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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 29, 2009

VIRGIN MEDIA INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
(State of Incorporation)
  File No. 000-50886
(Commission File Number)
  59-3778247
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

909 Third Avenue, Suite 2863, New York, New York 10022
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, including Area Code: (212) 906-8440

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:

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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

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Item 1.01.    Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

        On May 29, 2009, Virgin Media Inc. (the "Company") and certain of its subsidiaries entered into an underwriting agreement (the "Underwriting Agreement") with J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters for U.S. dollar denominated notes (the "Dollar Underwriters") and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch , J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters for euro denominated notes (the "Euro Underwriters" and, together with the Dollar Underwriters, the "Underwriters"), pursuant to which the Company's subsidiary, Virgin Media Finance PLC (the "Issuer"), agreed to issue and sell to the Dollar Underwriters $750 million aggregate principal amount of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 and to the Euro Underwriters €180 million aggregate principal amount of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 (collectively, the "Notes") in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the Underwriting Agreement.

        The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of June 3, 2009, among the Issuer, the Company, the other guarantors, The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee and paying agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. as Luxembourg paying agent (the "Indenture"). The Notes were sold to the Underwriters at 93.591% of the principal amount thereof. Closing occurred on June 3, 2009.

        The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes on February 15 and August 15 of each year, beginning February 15, 2010. The Notes will mature on August 15, 2016. The Issuer may redeem the Notes on or after August 15, 2013 at the redemption prices described in the Indenture. The Notes are unsecured senior obligations of the Issuer and rank pari passu with the Issuer's outstanding Senior Notes due 2014 and 2016 (the "Existing Notes"). The Notes are guaranteed on a senior basis by the Company and the intermediate holding companies of the Issuer and on a senior subordinated basis by Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, the main borrower under the Company's senior credit facility. The Notes contain covenants that are similar to the covenants in the Existing Notes.

        The sale of the Notes has been registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3, File No. 333-159493 (the "Registration Statement"). The terms of the Notes are described in the prospectus dated May 27, 2009, as supplemented by a final prospectus supplement dated May 29, 2009, as filed with the SEC on June 2, 2009.

        Copies of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture are attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and Exhibit 4.1, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein and in the Registration Statement. The foregoing descriptions of the terms of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture are qualified in their entirety by reference to these exhibits.

        The Company estimates that the net proceeds from the sale of the Notes, utilizing the exchange rates at May 22, 2009 of $1.5892 per £1.00 and €1.1347 per £1.00, were approximately £588.8 million, after deducting the Underwriters' discounts and estimated offering expenses. The Company intends to use the net proceeds to prepay a portion of the amounts outstanding under its senior credit facility. Specifically, the Company intends to prepay approximately £152.7 million of Tranches A and A1, approximately £361.8 million of Tranches A2 and A3, and approximately £88.1 million of Tranches B1–B6. If the Company makes these prepayments, certain amendments to its senior credit facility will become effective. Those amendments include deferring the remaining principal repayments under Tranches A2 and A3 to June 2012. The amortization schedule under the Company's senior credit facility as of March 31, 2009, as revised for the anticipated prepayments from the proceeds of the offering of the Notes (utilizing the exchange rates at May 22, 2009) and the effects of the amendments, will be as follows: September 2010—£99.0 million, March 2011—£288.4 million, June 2012—£917.8 million,

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September 2012—£1,979.1 million, March 2013—£300 million. The interest margin on Tranches A2 and A3 will increase by 1.375% upon the effectiveness of the amendments.

        A copy of a press release issued by the Company on June 3, 2009 is attached as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8.01.    Other Events.

Payment of a quarterly cash dividend

        On May 29, 2009 the board of directors (the "Board") of the Company approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.04 per share on June 22, 2009 to stockholders of record as of June 12, 2009. Future payments of regular quarterly dividends by the Company are in the Board's discretion and will be subject to the Company's future needs and uses of free cash flow, which could include investments in operations, the repayment of debt, and share repurchase programs.

Item 9.01.    Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)   Exhibits

  1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009, among Virgin Media Inc., Virgin Media Finance PLC, Virgin Media Group LLC, Virgin Media Holdings Inc., Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., Virgin Media Communications Limited, Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters for U.S. dollar denominated notes and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch , J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters for euro denominated notes.

 

4.1

 

Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2009, among Virgin Media Inc., Virgin Media Finance PLC, Virgin Media Group LLC, Virgin Media Holdings Inc., Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., Virgin Media Communications Limited, Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee and paying agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. as Luxembourg paying agent.

 

99.1

 

Press release, dated June 3, 2009, issued by Virgin Media Inc.

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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.

Date: June 3, 2009   VIRGIN MEDIA INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ BRYAN H. HALL

Bryan H. Hall
Secretary

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit   Description
  1.1   Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009, among Virgin Media Inc., Virgin Media Finance PLC, Virgin Media Group LLC, Virgin Media Holdings Inc., Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., Virgin Media Communications Limited, Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters for U.S. dollar denominated notes and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch , J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd., Goldman, Sachs & Co. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several underwriters for euro denominated notes.

 

4.1

 

Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2009, among Virgin Media Inc., Virgin Media Finance PLC, Virgin Media Group LLC, Virgin Media Holdings Inc., Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., Virgin Media Communications Limited, Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, The Bank of New York Mellon as trustee and paying agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. as Luxembourg paying agent.

 

99.1

 

Press release, dated June 3, 2009, issued by Virgin Media Inc.

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EX-1.1 2 a2193341zex-1_1.htm EXHIBIT 1.1

Exhibit 1.1

 

EXECUTION COPY

 

Virgin Media Inc.

Virgin Media Group LLC

Virgin Media Holdings Inc.

Virgin Media Finance PLC

Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc.

Virgin Media Communications Limited

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited

 

U.S.$750,000,000 of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016

€180,000,000 of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

   May 29, 2009

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

 

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Winchester House

1 Great Winchester Street

London EC2N 2DB

England

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

125 London Wall

London EC2Y 5AJ

England

 

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004

 

 

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

England

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

England

 

 

 

On behalf of themselves and as representatives (the “Dollar Representatives”) of the several Underwriters who are named in Schedule I-A hereto,

 

On behalf of themselves and as representatives (the “Euro Representatives”) of the several Underwriters who are named in Schedule I-B hereto,

 

 

 

and Barclays Capital Inc.

 

 

 



 

as Qualified Independent Underwriter,

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Virgin Media Finance PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), proposes, subject to the terms and conditions stated herein, to issue and sell (i) to the Underwriters named in Schedule I-A hereto (the “Dollar Underwriters”) an aggregate of U.S.$750,000,000 principal amount of the 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Dollar Notes”) and (ii) to the Underwriters named in Schedule I-B hereto (the “Euro Underwriters” and together with the Dollar Underwriters, the “Underwriters”) an aggregate of €180,000,000 principal amount of the 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “Euro Notes” and together with the Dollar Notes, the “Securities”).  The Dollar Representatives and the Euro Representatives are referred to collectively herein as the “Representatives”)

 

Virgin Media Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), will unconditionally guarantee the Securities as to payments of principal and interest (the “Parent Guarantee”).  Virgin Media Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Virgin Media LLC”), Virgin Media Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Virgin Media Holdings”), Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Virgin Media UK”), and Virgin Media Communications Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“Virgin Media Communications” and, together with Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media UK, the “Intermediate Guarantors”) will each unconditionally guarantee the Securities as to payments of principal and interest (the “Virgin Media LLC Guarantee”,  the “Virgin Media Holdings Guarantee”, the “Virgin Media UK Guarantee” and the “Virgin Media Communications Guarantee”, respectively, and together the “Intermediate Guarantees”).  Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“VMIH”), will guarantee the Securities as to payments of principal and interest on a subordinated and conditional basis (the “Subordinated Guarantee” and, together with the Parent Guarantee and the Intermediate Guarantees, the “Guarantees”).  The Parent, Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings, Virgin Media UK, Virgin Media Communications and VMIH, collectively, shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantors”; the Intermediate Guarantee given by Virgin Media Communications and the Subordinated Guarantee together shall be referred to as the “English Guarantees.”  In connection with the offering and sale of the Dollar Notes, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. will act as Global Coordinators and Book-Running Lead Managers; The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, BNP Paribas, CALYON and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc. will act as Book-Running Lead Managers; and Fortis Securities LLC, Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Barclays Capital Inc. and UBS Securities LLC will act as Co-Managers. In connection with the offering and sale of the Euro Notes, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, Goldman, Sachs & Co., J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd. will act as Global Coordinators and Book-Running Lead Managers; The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, BNP Paribas, CALYON and HSBC Bank plc will act as Book-Running Lead Managers; and Fortis Bank, Lloyds TSB Bank plc, Barclays Bank PLC and UBS Securities LLC will act as Co-Managers.

 

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1.             The Company (as to itself), the Parent (as to itself and the Company), Virgin Media LLC (as to itself), Virgin Media Holdings (as to itself), Virgin Media UK (as to itself), Virgin Media Communications (as to itself) and VMIH (as to itself) represent and warrant to, and agree with, each of the Underwriters as set forth below.  Each representation, warranty and agreement shall be made as of the date hereof, as of the Time of Sale (as defined herein) and as of the Closing Date.

 

(a)           The Company and the Guarantors have prepared and filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Act”), a registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Nos. 333-159493, 333-159493-01, 333-159493-02, 333-159493-03, 333-159493-04, 333-159493-05 and 333-159493-06), relating to, among other things, certain debt securities to be issued from time to time by the Company. The Company and the Guarantors have also filed with, or propose to file with, the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Act, one or more prospectus supplements specifically relating to the Securities and the Guarantees (each a “Prospectus Supplement”). The registration statement, as amended to the date of this Agreement, including the information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act to be part of and included in the registration statement (“Rule 430 Information”), is hereinafter referred to as the “Registration Statement”; and the related prospectus included in the Registration Statement at the time of its effectiveness is hereinafter referred to as the “Base Prospectus”. Each preliminary Prospectus Supplement that omits Rule 430 Information is herein referred to as a “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”; and the Base Prospectus as supplemented by a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement is hereinafter referred to as a “Preliminary Prospectus”. The Prospectus Supplement in the form first used (or made available upon request of purchasers pursuant to Rule 173 under the Act) to confirm sales of the Securities is hereinafter referred to as the “Final Prospectus Supplement”. The Base Prospectus as supplemented by the Final Prospectus Supplement is hereinafter referred to as the “Prospectus”.  If the Company and the Guarantors have filed an abbreviated registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Act (the “Rule 462 Registration Statement”), then any reference herein to the term “Registration Statement” shall be deemed to include such Rule 462 Registration Statement. Any reference in this Agreement to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents incorporated by reference therein pursuant to Item 12 of Form S-3 under the Act, as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or the date of such Prospectus Supplement, Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, as the case may be, which were filed under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Exchange Act”) and any reference to “amend”, “amendment” or “supplement” with respect to the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include any documents filed after such date under the Exchange Act that are deemed to be incorporated by reference therein.

 

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(b)           At or prior to the time when sales or contracts for sales of the Securities were first made (the “Time of Sale”), the Company had prepared the following information (collectively, the “Time of Sale Information”): the Base Prospectus, a Preliminary Prospectus Supplement dated May 27, 2009, and each “free-writing prospectus” (as defined pursuant to Rule 405 under the Act) listed on Annex I-A hereto, including a final pricing term sheet substantially in the form of Annex II.

 

(c)           No order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus has been issued by the Commission, and each Preliminary Prospectus, at the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects with the Act and did 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; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the information furnished in writing to the Company by an Underwriter through the Representatives expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed that such information furnished by any Underwriter consists only of the following information in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement (and the same information in the Final Prospectus Supplement) furnished on behalf of each Underwriter: the second sentence under the heading “Summary—The Offering—No Prior Market”, the fourth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting”, and the second and third sentence of the sixth paragraph under the heading “Underwriting”, in each case as such information may be amended in the Prospectus at the request of the Representatives (such information, the “Underwriter Information”).

 

(d)           The Time of Sale Information (before giving effect to any “free-writing prospectus” listed on Annex I hereto other than the final pricing term sheet substantially in the form of Annex II), as of the Time of Sale, did not, and at the Closing Date, will not, contain an untrue statement of 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; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply with respect to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(e)           Neither the Company nor any of the Guarantors (including their respective agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such) has made, used, prepared, authorized, approved or referred to nor will prepare, make, use, authorize, approve or refer to any “written communication” (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) that constitutes an offer to sell or solicitation of an offer to buy the Securities (each such communication (other than communications referred to in clauses (1), (2), (3) and (4) below) by the Company or any Guarantor or their respective agents and representatives, other than the Underwriters in their capacity as such, an “Issuer Free Writing Prospectus”) other than (1) any document not constituting a prospectus pursuant to Section 2(a)(10)(a) of the Act or Rule 134 under the Act, (2) the Base Prospectus, (3) any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, (4) the Final Prospectus Supplement and (5) the documents listed on Annex I hereto and other written

 

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communications approved in writing in advance by the Representatives. Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed on Annex I hereto does not conflict with the information contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus; and each such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus permitted hereunder complied in all material respects with the Act, has been or will be (within the time period specified in Rule 433 under the Act) filed in accordance with the Act (to the extent required thereby) and, 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 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; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(f)            The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined under Rule 405 of the Act that was filed with the Commission not earlier than three years prior to the date hereof; and no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of such registration statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company or any Guarantor. No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued by the Commission and no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act against the Company or any Guarantor or related to the offering of the Securities has been initiated or threatened by the Commission; as of the applicable effective date of the Registration Statement and any amendment thereto, the Registration Statement complied and will comply in all material respects with the Act and the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Trust Indenture Act”), and 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 not misleading; and as of the date of the Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto and as of the Closing Date, the Prospectus 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; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply with respect to (1) that part of the Registration Statement that constitutes the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification (Form T-1) of the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act or (2) any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(g)           All documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (the “Exchange Act Reports”), when they were filed with the Commission, conformed in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act and did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; and any further documents so filed and incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (or any further amendment or

 

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supplement thereto), when such documents become effective or are filed with the Commission, as the case may be, will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Act or the Exchange Act, as applicable, 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 to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(h)           The financial statements and the related notes thereto included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus present fairly in all material respects, the financial position of the Parent and/or 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 in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods covered thereby, and the supporting schedules included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement present fairly in all material respects the information required to be stated therein; and the other financial information of the Parent and its subsidiaries included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been derived from the accounting records of the Parent and its subsidiaries and presents fairly, in all material respects, the information shown thereby.

 

(i)            Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus any loss or interference with its businesses from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree which could have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, business, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole (a “Material Adverse Effect”); (ii) since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement, other than in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iii) since the respective dates of the information which is given in the capitalization table set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, including the notes thereto, there has not been any material change in the capital stock of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries or long-term debt of the Parent and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Parent on any class of capital stock (except for the Parent’s regular quarterly dividend to be paid in June 2009); and (iv) since the respective dates of the information which is given in the Registration Statement, the Time

 

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of Sale Information and the Prospectus there has not been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.  Each subsidiary listed on Schedule II to this Agreement is referred to as a “Material Subsidiary”, and each subsidiary of the Parent that is a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Rule 1-02(w) of Regulation S-X under the Act is included on Schedule II; provided, however, that for the purpose of determining whether a subsidiary is a “significant subsidiary”, the Parent has used the 2007 fiscal year unconsolidated financial statements for each such subsidiary.

 

(j)            The Parent and its Material Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to all material real property and good and marketable title to all material personal property owned by them, in each case free and clear of all liens, encumbrances and defects except such liens, encumbrances and defects as are described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (including liens granted in connection with the senior facilities agreement of VMIH originally dated March 3, 2006, as amended (the “Senior Credit Facility”)) or such as do not materially affect the value of such property and do not interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of such property by the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; and any material real property, buildings and other premises held under lease by the Parent and its subsidiaries are held by them under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases with such exceptions as are not material to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole and do not interfere in any material respect with the use made and proposed to be made of such property and buildings by the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

(k)           Each of the Parent, Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media UK has been duly incorporated or formed, as the case may be, and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and has been duly qualified as a foreign corporation or limited liability company, as the case may be, for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of each other jurisdiction in which it owns or leases properties or conducts any business so as to require such qualification; each of the Company, Virgin Media Communications and VMIH has been duly organized and is validly existing as a limited company under the laws of England and Wales, with power and authority (corporate and other) to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus; and each other Material Subsidiary of the Parent has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization except, in each case, to the extent the failure to be so qualified, in good standing or have such power or authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(l)            All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Parent have been duly and validly authorized and issued.  All of the issued shares of capital stock of the Parent are fully paid and non-assessable.  All of the issued shares of capital stock of each subsidiary of the Parent have been duly and validly authorized and issued, are fully paid and, to the extent relevant in the jurisdiction of organization of such subsidiary, non-assessable and (except for directors’ qualifying shares or as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, and except for the entities listed on Schedule IV hereto) are owned directly or indirectly by the Parent, free and clear of any lien, charge, encumbrance, security interest, restriction on voting or transfer or any other claim of any third party, except for the pledge of shares and assets of substantially all of the subsidiaries of Virgin Media Communications pursuant to the Senior Credit Facility and, in each case, except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(m)          The Company and the Guarantors have all requisite corporate (or other) power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Securities, the Guarantees and the Indenture to be dated as of the Closing Date (the “Indenture”) among the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “Trustee”) (collectively, the “Transaction Documents”) and to perform their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder.  All action (corporate or other) 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 duly and validly taken.

 

(n)           This Agreement has been and, as of the Closing Date, the Indenture will have been, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors and upon such execution by the Company and the Guarantors (assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of such agreements by the other parties thereto) this Agreement and the Indenture will constitute the valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantors enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof, subject, as to enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization and other laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles, and except as the enforcement of indemnification, contribution or exculpation provisions hereof and thereof may be limited by applicable law (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

 

(o)           The Securities and the Guarantees have been duly authorized and, when duly executed, authenticated, issued and delivered as provided in the Indenture and paid for as provided herein, will be duly and validly issued and outstanding and will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Company, the Parent, each of the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH, respectively, entitled to the benefits provided by the Indenture, enforceable against the Company, the Parent, each of the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH, as the case may be, in accordance with their terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

(p)           The execution, delivery and performance by the Company and the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents, the issuance, authentication, sale and

 

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delivery by the Company  of the Securities and the issuance and delivery by the Guarantors of the Guarantees in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, and the compliance by the Company and the Guarantors (to the extent applicable) with all of the provisions of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions by the Company and the Guarantors contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus (i) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of, or change of control under, 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 Parent or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is subject, (ii) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or similar constitutive documents of the Parent or any of its Material Subsidiaries and (iii) will not result in any violation of, or any termination or material impairment of any rights under, any statute or any license, authorization, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Parent or any of its subsidiaries or any of their properties, including any license, authorization, order, rule or regulation administered or promulgated by the UK Office of Communications (“OFCOM”), or the rules and regulations of The Nasdaq Stock Market; except in any such case described in subclause (i) or (iii) as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(q)           No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Parent or any of its subsidiaries or any of their respective properties is required for the execution, delivery and performance by the Company or the Guarantors of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party, the issuance, authentication, sale and delivery by the Company of the Securities and the issuance and delivery by the Guarantors of the Guarantees in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture, and the compliance by the Company and the Guarantors (to the extent applicable) with all the provisions of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, except for (i)(A) the registration of the Securities (including the Guarantees) under the Act, (B) the qualification of the Indenture and the Trustee under the Trust Indenture Act and (C) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), in connection with the registration of the Securities and the Guarantees, or (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications (A) as may be required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase and distribution of the Securities and the Guarantees by the Underwriters, or (B) the absence of which could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(r)            Neither the Parent nor any of its Material Subsidiaries is in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws, its Memorandum or Articles of Association or similar constitutive document, except, with respect to the Material Subsidiaries, as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  Neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in default in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may be bound or (ii) in violation of any statute or any license, authorization, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Parent and its subsidiaries, except, in any such case described in subclauses (i) and (ii), as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(s)           The statements set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus, as the case may be, under the captions “Description of Notes” and “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations”, and the statements included in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 27, 2009 under the caption “Business—Government Regulation” insofar as they purport to constitute a summary of the terms of the Securities and the Guarantees or describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the matters referred to therein.

 

(t)            Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there are no legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is a party or of which any property of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is the subject which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect; and to the best of the Parent’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or threatened by others.

 

(u)           No authorization from any governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is required to effect payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities.

 

(v)           Each of the Company and the Guarantors is not and, after giving effect to the issuance and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder (collectively, the “Investment Company Act”).

 

(w)          Ernst & Young LLP, who have certified certain financial statements of the Parent and its subsidiaries, are independent public accountants with respect to the Parent

 

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and its subsidiaries within the applicable rules and regulations adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).

 

(x)            The Parent and its subsidiaries own or possess, or have the right to use, or can acquire on commercially reasonable terms, patents, patent rights, licenses, inventions, copyrights, know-how (including trade secrets and other unpatented and/or unpatentable proprietary or confidential information, systems or procedures), trademarks, service marks and trade names currently employed by them in connection with the business now operated by them (the “Intellectual Property Rights”), except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries has received any written notice of material infringement of or conflict with asserted rights of others with respect to any Intellectual Property Rights which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(y)           Except as set forth in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, no labor dispute with the employees of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Parent, is threatened which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(z)            The Parent and its subsidiaries have paid all material U.S. and U.K. federal and state, as applicable, taxes and filed all U.S. and U.K. material tax returns required to be paid or filed through the date hereof except where the failure to so pay or file would not have a Material Adverse Effect; and except as otherwise disclosed in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, there is no material tax deficiency that has been asserted against the Parent or any of its subsidiaries.

 

(aa)         The Underwriters will not be required to pay any ad valorem stamp duty, stamp tax, stamp duty, reserve tax, transfer tax or issue, documentary, certification or other similar tax imposed by any government department or other taxing authority of or in the United States or the United Kingdom, in connection with (i) the sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities by the Company and the Guarantees by the Guarantors as contemplated by this Agreement and (ii) the purchase by the Underwriters of the Securities in the manner contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(bb)         Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) the Parent and its Material Subsidiaries possess all certificates, authorizations, licenses, and permits issued by the appropriate federal, state, local or foreign regulatory authorities necessary to conduct their respective businesses except where the failure to possess such certificates, authorizations, licenses and permits would not have a Material Adverse Effect, and (ii) to the best knowledge of the Parent, having made reasonable inquiry, neither the Parent nor any of its Material Subsidiaries has received any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or modification of any certificate, authorization, license, or permit, which could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(cc)         Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i) the Parent and each of its Material Subsidiaries are insured by insurers of recognized financial responsibility against such losses and risks and in such amounts (including deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance, if adequate reserves are maintained with respect to such deductibles, co-insurance and self-insurance) as is customary in the businesses in which they are engaged (it being understood that the Parent and its Material Subsidiaries do not maintain insurance with respect to the underground portion of their cable network); (ii) neither the Parent nor any of its Material Subsidiaries has received notice from any insurer or agent of such insurer that material capital improvements or other material expenditures are required or necessary to be made in order to continue such insurance; and (iii) neither the Parent nor any of its Material Subsidiaries has 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 from similar insurers as may be necessary to continue its business.

 

(dd)         The Parent and its subsidiaries (i) are in compliance with any and all applicable foreign, federal, state and local laws and regulations relating to the protection of human health and safety, the environment or hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants (“Environmental Laws”), (ii) have received all permits, licenses or other approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their respective businesses and (iii) are in compliance with all terms and conditions of any such permit, license or approval, except in each case as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.  There are no material costs or liabilities associated with Environmental Laws (including, without limitation, any capital or operating expenditures required for clean up, closure of properties or compliance with Environmental Laws or any permit, license or approval, any related constraints on operating activities and any potential liabilities to third parties) other than as properly reserved for in the latest audited financial statements of the Parent included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and other than as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ee)         The Parent maintains an effective 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 Parent 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 Parent’s management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

(ff)           The Parent maintains 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, its principal

 

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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, including, but not limited to 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 (provided, however, because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements).  For the year ended December 31, 2008, there were no material weaknesses in the Parent’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

(gg)         Neither the Parent 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 the Parent or any of its subsidiaries or the Underwriters for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities (other than the Notes Engagement Letter dated October 13, 2008 among the Parent, the Company and the Managers named therein and related arrangements).

 

(hh)         Neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries 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.

 

(ii)           Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, no person has the right to require the Parent or any of its subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the Act by reason of the filing of the Registration Statement with the Commission or the issuance and sale of the Securities.

 

(jj)           The Company is not an ineligible issuer and the Parent is a well-known seasoned issuer, in each case as defined in Rule 405 under the Act, in each case at the time specified in the Act in connection with the offering of the Securities.

 

(kk)         Neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries nor, to the best knowledge of the Parent, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with and acting on behalf of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, has materially violated or is in material violation of any provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.

 

(ll)           The operations of the Parent and its subsidiaries are and have been conducted at all times in material compliance 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

 

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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 Parent or any of its subsidiaries with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the best knowledge of the Parent, threatened.

 

(mm)       No forward-looking statement (within the meaning of Section 27A of the Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act) contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus has been made or reaffirmed without a reasonable basis or has been disclosed other than in good faith.

 

2.             (a)           Subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the Company agrees to issue and sell (i) to each of the Dollar Underwriters, and each of the Dollar Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price equal to 93.59% of the principal amount thereof, the principal amount of the Dollar Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I-A hereto and (ii) to each of the Euro Underwriters, and each of the Euro Underwriters agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase from the Company, at a purchase price equal to 93.59% of the principal amount thereof, the principal amount of the Euro Notes set forth opposite the name of such Underwriter in Schedule I-B hereto.  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.

 

(b)           The Company acknowledges and agrees that each Underwriter is acting solely pursuant to a contractual relationship with the Company on an arm’s length basis with respect to the issue, offer and sale of the Securities (including in connection with determining the terms of the issue, offer and sale of the Securities) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary to the Company or any other person. In connection therewith and with the process leading to such transaction each Underwriter is acting solely as a principal and not the agent or fiduciary of the Company. Additionally, the Company acknowledges that the Underwriters are not advising the Company or any other person as to any legal, tax, investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any jurisdiction. The Company shall consult with its own advisors concerning such matters and shall be responsible for making its own independent investigation and appraisal of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Underwriters shall have no responsibility or liability to the Company with respect thereto.  The Company further acknowledges and agrees that any review by the Underwriters of the Company, the issue, offer and sale of the Securities, the terms of the Securities and other matters relating thereto will be performed solely for the benefit of the Underwriters and shall not be on behalf of the Company or any other person.  The foregoing is without prejudice to any obligation of the Representatives to make recommendations to the Company concerning the pricing and allocation of the offering in accordance with applicable rules of the U.K. Financial Services Authority. The Company agrees that it will not claim that the Underwriter, or any of them, has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar duty to the Company, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.

 

3.             The Company hereby confirms its engagement of Barclays Capital Inc. as, and Barclays Capital Inc. hereby confirms its agreement with the Company to render services as, a

 

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“qualified independent underwriter” within the meaning of NASD Rule 2720(b)(15) of FINRA with respect to the offering and sale of the Securities. Barclays Capital Inc., in its capacity as qualified independent underwriter and not otherwise, is referred to herein as the “QIU”.

 

4.             Upon the authorization by the Representatives of the release of the Securities and the Guarantees thereof, the several Underwriters propose to make a public offering of the Securities and the Guarantees thereof for sale upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Prospectus and each Underwriter severally hereby represents and warrants to, and agrees with, the Company and the Guarantors that:

 

(a)           It has not used, authorized use of, referred to, created, or participated in the planning for use of, and will not use, authorize use of, refer to, create, or participate in the planning for use of, any “free writing prospectus”, as defined in Rule 405 under the Act (which term includes use of any written information furnished to the Commission by the Company and not incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and any press release issued by the Company or the Parent); provided, however, that it may create, use, authorize use of, refer to, or participate in the planning for use of (1) a free writing prospectus that, solely as a result of use by such Underwriter, would not trigger an obligation to file such free writing prospectus with the Commission pursuant to Rule 433, (2) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus listed in Annex I or prepared pursuant to Section 1(e) and 6(e) hereof, or (3) any free writing prospectus prepared by the Underwriters and approved by the Company in advance in writing (each such free writing prospectus referred to in clauses (1) or (3), an “Underwriter Free Writing Prospectus”).

 

(b)           It is not subject to any pending proceeding under Section 8A of the Act with respect to the offering (and will promptly notify the Company if any such proceeding against it is initiated during the Prospectus Delivery Period).

 

(c)           It will comply with the terms of Annex VII hereto and the selling restrictions contained in the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus under the heading “Underwriting.”

 

5.             (a)     The Securities to be purchased by each Underwriter hereunder will be represented by definitive global securities in book-entry form.  The Dollar Notes will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its designated custodian.  The Euro Notes will be deposited by or on behalf of the Company with The Bank of New York Mellon as common depositary for Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking S.A.  The Company will deliver the Dollar Notes to the Dollar Representatives, for the account of each Dollar Underwriter, against the payments and deposits by the Dollar Underwriters noted in Section 2 hereof by causing DTC to credit the Dollar Notes to the account of the Trustee at DTC.  The Company will deliver the Euro Notes to the Euro Representatives, for the account of each Euro Underwriter, against the payments and deposits by the Euro Underwriters noted in Section 2 hereof by causing The Bank of New York Mellon to credit the Euro Notes to the account of the Trustee.  The Company will cause forms of the certificates

 

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representing the Dollar Notes and the Euro Notes to be made available to the Dollar Representatives and Euro Representatives, as the case may be, for checking at least twenty-four hours prior to the Closing Date at the office of DTC (or its designated custodian) or The Bank of New York Mellon (or its designated custodian), as the case may be (the “Designated Office”), or such other time and place as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon. The time and date of such delivery and payment shall be 9:00 a.m., London time, on June 3, 2009 (the “Closing Date”) or such other time and date as the Representatives and the Company may agree upon in writing.

 

(b)           The documents to be delivered on the Closing Date by or on behalf of the parties hereto pursuant to Section 8 hereof, including the cross receipt for the Securities, will be delivered at such time and date at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, One Ropemaker Street, London EC2Y 9HU, England (the “Closing Location”). The Securities will be delivered at the Designated Office, all on the Closing Date.  A meeting will be held at the Closing Location at 1:00 p.m., London time, on the business day next preceding the Closing Date, at which meeting the final drafts of the documents to be delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence will be available for review by the parties hereto.

 

6.             Each of the Company and the Guarantors agree with each of the Underwriters:

 

(a)           To file the final Prospectus with the Commission within the time periods specified by Rule 424(b) and Rule 430A or 430B under the Act, to file any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including the final pricing term sheet substantially in the form of Annex II hereto) to the extent required under the Act, and to file, within the time periods required under the Exchange Act, all reports and any definitive proxy or information statements required to be filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long as the delivery of a prospectus is required in connection with the offering or sale of the Securities; and to furnish copies of the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (to the extent not previously delivered) to the Underwriters in such quantities as the Underwriters may reasonably request; and the Parent and/or one of its subsidiaries has paid or will pay the registration fees for this offering of the Securities within the time period required by Rule 456(b)(1)(i) under the Act;

 

(b)           To deliver, without charge, (i) to the Representatives, copies of the Registration Statement with fax signatures as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith and documents incorporated by reference, in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request; and (ii) to each Underwriter (A) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed and each amendment thereto, in each case including all exhibits and consents filed therewith, in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request and (B) during the Prospectus Delivery Period (as defined below), copies of the Prospectus (including all amendments and supplements thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein) and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus in such quantities as the Representatives may reasonably request on behalf of the Underwriters.

 

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As used herein, the term “Prospectus Delivery Period” means such period of time after the first date of the public offering of the Securities as, in the opinion of counsel for the Underwriters, a prospectus relating to the Securities is required by law to be delivered (or required to be delivered but for Rule 172 under the Act) in connection with sales of the Securities by any Underwriter or dealer;

 

(c)           Prior to the later of the Closing Date and the termination of the Prospectus Delivery Period, before preparing, using, authorizing, approving, referring to or filing any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and before filing any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, whether before or after the time that the Registration Statement becomes effective, to furnish to the Representatives and counsel for the Underwriters a copy of the proposed Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, amendment or supplement for review and will not prepare, use, authorize, approve, refer to or file any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or file such proposed amendment or supplement to which the Representatives reasonably object;

 

(d)           To advise the Representatives promptly, and confirm such advice in writing, (i) of the issuance by the Commission of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act; (ii) of the occurrence of any event within the Prospectus Delivery Period as a result of which the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include 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 existing when the Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or any such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading; (iii) of the receipt by the Company or any Guarantor of any notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act; and (iv) of the receipt by the Company or any Guarantor of any notice with respect to any suspension of the qualification of the Securities for offer and sale in any jurisdiction or promptly upon becoming aware of the initiation or the threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and to use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any such order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, preventing or suspending the use of the Base Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus or suspending any such qualification of the Securities and, if any such order is issued, to obtain as soon as reasonably possible the withdrawal thereof;

 

(e)           That (1) if during the Prospectus Delivery Period (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to comply with law, to

 

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notify the Representatives immediately thereof and to prepare forthwith and, subject to paragraph (c) above, to file with the Commission and furnish to the Representatives and such Underwriters and dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as may be necessary so that the statements in the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances existing when the Prospectus is delivered to a purchaser, be misleading or so that the Prospectus will comply with law and (2) if at any time prior to the Closing Date (i) any event shall occur or condition shall exist as a result of which 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 required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances, not misleading or (ii) it is necessary to amend or supplement the Time of Sale Information to comply with law, to notify the Representatives immediately thereof and to prepare forthwith and, subject to paragraph (c) above, file with the Commission (to the extent required) and furnish to the Representatives and such Underwriters and dealers as the Representatives may designate, such amendments or supplements to the Time of Sale Information as may be necessary so that the statements in the Time of Sale Information as so amended or supplemented will not, in the light of the circumstances, be misleading or so that the Time of Sale Information will comply with law;

 

(f)            To qualify the Securities for offer and sale under the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdiction as the Representatives shall reasonably request and to continue such qualifications in effect so long as required for distribution of the Securities; provided, however, 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;

 

(g)           Not to 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;

 

(h)           During the period beginning from the date hereof and continuing until and including the date that is (i) 30 days after the date hereof not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any debt securities of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries nor shall any such entity guarantee any debt securities, without the prior written consent of at least half of the Representatives or (ii) 15 days after the date hereof not to offer, sell, contract to sell or otherwise dispose of, except as provided hereunder, any debt securities of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries nor shall any such entity guarantee any debt securities, without the prior written consent of all the Representatives, in each case, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld  (for the avoidance of doubt, intercompany loans, including intercompany loans in the form of convertible unsecured loan stock, and any drawdowns under any Facility or Additional

 

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Facility under, and as defined in, the Senior Credit Facility, are not “debt securities” for purposes hereof);

 

(i)            Not to be or become, at any time prior to the expiration of one year after the Closing Date, an open-end investment company, unit investment trust, closed-end investment company or face-amount certificate company that is or is required to be registered under Section 8 of the Investment Company Act;

 

(j)            The Company has not and will not issue without the prior consent of the Underwriters, any press or other public announcement referring specifically to the proposed issue of Securities unless the announcement adequately discloses the fact that stabilizing action may take place in relation to the Securities to be issued, and the Company and the Guarantors each authorize the Underwriters to make adequate public disclosure of the information required by the Financial Services Authority’s Code of Market Conduct (MAR2): Price Stabilising Rules;

 

(k)           That the Parent will make generally available to holders of the Securities and the Representatives as soon as practicable an earning statement that satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act and Rule 158 of the Commission promulgated thereunder covering a period of at least twelve months beginning with the first fiscal quarter of the Parent occurring after the “effective date” (as defined in Rule 158) of the Registration Statement;

 

(l)            To use the net proceeds received by it from the sale of the Securities pursuant to this Agreement in the manner described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the caption “Use of Proceeds”;

 

(m)          To use its reasonable best efforts to list, subject to the notice of issuance, the Securities on the Official List of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (the “Exchange”) for admission to trading on the Euro MTF market of the Exchange and, if at any time following the listing of the Securities on the Exchange such Securities cease to be so listed, to use its reasonable best efforts to list the Securities on another recognized stock exchange reasonably satisfactory to the Representatives;

 

(n)           That all amounts payable hereunder shall be paid in U.S. dollars and free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding for or on account of, any current or future taxes (other than income taxes), levies, imposts, duties, charges or other deductions or withholdings levied in any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made, unless such deduction or withholding is required by applicable law, in which event the Parent and/or one of its subsidiaries will pay or cause to be paid additional amounts so that the persons entitled to such payments will receive the amount that such persons would otherwise have received but for such deduction or withholding after allowing for any tax credit or other benefit each such person receives by reason of such deduction or withholding; and

 

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(o)           To, jointly and severally, indemnify and hold harmless the Underwriters against any documentary, stamp or similar issuance tax, including any interest and penalties, payable by the Underwriters, in the United Kingdom or the United States, on the creation, issuance and sale of the Securities and on the initial resale thereof by the Underwriters and on the execution and delivery of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

7.            The Parent covenants and agrees with the several Underwriters that the Parent will pay or cause to be paid the following: (i) the fees, disbursements and expenses of the Company’s counsel and accountants in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities and the Guarantees, and all other expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of the Registration Statement, the Base Prospectus, any Prospectus Supplement, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information, and the Prospectus and any exhibits, amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to the Underwriters and dealers; (ii) the cost of printing or reproducing any Agreement Among Underwriters, this Agreement, the Indenture, the Blue Sky and legal investment memoranda, closing documents (including any compilations thereof)  and any other documents in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities; (iii) all expenses in connection with the qualification of the Securities for offering and sale under certain securities laws as provided in Section 6(f) hereof, including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with such qualification and in connection with the Blue Sky and legal investment surveys (such fees and disbursements of counsel not to exceed $5,000); (iv) all fees and expenses in connection with listing the Securities on the Exchange; (v) any fees charged by securities rating services for rating the Securities; (vi) the fees and expenses of the Trustee and any agent of the Trustee and the fees and disbursements of counsel for the Trustee in connection with the Indenture and the Securities; (vii) the reasonable fees and expenses of the QIU in connection with the services rendered pursuant to Section 3 hereof; (viii) all taxes of any kind (including, but not limited to, stamp, issuance or transfer tax, or any duty, levy, impost, assessment, withholding, deduction or other governmental charge, including penalties, interest and other liabilities related thereto, but not including any capital gains or income tax) asserted against any Underwriter arising as a result of (A)(x) the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities by the Company to the Underwriters in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, (y) the ownership of the Securities by the Underwriters resulting from this Agreement, or (z) the cancellation or redemption of such Securities by the Company, (B) the sale and delivery of the Securities by the Underwriters to the purchasers thereof as contemplated by this Agreement, or (C) the consummation of any other transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the Transaction Documents in connection with the issuance, sale, delivery and ownership of the Securities and the other transactions contemplated thereby; and (ix) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of its obligations hereunder which are not otherwise specifically provided for in this Section (including the Company’s roadshow expenses).  It is understood, however, that, except as provided in this Section, and Sections 8 and 11 hereof, the Underwriters will pay the fees of their counsel.

 

8.             The several obligations of the Underwriters shall be subject, in their reasonable discretion, to the condition that all representations and warranties and other statements of the Parent, the Company, the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH herein and its officers made in any

 

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certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement are, as of the date hereof and at and as of the Closing Date, true and correct, the condition that the Company shall have performed all of its obligations hereunder theretofore to be performed, and the following additional conditions:

 

(a)           No order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect, and no proceeding for such purpose, pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) or pursuant to Section 8A under the Act, shall be pending before or threatened by the Commission; the Prospectus and each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission under the Act (in the case of an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to the extent required by Rule 433 under the Act) and in accordance with Section 6(a) hereof; and all requests by the Commission for additional information shall have been complied with to the reasonable satisfaction of the Representatives.

 

(b)           Ernst & Young LLP shall have furnished to the Representatives a “comfort letter” or “comfort letters”, dated the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives relating to the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus and to certain financial statements of the Parent issued in accordance with Statement of Accounting Standards No. 72; provided that the letters shall use a “cut-off” date no more than three business days prior to the date of delivery.

 

(c)           The Representatives shall have received on and as of the Closing Date, a certificate in the form as set forth in Annex III hereto, dated as of such date and signed by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or General Counsel of the Parent, on behalf of the Parent in such person’s capacity as such officer (and not in a personal capacity).

 

(d)           Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP, as special U.S. counsel for the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Company and VMIH, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion and disclosure letter, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Annex IV hereto.

 

(e)           Robert Mackenzie, UK Legal Director of the Parent, shall have furnished to the Representatives his written opinion, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Annex V hereto.

 

(f)            Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP, English counsel to the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Company and VMIH, shall have furnished to the Representatives their written opinion, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Annex VI hereto.

 

(g)           Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, shall have furnished to the Representatives such written opinion or opinions and a negative assurance letter, each dated the Closing Date, with respect to such matters as the Underwriters may reasonably request, and such counsel shall have received such

 

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documents and information as they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

 

(h)           After the date hereof and on or before the Closing Date, except for announced possible downgrades, negative outlooks or reviews prior to the date hereof and subsequent downgrades resulting therefrom, (i) no downgrading shall have occurred in the rating accorded the Parent’s or any of its subsidiaries’ debt securities, including the Securities, by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., and (ii) no such organization shall have publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities, including the Securities, of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) and (iii) no such organization has publicly announced that the Parent or any of its subsidiaries has been placed on negative outlook.

 

(i)            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; 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.

 

(j)            The Indenture shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company, the Guarantors and the Trustee; the Securities shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and duly authenticated by the Trustee; and the Guarantees shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantors.

 

(k)           The Dollar Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through DTC.

 

(l)            The Euro Notes shall be eligible for clearance and settlement through the facilities of Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V. and Clearstream Banking S.A.

 

The Company shall use all reasonable endeavors to procure the fulfillment of the conditions set out in this Section 8 by the times and dates stated herein.

 

If any of the conditions hereinabove provided for in this Section 8 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled, the obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by a majority of the Representatives, by notifying the Company of such termination in writing at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

In such event, the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Company and VMIH and the Underwriters shall not be under any obligation to each other (except to the extent provided in Sections 7, 9 and 10 hereof).

 

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9.             (a)           The Company and the Guarantors will jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, the Time of Sale Information or, to the extent not included in the preceding items, any information that was included in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Time of Sale Information which is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to section 433(d) of the Act, or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or arise out of or are based upon any action taken by any Underwriter at the Company’s written request with respect to compliance with state securities laws within the United States (including delivery of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information by, or the making of any offers and sales through, the Underwriters), and will reimburse each Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred, provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(b)           Each Underwriter, severally but not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless the Company and the Guarantors against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company or the Guarantors may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or

 

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any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(c)           Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided, that the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a) or (b) except to the extent 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 which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection.  In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation.  No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

(d)           If the indemnification provided for in this Section 9 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a) or (b) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other from the offering of the Securities.  If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (c) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted

 

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in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Underwriters on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, bear to the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus.  The relative fault 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 on the one hand or the Underwriters on the other and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  The Company and the Guarantors and the Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (d) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above in this subsection (d).  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (d) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the total discounts, commissions and other compensation received by such Underwriter under this Agreement, less the amount of any damages which such Underwriter 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (d) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

 

(e)           The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Guarantors may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the Underwriters under this Section 9 shall be in addition to any liability which the respective Underwriters may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.

 

10.           (a)           The Company and the Guarantors will jointly and severally indemnify and hold harmless Barclays Capital Inc., in its capacity as QIU, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which the QIU may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary

 

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Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information or, to the extent not included in the preceding items, any information that was included in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Time of Sale Information which is required to be filed by the Company pursuant to section 433(d) of the Act, (ii) arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or arise out of or (iii) any action taken or omission to act or alleged action taken or omission to act by Barclays Capital Inc. as QIU in connection with any transaction contemplated in this Agreement or undertaken in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities, and will reimburse the QIU for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the QIU in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred, provided, however, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon the gross negligence or bad faith of Barclays Capital Inc. in performing the services as QIU and, provided further, that the Company and the Guarantors shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information.

 

(b)           Each Underwriter, severally but not jointly, will indemnify and hold harmless Barclays Capital Inc., in its capacity as QIU, against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the QIU may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon (i) an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information, (ii) arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (iii) any action taken or omission to act or alleged action taken or omission to act by Barclays Capital Inc. as QIU in connection with any transaction contemplated in this Agreement or undertaken in connection with the authorization, issuance, sale, preparation and delivery of the Securities, and will reimburse the QIU for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the QIU in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred, provided, however, (A) in the case of (i) and (ii) above, only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus (or

 

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any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or any Time of Sale Information in reliance upon and in conformity with the Underwriter Information and (B) in the case of (iii) above, the Underwriters shall not be liable to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage or liability arises out of or is based upon the gross negligence or bad faith of Barclays Capital Inc. in performing the services as QIU.

 

(c)           The QIU will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each Guarantor and each Underwriter against any losses, claims, damages or liabilities to which the Company, such Guarantor or such Underwriter may become subject, under the Act or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information or arise out of or are based upon the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstance under which they were made, not misleading, and will reimburse the Company or such Guarantor or Underwriter for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by the Company or such Guarantor or Underwriter in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim as such expenses are incurred, in each case to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in the Registration Statement, any Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, any Final Prospectus Supplement, the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information in reliance upon and in conformity with the information furnished in writing to the Company by the QIU expressly for use therein, it being understood and agreed by the Company, each Guarantor and each Underwriter that the only such information furnished by the QIU consists of statements pertaining to the name of the QIU.

 

(d)           Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above of notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under such subsection, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided, that the omission so to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability that it may have under subsection (a), (b) or (c) except to the extent 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 which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection.  In case any such action shall be brought against any indemnified party and it shall notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it shall wish, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly notified, to assume the defense thereof, with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party (who shall not, except with the consent of the indemnified party, be counsel to the indemnifying party), and, after notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so

 

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to assume the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal expenses of other counsel or any other expenses, in each case subsequently incurred by such indemnified party, in connection with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified party, effect the settlement or compromise of, or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to, any pending or threatened action or claim in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified party is an actual or potential party to such action or claim) unless such settlement, compromise or judgment (i) includes an unconditional release of the indemnified party from all liability arising out of such action or claim and (ii) does not include a statement as to or an admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act, by or on behalf of any indemnified party.

 

(e)           If the indemnification provided for in this Section 10 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under subsection (a), (b) or (c) above in respect of any losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, the Guarantors, the Underwriters and the QIU (in its capacity as QIU) from the offering of the Securities.  If, however, the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is not permitted by applicable law or if the indemnified party failed to give the notice required under subsection (d) above, then each indemnifying party shall contribute to such amount paid or payable by such indemnified party in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of the Company, the Guarantors, the Underwriters and the QIU (in its capacity as QIU) in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof), as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.  The relative benefits received by the Company and the Guarantors on the one hand and the QIU on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the sale of Securities (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, bear to any fee payable to the QIU (in its capacity as QIU).  The relative benefits received by the Underwriters on the one hand and the QIU on the other shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, bear to any fee payable to the QIU (in its capacity as QIU).  The relative fault 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, the Underwriters or the QIU and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.  The Company, the Guarantors, the Underwriters and the QIU agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this subsection (e) were determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to above

 

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in this subsection (e).  The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) referred to above in this subsection (e) shall be deemed to include any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.  Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (e), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the total discounts, commissions and other compensation received by such Underwriter under this Agreement, less the amount of any damages which such Underwriter 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 Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.  The Underwriters’ obligations in this subsection (e) to contribute are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

 

(f)            The obligations of the Company and the Guarantors under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any liability which the Company and the Guarantors may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each person, if any, who controls the QIU within the meaning of the Act; and the obligations of the QIU under this Section 10 shall be in addition to any liability which the QIU may otherwise have and shall extend, upon the same terms and conditions, to each officer and director of the Company and to each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act.

 

11.           (a)           (i) If any Dollar Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Dollar Notes which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the Dollar Representatives may in their discretion arrange for any of the Dollar Underwriters or another party or other parties satisfactory to the Company, acting reasonably, to purchase such Dollar Notes on the terms contained herein.  If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Dollar Underwriter the Dollar Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Dollar Notes, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Dollar Representatives, acting reasonably, to purchase such Dollar Notes on such terms.  In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Dollar Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Dollar Notes, or the Company notifies the Dollar Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Dollar Notes, the Dollar Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Time of Sale Information, as the case may be, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to prepare promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Time of Sale Information which in the Dollar Representatives’ opinion may thereby be made necessary.  The term “Dollar Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 11 with like effect as if

 

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such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Dollar Notes.

 

 (ii) If any Euro Underwriter shall default in its obligation to purchase the Euro Notes which it has agreed to purchase hereunder, the Euro Representatives may in their discretion arrange for any of the Euro Underwriters or another party or other parties satisfactory to the Company, acting reasonably, to purchase such Euro Notes on the terms contained herein.  If within thirty-six hours after such default by any Euro Underwriter the Euro Representatives do not arrange for the purchase of such Euro Notes, then the Company shall be entitled to a further period of thirty-six hours within which to procure another party or other parties satisfactory to the Euro Representatives, acting reasonably, to purchase such Euro Notes on such terms.  In the event that, within the respective prescribed periods, the Euro Representatives notify the Company that they have so arranged for the purchase of such Euro Notes, or the Company notifies the Euro Representatives that it has so arranged for the purchase of such Euro Notes, the Euro Representatives or the Company shall have the right to postpone the Closing Date for a period of not more than seven days, in order to effect whatever changes may thereby be made necessary in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Time of Sale Information, as the case may be, or in any other documents or arrangements, and the Company agrees to prepare promptly any amendments to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, or the Time of Sale Information which in the Euro Representatives’ opinion may thereby be made necessary.  The term “Euro Underwriter” as used in this Agreement shall include any person substituted under this Section 11 with like effect as if such person had originally been a party to this Agreement with respect to such Euro Notes.

 

(b)           (i) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Dollar Notes of a defaulting Dollar Underwriter or Dollar Underwriters by the Dollar Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a)(i) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Dollar Notes which remains unpurchased does not exceed one eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Dollar Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Dollar Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Dollar Notes which such Dollar Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Dollar Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Dollar Notes which such Dollar Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Dollar Notes of such defaulting Dollar Underwriter or Dollar Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Dollar Underwriter from liability for its default.

 

(ii) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Euro Notes of a defaulting Euro Underwriter or Euro Underwriters by the Euro Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a)(ii) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Euro Notes which remains unpurchased does not exceed one eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Euro Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date, then the Company shall have the right to require each non-defaulting Euro

 

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Underwriter to purchase the principal amount of Euro Notes which such Euro Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder on the Closing Date and, in addition, to require each non-defaulting Euro Underwriter to purchase its pro rata share (based on the principal amount of Euro Notes which such Euro Underwriter agreed to purchase hereunder) of the Euro Notes of such defaulting Euro Underwriter or Euro Underwriters for which such arrangements have not been made; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Euro Underwriter from liability for its default.

 

(c)           (i) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Dollar Notes of a defaulting Dollar Underwriter or Dollar Underwriters by the Dollar Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Dollar Notes which remains unpurchased exceeds one eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Dollar Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Dollar Underwriters to purchase Dollar Notes of a defaulting Dollar Underwriter or Dollar Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Dollar Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Dollar Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Sections 9 and 10 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Dollar Underwriter from liability for its default.

 

(ii) If, after giving effect to any arrangements for the purchase of the Euro Notes of a defaulting Euro Underwriter or Euro Underwriters by the Euro Representatives and the Company as provided in subsection (a) above, the aggregate principal amount of such Euro Notes which remains unpurchased exceeds one eleventh of the aggregate principal amount of all the Euro Notes to be purchased on the Closing Date, or if the Company shall not exercise the right described in subsection (b) above to require non-defaulting Euro Underwriters to purchase Euro Notes of a defaulting Euro Underwriter or Euro Underwriters, then this Agreement shall thereupon terminate, without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Euro Underwriter or the Company, except for the expenses to be borne by the Company and the Euro Underwriters as provided in Section 7 hereof and the indemnity and contribution agreements in Sections 9 and 10 hereof; but nothing herein shall relieve a defaulting Euro Underwriter from liability for its default.

 

12.           The respective indemnities, agreements, representations, warranties and other statements of the Parent, the Company, the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH and the several Underwriters and the QIU, as set forth in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation (or any statement as to the results thereof) made by or on behalf of any Underwriter or any controlling person of any Underwriter, the QIU, or the Company, or any officer or director or controlling person of the Company, and shall survive delivery of and payment for the Securities.

 

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13.           If this Agreement shall be terminated pursuant to Section 11 hereof, the Parent and the Company shall not then be under any liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7, 9 and 10 hereof; but, if for any other reason, the Securities are not delivered by or on behalf of the Company as provided herein and in the Prospectus, the Parent and the Company will reimburse the Underwriters through the Representatives for all out of pocket expenses, including fees and disbursements of counsel, reasonably incurred by the Underwriters in making preparations for the purchase, sale and delivery of the Securities, but the Parent and the Company shall then be under no further liability to any Underwriter except as provided in Sections 7, 9 and 10 hereof.

 

14.           This Agreement may be terminated by a majority of the Representatives, in their absolute discretion:

 

(a)           if, at any time after execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall have occurred any of the following: (i) a suspension or material limitation in trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or The Nasdaq Stock Market or any limitation on prices (other than limitations on hours or numbers of days of trading) for securities on either exchange; (ii) a suspension or material limitation in trading in the Parent’s securities on The Nasdaq Stock Market; (iii) a general moratorium on commercial banking activities declared by either United Kingdom or United States Federal or New York State authorities or a material disruption in commercial banking or securities settlement or clearance services in the United States; (iv) the outbreak or escalation of hostilities or act of terrorism, declaration of war, national or international emergency; or (v) any change in the financial markets (including without limitation the high yield new issue market), currency exchange rates or controls or the occurrence of any other calamity or crisis or any change in financial, political or economic conditions in the United States, the United Kingdom or elsewhere, if the effect of any such event specified in this clause (iv) or (v), in the reasonable judgment of a majority of the Representatives, makes it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale of Securities;

 

(b)           in the circumstances set forth in Section 8 hereof;

 

(c)           if, at any time after the execution and delivery of this Agreement, (A) since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement , the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Parent or any of its subsidiaries shall have sustained any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree, otherwise than as set forth in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and Prospectus, (B) since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, the Parent or any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement, other than in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole,

 

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otherwise than as set forth in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and Prospectus, or (C) since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and Prospectus (exclusive of any amendment or supplement thereto) there shall have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Parent on any class of capital stock (except for the Parent’s regular quarterly dividend to be paid in June 2009), or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in or affecting the business, general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, other than as set forth in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and Prospectus, the effect of which, in any such case described in clause (A) or (B) or (C), is in the reasonable judgment of a majority of the Representatives so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the sale of Securities or to market the Securities on substantially the terms described in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and Prospectus;

 

(d)           subject to Section 11 of this Agreement, if the Closing Date shall not have occurred by the date which is five (5) business days after the date hereof; or

 

(e)           the representation in Section 1(d) hereof is incorrect in any respect.

 

This Agreement may also be terminated in the circumstances set forth in Section 11(c) of this Agreement.

 

15.           For purposes of this Agreement, (a) except where otherwise expressly provided, the term “affiliate” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the 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 and London; (c) the term “written communication” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Act; and (d) the term “subsidiary” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Act.

 

16.           In all dealings hereunder, the Representatives shall act on behalf of each of the Underwriters, and the parties hereto shall be entitled to act and rely upon any statement, request, notice or agreement on behalf of any Underwriter made or given by the Representatives.

 

All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and if to the Underwriters shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to each of the Representatives at the following addresses:

 

With respect to the Dollar Notes:

 

 

With respect to the Euro Notes:

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. 270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

Attention: James P. Casey

Fax: 212-270-1063

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Winchester House

1 Great Winchester Street

London EC2N 2DB

England Attention: Camelia Robu

Fax: +44 (0)20 7547 4757

 

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Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Camelia Robu

Fax: +44 (0)20 7547 4757

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

125 London Wall

London EC2Y 5AJ

England

Attention: James P. Casey

Fax: 212-270-1063

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004

Attention: Registration Department

Fax: (212) 902-9316

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004

Attention: Registration Department

Fax: (212) 902-9316

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

England

Attention: Head of High Yield Syndicate

Fax: +44 207 085 6894

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

England

Attention: Head of High Yield Syndicate

Fax: +44 207 085 6894

 

with a copy to:

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

One Ropemaker Street

London EC2Y 9HU

England

Attention: Nicholas J. Shaw, Esq.

Fax: +44 (0)20 7275 6502

 

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

425 Lexington Avenue

New York, New York  10017

United States

Attention: Arthur D. Robinson, Esq.

Fax: (212) 455-2502

 

and if to the QIU shall be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to the QIU at the following address:

 

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Barclays Capital Inc.
745 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019

 

and if to the Parent, the Company, the Intermediate Guarantors or VMIH shall be delivered or sent by mail to the address of the Company set forth in the Prospectus, Attention: Secretary, and to:

 

c/o Virgin Media Inc.
909 Third Avenue, Suite 2863
New York, New York  10012
United States
Attention: Secretary

 

with a copy to:

 

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP
99 City Road
London  EC1Y 1AX
England
Attention: Timothy E. Peterson, Esq.

 

provided, however, that any notice to an Underwriter pursuant to Section 9(c) or 10(d) hereof shall also be delivered or sent by mail, telex or facsimile transmission to such Underwriter at its address set forth in its Underwriter’s Questionnaire, or telex constituting such Questionnaire, which address will be supplied to the Company by the Representatives upon request.  Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect upon receipt thereof if sent by mail, or dispatch thereof, if sent by facsimile with transmission confirmation received.

 

In accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), the Underwriters are required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies their respective clients, including the Parent, which information may include the name and address of their respective clients, as well as other information that will allow the Underwriters to properly identify their respective clients.

 

17.           This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure solely to the benefit of, the Underwriters, the Parent, the Company, the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH and, to the extent provided in Sections 9, 10 and 12 hereof, the officers and directors of the Company and each person who controls the Company or any Underwriter, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and no other person shall acquire or have any right under or by virtue of this Agreement.  No purchaser of any of the Securities from any Underwriter shall be deemed a successor or assign by reason merely of such purchase.  Time shall be of the essence of this Agreement.

 

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18.           THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

19.           This Agreement may be executed by anyone or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

20.           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.

 

21.           The Company (and each employee, representative and agent of the Company) is authorized to disclose to any person any and all aspects of the tax treatment and tax structure of this potential transaction and all materials of any kind (including tax opinions and other tax analyses) that are provided to the Parent or the Company relating to such tax treatment and tax structure, without the Underwriters imposing any limitation of any kind.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return to us counterparts hereof, and upon the acceptance hereof by you, on behalf of each of the Underwriters, this letter and such acceptance hereof shall constitute a binding agreement between each of the Underwriters and the Parent, the Company, the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH.  It is understood that your acceptance of this letter on behalf of each of the Underwriters may be made pursuant to the authority set forth in a form of Agreement Among Purchasers, the form of which shall be submitted to the Company for examination upon request, but without warranty on your part as to the authority of the signers thereof.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

Virgin Media Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James F. Mooney

 

 

Name: James F. Mooney

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Virgin Media Finance PLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Mackenzie

 

 

Name: Robert Mackenzie

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

Virgin Media Group LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James F. Mooney

 

 

Name: James F. Mooney

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Virgin Media Holdings Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James F. Mooney

 

 

Name: James F. Mooney

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Mackenzie

 

 

Name: Robert Mackenzie

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

Virgin Media Communications Limited

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Mackenzie

 

 

Name: Robert Mackenzie

 

 

Title: Director

 

Underwriting Agreement Signature Page

 



 

 

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Mackenzie

 

 

Name: Robert Mackenzie

 

 

Title: Director

 

Underwriting Agreement Signature Page

 



 

Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Chris Munro

 

 

Name: Chris Munro

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alexandra Barth

 

 

Name: Alexandra Barth

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephanie Perry

 

 

Name: Stephanie Perry

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

 

 

 

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Shenaaz Kazi

 

 

Name: Shenaaz Kazi

 

 

Title: Authorised Signatory

 

 

 

 

For themselves and on behalf of the

 

several Underwriters listed in Schedule I-A hereto.

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Capital Inc.,

 

 

 

as Qualified Independent Underwriter

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Timothy N. Hartzell

 

 

Name: Timothy N. Hartzell

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

Underwriting Agreement Signature Page

Virgin Media Finance PLC – Dollar Notes

 



 

Accepted as of the date hereof:

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nick Jansa

 

 

Name: Nick Jansa

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karl-Heinz Herweck

 

 

Name: Karl-Heinz Herweck

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Chris Munro

 

 

Name: Chris Munro

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

 

 

 

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Shenaaz Kazi

 

 

Name: Shenaaz Kazi

 

 

Title: Authorised Signatory

 

 

 

 

For themselves and on behalf of the

 

several Underwriters listed in Schedule I-B hereto.

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Capital Inc.,

 

 

 

as Qualified Independent Underwriter

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Timothy N. Hartzell

 

 

Name: Timothy N. Hartzell

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

Underwriting Agreement Signature Page

Virgin Media Finance PLC – Euro Notes

 


 

Schedule I-A

 

 

Underwriter

 

Aggregate Principal
Amount of Dollar Notes
Purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

$

147,309,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

147,309,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

147,309,445

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

 

108,152,818

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BNP Paribas

 

65,547,163

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

 

65,547,163

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CALYON

 

22,941,507

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortis Securities LLC

 

22,941,507

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lloyds TSB Bank plc

 

22,941,507

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

$

750,000,000

 

 

 

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Schedule I-B

 

 

Underwriter

 

Aggregate Principal
Amount of Euro Notes
Purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

 

35,354,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

 

35,354,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

35,354,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

 

25,956,675

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BNP Paribas

 

15,731,319

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HSBC Bank plc.

 

15,731,319

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CALYON

 

5,505,962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fortis Bank

 

5,505,962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lloyds TSB Bank plc

 

5,505,962

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL

 

180,000,000

 

 

 

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Schedule II — Material Subsidiaries

 

1.

Virgin Media Group LLC (Delaware)

 

 

2.

Virgin Media Holdings Inc. (Delaware)

 

 

3.

Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc. (Delaware)

 

 

4.

Virgin Media Communications Limited (England)

 

 

5.

Virgin Media Finance PLC (England)

 

 

6.

Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited (England)

 

 

7.

VMIH Sub Limited (England)

 

 

8.

Diamond Cable Communications Limited (England)

 

 

9.

ntl Midlands Limited (England)

 

 

10.

ntl Rectangle Limited (England)

 

 

11.

ntl (CWC) Limited (England)

 

 

12.

ntl Communications Services Limited (England)

 

 

13.

Virgin Media Limited (England)

 

 

14.

Flextech Broadband Limited (England)

 

 

15.

Telewest Limited (England)

 

 

16.

Telewest UK Limited (England)

 

 

17.

Telewest Communications Holdings Limited (England)

 

 

18.

Telewest Communications Networks Limited (England)

 

 

19.

Telewest Communications Group Limited (England)

 

 

20.

NTL UK Cablecomms Holdings, Inc (Delaware)

 

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Schedule III — Material New York Agreements

 

Exhibits to filings of Virgin Media Inc.

 

 

 

Exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as filed on February 26, 2009

 

 

 

1.

 

Second Amended Joint Reorganization Plan of NTL Incorporated and Certain Subsidiaries, dated July 15, 2002 (as subsequently modified)

 

 

 

2.

 

Equity Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, by and among NTL Incorporated and the stockholders listed on the signature pages thereto

 

 

 

3.

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2003, between NTL Incorporated and W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C.

 

 

 

4.

 

Registration Rights Agreement dated June 24, 2004 among Telewest Global, Inc., and Holders listed on the Signature pages thereto

 

 

 

5.

 

Rights Agreement, dated March 25, 2004, between Telewest Global, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent [to the extent governed by New York law]

 

 

 

6.

 

Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 2, 2005, to the Rights Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2004, among Telewest Global, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent [to the extent governed by New York law]

 

 

 

7.

 

Amendment No. 2, dated as of March 3, 2006, to the Rights Agreement between Telewest Global, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent [to the extent governed by New York law]

 

 

 

8.

 

Series A Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, by and between NTL Incorporated and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent

 

 

 

9.

 

First Supplemental Warrant Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2006, among NTL Incorporated, NTL Holdings Inc., Bank of New York, as successor Warrant Agent, and Continental Stock and Trust Company, amending the Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, by and between NTL Incorporated and Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as Warrant Agent

 

 

 

10.

 

Second Supplemental Warrant Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2007, by and between Virgin Media Inc. and The Bank of New York as Warrant Agent

 

 

 

11.

 

Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2004, by and among NTL Cable PLC, the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the Bank of New York, as Trustee

 

 

 

12.

 

Indenture, dated as of July 25, 2006, among NTL Cable PLC, NTL Incorporated, the Intermediate Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), NTL Investment Holdings Limited, The Bank of New York as trustee and paying agent and The Bank of New York as trustee and paying agent and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. as Luxembourg paying agent

 

 

 

13.

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2006, among NTL Cable PLC, the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), and The Bank of New York as trustee

 

 

 

14.

 

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2006, among NTL Cable PLC, the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), and The Bank of New York as trustee

 

 

 

15.

 

Senior Guarantee, dated as of October 30, 2006, among NTL Holdings Inc., NTL (UK) Group, Inc., NTL Communications Limited, NTL Incorporated, NTL, Telewest LLC and The Bank of New York as trustee

 

 

 

16.

 

Indenture for 6.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016, dated as of April 16, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and The Bank of New York, as trustee (including form of 6.50% Convertible Senior Note due 2016)

 

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17.

 

Registration Rights Agreement for 6.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016, dated as of April 16, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

 

 

18.

 

Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan as amended and restated as of June 15, 2006

 

 

 

19.

 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Notice for UK employees used for grants made under Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

20.

 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Notice for non-executive directors used for grants made under Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

21.

 

Form of Incentive Stock Option Notice used for grants made under Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

22.

 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, and form of Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2006, between NTL Incorporated and James Mooney

 

 

 

23.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and James Mooney

 

 

 

24.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2006, between NTL Incorporated and Neil A. Berkett

 

 

 

25.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and Jerry V. Elliott

 

 

 

26.

 

Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement entered into by and between Virgin Media Inc. and Bryan H. Hall, dated as of August 4, 2008

 

 

 

27.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2006, between NTL Incorporated and Bryan H. Hall

 

 

 

28.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2007, between Virgin Media Inc. and Mark Schweitzer

 

 

 

29.

 

Amendment Letter, dated November 28, 2008, relating to the Employment Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2007, between Virgin Media Inc. and Mark Schweitzer

 

 

 

30.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2006, between Virgin Media Inc. and Howard Watson

 

 

 

31.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2006, between NTL Incorporated and Malcolm Wall

 

 

 

32.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2007, between Virgin Media Inc. and Charles K. Gallagher

 

 

 

33.

 

Extension Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and Charles K. Gallagher

 

 

 

34.

 

Extension Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and Charles K. Gallagher

 

 

 

35.

 

Letter Agreement between Charles K. Gallagher and Virgin Media Inc., dated December 21, 2007

 

 

 

36.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2004, between NTL Incorporated and Jacques Kerrest.  [Amended to New York governing law by Extension Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2007]

 

 

 

37.

 

Extension Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2007, between Virgin Media Inc. and Jacques Kerrest

 

 

 

38.

 

Letter Agreement between Edwin Banks and Virgin Media Inc., dated December 21, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibits to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009, as filed on May 6, 2009

 

 

 

1.

 

Senior Facilities Agreement, dated March 3, 2006, as amended and restated, between, among others, Virgin Media Inc., certain of its subsidiaries (as Borrowers and/or Guarantors) and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, J.P. Morgan Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Goldman Sachs International (as Bookrunners and Mandated Lead Arrangers) [to the extent governed by New York law]

 

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Schedule IV — Entities Not Wholly Owned

 

1.

Action Stations (2000) Limited (England) (92.50%)

 

 

2.

Aztec West Management Limited (England) (2.00%)

 

 

3.

Clearcast Limited (England) (12.50%)

 

 

4.

Credo Reference Limited (England) (13.13%)

 

 

5.

Crystalvision Productions Limited (England) (50.00%)

 

 

6.

Flextech Homeshopping Limited (England) (80.00%)

 

 

7.

Flextech Living Health Limited (England) (30.00%)

 

 

8.

Florida Homeshopping Limited (England) (80.00%)

 

 

9.

Matchco Limited (England) (76.00%)

 

 

10.

Mayfair Way Management Limited (England) (83.33%)

 

 

11.

Mixmax Limited (England) (70.00%)

 

 

12.

ntl (South Hertfordshire) Limited (England) (33.33%)(1)

 

 

13.

Setanta Sports News Limited (England) (49.90%)

 

 

14.

Silverlink Business Management Limited (England) (3.23%)

 

 

15.

Smashedatom Limited (England) (60.00%)

 

 

16.

Start! Games Limited (England) (70.00%)

 

 

17.

The Capstan Centre Management Company Limited (England) (2.63%)

 

 

18.

Travel Technology Initiative Limited (England) (7.69%)

 

 

19.

UK Channel Management Limited (England) (50.00%)

 

 

20.

UK Gold Holdings Limited (England) (50.00%)

 

 

21.

UK Programme Distribution Limited (England) (7.30%)

 

 

22.

UKTV New Ventures Limited (England) (50.00%)

 

 

23.

VIS ITV Limited (In Liquidation) (England) (50.00%)

 

 

24.

Wren Homes Group PLC (England) (Under 1%)

 


(1)          67% owned by South Hertfordshire United Kingdom Fund, Ltd (a Colorado Partnership). Operated as a UK subsidiary by ntl Fawnspring Limited (the General Partner)

 

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ANNEX I

 

ANNEX I-A

 

Time of Sale Information

 

Final Pricing Term Sheet, dated May 29, 2009, containing the terms of the securities, substantially in the form of Annex II

 

ANNEX I-B

 

None.

 

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ANNEX II

 

Form of Final Pricing Term Sheet

 

Issuer:

Virgin Media Finance PLC

 

 

Guarantors:

Virgin Media Inc.
Virgin Media Group LLC
Virgin Media Holdings Inc.
Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc.
Virgin Media Communications Limited
Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited

 

 

Security description:

Senior Notes

 

 

Distribution:

SEC registered

 

 

Dollar Notes:

 

Aggregate principal amount:

$750,000,000

Gross proceeds:

$716,805,000

Net proceeds (before expenses):

$701,931,296

 

 

Maturity:

August 15, 2016

 

 

Coupon:

9.500%

Offering price:

95.574%

 

 

Yield to maturity:

10.375%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

+721 bps

Benchmark Treasury:

UST 3.25% due May 31, 2016

Interest Payment Dates:

February 15 and August 15, commencing February 15, 2010

 

 

Redemption Provisions:

 

First call date:

August 15, 2013

 

 

Make-whole call

Before the first call date at a discount rate of Treasury plus 50 basis points

 

 

Redemption prices:

Commencing August 15, 2013: 104.750%
Commencing August 15, 2014: 102.375%
Commencing August 15, 2015 and thereafter: 100.000%

 

 

Redemption with proceeds of equity offering:

Prior to August 15, 2012, up to 40% may be redeemed at 109.500%

 

 

Dollar CUSIP:

92769VAA7

Dollar ISIN:

US92769VAA70

Dollar Denominations:

$US100,000 minimum; $1,000 increments

 

 

Euro Notes:

 

Aggregate principal amount:

€180,000,000

Gross proceeds:

€172,033,200

 

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Net proceeds (before expenses):

168,463,511

 

 

Maturity:

August 15, 2016

 

 

Coupon:

9.500%

Offering price:

95.574%

 

 

Yield to maturity:

10.375%

Spread to Benchmark:

+712.6 bps

Benchmark:

DBR 4.00% due July 4, 2016

Interest Payment Dates:

February 15 and August 15, commencing February 15, 2010

 

 

Redemption Provisions:

 

First call date:

August 15, 2013

 

 

Make-whole call

Before the first call date at a discount rate of DBR plus 50 basis points

 

 

Redemption prices:

Commencing August 15, 2013: 104.750%
Commencing August 15, 2014: 102.375%
Commencing August 15, 2015 and thereafter: 100.000%

 

 

Redemption with proceeds of equity offering:

Prior to August 15, 2012, up to 40% may be redeemed at 109.500%

 

 

Euro ISIN:

XS0432072295

Euro Common Code:

043207229

Euro Denominations:

€50,000 minimum; €1,000 increments

 

 

Trade date:

May 29, 2009

Settlement:

T+3; June 3, 2009

Ratings:

B2/B-

Bookrunners:

 

J.P. Morgan
Deutsche Bank
Goldman, Sachs & Co.
RBS
BNP Paribas
HSBC
CALYON

 

 

Co-Managers:

Fortis Securities LLC
Lloyds TSB Corporate Markets
Barclays Capital UBS
Investment Bank

 

 

Use of Proceeds:

The company estimates that the net proceeds of this offering will be approximately £588.8 million, utilizing the exchange rates at May 22, 2009 of $1.5892 per £1.00 and €1.1347 per £1.00, after deducting the underwriters’ discount and estimated offering expenses. Under the terms of the senior

 

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credit facility, the company is obligated to use the net proceeds of this offering to prepay a portion of the outstanding Tranches A-A3 and Tranches B1-B6 under the senior credit facility. Specifically, the company intends to prepay approximately £152.7 million of Tranches A and A1 that is currently scheduled for payment in March and September 2010, approximately £361.8 million of Tranches A2 and A3 that is currently scheduled for payment in March and September 2010, and approximately £88.1 million of Tranches B1-B6 that is currently scheduled for repayment in September 2012.  If the company makes these prepayments, certain amendments to its senior credit facilities will become effective. Those amendments include deferring the remaining principal repayments under Tranches A2 and A3 to June 2012. As revised for the anticipated prepayments and the effects of the amendments, the company’s amortization schedule under its senior credit facilities will be as follows: September 2010 - £99.0 million, March 2011 - £288.4 million, June 2012 - £917.8 million, September 2012 - £1,979.1 million, March 2013 - £300 million. The interest margin on Tranches A2 and A3 will increase by 1.375% upon the effectiveness of the amendments. A paydown notice is expected to be issued to our senior lenders once the sale of the senior notes has closed, with the paydown expected to be made on or around June 9, 2009.

 

 

Lock-up:

Virgin Media will not offer to sell any of its debt securities (other than the notes) for a period of (i) 30 days after the trade date without the prior consent of at least two of J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc or (ii) 15 days after the date of the trade date without the prior consent of each of J.P. Morgan, Deutsche Bank, Goldman, Sachs & Co. and The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, in each case which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

Note: A securities rating is not a recommendation to buy, sell or hold securities and may be subject to revision or withdrawal at any time.

 

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates.  Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering.  You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.  Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling collect 1-212-270-3994 or toll free at 1-800-245-8812.

 

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United Kingdom: Stabilisation/FSA.

 

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ANNEX III

 

Form of Officer’s Certificate

 

The officer’s certificate of the Parent, dated the Closing Date, shall be to the effect that:

 

1.             The representations and warranties of the Parent, the Company, Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings, Virgin Media UK, Virgin Media Communications and VMIH contained in the Underwriting Agreement and required to be given on the date hereof are, to the best of each officer’s knowledge, after reasonable investigation, true and correct as of the date hereof.

 

2.             Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, (i) neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries has sustained since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement , the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus any loss or interference with its businesses from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, whether or not covered by insurance, or from any labor dispute or court or governmental action, order or decree which could have a material adverse effect on the condition, financial or otherwise, business, general affairs, management, financial position, stockholders’ equity or results of operations of the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (ii) since the date of the latest audited financial statements included or incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus neither the Parent nor any of its subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or agreement, other than in the ordinary course of business, that is material to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole or incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, that is material to the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole; (iii) since the respective dates of the information which is given in the capitalization table set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus, including the notes thereto, there has not been any material change in the capital stock of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries or long-term debt of the Parent and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, or any dividend or distribution of any kind declared, set aside for payment, paid or made by the Parent on any class of capital stock (except for the Parent’s regular quarterly dividend to be paid in June 2009); and (iv) since the respective dates of the information which is given in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus there has not been any material adverse change, or any development involving a prospective material adverse change, in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in or affecting the general affairs, management, financial position, shareholders’ equity or results of operations of the Parent and its subsidiaries taken as a whole.

 

3.             Each of the Parent, the Company, Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings, Virgin Media UK, Virgin Media Communications and VMIH has complied in all material respects with all of its agreements and satisfied all of the conditions on its part which are to be performed or satisfied by it pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement on or before the date hereof.

 

4.             None of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is in default in the performance or observance of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement or other agreement or instrument to which the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which the Parent or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Parent or any of its

 

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subsidiaries is subject, except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.             After May 29, 2009 and on or before the date hereof, except for announced possible downgrades, negative outlooks or reviews prior to the date hereof and subsequent downgrades resulting therefrom, (i) no downgrading has occurred in the rating accorded the Parent’s or any of its subsidiaries’ debt securities, including the Securities, by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Company, Inc., (ii) no such organization has publicly announced that it has under surveillance or review its rating of any debt securities, including the Securities, of the Parent or any of its subsidiaries (other than an announcement with positive implications of a possible upgrading, and no implication of a possible downgrading, of such rating) and (iii) no such organization has publicly announced that the Parent or any of its subsidiaries has been placed on negative outlook.

 

All defined terms as used herein, unless otherwise defined, have the meanings assigned to them in the Underwriting Agreement.

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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ANNEX IV

 

Form of Opinion and Disclosure Letter

of Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP,

as special U.S. counsel for the Company

 

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June 3, 2009

 

 

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch
Winchester House

1 Great Winchester Street

London EC2N 2DB

England

 

 

 

and

 

and

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

125 London Wall

London EC2Y 5AJ

England

 

 

 

and

 

and

 

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004 and

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004

 

 

 

and

 

and

 

 

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

England

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

England

 

on behalf of themselves and as representatives of the several Underwriters who are named in Schedules I-A and I-B hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”).

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as special U.S. counsel for Virgin Media Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), Virgin Media Finance PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), Virgin Media Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Virgin Media LLC”), Virgin Media Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Virgin Media Holdings”), Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Virgin Media UK”), and Virgin Media Communications Limited, a limited company organized under the laws

 



 

of England and Wales (“Virgin Media Communications” and, together with Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media UK, the “Intermediate Guarantors”), and Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (“VMIH”), in connection with the issuance and sale to the Underwriters of an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$750 million of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Company and an aggregate principal amount of €180 million of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Company (collectively, the “Securities”) pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009 by and among the Company, the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, VMIH and the Underwriters (the “Underwriting Agreement”).

 

The Parent will grant an unconditional guarantee of the Securities as to payments of principal and interest (the “Parent Guarantee”).  Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings, Virgin Media (UK) and Virgin Media Communications will each grant an unconditional guarantee of the Securities as to payments of principal and interest (collectively, the “Intermediate Guarantees”); and VMIH will grant a guarantee of the Securities as to payments of principal and interest on a subordinated and conditional basis (the “Subordinated Guarantee” and, together with the Parent Guarantee and the Intermediate Guarantees, the “Guarantees”).  The Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH, collectively, shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantors.”

 

This opinion is delivered to you pursuant to Section 8(d) of the Underwriting Agreement.  Capitalized terms used herein that are defined in, or by reference in, the Underwriting Agreement have the meanings assigned to such terms therein or by reference therein, unless otherwise defined herein.  With your permission, all assumptions and statements of reliance herein have been made without any independent investigation or verification on our part except to the extent otherwise expressly stated, and we express no opinion with respect to the subject matter or accuracy of such assumptions or items relied upon.

 

In connection with this opinion, we have (i) investigated such questions of law, (ii) examined originals or certified, conformed, facsimile, electronic or reproduction copies of such agreements, instruments, documents and records of the Company and the Guarantors, such certificates of public officials and such other documents and (iii) received such information from officers and representatives of the Company and the Guarantors and others, in each case, as we have deemed necessary or appropriate for the purposes of this opinion.  We have examined, among other documents, the following:

 

(a)                                  the Underwriting Agreement;

 

(b)                                 form of the Securities and the Guarantees;

 

(c)                                  the Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee and Paying Agent and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., as Luxembourg Paying Agent (the “Indenture”);

 

(d)                                 the Registration Statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 27, 2009, as amended (including the

 

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information, if any, deemed pursuant to Rule 430A, Rule 430B or Rule 430C under the Act to be part of and included in the Registration Statement) (the “Registration Statement”);

 

(e)                                  the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement, dated May 27, 2009, and filed with the Commission (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”);

 

(f)                                    the Pricing Term Sheet, dated May 29, 2009, and filed with the Commission (the “Term Sheet”); and

 

(g)                                 the Final Prospectus Supplement, dated May 29, 2009, and filed with the Commission (the “Final Prospectus Supplement”).

 

We have also examined certificates of public officials confirming the existence and good standing of the Parent, Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media (UK) dated [·], 2009. The documents referred to in items (a), (b) and (c) above, are referred to herein collectively as the “Documents.”  As used herein, the “Prospectus” consists of the Final Prospectus Supplement and the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement (the “Base Prospectus”), and the “Time of Sale Information” consists of the Base Prospectus, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Term Sheet.

 

In all such examinations, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of original and certified documents and the conformity to original or certified documents of all copies submitted to us as conformed or facsimile, electronic or reproduction copies.  As to various questions of fact relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied upon, and assume the accuracy of, statements and warranties contained in the Documents and certificates and oral or written statements and other information of or from representatives of the Company, the Guarantors and others, including but not limited to, the officer’s certificate of the Parent furnished to us (the “Officer’s Certificate”), and assume compliance on the part of all parties to the Documents with their covenants and agreements contained therein.  Insofar as statements herein are based upon our knowledge, such phrase means and is limited to the conscious awareness of facts or other information by lawyers in this firm who gave substantive attention to representation of the Company and the Guarantors in connection with the Documents, the Registration Statement and the Prospectus.

 

To the extent it may be relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have assumed that (i) the parties to the Documents (other than the Parent, Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media UK) are validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of organization, have the power and authority to execute and deliver the Documents, perform their obligations thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; (ii) the Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by, and constitute valid and binding obligations of, the parties thereto (other than as expressly addressed in the opinions below as to the Company and the Guarantors) enforceable against such parties in accordance with their terms; (iii) such parties (other than as expressly addressed in the opinions below as to the Company and the Guarantors) will comply with all laws applicable thereto; and (iv) the Securities have been duly authenticated and delivered by the Trustee against payment therefor in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement.

 

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Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.               Each of the Parent, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media UK is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

2.               Each of the Parent, Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media UK has corporate power and authority under, with respect to the Parent, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media UK, the Delaware General Corporation Law or, with respect to Virgin Media LLC, the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, to own its properties and conduct its business as described in the Prospectus.

 

3.               The Parent has been qualified as a foreign corporation for the transaction of business and is in good standing under the laws of the State of New York.

 

4.               Virgin Media LLC is a limited liability company validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

5.               Assuming the due authorization, execution, issuance and delivery of the Securities by the Company under English law, the Securities, when authenticated by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. In expressing such opinion we assume that the form of the Securities will conform to specimens of the Securities that we have examined.

 

6.               Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Guarantees by VMIH and Virgin Media Communications under English law, the Guarantees issued by the Guarantors have been duly authorized by the Guarantors and, when duly executed by the Guarantors and delivered to and paid for by the Underwriters pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against the Guarantors in accordance with their terms, and will be entitled to the benefits of the Indenture. In expressing such opinion we assume that the form of the Guarantees will conform to specimens of the Guarantees that we have examined.

 

7.               Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Indenture by the Company, VMIH and Virgin Media Communications under English law, the Indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors, constitutes a valid and binding obligation of the Company and the Guarantors and is enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with its terms.

 

8.               Assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Underwriting Agreement by the Company, VMIH and Virgin Media Communications under

 

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English law, the Underwriting Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company and the Guarantors.

 

9.               The execution and delivery by the Company and the Guarantors of, and the performance by the Company and the Guarantors of their respective obligations under, the Indenture, the Underwriting Agreement, the Securities and the Guarantees, the issuance and sale of the Guarantees to the Underwriters by the Guarantors pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the issuance and sale of the Securities to the Underwriters by the Company pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement (i) do not and will not conflict with or result in a violation of, or constitute a default under, any agreement or other instrument listed in Schedule II hereto, (ii) do not and will not violate any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, By-laws or LLC Agreement, as the case may be, of the Parent, Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media (UK), and (iii) do not and will not violate any law or regulation or order or decree of any court or governmental agency or authority of the State of New York, the United States or the State of Delaware under the Delaware General Corporation Law or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, which, in our experience, is normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement (this opinion being limited (x) insofar as it addresses any order or decree, to those decrees or orders, if any, that have been listed in the Officer’s Certificate, (y) in that we express no opinion with respect to any breach, default or violation not readily ascertainable from the face of any such agreement or court decree or order, or arising under or based upon any cross-default provision, insofar as it relates to a default under an agreement not referred to in clause (i) of this paragraph or court decree or order not listed in the Officer’s Certificate, or arising under or based upon any covenant of a financial or numerical nature or requiring computation, and (z) in that we give no opinion in this paragraph with respect to any antifraud provisions of the U.S. federal or any state securities laws).

 

10.         No consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body is required under any U.S. federal or New York State statute or any provision of the Delaware General Corporation Law or Delaware Limited Liability Company Act which, in our experience, is normally applicable to transactions of the type contemplated in the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture, for the execution and delivery thereof, the offer, issuance and sale of the Securities and the Guarantees thereof or the consummation by the Company and the Guarantors of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and the Guarantees, except for (i) the registration of the Securities and the Guarantees under the Act, (ii) the qualification of the Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act, (iii) such consents or approvals as have been obtained and are in full force and effect, and (iv) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under state or foreign securities or Blue Sky laws or by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”).

 

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11.         The statements set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus under the heading “Description of Notes,” insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, fairly summarize in all material respects the matters referred to therein.

 

12.         The statements set forth in the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus under the caption “Material United States Federal Income Tax Considerations,” insofar as such statements purport to summarize matters of U.S. federal income tax laws or legal conclusions with respect thereto, and subject to the limitations, qualifications and assumptions set forth therein, fairly summarize the matters set forth therein.

 

13.         Each of the Company and the Guarantors is not and, after giving effect to the issuance and sale of the Securities and the application of the proceeds thereof as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, will not be required to register as an “investment company,” as such term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

14.         The Registration Statement is an “automatic shelf registration statement” as defined in Rule 405 under the Act and was filed with the Commission on May 27, 2009; each of the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Final Prospectus Supplement was filed with the Commission pursuant to the appropriate subparagraph of Rule 424(b) under the Act on May 27, 2009 and [·], 2009, respectively; and no order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, no proceeding for that purpose or pursuant to Section 8A of the Act against the Company or in connection with the offering of the Securities is pending or threatened by the Commission, and, to our knowledge, no notice of objection of the Commission to the use of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act has been received by the Company.

 

15.         The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Prospectus (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial data or information included therein, incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, and the Statement of Eligibility and Qualification of the Trustee (Form T-1), as to which we express no opinion) appear on their faces to be responsive as to form in all material respects to the requirements of the Act; and the Indenture appears on its face to be responsive as to form in all material respects to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Act.

 

16.         Neither the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities nor the application of the proceeds thereof by the Company as described in the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus 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.

 

17.         The documents incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement (other than the financial statements and related schedules and other financial data or information

 

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included therein, incorporated by reference therein or omitted therefrom, as to which we express no opinion), when they were filed with the Commission, appeared on their face to be responsive as to form in all material respects to the requirements of the Exchange Act.

 

In the course of the preparation by the Company and the Guarantors of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus, we participated in conferences with certain officers and representatives of, and the independent public accountants for, the Parent and its subsidiaries at which the contents of the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus were discussed.  Given the limitations inherent in the role of outside counsel and the independent verification of factual matters and the character of determinations involved in the registration process, we are not passing upon or assuming any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus (including any documents incorporated therein by reference), except to the extent provided in paragraphs 11 and 12 above, and have made no independent check or verification thereof.  Subject to the foregoing and on the basis of the information we gained in the course of the performance of the services referred to above, including information obtained from officers and other representatives of, and the independent public accountants for, the Company and the Guarantors, no facts have come to our attention that cause us to believe that (i) the Registration Statement (including any document incorporated therein by reference), as of the applicable effective date, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading, (ii) the Time of Sale Information (including any document incorporated therein by reference), as of the Time of Sale, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted 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 or (iii) that the Prospectus (including any document incorporated therein by reference), as of its date and as of the date and time of delivery of this letter, contained or contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted or omits 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.  In each case, however, we express no view or belief with respect to financial statements, notes or schedules thereto or other financial data or information included in, incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus.

 

The opinions set forth above are subject to the following qualifications:

 

A.                                   With respect to the opinions expressed in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 above, we have relied solely upon certificates of public officials or upon confirmation via facsimile of good standing and valid existence provided by [National Corporate Research], and our opinions in paragraphs 1, 3 and 4 are expressed as of the date set forth on such certificates or as of the time of the confirmation received via facsimile.

 

B.                                     With respect to the opinions expressed in paragraph 14 above, we have relied solely on oral or written advice of the staff of the Commission and oral statements

 

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from officers and representatives of the Company that no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued, that no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or have been threatened by the Commission and that the Commission has not notified the Company of any objection to the use of the form of the Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 401(g)(2) under the Act.

 

C.                                     We express no opinion as to:

 

(i)             the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of any of the Documents relating to indemnification, contribution or exculpation;

 

(ii)          the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of any of the Documents containing any purported waiver, release, variation, disclaimer, consent or other agreement of similar effect (all of the foregoing, collectively, a “Waiver”) by the Company or any Guarantor under any of such Documents to the extent limited by provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions), or to the extent that such a Waiver applies to a right, claim, duty, defense or ground for discharge otherwise existing or occurring as a matter of law (including judicial decisions), except to the extent that such a Waiver is effective under, and is not prohibited by or void or invalid under provisions of applicable law (including judicial decisions);

 

(iii)       the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of any of the Documents related to (a) forum selection or submission to jurisdiction (including, without limitation, any waiver of any objection to venue in any court or of any objection that a court is an inconvenient forum) to the extent that the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such provision is to be determined by any court other than a court of the State of New York, or (b) choice of governing law to the extent that the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such provision is to be determined by any court other than a court of the State of New York or a federal district court sitting in the State of New York, in each case, applying the choice of law principles of the State of New York;

 

(iv)      the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of any of the Documents that may be construed to be in the nature of a penalty;

 

(v)         the validity, binding effect or enforceability of any provision of any of the Documents purporting to give any person or entity the power to accelerate obligations without any notice to the obligor; and

 

(vi)      the enforceability of any provision of any of the Documents specifying that provisions thereof may be waived only in writing, to the extent that an oral agreement or an implied agreement by trade practice or course of conduct has been created that modifies any provision of the Documents.

 

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D.            Our opinions are subject to:

 

(i)    applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally; and

 

(ii)   general principles of equity, including, without limitation, standards of materiality, good faith, fair dealing and reasonableness, equitable defenses and limits as to the availability of equitable remedies, whether such principles are considered in a proceeding at law or in equity.

 

E.             Our opinions are subject to the effect of, and we express no opinion with respect to, the application of or compliance with, foreign or state securities or Blue Sky laws.

 

F.             Except to the extent set forth in paragraph 13 above, we express no opinion as to the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

G.            We express no opinion as to compliance with the rules and regulations of FINRA or The Nasdaq Stock Exchange.

 

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the federal laws of the United States of America and the laws of the State of New York and, to the extent relevant, the Delaware General Corporation Law and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, each as currently in effect, and no opinion is expressed with respect to any other laws or any effect that such other laws may have on the opinions expressed herein.  This opinion letter is limited to the matters stated herein, and no opinion is implied or may be inferred beyond the matters expressly stated herein.  The opinions expressed herein are given only as of the date hereof, and we undertake no obligation to update or supplement this opinion letter after the date hereof.

 

The opinions expressed herein are solely for your benefit (including the Underwriters listed in Schedule I hereto) in connection with the Underwriting Agreement, may not be relied on in any manner or for any purpose by any other person or entity (including by any person that acquires Securities from you) and may not be quoted in whole or in part without our prior written consent, except that The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, may rely on paragraphs 1 through 8 of this opinion as if it had been directly addressed to it.  In addition, this letter and its benefits are not assignable without our prior written consent to any person (including any person that acquires Securities from you).

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON (LONDON) LLP

 

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SCHEDULE I-A

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

 

BNP Paribas

 

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

 

CALYON

 

Fortis Securities LLC

 

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

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SCHEDULE I-B

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

 

BNP Paribas

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

CALYON

 

Fortis Bank

 

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

List of agreements and instruments governed by the law of the State of New York

 

Exhibits to filings of Virgin Media Inc.

 

 

 

Exhibits to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as filed on February 26, 2009

 

 

 

1.

 

Second Amended Joint Reorganization Plan of NTL Incorporated and Certain Subsidiaries, dated July 15, 2002 (as subsequently modified)

 

 

 

2.

 

Equity Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, by and among NTL Incorporated and the stockholders listed on the signature pages thereto

 

 

 

3.

 

Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 26, 2003, between NTL Incorporated and W.R. Huff Asset Management Co., L.L.C.

 

 

 

4.

 

Registration Rights Agreement dated June 24, 2004 among Telewest Global, Inc., and Holders listed on the Signature pages thereto

 

 

 

5.

 

Rights Agreement, dated March 25, 2004, between Telewest Global, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent [to the extent governed by New York law]

 

 

 

6.

 

Amendment No. 1, dated as of October 2, 2005, to the Rights Agreement, dated as of March 25, 2004, among Telewest Global, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent [to the extent governed by New York law]

 

 

 

7.

 

Amendment No. 2, dated as of March 3, 2006, to the Rights Agreement between Telewest Global, Inc. and The Bank of New York, as Rights Agent [to the extent governed by New York law]

 

 

 

8.

 

Series A Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, by and between NTL Incorporated and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant Agent

 

 

 

9.

 

First Supplemental Warrant Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2006, among NTL Incorporated, NTL Holdings Inc., Bank of New York, as successor Warrant Agent, and Continental Stock and Trust Company, amending the Warrant Agreement, dated as of January 10, 2003, by and between NTL Incorporated and Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as Warrant Agent

 

 

 

10.

 

Second Supplemental Warrant Agreement, dated as of December 11, 2007, by and between Virgin Media Inc. and The Bank of New York as Warrant Agent

 

 

 

11.

 

Indenture, dated as of April 13, 2004, by and among NTL Cable PLC, the Guarantors listed on the signature pages thereto and the Bank of New York, as Trustee

 

 

 

12.

 

Indenture, dated as of July 25, 2006, among NTL Cable PLC, NTL Incorporated, the Intermediate Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), NTL Investment Holdings Limited, The Bank of New York as trustee and paying agent and The Bank of New York as trustee and paying agent and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. as Luxembourg paying agent

 

 

 

13.

 

First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 5, 2006, among NTL Cable PLC, the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), and The Bank of New York as Trustee

 

 

 

14.

 

Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 30, 2006, among NTL Cable PLC, the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture), and The Bank of New York as Trustee

 

 

 

15.

 

Senior Guarantee, dated as of October 30, 2006, among NTL Holdings Inc., NTL (UK) Group, Inc., NTL Communications Limited, NTL Incorporated, NTL, Telewest LLC and The Bank of New York as trustee

 

 

 

16.

 

Indenture for 6.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016, dated as of April 16, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and The Bank of New York, as trustee (including form of 6.50% Convertible Senior Note due 2016)

 

 

 

17.

 

Registration Rights Agreement for 6.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016, dated as of April 16, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and Goldman, Sachs & Co., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

 

 

18.

 

Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan as amended and restated as of June 15, 2006

 

 

 

19.

 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Notice for UK employees used for grants made under Virgin Media Inc.

 

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2006 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

20.

 

Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Notice for non-executive directors used for grants made under Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

21.

 

Form of Incentive Stock Option Notice used for grants made under Virgin Media Inc. 2006 Stock Incentive Plan

 

 

 

22.

 

Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, and form of Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of July 5, 2006, between NTL Incorporated and James Mooney

 

 

 

23.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and James Mooney

 

 

 

24.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of March 16, 2006, between NTL Incorporated and Neil A. Berkett

 

 

 

25.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and Jerry V. Elliott

 

 

 

26.

 

Second Amended and Restated Employment Agreement entered into by and between Virgin Media Inc. and Bryan H. Hall, dated as of August 4, 2008

 

 

 

27.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of December 8, 2006, between NTL Incorporated and Bryan H. Hall

 

 

 

28.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2007, between Virgin Media Inc. and Mark Schweitzer

 

 

 

29.

 

Amendment Letter, dated November 28, 2008, relating to the Employment Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2007, between Virgin Media Inc. and Mark Schweitzer

 

 

 

30.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2006, between Virgin Media Inc. and Howard Watson

 

 

 

31.

 

Restricted Stock Agreement, dated as of May 26, 2006, between NTL Incorporated and Malcolm Wall

 

 

 

32.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2007, between Virgin Media Inc. and Charles K. Gallagher

 

 

 

33.

 

Extension Agreement, dated as of June 3, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and Charles K. Gallagher

 

 

 

34.

 

Extension Agreement, dated as of December 19, 2008, between Virgin Media Inc. and Charles K. Gallagher

 

 

 

35.

 

Letter Agreement between Charles K. Gallagher and Virgin Media Inc., dated December 21, 2007

 

 

 

36.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of September 6, 2004, between NTL Incorporated and Jacques Kerrest. [Amended to New York governing law by Extension Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2007]

 

 

 

37.

 

Extension Agreement, dated as of December 18, 2007, between Virgin Media Inc. and Jacques Kerrest

 

 

 

38.

 

Letter Agreement between Edwin Banks and Virgin Media Inc., dated December 21, 2007

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibits to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009, as filed on May 6, 2009

 

 

 

1.

 

Senior Facilities Agreement, dated March 3, 2006, as amended and restated, between, among others, Virgin Media Inc., certain of its subsidiaries (as Borrowers and/or Guarantors) and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, J.P. Morgan Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and Goldman Sachs International (as Bookrunners and Mandated Lead Arrangers) [to the extent governed by New York law]

 

 

 

 

 

[Exhibits to the Current Report on Form 8-K as filed on [·], 2009]

 

 

 

1.

 

 

 

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ANNEX V

 

Form of Opinion of Robert Mackenzie,

UK Legal Director of the Parent

 



 

 

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

 

 

Winchester House

 

 

1 Great Winchester Street

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

London

270 Park Avenue

 

EC2N 2DB

New York, New York 10017

 

England

 

 

 

and

 

and

 

 

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

125 London Wall

60 Wall Street

 

London

New York, New York 10005

 

EC2Y 5AJ

 

 

England

 

 

 

and

 

and

 

 

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street,

 

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004

 

New York, New York 10004

 

 

 

and

 

and

 

 

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

135 Bishopsgate

 

135 Bishopsgate

London

 

London

EC2M 3UR

 

EC2M 3UR

England

 

England

 

on behalf of themselves and as the representatives of the several Underwriters who are named in schedules 1-A and 1-B to the Underwriting Agreement (collectively, the “Underwriters”).

 

[·], 2009

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Issuance by Virgin Media Finance PLC (the “Company”) of

 

$750 million of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 and €180 million of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 (collectively, the “Securities”)

 

I am a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales and the UK Legal Director for the United Kingdom operations of Virgin Media Inc. (the “Parent”), the Company’s indirect parent. I have general supervision of the Company’s legal affairs in the United Kingdom and have been requested to provide this opinion in connection with the issue and sale of the Securities to the

 



 

Underwriters pursuant to the agreement among the Underwriters, the Company and the Guarantors (as defined below) dated May 29, 2009 (the “Underwriting Agreement”).

 

The Parent will unconditionally guarantee the Securities as to payments of principal and interest (the “Parent Guarantee”). Virgin Media Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Virgin Media LLC”), Virgin Media Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Virgin Media Holdings”), Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Virgin Media UK”), Virgin Media Communications Limited, a limited company organised under the laws of England and Wales (“Virgin Media Communications” and, together with Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media UK, the “Intermediate Guarantors”) will each unconditionally guarantee the Securities as to payments of principal and interest (the “Intermediate Guarantees”). Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, a limited company organised under the laws of England and Wales (“VMIH”) will guarantee the Securities as to payments of principal and interest on a subordinated and conditional basis (the “VMIH Guarantee” and, together with the Parent Guarantee and the Intermediate Guarantees, the “Guarantees”). The Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH, collectively, shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantors”.

 

1.             Defined Terms

 

Terms used in this opinion which are defined in the Underwriting Agreement shall have the respective meaning set forth in the Underwriting Agreement unless otherwise defined in this opinion.

 

2.             Documents Examined

 

2.1        For the purposes of this opinion, I have examined a copy of the following documents:

 

(a)           an executed copy of the Underwriting Agreement;

 

(b)           a draft of the Indenture in relation to the Securities to be dated June 3, 2009;

 

(c)           the form of the Securities and the Guarantees;

 

(d)           the Shelf Registration Statement in relation to the Securities dated May 27, 2009;

 

(e)           the final Prospectus Supplement prepared in connection with the offering of the Securities, dated May 29, 2009;

 

(f)            the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement prepared in connection with the offering of the Securities dated May 27, 2009;

 

(g)           the Memorandum and Articles of Association of each of the Company, Virgin Media Limited, VMIH, Virgin Media Communications, ntl (CWC) Limited, ntl Communications Services Limited, ntl Midlands Limited, Diamond Cable Communications Limited, ntl Rectangle Ltd, Flextech Broadband Limited, Telewest Limited, Telewest UK Limited, Telewest Communications Holdings Limited, Telewest Communications Networks Limited, Telewest Communications Group Limited and VMIH Sub Limited (each an “English Subsidiary” and collectively the “English Subsidiaries”);

 



 

(h)           the Register of Members and the Register of Charges of each of the English Subsidiaries and;

 

(i)            minutes of the meetings of the Board of Directors of, and company resolutions passed by, each of the English Subsidiaries in relation to the allotment and issue of their shares.

 

2.2           In rendering the opinion set forth herein, save as stated in this opinion, I have not examined any corporate or partnership records, contracts, instruments or other documents entered into by or affecting any of the English Subsidiaries.

 

2.3           The documents referred to in paragraphs 2.1 (a) to (c) (inclusive) above are hereinafter referred to as the “Documents”. The documents referred to in paragraph 2.1 (d) to (f) (inclusive) above are hereinafter referred to as the “Offering Documents”.

 

3.                                       Assumptions

 

In giving this opinion, I have assumed:

 

(a)                                 that any documents dated the date hereof or dated earlier than the date hereof which I have examined and on which I place reliance, remain complete and accurate;

 

(b)                                the genuineness of all signatures, stamps and seals, the conformity to the originals of all documents supplied to me as certified, photocopied, image-scanned or faxed copies and the authenticity and completeness of such documents;

 

(c)                                 the due authorisation, execution and delivery of the Documents and the Offering Documents by each of the parties thereto (including the Guarantors and the Company), and that the performance thereof is within the capacity and powers of each of them and that the Documents constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of each of the parties thereto enforceable against them in accordance with their respective terms;

 

(d)                                that each of the Documents reviewed as drafts or forms are executed in the same form;

 

(e)                                 the absence of other arrangements between any of the parties to the Documents which modify or supersede any of the terms thereof;

 

(f)                                   that none of the parties is or will be seeking to achieve any purpose not apparent from the Documents and the Offering Documents;

 

(g)                                that the Documents and the Offering Documents or the consummation by any of the Guarantors or the Company of the transactions contemplated thereby and the structure of the offering are not subsequently amended in a way that would affect the opinions contained in this opinion;

 

(h)                                that any further searches at Companies House would not reveal any circumstances which would require an amendment to this opinion;

 



 

(i)            that any certificates, confirmations and other documents dated earlier than the date of this opinion and on which I have expressed reliance remain accurate and that there have been no variations to any such certificates, confirmations or other documents;

 

(j)            that the Securities have not and will not be offered or sold to persons in the United Kingdom in contravention of any law, statute or regulation from time to time in force in the United Kingdom and that the Offering Documents have not been issued to or received by any person in the United Kingdom other than a person by whom such document may lawfully be received;

 

(k)           that with respect to any agreement or other instrument listed or filed as an exhibit to any Exchange Act Report, the execution and delivery, the offer, issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by any of the Guarantors or the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Documents and the Offering Documents will not result in a change of control for the purposes of s.416 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988;

 

(l)            that for the purposes of the opinion set forth in paragraph 4(d)(y), in the event that any person acquires an interest in the Company as a result of the execution and delivery, the offer, issue and sale of the Notes or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Documents and the Offering Documents, neither such person nor the status of any such person would cause any court or governmental agency or body of the United Kingdom having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties in the United Kingdom, including any license, authorisation or order of Ofcom, to consider whether such person or its status would violate or require the termination or material impairment of any license, authorisation, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body of the United Kingdom; and

 

(m)          that any obligations contained in the Senior Credit Facility relating to the application of the use of proceeds of the offering will be fully complied with.

 

The opinions set out in this opinion are made with no knowledge of New York law nor Delaware law nor of the US Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the US Securities Act of 1933, US accounting principles, the rules and regulations of the US Securities and Exchange Commission or any other US federal or state law or rule or regulation.

 

4.             Opinion

 

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to any matters not disclosed to me, and subject to the qualifications set out below, I am of the opinion that under applicable laws in the United Kingdom at the date hereof:

 

(a)           each of the Company and the English Subsidiaries has been duly incorporated and is validly subsisting under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation as a limited liability company;

 

(b)           each of the Company and the English Subsidiaries has the requisite corporate power and authority to own and lease its properties and conduct its business as described in the Offering Documents;

 


 

(c)                                 no consent, approval, authorisation or order of any court or governmental agency or body in the United Kingdom is required for the execution and delivery, the offer, issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by any of the Guarantors or the Company of the transactions contemplated by the Documents and the Offering Documents;

 

(d)                                the execution and delivery, the offer, issue and sale of the Securities or the consummation by any of the Guarantors or the Company, of the transactions contemplated by the Documents and the Offering Documents (x) will not conflict with or result in a breach or violation of, or change of control under, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under any agreement or other instrument listed and filed as an exhibit to an Exchange Act Report governed by the laws of England and Wales; (y) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the Memorandum of Association or the Articles of Association of the Company or any of the English Subsidiaries; and (z) will not result in any violation of, or any termination or material impairment of, any license, authorisation, order, rule or regulation known to me of any court or governmental agency or body of the United Kingdom having jurisdiction over the Company or any of the English Subsidiaries or any of their properties in the United Kingdom, including any license, authorisation, order, rule or regulation of Ofcom;

 

(e)                                  to my knowledge and save as disclosed in the Offering Documents, there is no material, pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding before any UK court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator to which any of the Parent, the Company or any of the English Subsidiaries is a party or to which any of their respective property is subject, the outcome of which, if determined adversely to the Parent, the Company or any of the English Subsidiaries, would have individually or in the aggregate a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) and to the best of my knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others;

 

(f)                                    all the issued shares of the Company and the English Subsidiaries have been duly allotted and issued and are fully paid and are owned by the Parent, directly or indirectly, in the proportions stated in the Offering Documents, free of any charges, security interest claims, liens or encumbrances except for:

 

(i)                                     those disclosed in the Offering Documents, including liens in respect of the Senior Credit Facility;

 

(ii)                                  liens or deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; and

 

(iii)                               such other charges, security interest claims, liens or encumbrances as would not have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement);

 

(g)                                 that each of the Parent, the Company and the English Subsidiaries, hold all material certificates, authorisations, licences and permits issued by appropriate regulatory authorities in the United Kingdom necessary for them to conduct their respective businesses in the United Kingdom as described in the Offering Documents;

 



 

(h)                                  that the descriptions of the laws and regulations in the United Kingdom contained in “Item 1-Business - Government Regulation - Regulation in the U.K.” of the Current Report on Form 8-K for the Parent dated May 27, 2009 fairly summarise such matters in all material respects; and

 

(i)                                      that each of the Company and the English Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with its Memorandum and Articles of Association and that none of the Company or the English Subsidiaries is in material default in the performance or observance of any material obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license, lease or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party, such as would have a Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement).

 

5.             Qualifications

 

This opinion is subject to the following qualifications:

 

(a)                                 The Company and the English Subsidiaries only have the authority to carry on those businesses specified in the objects clause of their respective Memorandum of Association. While each of the Company and the English Subsidiaries would appear to have the necessary authority to carry on the businesses as described in the Offering Documents, it is a matter of fact and interpretation of that objects clause whether the actual conduct of its business falls within the scope of its authority. As to whether this is the case, no opinion is given, but based on my knowledge, I understand this to be the case.

 

(b)                                In giving the opinion at 4(d) above, no opinion is given as to whether the offering, the issue and sale of the Securities, the execution and delivery of the Documents or the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated thereby, would:

 

(i)                                   be capable of being enforced within the United Kingdom; or

 

(ii)                                other than as would be disclosed by an inspection of the documents referred to in this sub-paragraph result in any violation of the provisions of the Memoranda of Association or the Articles of Association of the Company or any of the English Subsidiaries.

 

(c)                                 In giving the opinion at 4(e) and 4 (i) above, I have relied on information brought to my attention or within my knowledge and on no other information.

 

(d)                                The opinion at 4(f) above that the issued shares of the Company and the English Subsidiaries are free of any charges, security interest, claims, liens or encumbrances is given solely on the basis of my examination of the documents referred to at 2.1(h) above and 5(f) below and information brought to my attention or within my knowledge.

 

(e)                                 In giving the opinion at 4(g) above that the Parent, the Company, and the English Subsidiaries hold all material certificates, authorisations, licenses and permits to carry on the business as described in the Offering Documents, as to whether the actual activities of each of them falls within the scope of the activities described in

 



 

the Offering Documents, I have relied on information brought to my attention or within my knowledge after due investigation.

 

(f)                                   In giving the opinion at 4(e) and 4(f) above:

 

(i)                                     searches of the Charges Registers of the Company and the English Subsidiaries were conducted at Companies House for England and Wales on [·] 2009 and confirmed on [·] 2009, the results of which are summarised in the Schedule. A chargee has 21 days to file a charge for inclusion on the Charges Register. [Any debenture listed against a Subsidiary in the Schedule in favour of any bank (as security trustee) extends to include, as part of the charged property, the share capital in such Subsidiary by virtue of that Subsidiary’s holding company being party to the composite debenture arrangements.] Although I am not aware of any additional charges to be registered, this opinion is given subject to any that might appear or be filed following this search date, and any that Companies House has failed to properly record;

 

(ii)                                  searches were conducted in England and Wales at the Companies Court in the Chancery Division of the High Court on [·], 2009 and confirmed on [·], 2009, being the relevant jurisdiction of the Company and the English Subsidiaries in respect of winding up or similar petitions. Although I am not aware of any such petitions having been lodged, this opinion is given subject to any that might be lodged following these search dates.

 

6.             Benefit

 

This opinion is given for the sole benefit of the persons to whom it is addressed and is not to be relied upon or communicated to any other person or for any other purpose, nor is it to be quoted or made public in any way without our prior written consent.

 

7.             Governing Law

 

This opinion is governed by English Law.

 

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

Robert Mackenzie

 

UK Legal Director

 



 

SCHEDULE

(Charges Register)

 

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ANNEX VI

 

Form of Opinion of

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP,

English counsel to the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Company and VMIH

 

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June 3, 2009

 

 

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

270 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10017

 

and

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

Winchester House

1 Great Winchester Street

London EC2N 2DB

England

 

and

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

125 London Wall

London EC2Y 5AJ

England

 

 

 

and

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004

 

and

 

and

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

85 Broad Street,

New York, New York 10004

 

and

 

 

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

England

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

135 Bishopsgate

London EC2M 3UR

England

 

on behalf of themselves and as the representatives of the several Underwriters who are named in schedules 1-A and 1-B hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters”).

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

1.                                      INTRODUCTION

 

We have acted as English counsel for and have taken instructions solely from Virgin Media Finance PLC, a public limited company organised under the laws of England and Wales (the “Company”), Virgin Media Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent”), Virgin Media Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Virgin Media LLC”), Virgin Media Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Virgin Media Holdings”), Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Virgin Media UK”), Virgin Media Communications Limited, a limited company organised under the laws of England and Wales (“Virgin Media Communications”

 

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and, together with Virgin Media LLC, Virgin Media Holdings and Virgin Media UK, the “Intermediate Guarantors”) and Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, a limited company organised under the laws of England and Wales (“VMIH”), in connection with the issuance and sale (the “Issue”) to the Underwriters of an aggregate principal amount of U.S.$750 million of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Company and an aggregate principal amount of €180 million of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Company (collectively, the “Securities”) pursuant to an underwriting agreement, dated as of May 29, 2009 (the “Underwriting Agreement”) by and among the Company, the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, VMIH and the Underwriters.

 

The Company, Virgin Media Communications and VMIH, collectively, shall be referred to herein as the “English Obligors”. The Company, the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH, collectively, shall be referred to herein as the “Obligors”.

 

The Parent will unconditionally guarantee the Securities as to payments of principal and interest (the “Parent Guarantee”). The Intermediate Guarantors will each unconditionally guarantee the Securities as to payments of principal and interest (the “Intermediate Guarantees”). VMIH will guarantee the Securities as to payments of principal and interest on a subordinated and conditional basis (the “VMIH Guarantee” and, together with the Parent Guarantee and the Intermediate Guarantees, the “Guarantees”). The Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors and VMIH, collectively, shall be referred to herein as the “Guarantors”. The Intermediate Guarantee given by Virgin Media Communications and the VMIH Guarantee are together hereinafter referred to as the “English Guarantees”.

 

This opinion is delivered to you pursuant to Section 8(f) of the Underwriting Agreement.

 

2.                                      DOCUMENTS EXAMINED AND SEARCHES

 

2.1                                 For the purposes of this opinion, we have examined the documents listed below:

 

(a)                          the Underwriting Agreement;

 

(b)                         the form of the Securities and Guarantees;

 

(c)                          the indenture dated as of June 3, 2009 (the “Indenture”) between the Company, the Guarantors and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee;

 

(d)                         the shelf registration statement in relation to the Securities and Guarantees, filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 27, 2009 (the “Registration Statement”);

 

(e)                          the preliminary prospectus supplement in relation to the Securities, dated May 27, 2009 and filed with the Commission (the “Preliminary Prospectus Supplement”);

 

(f)                            the pricing term sheet in relation to the Securities, dated May 29, 2009 and filed with the Commission (the “Term Sheet”);

 

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(g)                         the final prospectus supplement in relation to the Securities, dated May 29, 2009 and filed with the Commission (the “Final Prospectus Supplement”);

 

(h)                         those agreements and other instruments listed in Schedule 2 hereto (the “Material English Contracts”);

 

(i)                             a director’s certificate of each of the companies listed in Schedule 3 hereto (the “Material English Companies”) dated June 3, 2009, attaching copies of their respective memorandum and articles of association; and

 

(j)                             a director’s certificate of each of the English Obligors dated June 3, 2009 (together with the certificates specified in paragraph (i) above, the “Certificates”), attaching copies of their respective memorandum and articles of association and resolutions of the board of directors of the relevant English Obligor relating to (among other things) the Documents (as defined below).

 

2.2                                    On [·] 2009 we carried out a company search at the Companies Registry, Cardiff, in respect of each of the English Obligors, but we have not conducted any further search since that date. On [·] 2009 we carried out a telephone search at the High Court, Strand, London in respect of each of the English Obligors, but we have not conducted any further search since that date.

 

2.3                                 Except as otherwise stated herein, we have not:

 

(a)                          examined any contracts, deeds, instruments or documents and we have not made any search at the High Court, Strand, London or any other court in the United Kingdom in respect of winding-up or similar petitions;

 

(b)                         examined any corporate or other records of any English Obligor, any Material English Company or any other party to any of the Documents or the Material English Contracts;

 

(c)                          investigated whether any English Obligor, any Material English Company or any other party to any of the Documents or the Material English Contracts is or will be, by reason of any of the transactions and matters contemplated by the Documents or the Material English Contracts, as the case may be, in breach of any of its obligations under any other contract, deed, instrument or document; or

 

(d)                         made any enquiries concerning any English Obligor, any Material English Company or any other party to any of the Documents or the Material English Contracts.

 

3.                                      DEFINITIONS

 

3.1                                     The documents referred to in paragraph 2.1(a) to (c) above are together referred to in this opinion as the “Documents”.

 

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3.2                                     The “Prospectus” comprises the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement and the Final Prospectus Supplement. The “Time of Sale Information” comprises the base prospectus included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Supplement and the Term Sheet.

 

3.3                                     References to the “Companies Act” and “FSMA” are to, respectively, the Companies Act 2006 (as amended) and the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended).

 

4.                                         SCOPE OF OPINION

 

4.1                                    This opinion is limited to English law and is itself governed by English law. By accepting this opinion you irrevocably agree and accept that the English courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any dispute or claim relating to it or its formation.

 

4.2                                    We express no opinion as to the laws of any jurisdiction other than the laws of England and Wales in force (and as interpreted by the English courts) at the date of this opinion and we undertake no responsibility to notify any addressee of this opinion of any change in English law after the date of this opinion. To the extent that the laws of any jurisdiction other than England and Wales may be relevant, we have made no independent investigation thereof and our opinion is subject to the effect of such laws.

 

4.3                                    We express no opinion as to matters of fact or taxation.

 

5.                                         ASSUMPTIONS

 

In giving this opinion we have assumed the following:

 

5.1                                    All signatures, stamps and seals are genuine.

 

5.2                                    All documents submitted to us as originals are authentic and complete.

 

5.3                                    All documents submitted to us as copies or received by facsimile or other electronic transmission conform to the originals, and the original documents of which such copies, facsimiles or electronic copies have been supplied to us were authentic and complete.

 

5.4                                    All documents submitted to us in draft form have been or will be executed by the parties thereto in the same form as submitted to us without any amendment or modification thereto.

 

5.5                                    No amendments (whether oral, in writing or by conduct of the parties) have been made to the Documents, the Material English Contracts, the Prospectus or the Time of Sale Information and there are no other arrangements between any of the parties to the Documents or the Material English Contracts or otherwise which modify or supersede any of the terms thereof and the Securities and Guarantees that are executed are in the same form as the forms examined by us for the purposes of this opinion.

 

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5.6                                    The certificates (including the Certificates) and other documents on which we have expressed reliance in the giving of this opinion remain accurate and there have been no changes made to the memorandum of articles of association of each of the Material English Companies or the English Obligors as compared to the forms certified as being in force and provided to us under the Certificates.

 

5.7                                    In relation to each party to the Documents and the Material English Contracts (other than the English Obligors), it is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation.

 

5.8                                    In relation to each party to the Documents and the Material English Contracts (other than in relation to the English Obligors as parties to the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and the English Guarantees, as the case may be), its execution and performance of the Documents and/or the Material English Contracts, as the case may be, is within its capacity and powers and its entry into the Documents and/or the Material English Contracts, as the case may be, has been validly authorised.

 

5.9                                    The Documents and the Material English Contracts (substantially in the form examined by us) have been or will be duly executed and, where applicable, have been or will be delivered by all of the parties thereto.

 

5.10                              The obligations expressed to be assumed by each of the parties to each of the Documents and/or the Material English Contracts constitute their respective legally valid, binding and enforceable obligations under all applicable laws.

 

5.11                              None of the parties to the Documents and/or the Material English Contracts has passed a voluntary winding-up resolution and no petition or application has been presented to, or order made by, a court for the winding-up or dissolution of such party or the appointment of an administration of any such party and no receiver or administrator has been appointed in respect of any such party or any of their respective assets.

 

5.12                              The copies of the resolutions of the board of directors of each English Obligor provided to us in connection with the giving of this opinion accurately record resolutions which were duly passed at a properly convened meeting of duly appointed directors of each English Obligor and a quorum of such directors was present throughout the meeting and voted in favour of approving the resolutions and any provisions contained in the Companies Act or the articles of association of each English Obligor relating to the declaration of directors’ interests or the power of interested directors to vote were duly observed and such resolutions have not been amended or rescinded and are in full force and effect.

 

5.13                              Each English Obligor was not unable to pay its debts, within the meaning of section 123 of the Insolvency Act 1986, immediately after the execution of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and/or the English Guarantees, as applicable.

 

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5.14                              Each English Obligor acted in good faith and in the interests of such English Obligor in approving the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and/or the English Guarantees, as the case may be.

 

5.15                              The execution of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and/or the English Guarantees, as the case may be, by each English Obligor and the exercise by each English Obligor of its rights and the performance by each English Obligor of its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and/or the English Guarantees, as the case may be, will sufficiently benefit and is in the interests of such English Obligor.

 

5.16                              All representations as to fact made in the Documents and in each other document referred to in paragraph 2.1 above are accurate.

 

5.17                              Each of the Underwriters and the Obligors market and carry out the Issue only in accordance with statements relating thereto in the Underwriting Agreement and the Prospectus and in particular, but without limitation, each Underwriter (i) is a person whose ordinary activities involve it in acquiring, holding, managing or disposing of investments (as principal or agent) for the purposes of its business, (ii) has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the FSMA) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the Securities in circumstances in which section 21(1) of the FSMA does not apply to the Company or the Guarantors and (iii) it has complied and will comply with all applicable provisions of the FSMA with respect to anything done by it in relation to the Issue and the underwriting of the Issue in, from or otherwise involving the United Kingdom.

 

5.18                              In connection with the Issue none of the Obligors will undertake any regulated activity within the meaning of the FSMA, nor will the Prospectus appear on, or be accessible from, the website of any of the Obligors.

 

5.19                              None of the parties to the documents to which this opinion relates is or will be seeking to achieve any purpose not apparent from the Documents, the Material English Contracts and the Prospectus.

 

5.20                              There are no provisions of any laws other than the laws of England and Wales, which would have any implications for the opinions which we express and, insofar as any such other laws may be relevant, such other laws have been or will be complied with and there are no provisions of the laws of any other jurisdiction outside England and Wales which would be contravened by the execution, delivery and performance of the Documents, the Material English Contracts, the consummation of the Issue and/or the transactions described in the Prospectus.

 

5.21                              Each party to the documents to which this opinion relates complies with all applicable anti-money laundering reporting requirements under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

 

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and no persons commits money laundering for the purposes of that Act in connection with such documents or any business under them.

 

6.                                      OPINION

 

Based on the foregoing, subject to any matters not disclosed to us and subject to the qualifications set out below, we give the following opinions:

 

6.1                                    Each of the English Obligors is a limited liability company, duly incorporated and subsisting under the laws of England and has all requisite capacity and power to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and the English Guarantees (in each case, to which it is a party) and has taken all necessary corporate action to authorise the entry into, delivery and performance of its obligations under those documents.

 

6.2                                    The issuance of the Securities and the related Guarantees, and the execution and delivery by any of the English Obligors of the Underwriting Agreement and compliance by the English Obligors with all the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement and the consummation by the English Obligors of the transactions contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus:

 

(a)                          will not conflict with or breach or result in a violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the Material English Contracts;

 

(b)                         will not result in a violation of the provisions of the memorandum or articles of association of any of the Material English Companies or a violation by any of the English Obligors of any statute in the United Kingdom; and

 

(c)                          will not result in any violation by any of the English Obligors of the provisions of any securities laws in the United Kingdom including the Companies Act and the FSMA.

 

6.3                                    The choice of New York law as the governing law of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture, the Securities and the English Guarantees (together, the “US Documents”) is a valid choice of law, provided it was freely made.

 

6.4                                    The statements set forth in the Registration Statement, Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus under the captions “Description of the Intercreditor Deeds”, “Description of Other Debt”, “Material United Kingdom Tax Considerations” and “Enforceability of civil liabilities” to the extent the same relates to matters of English law, insofar as they purport to describe the provisions of the laws and documents referred to therein, are accurate and true in all material respects.

 

6.5                                    No consent, approval, authorisation, order, registration or qualification of or with any court or governmental agency or body in the United Kingdom is required for the sale,

 

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issuance and delivery of the Securities and the related Guarantees by each of the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Company and VMIH and the execution and delivery by each of the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Company and VMIH of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture and compliance with all the provisions of the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture and the consummation of the transactions contemplated therein, in each case, in accordance with provisions of the Underwriting Agreement, the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information and the Prospectus.

 

7.                                      QUALIFICATIONS

 

This opinion is subject to the following qualifications:

 

7.1                                    The Rome Convention (as defined in the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990) has the force of law in the United Kingdom by virtue of such Act. Article 3.1 of the Rome Convention provides that a contract shall be governed by the law chosen by the parties. Although the express choice of New York law as the governing law of the US Documents is a choice of law within the terms of Article 3.1, the Rome Convention does provide for circumstances where Article 3.1 will not be applicable or will be overridden. In particular:

 

(a)                          Article 3.1 will not apply to questions governed by the law of companies and other bodies corporate or unincorporate (including winding up of companies and other bodies corporate or unincorporate) or to certain obligations arising under negotiable instruments or to the question whether an agent is able to bind a principal, or an organ to bind a company or body corporate or unincorporate, to a third party (Article 1);

 

(b)                         If the parties have chosen a foreign law but all other elements relevant to the situation at the time of choice are connected with one country only, such choice of law will not prejudice the application of rules of the law of that country which cannot be derogated from by contract (Article 3.3);

 

(c)                          Nothing in Article 3.1 restricts the application of the rules of the law of the forum in a situation where they are mandatory irrespective of the law otherwise applicable to the contract (Article 7.2); and

 

(d)                         The application of a rule of the chosen law may be refused if such application is manifestly incompatible with the public policy of the forum (Article 16).

 

7.2                                    The English courts have the discretion not to apply New York law if and so far as its application would lead to results contrary to the fundamental principles of public policy.

 

7.3                                    It should be understood that we have not been responsible for investigating or verifying the accuracy of the facts, including any statements of foreign law, or the reasonableness of any statements of opinion, contained in the Registration Statement, the Time of Sale Information or the Prospectus, or whether any material facts have been omitted from it other than to the extent expressly stated in paragraph 6.4 above.

 

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7.4                                    An English company only has the authority to carry on those businesses specified in the objects clause of its memorandum of association.

 

7.5                                    We express no opinion as to whether any person will be prevented from acquiring Securities or may be required to divest any Securities.

 

8.                                      BENEFIT

 

This opinion is given for the sole benefit of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and the Underwriters listed in Schedule 1 hereto (a “Recipient”) in connection with the Underwriting Agreement and is not to be relied upon by or communicated to any other person or for any other purpose, nor is it to be quoted or made public in any way without our prior written consent, except that The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, may rely on this opinion as if it had been directly addressed to it. It may, however, be disclosed by a Recipient to its legal advisers (but solely in connection with this transaction), its auditors or any body which acts as its regulator or as may be required by any law or regulation binding on the Recipient. In addition, this letter and its benefits are not assignable without our prior written consent to any person that acquires Securities from you or any of the other Underwriters.

 

 

Yours faithfully

 

 

FRIED, FRANK, HARRIS, SHRIVER & JACOBSON (LONDON) LLP

 

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SCHEDULE 1-A

 

THE UNDERWRITERS

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

 

BNP Paribas

 

HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.

 

CALYON

 

Fortis Securities LLC

 

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc

 

Barclays Capital Inc.

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

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SCHEDULE 1-A

 

THE UNDERWRITERS

 

Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch

 

J.P. Morgan Securities Ltd.

 

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

 

The Royal Bank of Scotland plc

 

BNP Paribas

 

HSBC Bank plc

 

CALYON

 

Fortis Bank

 

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

UBS Securities LLC

 

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SCHEDULE 2

 

THE MATERIAL ENGLISH CONTRACTS

 

 

 

Exhibits to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, as filed on February 26, 2009

 

 

 

1.

 

Master Agreement relating to National Transcommunications Limited and NTL Digital Limited among NTL Group Limited, NTL (Chichester) Limited, NTL Digital Ventures Limited, Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Limited and Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Holdings Limited, dated 1 December 2004

 

 

 

2.

 

Deed of Variation to the Master Agreement among NTL Group Limited, NTL (Chichester) Limited, NTL Digital Ventures Limited, Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Limited and Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Holdings Limited, dated 23 December 2004

 

 

 

3.

 

Second Deed of Variation to the Master Agreement among NTL Group Limited, NTL (Chichester) Limited, NTL Digital Ventures Limited, Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Limited and Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Holdings Limited, dated 27 January 2005

 

 

 

4.

 

Third Deed of Variation to the Master Agreement among NTL Group Limited, NTL (Chichester) Limited, NTL Digital Ventures Limited, Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Limited and Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Holdings Limited, dated 31 January 2005

 

 

 

5.

 

Deed of Accession and Adherence to the Master Agreement among NTL Group Limited, NTL (Chichester) Limited, NTL Digital Ventures Limited, Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Limited, Macquarie U.K. Broadcast Holdings Limited and NTL Ventures Limited, dated 27 January 2005

 

 

 

6.

 

Share Sale Agreement relating to ntl Communications (Ireland) Limited and ntl Irish Networks Limited, dated as of May 9, 2005, among ntl Group Limited, ntl Irish Holdings Limited, ntl (Chichester) Limited and MS Irish Cable Holdings B.V.

 

 

 

7.

 

Deed of Tax Covenant relating to ntl Communications (Ireland) Limited, ntl Irish Networks Limited and their subsidiaries, dated as of May 9, 2005, among ntl Irish Holdings Limited, ntl (Chichester) Limited and MS Irish Cable Holdings B.V.

 

 

 

8.

 

Asset Transfer Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2005, between ntl Group Limited and MS Irish Cable Holdings B.V.

 

 

 

9.

 

High Yield Intercreditor Deed dated 13 April 2004 among NTL Cable PLC as Company, NTL Investment Holdings Limited as Borrower and as High Yield Guarantor, Credit Suisse First Boston as Facility Agent and Bank Group Security Trustee, The Bank of New York as High Yield Trustee, the Senior Lenders named therein, the Intergroup Debtor named therein and the Intergroup Creditor named therein

 

 

 

10.

 

Group Intercreditor Deed dated 3 March 2006 as amended and restated on 13 June 2006 and 10 July 2006 between, among others, Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as Facility Agent and Security Trustee and the Seniors Lenders, the Intergroup Debtors and the Intergroup Creditors named therein (excluding schedules)

 

 

 

11.

 

Barclays Intercreditor Agreement dated 3 March 2006 between, among others, Yorkshire Cable Communications Limited, Sheffield Cable Communications Limited, Yorkshire Cable Properties Limited, Cable London Limited, Barclays Bank PLC and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch as Security Trustee

 

 

 

12.

 

Service Agreement, dated as of May 7, 2008, between Virgin Media Limited and Neil Berkett

 

 

 

13.

 

Service Agreement, dated as of March 13, 2008, between Virgin Media Limited and Andrew Barron

 

 

 

14.

 

Service Agreement, dated as of February 27, 2008, between Virgin Media Limited and Howard Watson

 

 

 

15.

 

Employment Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2006, between Malcolm Wall and Telewest Communications Group Limited

 

 

 

16.

 

Letter Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2009, between Telewest Communications Group Limited and

 

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Malcolm Wall

 

 

 

17.

 

Terms and Conditions of Employment of Robert Gale, effective January 1, 2002, as amended on October 21, 2005

 

 

 

18.

 

Trade Mark Licence, dated as of April 3, 2006, between Virgin Enterprises Limited and NTL Group Limited

 

 

 

19.

 

Amendment Letter No. 1, effective February 8, 2007, to the Trade Mark Licence between Virgin Enterprises Limited and Virgin Media Limited dated April 3, 2006

 

 

 

20.

 

Amendment Letter No. 2, dated as of October 1, 2007, to the Trade Mark Licence between Virgin Enterprises Limited and Virgin Media Limited dated April 3, 2006

 

 

 

21.

 

Letter Agreement, dated as of April 3, 2006, between NTL Incorporated and Virgin Enterprises Limited relating to Virgin Enterprises Limited’s right to propose a candidate to serve on the NTL Incorporated board of directors

 

 

 

22.

 

Senior Facilities Agreement, dated March 3, 2006, as amended and restated on May 22, 2006, July 10, 2006, August 10, 2006, April 4, 2007, May 15, 2008 and November 10, 2008 between, among others, Virgin Media Inc., certain of its subsidiaries (as Borrowers and/or Guarantors) and Deutsche Bank AG, London Branch, J.P. Morgan Plc, The Royal Bank of Scotland Plc and Goldman Sachs International (as Bookrunners and Mandated Lead Arrangers)

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibits to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2009, as filed on May 6, 2009

 

 

 

1.

 

Letter Agreement, dated as of April 14, 2009, between Virgin Media Limited and Howard Watson

 

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SCHEDULE 3

 

THE MATERIAL ENGLISH COMPANIES

 

[NOTE: To be conformed to final list in Underwriting Agreement.]

 

1.               Virgin Media Communications Limited

 

2.               Virgin Media Finance PLC

 

3.               Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited

 

4.               VMIH Sub Limited

 

5.               Diamond Cable Communications Limited

 

6.               ntl Midlands Limited

 

7.               ntl Rectangle Limited

 

8.               ntl (CWC) Limited

 

9.               ntl Communications Services Limited

 

10.         Virgin Media Limited

 

11.         Flextech Broadband Limited

 

12.         Telewest Limited

 

13.         Telewest UK Limited

 

14.         Telewest Communications Holdings Limited

 

15.         Telewest Communications Networks Limited

 

16.         Telewest Communications Group Limited

 

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ANNEX VII

 

Undertakings by Underwriters

 

(1)           Each Underwriter agrees it has not entered and will not enter into any contractual arrangement with respect to the distribution or delivery of the Securities, except with its affiliates or with the prior written consent of the Company.

 

(2)           Each Underwriter further represents, warrants and agrees that that: (i) it has only communicated or caused to be communicated and will only communicate or cause to be communicated an invitation or inducement to engage in investment activity (within the meaning of section 21 of the Financial Service and Markets Act of 2000 (the “FSMA”)) received by it in connection with the issue or sale of the 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.

 

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EX-4.1 3 a2193341zex-4_1.htm EXHIBIT 4.1
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Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION COPY

VIRGIN MEDIA FINANCE PLC,
as Issuer

VIRGIN MEDIA INC.,
as Parent

VIRGIN MEDIA GROUP LLC,

VIRGIN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.,

VIRGIN MEDIA (UK) GROUP, INC.,

VIRGIN MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED,
as Intermediate Guarantors

VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED,
as Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor

U.S.$750,000,000 of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016
€180,000,000 of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016



INDENTURE
Dated as of June 3, 2009



THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
as Trustee and Paying Agent

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.
as Luxembourg Paying Agent



CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE*

Trust Indenture Act Section
  Indenture Section

310(a)(1)

  7.10

      (a)(2)

  7.10

      (a)(3)

  N.A.

      (a)(4)

  N.A.

      (a)(5)

  7.03

      (b)

  7.10

      (c)

  N.A.

311(a)

  7.11

      (b)

  7.11

      (c)

  N.A.

312(a)

  2.05

      (b)

  13.03

      (c)

  13.03

313(a)

  7.06

      (b)(1)

  N.A.

      (b)(2)

  7.06; 7.07

      (c)

  7.06; 13.02

      (d)

  7.06

314(a)

  4.03; 13.02; 13.05

      (b)

  N.A.

      (c)(1)

  13.04

      (c)(2)

  13.04

      (c)(3)

  N.A.

      (d)

  N.A.

      (e)

  13.05

      (f)

  N.A.

315(a)

  7.01

      (b)

  7.05; 13.02

      (c)

  7.01

      (d)

  7.01

      (e)

  6.11

316(a) (last sentence)

  2.09

      (a)(1)(A)

  6.05

      (a)(1)(B)

  6.04

      (a)(2)

  N.A.

      (b)

  6.07

      (c)

  2.12

317(a)(1)

  6.08

      (a)(2)

  6.09

      (b)

  2.04

318(a)

  13.01

      (b)

  N.A.

      (c)

  13.01

N.A. means not applicable.

*
This Cross Reference Table is not part of this Indenture.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
   
  Page

ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

  1

Section 1.01

 

Definitions. 

  1

Section 1.02

 

Other Definitions. 

  30

Section 1.03

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act. 

  30

Section 1.04

 

Rules of Construction. 

  31

ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES

 
31

Section 2.01

 

Form and Dating. 

  31

Section 2.02

 

Execution and Authentication. 

  32

Section 2.03

 

Registrar and Paying Agent. 

  32

Section 2.04

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust. 

  33

Section 2.05

 

Holder Lists. 

  33

Section 2.06

 

Transfer and Exchange. 

  34

Section 2.07

 

Replacement Notes. 

  38

Section 2.08

 

Outstanding Notes. 

  38

Section 2.09

 

Treasury Notes. 

  39

Section 2.10

 

Temporary Notes. 

  39

Section 2.11

 

Cancellation. 

  39

Section 2.12

 

Defaulted Interest. 

  40

Section 2.13

 

Additional Amounts. 

  40

Section 2.14

 

Currency Indemnity. 

  42

ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

 
43

Section 3.01

 

Notices to Trustee. 

  43

Section 3.02

 

Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased. 

  43

Section 3.03

 

Notice of Redemption. 

  44

Section 3.04

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption. 

  44

Section 3.05

 

Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price. 

  45

Section 3.06

 

Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part. 

  45

Section 3.07

 

Optional Redemption. 

  45

Section 3.08

 

Mandatory Redemption. 

  46

Section 3.09

 

Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds. 

  46

Section 3.10

 

Redemption of Notes for Changes in Withholding Taxes. 

  48

ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS

 
48

Section 4.01

 

Payment of Notes. 

  48

Section 4.02

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency. 

  49

Section 4.03

 

Ongoing Reporting. 

  49

Section 4.04

 

Compliance Certificates. 

  50

Section 4.05

 

Taxes. 

  50

Section 4.06

 

[Intentionally Omitted]

  50

Section 4.07

 

Restricted Payments. 

  50

Section 4.08

 

Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries. 

  55

Section 4.09

 

Incurrence of Indebtedness. 

  57

Section 4.10

 

Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock. 

  60

Section 4.11

 

Transactions with Affiliates. 

  62

Section 4.12

 

Liens. 

  64

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Section 4.13

 

Business Activities. 

  64

Section 4.14

 

Corporate Existence. 

  65

Section 4.15

 

Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control. 

  65

Section 4.16

 

Sale/Leaseback Transactions. 

  67

Section 4.17

 

Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. 

  67

Section 4.18

 

[Intentionally omitted]

  69

Section 4.19

 

Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries. 

  69

Section 4.20

 

Anti-Layering. 

  70

Section 4.21

 

Further Instruments and Acts. 

  70

Section 4.22

 

Listing. 

  70

Section 4.23

 

Calculation of Sterling Denominated Restrictions. 

  70

ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS

 
71

Section 5.01

 

Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets. 

  71

ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 
72

Section 6.01

 

Events of Default. 

  72

Section 6.02

 

Acceleration. 

  74

Section 6.03

 

Other Remedies. 

  75

Section 6.04

 

Waiver of Past Defaults. 

  75

Section 6.05

 

Control by Majority. 

  75

Section 6.06

 

Limitation on Suits. 

  75

Section 6.07

 

Rights of Holders to Receive Payment. 

  76

Section 6.08

 

Collection Suit by Trustee. 

  76

Section 6.09

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim. 

  76

Section 6.10

 

Priorities. 

  77

Section 6.11

 

Undertaking for Costs. 

  77

Section 6.12

 

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. 

  77

ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE

 
77

Section 7.01

 

Duties of Trustee. 

  77

Section 7.02

 

Rights of Trustee. 

  78

Section 7.03

 

Individual Rights of Trustee. 

  80

Section 7.04

 

Trustee's Disclaimer. 

  81

Section 7.05

 

Notice of Defaults. 

  81

Section 7.06

 

Reports by Trustee to Holders. 

  81

Section 7.07

 

Compensation and Indemnity. 

  81

Section 7.08

 

Replacement of Trustee. 

  82

Section 7.09

 

Successor Trustee by Merger, etc. 

  83

Section 7.10

 

Eligibility; Disqualification. 

  83

Section 7.11

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuer. 

  83

ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

 
84

Section 8.01

 

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 

  84

Section 8.02

 

Legal Defeasance and Discharge. 

  84

Section 8.03

 

Covenant Defeasance. 

  84

Section 8.04

 

Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance. 

  85

Section 8.05

 

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

 
86

Section 8.06

 

Repayment to Issuer. 

  86

Section 8.07

 

Reinstatement. 

  87

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ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

 
87

Section 9.01

 

Without Consent of Holders. 

  87

Section 9.02

 

With Consent of Holders. 

  88

Section 9.03

 

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act. 

  90

Section 9.04

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents. 

  90

Section 9.05

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes. 

  90

Section 9.06

 

Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc. 

  90

ARTICLE 10 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

 
90

Section 10.01

 

Satisfaction and Discharge. 

  90

Section 10.02

 

Application of Trust Money. 

  91

ARTICLE 11 GUARANTEES

 
92

Section 11.01

 

Guarantees. 

  92

Section 11.02

 

Limitation on Liability. 

  94

Section 11.03

 

Successors and Assigns. 

  96

Section 11.04

 

No Waiver. 

  96

Section 11.05

 

Modification. 

  96

Section 11.06

 

Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors. 

  96

Section 11.07

 

Non-Impairment. 

  97

ARTICLE 12 SUBORDINATION OF THE SENIOR SUBORDINATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

 
97

Section 12.01

 

Agreement To Subordinate. 

  97

Section 12.02

 

Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent. 

  97

Section 12.03

 

Trustee Entitled To Rely. 

  97

Section 12.04

 

Trustee To Effectuate Subordination. 

  98

Section 12.05

 

Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor on Subordination Provisions. 

 
98

ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS

 
98

Section 13.01

 

Trust Indenture Act Controls. 

  98

Section 13.02

 

Notices. 

  99

Section 13.03

 

Communication by Holders with Other Holders. 

  100

Section 13.04

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent. 

  100

Section 13.05

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion. 

  100

Section 13.06

 

Rules by Trustee and Agents. 

  101

Section 13.07

 

No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders. 

  101

Section 13.08

 

Governing Law. 

  101

Section 13.09

 

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements. 

  101

Section 13.10

 

Successors. 

  101

Section 13.11

 

Severability. 

  101

Section 13.12

 

Counterpart Originals. 

  101

Section 13.13

 

Table of Contents, Headings, etc. 

  102

Section 13.14

 

Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent. 

  102

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EXHIBITS

Exhibit A

 

FORM OF NOTE

Exhibit B

 

FORM OF SENIOR SUBORDINATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

Exhibit C

 

FORM OF SENIOR GUARANTEE

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        INDENTURE, dated as of June 3, 2009, among Virgin Media Finance PLC (f/k/a/ NTL Cable PLC), a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the "Issuer"), Virgin Media Inc. (f/k/a NTL Incorporated), a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Virgin Media Group LLC (f/k/a NTL:Telewest LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (the "Company"), Virgin Media Holdings Inc. (f/k/a NTL Holdings Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("Holdings"), Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc. (f/k/a NTL (UK) Group, Inc.), a Delaware corporation ("UK Holdco"), Virgin Media Communications Limited (f/k/a NTL Communications Limited), a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales, Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited (f/k/a NTL Investment Holdings Limited), a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ("VMIH" or the "Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor"), The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the "Trustee") and paying agent (the "Paying Agent") and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. as Luxembourg Paying Agent (and together with the Paying Agent, the "Paying Agents").

        Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other parties and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders (as defined herein) of (a) the U.S. dollar-denominated 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "Dollar Notes") and (b) the euro-denominated 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "Euro Notes"). The Dollar Notes and the Euro Notes, collectively, are referred to herein as the "Notes." Except as set forth in Section 3.07 or Article 9 hereof, all series of Notes will be treated as a single class.


ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION
BY REFERENCE

        Section 1.01    Definitions.    

        "2004 Indenture" means the indenture dated as of April 13, 2004, between the Issuer, NTL Incorporated, Cable Communcations Funding Corp., NTL (UK) Group, Inc., NTL Communications Limited, NTL Investment Holdings Limited and The Bank of New York as trustee.

        "2006 Indenture" means the indenture dated as of July 25, 2006 between the Issuer, NTL Incorporated, NTL:Telewest LLC, NTL Holdings Inc., NTL (UK) Group, Inc., NTL Communications Limited, NTL Investment Holdings Limited, The Bank of New York as trustee and paying agent and The Bank of New York (Luxembourg) S.A. as Luxembourg paying agent.

        "Additional Assets" means:

        (1)   any Property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) to be used by any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary;

        (2)   the Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary; or

        (3)   Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary;

provided, however, that any such Restricted Subsidiary described in clause (2) or (3) above is primarily engaged in a Permitted Business.

        "Additional Notes" means additional notes (other than the Initial Notes) of any series having identical terms and conditions to the Notes that may be issued from time to time under this Indenture in

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accordance with the terms hereof, including Sections 2.02 and 4.09 hereof. Except as set forth in Section 3.07 or Article 9 hereof, any Additional Notes may be treated with the Notes as a single class and may vote on all matters with such Notes.

        "Additional Subsidiary Guarantee" means the guarantee of the Notes by each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor.

        "Additional Subsidiary Guarantor" means a Restricted Subsidiary that is required to guarantee the Notes under Section 4.19 and Section 11.06 hereof.

        "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 the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any Person means the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlling" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

        "Agent" means any Registrar, co-registrar, Paying Agent or additional paying agent.

        "Applicable Premium" means, with respect to a Note at any time, the greater of (1) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note at such time and (2) the excess (to the extent positive) of (A) the present value at such time of (i) the redemption price of such Note at August 15, 2013 (such redemption price being described in the table appearing in Section 3.07(a) of this Indenture exclusive of any accrued and unpaid interest) plus (ii) any required interest payments due on such Note through August 15, 2013 (including any accrued and unpaid interest) computed using a discount rate equal to the Treasury Rate, in the case of the Dollar Notes, and the Bund Rate, in the case of the Euro Notes, in each case plus 50 basis points, over (B) the principal amount of such Note.

        "Applicable Procedures" means, with respect to any transfer or exchange of or for beneficial interests in any Global Note, the rules and procedures of the Depositary with respect thereto that apply to such transfer or exchange.

        "Asset Disposition" means any sale, lease (other than operating leases entered into in the ordinary course of business), transfer or other disposition (or series of related sales, leases, transfers or dispositions), including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation, or similar transaction (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a "disposition"), of any shares of Capital Stock of any Intermediate Guarantor other than the Company, of the Issuer, of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors' qualifying shares or shares required by applicable law to be held by a Person other than the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary) or any assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than:

        (a)   a disposition to the Company, any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor;

        (b)   a disposition by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;

        (c)   for purposes of Section 4.10 only, a disposition subject to Section 4.07 or a disposition of assets to a joint venture as part of a transaction that is a Permitted Investment;

        (d)   any disposition permitted under Section 5.01;

        (e)   a sale of Temporary Cash Investments in the ordinary course of business;

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        (f)    a disposition of inventory, consumer equipment, communications capacity and worn out or obsolete equipment or assets in the ordinary course of business;

        (g)   issuance of Capital Stock by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company, any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or another Restricted Subsidiary;

        (h)   any sale or other disposition of Receivables and Related Assets to a Receivables Subsidiary pursuant to or in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

        (i)    any sale or disposition deemed to occur in connection with creating or granting a Permitted Lien;

        (j)    any disposition of the Capital Stock or all or substantially all Property of any Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such disposition shall include the concurrent transfer of all liabilities (contingent or otherwise) attributable to the Property being transferred; provided further, however, that such disposition shall not, after giving effect to any related agreements, result nor be likely to result in any material liability, tax or other adverse consequences to any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary;

        (k)   the licensing or sublicensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles and licenses, leases or subleases of other Property in the ordinary course of business which do not materially interfere with the business of the Company, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Issuer and their Restricted Subsidiaries;

        (l)    assets or Capital Stock acquired in an acquisition which the Company, any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary sells within 6 months of such acquisition;

        (m)  the disposition of any Interest Rate Agreements or Currency Agreements no longer required for the purposes for which any such agreement was originally entered into;

        (n)   disposals of assets pursuant to Sale/Leaseback Transactions not constituting Indebtedness where the aggregate Fair Market Value of any assets disposed of in reliance on this paragraph (n) does not, together with the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Indebtedness incurred under Section 4.09(b)(7) exceed £150 million (or its equivalent in other currencies) in any financial year of the Company and any disposals of assets pursuant to Sale/Leaseback Transactions constituting Indebtedness to the extent such Indebtedness is otherwise permitted under the Indenture;

        (o)   disposals of non-core assets acquired in connection with any acquisition permitted pursuant to the terms of the Indenture;

        (p)   any disposals constituted by licenses of intellectual property rights;

        (q)   any disposals in connection with a Content Transaction;

        (r)   (i) any disposal of assets made pursuant to the establishment of a Permitted Joint Venture or (ii) any disposal of assets to a Permitted Joint Venture which is otherwise permitted hereunder and in relation to which the requirements of Section 4.10(a)(1) are satisfied;

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        (s)   foreclosure on assets;

        (t)    surrender or waiver of contract rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contract, tort or other claims of any kind;

        (u)   any disposition of assets to a Person who is providing services related to such assets, the provision of which have been or are to be outsourced by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Person; provided, however, that (A) if the outsourcing relates to non-core business activities, the Company shall provide an Officer's Certificate and (B) if the outsourcing relates to core business activities, the Board of Directors shall certify, in either case, that in the opinion of the Officer or the Board of Directors, as applicable, the outsourcing transaction will be economically beneficial to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (considered as a whole) and that the costs of such outsourcing are fair; provided further, however, that the Fair Market Value of the assets disposed of, when taken together with all other dispositions made pursuant to this clause (u), do not exceed 5% of Total Assets; or

        (v)   a disposition of Capital Stock or assets in a transaction or series of related transactions with an aggregate Fair Market Value of less than £30 million.

        "Attributable Debt" in respect of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction means, as at the time of determination, the present value (discounted at the interest rate reasonably determined in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Issuer to be the interest rate implicit in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction in accordance with GAAP) of the total obligations of the lessee for rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale/Leaseback Transaction (including any period for which such lease has been extended).

        "Average Life" means, as of the date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Preferred Stock, the quotient obtained by dividing:

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

        (2)   the sum of all such payments.

        "Bank Indebtedness" means any and all amounts payable under or in respect of an agreement, instrument or other document relating to a Credit Facility (including security documents, fee letters and intercreditor agreements related thereto), including principal, premium (if any), interest (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization relating to the Person liable thereunder whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, Guarantees and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof, and any and all Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any such amount (including amounts in respect of Refinancing Indebtedness), whether Incurred under or in respect of an agreement relating to a Credit Facility or otherwise.

        "Bankruptcy Law" means (a) the U.K. Insolvency Act 1986 or any other bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar laws of general application and (b) the United States Bankruptcy Code of 1978 or any similar U.S. federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

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        "BBC Guarantees" means the guarantees required to be given by certain Restricted Subsidiaries in favor of BBC Worldwide Limited pursuant to the shareholder agreements relating to the UKTV Joint Ventures.

        "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Issuer or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Issuer or with respect to clause (2) of the definition of "Change of Control," the Board of Directors of Parent or the Company.

        "Bund Rate" means, as of any redemption date, the rate per annum equal to the quarterly equivalent yield to maturity as of such redemption date of the Comparable German Bund Issue, assuming a price for the Comparable German Bund Issue (expressed as a percentage of its principal amount) equal to the Comparable German Bund Price for such redemption date, where:

        (1)   "Comparable German Bund Issue" means the German Bundesanleihe security selected by any Reference German Bund Dealer as having a fixed maturity most nearly equal to the period from such redemption date to August 15, 2013 and that would be utilized at the time of selection and in accordance with customary financial practice, in pricing new issues of euro-denominated corporate debt securities in a principal amount approximately equal to the then outstanding principal amount of the Euro Notes and of a maturity most nearly equal to August 15, 2013; provided, however, that, if the period from such redemption date to August 15, 2013 is not equal to the fixed maturity of the German Bundesanleihe security selected by such Reference German Bund Dealer, the Bund Rate shall be determined by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the yields of German Bundesanleihe securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from such redemption date to August 15, 2013 is less than one year, a fixed maturity of one year shall be used;

        (2)   "Comparable German Bund Price" means, with respect to any redemption date, the average of all Reference German Bund Dealer Quotations for such date (which, in any event, must include at least two such quotations), after excluding the highest and lowest such Reference German Bund Dealer Quotations, or if the Issuer obtains fewer than four such Reference German Bund Dealer Quotations, the average of all such quotations;

        (3)   "Reference German Bund Dealer" means any dealer of German Bundesanleihe securities appointed by the Issuer in good faith; and

        (4)   "Reference German Bund Dealer Quotations" means, with respect to each Reference German Bund Dealer and any redemption date, the average as determined by the Issuer in good faith of the bid and offered prices for the Comparable German Bund Issue (expressed in each case as a percentage of its principal amount) quoted in writing to the Issuer by such Reference German Bund Dealer at 3:30 p.m. Frankfurt, Germany, time on the third Business Day preceding the redemption date.

        "Business Day" means each day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banking institutions are not required by law or regulation to be open in the State of New York or London, England.

        "Business Division Transaction" means any creation or participation in any joint venture with respect to any assets, undertakings and/or businesses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries which comprise all or part of the ntl:Telewest business division (or its predecessor or successors), to or

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with any other entity or person whether or not the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding the contribution to (but not the use by) any joint venture of the backbone assets utilized by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and excluding any Subsidiary included in or owned by the ntl:Telewest business division but not engaged in the business of that division.

        "Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preferred Stock, but excluding any debt securities convertible into such equity.

        "Capitalized Lease Obligation" means an obligation that is required to be classified and accounted for as a capitalized lease for financial reporting purposes in accordance with GAAP, and the amount of Indebtedness represented by such obligation shall be the capitalized amount of such obligation determined in accordance with GAAP; and the Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount due under such lease.

        "Change of Control" means the occurrence of any of the following events:

        (1)   any "person" or "group" of related persons (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), except Parent or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Parent in the case of Voting Stock of the Company, is or becomes the "beneficial owner" (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act, except that for purposes of this clause (1) such person or group shall be deemed to have "beneficial ownership" of all shares that such person or group has the right to acquire, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Parent or the Company (for the purposes of this clause (1), such person shall be deemed to beneficially own any Voting Stock of an entity held by any other entity (the "parent entity"), if such other person is the beneficial owner (as defined in this clause (1)), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent entity);

        (2)   during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Board of Directors of Parent or the Company (together with any new directors whose election to such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by the stockholders of such company was approved by a vote of a majority of the directors of such company then still in office who were either directors at the beginning of such period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority of the Board of Directors of Parent or the Company, then in office;

        (3)   the adoption of a plan relating to the liquidation or dissolution of Parent, the Company or the Issuer; or

        (4)   the merger or consolidation of Parent, any other Virgin Media Holding Company or the Issuer with or into another Person (other than Parent, any other Virgin Media Holding Company or the Issuer or any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Parent) or the merger of another Person (other than Parent, any other Virgin Media Holding Company, the Issuer or any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Parent) with or into Parent, any other Virgin Media Holding Company or the Issuer or the sale of all or substantially all the assets of Parent, any other Virgin Media Holding Company or the Issuer to another Person (other than Parent, any other Virgin Media Holding Company, the Issuer or any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Parent), and, in the case of any such merger or consolidation, the securities of Parent, any other Virgin Media Holding Company or the Issuer that are outstanding immediately prior to such transaction are changed into or exchanged for cash, securities or Property, unless pursuant to such transaction such securities are changed into or exchanged for, in addition to any other consideration,

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securities of the surviving Person or transferee that represent immediately after such transaction, at least a majority of the aggregate voting power of the Voting Stock of the surviving Person or transferee.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change of Control shall not be deemed to have occurred if a Virgin Media Holding Company that is not then a Subsidiary of Parent becomes the ultimate parent of the Issuer and, if such Virgin Media Holding Company had been Parent, no Change of Control would have otherwise occurred; provided, however, that such Virgin Media Holding Company guarantees the Notes on a senior basis.

        "Clearstream" means Clearstream Banking, S.A.

        "close of business" shall mean 5:00 p.m. New York City time.

        "Closing Date" means June 3, 2009.

        "Code" means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

        "Common Depositary" means The Bank of New York Mellon as common depositary for Euroclear and Clearstream, Luxembourg as depositary for the Euro Global Notes, together with its successors in such capacity.

        "Company" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

        "Consolidated Interest Expense" means, for any period, the total interest expense of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries including, without duplication:

        (1)   interest expense attributable to Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations and the interest expense attributable to leases constituting part of a Sale/Leaseback Transaction,

        (2)   amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs,

        (3)   capitalized interest and interest paid in the form of additional Indebtedness,

        (4)   cash or non-cash interest expense,

        (5)   commissions, discounts and other fees and charges attributable to letters of credit and bankers' acceptance financing,

        (6)   interest accruing on any Indebtedness of any other Person to the extent such Indebtedness is Guaranteed by, or secured by a Lien on the assets of, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary,

        (7)   net costs associated with Hedging Obligations (including amortization of fees),

        (8)   dividends in respect of all Disqualified Stock of the Issuer and all Preferred Stock of any of the Subsidiaries of the Issuer, to the extent held by Persons other than the Issuer or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Issuer,

        (9)   interest Incurred in connection with Investments in discontinued operations and

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        (10) the cash contributions to any employee share ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such contributions are used by such plan or trust to pay interest or fees to any Person (other than the Issuer) in connection with Indebtedness Incurred by such plan or trust.

        "Consolidated Net Income" means, for any period, the net income (loss) of the Company and its Consolidated Subsidiaries for such period; provided, however, that there shall not be included in such Consolidated Net Income:

        (1)   any net income (or loss) of any Person (other than the Company) if such Person is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, except that, subject to the limitations contained in clause (4) below, the Company's equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Temporary Cash Investments distributed by such Person during such period to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other similar distribution or return;

        (2)   any net income (or loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Issuer (other than any restriction permitted under clause (A), (C) (solely to the extent relating to clause (A)), (H) or (J) (to the extent that assets of the joint ventures subject to such restriction do not exceed 2.5% of Total Assets) of Section 4.08(b)), except that, subject to the limitations contained in clause (4) below, the Company's equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Consolidated Net Income up to the aggregate amount of cash or Temporary Cash Investments distributed by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other similar distribution;

        (3)   any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset of the Company or its Consolidated Subsidiaries (including pursuant to any Sale/Leaseback Transaction) and any gain (or loss) realized upon the sale or other disposition of any Capital Stock of any Person, in each case, that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business;

        (4)   any item classified as a restructuring, extraordinary, unusual, non-recurring or other non-operating gain or loss, including the costs of, and accounting for, financial instruments;

        (5)   any impairment loss of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries relating to goodwill or other intangible assets;

        (6)   the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;

        (7)   all deferred financing costs written off in connection with the early extinguishment of Indebtedness, net of taxes; and

        (8)   any foreign currency transaction or translation gains or losses, net of taxes.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the purpose of Section 4.07 only, there shall be excluded from Consolidated Net Income any repurchases, repayments, redemptions or releases of Investments, proceeds realized on the sale or liquidation of Investments, and dividends, repayments of loans or advances or other transfers of assets from Unrestricted Subsidiaries to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent

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such amounts increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under Section 4.07 pursuant to clauses (C)(iv) of paragraph (a) thereof.

        "Consolidation" means the consolidation of the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Company in accordance with GAAP consistently applied; provided, however, that "Consolidation" will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in an Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment. The term "Consolidated" has a correlative meaning.

        "Content" means any rights to broadcast, transmit, distribute or otherwise make available for viewing, exhibition or reception (whether in analogue or digital format and whether as a channel or an internet service, a teletext-type service, an interactive service, or an enhanced television service or any part of any of the foregoing, or on a pay-per-view basis, or near video-on-demand, or video-on-demand basis or otherwise) any one or more of audio and/or visual images, audio content, or interactive content (including hyperlinks, re-purposed web-site content, database content plus associated templates, formatting information and other data including any interactive applications or functionality), text, data, graphics, or other content, by means of any means of distribution, transmission or delivery system or technology (whether now known or herein after invented).

        "Content Business" means the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of ownership or licensing of Content.

        "Content Transaction" means any sale, transfer, demerger, contribution, spin-off or distribution of, any creation or participation in any joint venture and/or entering into any other transaction or taking any action with respect to, in each case, any assets, undertakings and/or businesses of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries which comprise all or part of the Content Business, to or with any other entity or person whether or not the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries.

        "Convertible Senior Notes" means the $1,000,000,000 of 6.50% Convertible Senior Notes due 2016 issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of April 16, 2008 between the Parent and the Bank of New York, as trustee.

        "Credit Facility" means any debt facility or commercial paper facility (including the Existing Credit Facility) or ancillary facility, in each case with a lender or a syndicate of commercial bank lenders or other financial institutions, providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables financing or letters of credit, in each case, as amended, restated, refunded, renewed, replaced or Refinanced in whole or in part from time to time by a lender or a syndicate of commercial bank lenders or other financial institutions.

        "Currency Agreement" means with respect to any Person any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreements or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is a party or of which it is a beneficiary.

        "Custodian" means

        (a)   in the case of any Dollar Global Note held through DTC, the Trustee, as custodian for DTC with respect to such Global Note, and

        (b)   in the case of any Euro Global Note held through Euroclear or Clearstream, the Common Depositary.

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        "Default" means any event which is, or after notice or passage of time or both would be, an Event of Default.

        "Definitive Note" means a certificated Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto except that such Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend or the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached hereto.

        "Depositary" means, with respect to any Global Note, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to such Global Note or any successor thereto appointed as Depositary hereunder and having become such pursuant to the applicable provision of this Indenture.

        "Designated Non-Cash Consideration" means the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an Asset Disposition that is so designated pursuant to an Officer's Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the Designated Non-Cash Consideration, taken together with the Fair Market Value at the time of receipt of all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration then held by any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, may not exceed the greater of (x) £250 million in the aggregate or (y) 1.00% of Total Assets, at the time of the receipt of the Designated Non-Cash Consideration (with the Fair Market Value being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

        "Designated Senior Indebtedness" means any Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor (other than Bank Indebtedness) which at the time of determination exceeds £75 million in aggregate principal amount (or accreted value in the case of Indebtedness issued at a discount) outstanding or available under a committed facility, which is specifically designated in the instrument evidencing such Senior Indebtedness as "Designated Senior Indebtedness" by such Person and as to which the Trustee has been given written notice of such designation.

        "Disqualified Stock" means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock which by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable or exercisable) or upon the happening of any event:

        (1)   matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than redeemable only for Capital Stock of such Person that is not itself Disqualified Stock) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;

        (2)   is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock (excluding Capital Stock convertible or exchangeable solely at the option of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that any such conversion or exchange shall be deemed an Incurrence of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock, as applicable); or

        (3)   is redeemable or may become (in accordance with its terms) upon the occurrence of certain events or otherwise redeemable or repurchasable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part,

in the case of each of clauses (1), (2) and (3), on or prior to 180 days following the Stated Maturity of the Notes; provided, however, that any Capital Stock that would not constitute Disqualified Stock but for provisions thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to repurchase or redeem such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of an "asset sale" or "change of control" occurring prior to 180 days following the Stated Maturity of the Notes shall not constitute Disqualified Stock if the "asset sale" or

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"change of control" provisions applicable to such Capital Stock are not more favorable to the holders of such Capital Stock than the provisions of Sections 4.10 and 4.15.

        "Dollar Equivalent" means, with respect to any monetary amount in euro, at any time for the determination thereof, the amount of U.S. Dollars obtained by converting the euros involved in such computation into U.S. Dollars at the spot rate for the purchase of U.S. Dollars with euro as published under "Exchange Rate" in the section of the homepage of the European Central bank (www.ecb.int) entitled "Statistics" on the date two Business Days prior to such determination.

        "Dollar Global Note" means a Global Note representing Dollar Notes.

        "Dollar Notes" means the U.S. dollar denominated 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Issuer.

        "EBITDA" for any period means the Consolidated Net Income for such period plus, without duplication, the following to the extent deducted in calculating such Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries:

        (1)   income tax expense;

        (2)   Consolidated Interest Expense;

        (3)   depreciation expense;

        (4)   amortization expense (excluding amortization expense attributable to a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period);

        (5)   all other non-cash charges (excluding any such non-cash charge to the extent it represents an accrual of or reserve for cash expenditures in any future period) less all non-cash items of income (excluding any such non-cash item of income to the extent it will result in receipt of cash payments in any future period);

        (6)   other cash charges for professional fees and services incurred in connection with the planning, negotiating, documenting or other activities related to a proposed financing, acquisition or disposition transaction involving a Permitted Business if such transaction is abandoned;

        (7)   the amount of minority interest expense deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income;

        (8)   the amount of any restructuring charge deducted for such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income;

        (9)   recapitalization items, net;

        (10) share of income or loss on equity Investments; and

        (11) asset impairments,

in each case for such period.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provision for taxes based on the income or profits of, and the depreciation and amortization and non-cash charges of, a Restricted Subsidiary shall be added to

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Consolidated Net Income to compute EBITDA only to the extent (and in the same proportion) that the net income of such Restricted Subsidiary was included in calculating Consolidated Net Income and only to the extent that a corresponding amount would be permitted at the date of determination to be dividended or distributed, directly or indirectly, to the Company by such Restricted Subsidiary without breaching or violating a restriction, directly or indirectly, applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary (disregarding for this purpose any restriction permitted under clause (A), (C) (solely to the extent relating to clause (A)) or (H) of Section 4.08(b)).

        "EMU" means economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

        "Equity Offering" means a public or private sale for cash of Capital Stock that is a sale of Capital Stock of the Company or any Virgin Media Holding Company (not including convertible debt or other equity-linked securities or purchases of Capital Stock of the Company or any Virgin Media Holding Company funded by a sale of debt, convertible debt or other equity-linked securities of the Company or any Virgin Media Holding Company).

        "euro" means the single currency of participating member states of the EMU.

        "Euro-Denominated Designated Government Obligations" means direct non-callable and non-redeemable obligations denominated in euros (in each case, with respect to the issuer thereof) of any member state of the European Union that is a member of the European Union as of the date of this Indenture.

        "Euro Global Note" means a Global Note representing Euro Notes.

        "Euro Notes" means the euro denominated 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 of the Issuer.

        "Euroclear" means Euroclear Bank S.A./N.V.

        "Exchange Act" means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

        "Existing Credit Facility" means the Senior Facilities Agreement dated March 3, 2006 between Virgin Media Inc. (f/k/a NTL Incorporated) as Ultimate Parent and the other parties thereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended or replaced from time to time, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.

        "Existing Notes" means (i) the £375 million of 9.75% Senior Notes due 2014, the $425 million of Senior Notes due 2014 and the €225 million of Senior Notes due 2014 issued by the Issuer pursuant to the 2004 Indenture and (ii) the $550 million 9.125% Senior Notes due 2016, issued by the Issuer pursuant to the 2006 Indenture.

        "Fair Market Value" means, with respect to any asset or Property, the price which could be negotiated in an arm's-length transaction between a willing seller and a willing buyer, neither of whom is under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.

        "GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect as of the Closing Date. All ratios and computations based on GAAP contained in this Indenture shall be computed in conformity with GAAP as in effect at the Closing Date.

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        "Global Notes" means, individually and collectively, the Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the "Schedule of Exchange of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto) issued in accordance with Section 2.01 or 2.06 hereof.

        "Global Note Legend" means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(f), which is required to be placed on all Global Notes issued under this Indenture.

        "Group Intercreditor Deed" means the Group Intercreditor Deed originally entered into on March 3, 2006 and as amended from time to time, between Deutsche Bank AG London as Facility Agent and Security Trustee, the Original Borrowers, the Original Guarantors, the Senior Lenders, the Lessors, the Lessees, the Hedge Counterparties, the Lessor's Agent, the Intergroup Debtors and the Intergroup Creditors (each as defined therein).

        "Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person:

        (1)   to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation of such other Person (whether arising by virtue of partnership arrangements, or by agreement to keep-well, to purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take-or-pay, or to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise); or

        (2)   entered into for purposes of assuring in any other manner the obligee of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part);

provided, however, that the term "Guarantee" shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or (ii) a contractual commitment by a Person to make an Investment in another Person so long as such Investment is reasonably expected to constitute a Permitted Investment under clause (1) or (2) of the definition of "Permitted Investment." The term "Guarantee" used as a verb has a corresponding meaning. The term "Guarantor" shall mean any Person Guaranteeing any obligation.

        "Hedging Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Interest Rate Agreement or any Currency Agreement.

        "Holder" means each Person in whose name the Notes are registered on the Registrar's books.

        "Holdings" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

        "Incur" means issue, assume, Guarantee, incur or otherwise become liable for; provided, however, that any Indebtedness or Capital Stock of a Person existing at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary (whether by merger, consolidation, acquisition or otherwise) shall be deemed to be Incurred by such Person at the time it becomes a Subsidiary. The term "Incurrence" when used as a noun shall have a correlative meaning.

        Solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section 4.09, the following will not be deemed to be the Incurrence of Indebtedness: (1) amortization of debt discount or the accretion of principal with respect to a non-interest bearing or other discount security; (2) the payment of regularly scheduled interest in the form of additional Indebtedness of the same instrument or the payment of regularly scheduled dividends on Capital Stock in the form of additional Capital Stock of the same class

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and with the same terms; (3) the obligation to pay a premium in respect of Indebtedness arising in connection with the issuance of a notice of redemption or the making of a mandatory offer to purchase such Indebtedness; and (4) a change in GAAP that results in an obligation of such Person that exists at such time, and is not theretofore classified as Indebtedness, becoming Indebtedness.

        "Indebtedness" means, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, without duplication:

        (1)   the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money;

        (2)   the principal of and premium (if any) in respect of obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments (other than loan notes or similar instruments issued solely by way of consideration for the acquisition of assets in order to defer capital gains or equivalent taxes where such loan notes or similar instruments are not issued for the purpose of financing but are issued for tax purposes);

        (3)   all obligations of such Person in respect of letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or other similar instruments (including reimbursement obligations with respect thereto), other than reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit securing obligations (other than obligations described in (1), (2) and (5) of this definition) entered into in the ordinary course of business of such Person to the extent such letters of credit are not drawn upon or, if and to the extent drawn upon such drawing is reimbursed no later than the fifth Business Day following receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement following payment of the letter of credit;

        (4)   all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of Property or services (except Trade Payables), which purchase price is due more than six months after the date of placing such Property in service or taking delivery and title thereto or the completion of such services and whose primary purpose is for financing;

        (5)   all Capitalized Lease Obligations and all Attributable Debt of such Person;

        (6)   the amount of all obligations of such Person with respect to the redemption, repayment or other repurchase of any Disqualified Stock or, with respect to any Subsidiary of such Person, any Preferred Stock (but excluding, in each case, any accrued dividends);

        (7)   all obligations referred to in other clauses of this definition of other Persons secured by a Lien on any asset of such Person, whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person; provided, however, that the amount of Indebtedness of such Person shall be the lesser of: (A) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of determination and (B) the amount of such Indebtedness of such other Persons;

        (8)   Hedging Obligations of such Person; and

        (9)   all obligations of the type referred to in clauses (1) through (8) of other Persons and all dividends of other Persons for the payment of which, in either case, such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, including by means of any Guarantee.

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        The amount of Indebtedness of any Person at any date shall be the outstanding balance at such date of all unconditional obligations as described above and the maximum liability, upon the occurrence of the contingency giving rise to the obligation, of any contingent obligations at such date as determined in accordance with GAAP. The amount of Indebtedness under Hedging Obligations of a Person will be calculated by reference to the net liability of such Person thereunder (as determined in accordance with GAAP as of the date of the most recent financial statements distributed to Holders under Section 4.03).

        "Indenture" means this Indenture, as amended or supplemented from time to time.

        "Independent Financial Advisor" means an investment banking, financial advisory, valuation or accounting firm of international standing or any third-party appraiser of international standing; provided that such firm or appraiser is not an Affiliate of the Company.

        "Indirect Participant" means a Person who holds a beneficial interest in a Global Note through a Participant.

        "Initial Notes" means the $750,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Dollar Notes and the €180,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Euro Notes, as the case may be, issued under this Indenture on the date hereof.

        "Intercreditor Deed" means the Intercreditor Deed first entered into among the Issuer, NTLIH, Credit Suisse First Boston, The Bank of New York and the senior lenders party thereto, on April 13, 2004, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, extended or replaced from time to time, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, including by the accession of the Trustee thereto.

        "Interest Rate Agreement" means with respect to any Person any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement to which such Person is party or of which it is a beneficiary.

        "Intermediate Guarantee" means the guarantee of the Notes by each Intermediate Guarantor.

        "Intermediate Guarantors" collectively means the Company, Holdings, UK Holdco, Virgin Media Communications Limited and any future Subsidiary of the Company of which the Issuer is a Subsidiary, which future Subsidiary shall be required to Guarantee the Notes on a senior basis in accordance with Section 11.06 hereof.

        "Investment" in any Person means any direct or indirect advance, loan (other than advances to customers in the ordinary course of business that are of a type that will be recorded as accounts receivable on the balance sheet of the lender) or other extension of credit (including by way of Guarantee or similar arrangement) or capital contribution to (including by means of any transfer of cash or other Property to others or any payment for Property or services for the account or use of others), or any purchase or acquisition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other similar instruments issued by such Person, or any prepayment, repayment, repurchase, redemption, retirement, refinancing or defeasance of Indebtedness of such Person, together with all items that are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of Sections 4.07 and 4.17 of this Indenture:

        (1)   "Investment" shall include the portion (proportionate to the Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Company at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted

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    Subsidiary, the Company shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent "Investment" in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to:

            (A)  the Company's "Investment" in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation, less

            (B)  the portion (proportionate to the Company's equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

        (2)   any Property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer.

        "Issuer" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

        "Leverage Ratio" means the ratio of:

        (1)   the outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, to

        (2)   the Pro Forma EBITDA.

        "Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof).

        "Member State" means any country that was a member of the European Union as of July 25, 2006.

        "Merger Date" means March 3, 2006.

        "Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or any successor to its rating business.

        "Net Available Cash" from an Asset Disposition means cash payments received (including, only when and as received, any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise and proceeds from the sale or other disposition of any securities received as consideration, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of:

        (1)   all legal, accounting and investment banking fees and expenses, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all national, regional, state, provincial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid as a consequence of such Asset Disposition,

        (2)   all payments made on any Indebtedness which is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon or other security agreement of any kind with respect to such assets, or which must by its terms, or in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition,

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        (3)   all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition and

        (4)   appropriate cash amounts to be provided by the seller as a reserve, in accordance with GAAP, against any liabilities associated with the Property or other assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition and retained by the Company, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition.

        "Net Cash Proceeds," with respect to any issuance or sale of Capital Stock, means the cash proceeds of such issuance or sale net of attorneys' fees, accountants' fees, underwriters' or placement agents' fees, discounts or commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance or sale and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

        "Non-Recourse Debt" means Indebtedness:

        (1)   as to which neither the Company, the Issuer nor any other Restricted Subsidiary (a) provides any Guarantee or credit support of any kind (including any undertaking, Guarantee, indemnity, agreement or instrument that would constitute Indebtedness) or (b) is directly or indirectly liable (as a guarantor or otherwise);

        (2)   no default with respect to which (including any rights that the holders thereof may have to take enforcement action against an Unrestricted Subsidiary) would permit (upon notice, lapse of time or both) any holder of any other Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary to declare a default under such other Indebtedness or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity; and

        (3)   the explicit terms of which provide there is no recourse against any of the assets of the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary.

        "Note Guarantee" means the guarantee of the Notes by each Note Guarantor.

        "Note Guarantor" means the Parent, each Intermediate Guarantor, the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor, and each Additional Subsidiary Guarantor.

        "Notes" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

        "Officer" of a Person means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Chief Financial Officer, the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or Assistant Secretary, or any Director.

        "Officer's Certificate" means a certificate signed by an Officer.

        "Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion from legal counsel of recognized standing in a form reasonably satisfactory to the addressee of such opinion. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Issuer or the Trustee.

        "Parent" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

        "Parent Guarantee" means the guarantee of the Notes by the Parent.

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        "Participant" means, with respect to any Depositary, a Person who is a participant of or has an account with such Depositary (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

        "Permitted Business" means any business engaged in by the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary on the Closing Date and any Related Business.

        "Permitted Investment" means an Investment by the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary in:

        (1)   the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or a Person that will, upon the making of such Investment, become a Restricted Subsidiary;

        (2)   another Person if as a result of such Investment such other Person is merged or consolidated with or into, or transfers or conveys all or substantially all its assets to, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

        (3)   cash and Temporary Cash Investments;

        (4)   receivables owing to the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms; provided, however, that such trade terms may include such concessionary trade terms as the Company, the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;

        (5)   payroll, travel and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;

        (6)   loans, advances or Guarantees of loans or advances to employees (including for relocation) made in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary and not exceeding £5 million in the aggregate outstanding at any one time;

        (7)   shares, obligations or securities received in settlement of debts created in the ordinary course of business and owing to the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary or in satisfaction of judgments;

        (8)   any Person to the extent such Investment represents the non-cash portion of the consideration received for an Asset Disposition that was made pursuant to and in compliance with Section 4.10 hereof;

        (9)   any Person, if such Investment is in existence on the Closing Date and any Investment in any Person to the extent such Investment Refinances an Investment in such Person existing on the Closing Date in an amount not exceeding the amount of the Investment being Refinanced; provided, however, that such new Investment is on terms and conditions no less favorable to the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary than the Investment being Refinanced;

        (10) Guarantees permitted to be Incurred by Section 4.09 hereof;

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        (11) loans granted as a result of a subscriber being allowed terms, in the ordinary course of trade, whereby it does not have to pay for services provided to it for a period of time after the provision of such services;

        (12) the BBC Guarantees;

        (13) lease, utility and workers' compensation, performance and other similar deposits made in the ordinary course of business;

        (14) Hedging Obligations permitted under this Indenture;

        (15) repurchases of the Notes;

        (16) Investments resulting from the disposition of assets in transactions excluded from the definition of "Asset Disposition" pursuant to the exclusions from such definition;

        (17) any Person where such Investment was acquired by the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary (i) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company, 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 (ii) as a result of a foreclosure by the Company, the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment in default;

        (18) any Receivables Subsidiary organized in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction that, in the good faith determination of the Company, is necessary or advisable to effect such Qualified Receivables Transaction;

        (19) the Screenshop Loan Note; and

        (20) any Person; provided, however, that such Investment (having a Fair Market Value measured on the date such Investment was made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (20) since the Closing Date, shall not exceed at the time the Investment is made the greater of (a) 2.0% of Total Assets or (b) £100 million; provided, further, however, that Investments made in any Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (20) shall not increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted to be made under Section 4.07 upon any redesignation of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary.

        "Permitted Joint Ventures" means one or more joint ventures formed by (i) the contribution of all or any part of the Content Business to a joint venture formed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with one or more joint venturers; and (ii) the contribution of some or all of the assets of the ntl:Telewest business division pursuant to a Business Division Transaction to a joint venture formed by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with one or more joint venturers.

        "Permitted Liens" means, with respect to any Person:

        (1)   pledges or deposits by such Person under worker'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

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deposits of cash or Temporary Cash Investments to secure surety or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or customs duties in connection with the importation of goods or for the payment of rent, in each case Incurred in the ordinary course of business;

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

        (3)   Liens for taxes, assessments or government charges or claims not yet due or payable or subject to penalties for non-payment or which are being contested in good faith;

        (4)   Liens in favor of issuers of surety bonds, performance bonds or letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or other obligations of a like nature provided by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

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

        (6)   Liens securing Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred to finance the construction, purchase or lease of, or repairs, improvements or additions to, assets or Property of such Person; provided, however, that the Lien may not extend to any other assets or Property owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries at the time the Lien is Incurred, and the original principal amount of the Indebtedness secured by the Lien may not be Incurred more than 180 days after the later of the acquisition, completion of construction, repair, improvement, addition or commencement of full operation of the Property subject to the Lien;

        (7)   Liens to secure Bank Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) (to the extent relating to Bank Indebtedness or Permitted Public Debt) and Liens to secure Indebtedness (including Bank Indebtedness and Permitted Public Debt but not including Public Debt that is not Permitted Public Debt) Incurred pursuant to clauses (a), (b)(4) (to the extent relating to Indebtedness incurred under clause (a)) or (b)(16) of Section 4.09;

        (8)   Liens existing on the Closing Date;

        (9)   Liens on Property or shares of another Person at the time such other Person becomes a Subsidiary of such Person; provided, however, that such Liens are not created, Incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such other Person becoming such a Subsidiary; provided further, however, that such Liens do not extend to any other Property owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries unless otherwise permitted hereunder;

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        (10) Liens on Property at the time such Person or any of its Subsidiaries acquires the Property, including any acquisition by means of a merger or consolidation with or into such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person; provided, however, that such Liens are not created, Incurred or assumed in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further, however, that the Liens do not extend to any other Property owned by such Person or any of its Subsidiaries unless otherwise permitted hereunder;

        (11) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Subsidiary of such Person owing to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Issuer (other than Indebtedness or other obligations owing by an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor to a Subsidiary that is not an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor);

        (12) Liens securing Hedging Obligations permitted to be Incurred under the Indenture so long as such obligations relate to Indebtedness that is, and is permitted under the Indenture to be, secured by a Lien on the same Property securing such obligations or cash collateral or customary Liens Incurred in connection with Hedging Obligations;

        (13) Liens to secure any Refinancing (or successive Refinancings) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (8), (9) and (10); 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 to or 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 secured by Liens described under clause (6), (8), (9) or (10) 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 Refinancings;

        (14) Liens securing the Notes, the Intermediate Guarantees, the Additional Subsidiary Guarantees and other obligations of the Company and any Restricted Subsidiaries under the Indenture;

        (15) Liens of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor securing Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor;

        (16) Liens in favor of any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor;

        (17) Liens to secure Receivables and Related Assets as part of a Qualified Receivables Transaction;

        (18) Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provisions (or by agreement to the same effect) relating to banker's Liens, contractual rights of set-off or similar rights

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and remedies as to deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a depository or financial institution;

        (19) Liens arising from U.S. Uniform Commercial Code financing statement filings (or similar filings in other applicable jurisdictions) regarding operating leases entered into by the Person in the ordinary course of business;

        (20) Liens in connection with any Sale/Leaseback Transaction permitted pursuant to Section 4.16 hereof; and

        (21) Liens Incurred in the ordinary course of business of any Intermediate Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary with respect to obligations (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) that do not exceed £50 million at any time outstanding.

        "Permitted Public Debt" means any Secured Indebtedness that is Public Debt of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the incurrence of which would not, on a pro forma basis, cause the ratio of (1) the outstanding Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries that is Secured Indebtedness, to (2) the Pro Forma EBITDA, to exceed 3.75:1.0.

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

        "Preferred Stock," as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) that is preferred as to the payment of dividends, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person.

        "principal" of a Note means the principal of the Note plus the premium, if any, payable on the Note which is due or overdue or is to become due at the relevant time.

        "Pro Forma EBITDA" means, for any period, the EBITDA of the Company and its Consolidated Restricted Subsidiaries, after giving effect to the following:

        if:

        (1)   since the beginning of such period, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made any Asset Disposition or an Investment (by merger or otherwise) in any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary) or an acquisition;

        (2)   the transaction giving rise to the need to calculate Pro Forma EBITDA is such an Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition; or

        (3)   since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period shall have made such an Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition,

EBITDA for such period shall be calculated in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Company after giving pro forma effect to such Asset Disposition, Investment or acquisition as if

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such Asset Disposition (and the application of the proceeds therefrom), Investment or acquisition occurred on the first day of such period.

        "Property" means, with respect to any Person, any interest of such Person in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including Capital Stock in, and other securities of, any other Person.

        "Public Debt" means any Indebtedness consisting of bonds, debentures, notes or other similar debt securities issued in (1) a public offering registered under the Securities Act or (2) a private placement to institutional investors that is underwritten for resale in accordance with Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, whether or not it includes registration rights entitling the holders of such debt securities to registration thereof with the SEC for public resale. The term "Public Debt," for the avoidance of doubt, shall not be construed to include any Indebtedness issued to institutional investors in a direct placement of such Indebtedness that is not underwritten by an intermediary (it being understood that, without limiting the foregoing, a financing that is distributed to not more than ten Persons (provided that multiple managed accounts and Affiliates of any such Persons shall be treated as one Person for the purposes of this definition) shall not be deemed underwritten), or any Bank Indebtedness under any Credit Facility (including any such Bank Indebtedness under any such Credit Facility that is provided by a lender which finances its ability to provide such Indebtedness through the incurrence of Public Debt), Capitalized Lease Obligation or recourse transfer of any financial asset or any other type of Indebtedness Incurred in a manner not customarily viewed as a "securities offering".

        "Purchase Money Indebtedness" means Indebtedness:

        (1)   consisting of the deferred purchase price of an asset, conditional sale obligations, obligations under any title retention agreement and other purchase money obligations, in each case where the maturity of such Indebtedness does not exceed the anticipated useful life of the asset being financed, and

        (2)   Incurred to finance the acquisition by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of such asset, including additions and improvements;

provided, however, that the original principal amount of such Indebtedness is Incurred within 180 days after the acquisition by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary of such asset.

        "Qualified Receivables Transaction" means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to which the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to:

        (1)   a Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary); and

        (2)   any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary),

or may grant a security interest in, any Receivables and Related Assets.

        "Receivables and Related Assets" means accounts receivable, instruments, chattel paper, obligations, general intangibles and other similar assets, including interests in merchandise or goods, the sale or lease of which give rise to the foregoing, related contractual rights, Guarantees, insurance proceeds, collections, other related assets and assets that are customarily transferred, or in respect of

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which security interests are customarily granted, in connection with asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable, and proceeds of all the foregoing.

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

        "Receivables Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Company that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of accounts receivable and that is designated by the Board of Directors (as provided below) as a Receivables Subsidiary and:

        (1)   has no Indebtedness or other Obligation (contingent or otherwise) that:

            (A)  is guaranteed by the Company, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, other than contingent liabilities pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

            (B)  is recourse to or obligate the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings; or

            (C)  subjects any Property or assets of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings;

        (2)   has no contract, agreement, arrangement or undertaking (except in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction) with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than on terms no less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Issuer, other than fees payable in the ordinary course of business in connection with servicing accounts receivables; and

        (3)   neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any obligation to maintain or preserve such Receivables Subsidiary's financial condition or cause such Receivables Subsidiaries to achieve certain levels of operating results.

        Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the relevant Trustee by filing with such Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officer's Certificate certifying, to such Officer's knowledge and belief after consulting with counsel that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

        "Refinance" means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, defease or retire, or to issue other Indebtedness exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness. "Refinanced" and "Refinancing" shall have correlative meanings.

        "Refinancing Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness that Refinances any other Indebtedness, including any successive Refinancings, so long as:

        (1)   such Indebtedness is in an aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, an aggregate issue price) not in excess of the sum of:

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            (A)  the aggregate principal amount (or if Incurred with original issue discount, the aggregate accreted value) then outstanding of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, and

            (B)  an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums and defeasance costs, related to such Refinancing,

        (2)   the Average Life of such Indebtedness is equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being Refinanced,

        (3)   the Stated Maturity of such Indebtedness is no earlier than the Stated Maturity of the Indebtedness being Refinanced, and

        (4)   to the extent such Indebtedness directly or indirectly Refinances Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary Incurred pursuant to clause (b)(5) of Section 4.09, such Refinancing Indebtedness is Incurred only by such Restricted Subsidiary;

provided, however, that Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include:

        (y)   Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not an Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor that Refinances Indebtedness of an Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or an Additional Subsidiary Guarantor or

        (z)   Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that Refinances Indebtedness of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

        "Related Business" means any business related, ancillary or complementary to the businesses of the Company, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date including, without limitation, all forms of television, telephony and internet services and any services relating to carriers, networks, broadcast or communications services, or Content.

        "Representative" means the trustee, agent or representative (if any) for an issue of Senior Indebtedness.

        "Responsible Officer" means any officer within the corporate trust and agency department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by such officers, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such individual's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.

        "Restricted Subsidiary" means the Issuer and any Subsidiary of the Company other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

        "S&P" means Standard and Poor's Rating Service, a division of McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., or any successor to its rating business.

        "Sale/Leaseback Transaction" means an arrangement relating to Property now owned or hereafter acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary whereby the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary transfers such Property to a Person and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary leases it

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from such Person, other than leases between the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries.

        "Screenshop Loan Note" means the £6.0 million loan note from Aurelius Innovation Development GmbH to Screenshop Limited dated April 1, 2009 (as amended from time to time).

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

        "Secured Indebtedness" means any Indebtedness of any Person secured by a Lien.

        "Securities Act" means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

        "Security Trustee" means the security trustee under the Intercreditor Deed or any successor thereto in its capacity as trustee under the Intercreditor Deed or any Person acting in such capacity under an additional intercreditor deed relating to the Notes.

        "Senior Indebtedness" of the Issuer, an Intermediate Guarantor or the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor means the principal of, premium (if any) and accrued and unpaid interest on (including interest accruing on or after the filing of any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization of the Issuer or such guarantor, regardless of whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), and fees and other amounts owing in respect of, Bank Indebtedness (including Hedging Obligations relating thereto) and all other Indebtedness of the Issuer or such guarantor, as applicable, whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter Incurred, unless in the instrument creating or evidencing the same or pursuant to which the same is outstanding it is provided that such obligations are (a) subordinated in right of payment to the Notes, in the case of Indebtedness of the Issuer, (b) are subordinated in right of payment to an Intermediate Guarantor's Note Guarantee, in the case of Indebtedness of an Intermediate Guarantor, or (c) are subordinated in right of payment to, or rank equally with, the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee, in the case of Indebtedness of VMIH; provided, however, that Senior Indebtedness of the Issuer, an Intermediate Guarantor or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall not include:

        (1)   any obligation of the Issuer, an Intermediate Guarantor or a Subsidiary Guarantor to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

        (2)   any liability for national, regional, state, local or other taxes owed or owing by the Issuer or a guarantor, as applicable, other than as required by law;

        (3)   any accounts payable or other liability to trade creditors arising in the ordinary course of business (including Guarantees thereof or instruments evidencing such liabilities);

        (4)   any Indebtedness or obligation of the Issuer or such guarantor (and any accrued and unpaid interest in respect thereof) that by its terms is subordinate or junior in any respect to any other Indebtedness or obligation of the Issuer or such guarantor, as applicable, including any Subordinated Obligations of the Issuer or such guarantor, as applicable;

        (5)   any obligations with respect to any Capital Stock; or

        (6)   any Indebtedness Incurred in violation of this Indenture.

        "Senior Subordinated Indebtedness" of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor means any Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor that specifically provides that such

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Indebtedness is to rank equally with the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor in right of payment and is not subordinated by its terms in right of payment to any Indebtedness or other obligation of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor which is not Senior Indebtedness.

        "Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture. The guarantee of the Notes by the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor is referred to as the "Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee." The Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee is subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Deed.

        "Significant Subsidiary" means any Restricted Subsidiary which, together with the Restricted Subsidiaries of such Restricted Subsidiary, accounted for more than 10% of the Consolidated Net Income or 10% of the Total Assets, in each case, for the most recently completed fiscal year.

        "Standard Securitization Undertakings" means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary that are customary in an accounts receivable transaction.

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

        "Sterling Equivalent" means with respect to any monetary amount in a currency other than pounds sterling, at any time of determination thereof, the amount of pounds sterling obtained by converting such foreign currency involved in such computation into pounds sterling at the average of the spot rates for the purchase and sale of pounds sterling with the applicable foreign currency as quoted on or recorded in any recognized source of foreign exchange rates within two Business Days prior to such determination. Whenever it is necessary to determine whether the Issuer has complied with any covenant in this Indenture or whether a Default has occurred and an amount is expressed in a currency other than pounds sterling, such amount shall be treated as the Sterling Equivalent determined as of the date such amount is initially determined in such currency.

        "Subordinated Obligation" means any Indebtedness of the Issuer or a Note Guarantor (whether outstanding on the Closing Date or thereafter Incurred) that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes (in the case of the Issuer) or the Note Guarantee (in the case of a Note Guarantor) pursuant to a written agreement.

        "Subsidiary" of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by:

        (1)   such Person,

        (2)   such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or

        (3)   one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

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        "Subsidiary Guarantee" means each Guarantee of the obligations with respect to the Notes issued by a Subsidiary of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

        "Subsidiary Guarantor" means the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor and any Person that has issued an Additional Subsidiary Guarantee.

        "Tax Sharing Agreement" means the tax cooperation agreement entered into with effect as of the 3rd day of March, 2006, by and between (i) Parent and (ii) NTLIH and Telewest Communications Networks Limited.

        "Temporary Cash Investments" means any of the following:

        (1)   any investment in direct obligations of any country that is a Member State or the United States of America or any agency thereof or obligations Guaranteed by any country that is a Member State or the United States of America or any agency thereof, and whose long-term debt is rated "A" (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 of the Securities Act);

        (2)   investments in checking accounts, time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and money market deposits maturing within one year of the date of acquisition thereof issued by a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital, surplus and undivided profits aggregating in excess of £250 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long-term debt is rated "A" (or such similar equivalent rating) or higher by at least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization (as defined in Rule 436 of the Securities Act);

        (3)   repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 60 days for underlying securities of the types described in clause (1) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (2) above;

        (4)   investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 180 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a corporation (other than an Affiliate of the Issuer) organized and in existence under the laws of the United States of America or any foreign country recognized by the United States with a rating at the time as of which any investment therein is made of "P-1" (or higher) according to Moody's or "A-1" (or higher) according to S&P; and

        (5)   investments in securities with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any country that is a Member State, any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least "A" by S&P or "A" by Moody's.

        "TIA" means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S.C. §§ 77aaa-77bbbb), as in effect on the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the TIA.

        "Total Assets" means, as of any date of determination, the fixed assets and current assets shown on the most recent Consolidated balance sheet of the Company as certified in an Officer's Certificate delivered to the Trustee.

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        "Trade Payables" means, with respect to any Person, any accounts payable or any indebtedness or monetary obligation to trade creditors created, assumed or Guaranteed by such Person arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the acquisition of goods or services.

        "Treasury Rate" means the yield to maturity at the time of computation of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) which has become publicly available at least two Business Days (but not more than five Business Days) prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is not so published or available, any publicly available source of similar market data selected by the Company in good faith)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to August 15, 2013; provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to August 15, 2013 is not equal to the constant maturity of a United States Treasury security for which a weekly average yield is given, the Treasury Rate shall be obtained by linear interpolation (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth of a year) from the weekly average yields of United States Treasury securities for which such yields are given, except that if the period from the redemption date to August 15, 2013 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.

        "Trustee" means the party named as such in this Indenture until a successor replaces it and, thereafter, means the successor.

        "Trust Indenture Act" means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended.

        "Trust Officer" means the chairman of the board, the president or any other officer or assistant officer of the Trustee assigned by the Trustee to administer its corporate trust matters.

        "UK Holdco" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

        "UKTV Joint Ventures" means any joint venture arrangement relating to the Content Business in existence on the Closing Date or formed thereafter by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with BBC Commercial Holdings Limited or any of its affiliates.

        "Unrestricted Subsidiary" means:

        (1)   any Subsidiary of the Company that at the time of determination shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 4.17; and

        (2)   any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

        "U.S. Government Obligations" means securities that are (a) direct obligations of the United States of America for the timely payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (b) 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 of the United States of America, which, in either case, are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act), as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligations or a specific payment of principal of or interest on any such U.S. Government Obligations held by such custodian for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt; provided, however, that (except as required by law) such custodian is not authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian in respect of the U.S. Government Obligations or the specific payment of principal of or interest on the U.S. Government Obligations evidenced by such depositary receipt.

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        "Virgin Media Holding Company" means any Person of which the Issuer is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary.

        "VMIH" has the meaning assigned to it in the preamble to this Indenture.

        "Voting Stock" of a Person means all classes of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) of such Person then outstanding and normally entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof.

        "Wholly Owned Subsidiary" means (1) in respect of any Person, a Person, all of the Capital Stock of which (other than directors' qualifying shares or an immaterial amount of shares required to be owned by other Persons pursuant to applicable law or to ensure limited liability) is owned by that Person directly or (2) indirectly by a Person that satisfies the requirements of clause (1).

        Section 1.02    Other Definitions.    

Term
  Defined in
Section
 

"Additional Amounts"

    2.13  

"Affiliate Transaction"

    4.11  

"Allocable Excess Proceeds"

    4.10  

"Authentication Order"

    2.02  

"Covenant Defeasance"

    8.03  

"DTC"

    2.03  

"Event of Default"

    6.01  

"Excess Proceeds Offer"

    4.10  

"Guaranteed Obligations"

    11.01  

"Initial Lien"

    4.12  

"Legal Defeasance"

    8.02  

"Offer Amount"

    3.09  

"Paying Agent"

    2.03  

"Purchase Date"

    3.09  

"Registrar"

    2.03  

"Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction"

    2.13  

"Repurchase Offer"

    4.15  

"Restricted Payment"

    4.07  

"Successor Company"

    5.01  

"Successor Guarantor"

    5.01  

"Tax Redemption Date"

    3.10  

"Taxes"

    2.13  

        Section 1.03    Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.    

        Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

        The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

        "Commission" means the SEC;

        "indenture securities" means the Notes;

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        "indenture security Holder" means a Holder;

        "indenture to be qualified" means this Indenture;

        "indenture trustee" or "institutional trustee" means the Trustee; and

        "obligor" on the Notes means the Issuer and any successor obligor upon the Notes.

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

        Section 1.04    Rules of Construction.    

        Unless the context otherwise requires:

        (c)   a term has the meaning assigned to it;

        (d)   an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

        (e)   "or" is not exclusive;

        (f)    "including" means including without limitation;

        (g)   words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

        (h)   "will" shall be interpreted to express a command;

        (i)    references to sections of or rules under the Securities Act will be deemed to include substitute, replacement of successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time; and

        (j)    references to any person "acting reasonably" and correlative expressions shall be construed to mean "acting reasonably in the interests of the Holders and having regard to the duties of the Trustee to the Holders."


ARTICLE 2
THE NOTES

        Section 2.01    Form and Dating.    

        (a)    General.    The Notes shall be issued in series of senior unsecured notes consisting of U.S. dollar- denominated 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 and euro-denominated 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016. The Notes and the Trustee's certificate of authentication will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rule or usage. Each Note will be dated the date of its authentication. The Dollar Notes shall be in minimum denominations of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The Euro Notes shall be in minimum denominations of €50,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof.

        The terms and provisions contained in the Notes will constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuer and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby. However, to the extent any

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provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

        (b)    Global Notes.    Notes issued in global form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (including the Global Note Legend thereon and the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Notes issued in definitive form will be substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (but without the Global Note Legend thereon and without the "Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note" attached thereto). Each Global Note will represent outstanding Notes of each such series as will be specified therein and each shall provide that it represents the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon and that the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby may from time to time be reduced or increased, as appropriate, to reflect exchanges and redemptions. Any endorsement of a Global Note to reflect the amount of any increase or decrease in the aggregate principal amount of outstanding Notes represented thereby will be made by the Trustee or the Custodian therefor, at the direction of the Trustee, in accordance with Section 2.06 hereof.

        (c)    Euroclear and Clearstream Procedures Applicable.    The provisions of the "Operating Procedures of the Euroclear System" and "Terms and Conditions Governing Use of Euroclear" and the "General Terms and Conditions of Clearstream Banking" and "Customer Handbook" of Clearstream will be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

        Section 2.02    Execution and Authentication.    

        An Officer must 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 a Note is authenticated, the Note will nevertheless be valid.

        A Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual or facsimile signature of the Trustee. The signature will be conclusive evidence that the Note has been authenticated under this Indenture.

        On the Closing Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of a written order of the Issuer signed by an Officer (an "Authentication Order"), authenticate the Initial Notes for original issue up to (i) $750,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 and (ii) €180,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016, as the case may be, and, upon delivery of any Authentication Order at any time and from time to time thereafter, the Trustee shall authenticate Additional Notes for original issue, or Definitive Notes issued pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof, in an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order.

        The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuer to authenticate Notes. Any such appointment shall be evidenced by an instrument signed by a Responsible Officer, a copy of which shall be furnished to the Issuer. Unless limited by the terms of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Notes whenever the Trustee may do so. Each reference in this Indenture to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent. An authenticating agent has the same rights as an Agent to deal with Holders or an Affiliate of the Issuer.

        Section 2.03    Registrar and Paying Agent.    

        The Issuer will maintain offices or agencies where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (each, a "Registrar") and offices or agencies where Notes may be presented for

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payment (each, a "Paying Agent"). Offices or agencies of the Registrar and Paying Agent (a) for the Dollar Notes, will be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, and, for so long as the Dollar Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and traded on the Euro MTF market of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, in Luxembourg, and (b) for the Euro Notes, will be maintained in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, in London, England and, for so long as the Euro Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, in Luxembourg. The Registrar, acting as agent of the Issuer solely for this purpose, will keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange. The Issuer may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term "Registrar" includes any co-registrar and the term "Paying Agent" includes any additional paying agent. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Paying Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuer fails to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee, acting as agent of the Issuer solely for this purpose, shall act as such. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries, acting as agent of the Issuer solely for this purpose, may act as Registrar.

        The Issuer initially appoints The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") to act as Depositary with respect to the Dollar Global Notes and Euroclear and Clearstream to act as a Depositary with respect to the Euro Global Notes. A nominee of The Bank of New York Mellon will act as Custodian with respect to the Dollar Global Notes and as Common Depositary for the Euro Global Notes on behalf of Euroclear and Clearstream.

        The Issuer initially appoints the Trustee to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent in New York and London and to act as Custodian with respect to the Global Notes, and initially appoints The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. to act as the Registrar and Paying Agent in Luxembourg.

        Section 2.04    Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.    

        The Issuer will require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust for the benefit of Holders or the Trustee all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the Notes, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Issuer in making any such payment. Money held in trust by a Paying Agent need not be segregated, except as required by law, and in no event shall any Paying Agent be liable for interest on any money received by it hereunder. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuer at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee and to account for any funds disbursed by the Paying Agent. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent will have no further liability for the money. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuer, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. will serve as Paying Agents for the Notes.

        Section 2.05    Holder Lists.    

        The Trustee will preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuer will furnish to the Trustee 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 the Holders and the Issuer shall otherwise comply with TIA § 312(a).

        Neither the Trustee nor any of its agents will have any responsibility or be liable for any aspect of the records in relation to, or payments made on account of, beneficial ownership interests in the Global

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Notes or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial ownership interests.

        Section 2.06    Transfer and Exchange.    

        (a)    Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes.    A Global Note may not be transferred as a whole except by the applicable Depositary to a nominee of the applicable Depositary, by a nominee of the applicable Depositary to the applicable Depositary or to another nominee of the applicable Depositary, or by the applicable Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such successor Depositary. All Global Notes of a series will be exchanged by the Issuer for Definitive Notes if:

            (1)   in the case of a Dollar Global Note, the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice from the Depositary (i) that such Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Depositary and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Depositary or (ii) that such Depositary is no longer a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act;

            (2)   in the case of a Euro Global Note, the Issuer delivers to the Trustee notice (i) from Euroclear and Clearstream that they are unwilling or unable to continue to act as clearing agencies or (ii) from the Common Depositary that the Common Depositary is unwilling or unable to continue to act as Common Depositary and a successor Common Depositary is not appointed by the Issuer within 120 days after the date of such notice from the Common Depositary; or

            (3)   in the case of any Global Note, there has occurred and is continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note.

        Upon the occurrence of any of the events listed in the preceding clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 2.06(a), or if the Issuer, in its sole discretion, notifies the Trustee in writing that it elects to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes under this Indenture, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustee shall, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, authenticate and deliver Definitive Notes of the series and in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the applicable Global Note tendered in exchange therefor. The Issuer will, at the cost of the Issuer (but against such indemnity as the Registrar or any relevant Agent may require in respect of any tax or other duty of whatever nature which may be levied or imposed in connection with such exchange), cause sufficient Definitive Notes to be executed and delivered to the Trustee for authentication and the Registrar for registration of the exchange and dispatch to the relevant Holders within 30 days of the relevant event. The Trustee or the Registrar shall, at the cost of the Issuer, deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Definitive Notes issued in exchange for beneficial interests in Global Notes pursuant to this Section 2.06(a) shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Depositary, pursuant to instructions from its Participants or Indirect Participants or otherwise, shall instruct the Trustee. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c), (d) or (e) hereof.

        (b)    Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes.    The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes will be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures.

        (c)    Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes.    If any one of the events listed in clauses (1) to (2) of Section 2.06(a) has occurred or the Issuer has elected pursuant to

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Section 2.06(a) to cause the issuance of Definitive Notes, transfers or exchanges of beneficial interests in a Global Note for a Definitive Note shall be effected.

        If any Holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then the Trustee will, upon instruction, cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(g) hereof, and the Issuer will execute and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will authenticate and deliver to the Person designated in the instruction to the Trustee a Definitive Note in the appropriate principal amount. Any Definitive Notes issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) will be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest requests through instructions to the Registrar from or through the applicable Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee will deliver such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.

        (d)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Beneficial Interests.    

        A Holder of a Definitive Note may exchange such Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in a Global Note or transfer such Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee will cancel the applicable Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the relevant Global Note.

        (e)    Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes.    

        Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes, the Registrar will register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder must present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar and duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing.

        (f)    Legends.    The following legends will appear on the face of all Global Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture. Each Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

            (1)    Dollar Global Note Legend.    Each Dollar Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

    "THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

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    UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY TO THE DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE DEPOSITARY OR BY THE DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY (55 WATER STREET, NEW YORK, NEW YORK) ("DTC") 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 SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE 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."

            (2)    Euro Global Note Legend.    Each Euro Global Note will bear a legend in substantially the following form:

    "THIS GLOBAL NOTE IS HELD BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY (AS DEFINED IN THE INDENTURE GOVERNING THIS NOTE) OR ITS NOMINEE IN CUSTODY FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE BENEFICIAL OWNERS HEREOF, AND IS NOT TRANSFERABLE TO ANY PERSON UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES EXCEPT THAT (1) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06 OF THE INDENTURE, (2) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (3) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (4) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUER.

    UNLESS AND UNTIL IT IS EXCHANGED IN WHOLE OR IN PART FOR NOTES IN DEFINITIVE FORM, THIS NOTE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS A WHOLE BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY TO A NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR BY A NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY TO THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR ANOTHER NOMINEE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR BY THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR ANY SUCH NOMINEE TO A SUCCESSOR COMMON DEPOSITARY OR A NOMINEE OF SUCH SUCCESSOR COMMON DEPOSITARY. UNLESS THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY (WHICH SHALL INITIALLY BE THE BANK OF 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 THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR SUCH OTHER NAME AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY (AND ANY PAYMENT IS MADE TO THE COMMON DEPOSITARY OR SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS MAY BE REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED

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REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMON DEPOSITARY), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF, THE COMMON DEPOSITARY, HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN."

        (g)    Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes.    At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note will be returned to or retained and cancelled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 hereof. At any time prior to such cancellation, if any beneficial interest in a Global Note is exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note or for Definitive Notes, the principal amount of Notes represented by such Global Note will be reduced accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note will be increased accordingly and an endorsement will be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

        (h)    General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.    

            (1)   To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuer will execute and the Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order or at the Registrar's request.

            (2)   No service charge will be made to a Holder of a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.09, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.15 and 9.05 hereof).

            (3)   The Registrar will not be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part.

            (4)   All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes will be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Global Notes or Definitive Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

            (5)   The Issuer will not be required:

              (A)  to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption under Section 3.02 hereof and ending at the close of business on the day of selection;

              (B)  to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part; or

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              (C)  to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding interest payment date.

            (6)   Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuer may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuer shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

            (7)   The Trustee will authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

            (8)   All certifications, certificates and Opinions of Counsel required to be submitted to the Registrar pursuant to this Section 2.06 to effect a registration of transfer or exchange may be submitted by facsimile.

        Section 2.07    Replacement Notes.    

        If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee or the Issuer or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Issuer will issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee's requirements are met. If required by the Trustee or the Issuer, an indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuer to protect the Issuer, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuer may charge for its expenses in replacing a Note.

        If, after the delivery of such replacement Note, a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment or registration such original Note, the Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking therefrom, except a bona fide 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, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent in connection therewith.

        Subject to the provisions of the final sentence of the preceding paragraph of this Section 2.07, every replacement Note is an obligation of the Issuer and shall be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with all other Notes duly issued hereunder.

        Section 2.08    Outstanding Notes.    

        The Notes outstanding at any time are all the Notes authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest in a Global Note effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof, and those described in this Section as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Issuer or an Affiliate of the Issuer holds the Note; however, Notes held by the Issuer or a Subsidiary of the Issuer shall not be deemed to be outstanding for purposes of Section 3.07(c) hereof.

        If a Note is replaced pursuant to Section 2.07 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding unless the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Note is held by a bona fide purchaser in whose hands such Note is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuer.

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        If the entire principal amount and premium, if any, of any Note is considered paid under Section 4.01 hereof, it ceases to be outstanding and interest on it ceases to accrue.

        If the Paying Agent holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, then on and after that date such Notes will be deemed to be no longer outstanding and will cease to accrue interest.

        For purposes of determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of Notes have taken any action as herein described, the principal amount of Euro Notes and Dollar Notes shall be deemed to be the Dollar Equivalent of such principal amount of Euro Notes and Dollar Notes as of (i) if a record date has been set with respect to the taking of such action, such date or (ii) if no such record date has been set, the date the taking of such action by the Holders of such requisite principal amount is certified to the Trustee by the Issuer.

        Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be given or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an Agent duly appointed in writing or may be embodied in or evidenced by an electronic transmission which identifies the documents containing the proposal on which such consent is requested and certifies such Holders' consent thereto and agreement to be bound thereby; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments are delivered to the Trustee, and where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer.

        Section 2.09    Treasury Notes.    

        In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by the Issuer, or by any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with the Issuer, will be considered as though not outstanding to the extent required in order to qualify this Indenture under the TIA, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee will be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned will be so disregarded.

        Section 2.10    Temporary Notes.    

        Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuer may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, will authenticate, temporary Notes. Temporary Notes will be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Issuer considers appropriate for temporary Notes and as may be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuer will prepare and the Trustee will authenticate Definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

        Holders of temporary Notes will be entitled to all of the benefits of this Indenture.

        Section 2.11    Cancellation.    

        The Issuer at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent will forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee and no one else will cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and will dispose of such canceled Notes (subject

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to the record retention requirements of the Exchange Act) in its customary manner unless the Issuer directs the Trustee to deliver canceled Notes to the Issuer. The Issuer may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has redeemed or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

        Section 2.12    Defaulted Interest.    

        If the Issuer defaults in a payment of interest on the Notes, it will pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, in accordance with the terms hereof, to the Persons who are Holders on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Issuer will notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment. The Issuer will fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, provided that no such special record date may be less than 10 days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. At least 10 days before the special record date, the Issuer will mail or cause to be mailed to Holders a notice that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

        Section 2.13    Additional Amounts.    

        (a)   All payments made under or with respect to the Notes or the Note Guarantees shall be made free and clear of, and without withholding or deduction for or on account of, any present or future tax, duty, levy, impost, assessment or other governmental charge (including related penalties, interest and other liabilities) (hereinafter, "Taxes") imposed or levied by or on behalf of (1) the government of the United Kingdom, (2) the United States, (3) any other jurisdiction in which the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is organized or is otherwise resident for tax purposes, (4) any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made and (5) any political subdivision or governmental authority or agency of or in any of the foregoing having the power to tax (each, a "Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction"), unless the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is required to withhold or deduct Taxes by law or by the interpretation or administration thereof.

        (b)   If the Issuer or a Note Guarantor is so required to withhold or deduct any amount for or on account of Taxes imposed by a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction from any payment made under or with respect to the Notes or the Note Guarantees, the Issuer or the applicable Note Guarantor shall pay such additional amounts ("Additional Amounts") as may be necessary so that the net amount received by the Holders and beneficial owners (including Additional Amounts) after such withholding or deduction will not be less than the amount the Holders and beneficial owners would have received if such Taxes had not been withheld or deducted; provided, however, that the foregoing obligation to pay Additional Amounts does not apply to:

            (1)   any Taxes that would not have been so imposed but for the existence of any present or former connection between the relevant Holder or beneficial owner (or between a fiduciary, settlor, beneficiary, member or shareholder of, or possessor of power over, the relevant Holder or beneficial owner, if the relevant Holder or beneficial owner is an estate, nominee, trust, partnership or corporation) and the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction (other than the mere receipt of such payment or the ownership or holding of such Note);

            (2)   any estate, inheritance, gift, sales, excise, transfer, personal property Tax or similar Tax;

            (3)   any Taxes which are payable otherwise than by withholding from payments of (or in respect of) principal of, or any premium or interest on, the Notes;

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            (4)   any Taxes that are imposed or withheld by reason of the failure to comply by the Holder or the beneficial owner of a Note with a request by the Issuer addressed to the Holder or such beneficial owner (A) to provide information concerning the nationality, residence, identity or present or former connection with a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction of the Holder or such beneficial owner or (B) to make any declaration or other similar claim or satisfy any certification, information or reporting requirement, which, in the case of (A) or (B), is required or imposed by a statute, treaty, regulation or administrative practice of the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction as a precondition to exemption from all or part of such Tax;

            (5)   any withholding or deduction imposed on a payment to an individual required to be made pursuant to European Council Directive 2003/48/EC or any other Directive implementing the conclusions of the ECOFIN Council meeting of November 26-27, 2000 on the taxation of savings income or any law implementing or introduced in order to conform to, such Directive;

            (6)   any combination of items (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) above;

            (7)   any Taxes that would not have been so imposed, withheld or deducted if the beneficiary of the payment had presented the Note for payment within 30 days after the date on which such payment or such Note became due and payable or the date on which payment thereof is duly provided for, whichever is later (except to the extent that such beneficiary would have been entitled to Additional Amounts had the Note been presented on the last day of the 30-day period);

            (8)   any payment under or with respect to a Note to any Holder who is a fiduciary or partnership or any Person other than the sole beneficial owner of such payment, to the extent that a beneficiary or settlor with respect to such fiduciary, a member of such a partnership or the beneficial owner of such payment would not have been entitled to the Additional Amounts had such beneficiary, settlor, member or beneficial owner been the actual Holder of such Note; or

            (9)   any withholding or deduction that is imposed on a Note presented for payments by or on behalf of a Holder or beneficial owner who would be able to avoid a withholding or deduction by presenting the relevant Note to another Paying Agent in a Member State.

        (c)   If the Issuer or any Note Guarantor will be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or the relevant Note Guarantee, as applicable, the Issuer or such Note Guarantor, as applicable, will deliver to the Trustee at least 30 days prior to the date of that payment (unless the obligation to pay Additional Amounts arises after the 30th day prior to that payment date, in which case the Issuer or the Note Guarantor, as applicable, shall notify the Trustee promptly thereafter but in no event later than two Business Days prior to the date of payment) notice of payment in the form of an Officer's Certificate. In either circumstance, the Officer's Certificate must state that Additional Amounts will be payable and the amount so payable. The Officer's Certificate must also set forth any other information necessary to enable the Paying Agent to pay Additional Amounts to Holders and beneficial owners on the relevant payment date.

        (d)   The Issuer or any Note Guarantor will (i) make such withholding or deduction and (ii) remit the full amount deducted or withheld to the Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction in accordance with applicable law. The Issuer will provide the Trustee with official receipts or other documentation satisfactory to the Trustee evidencing the payment of the Taxes with respect to which Additional Amounts are paid. Certificated copies of such receipts and such other documentation shall be made available to Holders upon request and will be made available at the offices of the Paying Agent if the

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Notes are then listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. The Issuer will attach to such copies an Officer's Certificate stating (x) that the amount of withholding Taxes evidenced by such copies was paid in connection with any payment made under or with respect to the Notes or any Note Guarantee and (y) the amount of such withholding Taxes paid per $1,000 of Notes.

        (e)   Whenever in this Indenture there is mentioned, in any context, the payment of principal, purchase prices in connection with a purchase of Notes, interest, or any other amount payable on or with respect to any of the Notes or any Note Guarantee, that reference shall be deemed to include payment of Additional Amounts provided for in this section to the extent that, in such context, Additional Amounts are, were or would be payable in respect thereof.

        (f)    The Issuer or a Note Guarantor will pay any present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies that arise in any jurisdiction from the execution, delivery, enforcement or registration of the Notes, the Note Guarantees, this Indenture or any other related document or instrument, or the receipt of any payments with respect to the Notes or the Note Guarantees, excluding taxes, charges or similar levies imposed by any jurisdiction that is not a Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction, and the Issuer will agree to indemnify the Holders or the Trustee for any such taxes paid by the Holders or the Trustee.

        (g)   The preceding provisions of this Section 2.13 will survive any termination, defeasance or discharge of this Indenture and shall apply mutatis mutandis to any jurisdiction in which any successor Person to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor is organized or any political subdivision or taxing authority or agency thereof or therein.

        Section 2.14    Currency Indemnity    

        (a)   The currency of account and payment for all sums, including damages, payable by the Issuer or any Note Guarantor under or in connection with the Dollar Notes or the Euro Notes, as the case may be, is the U.S. dollar or euro, as the case may be. Any amount received or recovered in a currency other than U.S. dollars (in the case of Dollar Notes) or euros (in the case of the Euro Notes), whether as a result of, or the enforcement of, a judgment or order of a court of any jurisdiction, in the winding-up or dissolution of the Issuer or any Note Guarantor or otherwise by any Holder of a Dollar Note or a Euro Notes, as the case may be, or by the Trustee, in respect of any sum expressed to be due to it from the Issuer or any Note Guarantor will only constitute a discharge to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor to the extent of the U.S. dollar amount or euro amount, as the case may be, which the recipient is able to purchase with the amount so received or recovered in that other currency on the date of that receipt or recovery (or, if it is not practicable to make that purchase on that date, on the first date on which it is practicable to do so).

        (b)   If that U.S. dollar amount is less than the U.S. dollar amount expressed to be due to the recipient or the Trustee under any Dollar Note, or if that euro amount is less than the euro amount expressed to be due to the recipient or the Trustee under any Euro Note, the Issuer and any Note Guarantor will indemnify them against any loss sustained by such recipient as a result. In any event, the Issuer and any Note Guarantor will indemnify the recipient against the cost of making any such purchase. For the purposes of this currency indemnity provision, it will be prima facie evidence of the matter stated therein for the Holder of a Note or the Trustee to certify in a manner satisfactory to the Issuer (indicating the sources of information used) the loss it incurred in making any such purchase. These indemnities constitute a separate and independent obligation from the Issuer and any Note Guarantor's other obligations, will give rise to a separate and independent cause of action, will apply irrespective of any waiver granted by any Holder or the Trustee (other than a waiver of the indemnities set out herein) and

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will continue in full force and effect despite any other judgment, order, claim or proof for a liquidated amount in respect of any sum due under any Note or to the Trustee.


ARTICLE 3
REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT

        Section 3.01    Notices to Trustee.    

        If the Issuer elects to redeem Notes pursuant to the optional redemption provisions of Section 3.07 hereof, it must furnish to the Trustee, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, an Officer's Certificate setting forth:

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

        (b)   the record date for the redemption and the redemption date;

        (c)   the principal amount of each series of Notes to be redeemed; and

        (d)   the redemption price.

        Section 3.02    Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.    

        If less than all of the Notes are to be redeemed or purchased in an offer to purchase at any time, the Trustee will select Notes for redemption or purchase as follows:

        (a)   if the applicable Notes are listed on any national securities exchange (including the Luxembourg Stock Exchange), in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which they are listed; or

        (b)   if the applicable Notes are not listed on any national securities exchange or the relevant national securities exchange does not have any applicable requirements, on a pro rata basis, by lot or by such method as the Trustee, in its sole discretion, shall deem fair and appropriate,

provided that no Notes of $100,000 or €50,000 in aggregate principal amount, as the case may be, or less shall be redeemed in part.

        In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased will 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 from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.

        The Trustee will promptly notify the Issuer and the Registrar (if not the Issuer) in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Notes selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected will be in minimum amounts of $100,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof, or of €50,000 and integral multiples of €1,000 in excess thereof, as the case may be; 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 (in excess of $100,000) or €1,000 (in excess of €50,000), as the case may be, 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.

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        Section 3.03    Notice of Redemption.    

        At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Issuer will mail or cause to be mailed, by first class mail, a notice of redemption to each Holder whose Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address, 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 pursuant to Article 8 hereof or a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture pursuant to Article 10 hereof. So long as any series of the Notes is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and if required by the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, notice will be published in Luxembourg in a daily leading newspaper with general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort) or on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu).

        The notice will identify the Notes to be redeemed and will state:

        (a)   the record date for the redemption and the redemption date;

        (b)   the redemption price;

        (c)   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 will be issued upon cancellation of the original Note;

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

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

        (f)    that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such redemption payment or the relevant Paying Agent is prohibited from making such payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

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

        (h)   that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP, ISIN or Common Code number, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes.

        At the Issuer's request, the Trustee will give the notice of redemption in the Issuer's name and at its expense; provided, however, that the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee, at least 45 days prior to the redemption date (unless a shorter period shall be acceptable to the Trustee in its sole discretion), an Officer's Certificate requesting that the Trustee give such notice and setting forth the information to be stated in such notice as provided in the preceding paragraph.

        Section 3.04    Effect of Notice of Redemption.    

        Once notice of redemption is mailed in accordance with Section 3.03 hereof, Notes called for redemption become irrevocably due and payable on the redemption date at the redemption price. Failure to give notice or any defect in the notice to any Holder shall not affect the validity of the notice to any other Holder.

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        Section 3.05    Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.    

        No later than one Business Day prior to the redemption or purchase price date, the Issuer will deposit with the Trustee or with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date other than Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption that have been delivered by the Issuer to the Trustee for cancellation. The Trustee or the Paying Agent will 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 and unpaid interest, if any, and Additional Amounts, if any, on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

        Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall be required to pay out any money without first having been placed in funds.

        If the Issuer complies with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest will cease to accrue on the Notes or the portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase unless the relevant Paying Agent is prohibited from making such redemption payment pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. 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 4.01 hereof.

        Section 3.06    Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.    

        Upon surrender of a Note that is redeemed or purchased in part, the Issuer will issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, the Trustee will 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.

        Section 3.07    Optional Redemption.    

        (a)   Except as set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) below or in Section 3.10 hereof, the Issuer may not redeem the Notes prior to August 15, 2013. On or after this date, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the 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 12-month period commencing on August 15 of the years set forth below:

Redemption Year
  Dollar Notes
Redemption
Price
  Euro Notes
Redemption
Price
 

2013

    104.750%     104,750%  

2014

    102.375%     102.375%  

2015 and thereafter

    100%     100%  

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        (b)   At any time prior to August 15, 2013, the Issuer may at its option redeem the Notes in whole or in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, by paying a redemption price equal to the sum of

            (1)   100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus

            (2)   the Applicable Premium,

plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the 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).

        (c)   At any time prior to August 15, 2012, the Issuer may, on one or more occasions, redeem up to a maximum of 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of each series of Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings. The redemption price of the Dollar Notes is equal to 109.500% of the principal amount thereof, and the redemption price of the Euro Notes is equal to 109.500% of the principal amount thereof each plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the 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, however, that:

            (1)   after giving effect to any such redemption at least 60% of the original aggregate principal amount of such series of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) remains outstanding; and

            (2)   any such redemption by the Issuer must be made within 120 days of such Equity Offering.

        (d)   Any redemption pursuant to this Section 3.07 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

        Section 3.08    Mandatory Redemption.    

        The Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

        Section 3.09    Offer to Purchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.    

        In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Issuer is required to commence an offer to all Holders to purchase Notes (as defined in Section 4.10(b), an "Excess Proceeds Offer"), it shall follow the procedures specified below.

        The Excess Proceeds Offer shall be made to all Holders at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the purchase date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date as set forth below). As promptly as practicable following termination of the offer period (the "Purchase Date"), the Issuer shall apply all Allocable Excess Proceeds (the "Offer Amount") to the purchase of Notes or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Excess Proceeds Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased will be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

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        If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest record date and on or before the related interest payment date, any accrued and unpaid interest, will be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such record date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer.

        Upon the commencement of an Excess Proceeds Offer, the Issuer will send or cause to be sent, by first class mail, to the Trustee and each of the Holders at the address appearing in the security register, a notice stating:

        (a)   that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Excess Proceeds Offer will remain open;

        (b)   the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

        (c)   that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;

        (d)   that, unless the Issuer defaults in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer will cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

        (e)   that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer may elect to have Notes purchased only in minimum denominations of $100,000 or €50,000, as the case may be, and in integral multiples of $1,000 or €1,000, respectively, in excess thereof, except that a Holder may elect to have all of the Notes held by such Holder purchased even if not an integral multiple of $1,000 (in excess of $100,000) or €1,000 (in excess of €50,000), as the case may be;

        (f)    that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Excess Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" attached to the Note completed, or transfer by book-entry transfer, to the Issuer, a Depositary, if appointed by the Issuer, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

        (g)   the procedure for withdrawing an election to tender;

        (h)   that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Issuer will select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the principal amount of Notes surrendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Issuer so that only Notes in minimum denominations of $100,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess or of €50,000 or integral multiples of €1,000 thereof, as the case may be, will be purchased); and

        (i)    that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer).

        On or before the Purchase Date, the Issuer shall, to the extent lawful, accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered, and shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that such Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Issuer in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.09. The Issuer, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly (but in any case not later than five Business Days after the Purchase Date) mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Issuer for purchase, and the

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Issuer shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon written request from the Issuer will authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note to such Holder, in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Issuer to the Holder thereof. The Issuer will publicly announce the results of the Excess Proceeds Offer on the Purchase Date.

        Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

        Section 3.10    Redemption of Notes for Changes in Withholding Taxes.    

        The Issuer may, at its option, redeem all, but not less than all, of the then-outstanding Notes at any time upon giving not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' notice to the Holders (which notice shall be irrevocable), at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the redemption date (a "Tax Redemption Date") and all Additional Amounts, if any, that will become due on the Tax Redemption Date as a result of such redemption or otherwise (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date), if the Issuer determines in good faith that (a) it, or any Note Guarantor with respect to a Note Guarantee, as the case may be, has become obligated or, on the occasion of the next payment due in respect of the Notes, would be obligated to pay Additional Amounts with respect to any payment under or with respect to the Notes or the relevant Note Guarantee, as applicable, and (b) the payment obligation cannot be avoided by the Issuer taking reasonable measures available to it (including making payment through a Paying Agent located in another jurisdiction), as a result of:

        (1)   any change in, or amendment to, the laws or treaties (or any regulations, protocols or rulings promulgated thereunder) of the United Kingdom, the United States or any other Relevant Taxing Jurisdiction affecting taxation, which change or amendment becomes effective on or after the Closing Date, or

        (2)   any change in position regarding the application, administration or interpretation of such laws, treaties, regulations, protocols or rulings (including a holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction), which change in position becomes effective on or after the Closing Date.

        The notice of redemption may not be given earlier than 90 days prior to the earliest date on which the Issuer would be obligated to make a payment or withholding if a payment in respect of the Notes were then due and unless, at the time such notice is given, such obligation to pay such Additional Amounts remains in effect. Prior to the publication or, where relevant, mailing of any notice of redemption of the Notes pursuant to the foregoing, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the circumstances referred to above exist and the Issuer cannot avoid the obligation by taking reasonable measures available to it. The Trustee shall accept the Officer's Certificate and Opinion of Counsel as sufficient evidence of the satisfaction of the conditions precedent described above.


ARTICLE 4
COVENANTS

        Section 4.01    Payment of Notes.    

        The Issuer shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal,

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premium, if any, and interest and Additional Amounts, if any, will be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent holds (i) in case of the Dollar Notes, as of 10:00 AM New York time on the due date, or (ii) in case of the Euro Notes, as of 10:00 AM New York time on the Business Day prior to the due date (or such later time as the Issuer and the Paying Agent may mutually agree, from time to time), money deposited by the Issuer in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest then due and is not prohibited from paying such money to the Holders on that date pursuant to the terms of this Indenture or the Intercreditor Deed.

        The Issuer shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal at the rate equal to the then applicable interest rate on the Notes. The Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest (without regard to any applicable grace periods) at the same rate.

        If a Paying Agent pays out funds on or after the due date therefor, or pays out funds (although it is not obligated) on the assumption that the corresponding payment by the Issuer has been or will be made and such payment has in fact not been so made by the Issuer, then the Issuer shall on demand reimburse the Paying Agent for the relevant amount, and pay interest to the Paying Agent on such amount from the date on which it is paid out to the date of reimbursement at a rate per annum equal to the cost to the Paying Agent of funding the amount paid out, as certified by the Paying Agent and expressed as a rate per annum.

        Section 4.02    Maintenance of Office or Agency.    

        The Issuer shall maintain an office or agency (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee, Registrar or co-registrar) (a) for the Dollar Notes, in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, and, for so long as the Dollar Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, in Luxembourg, and (b) for the Euro Notes, in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, in London, England, and for so long as the Euro Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, in Luxembourg, where (1) Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and (2) notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.

        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 such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission will in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York and London, England, and for so long as any Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, in Luxembourg, for such purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

        Section 4.03    Ongoing Reporting.    

        (a)   So long as the Notes are outstanding, the Company will furnish to the Trustee, within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and regulations, without cost to the Trustee (who, at the Issuer's expense, will furnish by mail to the Holders); provided, however, that to the extent any reports are filed on the SEC's website, such reports shall be deemed to be furnished to the Trustee and the Holders:

            (1)   whether or not required by SEC rules and regulations, quarterly and annual reports of the Parent, containing substantially the same information required to be contained in a

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Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q or an Annual Report on Form 10-K, as applicable, under the Exchange Act, including financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States or, if permitted by the SEC, international financial reporting standards, and a "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" (except with respect to guarantor financial statements, but including condensed information complying with Rule 3-10(d) of Regulation S-X of the SEC); provided, however, that only to the extent reasonably available, at any time that any of Parent's Subsidiaries is an Unrestricted Subsidiary that is a Significant Subsidiary or would in combination with other Unrestricted Subsidiaries be a Significant Subsidiary, the quarterly and annual financial information required by this paragraph will include a presentation, either on the face of the financial statements, in the footnotes thereto, or in "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" or other comparable section, of the financial condition and results of operations of Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of Parent; and

            (2)   such other reports containing substantially the same information required to be contained in a Current Report on Form 8-K under the Exchange Act, as in effect on the Closing Date.

        The Parent will also make available copies of all reports required by clauses (1) and (2) above on its website.

        (b)   The Issuer will at all times comply with TIA §314(a).

        Section 4.04    Compliance Certificates.    

        The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an Officer's Certificate stating that in the course of the performance by the signer thereof of his or her duties as an Officer of the Issuer he or she would normally have knowledge of any Default and whether or not the signer knows of any Default that occurred during such period (and, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto). The Issuer shall otherwise comply with Section 314(a)(4) of the TIA.

        Section 4.05    Taxes.    

        The Company and the Issuer shall pay, and the Company and the Parent shall cause each Restricted Subsidiary to pay, prior to delinquency, all Taxes except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

        Section 4.06    [Intentionally Omitted]    

        Section 4.07    Restricted Payments.    

        (a)   The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to:

            (1)   declare or pay any dividend, make any distribution on or in respect of its Capital Stock or make any similar payment to the direct or indirect holders of its Capital Stock, except (A) pro rata dividends or distributions payable solely in its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified

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Stock) and (B) dividends, distributions or any similar payment payable to the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (and, if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary has stockholders other than the Company, the Issuer or other Restricted Subsidiaries, to its other stockholders on a basis that is no more favorable to such other stockholders than a pro rata basis);

            (2)   purchase, repurchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value any Capital Stock of the Company;

            (3)   purchase, repurchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value, prior to scheduled maturity, scheduled repayment or scheduled sinking fund payment any Subordinated Obligations (other than (a) Subordinated Obligations owed to the Issuer or any Intermediate Guarantor and (b) the purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary acquired in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case, due within one year of the date of acquisition); or

            (4)   make any Investment (other than a Permitted Investment) in any Person

(any such dividend, distribution, payment, purchase, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, retirement, or other acquisition or Investment being herein referred to as a "Restricted Payment"), if at the time the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary makes such Restricted Payment:

              (A)  a Default will have occurred and be continuing (or would result therefrom);

              (B)  the Company could not Incur at least £1.00 of additional Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of Section 4.09; or

              (C)  the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payment and all other Restricted Payments (the amount so expended, if other than in cash, to be determined in good faith by the Board of Directors) declared or made subsequent to July 25, 2006 would exceed the sum of:

                  (i)  an amount equal to 100% of EBITDA since the Merger Date to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter, taken as a single accounting period, less the product of 1.4 times the Consolidated Interest Expense since the Merger Date to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter, taken as a single accounting period;

                 (ii)  the proceeds received by the Company from the issue or sale of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) subsequent to July 25, 2006 (other than an issuance or sale to (x) the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company or (y) an employee share ownership plan or other trust to the extent funded or required to be funded by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries);

                (iii)  the amount by which Indebtedness of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries is reduced on the Company's Consolidated balance sheet upon the conversion or exchange of any Indebtedness of any Intermediate Guarantor or the Issuer issued after July 25, 2006 which is convertible or exchangeable for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Company issued to Persons not including the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (less the amount of any cash or the Fair Market Value of other Property distributed by

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the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange); and

                (iv)  without duplication, the sum of

                   (x)  the aggregate amount returned to the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary in cash on or with respect to Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made subsequent to July 25, 2006 whether through interest payments, principal payments, dividends or other distributions;

                   (y)  the net proceeds received and retained by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the disposition, retirement or redemption of all or any portion of such Investments (other than Permitted Investments and other than to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary); and

                   (z)  upon redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary subsequent to July 25, 2006, in accordance with Section 4.17, the Fair Market Value (valued as provided in the definition of "Investment") of the net assets of such Subsidiary;

          provided, however, that the amount under this clause (iv) shall not exceed the aggregate amount of all such Investments (other than Permitted Investments) made subsequent to July 25, 2006 (and treated as a Restricted Payment) by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in such Person, which amount was included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments.

        For purposes of calculating the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments in Section 4.07(a)(C) above declared or made subsequent to July 25, 2006 and prior to the date of this Indenture, any Restricted Payment which was not included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a)(C) of the 2006 Indenture shall also not be included in such calculation under Section 4.07(a)(C).

        (b)   The provisions of the foregoing paragraph (a) will not prohibit:

            (1)   any purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of Capital Stock or Disqualified Stock of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the sale within 90 days of, Capital Stock or Disqualified Stock of, the Company (other than Capital Stock issued or sold to a Subsidiary of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or an employee share ownership plan or other trust to the extent funded by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) or through a substantially concurrent contribution to the equity of the Company; provided, however, that:

              (A)  such purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value will be excluded in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments, and

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              (B)  the Net Cash Proceeds from such sale applied in the manner set forth in this clause (1) will be excluded from the calculation of amounts under clause (C)(ii) of paragraph (a) above;

            (2)   any prepayment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the sale within 90 days of, Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary that is permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 and that is subordinated to the Notes to at least the same extent as such Subordinated Obligations; provided, however, that such prepayment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value will be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (3)   any prepayment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from Net Available Cash to the extent permitted by Section 4.10; provided, however, that such prepayment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value will be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (4)   any prepayment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent sale of, Subordinated Obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that qualifies as Refinancing Indebtedness; provided, however, that such prepayment, repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value will be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (5)   dividends paid within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof if at such date of declaration such dividends would have complied with this Section 4.07; provided, however, that such dividends will be included (without duplication) in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (6)   any purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of Capital Stock, or options to purchase Capital Stock, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, directors or former directors or consultants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (or permitted transferees of such employees, former employees, directors or former directors or consultants), pursuant to the terms of agreements (including employment agreements) or plans (or amendments thereto) under which such individuals purchase or sell or are granted the option to purchase or sell, shares of such Capital Stock; provided, however, that the aggregate amount of such purchases, repurchases, redemptions, retirements and other acquisitions for value will not exceed £20 million in any calendar year; provided further, that such purchases, repurchases, redemptions, retirements and other acquisitions for value will be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (7)   any payment of dividends, other distributions or other amounts by the Company for the purposes set forth in clauses (A) and (B) below; provided, however, that such dividends, distributions or other payments will be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments:

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              (A)  to a Virgin Media Holding Company in amounts required for such Virgin Media Holding Company to pay taxes and other fees or amounts required to maintain its corporate existence and provide for other expenses in an aggregate amount of up to £50 million per year; and

              (B)  amounts payable for any income or corporate taxes or pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement;

            (8)   any purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value of Capital Stock deemed to occur upon exercise of options, warrants or other securities, if such Capital Stock represents a portion of the exercise price of such options, warrants or other securities; provided, however, that such purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition for value will be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (9)   after the designation of any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, distributions (including by way of dividend) consisting of cash, Capital Stock or Property of such Unrestricted Subsidiary that in each case is held by the Company, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that (x) such distribution or disposition shall include the concurrent transfer of all liabilities (contingent or otherwise) attributable to the Property being transferred; (y) any Property received from any Unrestricted Subsidiary (other than Capital Stock issued by any Unrestricted Subsidiary) may be transferred by way of distribution or disposition pursuant to this clause (9) only if such Property, together with all related liabilities, is so transferred in a transaction that is substantially concurrent with the receipt of the proceeds of such distribution or disposition by the Company or such other Restricted Subsidiary; and (z) such distribution or disposition shall not, after giving effect to any related agreements, result nor be likely to result in any material liability, tax or other adverse consequences to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis; provided further, however, that such distributions will be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments, it being understood that proceeds from the disposition of any cash, Capital Stock or Property of an Unrestricted Subsidiary that are so distributed will not increase the amount of Restricted Payments permitted under clause (a)(C)(iv) above;

            (10) dividends on common stock of the Company up to £60 million per year; provided, in each case, that such Restricted Payments will be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (11) payments of any Receivables Fees; provided, however, that such Restricted Payments will be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (12) any Restricted Payment used to make payments of interest with respect to Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, the Convertible Senior Notes); provided that the net proceeds of any such Indebtedness are or were used in prepayment, repayment, redemption, defeasance, retirement or purchase of Bank Indebtedness, the Existing Notes, the Notes or any other Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer or any Indebtedness of the Issuer that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes (in each case, in whole or in part); provided that any such Restricted Payments will be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (13) any Content Transaction, provided that, after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Company could Incur at least £1.00 of additional Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of Section

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    4.09; provided, further, however, that such Restricted Payments will be excluded from the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments;

            (14) any Business Division Transaction, provided, however, that after giving pro forma effect thereto, the Company could Incur at least £1.00 of additional Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of Section 4.09; and

            (15) any other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, when taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (15), not to exceed £75 million; provided, however, that (A) such Restricted Payments will be included in the calculation of the amount of Restricted Payments and (B) at the time of any Restricted Payment referred to in this clause (15), no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing (or would result from such Restricted Payment).

        Section 4.08    Restrictions on Distributions from Restricted Subsidiaries.    

        (a)   The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer or any Intermediate Guarantor) to create or otherwise cause or permit to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer or any Intermediate Guarantor) to:

            (1)   pay dividends or make any other distributions on its Capital Stock or pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of which it is a Subsidiary;

            (2)   make any loans or advances to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of which it is a Subsidiary; or

            (3)   transfer any of its Property or assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of which it is a Subsidiary.

        (b)   The provisions of Section 4.08(a) will not prohibit:

              (A)  any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to (i) applicable law, rule, regulation, order or governmental license, permit or concession or (ii) an agreement in effect on the Closing Date (including this Indenture, the Existing Credit Facility, the Intercreditor Deed and the Group Intercreditor Deed and the indentures governing the Existing Notes);

              (B)  in respect of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired by the Company, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, any encumbrance or restriction with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary arising prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than an encumbrance relating to Indebtedness Incurred as consideration for, in contemplation of, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to, consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Restricted Subsidiary or was otherwise acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) and outstanding on such date;

              (C)  any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement effecting a Refinancing of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to an agreement referred to in clause (A)

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or (B) of this Section 4.08(b) or this clause (C) or contained in any amendment or modification to an agreement referred to in clause (A) or (B) of this Section 4.08(b) or this clause (C); provided, however, that the encumbrances and restrictions, taken as a whole, contained in any such Refinancing agreement or amendment or modification are no less favorable in any material respect to the Holders than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in such predecessor agreements;

              (D)  in the case of Section 4.08(a)(3), any encumbrance or restriction

                  (i)  that restricts in a customary manner the subletting, assignment or transfer of any Property or asset that is subject to a lease, license or similar contract,

                 (ii)  encumbering Property at the time such Property was acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary so long as such restriction relates solely to the Property so acquired (other than any encumbrance or restriction created as consideration for, in contemplation of, in connection with or pursuant to the provision of, all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Property was otherwise acquired by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary),

                (iii)  under agreements relating to Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred that impose customary restrictions on the Property subject to such Purchase Money Indebtedness or Capitalized Lease Obligations,

                (iv)  relating to Indebtedness that is permitted to be Incurred and secured without also securing the Notes or the applicable Note Guarantee pursuant to Section 4.09 and Section 4.12 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the Property securing such Indebtedness, or

                 (v)  customarily imposed on the transfer of copyrighted or patented materials or other intellectual property and customer provisions in agreements that restrict the assignment of such agreements or any rights thereunder;

              (E)  any encumbrance created in connection with a Qualified Receivables Transaction permitted under Section 4.09;

              (F)  any customary encumbrance or restriction imposed with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement entered into for the sale or disposition of all or substantially all the Capital Stock or assets of such Restricted Subsidiary pending the closing of such sale or disposition;

              (G)  any customary encumbrance or restriction on cash or other deposits or net worth imposed on customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business;

              (H)  any encumbrance or restriction pursuant to an agreement governing (i) any Bank Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be Incurred subsequent to the Closing Date pursuant to clauses (a), (b)(1), (b)(4) or (b)(16) of Section 4.09, or (ii) any Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clause (a) of Section 4.09 if the encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such agreement, taken

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      as a whole, do not materially prejudice the ability of the Issuer to make payments on the Notes;

              (I)   encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of provisions in asset sale agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business; and

              (J)   encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of provisions in joint venture arrangements and other similar arrangements or arrangements with minority interests in any Restricted Subsidiary.

        Section 4.09    Incurrence of Indebtedness.    

        (a)   The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Incur, directly or indirectly, any Indebtedness; provided, however, that the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur Indebtedness if on the date of such Incurrence and after giving effect thereto the Leverage Ratio would not exceed 5.5:1.0.

        (b)   Notwithstanding the foregoing paragraph (a), the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary may Incur the following Indebtedness:

            (1)   Bank Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Bank Indebtedness Incurred under the Existing Credit Facility) in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not exceeding £5,300,000,000;

            (2)   Indebtedness of the Company owed to and held by any Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owed to and held by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that (A) any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any subsequent transfer of such Indebtedness or any other event that results in any such Indebtedness being held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary shall be deemed to constitute the Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the obligor thereon, (B) if an Intermediate Guarantor is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated for the benefit of the Holders to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the relevant Intermediate Guarantee and (C) if the Issuer is the obligor on such Indebtedness, such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated for the benefit of the Holders to the prior payment in full in cash of all obligations with respect to the Notes;

            (3)   Indebtedness (A) represented by the Notes (not including any Additional Notes), (B) represented by the Intermediate Guarantees and the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee, and (C) outstanding on the Closing Date (other than the Indebtedness described in clause (2) of this paragraph (b));

            (4)   Indebtedness consisting of Refinancing Indebtedness Incurred in respect of any Indebtedness described in clauses (3) or (4) of this paragraph (b) or under paragraph (a);

            (5)   Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary acquired by the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date Incurred and outstanding on or prior to the date on which such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired by the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary (other than Indebtedness Incurred in contemplation of, in connection with, as consideration in, or to provide all or any portion of the funds or credit support utilized to consummate, the transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which such Restricted Subsidiary became a Subsidiary of or was otherwise acquired by the Company, the Issuer or any

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    other Restricted Subsidiary) or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof, not exceeding £75 million in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

            (6)   Indebtedness (A) in respect of performance, bid, completion, surety or appeal bonds provided by the Company, the Issuer and any other Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of their business and (B) under Interest Rate Agreements and Currency Agreements entered into for bona fide hedging purposes of the Company, the Issuer and any other Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

            (7)   Purchase Money Indebtedness and Capitalized Lease Obligations Incurred after the Closing Date for the purpose of financing all or any part of the purchase price or cost of construction or improvement (including the cost of design, development, construction, acquisition, transportation, installation, improvement and migration) of assets; provided, however, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (7), together with all other outstanding Indebtedness Incurred after the Closing Date pursuant to this clause (7), shall not exceed as of the date of Incurrence the greater of (A) 2.75% of Total Assets and (B) £150 million;

            (8)   (i) Guarantees of the Notes, (ii) Guarantees by a Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the U.K. Inland Revenue in connection with the U.K. tax liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) Guarantees of other Indebtedness not otherwise prohibited by this Section 4.09 and (iv) Guarantees of Indebtedness which by its terms must be Guaranteed if the Notes are Guaranteed;

            (9)   Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary 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, however, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its Incurrence;

            (10) Indebtedness constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers' acceptances or other similar instruments or obligations issued in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers' compensation claims or other Indebtedness Incurred with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers' compensation claims and under other similar legislation; provided, however, that upon the drawing or other funding of such letters of credit or other instruments or obligations, such drawings or fundings are reimbursed within 30 days;

            (11) Indebtedness arising from agreements of the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, adjustment of purchase price or similar obligations, in each case, Incurred in connection with the disposition of any business, assets or Capital Stock of a Subsidiary, other than Guarantees or other credit support of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Person (other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary) acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets or Capital Stock or any Affiliate of such Person; provided that such Indebtedness is not reflected on the balance sheet of the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary (contingent obligations referred to in a footnote to financial statements and not otherwise reflected on the balance sheet will be deemed not to be reflected on such balance sheet for purposes of this clause (11));

            (12) the Incurrence of Indebtedness consisting of guarantees of loans or other extensions of credit made to or on behalf of officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary for the purpose of permitting such

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    persons to purchase Capital Stock of the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary, in an amount not to exceed £10 million at any one time outstanding;

            (13) the Incurrence of Indebtedness by a Receivables Subsidiary in a Qualified Receivables Transaction that is not recourse to the Company, the Issuer or any of their Subsidiaries (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings) in an amount not to exceed £300 million at any one time outstanding;

            (14) the accrual of interest, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest on any Indebtedness in the form of additional indebtedness with the same terms, and the payment of dividends on Disqualified Stock in the form of additional shares of the same class of Disqualified Stock (where the payment of such dividends is not part of a financing transaction);

            (15) Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary relating to deferral of PAYE taxes with the agreement of the U.K. Inland Revenue; and

            (16) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to the foregoing paragraph (a) or any other clause of this paragraph (b)) in an aggregate principal amount on the date of Incurrence that, when added to all other Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (16) and then outstanding, will not exceed the greater of (A) 3.0% of Total Assets and (B) £300 million.

        (c)   For purposes of determining the outstanding principal amount of any particular Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09:

            (1)   Bank Indebtedness Incurred on or prior to the Closing Date shall be treated as Incurred pursuant to clause (1) of paragraph (b) above

            (2)   Indebtedness permitted by this Section 4.09 need not be permitted solely by reference to one provision permitting such Indebtedness but may be permitted in part by one such provision and in part by one or more other provisions of this Section 4.09 permitting such Indebtedness;

            (3)   in the event that Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in this Section 4.09, the Company, in its sole discretion (except as specified in this paragraph (c)), shall classify or reclassify from time to time such Indebtedness and only be required to include the amount of such Indebtedness in one of such clauses; and

            (4)   the outstanding principal amount of any particular Indebtedness shall be counted only once and any obligations arising under any Guarantee, Lien, letter of credit or similar instrument supporting such Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred under this Section 4.09 shall not be double counted.

        (d)   For the purposes of determining compliance with any sterling-denominated restriction on the Incurrence of Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than pounds sterling, the sterling-equivalent principal amount of such Indebtedness Incurred pursuant thereto shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date that such Indebtedness was Incurred, in the case of term Indebtedness, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness, provided that (x) the sterling-equivalent principal amount of any such Indebtedness outstanding on the Closing Date shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the Closing Date, (y) if such

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Indebtedness is Incurred to Refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than pounds sterling, and such refinancing would cause the applicable sterling-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such Refinancing, such sterling-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 based on the exchange rate between the currency of the Indebtedness being Refinanced and the currency of the Refinancing Indebtedness and (z) the sterling-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than pounds sterling and Incurred pursuant to any Credit Facility shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on, at the Company's option, (i) the Closing Date, (ii) any date on which any of the respective commitments under the Credit Facility shall be reallocated between or among facilities or subfacilities thereunder, or (iii) the date of such Incurrence. 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.

        Section 4.10    Sales of Assets and Subsidiary Stock.    

        (a)   The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any Asset Disposition unless:

            (1)   the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition;

            (2)   at least 75% of the consideration thereof received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash, Temporary Cash Investments or Additional Assets; and

            (3)   an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,

              (A)  first, to the extent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary elects (or is required by the terms of any Indebtedness), to prepay or repay, purchase, repurchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise acquire for value Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Issuer, other than Indebtedness that is either unsecured and pari passu in right of payment to the Notes and the Note Guarantees or Indebtedness that is subordinate or junior in right of payment to the Notes and the Note Guarantees;

              (B)  second, to the extent of the balance of Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clause (A), to the extent the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary elects, to invest in Additional Assets or any capitalized expense related thereto (including by means of an Investment in Additional Assets or any capitalized expense related thereto by a Restricted Subsidiary with Net Available Cash received by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary);

              (C)  third, to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash not applied in accordance with clauses (A) and (B) within 366 days from the later of such Asset Disposition or the receipt of such Net Available Cash (provided, however, that such 366-day period shall be extended by up to 180 days to the extent a binding contractual

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    commitment to reinvest in or purchase Additional Assets or any capitalized expense related thereto shall have been entered into by such 366th day to the extent such commitment remains in effect and the planned reinvestment or purchase has not been abandoned or cancelled), to make an Excess Proceeds Offer (as defined in paragraph (b) of this Section 4.10) to purchase Notes pursuant to and subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 4.10, subject to proration as described in paragraph (b) below or an offer to purchase any other Senior Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuer, or any Intermediate Guarantor outstanding on the date of such Excess Proceeds Offer that is pari passu in right of payment with the Notes or any Guarantee from the Company or an Intermediate Guarantor and subject to terms and conditions in respect of Asset Dispositions similar in all material respects to the covenant described hereunder and requiring the Issuer to make an offer to purchase such Senior Indebtedness at substantially the same time as such Excess Proceeds Offer (the "Pari Passu Debt"); and

              (D)  fourth, to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (A), (B) and (C) (including any amounts for Notes not tendered in any Excess Proceeds Offer), for any general corporate purpose permitted by the terms of this Indenture;

    provided, however, that in connection with any prepayment or repayment, purchase, repurchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance or other acquisition for value of Indebtedness pursuant to clause (A), (C) or (D) above, other than in connection with Bank Indebtedness Incurred under any revolving facility the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary will retire such Indebtedness and will cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so permanently prepaid or repaid, purchased, repurchased, redeemed, retired, defeased or otherwise acquired for value unless the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary can incur such Indebtedness on such date under this Indenture.

        For the purposes of clause (2) of paragraph (a) of this Section 4.10, the following are deemed to be cash:

            (1)   Indebtedness and other liabilities shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Company prior to the date of such Asset Disposition (other than Subordinated Obligations) (i) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and (ii) for which the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries are released from all liability at the time of such Asset Disposition;

            (2)   any securities, notes or other obligations received by any such Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted, sold or exchanged by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Temporary Cash Investments within 90 days, to the extent of the cash or Temporary Cash Investments received in that conversion, sale or exchange; and

            (3)   any Designated Non-Cash Consideration.

        (b)   In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of Notes pursuant to clause (a)(3)(C) of this Section 4.10, the Issuer will be required to purchase Notes tendered pursuant to an offer by the Issuer for the Notes (an "Excess Proceeds Offer"), which Excess Proceeds Offer shall be in the amount of the Allocable Excess Proceeds, on a pro rata basis according to principal amount, at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the purchase date (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest

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due on the relevant interest payment date), in accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of over-subscription and calculation of the principal amount of Notes denominated in different currencies) set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that any portion of the amount of Net Available Cash remains after compliance with the preceding sentence and Section 3.09, the Issuer may apply the remaining Net Available Cash in accordance with clause (a)(3)(D) of this Section 4.10. The Issuer will not be required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer for Notes (or any offer for any other Indebtedness) pursuant to this Section 4.10 if the Net Available Cash available therefor (after application of the proceeds as provided in clauses (a)(3)(A) and (a)(3)(B)) is less than £40 million for any particular Asset Disposition (which lesser amount will be carried forward for purposes of determining whether an Excess Proceeds Offer is required with respect to the Net Available Cash from any subsequent Asset Disposition). Upon completion of each Excess Proceeds Offer, the amount of Allocable Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero.

        The term "Allocable Excess Proceeds" means the product of:

        (y)   the amount of Net Available Cash remaining after application in accordance with clauses (a)(3)(A) and (a)(3)(B) above, and

        (z)   a fraction,

            (1)   the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the date of an Excess Proceeds Offer, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to such date, and

            (2)   the denominator of which is the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on the date of such Excess Proceeds Offer, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to such date, and the aggregate principal amount (or accreted value in the case of Indebtedness with original issue discount) of any Pari Passu Debt plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to such date.

        (c)   The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any applicable securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.10. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.10, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof.

        Section 4.11    Transactions with Affiliates.    

        (a)   The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction or series of related transactions (including the purchase, sale, lease or exchange of any Property or the rendering of any service) with any Affiliate of the Company (an "Affiliate Transaction") unless such transaction is on terms:

            (1)   that are not materially less favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than those that could be obtained at the time of such transaction in arm's-length dealings with a Person who is not such an Affiliate;

            (2)   that, in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate amount in excess of £25 million:

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              (A)  are set forth in writing; and

              (B)  have been approved by a majority of the members of the Board of Directors having no personal stake in such Affiliate Transaction; and

            (3)   that, in the event such Affiliate Transaction involves an aggregate amount in excess of £100 million, have been determined by an Independent Financial Advisor to be fair, from a financial standpoint, to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

        (b)   The provisions of the foregoing paragraph (a) will not apply to:

            (1)   any Restricted Payment permitted to be paid pursuant to Section 4.07;

            (2)   transactions between the Company and any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) or between Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary);

            (3)   sales of accounts receivable or any participations therein to a Receivables Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Receivables Transaction;

            (4)   in respect of clauses (2) and (3) of paragraph (a) above, only, any issuance of securities, or other payments, awards or grants in cash, securities (including stock options and similar rights) or similar transfers to employees, directors and consultants of the Parent, the Company, or any Restricted Subsidiary and any of their Subsidiaries pursuant to, or for the purpose of funding, employment arrangements, stock options and share ownership plans;

            (5)   in respect of clauses (2) and (3) of paragraph (a) above, only, any loans or advances, or Guarantees of third-party loans, to directors, officers, employees and consultants in the ordinary course of business in accordance with past practices of the Parent, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable;

            (6)   the payment of reasonable fees and indemnities (including under customary insurance) to directors, officers and consultants of the Parent, the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary and any of their Subsidiaries;

            (7)   any tax sharing agreement or arrangement and payments pursuant thereto between or among the Parent, the Company, any Virgin Media Holding Company, the Issuer and any other Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture;

            (8)   commercial transactions on arm's-length terms entered into in the ordinary course of business of which the disinterested directors of the Company have been notified, or if there are no disinterested directors, the directors;

            (9)   transactions with Affiliates solely in their capacity as holders of Indebtedness or Capital Stock of the Issuer, any Virgin Media Holding Company or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as such Affiliates are treated no more favorably than holders of such Indebtedness or Capital Stock generally;

            (10) any agreement in effect on the Closing Date or any amendment or other modification thereto (so long as such amendment or other modification is not disadvantageous to the Holders in any material respect) or any transactions pursuant thereto;

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            (11) the issuance and sale of Capital Stock of the Company to (A) any officer, director or consultant of the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any other Virgin Media Holding Company pursuant to agreements outstanding on the Closing Date, or (B) any Virgin Media Holding Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;

            (12) the entering into, maintaining or performing of any employee contract, collective bargaining agreement, benefit plan, program or arrangement, related trust agreement or any other similar arrangement for or with any employee, officer, director or consultant heretofore or hereafter entered into in the ordinary course of business, including vacation, health, insurance, deferred compensation, severance, retirement, savings or other similar plans, programs or arrangements;

            (13) any insurance arrangements entered into in the ordinary course of business with a captive insurance company; or

            (14) any transaction in the ordinary course of business between or among the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary and any Affiliate of the Company that is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a joint venture or similar entity (including a Permitted Joint Venture) that would constitute an Affiliate Transaction solely because the Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary owns an equity interest in or otherwise controls such Unrestricted Subsidiary, joint venture or similar entity.

        Section 4.12    Liens.    

        The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, Incur or permit to exist any consensual Lien of any nature whatsoever (any such Lien, an "Initial Lien") on any of its Property or assets (including Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary), whether owned at the Closing Date or thereafter acquired, securing any Indebtedness, other than Permitted Liens, without effectively providing that the Notes shall be secured equally and ratably with (or prior to) the obligations so secured for so long as such obligations are so secured.

        Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders pursuant to the immediately preceding paragraph may provide by its terms that such Lien will be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged (1) upon the full and unconditional release and discharge of the Initial Lien (other than as a result of satisfaction of the debt secured through enforcement of such Lien), (2) with respect to any Additional Subsidiary Guarantor the assets or the Capital Stock of which are encumbered by such Lien, upon the release of the Additional Subsidiary Guarantee of such Additional Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with Section 11.02 or (3) upon any defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the Notes as provided under Article 8 and Article 10 of this Indenture.

        Section 4.13    Business Activities.    

        The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business, other than a Permitted Business, except for any businesses that are immaterial to the business as a whole.

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        Section 4.14    Corporate Existence.    

        Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Issuer and each Note Guarantor shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect:

            (1)   its corporate existence, and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, in accordance with the respective organizational documents (as the same may be amended from time to time) of the Issuer or any such Restricted Subsidiary; and

            (2)   the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Issuer, each Note Guarantor and their Restricted Subsidiaries;

provided, however, that the Issuer and each Note Guarantor shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any of their Restricted Subsidiaries, if the Board of Directors or an Officer of the Issuer shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer necessary or desirable in the conduct of the business of the Issuer, each Note Guarantor and their Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

        The foregoing shall not prohibit a sale, transfer or conveyance of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer) or any of its assets in compliance with the terms of this Indenture.

        Section 4.15    Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.    

        (a)   Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, each Holder will have the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or any part of such Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to 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); provided, however, that notwithstanding the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer shall not be obligated to purchase the Notes pursuant to this section in the event that it has exercised its right to redeem all of the Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof.

        (b)   Within 30 days following any Change of Control giving rise to the obligations under this Section 4.15 or, at the Issuer's option, at any time prior to a Change of Control but following the public announcement thereof, the Issuer shall mail a notice to each Holder with a copy to the Trustee (the "Repurchase Offer") stating:

            (1)   that a Change of Control has occurred (or will occur) and that such Holder has the right to require the Issuer to repurchase all or a portion of such Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of repurchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest on the relevant interest payment date);

            (2)   the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of Control;

            (3)   if a Change of Control has been publicly announced but has not occurred at the time such notice is mailed, that the Repurchase Offer is conditioned on the consummation of such Change of Control occurring prior to or concurrent with the repurchase;

            (4)   the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed);

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            (5)   that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;

            (6)   that, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the purchase price, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Repurchase Offer will cease to accrue interest after the repurchase date;

            (7)   that Holders electing to have any Notes purchased pursuant to a Repurchase Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" attached to the Notes completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the repurchase date;

            (8)   that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the repurchase date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have the Notes purchased; and

            (9)   that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof, or equal to €1,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple thereof, as the case may be.

        The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any applicable securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.15. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.15, the Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.15 by virtue thereof.

        (c)   On the repurchase date, the Issuer will, to the extent lawful:

            (1)   accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Repurchase Offer;

            (2)   deposit with the relevant Paying Agent an amount equal to the purchase price in respect of all Notes or portions of Notes properly tendered; and

            (3)   deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Notes properly accepted together with an Officer's Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions of Notes being purchased by the Issuer.

        The relevant Paying Agent will promptly mail to each Holder of Notes properly tendered the purchase price for such Notes, and the Trustee will promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, if any; provided that each new Note will be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof, or of €50,000 or an integral multiple of €1,000 in excess thereof, as the case may be.

        If, at the time of the Change of Control, any series of the Notes is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and if required by the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, notice will be published in Luxembourg as set forth in Section 3.03 hereof.

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        The Issuer will publicly announce the results of the Repurchase Offer on or as soon as practicable after the repurchase date. If any series of the Notes is listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and if required by the rules of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange notice will be published in Luxembourg as set forth in Section 3.03 hereof.

        (d)   The Issuer will not be required to make a Repurchase Offer upon a Change of Control if a third party makes the Repurchase Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Repurchase Offer made by the Issuer and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Repurchase Offer. The Issuer shall not be required to effect more than one Repurchase Offer, including repurchasing all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Repurchase Offer, for each Change of Control.

        Section 4.16    Sale/Leaseback Transactions.    

        The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale/Leaseback Transaction with respect to any Property unless:

        (a)   such Intermediate Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary would be entitled to:

            (1)   Incur Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction pursuant to Section 4.09; and

            (2)   create a Lien on such Property securing such Attributable Debt without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 4.12;

        (b)   the net proceeds received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Sale/Leaseback Transaction represent the Fair Market Value of such Property; and

        (c)   the transfer of such Property is permitted by, and the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 4.10.

        Section 4.17    Designation of Restricted and Unrestricted Subsidiaries.    

        (a)   The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Company (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Company) other than the Issuer to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary if:

            (1)   no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of or after giving effect to such designation;

            (2)   such Subsidiary and any of its Subsidiaries do not own any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or own or hold any Lien on any Property of, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary other than a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

            (3)   either:

              (A)  the Subsidiary to be so designated has total Consolidated assets of £1,000 or less; or

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              (B)  if such Subsidiary has Consolidated assets greater than £1,000, then the Issuer would be permitted to make an Investment under Section 4.07 after giving effect to such designation in the amount specified in the definition of "Investment";

            (4)   all of the Indebtedness of such Subsidiary and its Subsidiaries shall, at the date of designation, and will at all times thereafter, consist of Non-Recourse Debt unless the Guarantee or other credit support related to any such Indebtedness could be Incurred by the Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary under this Indenture;

            (5)   such Subsidiary is a Person with respect to which neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary has any direct or indirect obligation:

              (A)  to subscribe for additional Capital Stock of such Person; or

              (B)  to maintain or preserve such Person's financial condition or to cause such Person to achieve any specified levels of operating results; and

            (6)   on the date such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary is not a party to any agreement, contract, arrangement or understanding with the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary with terms substantially less favorable to the Company, the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary than those that might have been obtained from Persons who are not Affiliates of the Company other than transactions that comply with Section 4.11.

        In the event of any such designation, the Company shall be deemed to have made an Investment constituting a Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 4.07.

        (b)   The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary if immediately after giving effect to such designation:

            (1)   no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of and after giving effect to such designation,

            (2)   the Company could Incur £1.00 of additional Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of Section 4.09, and

            (3)   all Liens and Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiary outstanding immediately following such designation would, if incurred at that time, have been permitted to be Incurred for all purposes of this Indenture.

        (c)   Any such designation of a Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Trustee by promptly filing with the Trustee a copy of the resolution of the Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and an Officer's Certificate certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

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        Section 4.18    [Intentionally omitted]    

        Section 4.19    Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.    

        (a)   The Company will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuer and the Intermediate Guarantors or any other Note Guarantor) to provide a Guarantee after the Closing Date of any Indebtedness of the Company, the Issuer or any Intermediate Guarantor unless:

            (1)   such Restricted Subsidiary simultaneously (or prior thereto) executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture providing for a Guarantee by it of payments of the Notes on an equal and ratable basis with such Guarantee, provided, however, that any Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary of a Subordinated Obligation shall be subordinated and junior in right of payment to the contemporaneous Guarantee of the Notes by such Restricted Subsidiary;

            (2)   such Restricted Subsidiary waives and will 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; and

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

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

              (B)  such Guarantee constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable obligation of such Restricted Subsidiary, except insofar as enforcement thereof may be limited by insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation, reorganization, administration, moratorium, receivership or similar laws (including all laws relating to fraudulent transfers) and except insofar as enforcement thereof is subject to general principles of equity;

        (b)   The provisions of Section 4.19(a) shall not apply to:

            (1)   Guarantees by a Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness (other than Public Debt that is not Permitted Public Debt issued by the Issuer or any Intermediate Guarantor) permitted to be Incurred pursuant to paragraph (a) of Section 4.09;

            (2)   Guarantees by a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement governing any Bank Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to clauses (b)(1), (b)(4) or (b)(16) of Section 4.09;

            (3)   Guarantees by a Restricted Subsidiary under any Refinancing Indebtedness described in clause (4) of paragraph (b) of Section 4.09, to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary provided a Guarantee in respect of the Indebtedness being Refinanced; provided that the Guarantee is not senior in right of payment to the Guarantee in respect of the Indebtedness being replaced;

            (4)   Guarantees by a Restricted Subsidiary of any Indebtedness described in clause (5) of paragraph (b) of Section 4.09, to the extent existing under, or required under the terms of, such Indebtedness; provided that the Guarantee or any requirement to provide such Guarantee was in existence prior to the contemplation of the merger, consolidation or acquisition

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    that resulted in the Incurrence of such Indebtedness (except as provided in clause (b)(1) of this Section 4.19);

            (5)   any Guarantee or undertaking by any Restricted Subsidiary in favor of the U.K. Inland Revenue in connection with the U.K. tax liability of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

            (6)   Guarantees by a Restricted Subsidiary permitted under clause (11) of paragraph (b) of Section 4.09.

        Section 4.20    Anti-Layering    

        The Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor may not Incur any Indebtedness if such Indebtedness is by its terms expressly subordinate or junior in ranking in any respect to any Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor (other than Bank Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to paragraph (a) or clauses (1), (4) or (16) of paragraph (b) of Section 4.09) unless such Indebtedness is Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor or is expressly subordinated in right of payment to Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor. In addition, the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor may not Incur any Secured Indebtedness that is not Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor (except to the extent such Indebtedness is secured only by a Lien arising solely by operation of applicable law) unless contemporaneously therewith effective provision is made to secure the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor equally and ratably with (or on a senior basis to, in the case of Indebtedness subordinated in right of payment to the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee) such Secured Indebtedness for as long as such Secured Indebtedness is secured by a Lien.

        Section 4.21    Further Instruments and Acts    

        Upon the request of the Trustee, but without the affirmative duty on the Trustee to do so, the Issuer and each Note Guarantor will 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 and the Intercreditor Deed.

        Section 4.22    Listing    

        The Issuer will use its commercially reasonable efforts to list and maintain the listing of the Notes on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange or another comparable exchange.

        Section 4.23    Calculation of Sterling Denominated Restrictions    

        Except as provided in Section 4.09(d), for purposes of determining compliance with any sterling-denominated restriction in this Indenture, the Sterling Equivalent amount for purposes hereof that is denominated in a non-sterling currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such non-sterling amount is incurred or made, as the case may be.

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ARTICLE 5
SUCCESSORS

        Section 5.01    Merger, Consolidation, or Sale of Assets.    

        (a)   The Issuer will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all its assets to, any Person, unless:

            (1)   the Issuer is the surviving corporation or the resulting, surviving or transferee Person other than the Issuer (the "Successor Company") will be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of any country that is a Member State, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia and the Successor Company will expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of the Issuer under the Notes and this Indenture;

            (2)   immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness not previously an obligation of the Issuer which becomes an obligation of the Successor Company or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Company or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

            (3)   immediately after giving effect to such transaction, the Issuer, if it is the surviving corporation, or the Successor Company, would be able to Incur an additional £1.00 of Indebtedness under paragraph (a) of Section 4.09;

            (4)   each Note Guarantor (unless it is the other party to the transaction above, in which case clause (1) shall apply) shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Note Guarantee shall apply to such Person's obligations in respect of this Indenture and the Notes; and

            (5)   the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with the provisions described in this paragraph; provided, that in giving such opinion, such counsel may rely on an Officer's Certificate as to compliance with clauses (2) and (3) above and as to any matters of fact.

        The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer under this Indenture, but the predecessor Issuer in the case of a conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all its assets will not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.

        Clauses (2) and (3) of this Section 5.01(a) will not apply to any transaction in which (A) any Restricted Subsidiary consolidates with, merges into or transfers all or part of its properties and assets to the Issuer or (B) the Issuer consolidates or merges with or into or transfers all or substantially all of its assets to (i) an Affiliate incorporated or organized for the purpose of changing the legal domicile of the Issuer, reincorporating the Issuer in another jurisdiction or changing its legal structure to a corporation or other entity or (ii) a Restricted Subsidiary so long as all assets of the Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction (other than Capital Stock of such Restricted Subsidiary) are owned by such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately after the consummation thereof.

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        (b)   The Company and each Note Guarantor will not, and each Note Guarantor and the Issuer will not permit any Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate with or merge with or into, or convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its assets to any Person unless:

            (1)   the resulting, surviving or transferee Person if other than such Note Guarantor (the "Successor Guarantor") will be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of a country that is a Member State, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, and such Person (if not such Note Guarantor) will expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, all the obligations of such Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee;

            (2)   immediately after giving effect to such transaction (and treating any Indebtedness not previously an obligation of such Note Guarantor which becomes an obligation of the Successor Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction as having been Incurred by the Successor Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time of such transaction), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

            (3)   the Issuer will have delivered to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture (if any) comply with this Indenture; provided that in giving such opinion, such counsel may rely on an Officer's Certificate as to compliance with clause (2) above and as to any matters of fact.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to, any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor; provided, however, that neither the Company nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to consolidate with, merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to any Intermediate Guarantor or any Subsidiary Guarantor if following such consolidation, merger or transfer such Intermediate Guarantor or such Subsidiary Guarantor would be prohibited by applicable law from continuing to provide a Note Guarantee or the amount of such Note Guarantee would be required to be limited to a greater extent than immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or transfer.


ARTICLE 6
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

        Section 6.01    Events of Default.    

        (a)   Each of the following is an "Event of Default":

            (1)   a default in any payment of interest on, or Additional Amounts with respect to, any Note when due and payable continued for 30 days;

            (2)   a default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, on any Note when due and payable at its Stated Maturity, upon optional redemption, upon required repurchase, upon declaration or otherwise;

            (3)   the failure to comply with obligations under Article 5;

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            (4)   the failure to comply for 30 days after notice with any obligations under Section 3.09 or Section 4.10 (in each case, other than a failure to purchase Notes, which will constitute an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a)(2));

            (5)   the failure to comply for 60 days after notice with any other agreement contained in the Notes or this Indenture; provided, however, that the Company shall have 90 days after receipt of such notice to remedy, or receive a waiver for, any failure to comply with its obligations to file its annual quarterly and current reports in accordance with Section 4.03 or to comply with Section 314(a)(1) of the Trust Indenture Act so long as the Company is attempting to cure sure failure as promptly as reasonably practicable;

            (6)   the failure by the Company, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary or any other Virgin Media Holding Company to pay any Indebtedness within any applicable grace period after final maturity, or the acceleration of any such Indebtedness by the holders thereof because of a default, if, in each case, the total amount of such Indebtedness unpaid or accelerated exceeds £50 million or its equivalent in another currency;

            (7)   (A) a proceeding is commenced seeking a decree or order for (i) relief in respect of the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary in an involuntary case under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, (ii) appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, examiner, administrator, sequestration or similar official of the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or (iii) the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary (other than, except in the case of the Issuer, a solvent winding up or liquidation in connection with a transfer of assets among Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries) and, in each case, such proceeding shall remain unstayed and in effect for a period of 30 consecutive days; or (B) other than, except in the case of the Issuer, in relation to a solvent winding up or liquidation in connection with a transfer of assets among Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries, the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary (i) commences a voluntary case (including taking any action for the purpose of winding up) under any applicable Bankruptcy Law, or consents to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, (ii) consents to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, examiner, administrator, sequestration or similar official of the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or a Significant Subsidiary or (iii) effects any general assignment for the benefit of creditors;

            (8)   the rendering of any judgment or decree for the payment of money in excess of £50 million or its equivalent in another currency against the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if such judgment or decree remains outstanding for a period of 60 days following such judgment or decree and is not discharged, waived or stayed before the end of such period; or

            (9)   any Note Guarantee ceases to be in full force and effect (except as contemplated by the terms thereof) or any Note Guarantor or Person acting by or on behalf of such Note Guarantor denies or disaffirms in writing such Note Guarantor's obligations under this Indenture or any Note Guarantee (other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or such Note Guarantee or the release of such Note Guarantee in accordance with such Note Guarantee or this Indenture).

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judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body.

        (b)   A default under clause (4) or (5) of Section 6.01(a) will not constitute an Event of Default until the Trustee notifies the Issuer or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes notify the Issuer and the Trustee of the default and the Company, the Issuer, the relevant Virgin Media Holding Company or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, does not cure such default within the time specified in clause (4) or (5) of Section 6.01(a) after receipt of such notice. Such notice must specify the Default, demand that it be remedied and state that such notice is a notice of Default. When a Default or an Event of Default is cured within the time specified, it ceases. In the event of a declaration of acceleration of the Notes because an Event of Default described in clause (a)(5) of this Section 6.01 has occurred and is continuing, the declaration of acceleration of the Notes shall be automatically annulled if the event of default or payment default triggering such Event of Default pursuant to clause (a)(5) of this Section 6.01 shall be remedied or cured, or waived by the holders of the Indebtedness, or the Indebtedness that gave rise to such Event of Default shall have been discharged in full, within 30 days after the declaration of acceleration with respect thereto and if (A) the annulment of the acceleration of the Notes would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (B) all existing Events of Default, except nonpayment of principal, premium or interest on the Notes that became due solely because of the acceleration of the Notes, have been cured or waived.

        (c)   The Issuer will deliver to the Trustee, within 30 days after the occurrence thereof, written notice in the form of an Officer's Certificate of any event which is, or with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default, its status and what action the Issuer is taking or proposes to take in respect thereof.

        Section 6.02    Acceleration.    

        Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Deed and the provisions of Section 6.01(b), if an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default under the bankruptcy provisions described in clause (7) of Section 6.01(a) with respect to the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary) occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes by notice to the Issuer may declare the principal of and accrued but unpaid interest on all the Notes to be due and payable. Upon such a declaration, such principal and interest will be due and payable immediately. If an Event of Default under the bankruptcy provisions described in clause (7) of Section 6.01(a) with respect to the Issuer, any Note Guarantor or any Significant Subsidiary occurs, the unpaid principal of and interest on all the Notes will become immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holders. Notwithstanding the above, if the Issuer exercises its covenant defeasance option under Article 8 hereof, payment of the Notes may not be accelerated pursuant to this Section 6.02 because of the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in clauses (4), (6), (7) or (8) of Section 6.01 or non-compliance with clause (a)(3) of Section 5.01.

        The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes by written notice to the Trustee may on behalf of all of the Holders rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal, interest, Special Interest or premium that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

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        Section 6.03    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, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes or to enforce the performance of any provision of the Notes or this Indenture. Following such Event of Default, the Trustee is entitled to require all Agents to act under its direction.

        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 of a Note 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 remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

        Section 6.04    Waiver of Past Defaults.    

        Subject to Section 6.07 and Section 9.02 hereof, the Trustee, upon receipt of written notice from the Holders of not less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes rescind an acceleration or waive any existing Default or Event of Default and its consequences hereunder except a continuing Default or Event of Default in the payment of interest or the premium on, or the principal of the Notes (including in connection with an offer to purchase). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

        Section 6.05    Control by Majority.    

        The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for exercising any remedy available to the Trustee, or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, in respect of the Notes. However, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that the Trustee determines (after consultation with counsel) conflicts with law, this Indenture or the Intercreditor Deed or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability or expense; provided that the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with any such direction. Prior to taking any action under this Indenture, the Trustee will be entitled to reasonable indemnification satisfactory to it against all losses and expenses caused by taking or not taking such action.

        Section 6.06    Limitation on Suits.    

        (a)   Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal, premium (if any) or interest when due, no Holder may pursue a remedy with respect to this Indenture or the Notes unless:

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

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

            (3)   such Holders have provided the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

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            (4)   the Trustee has not complied with such written request within 60 days after the receipt of such request and the security or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and

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

        (b)   A Holder may not use this Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Holder of a Note or to obtain a preference or priority over another Holder.

        Section 6.07    Rights of Holders to Receive Payment.    

        Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note held by such Holder, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an offer to purchase), 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 6.08    Collection Suit by Trustee.    

        If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(1) or (2) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuer or any other obligor on the Notes for the whole amount then due and owing (together with interest on any unpaid interest to the extent lawful) and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

        Section 6.09    Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.    

        The Trustee is authorized to 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 properly incurred compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuer, any other obligor upon the Notes, their creditors or their property and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such 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 to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof. To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.07 hereof out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money, securities and other properties that the Holders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise. Nothing herein contained 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, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

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        Section 6.10    Priorities.    

        If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Deed, in the following order:

            First:     to the Trustee, its agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expense and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee and the costs and expenses of collection;

            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, respectively; and

            Third:     to the Issuer or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.

        The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders pursuant to this Section 6.10.

        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 a Holder pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, or to any suit initiated by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of any principal of or interest on any Note, on or after its maturity date.

        Section 6.12    Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.    

        The Issuer shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Issuer (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.


ARTICLE 7
TRUSTEE

        Section 7.01    Duties of Trustee.    

        (a)   If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee will exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person's own affairs.

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

            (1)   the duties of the Trustee will be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture and the Trustee need perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no others, 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 or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture. However, with respect to certificates or opinions specifically required to be furnished to it hereunder, the Trustee will examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture.

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

            (1)   this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

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

            (3)   the Trustee will 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 6.02, 6.04 or 6.05 hereof; and

            (4)   no provision of this Indenture will 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 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, it being understood that the Trustee shall not be required to advance its own funds in connection with its duties and responsibilities as Trustee.

        (d)   Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to paragraphs (a), (b), and (c) of this Section 7.01.

        (e)   The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights and powers under this Indenture or the Intercreditor Deed at the request of any Holders, unless such Holders have provided to the Trustee security and indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

        (f)    The Trustee will not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuer. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

        Section 7.02    Rights of Trustee.    

        (a)   The Trustee may conclusively rely upon any document (whether in original or facsimile form) 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.

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        (b)   Before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer's Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer's Certificate or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel will be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

        (c)   The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and will not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any attorney or agent appointed with due care.

        (d)   The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture.

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

        (f)    The Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture or the Intercreditor Deed at the request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.

        (g)   The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, direction, order, approval, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document but the Trustee, in its sole and absolute 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 the books, records and premises of the Issuer, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole expense of the Issuer and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

        (h)   The Trustee will have no duty to inquire as to the Issuer's performance of the covenants in Article 4 hereof. In addition, the Trustee will not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default or Event of Default except any Default or Event of Default of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has received written notification identifying the Notes or Indenture or obtained actual knowledge.

        (i)    Neither the Trustee nor any clearing system through which the Notes are traded shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance, and shall not be responsible or liable for compliance, with restrictions on transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or repurchase, as applicable, of minimum denominations imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law or regulation with respect of any transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or repurchase, as applicable, of interest in any Note.

        (j)    The Trustee is not required to give any bond or surety with respect to the performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers under this Indenture.

        (k)   In the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders, each representing less than a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine what action, if any, will be taken.

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        (l)    The permissive right of the Trustee to take the actions enumerated in this Indenture or the Intercreditor Deed will not be construed as an obligation or duty to do so and the Trustee will not be answerable other than for its own negligence or willful default.

        (m)  Delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee under Section 4.03 is for informational purposes only and the Trustee's receipt of the foregoing will not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer's compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer's Certificates or Opinions of Counsel, as applicable).

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

        (o)   The Trustee may request that the Issuer deliver an Officer's Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officer's Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer's Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

        (p)   Under no circumstances will the Trustee be liable to the Company for any consequential loss (being loss of business, goodwill, opportunities or profit) even if advised of the possibility of such loss or damage.

        (q)   Trustee will not be liable if prevented or delayed in performing any of its obligations by reason of any present or future law applicable to it, by any governmental or regulatory authority or by any circumstances beyond its control.

        (r)   In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for an0y 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; 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.

        (s)   The Trustee will not be liable to any person if prevented or delayed in performing any of its obligations or discretionary functions under this Indenture by reason of any present or future law or by any circumstances beyond its control.

        (t)    The Trustee will be entitled to assume without inquiry, that the Issuer has performed in accordance with all of the provisions of the Indenture or Intercreditor Deed, unless notified to the contrary.

        Section 7.03    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 or any Affiliate of the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. However, in the event that the Trustee acquires any conflicting interest it must eliminate such conflict within 90 days, apply to the SEC for permission to continue as trustee or resign.

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Any Paying Agent or Registrar may do the same with like rights and duties. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11 hereof.

        Section 7.04    Trustee's Disclaimer.    

        The Trustee will not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture, the Notes or any Note Guarantee and it shall not be accountable for the Issuer's use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuer or upon the Issuer's direction under any provision of this Indenture, it will not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it will not be responsible for any statement or recital herein or any statement in the Notes or any other document in connection with the sale of the Notes or pursuant to this Indenture other than its certificate of authentication.

        Section 7.05    Notice of Defaults.    

        If a Default (or an Event of Default) occurs and is continuing and is known to the Trustee, the Trustee will mail to each Holder a notice of the Default or Event of Default within the earlier of 90 days after it occurs or 30 days after it is known to a Trust Officer or written notice of it is received by the Trustee. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note (including payments pursuant to the redemption 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 the Holders.

        Section 7.06    Reports by Trustee to Holders.    

        (a)   Within 60 days after each February 15 beginning with the February 15 following the Closing Date, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee will mail to the Holders a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with TIA § 313(a) (but if no event described in TIA § 313(a) has occurred within the twelve months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also will comply with TIA § 313(b)(2). The Trustee will also transmit by mail all reports as required by TIA § 313(c).

        (b)   A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders will be mailed by the Trustee to the Issuer and filed by the Trustee with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with TIA § 313(d). The Issuer will promptly notify the Trustee when the Notes are listed on any stock exchange or delisted therefrom.

        Section 7.07    Compensation and Indemnity.    

        (a)   The Issuer and each Note Guarantor, jointly and severally, will pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder and thereunder as the Issuer and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing. The Trustee's compensation will not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuer and each Note Guarantor, jointly and severally, will reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it, including costs of collection, in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses will include the reasonable compensation, disbursements, expenses and advances of the Trustee's agents, counsel, accountants and experts.

        (b)   The Issuer and each Note Guarantor, jointly and severally, will indemnify the Trustee, and hold it harmless, against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (including properly incurred attorney's fees) incurred by it arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or

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administration of this trust and its duties under this Indenture or under the Intercreditor Deed, including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuer (including this Section 7.07) and defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Issuer, or any Holder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder. The Trustee will notify the Issuer promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuer will not relieve the Issuer of its obligations hereunder. At the Trustee's sole discretion, the Issuer will defend the claim and the Trustee will provide reasonable cooperation and may participate at the Issuer's expense in the defense. Alternatively, the Trustee may at its option have separate counsel of its own choosing and the Issuer will pay the properly incurred fees and expenses of such counsel; provided that the Issuer will not be required to pay such fees and expenses if it assumes the Trustee's defense and there is, in the opinion of the Trustee, no conflict of interest between the Issuer and the Trustee in connection with such defense and no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The Issuer need not pay for any settlement made without its written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Issuer need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss or liability to the extent incurred by the Trustee through its negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct.

        (c)   The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 7.07 and any Lien arising hereunder will survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the discharge of the Issuer's obligations pursuant to Article 10 or the termination of this Indenture.

        (d)   To secure the Issuer's payment obligations in this Section 7.07, the Trustee will have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except that held in trust to pay principal and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien will survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

        (e)   When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(7) hereof occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services (including the fees and expenses of its agents and counsel) are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

        (f)    The Trustee will comply with the provisions of TIA § 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

        Section 7.08    Replacement of Trustee.    

        (a)   A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee will become effective only upon the successor Trustee's acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08.

        (b)   The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuer. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuer in writing. The Issuer may remove the Trustee if:

            (1)   the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

            (2)   the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under any Bankruptcy Law;

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

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            (4)   the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

        (c)   If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuer will promptly appoint a successor Trustee. Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer.

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

        (e)   If the Trustee, after written request by any Holder who has been a Holder for at least six months, fails to comply with Section 7.10, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

        (f)    A successor Trustee will deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuer. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee will become effective, and the successor Trustee will have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee will mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee will promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee, provided all sums owing to the Trustee hereunder have been paid and subject to the Lien provided for in Section 7.07 hereof. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.08, the Issuer's obligations under Section 7.07 hereof will continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

        Section 7.09    Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.    

        If the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act will be the successor Trustee.

        Section 7.10    Eligibility; Disqualification.    

        There will at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by U.S. federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $100 million as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

        This Indenture will always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). 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 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 therein.

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ARTICLE 8
LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

        Section 8.01    Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.    

        The Issuer may, at the option of its Board of Directors evidenced by a resolution set forth in an Officer's Certificate, at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof be applied to all outstanding Notes upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

        Section 8.02    Legal Defeasance and Discharge.    

        Upon the Issuer's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Issuer will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (hereinafter, "Legal Defeasance"). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuer will be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by the outstanding Notes, which will thereafter be deemed to be "outstanding" only for the purposes of Section 8.05 hereof and the other Sections of this Indenture referred to in clauses (a) and (b) below, and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Notes, and this Indenture (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which will survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

        (a)   the rights of Holders of outstanding Notes to receive payments in respect of the principal of, or interest or premium, if any, on such Notes when such payments are due from the trust referred to in Section 8.04 hereof;

        (b)   the Issuer's obligations with respect to the Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes, registration of Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust set forth in Article 2 hereof;

        (c)   the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee hereunder and the Issuer's obligations in connection therewith; and

        (d)   this Article 8.

        Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuer may exercise its option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option under Section 8.03 hereof.

        Section 8.03    Covenant Defeasance.    

        Upon the Issuer's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Issuer will, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from each of its obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10 (including Section 3.09), 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15, 4.16, 4.17, 4.19, 4.20, 4.21, 4.22 and Section 5.01(a)(3) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (hereinafter, "Covenant Defeasance"), and the Notes will 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 will continue to be deemed "outstanding" for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes will not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to the outstanding Notes, the Issuer may omit to comply with and will have no

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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 will not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such Notes will be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuer's exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03 hereof, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, Sections 6.01(a) (4), (6), (7) (as it relates to Significant Subsidiaries and Note Guarantors) and (8) hereof will not constitute Events of Default.

        Section 8.04    Conditions to Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.    

        In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance under either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof:

        (a)   The Issuer must irrevocably deposit in trust (subject to Section 8.05 hereof) with the Trustee cash in U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations or a combination thereof (in the case of the Dollar Notes) or cash in euros, Euro-Denominated Designated Governmental Obligations or a combination thereof (in the case of the Euro Notes), the principal of and interest on which will be sufficient, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor, to pay the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Notes on the stated date for payment thereof or on the applicable redemption date, as the case may be, as specified in an Officer's Certificate, and the Issuer must specify whether the Notes are being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

        (b)   in the case of an election under Sections 8.01 and 8.02 hereof, the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that:

            (1)   the Issuer has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling; or

            (2)   since the date of this Indenture, 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, the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal or U.K. income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal and U.K. income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

        (c)   in the case of an election under Sections 8.01 and 8.03 hereof, the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that the Holders of the outstanding Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal or U.K. income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal and U.K. income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

        (d)   no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit (other than a Default or Event of Default resulting from the borrowing of funds to be applied to such deposit);

        (e)   such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which

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the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Issuer or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is bound and is not prohibited by Article 12 hereof or the Intercreditor Deed;

        (f)    the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuer with the intent of preferring the Holders of Notes being defeased over the other creditors of the Issuer with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Issuer or others;

        (g)   the Issuer must deliver to the Trustee an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance have been complied with; and

        (h)   the Issuer provides the Trustee all other documents or other information that the Trustee may reasonably require in connection with the defeasance.

        Section 8.05    Deposited Money and Government Securities to be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.    

        Subject to Section 8.06 hereof, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Euro-Denominated Designated Governmental Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee (or other qualifying trustee, collectively for purposes of this Section 8.05, the "Trustee") pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof in respect of the outstanding Notes will 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 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, if any, and interest, but such money need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Money and securities so held in trust are not subject to Article 12 hereof or the Intercreditor Deed and the Trustee is not prohibited from paying such funds to Holders by the terms of this Indenture or the Intercreditor Deed.

        The Issuer will pay and indemnify the Trustee against any Taxes imposed or levied on or assessed against the cash or U.S. Government Obligations or Euro-Denominated Designated Governmental Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such Taxes which by law are for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

        The obligations of the Issuer under this Section 8.05 shall survive the resignation or renewal of the Trustee and/or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

        Notwithstanding anything in this Article 8 to the contrary, the Trustee will deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon the request of the Issuer any money or U.S. Government Obligations or Euro-Denominated Designated Governmental Obligations held by it as provided in Section 8.04 hereof which, in the opinion of an Independent Financial Advisor, expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(a) 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 8.06    Repayment to 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, if any, or interest on any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to

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the Issuer on its request or (if then held by the Issuer) will be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note will thereafter be permitted to look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, 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, will 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 Financial Times, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which will not be less than 30 days from the date of such notification or publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

        Section 8.07    Reinstatement.    

        If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any U.S. dollars, U.S. Government Obligations, euros or Euro-Denominated Designated Governmental Obligations in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 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 obligations under this Indenture and the Notes will be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money in accordance with Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof, as the case may be; provided, however, that, if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer will be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.


ARTICLE 9
AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

        Section 9.01    Without Consent of Holders.    

        (a)   Notwithstanding Section 9.02 of this Indenture, but subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Deed, the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees without the consent of any Holder to:

            (1)   cure any ambiguity, omission, defect or inconsistency; provided that such amendment does not, in the opinion of the Trustee, adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any material respect;

            (2)   provide for the assumption by a successor corporation in accordance with this Indenture of the obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes;

            (3)   provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to or in place of certificated Notes (provided, however, that the uncertificated Notes are issued in registered form for purposes of Section 163(f) of the Code, or in a manner such that the uncertificated Notes are described in Section 163(f)(2)(B) of the Code);

            (4)   add additional Guarantees with respect to the Notes or release Subsidiary Guarantors from Subsidiary Guarantees as provided by the terms of this Indenture;

            (5)   add to the covenants of the Issuer for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company, any Restricted Subsidiary or any of their Subsidiaries;

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            (6)   make any change that does not materially adversely affect the rights of any Holder in any respect, subject to the provisions of this Indenture;

            (7)   provide for the issuance of Additional Notes;

            (8)   mortgage, pledge, hypothecate or grant a security interest in any Property for the benefit of any Person; provided, however, that the granting of such security interest is not prohibited by this Indenture and Section 4.12 is complied with;

            (9)   comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA; and

            (10) provide for a reduction in the minimum denominations of the Notes.

        (b)   An amendment under this Section 9.01 may not make any change to the subordination provisions of this Indenture that materially and adversely affects the rights under Article 12 hereof or under the Intercreditor Deed of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or Representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change.

        (c)   After an amendment becomes effective, the Issuer is required to mail to Holders a notice briefly describing such amendment. However, the failure to give such notice to all Holders, or any defect therein, will not impair or affect the validity of the amendment. In addition, for so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such exchange so require, the Issuer will inform such exchange of any amendment, supplement or waiver and will publish notice of such amendment, supplement or waiver in Luxembourg in a daily newspaper with general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort) or on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu).

        (d)   Upon the request of the Issuer, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Issuer in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee will not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

        Section 9.02    With Consent of Holders.    

        Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Issuer, the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, the Notes and the Note Guarantees with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes) and, subject to this Indenture and the Notes, 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, 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 or the Notes may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes); provided, however, that if any amendment, waiver or other modification would only affect the Dollar Notes or the Euro Notes, only the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the then-outstanding Notes of the affected series (and not the consent of the Holders

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of any other series of Notes) shall be required. Section 2.08 hereof shall determine which Notes are considered to be "outstanding" for purposes of this Section 9.02.

        An amendment under Section 9.02 may not make any change that adversely affects the rights under Article 12 hereof or under the Intercreditor Deed of any holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor then outstanding unless the holders of such Senior Indebtedness (or any group or Representative thereof authorized to give a consent) consent to such change under the terms of that Senior Indebtedness.

        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 as aforesaid, and upon receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 7.02 hereof, the Trustee will join with the Issuer 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 will not be obligated to, enter into such amended or supplemental indenture.

        It is not necessary for the consent of the Holders under this Section 9.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment or waiver, but it is sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof.

        After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuer will mail to the Holders affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuer to mail such notice, or any defect therein, will not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amended or supplemental indenture or waiver. Subject to Section 6.07 hereof, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may waive compliance in a particular instance by the Issuer with any provision of this Indenture or the Notes. However, without the consent of each Holder affected, an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 may not (with respect to any Notes held by a non-consenting Holder):

        (a)   reduce the principal amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment or waiver;

        (b)   reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest on any Note;

        (c)   reduce the principal of or extend the Stated Maturity of any Note;

        (d)   reduce the premium payable upon the redemption of any Note or change the time at which any Note may be redeemed pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof;

        (e)   make any Note payable in money other than that stated in the Note;

        (f)    impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, and 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;

        (g)   make any change in the amendment provisions which require each Holder's consent or in the waiver provisions described in this sentence; or

        (h)   modify the Note Guarantees in any manner materially adverse to the Holders.

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        Section 9.03    Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.    

        Every amendment or supplement to this Indenture or the Notes will be set forth in an amended or supplemental indenture that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

        Section 9.04    Revocation and Effect of Consents.    

        Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder's Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

        Section 9.05    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 Authentication Order, authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment, supplement or waiver.

        Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note will not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

        Section 9.06    Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.    

        The Trustee will sign any amended or supplemental indenture authorized pursuant to this Article 9 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 will be provided with and (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) will be fully protected in relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 13.04 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 10
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

        Section 10.01    Satisfaction and Discharge.    

        This Indenture will be discharged and will cease to be of further effect as to all Notes and Note Guarantees issued hereunder, when:

        (a)   either:

            (1)   all the Notes that have been authenticated, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes that have been replaced or paid and applicable Notes for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust and thereafter repaid to the Issuer in accordance with this Indenture, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

            (2)   all the Notes that have not been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the mailing of a notice of redemption or otherwise or will

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    become due and payable within one year and the Issuer has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders, cash in U.S. dollars or U.S. Government Obligations, in the case of the Dollar Notes, or cash in euros or Euro-Denominated Designated Governmental Obligations, in the case of the Euro Notes, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest, to pay and discharge the entire Indebtedness on the applicable Notes not delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

        (b)   no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on the date of such deposit or will occur as a result of such deposit and such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer is bound;

        (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 under this Indenture to apply the deposited money toward the payment of the applicable Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

        In addition, the Issuer must deliver an Officer's Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the Trustee 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 subclause (2) of clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Section 10.02 and Section 8.06 will survive. In addition, nothing in this Section 10.01 will be deemed to discharge those provisions of Section 7.07 hereof, that, by their terms, survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

        Section 10.02    Application of Trust Money.    

        Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.01 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 as the Trustee may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal (and premium, 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 securities in accordance with Section 10.01 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 obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 10.01; provided that if the Issuer has made any payment of principal of, premium, 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.

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ARTICLE 11
GUARANTEES

        Section 11.01    Guarantees.    

        (a)   Each Note Guarantor hereby jointly and severally irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (1) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of, or interest, premium, if any, on, the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes and (2) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under this Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations"). Each Note Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from each such Note Guarantor, and that each such Note Guarantor shall remain bound under this Article 11 notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation. The Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee will be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto. The other Note Guarantees will be substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto.

        (b)   Each Note 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 Note Guarantor waives notice of any default under the Notes or the Guaranteed Obligations. The obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder shall not be affected by (1) the failure of any Holder or the Trustee 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; (2) any extension or renewal of any thereof; (3) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement; (4) the release of any security held by any Holder or the Trustee for the Guaranteed Obligations or any of them; (5) the failure of any Holder or Trustee to exercise any right or remedy against any other guarantor of the Guaranteed Obligations; or (vi) any change in the ownership of such Note Guarantor, except as provided in Sections 11.02(b) and (c).

        (c)   Each Note Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have its obligations hereunder divided among the Note Guarantors, such that such Note Guarantor's obligations would be less than the full amount claimed. Each Note Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to have the assets of the Issuer first be used and depleted as payment of the Issuer's or such Note Guarantor's obligations hereunder prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Note Guarantor hereunder. Each Note Guarantor hereby waives any right to which it may be entitled to require that the Issuer be sued prior to an action being initiated against such Note Guarantor.

        (d)   Each Note Guarantor further agrees that its Guarantee herein constitutes a guarantee of payment, performance and compliance when due (and not a guarantee of collection) and waives any right to require that any resort be had by any Holder or the Trustee to any security held for payment of the Guaranteed Obligations.

        (e)   The Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor is, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article 12 and the Intercreditor Deed, subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the principal of and premium, if any, and interest on all Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor and is made subject to such provisions of this Indenture.

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        (f)    Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.02, 11.02 and 11.06, Article 12 and the Intercreditor Deed, the obligations of each Note Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, 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 obligations of each Note Guarantor herein shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by the failure of any Holder or the Trustee to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any remedy under this Indenture, the Notes or any other agreement, by any waiver or modification of any thereof, by any default, failure or delay, wilful or otherwise, in the performance of the obligations, or by 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 Note Guarantor or would otherwise operate as a discharge of any Note Guarantor as a matter of law or equity.

        (g)   Except as expressly set forth in Sections 8.02, 11.02 and 11.06, Article 12 and the Intercreditor Deed, each Note Guarantor agrees that its Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect until payment in full of all the Guaranteed Obligations. Each Note 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 or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any Holder or the Trustee upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of the Issuer or otherwise.

        (h)   In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Holder or the Trustee has at law or in equity against any Note Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Issuer to pay the principal of or interest on any Guaranteed Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, or to perform or comply with any other Guaranteed Obligation, each Note Guarantor, subject in the case of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor to the terms of Article 12 and the Intercreditor Deed, 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 an amount equal to the sum of (1) the unpaid principal amount of such Guaranteed Obligations, (2) accrued and unpaid interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (but only to the extent not prohibited by law) and (3) all other monetary obligations of the Issuer to the Holders and the Trustee.

        (i)    Each Note Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and all obligations to which the Guaranteed Obligations are subordinated as provided in Article 12 and the Intercreditor Deed. Each Note Guarantor further agrees that, as between it, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (1) the maturity of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 for the purposes of any Guarantee herein, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby, and (2) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such Guaranteed Obligations as provided in Article 6, such Guaranteed Obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for the purposes of Section 11.01.

        (j)    Each Note Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under Section 11.01.

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        (k)   Upon request of the Trustee, each Note Guarantor 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 11.02    Limitation on Liability.    

        (a)   Any term or provision of this Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, the maximum aggregate amount of the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereunder by any Note Guarantor shall not exceed the maximum amount that can be hereby guaranteed by the applicable Note Guarantor without rendering the Guarantee, as it relates to such Note Guarantor, voidable under applicable law relating to ultra vires, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, corporate benefit or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

        (b)   The Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor shall terminate and be of no further force or effect and such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be deemed to be released from all obligations under Article 11,

            (1)   concurrently with any sale by way of enforcement by the relevant Security Trustee (as defined in the Intercreditor Deed) of a security interest therein of (x) all of the Capital Stock of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor or any parent company of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case so long as:

              (A)  the proceeds of such sale are in cash (or substantially in all cash) and are applied in accordance with the Intercreditor Deed;

              (B)  the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor is released from its obligations in respect of any other Indebtedness of Holdings, the Issuer and any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that nothing in the Intercreditor Deed shall require the release by the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries of any of their obligations in respect of the Existing Credit Facility; and

              (C)  the sale is made pursuant to either a public auction or a competitive bid process to obtain the best price reasonably obtainable given the then-current condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, assets and prospects of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, the Security Trustee having consulted with an internationally recognized investment bank (including without limitation and to the extent appropriate a lender under the Existing Credit Facility or a relationship bank of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries) or an internationally recognized accounting firm regarding the appropriate procedures for obtaining the best price for the shares or assets, considered the recommendations of that investment bank or accounting firm and used its reasonable efforts to cause the procedures recommended by that investment bank or accounting firm to be implemented in all material respects in relation to the sale and to permit Holders to participate in the sale process as bidders; provided, however, that the Security Trustee shall not be under any further obligation to cause such recommendations to be implemented to the extent not implemented in connection with such sale by the relevant court, authority or other third party required to act in connection with such sale; provided, further, that such reasonable efforts will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, include attempting to conduct such sale process other than through a court or legal proceeding.

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            (2)   concurrently with any sale by an administrator under the U.K. Insolvency Act 1986 of (x) all of the Capital Stock of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor or any parent company of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor or (y) all or substantially all of the assets of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor, in each case so long as:

              (A)  the administrator is an insolvency practitioner whose appointment the Trustee has not objected to (acting reasonably) under the provisions of the U.K. Insolvency Act 1986 relating to the selection of a person or persons to be an/the administrator;

              (B)  the proceeds of such sale are in cash (or substantially in all cash) and are applied in accordance with the Intercreditor Deed;

              (C)  the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor is released from its obligations in respect of any other Indebtedness of Holdings, the Issuer or any other Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that nothing in the Intercreditor Deed shall require the release by the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries of any of their obligations in respect of the Existing Credit Facility; and

              (D)  the sale is made pursuant to a public auction or a competitive bid process to obtain the best price reasonably obtainable given the then-current condition (financial or otherwise), earnings, business, assets and prospects of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor and its Subsidiaries, the administrator having consulted with an internationally recognized investment bank (including without limitation and to the extent appropriate a lender under the Existing Credit Facility or a relationship bank of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries) or an internationally recognized accounting firm regarding the appropriate procedures for obtaining the best price for the shares or assets, considered the recommendations of that investment bank or accounting firm and used its reasonable efforts to cause the procedures recommended by that investment bank or accounting firm to be implemented in all material respects in relation to the sale and to permit Holders to participate in the sale process as bidders.

            (3)   upon Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance of the Issuer's obligations or satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture as provided in Article 8 and Article 10; or

            (4)   upon designation of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture, including Section 4.17.

        Upon the presentation of an Officer's Certificate with respect to the occurrence of an event specified in the preceding paragraph, the Trustee will execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence such release, discharge and termination in respect of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee.

        (c)   Any Additional Subsidiary Guarantor will automatically and unconditionally be released from all obligations under its Additional Subsidiary Guarantee, and such Additional Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon terminate and be discharged and be of no further force or effect, upon the occurrence of any of the events described in clauses (1) through (4) of paragraph (b), substituting such Additional Subsidiary Guarantor for the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor where applicable. In addition, any Additional Subsidiary Guarantee shall thereupon terminate and be discharged and be of no further force or effect at any time the relevant Additional Subsidiary Guarantor is fully and unconditionally released (other than as a result of payment thereof) from all the obligations that resulted in such

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Additional Subsidiary Guarantor being required to provide an Additional Subsidiary Guarantee under Section 4.19.

        Section 11.03    Successors and Assigns.    

        This Article 11 shall be binding upon each Note Guarantor and its successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Trustee and the Holders and, in the event of any transfer or assignment of rights by any Holder or the Trustee, the rights and privileges conferred upon that party in this Indenture and in the Notes shall automatically extend to and be vested in such transferee or assignee, all subject to the terms and conditions of this Indenture.

        Section 11.04    No Waiver.    

        Neither a failure nor a delay on the part of either the Trustee or the Holders in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Article 11 shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall a single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any right, power or privilege. The rights, remedies and benefits of the Trustee and the Holders herein expressly specified are cumulative and not exclusive of any other rights, remedies or benefits which either may have under this Article 11 at law, in equity, by statute or otherwise.

        Section 11.05    Modification.    

        No modification, amendment or waiver of any provision of this Article 11, nor the consent to any departure by any Note Guarantor therefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Trustee, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice to or demand on any Note Guarantor in any case shall entitle such Note Guarantor to any other or further notice or demand in the same, similar or other circumstances.

        Section 11.06    Execution of Supplemental Indenture for Future Guarantors.    

        (a)   Each Subsidiary which is required to become a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.19,

        (b)   each future Subsidiary of the Company of which the Issuer is a Subsidiary that becomes an Intermediate Guarantor as contemplated in the definition thereof, and

        (c)   each Virgin Media Holding Company that is not a Subsidiary of Parent that guarantees the Notes on a senior basis as contemplated in the last paragraph of the definition of "Change of Control,"

shall promptly execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary or Virgin Media Holding Company shall become a Note Guarantor under this Article 11 and shall guarantee the Guaranteed Obligations. Concurrently with the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture, the Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel and an Officer's Certificate to the effect that such supplemental indenture has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Subsidiary or Virgin Media Holding Company and that, subject to the application of bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, fraudulent conveyance or transfer and other similar laws relating to creditors' rights generally and to the principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity, the Guarantee of such Note Guarantor is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Note Guarantor, enforceable against such Note Guarantor in accordance with its terms and or to such other matters as the Trustee may reasonably request.

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        Section 11.07    Non-Impairment    

        The failure to endorse a Note Guarantee on any Note shall not affect or impair the validity thereof.


ARTICLE 12
SUBORDINATION OF THE SENIOR SUBORDINATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE

        Section 12.01    Agreement To Subordinate.    

        The Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor agrees, and each Holder by accepting a Note agrees, that the obligations of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor hereunder are subordinated in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner provided in the Intercreditor Deed and to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor and that the subordination is for the benefit of and enforceable by the holders of such Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, shall be deemed to have agreed to and accepted the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Deed. A copy of such Intercreditor Deed shall be available on any Business Day upon prior written request at the offices of the Trustee and, for so long as any Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, at the offices of the Paying Agent in Luxembourg. The obligations hereunder with respect to the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor shall in all respects rank pari passu with all other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor and shall rank senior to all existing and future Subordinated Obligations of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor; and only Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor that is Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor shall rank senior to the obligations of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor in accordance with the provisions set forth herein.

        Section 12.02    Rights of Trustee and Paying Agent.    

        Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Deed, the Trustee or any Paying Agent may continue to make payments on the Notes and shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of facts that would prohibit the making of any such payments unless, not less than two Business Days prior to the date of such payment, a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives notice in writing reasonably satisfactory to it that payments may not be made under this Article 12 or the Intercreditor Deed.

        The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may hold Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. The Registrar and co-registrar and any Paying Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article 12 and the Intercreditor Deed with respect to any Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor which may at any time be held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor; and nothing in Article 7 shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder. Nothing in this Article 12 shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 7.07 or any other Section of this Indenture.

        Section 12.03    Trustee Entitled To Rely.    

        Upon any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 12 or the Intercreditor Deed, the Trustee and the Holders shall be entitled to rely (a) upon any order or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction in which any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, receivership or similar proceedings relating to the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor and its properties is pending, (b) upon a

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certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment or distribution to the Trustee or to the Holders or (c) upon the Representatives for the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such payment or distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor and other Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor, the amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article 12 or the Intercreditor Deed. In the event that the Trustee determines, in good faith, that evidence is required with respect to the right of any Person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article 12 or the Intercreditor Deed, the Trustee may request such Person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor held by such Person, the extent to which such Person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and other facts pertinent to the rights of such Person under this Article 12 or the Intercreditor Deed, and, if such evidence is not furnished, the Trustee may defer any payment to such Person pending judicial determination as to the right of such Person to receive such payment. The provisions of Sections 7.01 and 7.02 shall be applicable to all actions or omissions of actions by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 12 or the Intercreditor Deed.

        Section 12.04    Trustee To Effectuate Subordination.    

        Each Holder by accepting a Note authorizes and directs the Trustee on his or her behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to acknowledge or effectuate the subordination between the Holders and the holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor, including by entering into, and as provided for in, the Intercreditor Deed and appoints the Trustee as attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes.

        Section 12.05    Reliance by Holders of Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor on Subordination Provisions.    

        Each Holder by accepting a Note acknowledges and agrees that the foregoing provisions and the provisions of the Intercreditor Deed are, and are intended to be, an inducement and a consideration to each holder of any Senior Indebtedness of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor, whether such Senior Indebtedness was created or acquired before or after the issuance of the Notes, to acquire and continue to hold, or to continue to hold, such Senior Indebtedness and such holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed conclusively to have relied on such subordination provisions in acquiring and continuing to hold, or in continuing to hold, such Senior Indebtedness.


ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS

        Section 13.01    Trust Indenture Act Controls.    

        The Indenture has been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, is subject to that Act and contains provisions which define the rights of Holders under the Notes. If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by TIA § 318(c), the duties imposed by the TIA will control.

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        Section 13.02    Notices.    

        Any notice or communication by the Issuer or the Trustee to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in Person or mailed by first class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others' address:

        If to the Issuer or any Note Guarantor:

    Virgin Media Finance PLC.
    909 Third Avenue
    Suite 2863
    New York, NY 10022
    Telecopier: +1 212-906-8440
    Attention: Secretary and General Counsel

    with a copy to:

    160 Great Portland Street
    London W1W 5QA
    United Kingdom
    Telecopier: +44 125 675 2000
    Attention: Secretary and General Counsel

    with a copy to:

    Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson (London) LLP
    99 City Road
    EC1Y 1AX
    Telecopier: +44 207 972 9602
    Attention: Timothy E. Peterson

    If to the Trustee:

    One Canada Square
    London E14 5AL
    United Kingdom
    Telecopier No. +44 207 964 2536
    Attention: Corporate Trust Administration

        The Issuer, any Note Guarantor or the Trustee, by notice to the others may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

        In addition, notices to the Holders shall be given by publishing such notices, as long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such Exchange so require, in a leading daily newspaper of general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort) or on the website of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange (www.bourse.lu).

        All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) will 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 answered back, if telexed; when receipt

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acknowledged, if telecopied; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery.

        Any notice or communication to a Holder will be mailed by first class mail, certified or registered, return receipt requested, or by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery to its address shown on the register kept by the Registrar. Any notice or communication will also be so mailed to any Person described in TIA § 313(c), to the extent required by the TIA. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it will not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

        If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

        If the Issuer mails a notice or communication to Holders, it will mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

        Section 13.03    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 Note Guarantors, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA § 312(c).

        Section 13.04    Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.    

        Upon any request or application by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustee:

            (1)   an Officer's Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signer, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

            (2)   an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which must include the statements set forth in Section 13.05 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been complied with.

        Section 13.05    Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.    

        Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA § 314(a)(4)) must comply with the provisions of TIA § 314(e) and must include:

            (1)   a statement that the Person 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 Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

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            (4)   a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

        Section 13.06    Rules by Trustee and Agents.    

        The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of Holders. The Registrar or Paying Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

        Section 13.07    No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.    

        No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of Parent, the Company, any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of Parent, any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Parent Guarantee, the Intermediate Guarantees, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees or this Indenture, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

        Section 13.08    Governing Law.    

        THIS INDENTURE AND THE NOTES WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY.

        Section 13.09    No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.    

        This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Issuer or its Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

        Section 13.10    Successors.    

        All agreements of the Issuer in this Indenture and the Notes will bind its successors. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture will bind its successors.

        Section 13.11    Severability.    

        In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes is invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions will not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

        Section 13.12    Counterpart Originals.    

        The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy will be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.

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        Section 13.13    Table of Contents, Headings, etc.    

        The Table of Contents, Cross-Reference Table and Headings of the Articles and Sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part of this Indenture and will in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

        Section 13.14    Submission to Jurisdiction; Appointment of Agent.    

        The Issuer and each Note Guarantor irrevocably submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any New York state or U.S. federal court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City and State of New York over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture. The Issuer and each Note Guarantor irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which they may have, pursuant to New York law or otherwise, to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in any inconvenient forum. In furtherance of the foregoing, the Issuer and each Note Guarantor hereby irrevocably designates and appoints Parent (at its office at 909 Third Avenue, Suite 2863, New York, New York 10022) as its agent to receive service of all process brought against them with respect to any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court in the City and State of New York, such service being hereby acknowledged by it to be effective and binding service in every respect. Copies of any such process so served shall also be given to the Issuer in accordance with Section 3.01 hereof, but the failure of the Issuer to receive such copies shall not affect in any way the service of such process as aforesaid.

        Nothing in this Section shall limit the right of the Trustee or any Holder to bring proceedings against the Issuer in the courts of any other jurisdiction or to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

[Signatures on following pages]

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SIGNATURES

Dated as of June 3, 2009

 

  VIRGIN MEDIA FINANCE PLC

 

By:

 

/s/ ROBERT MACKENZIE

Name: Robert Mackenzie
Title: Director

 

VIRGIN MEDIA INC.

 

By:

 

/s/ BRYAN HALL

Name: Bryan Hall
Title: Secretary

 

VIRGIN MEDIA GROUP LLC

 

By:

 

/s/ BRYAN HALL

Name: Bryan Hall
Title: Secretary

 

VIRGIN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.

 

By:

 

/s/ BRYAN HALL

Name: Bryan Hall
Title: Secretary

 

VIRGIN MEDIA (UK) GROUP, INC.

 

By:

 

/s/ ROBERT MACKENZIE

Name: Robert Mackenzie
Title: Director

 

VIRGIN MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

 

By:

 

/s/ ROBERT MACKENZIE

Name: Robert Mackenzie
Title: Director

  VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED

 

By:

 

/s/ ROBERT MACKENZIE

Name: Robert Mackenzie
Title: Director

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

 

By:

 

/s/ MICHAEL LEE

Name: Michael Lee
Title: Assistant Treasurer

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (LUXEMBOURG) S.A.

 

By:

 

/s/ MICHAEL LEE

Name: Michael Lee
Title: Assistant Treasurer


Exhibit A

[Form of Face of Note]

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

CUSIP: [    •    ]
ISIN: [    •    ]
Common Code: [    •    ]

9.50% Senior Note due 2016

No.               [$                        ] [€                        ]

VIRGIN MEDIA FINANCE PLC

Virgin Media Finance PLC (the "Issuer") promises to pay to [CEDE & CO.]/[    •    ] or its registered assigns, the principal sum of                        [U.S. Dollars][euros] on August 15, 2016.

Interest Payment Dates: February 15 and August 15, commencing [    •    ].

Record Dates: February 1 and August 1.

Dated: [    •    ]


        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be signed by its duly authorized director, officer or other authorized signatory.

 

  VIRGIN MEDIA FINANCE PLC

 

By:

 

  

Name:
Title:

Certificate of Authentication

        This is one of the 9.50% Senior Notes due 2016 referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: [    •    ],

  THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
as Trustee

 

By:

 

  

Authorized Signatory


[Form of Reverse of Note]

9.50% Senior Note due 2016

        (1)    Interest.    Virgin Media Finance PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the "Issuer"), promises to pay interest on the principal amount of this Note at 9.50% per annum from [    •    ] until maturity. The Issuer will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year, or if any such day is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding Business Day (each, an "Interest Payment Date"). Interest on the Notes will accrue from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or, if no interest has been paid, from the date of issuance; provided that the first Interest Payment Date shall be February 15, 2010. The Issuer will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, and on overdue installments of interest, if any (without regard to any applicable grace periods), from time to time on demand at the same rate to the extent lawful. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months.

        (2)    Method of Payment.    The Issuer will pay interest on the Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders at the close of business on the February 1 or August 1 immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such Notes are canceled after such record date and on or before such Interest Payment Date, except as provided in Section 2.12 of the Indenture with respect to defaulted interest. The Notes will be payable as to principal, premium, if any, and interest at the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for such purpose as provided in the Indenture or, at the option of the Issuer, payment of interest may be made by check mailed to the Holders at their addresses set forth in the register of Holders; provided that payment by wire transfer of immediately available funds will be required with respect to principal of and interest and premium, if any, on all Global Notes and all other Notes the Holders of which will have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuer or the Paying Agent. Such payment will be in such coin or currency of the United States as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

        (3)    Paying Agent and Registrar.    Initially, the Trustee will act as Paying Agent and Registrar and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. will act as Paying Agent in Luxembourg. The Issuer may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without notice to any Holder. The Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries may act as Registrar.

        (4)    Indenture.    The Issuer issued the Notes under an Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2009 (the "Indenture"), among the Issuer, Parent, the Intermediate Guarantors, the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor, the Trustee and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A. 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, as amended (15 U.S. Code §§ 77aaa-77bbbb) (the "TIA"). The Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and the TIA for a statement of such 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. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

        (5)    Optional Redemption.    

        (a)   Except as set forth in paragraphs (b) and (c) below or in Section 3.10 of the Indenture, the Issuer may not redeem the Notes prior to August 15, 2013. At any time on or after August 15, 2013, the Issuer may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, at the following redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount), plus

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accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the 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 12-month period commencing on August 15 of the years set forth below:

Redemption Year
  Redemption Price  

2013

    104.750%  

2014

    102.375%  

2015 and thereafter

    100.000%  

        (b)   At any time prior to August 15, 2013, the Issuer may at its option redeem the Notes in whole or in part, on not less than 30 nor more than 60 days' prior notice, by paying a redemption price equal to the sum of 100% of the principal amount of the Notes to be redeemed, plus the Applicable Premium, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the 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).

        (c)   At any time prior to August 15, 2012, the Issuer may, on one or more occasions, redeem up to a maximum of 40% of the original aggregate principal amount of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) with the Net Cash Proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings, at a redemption price equal to 109.500% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the 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, however, that after giving effect to any such redemption at least 60% of the original aggregate principal amount of such series of the Notes (calculated after giving effect to any issuance of Additional Notes) remains outstanding; and any such redemption by the Issuer must be made within 120 days of such Equity Offering.

        (6)    Mandatory Redemption.    The Issuer is not required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

        (7)    Repurchase at option of holder.    

        (a)   Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, unless the Issuer has exercised its right to redeem the Notes as described in Section 3.07 of the Indenture, each Holder will have the right to require the Issuer to purchase all or any part of such Holder's Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 101% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to 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). Within 30 days following any Change of Control, the Issuer will mail a notice to each Holder setting forth the procedures governing the Repurchase Offer as set forth in the Indenture.

        (b)   In the event of an Asset Disposition that requires the purchase of Notes pursuant to clause (a)(3)(C) of Section 4.10 of the Indenture, the Issuer will be required to commence an Excess Proceeds Offer pursuant to Sections 3.09 and 4.10(6) of the Indenture to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of the Allocable Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer (subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date) in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture.

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        (8)    Notice of Redemption.    Notice of redemption shall be given in accordance with Section 3.03 of the Indenture and the effect of notice of redemption is set forth in Section 3.04 of the Indenture.

        (9)    Denominations, Transfer, Exchange.    The Notes are in registered form without coupons in minimum denominations of [$100,000][€50,000] and integral multiples of [$1,000][€1,000] in excess thereof. The transfer of Notes may be registered and Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder, among other things, to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents. The Registrar may not require a Holder to pay any taxes and fees, except as otherwise set forth in the Indenture. The Registrar need not exchange or register the transfer of any Note or portion of a Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Registrar need not exchange or register the transfer of any Notes for a period of 15 days before a selection of Notes to be redeemed or during the period between a record date and the corresponding Interest Payment Date.

        (10)    Persons Deemed Owners.    The registered Holder of a Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes, except as otherwise ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction.

        (11)    Amendment, Supplement and Waiver.    The provisions of the Indenture governing amendment, supplement and waiver are set forth in Article 9 of the Indenture.

        (12)    Defaults and Remedies.    Events of Default and Remedies are set forth in Article 6 of the Indenture.

        (13)    Trustee Dealings with Issuer.    The Trustee, in its individual or any other capacity, may make loans to, accept deposits from and perform services for the Issuer or its Affiliates, and may otherwise deal with the Issuer or its Affiliates, as if it were not the Trustee.

        (14)    No Recourse Against Others.    No past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator or shareholder of Parent, the Company, any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor, as such, will have any liability for any obligations of Parent, any Intermediate Guarantor, the Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Parent Guarantee, the Intermediate Guarantees, the Notes, the Subsidiary Guarantees or the Indenture, or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting a Note waives and releases such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

        (15)    Authentication.    This Note will not be valid until authenticated by the manual or facsimile signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent.

        (16)    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 entireties), JT TEN (= joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common), CUST (= Custodian) and U/G/M/A (= Uniform Gifts to Minors Act).

        (17)    CUSIP, ISIN Numbers and Common Codes.    The Issuer has caused CUSIP and ISIN numbers and Common Codes to be printed on the Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP and ISIN numbers and Common Codes in notices of redemption 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 and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

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        (18)    Governing Law.    THIS NOTE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO APPLICABLE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW TO THE EXTENT THAT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION WOULD BE REQUIRED THEREBY).

        The Issuer will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to:

Virgin Media Finance PLC
909 Third Avenue, Suite 2863
New York, New York 10022
United States of America
Atttention: Secretary and General Counsel

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Assignment Form

        To assign this Note, fill in the form below:

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this Note to:    

(Insert assignee's legal name)

  

(Insert assignee's soc. sec. or tax I.D. no.)

  


 


 


  

(Print or type assignee's name, address and zip code)

 

and irrevocably appoint    

to transfer this Note on the books of the Issuer. The agent may substitute another to act for him.

 

Date:     

       

 

 

 

 

Your Signature:

 

  

(Sign exactly as your name appears
on the face of this Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:    


*
Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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Option of Holder to Elect Purchase

        If you want to elect to have this Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.15 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

o    Section 4.10   o    Section 4.15

        If you want to elect to have only part of the Note purchased by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.15 of the Indenture, state the amount you elect to have purchased:

$                                    

Date:                                    

  Your Signature:    

(Sign exactly as your name appears on the face of this Note)
  Tax Identification No.:     

Signature Guarantee*:     

   

*
Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).

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SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE

        The following exchanges of a part of this Global Note for an interest in another Global Note or for a Definitive Note, or exchanges of a part of another Global Note or Definitive Note for an interest 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
officer of Trustee or
Custodian
 
                                
                                
                                
                                

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Exhibit B

[FORM OF SENIOR SUBORDINATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE]

        For value received, the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor, to the extent set forth in and subject to the terms of the Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2009 (the "Indenture"), among Virgin Media Finance PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the "Issuer"), Virgin Media Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Virgin Media Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Virgin Media Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Virgin Media Communications Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales, Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ("VMIH" or the "Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor"), The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the "Trustee") and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., hereby jointly and severally with each other Note Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (1) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of or interest on or premium, if any, on the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes and (2) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under the Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations"). The Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor, and that the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor shall remain bound under this Guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

        The obligations of the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 11 of the Indenture. This Guarantee is subordinated to other Indebtedness as set forth in Article 12 of the Indenture and pursuant to the Intercreditor Deed. Reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms and limitations of this Guarantee. Each Holder of the Note to which this Guarantee is endorsed, by accepting such Note, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions.

        The Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering such Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantee voidable under applicable law relating to ultra vires, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, corporate benefit or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

[Signature on following page]

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be signed by a duly authorized officer.

    VIRGIN MEDIA INVESTMENT HOLDINGS
LIMITED

 

 

By:

 

  

Name:
Title:

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Exhibit C

[FORM OF SENIOR GUARANTEE]

        For value received, each of the undersigned (the "Senior Guarantors"), to the extent set forth in and subject to the terms of the Indenture, dated as of June 3, 2009 (the "Indenture"), among Virgin Media Finance PLC, a public limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales (the "Issuer"), Virgin Media Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Parent"), Virgin Media Group LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Virgin Media Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation, Virgin Media (UK) Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Virgin Media Communications Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales, Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, a limited company organized under the laws of England and Wales ("VMIH" or the "Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor"), The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the "Trustee") and The Bank of New York Mellon (Luxembourg) S.A., hereby jointly and severally with one another and with the Senior Subordinated Subsidiary Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees to each Holder and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns (1) the full and punctual payment when due, whether at Stated Maturity, by acceleration, by redemption or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture (including obligations to the Trustee) and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of or interest on or premium, if any, on the Notes and all other monetary obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture and the Notes and (2) the full and punctual performance within applicable grace periods of all other obligations of the Issuer whether for fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise under the Indenture and the Notes (all the foregoing being hereinafter collectively called the "Guaranteed Obligations"). Each Senior Guarantor further agrees that the Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice or further assent from such Note Guarantor, and that such Note Guarantor shall remain bound under this Guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.

        The obligations of each Senior Guarantor to the Holders and to the Trustee pursuant to this Guarantee and the Indenture are expressly set forth in Article 11 of the Indenture, and reference is hereby made to the Indenture for the precise terms and limitations of this Guarantee. Each Holder of the Note to which this Guarantee is endorsed, by accepting such Note, agrees to and shall be bound by such provisions.

        Each Senior Guarantee will be limited to an amount not to exceed the maximum amount that can be guaranteed by such Senior Guarantor without rendering such Senior Guarantee voidable under applicable law relating to ultra vires, fraudulent conveyance, fraudulent transfer, corporate benefit or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally.

[Signatures on following page]

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        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the each Senior Guarantor has caused this Guarantee to be signed by a duly authorized officer.

 

  VIRGIN MEDIA INC.

 

By:

 

  

Name:
Title:

 

VIRGIN MEDIA GROUP LLC

 

By:

 

 

Name:
Title:

 

VIRGIN MEDIA HOLDINGS INC.

 

By:

 

 

Name:
Title:

 

VIRGIN MEDIA (UK) GROUP, INC.

 

By:

 

  

Name:
Title:

 

VIRGIN MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

 

By:

 

  

Name:
Title:

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CROSS-REFERENCE TABLE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE
ARTICLE 2 THE NOTES
ARTICLE 3 REDEMPTION AND PREPAYMENT
ARTICLE 4 COVENANTS
ARTICLE 5 SUCCESSORS
ARTICLE 6 DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
ARTICLE 7 TRUSTEE
ARTICLE 8 LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE
ARTICLE 9 AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER
ARTICLE 10 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE
ARTICLE 11 GUARANTEES
ARTICLE 12 SUBORDINATION OF THE SENIOR SUBORDINATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE
ARTICLE 13 MISCELLANEOUS
SIGNATURES
[Form of Reverse of Note] 9.50% Senior Note due 2016
Assignment Form
Option of Holder to Elect Purchase
SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE
[FORM OF SENIOR SUBORDINATED SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEE]
[FORM OF SENIOR GUARANTEE]
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Exhibit 99.1

LOGO

Virgin Media Announces Closing of $1 Billion Equivalent of Senior Notes Due 2016

        LONDON—June 3, 2009—Virgin Media Inc. (NASDAQ: VMED), a leading UK entertainment and communications business, today announced the closing of the offering of approximately $1 billion equivalent aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2016, split into a $750 million dollar denominated tranche and a €180 million euro denominated tranche, of its wholly-owned subsidiary Virgin Media Finance PLC.

        The notes are guaranteed on a senior basis by Virgin Media Inc. and the intermediate holding companies of Virgin Media Finance PLC and on a senior subordinated basis by Virgin Media Investment Holdings Limited, the main borrower under Virgin Media's senior credit facilities. The notes rank pari passu with Virgin Media Finance's outstanding senior notes due in 2014 and 2016.

        Both the dollar denominated notes and the euro denominated notes bear interest at a rate of 9.50% per annum. Interest on each series of notes will be payable in cash semi-annually in arrears, beginning on February 15, 2010.

        The issue price of the notes was 95.574% of the principal amount and the net proceeds from the offering, taking into account fees and expenses, are estimated to be approximately £588.8 million, based on a $/£ exchange rate of $1.5892 and a €/£ exchange rate of €1.1347 on May 22, 2009. Virgin Media intends to use these net proceeds to prepay a portion of the outstanding loans under its senior credit facilities.

        Neil Berkett, chief executive of Virgin Media, said: "Our successful raising of $1 billion in bonds, particularly in the current market, demonstrates the confidence investors have in our business and growth prospects. We have prudently managed our debt and continue to generate strong levels of cashflow whilst executing a financially disciplined strategy. Our business is in excellent shape and we continue to deliver a differentiated and highly competitive consumer proposition which exploits our strengths in next generation broadband and video-on-demand."

        This announcement shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes, nor shall there be any sale of the notes in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state. A registration statement relating to the notes became effective on May 27, 2009, and this offering is being made by means of a prospectus supplement.

        Virgin Media cautions you that statements included in this press release that are not a description of historical facts are forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors which, if they do not materialize or prove correct, could cause Virgin Media's results to differ materially from historical results or those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Certain of these factors are discussed in more detail under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in Virgin Media's Form 10-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on February 26, 2009. There can be no assurance that the transactions contemplated in this announcement will be completed. Virgin Media assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking statement included in this announcement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date on which it was made.


Investor Relations contacts:

Richard Williams
+44 (0) 20 7299 5479/richard.williams@virginmedia.co.uk
Vani Bassi
+44 (0) 20 7299 5353/vani.bassi@virginmedia.co.uk

Media contacts:

Tavistock Media

Matt Ridsdale
+44 (0) 7545 577 754/mridsdale@tavistock.co.uk
Lulu Bridges
+44 (0) 7831 170 364/lbridges@tavistock.co.uk




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