicable law and (ii) unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such directions, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

10.6 Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders. Each Lender expressly acknowledges that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Subsidiaries or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Credit Parties, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent to any Lender. Each Lender represents to the Administrative Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of an investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties and made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and participate in the Letters of Credit and enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Documents, and to make such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Credit Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, financial condition, assets, liabilities, net assets, properties, results of operations, value, prospects and other condition or creditworthiness of the Credit Parties which may come into the possession of the Administrative Agent or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact, Affiliates or Subsidiaries.

10.7 Indemnification. The Lenders severally agree to indemnify the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit Parties and without limiting the obligation of the Credit Parties to do so), ratably (determined at the time such indemnity is sought) according to the respective amounts of their respective Commitments (or, to the extent such Commitments have been terminated, according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Loans and obligations, whether as Issuing Lender or a Participating Lender, with respect to Letters of Credit), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including without limitation at any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in any way relating to or arising out of the Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions contemplated hereby or any action taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulting from the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The agreements contained in this subsection 10.7 shall survive the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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10.8 Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity. The Administrative Agent and its Affiliates and Subsidiaries may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with the Credit Parties as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder. With respect to its Loans made or renewed by it, any Note issued to it and any Letter of Credit issued by or participated in by it, the Administrative Agent shall have the same rights and powers, duties and liabilities under the Credit Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not Administrative Agent and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Administrative Agent in its individual capacities.

10.9 Successor Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent may resign as Administrative Agent upon 30 days’ notice to the Lenders. If the Administrative Agent shall resign as Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents, then the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders which successor agent shall (unless an Event of Default under paragraph (a) or paragraph (f) of Section 9 shall have occurred and be continuing) be approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld) whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent and the term “Administrative Agent” shall mean such successor agent effective upon its appointment, and the former Administrative Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Administrative Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Notes. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as Administrative Agent by the date that is 30 days following a retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective, and the Lenders shall assume and perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Section 10 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents.

10.10 Issuing Lender as Issuer of Letters of Credit. Each Lender hereby acknowledges that the provisions of this Section 10 shall apply to the Issuing Lender, in its capacity as issuer of any Letter of Credit, in the same manner as such provisions are expressly stated to apply to the Administrative Agent.

10.11 No Other Agent Duties, Etc.. Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Persons acting as co-syndication agent, co-documentation agent, joint lead arranger or bookrunner listed on the cover page hereof or otherwise shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under any of the Credit Documents, except in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender, the Swing Line Lender or any other Lender.

 

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SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS

11.1 Amendments and Waivers. No Credit Document or any terms thereof may be amended, supplemented, waived or modified except in accordance with the provisions of this subsection 11.1. With the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the respective Credit Parties may, from time to time, enter into written amendments, supplements or modifications to any Credit Document for the purpose of adding any provisions to such Credit Document to which they are parties or changing in any manner the rights of the Lenders or of any such Credit Party or any other Person thereunder or waiving, on such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of any such Credit Document or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided, however, that:

(a) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) directly or indirectly release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Subsidiary Guarantors from their obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or (ii) reduce any percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders, in each case without the written consent of all Lenders, except in either case as otherwise provided herein or in any other Credit Document;

(b) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall (i) extend the scheduled maturity of any Loan or scheduled installment of any Loan or reduce any scheduled installment of any Loan or reduce the principal amount thereof or extend the expiry date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Credit Termination Date, or reduce the rate (provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the default rate provided in subsection 4.7(c) or to waive any obligation of the Company to pay interest at such default rate) or extend the time of payment of interest thereon, or change the method of calculating interest thereon, or reduce the amount or extend the time of payment of any fee payable to the Lenders hereunder, or increase the amount of any Commitment of any Lender without the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, (ii) amend, modify or waive any provision of this subsection 11.1 or consent to the assignment or transfer by any Credit Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Credit Document, or (iii) amend, modify or waive subsection 4.18(a) in a manner that would by its terms alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby, in each case, without the written consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby;

(c) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 10 or subsection 4.23 without the written consent of the then Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent;

(d) no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall amend, modify or waive the “Change in Control” definition as defined in subsection 1.1 without the consent of the Required Lenders (with the percentage in such definition being deemed to be 66 2/3% for this purpose); and

(e) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents may be amended with the consent of the Administrative Agent to incorporate the terms of any Incremental Facility or to establish an Extension permitted by subsection 4.26.

Any such waiver and any such amendment, supplement or modification described in this subsection 11.1 shall apply equally to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon each Credit Party, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and all future holders of the Loans. No waiver, amendment, supplement or modification of any Letter of Credit shall extend the expiry date thereof without the written consent of the Participating Lenders. In the case of any waiver, the Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the outstanding Loans, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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In connection with any proposed amendment, modification, waiver or termination (a “Proposed Change”) requiring the consent of all Lenders or all affected Lenders, if the consent of the Required Lenders to such Proposed Change is obtained, but the consent to such Proposed Change of other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (any such Lender whose consent is not obtained as described in this subsection 11.1 being referred to as a “Non-Consenting Lender”), then, the Company may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Non-Consenting Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Non-Consenting Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in subsection 11.6), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment), provided that (a) the Company shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (and, if a Revolving Credit Commitment is being assigned, each Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender), which consent shall not unreasonably be withheld, (b) such Non-Consenting Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of its Loans, participations in Letters of Credit funded under subsection 3.6(b) and participations under Swing Line Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Company (in the case of all other amounts), (c) the Company or such assignee shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the processing and recordation fee specified in subsection 11.6(d) and (d) such assignee has consented to the Proposed Change.

11.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including by telecopy or electronic transmission), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand on a Business Day during recipient’s normal business hours, or three Business Days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when sent on a Business Day and received during recipient’s normal business hours with confirmation of receipt received, addressed as follows in the case of each Credit Party and the Administrative Agent, and as set forth on its signature page hereto in the case of any Lender, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future holders of the Loans:

 

The Company:   

Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

City Center West

7690 W. Cheyenne Avenue

Suite 220

Las Vegas, Nevada 89129

Attention: Randy L. Taylor,

Chief Financial Officer and Jacqueline Orr,

General Counsel

Telecopy: (702) 804-8292

In the case of the Company,

with a copy to:

  

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Jason Kanner

Telecopy: (212) 446-4900

 

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The Administrative Agent:   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Loan and Agency Services Group

1111 Fannin Street

10th Floor

Houston, Texas 77002

Attention: Jide Williams

Telecopy: (713) 427-6530

With copies to:   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

383 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10179

Attention: Tina Ruyter

Telecopy: (212) 270-5127

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to subsections 3.3, 3.7, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 shall not be effective until received and provided, further that the failure to provide the copies of notices to the Company provided for in this subsection 11.2 shall not result in any liability to the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to subsections 3.3, 3.7, 4.1, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5 and 4.6 unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Company may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

11.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the Credit Documents, shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

11.4 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder, in the other Credit Documents and in any document, certificate or statement delivered pursuant hereto or in connection herewith shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the making of the Loans, Letters of Credit and other extensions of credit hereunder.

11.5 Payment of Expenses. The Company agrees:

(a) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the development, preparation and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, and the consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements (including filing and recording fees and expenses) of counsel to the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders (which shall be limited to one counsel, FCC counsel and, if necessary, one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction and expenses attributable to processing primary assignments and, solely in case of any conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Lenders taken as a whole);

 

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(b) to pay or reimburse the Lenders and the Administrative Agent for all their out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with, and to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in connection with, the enforcement or preservation of any rights under any Credit Document and any such other documents or any workout or restructuring of the Credit Documents, limited to fees, disbursements and other charges of one counsel, FCC counsel and one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders taken as a whole (and, solely in case of any conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Lenders taken as a whole) incurred in connection with the foregoing and in connection with advising the Administrative Agent with respect to its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement, the other Credit Documents and the documentation relating thereto.

(c) to pay, indemnify, and to hold the Administrative Agent and each Lender harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying similar fees, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, any Credit Document and any such other documents; and

(d) to pay, indemnify, and hold the Administrative Agent, each Arranger and each Lender and their respective officers, directors, employees, affiliates, advisors, controlling persons and agents (each an “Indemnitee”) harmless from and against any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages (including punitive damages), penalties, fines, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, reasonable experts’ and consultants’ fees and limited to reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel to the affected Indemnitees taken as a whole (and, solely in case of any conflict of interest, one additional counsel to the affected Indemnitees taken as a whole) and third party claims for personal injury or real or personal property damage) which may be incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any Lender (x) arising out of or in connection with any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, the Loans, or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, whether or not the Administrative Agent, any Arranger or any of the Lenders is a party thereto, (y) with respect to any environmental matters, any environmental compliance expenses and remediation expenses in connection with the presence, suspected presence, release or suspected release of any Materials of Environmental Concern in or into the air, soil, groundwater, surface water or improvements at, on, about, under, or within the Properties, or any portion thereof, or elsewhere in connection with the transportation of Materials of Environmental Concern to or from the Properties, in each case to the extent required under Environmental Laws, or (z) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, by reason of or in connection with the execution, performance, delivery, enforcement or administration, of this Agreement, the other Credit Agreement and any such other documents, or transfer of, or payment or failure to make payments under, Letters of Credit;

(all the foregoing, collectively, the “indemnified liabilities”), provided that the Company shall have no obligation hereunder to any Indemnitee (x) with respect to indemnified liabilities to the extent they are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court to arise from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) under this subsection 11.5 for any taxes other than Other Taxes or taxes derived from a non-tax claim. The agreements in this subsection 11.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

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11.6 Successors and Assigns; Participations; Purchasing Lenders.

(a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Company, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, all future holders of the Loans, and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of the Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that (i) the Company may not assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Company without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights and obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section.

(b) Any Lender other than a Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more banks or other financial institutions or Lender Affiliates (“Participants”) participating interests in any Loan owing to such Lender, any participating interest of such Lender in the Letters of Credit, any Note held by such Lender, any Commitment of such Lender or any other interest of such Lender hereunder and under the other Credit Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the immediately preceding sentence, each Lender shall have the right to sell one or more participations in all or any part of its Loans or any other Obligation to one or more lenders or other Persons that provide financing to such Lender in the form of sales and repurchases of participations without having to satisfy the foregoing requirements. In the event of any such sale by a Lender of participating interests to a Participant, such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement to the other parties to this Agreement shall remain unchanged, such Lender shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof, such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the Company and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. The Company agrees that if amounts outstanding under this Agreement and the Loans are due and unpaid, or shall have been declared or shall have become due and payable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, each Participant shall be deemed to have the right of setoff in respect of its participating interest in amounts owing under this Agreement and any Loan to the same extent as if the amount of its participating interest were owing directly to it as a Lender under this Agreement or any Loan; provided that such Participant shall only be entitled to such right of setoff if it shall have agreed in the agreement pursuant to which it shall have acquired its participating interest to share with the Lenders the proceeds thereof, as provided in subsection 11.7. The Company also agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of, and shall be subject to the limitations of, subsections 4.12, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21 and 4.22 with respect to its participation in the Letters of Credit and the Loans outstanding from time to time; provided that no Participant shall be entitled to receive (i) any greater amount pursuant to such subsections than the transferor Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such transferor Lender to such Participant had no such transfer occurred or (ii) the benefits of subsection 4.22 unless such Participant complies with subsections 4.22(f), 4.22(g), 4.22(h) and 4.22(i) as if it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Company, shall maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”). No Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to any Person except to the extent such disclosure is necessary to establish that any Loan, Letter of Credit or Note is in registered form under Section 5f.103.1(c) of the U.S. Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, and such Lender, each Credit Party and the Administrative Agent shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register pursuant to the terms hereof as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.

 

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(c) Any Lender other than any Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, with the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or a portion of a Term Loan to a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund), the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Lenders (which in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and provided that no consent of the Swing Line Lender or Issuing Lenders shall be required for an assignment of Term Loan only), at any time sell to any Lender or any Lender Affiliate thereof (including any Affiliate or Subsidiary of such transferor Lender) and, with the prior written consent of the Company (provided that no consent of the Company shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund or if an Event of Default under Section 9 has occurred and is continuing), the Issuing Lenders, the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent (which in each case shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), sell to one or more additional banks or financial institutions (an “Assignee”), all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents and, with respect to the Letters of Credit, such Lender’s L/C Participating Interest, pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption executed by such Assignee, such assigning Lender (and by the Company and the Administrative Agent to the extent their consent is required), and delivered to the Administrative Agent for its acceptance and recording in the Register (as defined below); provided that (A) each such sale pursuant to this subsection 11.6(b) of less than all of a Lender’s rights and Obligations (I) to a Person which is not then a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund shall be of Commitments and/or Loans of not less than $5,000,000 (or in the case of the Term Facility, $1,000,000) and (II) to a Person which is then a Lender, a Lender Affiliate or an Approved Fund may be in any amount, (B) in the event of a sale of less than all of such rights and obligations, such Lender after such sale shall retain Commitments and/or Loans (without duplication) aggregating at least $1,000,000, and (C) each Assignee shall comply with the provisions of subsection 4.22 hereof; provided, further that the foregoing shall not prohibit a Lender from selling participating interests in accordance with subsection 11.6(a) in all or any portion of its Loans (without duplication). For purposes of clauses (A) and (B) of the first proviso contained in the preceding sentence, the amount described therein shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Lender Affiliates, if any. Upon such execution, delivery, acceptance and recording, from and after the effective date determined pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (x) the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent provided in such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender hereunder with the Commitments and Loans as set forth therein, and (y) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest transferred, as reflected in such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such assigning Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of subsections 4.19,4.20,4.21,4.22 and 11.5). Such Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to amend this Agreement to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to reflect the addition of such Assignee and the resulting adjustment of Commitment Percentages arising from the purchase by such Assignee of all or a portion of the rights and obligations of such assigning Lender under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (and to the extent permitted by law), after the occurrence of any Event of Default, any Lender may sell all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign at any time to its designating Lender hereunder without the consent of the Company or the Administrative Agent any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder and pursuant to its designation agreement and without regard to the limitations set forth in the first sentence of this subsection 11.6(b); provided that such designating Lender complies with subsection 4.22 and shall not be entitled to receive any greater amounts under this Agreement (including subsections 4.20 and 4.22) than the assigning Conduit Lender was entitled to receive immediately prior to such assignment in respect of the Loans subject to such assignment.

 

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For the purposes of this subsection 11.6, “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its business and that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

(d) The Administrative Agent acting on behalf of and as agent for the Company, shall maintain at the address of the Administrative Agent referred to in subsection 11.2 a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register (the “Register”) for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders and the Commitment of, the principal amount of any Term Loans, Swing Line Loans and/or Revolving Credit Loans owing to, and if such Lender has any Revolving Credit Commitments and/or the L/C Participating Interests owing to each Lender. The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, in the absence of manifest error, and the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register as the owner of the Loans or L/C Participating Interests recorded therein for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Company or any Lender at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph. Upon its receipt of an Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee (and, in the case of an Assignee that is not then a Lender or an Affiliate thereof, by the Company and the Administrative Agent), together with payment to the Administrative Agent of a registration and processing fee of $3,500, the Administrative Agent shall (i) promptly accept such Assignment and Assumption and (ii) on the effective date determined pursuant thereto, record the information contained therein in the Register and give notice of such acceptance and recordation to the Lenders and the Company. The Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire in which the Assignee designates one or more credit contacts to whom all syndicate-level information (which may contain material non-public information about the Company and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities) will be made available and who may receive such information in accordance with the assignee’s compliance procedures and applicable laws, including Federal and state securities laws.

(f) The Company authorizes each Lender to disclose to any Participant or Assignee (each, a “Transferee”) and any prospective Transferee or to any pledgee referred to in subsection 11.6(g) or to any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap agreements or such contractual counterparty’s professional advisor (so long as such contractual counterparty or professional advisor to such contractual counterparty agrees to be bound by confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those of subsection 11.14) any and all financial information in such Lender’s possession concerning the Company and its Subsidiaries which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Company pursuant to this Agreement or which has been delivered to such Lender by or on behalf of the Company in connection with such Lender’s credit evaluation of the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates prior to becoming a party to this Agreement.

(g) For avoidance of doubt, the parties to this Agreement acknowledge that the provisions of this subsection concerning assignments of Loans and Notes relate only to absolute assignments and that such provisions do not prohibit assignments creating security interests, including, without limitation, any pledge or assignment (i) by a Lender of any Loan or Note to any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with applicable law and (ii) by a Lender Affiliate which is a fund to its trustee in support of its obligations to its trustee; provided that any transfer of Loans or Notes upon, or in lieu of, enforcement of or the exercise of remedies under any such pledge shall be treated as an assignment thereof which shall not be made without compliance with the requirements of this subsection 11.6.

 

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(h) The Company, upon receipt of written notice from the relevant Lender, agrees to issue Notes to any Lender requiring Notes to facilitate transactions of the type described in paragraph (g) above.

(i) The Company, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided, however (i) that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period forbearance and (ii) the foregoing shall not prohibit or limit the ability of any such Person to file claims against a Conduit Lender in connection with any such proceeding.

11.7 Adjustments; Set-off.

(a) If any Lender (a “Benefited Lender”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of any of its Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans (other than payment of Swing Line Loans) or L/C Participating Interests, as the case may be, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in clause (f) of Section 9, or otherwise) in a greater proportion than any such payment to and collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s L/C Participating Interests, Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, or interest thereon, such Benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders such portion of each such other Lender’s L/C Participating Interests, Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, as the case may be, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such Benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such Benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest. The Company agrees that each Lender so purchasing a portion of another Lender’s Loans and/or L/C Participating Interests may exercise all rights of payment (including, without limitation, rights of set-off) with respect to such portion as fully as if such Lender were the direct holder of such portion. The Administrative Agent shall promptly give the Company notice of any set-off, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off.

(b) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 9(a) or Section 9(f), the Administrative Agent and each Lender are hereby irrevocably authorized at any time and from time to time without notice to the Company, any such notice being hereby waived by the Company, to set off and appropriate and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by the Administrative Agent or such Lender or any of their respective Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of the Company or any part thereof in such amounts as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, on account of the liabilities of the Company hereunder and under the other Credit Documents and claims of every nature and description of the Administrative Agent or such Lender against the Company in any currency, whether arising hereunder, or otherwise, under any other Credit Document as the Administrative Agent or such Lender may elect, whether or not the Administrative Agent or such Lender has made any demand for payment and although such liabilities and claims may be contingent or unmatured. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall notify the Company promptly of any such setoff made by it and the application made by it of the proceeds thereof, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and each Lender under this paragraph are in addition to other rights and remedies (including, without limitation, other rights of setoff) which the Administrative Agent or such Lender may have.

 

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11.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be lodged with the Company and the Administrative Agent. This Agreement shall become effective with respect to the Company, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders when the Administrative Agent shall have received a signature page of this Agreement executed by the Company and the Lenders, or, in the case of any Lender, shall have received telephonic confirmation from such Lender stating that such Lender has executed counterparts of this Agreement or the signature pages hereto and sent the same to the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by e-mail or facsimile transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

11.9 Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the entire agreement of the Credit Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof or thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

11.10 GOVERNING LAW; NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND THE LOANS SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS AGREEMENT IS SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, AND, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION 11.6, NO OTHER PERSONS SHALL HAVE ANY RIGHT, BENEFIT, PRIORITY OR INTEREST UNDER, OR BECAUSE OF THE EXISTENCE OF, THIS AGREEMENT.

11.11 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY:

(i) SUBMITS FOR ITSELF AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS, OR FOR RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF ANY JUDGMENT IN RESPECT THEREOF, TO THE EXCLUSIVE GENERAL JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND THE APPELLATE COURTS FROM ANY THEREOF;

(ii) CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN SUCH COURTS, AND WAIVES ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT OR THAT SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING WAS BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT COURT AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM THE SAME;

 

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(iii) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE EFFECTED BY MAILING A COPY THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL (OR ANY SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR FORM OF MAIL), POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN SUBSECTION 11.2 OR AT SUCH OTHER ADDRESS OF WHICH THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED PURSUANT THERETO;

(iv) AGREES THAT NOTHING CONTAINED HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT TO EFFECT SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT TO SUE IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION;

(v) WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING REFERRED TO IN THIS SECTION ANY SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES; AND

(vi) EACH PARTY HERETO UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (a) ABOVE.

11.12 Acknowledgements. The Company hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;

(b) none of the Administrative Agent or any Lender has any fiduciary relationship to any Credit Party, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the one hand, and the Credit Parties, on the other hand, is solely that of creditor and debtor; and

(c) no joint venture exists among the Lenders or among any Credit Parties and the Lenders.

11.13 Releases of Guarantees and Liens.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Credit Document, the Administrative Agent is hereby irrevocably authorized by each Lender (without requirement of notice to or consent of any Lender except as expressly required by subsection 11.1) to take any action requested by the Company having the effect of releasing any collateral or guarantee obligations (i) to the extent necessary to permit consummation of any transaction not prohibited by any Credit Document or that has been consented to in accordance with subsection 11.1 or (ii) under the circumstances described in paragraph (b) below.

(b) At such time as the Loans, the L/C Obligations and the other obligations under the Credit Documents (other than obligations under or in respect of Specified Swap Agreements or Specified Cash Management Agreements and contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) shall have been paid in full in cash, the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding, the collateral shall be released from the Liens created by the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Credit Party under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any Person.

 

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11.14 Confidentiality. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential all non-public information provided to it by any Credit Party, the Administrative Agent or any Lender pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement; provided that nothing herein shall prevent the Administrative Agent or any Lender from disclosing any such information (a) to the Administrative Agent, any other Lender or any affiliate thereof, (b) subject to an agreement to comply with confidentiality provisions at least as restrictive as those of this Section, to any actual or prospective Transferee or any pledgee referred to in subsection 11.6(f) or any direct or indirect counterparty to any swap agreement (or any professional advisor to such counterparty), (c) to its employees, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors or those of any of its affiliates, (d) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority, (e) in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as may otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, (f) if requested or required to do so in connection with any litigation or similar proceeding, (g) that has been publicly disclosed (other than in violation of this subsection 11.14), (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, or (i) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Credit Document; provided that, unless prohibited by applicable law or court order, such Lender or the Administrative Agent shall use reasonable efforts to notify the Company of any disclosure pursuant to clauses (d) or (e).

Each Lender acknowledges that information furnished to it pursuant to this Agreement or the other Credit Documents may include material non-public information concerning the Company and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities, and confirms that it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information and that it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.

All information, including requests for waivers and amendments, furnished by the Company or the Administrative Agent pursuant to, or in the course of administering, this Agreement or the other Credit Documents will be syndicate-level information, which may contain material non-public information about the Company and its Affiliates and their related parties or their respective securities. Accordingly, each Lender represents to the Company and the Administrative Agent that it has identified in its administrative questionnaire a credit contact who may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law, including Federal and state securities laws.

11.15 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender that is subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “Act”) hereby notifies the Company that pursuant to the requirements of the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company and each other Credit Party, which information includes the name and address of the Company and each other Credit Party and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Company and each other Credit Party in accordance with the Act.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered in New York, New York by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Randy L. Taylor

  Name:   Randy L. Taylor
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Credit Agreement Signature Page


 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, Issuing Lender
and as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:

Credit Agreement Signature Page


 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agent and

      as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:

Credit Agreement Signature Page


 

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., as Co-Syndication
Agent

By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as
a Lender

By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:

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CREDIT SUISSE SECURITIES (USA) LLC, as Co-
Documentation Agent

By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:

Credit Agreement Signature Page


 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as
a Lender

By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:

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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as
Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender

By:  

/s/ Authorized Signatory

  Name:
  Title:

Credit Agreement Signature Page

EX-10.3 6 dex103.htm GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

Exhibit 10.3

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

made by

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION

and certain of its Subsidiaries

in favor of

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent

Dated as of December 10, 2010

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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SECTION 1.   

DEFINED TERMS

     1   
   1.1   

Definitions

     1   
   1.2   

Other Definitional Provisions

     4   
SECTION 2.    GUARANTEE      4   
   2.1   

Guarantee

     4   
   2.2   

Right of Contribution

     5   
   2.3   

No Subrogation

     5   
   2.4   

Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations

     6   
   2.5   

Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional

     6   
   2.6   

Reinstatement

     7   
   2.7   

Payments

     7   
SECTION 3.   

GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

     7   
SECTION 4.   

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     8   
   4.1   

Title; No Other Liens

     8   
   4.2   

Perfected First Priority Liens

     9   
   4.3   

Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office

     9   
   4.4   

Investment Property

     9   
   4.5   

Receivables

     9   
   4.6   

Intellectual Property

     10   
SECTION 5.   

COVENANTS

     10   
   5.1   

Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper

     10   
   5.2   

[Reserved]

     10   
   5.3   

Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation

     10   
   5.4   

Changes in Name, etc

     11   
   5.5   

[Reserved]

     11   
   5.6   

Investment Property

     11   
   5.7   

Intellectual Property

     12   
SECTION 6.   

REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

     13   
   6.1   

Certain Matters Relating to Receivables

     13   
   6.2   

Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable

     14   
   6.3   

Pledged Stock

     14   
   6.4   

Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent

     15   
   6.5   

Application of Proceeds

     15   
   6.6   

Code and Other Remedies

     16   
   6.7   

Registration Rights

     16   
   6.8   

Subordination

     17   
   6.9   

Deficiency

     17   
SECTION 7.   

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     17   
   7.1   

Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc.

     17   
   7.2   

Duty of Administrative Agent

     19   
   7.3   

Execution of Financing Statements

     19   

 

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7.4

  

Authority of Administrative Agent

     19   

SECTION 8.

  

MISCELLANEOUS

     19   
  

8.1

  

Amendments in Writing

     19   
  

8.2

  

Notices

     19   
  

8.3

  

No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies

     20   
  

8.4

  

Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification

     20   
  

8.5

  

Successors and Assigns

     20   
  

8.6

  

Set-Off

     20   
  

8.7

  

Counterparts

     21   
  

8.8

  

Severability

     21   
  

8.9

  

Section Headings

     21   
  

8.10

  

Integration

     21   
  

8.11

  

GOVERNING LAW

     21   
  

8.12

  

Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers

     21   
  

8.13

  

Acknowledgements

     22   
  

8.14

  

Additional Grantors

     22   
  

8.15

  

Releases

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8.16

  

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

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8.17

  

Approvals

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SCHEDULES
Schedule 1    Notice Addresses
Schedule 2    Investment Property
Schedule 3    Perfection Matters
Schedule 4    Jurisdictions of Organization and Chief Executive Offices
Schedule 5    Intellectual Property
ANNEX   
Annex 1    Form of Assumption Agreement

 

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GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT

GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT, dated as of December 10, 2010, made by each of the signatories hereto (together with any other entity that may become a party hereto as provided herein, but in no event including any Foreign Subsidiary, the “Grantors”), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the “Lenders”) from time to time parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION (the “Borrower”), the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit to the Borrower upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein;

WHEREAS, the Borrower is a member of an affiliated group of companies that includes each other Grantor;

WHEREAS, the proceeds of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to one or more of the other Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses;

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Grantors are engaged in related businesses, and each Grantor will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the extensions of credit under the Credit Agreement; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to the obligation of the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement that the Grantors shall have executed and delivered this Agreement to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby agrees with the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:

SECTION 1. DEFINED TERMS

1.1 Definitions. (a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement, and the following terms are used herein as defined in the New York UCC: Accounts, Certificated Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Deposit Accounts, Documents, Equipment, Farm Products, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Supporting Obligations.

(b) The following terms shall have the following meanings:

Agreement”: this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.


Borrower Obligations”: the collective reference to the unpaid principal of and interest on the Loans and reimbursement obligations and all other obligations and liabilities of the Borrower (including, without limitation, interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the maturity of the Loans and reimbursement obligations and interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Credit Agreement after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency, reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Borrower, whether or not a claim for post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such proceeding) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of any Specified Swap Agreement or any Specified Cash Management Agreement, the Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such arrangement was entered into), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, or out of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement, the other Credit Documents, any Letter of Credit or L/C Application, any Specified Swap Agreement, any Specified Cash Management Agreement or any other document made, delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each case whether on account of principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by the Borrower pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing agreements).

Collateral”: as defined in Section 3.

Collateral Account”: any collateral account established by the Administrative Agent as provided in Section 6.1 or 6.4.

Copyrights”: (i) all copyrights arising under the laws of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 5), all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, including, without limitation, all registrations, recordings and applications in the United States Copyright Office, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

Copyright Licenses”: any written agreement naming any Grantor as licensor or licensee (including, without limitation, those listed in Schedule 5), granting any right under any Copyright, including, without limitation, the grant of rights to manufacture, distribute, exploit and sell materials derived from any Copyright.

Excluded Property”: as defined in Section 3.

Foreign Subsidiary”: any Subsidiary organized under the laws of any jurisdiction outside the United States of America.

Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock”: the voting capital stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.

Guarantor Obligations”: with respect to any Guarantor, all obligations and liabilities of such Guarantor which may arise under this Agreement or any other Credit Document (including, without limitation, Section 2) to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or, in the case of any Specified Swap Agreement or any Specified Cash Management Agreement, the Person that is a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender at the time such arrangement was entered into), in each case whether on account of guarantee obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent or to the Lenders that are required to be paid by such Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Credit Document).

 

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Guarantors”: the collective reference to each Grantor other than the Borrower.

Intellectual Property”: the collective reference to all rights, priorities and privileges relating to intellectual property, whether arising under United States, multinational or foreign laws or otherwise, including, without limitation, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks and the Trademark Licenses, and all rights to sue at law or in equity for any infringement or other impairment thereof, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom.

Intercompany Note”: any promissory note evidencing loans made by any Grantor to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

Investment Property”: the collective reference to (i) all “investment property” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the New York UCC (other than any Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock excluded from the definition of “Pledged Stock”) and (ii) whether or not constituting “investment property” as so defined, all Pledged Notes and all Pledged Stock.

Issuers”: the collective reference to each issuer of any Pledged Stock.

New York UCC”: the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

Obligations”: (i) in the case of the Borrower, the Borrower Obligations, and (ii) in the case of each Guarantor, its Guarantor Obligations.

Patents”: (i) all letters patent of the United States, any other country or any political subdivision thereof, and all reissues and extensions thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5, (ii) all applications for letters patent of the United States or any other country and all divisions, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5, and (iii) all rights to obtain any reissues or extensions of the foregoing.

Patent License”: all agreements, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to manufacture, use or sell any invention covered in whole or in part by a Patent, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5.

Pledged Notes”: all promissory notes listed on Schedule 2, all Intercompany Notes at any time issued to any Grantor and all other promissory notes issued to or held by any Grantor (other than (i) promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the Gleiser Note and (iii) any promissory note made by an employee or director of a Grantor) in an amount exceeding $2,500,000 individually.

Pledged Stock”: the shares of capital stock listed on Schedule 2, together with any other shares, stock certificates, interests or rights of any nature whatsoever in respect of the capital stock of (i) a Subsidiary of the Borrower or (ii) any other Person if the value of the capital stock under this clause (ii) exceeds $2,500,000 individually that may be issued or granted to, or held by, any Grantor while this Agreement is in effect; provided that in no event shall any Grantor pledge hereunder (a) any capital stock of a Subsidiary of the Borrower the capital stock of which is owned by a Foreign Subsidiary or (b) more than 65% of the total outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary.

 

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Proceeds”: all “proceeds” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all dividends or other income from the Investment Property, collections thereon or distributions or payments with respect thereto.

Receivable”: any right to payment for goods sold or leased or for services rendered, whether or not such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper and whether or not it has been earned by performance (including, without limitation, any Account).

Secured Parties”: the collective reference to the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and any Affiliate of any Lender to which Borrower Obligations or Guarantor Obligations, as applicable, are owed.

Securities Act”: the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Trademarks”: (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos and other source or business identifiers, and all goodwill associated therewith, now existing or hereafter adopted or acquired, all registrations and recordings thereof, and all applications in connection therewith, whether in the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, or otherwise, and all common-law rights related thereto, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5, and (ii) the right to obtain all renewals thereof.

Trademark License”: any agreement, whether written or oral, providing for the grant by or to any Grantor of any right to use any Trademark, including, without limitation, any of the foregoing referred to in Schedule 5.

1.2 Other Definitional Provisions. (a) The words “hereof,” “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.

(b) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

(c) Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part thereof.

SECTION 2. GUARANTEE

2.1 Guarantee. (a) Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and their respective successors, indorsees, transferees and permitted assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Borrower when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Borrower Obligations.

(b) Anything herein or in any other Credit Document to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum liability of each Guarantor hereunder and under the other Credit Documents shall in no event exceed the amount which can be guaranteed by such Guarantor under applicable federal and state laws relating to the insolvency of debtors (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 2.2).

 

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(c) Each Guarantor agrees that the Borrower Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or affecting the rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder.

(d) The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall remain in full force and effect until all the Borrower Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2 (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable) shall have been satisfied by payment in full, no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall be terminated, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of the Credit Agreement the Borrower may be free from any Borrower Obligations.

(e) No payment made by the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by the Administrative Agent or any Lender from the Borrower, any of the Guarantors, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Borrower Obligations shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of the Borrower Obligations), remain liable for the Borrower Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until the Borrower Obligations are paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated.

2.2 Right of Contribution. Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2.3. The provisions of this Section 2.2 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

2.3 No Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against the Borrower or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower Obligations, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Borrower or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders by the Borrower on account of the Borrower Obligations are paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments are terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Borrower Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, if required), to be applied against the Borrower Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine.

 

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2.4 Amendments, etc. with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor, any demand for payment of any of the Borrower Obligations made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender may be rescinded by the Administrative Agent or such Lender and any of the Borrower Obligations continued, and the Borrower Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered or released by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, and the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part, as the Administrative Agent (or the Required Lenders or all Lenders, as the case may be) may deem advisable from time to time, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender for the payment of the Borrower Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien at any time held by it as security for the Borrower Obligations or for the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or any property subject thereto.

2.5 Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law and except as otherwise provided for herein, any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Borrower Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2 or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Section 2; the Borrower Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2; and all dealings between the Borrower and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Section 2. Each Guarantor waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law and except as otherwise provided for herein, diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon the Borrower or any of the Guarantors with respect to the Borrower Obligations. Each Guarantor understands and agrees that the guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall be construed as a continuing, absolute and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to (a) the validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, any of the Borrower Obligations or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, (b) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance) which may at any time be available to or be asserted by the Borrower or any other Person against the Administrative Agent or any Lender, or (c) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of the Borrower or such Guarantor) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of the Borrower for the Borrower Obligations, or of such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Section 2, in bankruptcy or in any other instance. When making any demand hereunder or otherwise pursuing its rights and remedies hereunder against any Guarantor, the Administrative Agent or any Lender may, but shall be under no obligation to, make a similar demand on or otherwise pursue such rights and remedies as it may have against the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or against any collateral security or guarantee for the Borrower Obligations or any right of offset with respect thereto, and any failure by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make any such demand, to pursue such other rights or remedies or to collect any payments from the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or to realize upon any such collateral security or guarantee or to exercise any such right of offset, or any release of the Borrower, any other Guarantor or any other Person or any such collateral security, guarantee or right of offset, shall not relieve any Guarantor of any obligation or liability hereunder, and shall not impair or affect the rights and remedies, whether express, implied or available as a matter of law, of the Administrative Agent or any Lender against any Guarantor. For the purposes hereof “demand” shall include the commencement and continuance of any legal proceedings.

 

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2.6 Reinstatement. The guarantee contained in this Section 2 shall continue to be effective, or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any of the Borrower Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Administrative Agent or any Lender upon the insolvency, bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of the Borrower or any Guarantor, or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, the Borrower or any Guarantor or any substantial part of its property, or otherwise, all as though such payments had not been made.

2.7 Payments. Each Guarantor hereby guarantees that payments hereunder will be paid to the Administrative Agent without set-off or counterclaim in Dollars at the Funding Office.

SECTION 3. GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

Each Grantor hereby assigns and transfers to the Administrative Agent, and hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of Grantor’s right, title and interest in the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest other than Excluded Property (collectively, the “Collateral”), as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of such Grantor’s Obligations:

(a) all Accounts;

(b) all Chattel Paper;

(c) all Contracts

(d) all Documents (other than title documents with respect to equipment or assets set forth in clause (ii) of the definition of Excluded Property below);

(e) all Equipment;

(f) all Fixtures;

(g) all General Intangibles;

(h) all Instruments;

(i) all Intellectual Property;

(j) all Inventory;

(k) all Investment Property;

(l) all books and records pertaining to the Collateral; and

 

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(m) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds, Supporting Obligations and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;

provided, however, that notwithstanding any of the other provisions set forth in this Section 3, the term Collateral and the terms set forth in this Section defining the components of Collateral shall not include, and this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in, any of the following (the “Excluded Property”): (i) any fee owned real property of any Grantor with a value of less than $10,000,000 and any leasehold interests in real property, (ii) any trucks, trailers, tractors, service vehicles, automobiles, rolling stock or other registered mobile equipment or assets covered by certificates of title or ownership of any Grantor, (iii) any Letter-of-Credit Rights, (iv) any Commercial Tort Claims, (v) any Deposit Accounts and other assets specifically requiring perfection through control agreements, (vi) any property to the extent that such grant of a security interest is prohibited by any Requirements of Law of a Governmental Authority, requires a consent not obtained of any Governmental Authority pursuant to such Requirement of Law, is prohibited by the organizational documents of a Subsidiary if such Subsidiary is not a wholly owned Subsidiary, or is prohibited by, or constitutes a breach or default under or results in the termination of or requires any consent not obtained under, any contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document evidencing or giving rise to such property or, in the case of any Investment Property, Pledged Stock or Pledged Note, any applicable shareholder agreement, joint-venture agreement, operating agreement or similar agreement, except to the extent that such Requirement of Law or the term in such contract, license, agreement, instrument or other document or shareholder or similar agreement providing for such prohibition, breach, default or termination or requiring such consent is ineffective under applicable law, (vii) those assets as to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree that the cost of obtaining a security interest therein or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby, (viii) more than 65% of the Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of any Foreign Subsidiary, or (ix) any Trademark application filed in the United States Patent and Trademark Office on the basis of such Grantor’s “intent-to-use” such trademark, unless and until acceptable evidence of use of the Trademark has been filed with and accepted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office pursuant to Section 1(c) or Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. §§ 1051, et seq.), to the extent that granting a security interest or other lien in such Trademark application prior to such filing would adversely affect the enforceability or validity of or void such Trademark application.

SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

To induce the Administrative Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit to the Borrower thereunder, each Grantor hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

4.1 Title; No Other Liens. Except for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to this Agreement and the other Liens permitted to exist on the Collateral by the Credit Agreement, such Grantor owns or, with respect to Intellectual Property, owns or has a valid right to use each item of the Collateral free and clear of any and all Liens or claims of others. No effective financing statement or other public notice with respect to all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as have been filed in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to this Agreement or as are permitted by the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that any Grantor may, as part of its business, grant licenses to third parties to use Intellectual Property owned or developed by a Grantor. For purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, such licensing activity shall not constitute a “Lien” on such Intellectual Property. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender understands that any such licenses may be exclusive to the applicable licensees, and such exclusivity provisions may limit the ability of the Administrative Agent to utilize, sell, lease or transfer the related Intellectual Property or otherwise realize value from such Intellectual Property pursuant hereto.

 

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4.2 Perfected First Priority Liens. The security interests granted pursuant to this Agreement (a) upon completion of the filings and other actions specified on Schedule 3 (which, in the case of all filings and other documents referred to on said Schedule, have been delivered to the Administrative Agent in completed and duly executed form) will constitute valid perfected security interests (to the extent such matter is governed by the law of the United States or a jurisdiction therein) in all of the Collateral (excluding motor vehicles and other assets, if any, with respect to which a security interest cannot be perfected under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code or through filings with United States registries with respect to Intellectual Property) in favor of the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for such Grantor’s Obligations, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by such filings, enforceable in accordance with the terms hereof against all creditors of such Grantor and any Persons purporting to purchase any Collateral from such Grantor and (b) are prior to all other Liens on the Collateral in existence on the date hereof except for unrecorded Liens permitted by the Credit Agreement which have priority over the Liens on the Collateral by operation of law.

4.3 Jurisdiction of Organization; Chief Executive Office. On the date hereof, such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization, identification number from the jurisdiction of organization (if any), and the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence, as the case may be, are specified on Schedule 4. Such Grantor has furnished to the Administrative Agent a certified charter, certificate of incorporation or other organization document and long-form good standing certificate as of a date which is recent to the date hereof.

4.4 Investment Property. (a) The shares of Pledged Stock pledged by such Grantor hereunder constitute all the issued and outstanding shares of all classes of the capital stock of each Issuer owned by such Grantor or, in the case of Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock, if less, 65% of the outstanding Foreign Subsidiary Voting Stock of each relevant Issuer.

(b) All the shares of the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable.

(c) To the best of Grantor’s knowledge, each of the Pledged Notes constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the obligor with respect thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

(d) Such Grantor is the record and beneficial owner of, and has good and marketable title to, the Investment Property pledged by it hereunder, free of any and all Liens or options in favor of, or claims of, any other Person, except the security interest created by this Agreement.

4.5 Receivables. Except for (i) promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the Gleiser Note and (iii) any promissory note made by an employee or director of a Grantor, no amount payable to such Grantor under or in connection with any Receivable is evidenced by any Instrument or Chattel Paper in an amount in excess of $2,500,000 which has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

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4.6 Intellectual Property. (a) Schedule 5 lists all registrations and applications for registration of all Trademarks and Copyrights and all issued Patents and Patent applications owned by such Grantor in its own name on the date hereof, and all Patents Licenses, Trademark Licenses and Copyright Licenses in which a Grantor is the exclusive licensee of any United States registrations or application for registration of any Trademarks or Copyrights or any United States issued Patents or Patent applications.

(b) On the date hereof, all material Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is (i) valid, subsisting, unexpired, has not been abandoned, and, to the knowledge of such Grantor, enforceable, and (ii) does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any other Person.

(c) No holding, decision or judgment has been rendered by any Governmental Authority which would limit, cancel or challenge the validity of, or such Grantor’s rights in, any Intellectual Property in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) No action or proceeding is pending, or, to the knowledge of such Grantor, threatened, on the date hereof (i) seeking to limit, cancel or challenge the validity of any material Intellectual Property or such Grantor’s ownership interest therein (other than routine office actions), or (ii) which, if adversely determined, would have a Material Adverse Effect on the value of any Intellectual Property owned by or exclusively licensed to such Grantor.

SECTION 5. COVENANTS

Each Grantor covenants and agrees with the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, from and after the date of this Agreement until the Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), no Letter of Credit shall be outstanding or not fully cash collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender and the Commitments shall have been terminated:

5.1 Delivery of Instruments, Certificated Securities and Chattel Paper. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral in excess of $2,500,000 shall be or become evidenced by any Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper (excluding (i) promissory notes issued in connection with extensions of trade credit by any Grantor in the ordinary course of business, (ii) the Gleiser Note, and (iii) any promissory note made by an employee or director of a Grantor), such Instrument, Certificated Security or Chattel Paper shall be promptly delivered to the Administrative Agent, duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to be held as Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

5.2 [Reserved].

5.3 Maintenance of Perfected Security Interest; Further Documentation. (a) Such Grantor shall maintain the security interest created by this Agreement as a perfected security interest having at least the priority (and subject to the qualifications) described in Section 4.2 and shall defend such security interest against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever, subject to the rights of such Grantor under the Credit Documents to dispose of the Collateral.

(b) Such Grantor will furnish to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders from time to time statements and schedules further identifying and describing the assets and property of such Grantor as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.

 

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(c) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor will promptly and duly execute and deliver, and have recorded, such further instruments and documents and take such further actions as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including, without limitation, (i) filing any financing or continuation statements under the Uniform Commercial Code (or other similar laws) in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the security interests created hereby and (ii) in the case of Investment Property and any other relevant Collateral with a value in excess of $2,500,000, taking any actions necessary to enable the Administrative Agent to obtain “control” (within the meaning of the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) with respect thereto.

5.4 Changes in Name, etc. Such Grantor will not, except upon 15 days’ prior written notice (or such different period with the consent of the Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent and delivery to the Administrative Agent of all additional executed financing statements and other documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests provided for herein, (i) change its jurisdiction of organization or the location of its chief executive office or sole place of business or principal residence from that referred to in Section 4.3 or (ii) change its name.

5.5 [Reserved].

5.6 Investment Property. (a) If such Grantor shall become entitled to receive or shall receive any certificate (including, without limitation, any certificate representing a dividend or a distribution in connection with any reclassification, increase or reduction of capital or any certificate issued in connection with any reorganization), option or rights in respect of the capital stock of any Issuer, whether in addition to, in substitution of, as a conversion of, or in exchange for, any shares of the Pledged Stock, or otherwise in respect thereof, such Grantor shall accept the same as the agent of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, hold the same in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and deliver the same forthwith to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required, together with an undated stock power covering such certificate duly executed in blank by such Grantor and with, if the Administrative Agent so requests, signature guaranteed, to be held by the Administrative Agent, subject to the terms hereof, as additional collateral security for the Obligations. After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any sums paid upon or in respect of the Investment Property upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Issuer shall be paid over to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations, and in case any distribution of capital shall be made on or in respect of the Investment Property or any property shall be distributed upon or with respect to the Investment Property pursuant to the recapitalization or reclassification of the capital of any Issuer or pursuant to the reorganization thereof, the property so distributed shall, unless otherwise subject to a perfected security interest in favor of the Administrative Agent, be delivered to the Administrative Agent to be held by it hereunder as additional collateral security for the Obligations. If any sums of money or property so paid or distributed in respect of the Investment Property shall be received by such Grantor, such Grantor shall, until such money or property is paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent, hold such money or property in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, as additional collateral security for the Obligations. Without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and except as permitted by, or not prohibited under, the Credit Agreement, such Grantor will not (i) vote to enable, or take any other action to permit, any Issuer to issue any capital stock of any nature or to issue any other securities convertible into or granting the right to purchase or exchange for any capital stock of any nature of any Issuer, (ii) sell, assign, transfer, exchange, or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof (except pursuant to a transaction expressly permitted by the Credit Agreement), (iii) create, incur or permit to exist any Lien or option in favor of, or any claim of any Person with respect to, any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof, or any interest therein, except for the security interests created by this Agreement or (iv) enter into any agreement or undertaking restricting the right or ability of such Grantor or the Administrative Agent to sell, assign or transfer any of the Investment Property or Proceeds thereof.

 

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(c) In the case of each Grantor which is an Issuer, such Issuer agrees that (i) it will be bound by the terms of this Agreement relating to the Investment Property issued by it and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to it, (ii) it will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.7(a) with respect to the Investment Property issued by it and (iii) the terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 with respect to the Investment Property issued by it.

5.7 Intellectual Property. (a) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will (i) continue to use each material Trademark owned by such Grantor to the extent necessary to maintain such Trademark in full force free from any claim of abandonment for non-use, (ii) maintain as in the past substantially the quality of products and services offered under such Trademark, (iii) use such Trademark with the appropriate notice of registration and all other notices and legends to the extent required by applicable Requirements of Law, (iv) not adopt or use any mark which is confusingly similar or a colorable imitation of such Trademark unless the Administrative Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, shall obtain a perfected security interest (subject to the qualifications set forth in Section 4.2) in such mark pursuant to this Agreement, and (v) not (and not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby such Trademark may become invalidated or impaired in any way.

(b) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not do any act, or omit to do any act, whereby any material Patent owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public (except as the result of the expiration of such Patent at the end of its statutory term).

(c) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not (and will not permit any licensee or sublicensee thereof to) do any act or knowingly omit to do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights may become abandoned or otherwise impaired. Such Grantor will not (either itself or through licensees) do any act whereby any material portion of the Copyrights owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor may fall into the public domain (except as a result of the expiration of such Copyright at the end of its statutory term).

(d) Such Grantor (either itself or through licensees) will not knowingly infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate the intellectual property rights of any other Person.

(e) Such Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent and the Lenders immediately if it knows, or has reason to know, that any application or registration relating to any material Intellectual Property owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor may become forfeited, abandoned or dedicated to the public, or of any materially adverse determination or development (including, without limitation, the institution of, or any such determination or development in, any proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any court, agency, office or tribunal in any country) regarding such Grantor’s ownership of, or the validity of, any material Intellectual Property or such Grantor’s right to register or to maintain the same.

(f) Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) acquire any registration or application for registration of any material Trademark or any material issued Patent or Patent application, (ii) become the exclusive licensee of any United States registration or application for registration of any material Trademark or any material United States issued Patent or Patent application, (iii) or file an application for any material Trademark or material Patent with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any similar office or agency in any group of countries, other country or political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such filing, licensing or acquisition to the Administrative Agent after such filing, licensing or acquisition occurs at the same time as the delivery of the certificate under subsection 7.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, but in no event shall such report be made more than ninety (90) days after the date on which such filing, licensing or acquisition occurs. Whenever such Grantor, either by itself or through any agent, employee, licensee or designee, shall (i) acquire any registration or application for registration of any material Copyright, (ii) become the exclusive licensee of any material United States Copyright registration, or (iii) file an application for any material Copyright with the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any group of countries, other country or political subdivision thereof, such Grantor shall report such filing, licensing or acquisition to the Administrative Agent within (20) twenty Business Days of the acquisition, licensing or filing, as applicable, thereof. Upon request of the Administrative Agent, such Grantor shall execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents, and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interest in any such Intellectual Property.

 

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(g) Such Grantor will take all reasonable and necessary steps, including, without limitation, in any proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any similar office or agency in any other country or any political subdivision thereof, to maintain and pursue each application (and to obtain the relevant registration) and to maintain each registration of each of its material Patents, Trademarks, or Copyrights (now or hereafter existing), including, without limitation, filing of applications for renewal, affidavits of use and affidavits of incontestability.

(h) In the event that any material Intellectual Property owned or exclusively licensed by such Grantor is infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party, such Grantor shall (i) take such actions as such Grantor shall reasonably deem appropriate under the circumstances to protect such Intellectual Property and (ii) if such Intellectual Property is of material economic value, promptly notify the Administrative Agent after it learns thereof and, where appropriate in Grantor’s reasonable business judgment and where Grantor has standing to do so, sue for infringement, misappropriation or dilution, seek injunctive relief and recover any and all damages for such infringement, misappropriation or dilution.

SECTION 6. REMEDIAL PROVISIONS

6.1 Certain Matters Relating to Receivables. (a) The Administrative Agent shall have the right to make test verifications of the Receivables in any manner and through any medium that it reasonably considers advisable, and each Grantor shall furnish all such assistance and information as the Administrative Agent may require in connection with such test verifications. At any time and from time to time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon the Administrative Agent’s request and at the expense of the relevant Grantor, such Grantor shall furnish to the Administrative Agent reports showing reconciliations, aging and test verifications of, and trial balances for, the Receivables.

(b) The Administrative Agent hereby authorizes each Grantor to collect such Grantor’s Receivables, provided that the Administrative Agent may curtail or terminate said authority at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default. If required by the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, any payments of Receivables, when collected by any Grantor, (i) shall be forthwith (and, in any event, within two Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent if required, in a Collateral Account maintained under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, subject to withdrawal by the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders only as provided in Section 6.5, and (ii) until so turned over, shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, segregated from other funds of such Grantor. Each such deposit of Proceeds of Receivables shall be accompanied by a report identifying in reasonable detail the nature and source of the payments included in the deposit; provided that all funds in such Collateral Account shall be promptly released to the Grantors upon the cure or waiver of all such Events of Default.

 

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(c) During the continuance of an Event of Default and at the Administrative Agent’s reasonable request, each Grantor shall deliver to the Administrative Agent all original and other documents evidencing, and relating to, the agreements and transactions which gave rise to the Receivables, including, without limitation, all original orders, invoices and shipping receipts.

6.2 Communications with Obligors; Grantors Remain Liable. (a) The Administrative Agent in its own name or in the name of others may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default communicate with obligors under the Receivables and parties to the Contracts to verify with them to the Administrative Agent’s satisfaction the existence, amount and terms of any Receivables or Contracts.

(b) Upon the request of the Administrative Agent at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, each Grantor shall notify obligors on the Receivables and parties to the Contracts that the Receivables and the Contracts have been assigned to the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties and that payments in respect thereof shall be made directly to the Administrative Agent.

(c) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the Receivables and Contracts to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder, all in accordance with the terms of any agreement giving rise thereto. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation or liability under any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or Contract by reason of or arising out of this Agreement or the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any payment relating thereto, nor shall the Administrative Agent or any Lender be obligated in any manner to perform any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any Receivable (or any agreement giving rise thereto) or Contract, to make any payment, to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment received by it or as to the sufficiency of any performance by any party thereunder, to present or file any claim, to take any action to enforce any performance or to collect the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.

6.3 Pledged Stock. (a) Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall have given notice to the relevant Grantor of the Administrative Agent’s intent to exercise its corresponding rights pursuant to Section 6.3(b), each Grantor shall be permitted to receive all cash dividends paid in respect of the Pledged Stock and all payments made in respect of the Pledged Notes, in each case paid in the normal course of business of the relevant Issuer and consistent with past practice, to the extent permitted in the Credit Agreement, and to exercise all voting and corporate or other organizational rights with respect to the Investment Property; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or corporate or other organizational right exercised or other action taken which, in the Administrative Agent’s reasonable judgment, would be inconsistent with or result in any violation of any provision of the Credit Agreement, this Agreement or any other Credit Document.

 

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(b) If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Administrative Agent shall give notice of its intent to exercise such rights to the relevant Grantor or Grantors, (i) the Administrative Agent shall have the right to receive any and all cash dividends, payments or other Proceeds paid in respect of the Investment Property and make application thereof to the Obligations in such order as the Administrative Agent may determine, and (ii) any or all of the Investment Property shall be registered in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee, and the Administrative Agent or its nominee may thereafter exercise (x) all voting, corporate and other rights pertaining to such Investment Property at any meeting of shareholders of the relevant Issuer or Issuers or otherwise and (y) any and all rights of conversion, exchange and subscription and any other rights, privileges or options pertaining to such Investment Property as if it were the absolute owner thereof (including, without limitation, the right to exchange at its discretion any and all of the Investment Property upon the merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or other fundamental change in the corporate or other organizational structure of any Issuer, or upon the exercise by any Grantor or the Administrative Agent of any right, privilege or option pertaining to such Investment Property, and in connection therewith, the right to deposit and deliver any and all of the Investment Property with any committee, depositary, transfer agent, registrar or other designated agency upon such terms and conditions as the Administrative Agent may determine), all without liability except to account for property actually received by it, but the Administrative Agent shall have no duty to any Grantor to exercise any such right, privilege or option and shall not be responsible for any failure to do so or delay in so doing, other than as a result of the Administrative Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes and instructs each Issuer of any Investment Property pledged by such Grantor hereunder to (i) comply with any instruction received by it from the Administrative Agent in writing that (x) states that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (y) is otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without any other or further instructions from such Grantor, and each Grantor agrees that each Issuer shall be fully protected in so complying, and (ii) unless otherwise expressly permitted hereby, pay any dividends or other payments with respect to the Investment Property directly to the Administrative Agent.

6.4 Proceeds to be Turned Over To Administrative Agent. In addition to the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders specified in Section 6.1 with respect to payments of Receivables, if an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, upon request of the Administrative Agent, all Proceeds received by any Grantor consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items shall be held by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, be turned over to the Administrative Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent, if required). All Proceeds received by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall be held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account maintained under its sole dominion and control. All Proceeds while held by the Administrative Agent in a Collateral Account (or by such Grantor in trust for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) shall continue to be held as collateral security for all the Obligations and shall not constitute payment thereof until applied as provided in Section 6.5; provided that all funds in such Collateral Account shall be promptly released to Grantor upon cure or waiver of all such Events of Default.

6.5 Application of Proceeds. At such intervals as may be agreed upon by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, or, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, at any time at the Administrative Agent's election, the Administrative Agent may apply all or any part of Proceeds constituting Collateral, whether or not held in any Collateral Account, and any proceeds of the guarantee set forth in Section 2, in payment of the Obligations in the following order:

First, to pay incurred and unpaid fees and expenses of the Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents;

 

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Second, to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards payment of amounts then due and owing and remaining unpaid in respect of the Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then due and owing and remaining unpaid to the Secured Parties;

Third, to the Administrative Agent, for application by it towards prepayment of the Obligations, pro rata among the Secured Parties according to the amounts of the Obligations then held by the Secured Parties; and

Fourth, any balance remaining after the Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding and the Commitments shall have terminated shall be paid over to the Borrower or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.

6.6 Code and Other Remedies. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, may exercise, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to them in this Agreement and in any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to the Obligations, all rights and remedies of a secured party under the New York UCC or any other applicable law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent, without demand of performance or other demand, presentment, protest, advertisement or notice of any kind (except any notice required by law referred to below) to or upon any Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, defenses, advertisements and notices are hereby waived), may in such circumstances forthwith collect, receive, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and/or may forthwith sell, lease, assign, give option or options to purchase, or otherwise dispose of and deliver the Collateral or any part thereof (or contract to do any of the foregoing), in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales, at any exchange, broker’s board or office of the Administrative Agent or any Lender or elsewhere upon such terms and conditions as it may deem advisable and at such prices as it may deem best, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. The Administrative Agent or any Lender shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales, and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase the whole or any part of the Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption in any Grantor, which right or equity is hereby waived and released. Each Grantor further agrees, at the Administrative Agent’s request, to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Administrative Agent at places which the Administrative Agent shall reasonably select, whether at such Grantor’s premises or elsewhere. The Administrative Agent shall apply the net proceeds of any action taken by it pursuant to this Section 6.6, after deducting all reasonable costs and expenses of every kind incurred in connection therewith or incidental to the care or safekeeping of any of the Collateral or in any way relating to the Collateral or the rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder, including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements, to the payment in whole or in part of the Obligations, in such order as the Administrative Agent may elect, and only after such application and after the payment by the Administrative Agent of any other amount required by any provision of law, including, without limitation, Section 9-615(a)(3) of the New York UCC, need the Administrative Agent account for the surplus, if any, to any Grantor. To the extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages and demands it may acquire against the Administrative Agent or any Lender arising out of the exercise by them of any rights hereunder. If any notice of a proposed sale or other disposition of Collateral shall be required by law, such notice shall be deemed reasonable and proper if given at least 10 days before such sale or other disposition.

6.7 Registration Rights. (a) Each Grantor recognizes that the Administrative Agent may be unable to effect a public sale of any or all of the Pledged Stock, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or otherwise, and may be compelled to resort to one or more private sales thereof to a restricted group of purchasers which will be obliged to agree, among other things, to acquire such securities for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that any such private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable than if such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner. The Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of any of the Pledged Stock for the period of time necessary to permit the Issuer thereof to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act, or under applicable state securities laws, even if such Issuer would agree to do so.

 

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(b) Each Grantor agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to do or cause to be done all such other acts as may be necessary to make such sale or sales of all or any portion of the Pledged Stock pursuant to this Section 6.7 valid and binding and in compliance with any and all other applicable Requirements of Law. Each Grantor further agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section 6.7 will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section 6.7 shall be specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a defense that no Event of Default has occurred under the Credit Agreement.

6.8 Subordination. Each Grantor hereby agrees that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent, all Indebtedness owing by it to any Subsidiary of the Borrower shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of such Grantor’s Obligations.

6.9 Deficiency. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay its Obligations and the reasonable fees and disbursements of any attorneys employed by the Administrative Agent or any Lender to collect such deficiency (with regard to fees and disbursements of any attorneys, to the extent the Borrower is required to pay or reimburse such fees and disbursements pursuant to subsection 11.5 of the Credit Agreement).

SECTION 7. THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

7.1 Administrative Agent’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact, etc. (a) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Administrative Agent and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor or in its own name, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Agreement, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby gives the Administrative Agent the power and right, on behalf of such Grantor, without notice to or assent by such Grantor, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to do any or all of the following:

(i) in the name of such Grantor or its own name, or otherwise, take possession of and indorse and collect any checks, drafts, notes, acceptances or other instruments for the payment of moneys due under any Receivable or Contract or with respect to any other Collateral and file any claim or take any other action or proceeding in any court of law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Administrative Agent for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due under any Receivable or Contract or with respect to any other Collateral whenever payable;

 

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(ii) in the case of any Intellectual Property, execute and deliver, and have recorded, any and all agreements, instruments, documents and papers as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request to evidence the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interest in such Intellectual Property and the goodwill and general intangibles of such Grantor relating thereto or represented thereby;

(iii) pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this Agreement and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof;

(iv) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in Section 6.6 or 6.7, any indorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral; and

(v) (1) direct any party liable for any payment under any of the Collateral to make payment of any and all moneys due or to become due thereunder directly to the Administrative Agent or as the Administrative Agent shall direct; (2) ask or demand for, collect, and receive payment of and receipt for, any and all moneys, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any time in respect of or arising out of any Collateral; (3) sign and indorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, notices and other documents in connection with any of the Collateral; (4) commence and prosecute any suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or any portion thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of any Collateral; (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Grantor with respect to any Collateral; (6) settle, compromise or adjust any such suit, action or proceeding and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as the Administrative Agent may deem appropriate; (7) assign any Copyright, Patent or Trademark (along with the goodwill of the business to which any Trademark pertains), throughout the world for such term or terms, on such conditions, and in such manner, as the Administrative Agent shall in its sole discretion determine; and (8) generally, sell, transfer, pledge and make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the Collateral as fully and completely as though the Administrative Agent were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and do, at the Administrative Agent’s option and such Grantor’s expense, at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the Administrative Agent deems necessary to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ security interests therein and to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such Grantor might do.

Anything in this Section 7.1(a) to the contrary notwithstanding, the Administrative Agent agrees that it will not exercise any rights under the power of attorney provided for in this Section 7.1(a) unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(b) If any Grantor fails to perform or comply with any of its agreements contained herein, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, at its option, but without any obligation so to do, may perform or comply, or otherwise cause performance or compliance, with such agreement.

(c) The reasonable out of pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with actions undertaken as provided in this Section 7.1, shall be payable by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent within 10 days of demand.

(d) Each Grantor hereby ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. All powers, authorizations and agencies contained in this Agreement are coupled with an interest and are irrevocable until this Agreement is terminated and the security interests created hereby are released.

 

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7.2 Duty of Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent’s sole duty with respect to the custody, safekeeping and physical preservation of the Collateral in its possession, under Section 9-207 of the New York UCC or otherwise, shall be to deal with it in the same manner as the Administrative Agent deals with similar property for its own account. Neither the Administrative Agent, any Lender nor any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The powers conferred on the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are solely to protect the Administrative Agent’s and the Lenders’ interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Administrative Agent or any Lender to exercise any such powers. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own (or their officers’, directors’, employees’ or agents’) gross negligence or willful misconduct.

7.3 Execution of Financing Statements. Pursuant to any applicable law, each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to file or record financing statements and other filing or recording documents or instruments with respect to the Collateral without the signature of such Grantor in such form and in such offices as the Administrative Agent determines appropriate to perfect the security interests of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement. Each Grantor authorizes the Administrative Agent to use the collateral description “all personal property” in any such financing statements. Each Grantor hereby ratifies and authorizes the filing by the Administrative Agent of any financing statement with respect to the Collateral made prior to the date hereof.

7.4 Authority of Administrative Agent. Each Grantor acknowledges that the rights and responsibilities of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement with respect to any action taken by the Administrative Agent or the exercise or non-exercise by the Administrative Agent of any option, voting right, request, judgment or other right or remedy provided for herein or resulting or arising out of this Agreement shall, as between the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, be governed by the Credit Agreement and by such other agreements with respect thereto as may exist from time to time among them, but, as between the Administrative Agent and the Grantors, the Administrative Agent shall be conclusively presumed to be acting as agent for the Lenders with full and valid authority so to act or refrain from acting, and no Grantor shall be under any obligation, or entitlement, to make any inquiry respecting such authority.

SECTION 8. MISCELLANEOUS

8.1 Amendments in Writing. None of the terms or provisions of this Agreement may be waived, amended, supplemented or otherwise modified except in accordance with Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.

8.2 Notices. All notices, requests and demands to or upon the Administrative Agent or any Grantor hereunder shall be effected in the manner provided for in Section 11.2 of the Credit Agreement; provided that any such notice, request or demand to or upon any Guarantor shall be addressed to such Guarantor at its notice address set forth on Schedule 1.

 

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8.3 No Waiver by Course of Conduct; Cumulative Remedies. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall by any act (except by a written instrument pursuant to Section 8.1), delay, indulgence, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have acquiesced in any Default or Event of Default. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of the Administrative Agent or any Lender, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which the Administrative Agent or such Lender would otherwise have on any future occasion. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative, may be exercised singly or concurrently and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

8.4 Enforcement Expenses; Indemnification. (a) Each Guarantor agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all its reasonable costs and expenses incurred in collecting against such Guarantor under the guarantee contained in Section 2 or otherwise enforcing or preserving any rights under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which such Guarantor is a party, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and disbursements of one counsel to the Administrative Agent and to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, to the Lenders.

(b) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any delay in paying, any and all stamp, excise, sales or other taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable with respect to any of the Collateral or in connection with any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(c) Each Guarantor agrees to pay, and to save the Administrative Agent and the Lenders harmless from, any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement to the extent the Borrower would be required to do so pursuant to Section 11.5 of the Credit Agreement.

(d) The agreements in this Section 8.4 shall survive repayment of the Obligations and all other amounts payable under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

8.5 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of each Grantor and shall inure to the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and their successors and permitted assigns; provided that no Grantor may assign, transfer or delegate any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

8.6 Set-Off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender at any time and from time to time when an Event of Default occurred and be continuing shall have the right, without notice to any Grantor, any such notice being expressly waived by each Grantor to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any Obligations becoming due and payable by any Grantor hereunder or under the Credit Agreement (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) after the expiration of any grace period, to apply to the payment of such Obligations, by setoff or otherwise, any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender, any affiliate thereof or any of their respective branches or agencies to or for the credit or the account of such Grantor. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the relevant Grantor and the Administrative Agent after any such application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such application.

 

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8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy or “pdf”), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

8.8 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

8.9 Section Headings. The Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.

8.10 Integration. This Agreement and the other Credit Documents represent the agreement of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Credit Documents.

8.11 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

8.12 Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Grantor at its address referred to in Section 8.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages; provided that such Grantor shall, except as provided in subsection 11.5 of the Credit Agreement, not be liable for any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

 

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8.13 Acknowledgements. Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that:

(a) it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party;

(b) neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Grantor arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, and the relationship between the Grantors, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor; and

(c) no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Credit Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Lenders or among the Grantors and the Lenders.

8.14 Additional Grantors. Each Subsidiary of the Borrower that is required to become a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement shall become a Grantor for all purposes of this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Subsidiary of an Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 hereto.

8.15 Releases. (a) At such time as the Loans, the reimbursement obligations and the other Obligations shall have been paid in full (other than contingent indemnity obligations not due and payable), the Commitments have been terminated and no Letters of Credit shall be outstanding or not fully cash collateralized on terms reasonably acceptable to the applicable Issuing Lender, the Collateral shall be released from the Liens created hereby, and this Agreement and all obligations (other than those expressly stated to survive such termination) of the Administrative Agent and each Grantor hereunder shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the Grantors. At the request and sole expense of any Grantor following any such termination, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to such Grantor any Collateral held by the Administrative Agent hereunder, and execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

(b) Any of the Collateral sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by any Grantor in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement, shall be transferred free of the security interest created hereby on such Collateral, and such security interest shall automatically terminate upon such permitted disposition. The Administrative Agent, at the request and sole expense of such Grantor, shall execute and deliver to such Grantor all releases or other documents reasonably necessary or desirable to evidence such release of the Liens created hereby on such Collateral. Any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder in the event that all the capital stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement; provided that the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least five Business Days prior to the date of the proposed release, a written request for release identifying the relevant Subsidiary Guarantor and the terms of the sale or other disposition in reasonable detail, including the price thereof and any expenses in connection therewith, together with a certification by the Borrower stating that such transaction is in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

8.16 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

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8.17 Approvals. Any provision contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no action shall be taken hereunder by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral unless and until all applicable requirements of the Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”), if any, under the Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder and thereof have in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent been fully satisfied to the extent necessary to take such action and there have been obtained such consents, approvals and authorizations, as may be required to be obtained from the FCC under the terms of any franchise, license or similar operating right held by the Grantor in order to take such action. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the pledge in favor of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the Collateral, the grant of a security interest to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the Collateral, and all rights and remedies by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the Collateral, shall in all relevant aspects be subject to and governed by said statutes, rules and regulations. By its acceptance of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agree they will not take any action pursuant to this Agreement which constitutes or results in any assignment of a license or franchise or any change of control over the communications properties owned and operated by the Grantor, if such assignment of license or franchise or change of control would, under then existing law or under any franchise, require the prior approval of a Governmental Authority, without first obtaining such approval. Upon the exercise by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of any power, right, privilege or remedy pursuant to this Agreement which requires any consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization of any Governmental Authority, the Grantor will execute and deliver, or will cause the execution and delivery of, all applications, certificates, instruments and other documents and papers that the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may reasonably require in order for such governmental consent, approval, recording, qualification or authorization to be obtained. Each Grantor agrees to use its best efforts to cause such governmental consents, approvals, recordings, qualifications and authorizations to be forthcoming.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Guarantee and Collateral Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Randy L. Taylor

  Name:   Randy L. Taylor
  Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY
By:  

/s/ Randy L. Taylor

  Name:   Randy L. Taylor
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer
ALPHABET ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Randy L. Taylor

  Name:   Randy L. Taylor
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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ATLANTA RADIO, LLC

(F/K/A ABC RADIO ATLANTA, LLC)

AVIATION I, LLC
CHICAGO FM RADIO ASSETS, LLC
CHICAGO LICENSE, LLC
CHICAGO RADIO ASSETS, LLC
CHICAGO RADIO HOLDING, LLC
CHICAGO RADIO, LLC
DC RADIO ASSETS, LLC
DC RADIO, LLC

DETROIT RADIO, LLC

(F/K/A ABC RADIO DETROIT, LLC)

INTERNATIONAL RADIO, INC.
(F/K/A ABC RADIO INTERNATIONAL, INC.)
KLOS RADIO, LLC
KLOS-FM RADIO ASSETS, LLC
KLOS SYNDICATIONS ASSETS, LLC
LA LICENSE, LLC
LA RADIO, LLC
MINNEAPOLIS RADIO ASSETS, LLC
MINNEAPOLIS RADIO, LLC
NETWORK LICENSE, LLC
NY LICENSE, LLC
NY RADIO ASSETS, LLC
NY RADIO, LLC
OKLAHOMA RADIO PARTNERS, LLC
RADIO ASSETS, LLC
RADIO NETWORKS, LLC
RADIO TODAY ENTERTAINMENT, INC.
RADIO WATERMARK, INC.
(F/K/A ABC/WATERMARK, INC.)
SAN FRANCISCO RADIO ASSETS, LLC
SAN FRANCISCO RADIO, LLC
SF LICENSE, LLC
WBAP-KSCS ACQUISITION PARTNER, LLC
WBAP-KSCS ASSETS, LLC
WBAP-KSCS RADIO ACQUISITION, LLC
WPLJ RADIO, LLC
By:  

/s/ Randy L. Taylor

  Name:   Randy L. Taylor
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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WBAP-KSCS RADIO GROUP, LTD.
By:   WBAP-KSCS ACQUISITION PARTNER, LLC, its General Partner
By:  

/s/ Randy L. Taylor

  Name:   Randy L. Taylor
  Title:   Chief Financial Officer

 

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Schedule 1

NOTICE ADDRESSES OF GUARANTORS


Schedule 2

DESCRIPTION OF INVESTMENT PROPERTY

Pledged Stock:

 

Issuer

  

Class of Stock

  

Stock Certificate No.

  

No. of Shares

Pledged Notes:

 

Issuer

  

Payee

  

Principal Amount


Schedule 3

FILINGS AND OTHER ACTIONS

REQUIRED TO PERFECT SECURITY INTERESTS

Uniform Commercial Code Filings

[List each office where a financing statement is to be filed]

Patent and Trademark Filings

[List all filings]

Actions with respect to Pledged Stock

Other Actions

[Describe other actions to be taken]


Schedule 4

LOCATION OF JURISDICTION OF ORGANIZATION AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE

 

Grantor

  

Jurisdiction of Organization

  

Location of Chief Executive Office


Schedule 5

COPYRIGHTS AND EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHT LICENSES

PATENTS AND PATENT LICENSES

TRADEMARKS AND EXCLUSIVE TRADEMARK LICENSES


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND CONSENT

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement dated as of December 10, 2010 (the “Agreement”), made by the Grantors parties thereto for the benefit of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent. The undersigned agrees for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders as follows:

1. The undersigned will be bound by the terms of the Agreement and will comply with such terms insofar as such terms are applicable to the undersigned.

2. The undersigned will notify the Administrative Agent promptly in writing of the occurrence of any of the events described in Section 5.7(a) of the Agreement.

3. The terms of Sections 6.3(c) and 6.7 of the Agreement shall apply to it, mutatis mutandis, with respect to all actions that may be required of it pursuant to Section 6.3(c) or 6.7 of the Agreement.

 

[NAME OF ISSUER]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
Address for Notices:

 

 

 

Fax:  


Annex 1 to

Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of                     , 201_, made by                      (the “Additional Grantor”), in favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”) for the banks and other financial institutions or entities (the “Lenders”) parties to the Credit Agreement referred to below. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in such Credit Agreement.

W I T N E S S E T H :

WHEREAS, CITADEL BROADCASTING CORPORATION (the “Borrower”), the Lenders and the Administrative Agent have entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Credit Agreement, the Borrower and certain of its Affiliates (other than the Additional Grantor) have entered into the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2010 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”) in favor of the Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties;

WHEREAS, the Credit Agreement requires the Additional Grantor to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Additional Grantor has agreed to execute and deliver this Assumption Agreement in order to become a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:

1. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. By executing and delivering this Assumption Agreement, the Additional Grantor, as provided in Section 8.14 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, hereby becomes a party to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor thereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hereby expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The information set forth in Annex 1-A hereto is hereby added to the information set forth in the Schedules to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby represents and warrants that each of the representations and warranties contained in Section 4 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is true and correct on and as the date hereof (after giving effect to this Assumption Agreement) as if made on and as of such date.

2. Governing Law. THIS ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Assumption Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

[ADDITIONAL GRANTOR]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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Annex 1-A to

Assumption Agreement

Supplement to Schedule 1

Supplement to Schedule 2

Supplement to Schedule 3

Supplement to Schedule 4

Supplement to Schedule 5

EX-99.1 7 dex991.htm PRESS RELEASE Press Release

Exhibit 99.1

 

LOGO

   Citadel Broadcasting Corporation

CITADEL BROADCASTING ANNOUNCES PRICING OF $400,000,000 AGGREGATE

PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SENIOR UNSECURED NOTES

LAS VEGAS, NV, December 6, 2010 – Citadel Broadcasting Corporation (“Citadel”) today announced that it has priced $400 million aggregate principal amount of its previously announced offering of senior unsecured notes (the “Notes”) due 2018. The Notes were priced at par value and will bear interest at a rate of 7.75% per annum payable semi-annually on June 15th and December 15th, commencing on June 15, 2011.

Citadel expects to use the proceeds of the offering as well as a new $350 million term loan to refinance $750 million of existing higher-cost debt. In addition, Citadel will have access to a $150 million new revolving credit facility, which will be undrawn at closing.

The Notes and the related guarantees will be offered in the United States to qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and outside the United States pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act. The Notes and the related guarantees have not been registered under the Securities Act and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes, nor shall there be any offer or sale of the Notes in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.

Forward-looking Statements

This press release, as well as other statements made by Citadel may contain forward-looking statements within the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that reflect, when made, Citadel’s current views with respect to current events and financial performance. Such forward-looking statements are and will be, as the case may be, subject to many risks, uncertainties and factors relating to Citadel’s operations and business environment, which may cause the actual results of Citadel to be materially different from any future results, express or implied, by such forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, (i) our ability to consummate the notes offering and enter into the credit facility governing the term loan (the “Credit Facility”) on terms satisfactory to us or at all; (ii) our ability to satisfy the respective closing conditions for the Notes offering and the Credit Facility; (iii) general economic or business conditions affecting the radio broadcasting industry being less favorable than expected; (iv) changes in the financial markets; (v) fluctuations in interest rates; and (vi) those matters discussed under the captions “Forward-Looking Statements” and “Risk Factors” in Citadel Broadcasting Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of 2010, filed with the SEC on November 15, 2010.


Contacts:

Anna Cordasco/Jonathan Doorley

Sard Verbinnen & Co

(212) 687-8080

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