0001193125-14-031209.txt : 20140131 0001193125-14-031209.hdr.sgml : 20140131 20140131171838 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-14-031209 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: S-11/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 FILED AS OF DATE: 20140131 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20140131 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001579877 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: REAL ESTATE [6500] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-11/A SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-189643 FILM NUMBER: 14565676 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 WEST 52ND STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 BUSINESS PHONE: 2122976400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 51 WEST 52ND STREET CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10019 S-11/A 1 d544340ds11a.htm AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO FORM S-11 Amendment No. 4 to Form S-11
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2014

Registration No. 333-189643

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

AMENDMENT NO. 4

TO

FORM S-11

FOR REGISTRATION

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

OF SECURITIES OF CERTAIN REAL ESTATE COMPANIES

 

 

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS INC.

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Governing Instruments)

405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10174

(212) 297-6400

 

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Lawrence P. Tu

405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10174

(212) 297-6400

 

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

Copies to:

 

    Matthew D. Bloch
David E. Shapiro   Lawrence P. Tu   Jennifer A. Bensch
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz   CBS Corporation   Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
51 West 52nd Street   51 West 52nd Street   767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10019   New York, NY 10019   New York, NY 10153
(212) 403-1000 (Telephone)   (212) 975-4321 (Telephone)   (212) 310-8000 (Telephone)

 

 

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public:  As soon as practicable after this Registration Statement becomes effective.

If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, check the following box:  ¨

If this Form is filed to register additional securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement of the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If this Form is a post-effective amendment filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering.  ¨

If delivery of the prospectus is expected to be made pursuant to Rule 434, please check the following box.  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer    ¨       Accelerated filer   

¨

Non-accelerated filer    x    (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company    ¨

 

 

The registrant hereby amends this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrant shall file a further amendment which specifically states that this Registration Statement shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or until this registration statement shall become effective on such date as the Securities and Exchange Commission, acting pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.


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The information in this preliminary prospectus is not complete and may be changed. We may not sell these securities until the registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is effective. This preliminary prospectus is not an offer to sell these securities and it is not soliciting an offer to buy these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not permitted.

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS    SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JANUARY 31, 2014

             Shares

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

Common Stock

This is the initial public offering of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc., currently an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation (“CBS”). We are offering              shares of our common stock. Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for shares of our common stock. We anticipate that the initial public offering price per share of our common stock will be between $         and $         per share.

CBS has advised us that it currently intends to dispose of all of the shares of our common stock that it indirectly will own upon the completion of this offering following the “lock-up” period described under “Underwriting” (the “Separation”). CBS has advised us that it intends to effect the Separation by means of a tax-free split-off. If CBS does not proceed with the split-off, it could elect to dispose of our common stock in a number of different types of transactions, including open market sales, sales to one or more third parties or pro rata distributions of our shares to CBS’s stockholders or a combination of these transactions. CBS could also elect not to dispose of our common stock. The determination of whether, when and how to proceed with the Separation is entirely within the discretion of CBS. See “The Separation.”

We are, and, until CBS ceases to own at least 80% of our outstanding common stock, we will remain, a member of CBS’s consolidated tax group for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will be taxable as a regular domestic C corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Following the Separation, we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We expect the Separation to be consummated in 2014 and to make an election to be taxed as a REIT for our taxable year beginning the day after the Separation and ending December 31, 2014. However, there can be no assurance that the Separation will be consummated within such time frame. To assist us in qualifying and maintaining our status as a REIT, among other purposes, our charter will contain certain restrictions relating to the ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, including a provision restricting stockholders from owning more than 9.8% by value or number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of our outstanding shares of common stock or more than 9.8% in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of all classes and series of our stock without the prior consent of our board of directors. See “Description of Securities—Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.” CBS has requested a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) with respect to certain issues relevant to our qualification to be taxed as a REIT.

We intend to apply to list our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “CBSO”.

Investing in our common stock involves risk. See “Risk Factors” beginning on page 20.

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the adequacy or accuracy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

     PER SHARE    TOTAL

Public offering price

   $    $

Underwriting discounts and commissions

   $    $

Proceeds to CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. before expenses

   $    $

Delivery of the shares of our common stock is expected to be made on or about         . We have granted the underwriters an option for a period of 30 days from the date of this prospectus to purchase an additional              shares of our common stock. If the underwriters exercise the option in full, the total underwriting discounts and commissions payable by us will be $        , and the total proceeds to us, before expenses, will be $        .

 

BofA Merrill Lynch   Goldman, Sachs & Co.   J.P. Morgan   Morgan Stanley
Citigroup   Deutsche Bank Securities   Wells Fargo Securities

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Prospectus Summary

    1   

Risk Factors

    20   

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

    43   

Use of Proceeds

    46   

Distribution Policy

    47   

Capitalization

    48   

Dilution

    50   

Selected Combined Consolidated Financial Data

    52   

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements

    55   

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

    63   

Our Industry

    91   

Regulation

    92   

Business and Properties

    94   

Management

    102   

Executive Compensation

    108   

Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions

    133   

Formation Transactions

    135   

The Separation

    137   

Principal Stockholders

    139   

Description of Securities

    141   

Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws

    146   

Shares Eligible for Future Sale

    152   

U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations

    154   

Policies With Respect to Certain Activities

    176   

Underwriting

    180   

Legal Matters

    184   

Experts

    184   

Where You Can Find More Information

    184   

Index to Combined Consolidated Financial Statements

    F-1   

You should rely only on the information contained in this prospectus or in any free writing prospectus we may authorize to be delivered to you. We have not, and the underwriters have not, authorized anyone to provide you with different or additional information. If anyone provides you with different or additional information, you should not rely on it. We are not, and the underwriters are not, making an offer of these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. The information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of this prospectus. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since that date.

Until                      (25 days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that buy, sell or trade shares of our common stock, whether or not participating in our initial public offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This delivery requirement is in addition to the obligation of dealers to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 

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BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Except as otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to (i) “we,” “our,” “us,” “ourselves,” “the Company,” and “our company” refer to CBS Outdoor Americas Inc., a Maryland corporation, and unless the context requires otherwise, its consolidated subsidiaries and (ii) “CBS” refers to CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation, and, unless the context requires otherwise, its consolidated subsidiaries.

We intend to complete a series of formation transactions prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. See “Formation Transactions.”

Unless otherwise indicated, all references to “dollars” and “$” in this prospectus are to, and amounts are presented in, U.S. Dollars. Unless otherwise indicated, all references in this prospectus to the “25 largest markets” in the United States and “180 markets in the United States, Canada and Latin America” are based on Nielsen Media Research’s Designated Market Area rankings as of January 1, 2013.

Unless otherwise indicated, the information contained in this prospectus is as of the date set forth on the cover of this prospectus, assumes that the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is not exercised and assumes that the common stock to be sold in this offering is sold at $         per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus.

Some of the statements in this prospectus constitute forward-looking statements. See “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

MARKET AND INDUSTRY DATA

Although we are responsible for all of the disclosures contained in this prospectus, this prospectus contains industry, market and competitive position data and forecasts that are based on industry publications and studies conducted by third parties. The industry publications and third-party studies generally state that the information that they contain has been obtained from sources believed to be reliable, although they do not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of such information. While we believe that the market position, market opportunity and market size information included in this prospectus is generally reliable, such information is inherently imprecise. The industry forward-looking statements included in this prospectus may be materially different than actual results.

TRADEMARKS AND TRADE NAMES

This prospectus contains references to a number of our trademarks (including service marks) that are registered trademarks or trademarks for which we have pending applications or common-law rights. Trade names, trademarks and service marks of other companies appearing in this prospectus are the property of their respective owners.

 

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PROSPECTUS SUMMARY

This summary highlights selected information contained elsewhere in this prospectus. This summary does not contain all of the information that you should consider before making an investment decision to purchase our common stock in this offering. You should read the entire prospectus carefully, including the sections entitled “Risk Factors,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our combined consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus before making an investment decision to purchase our common stock.

Within this prospectus we define operating income before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”), net gain (loss) on dispositions, restructuring charges and impairment charges as “Adjusted OIBDA.” For more information on how we calculate Adjusted OIBDA and a reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to operating income, see “—Summary Financial Data.” For a reconciliation of Adjusted OIBDA to operating income for each of our operating segments as well as to our total net income (loss), see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” For more information on how we calculate and define funds from operations (“FFO”) and Adjusted FFO and a reconciliation of net income (loss) to FFO and Adjusted FFO, see “Selected Combined Consolidated Financial Data.”

Overview

We are one of the largest lessors of advertising space (“displays”) on out-of-home advertising structures and sites across the United States, Canada and Latin America. Our portfolio primarily consists of billboard displays, which are predominantly located in densely populated major metropolitan areas and along high-traffic expressways and major commuting routes. In addition, we have a number of exclusive multiyear contracts that allow us to operate advertising displays in municipal transit systems where our customers are able to reach millions of commuters on a daily basis. We have displays in all of the 25 largest markets in the United States and over 180 markets in the United States, Canada and Latin America, including in some of the most heavily trafficked locations, such as the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and Grand Central Station and Times Square in New York City. We believe that the location of many of our displays is a strategic advantage relative to other forms of advertising. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 329,100 displays in the United States and approximately 26,100 displays across Canada and Latin America. The breadth of our portfolio provides our customers with a multitude of options to serve their varied marketing needs—for example, they can reach a large audience through national, brand-building campaigns (which Apple uses to market its iPhone and iPad products) or advertise by way of localized, action-inducing messages (which McDonald’s employs to make drivers aware of its nearby restaurants). For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we generated revenues, Adjusted OIBDA and operating income of $950.1 million, $298.8 million and $162.1 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2012, we generated revenues, Adjusted OIBDA and operating income of $1.28 billion, $402.7 million and $201.2 million, respectively.

We believe that out-of-home advertising is an attractive form of advertising as our displays are ALWAYS ON™ and cannot be turned off, skipped or fast-forwarded, and that it provides our customers with a differentiated advertising solution at an attractive price point relative to other forms of advertising. In addition to leasing displays, we provide other value-added services to our customers, such as pre-campaign category research, creative design support and post-campaign tracking and analytics. We use a real-time mobile operational reporting system that enables proof of performance to customers. Our large portfolio of displays and geographic reach allow us to serve a broad range of customers that includes consumer-focused companies in the entertainment, retail, healthcare, telecom, restaurant, financial services, travel and leisure and automotive industries. During the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, we served approximately 19,500 customers in the United States, including large, national companies such as Anheuser-Busch, Apple, AT&T, Diageo, Disney, McDonald’s, Sony

 

 

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and Verizon, as well as regional and local companies. During the 21 months ended September 30, 2013, 84 of the top 100 advertisers in the United States (as determined by Kantar Media Intelligence) were our customers. As a result of our diverse base of customers, in the United States, no single industry contributed more than 11.0% of our revenues and no single customer contributed more than 1.7% of our revenues during the twelve months ended September 30, 2013.

As of September 30, 2013, we had 343 digital billboard displays in the United States. The majority of our digital billboard displays have been converted from traditional static billboard displays. Increasing the number of digital billboard displays in our most heavily trafficked locations is an important element of our organic growth strategy. Digital billboard displays have the potential to attract additional business from both new and existing customers. We believe that digital billboard displays are attractive to our customers because they allow for the development of richer and more visually engaging messages and provide our customers with the flexibility both to target audiences by time of day and to quickly launch new advertising campaigns. In addition, digital billboard displays enable us to run multiple advertisements on each display (up to eight per minute). As a result, digital billboard displays generate approximately three to four times more revenue per display on average than traditional static billboard displays, and digital billboard displays generate higher profits and cash flows than traditional static billboard displays. As the costs to convert traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays have declined, we have accelerated our conversion efforts, adding approximately 70 digital billboard displays in 2011, 110 digital billboard displays in 2012 and 70 digital billboard displays during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, for a total investment of $57.9 million.

We generally (i) own the physical billboard structures on which we display advertising copy for our customers, (ii) hold the legal permits to display advertising thereon and (iii) lease the underlying sites. These lease agreements have terms varying between one month and multiple years, and usually provide renewal options. We estimate that approximately 75% of our billboard structures in the United States are “legal nonconforming” billboards meaning they were legally constructed under laws in effect at the time they were built, but could not be constructed under current laws. These structures are often located in areas where it is difficult or not permitted to build additional billboards under current laws, which enhances the value of our portfolio. We have a highly diversified portfolio of advertising sites. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 23,100 lease agreements with approximately 18,800 different landlords. A substantial number of these lease agreements allow us to abate rent and/or terminate the lease agreement in certain circumstances, which may include where the structure is obstructed, where there is a change in traffic flow and/or where the advertising value of the sign structure is otherwise impaired, providing us with flexibility in renegotiating the terms of our leases with landlords.

We manage our business through the following two segments:

United States.  As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 329,100 advertising displays in the United States, including the largest number of advertising displays of any out-of-home advertising company operating in the 25 largest markets in the United States. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, our United States segment generated 19% of its revenues in the New York City metropolitan area and 12% in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our United States segment generated $827.6 million of revenues and $300.2 million of Adjusted OIBDA. For the year ended December 31, 2012, our United States segment generated $1.10 billion of revenues and $385.4 million of Adjusted OIBDA.

International.  Our International segment includes our operations in Canada and Latin America, including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. We are one of the largest out-of-home advertising companies in Canada and Mexico and have significant scale across the other countries in which we operate in Latin America. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 26,100 advertising displays in our International segment, including approximately 14,400 in Canada. For the

 

 

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nine months ended September 30, 2013, our International segment generated $122.5 million of revenues and $20.0 million of Adjusted OIBDA. For the year ended December 31, 2012, our International segment generated $186.0 million of revenues and $30.5 million of Adjusted OIBDA.

History

We trace our roots to companies that helped to pioneer the growth of out-of-home advertising in the United States, such as Outdoor Systems, Inc., 3M National, Gannett Outdoor and TDI Worldwide Inc. In 1996, a predecessor of CBS acquired TDI Worldwide Inc., which specialized in transit advertising. Three years later, a predecessor of CBS acquired Outdoor Systems, Inc., which represented the consolidation of the outdoor advertising assets of large national operators such as 3M National, Gannett Outdoor (and its Canadian assets held in the name Mediacom) and Vendor (a Mexican outdoor advertising company) and many local operators in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In 2008, a subsidiary of CBS expanded our business into South America through the acquisition of International Outdoor Advertising Holdings Co., which operated in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The company that we are today represents the hard-to-replicate combination of the assets of all of these businesses, as well as other acquisitions and internally developed assets.

Business Strengths

Large-Scale Out-of-Home Advertising Platform.  We believe our large-scale portfolio of advertising structures and sites provides a compelling value proposition to our customers because of our national footprint, large market presence and strategically placed assets in high-traffic locations. A number of our displays are located in areas where it is difficult or not permitted to build additional billboards under current laws, which enhances the value of our portfolio. The size of our portfolio provides us with economies of scale that allow us to operate, invest and grow our business in an efficient manner. For example, it allows us to cost-effectively roll out new technologies, such as digital billboard displays, and to efficiently service our customers’ campaigns through enhanced audience delivery, measurement and reporting capabilities.

Out-of-Home Advertising Is an Impactful and Cost-Effective Medium.  Unlike other types of media, such as television, radio and the internet, out-of-home advertising is ALWAYS ON™. It cannot be turned off, skipped or fast-forwarded. We believe that this helps our customers to better reach their target audiences. In addition, using out-of-home advertising can be a cost-effective way for advertisers to reach an audience relative to other forms of media; outdoor advertising has an average cost per thousand impressions or “CPM” of $5.22 (i.e., on average, advertisers pay $5.22 for every thousand views of their advertisements on out-of-home advertising structures and sites), as compared with $14.98 for television and $35.50 for newspapers, according to a 2013 SNL Kagan report on Economics of Outdoor & Out-of-Home Advertising.

Significant Presence in Large Metropolitan Markets.  Our portfolio includes advertising structures and sites in all of the 25 largest markets in the United States, covering 50% of the U.S. population. We believe that our positions in major metropolitan markets, such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, are desirable to customers wishing to reach large audiences. We believe that our strong positions in these markets provide us with an advantage in attracting national advertising campaigns and enable us to take advantage of increased urbanization within the United States. Our large-scale portfolio allows our customers to reach a national audience and also provides the flexibility to tailor campaigns to specific regions or markets. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, we generated approximately 40% of our revenues from national advertising campaigns. Many of our advertising displays are located in strategic locations with limited supply, including the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and Grand Central Station and Times Square in New York City.

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ended September 30, 2013, in the United States we served approximately 19,500 customers and no single customer contributed more than 1.7% of our revenues. Our broad customer base includes companies in the entertainment, retail, healthcare, telecom, restaurant, financial services, travel and leisure and automotive industries. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, in the United States, no single industry contributed more than 11.0% of our revenues. Many of our customers have utilized out-of-home advertising for decades and have been customers of ours for many years.

Strong Profitability and Significant Cash Flow Generation.  Our business has been highly profitable and has generated significant cash flows. In 2012, our Adjusted OIBDA margin was 31.3%. We also benefit from significant operating leverage due to our high proportion of fixed costs, which allows us to generate significant OIBDA and cash flows from incremental revenues. In 2012, we generated cash flows from operating activities of $311.3 million. In addition, most of our capital expenditures are directed towards new revenue-generating projects, such as the conversion of traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays.

Experienced Management.  Members of our management team have served as ambassadors for the promotion of out-of-home advertising as a preferred advertising medium, and we believe that they have been instrumental in the development of industry-wide initiatives to improve audience measurement and targeting capabilities. Our management team includes members of the board and committees of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America and other personnel who are closely involved in advocacy for constituents of the out-of-home advertising industry, including advertisers, consumers and communities.

Growth Strategy

Continued Conversion to Digital Billboard Displays.  Increasing the number of digital billboard displays in our most heavily trafficked locations is an important element of our organic growth strategy, as digital billboard displays have the potential to attract additional business from both new and existing customers. Digital billboard displays generate approximately three to four times more revenue per display on average than traditional static billboard displays, and digital billboard displays generate higher profits and cash flows than traditional static billboard displays. In addition, digital billboard displays are attractive to our customers because they allow for the development of richer and more visually engaging messages and provide our customers with the flexibility both to target audiences by time of day and to quickly launch new advertising campaigns. As of September 30, 2013, we had 343 digital billboard displays in the United States, representing only approximately 1% of our total billboard displays in the United States. As the costs to convert traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays have declined, we have accelerated our conversion efforts, adding approximately 70 digital billboard displays in 2011, 110 digital billboard displays in 2012 and 70 digital billboard displays during the nine months ended September 2013. We intend to spend a significant portion of our capital expenditures in coming years to continue to increase the number of digital billboard displays in our portfolio.

Increased Use of Social Media and Mobile Technology Engagement.  We believe there is potential for growth in the reach and effectiveness of out-of-home advertising through increased use of social media and mobile technology engagement. In the coming years, we intend to pursue these opportunities, including through possible strategic alliances and partnerships with social media and mobile technology companies.

Consider Selected Acquisition Opportunities.  Our national footprint in the United States and significant presence in Canada and the countries in which we operate in Latin America provide us with an attractive platform on which to add additional advertising structures and sites. Our scale gives us advantages in driving additional revenues and reducing operating costs from acquired billboards. We believe that there is significant opportunity for additional industry consolidation, and we will evaluate opportunities to acquire additional advertising structures and sites on a case-by-case basis.

 

 

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Encourage Adoption of New Audience Measurement Systems.  We believe that the accelerated adoption of the out-of-home advertising industry’s audience measurement system (the “TAB Out-of-Home Ratings”) will enhance the value of out-of-home advertising media by providing our customers with improved audience measurement and the ability to target by gender, age, ethnicity and income. We believe that by providing a consistent and reliable audience measurement metric comparable to those used by other media formats, the TAB Out-of-Home Ratings encourages the incorporation of out-of-home advertising media by independent marketing specialists and advertising agencies that increasingly rely on analytical models to design marketing campaigns.

Drive Enhanced Revenue Management.  We focus heavily on inventory management and advertising rate pricing systems to improve revenue yield over time across our portfolio of advertising structures and sites. By carefully managing our pricing on a market-by-market and display-by-display basis, we aim to improve profitability by ensuring pricing discipline. We believe that closely monitoring pricing and improving pricing discipline will provide strong potential revenue enhancement.

 

 

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Our Advertising Structures and Sites

Our advertising structures and sites are geographically diversified across 39 states and seven countries, as well as Puerto Rico. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 58,400 billboard displays and 296,800 displays on transit and other structures and sites. The following table sets forth information regarding the geographic diversification of our advertising structures and sites, which are listed in order of contribution to total revenues.

 

    Percentage of Revenues
for the Twelve Months Ended
September 30, 2013
        Percentage of Displays as of
September 30, 2013
 
             
   

 Location (Metropolitan
Area)

  Billboard
Displays
    Transit and
Other
Displays
    Total
Displays
        Billboard
Displays
    Transit and
Other
Displays
    Total
Displays
 
   

 New York, NY

    4%        51%        17%          <1%        56%        47%       
   

 Los Angeles, CA

    10%        12%        11%          7%        14%        13%       
   

 State of New Jersey

    5%        <1%        4%          7%               1%       
   

 Miami, FL

    4%        2%        3%          2%        5%        4%       
   

 Houston, TX

    5%        <1%        3%          2%               <1%       
   

 Detroit, MI

    4%        1%        3%          4%        5%        4%       
   

 Washington, D.C.

    <1%        10%        3%          <1%        7%        6%       
   

 San Francisco, CA

    4%        1%        3%          3%        <1%        1%       
   

 Atlanta, GA

    3%        3%        3%          4%        5%        5%       
   

 Chicago, IL

    3%        <1%        3%          2%               <1%       
   

 Dallas, TX

    3%        1%        2%          1%        <1%        <1%       
   

 Tampa, FL

    3%        <1%        2%          3%               <1%       
   

 Phoenix, AZ

    2%        2%        2%          3%        1%        1%       
   

 Orlando, FL

    2%        <1%        2%          3%               <1%       
   

 St. Louis, MO

    2%        <1%        1%          3%               <1%       
   
 All Other United States and  Puerto Rico     32%        6%        24%          34%        3%        8%       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

Total United States

    86%        89%        86%          78%        96%        93%       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

 Canada

    7%        6%        7%          10%        3%        4%       
   

 Mexico

    4%        2%        4%          8%        <1%        1%       
   

 South America

    3%        3%        3%          4%        1%        2%       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

Total International

    14%        11%        14%          22%        4%        7%       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

 Total

    100%        100%        100%          100%        100%        100%       
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

 Total revenues/displays

 ($ in millions)

  $ 924.2      $ 361.7      $ 1,285.9          58,427        296,809        355,236   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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Our Industry

Advertisers utilize out-of-home media to reach national, regional and local audiences in densely populated major metropolitan areas and along high-traffic expressways and major commuting routes, as well as throughout municipal transit systems. In 2012, out-of-home advertising spending in the United States totaled $7.6 billion, or 4.7% of the $161.2 billion that was spent across all U.S. major media categories, according to a 2013 Zenith Optimedia study on Advertising Expenditure Forecasts. Based on this study, since 1980, out-of-home advertising spending in the United States has increased at an 8.4% compound annual growth rate, has increased as a percentage of total media spending from 1.6% to 4.7% and is projected to continue gaining market share. According to the report, out-of-home advertising spending in the United States is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.8% from 2012 through 2015, and growth is expected to be 9.6% over the same time period for Latin America.

Out-of-home advertising is conducted through the following types of advertising structures and sites:

Billboards.  Out-of-home advertising companies generally own billboards, which are located on sites leased through agreements with property owners. Billboard displays can be either static or digital and can come in a variety of forms, including on freestanding billboards and on the exterior and roofs of buildings. Billboards are generally classified by size as bulletins, posters or junior posters:

 

   

Bulletins vary in size and are most typically 14 feet high and 48 feet wide. Located along primary commuting routes, including major expressways and main intersections, bulletins garner high monthly rental rates because of their size and impact in highly trafficked areas.

 

   

Posters vary in size and are most typically 10 feet 5 inches high and 22 feet 8 inches wide, while junior posters are most typically 5 feet high and 11 feet wide. Located in commercial areas and near point-of-purchase locations, posters and junior posters are highly visible to vehicular traffic and are often placed in local neighborhoods where bulletins are not permitted under zoning laws.

Digital billboard displays represent approximately 1% of the current out-of-home billboard market with 4,400 displays, according to the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. The digital billboard display market is a targeted growth opportunity for many of the out-of-home advertising industry’s major participants. Digital billboard displays eliminate the need to physically change advertisement material thereby resulting in reduced production costs. Digital billboard displays have also been met with high demand from advertisers due to the increased consumer engagement they allow in comparison to traditional out-of-home advertising mediums.

Transit and Other.  Advertising displays are also placed on the interior and exterior of rail and subway cars and buses, as well as on benches, trains, trams, transit shelters, urban panels (i.e., smaller-sized billboards located at transit entrances), street kiosks and transit platforms. Out-of-home advertising companies generally hold multiyear contracts with municipalities and transit operators for the exclusive right to display advertising copy on their properties.

Summary Risk Factors

An investment in our common stock involves various risks. You should carefully consider the matters discussed in “Risk Factors” beginning on page 20 of this prospectus before making a decision to invest in our common stock. Some of the risks include the following:

 

   

Our revenues and operating results are sensitive to a decline in advertising expenditures, general economic conditions and other external events beyond our control;

 

   

We operate in a highly competitive industry;

 

 

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Government regulation of outdoor advertising may restrict our outdoor advertising operations;

 

   

We have substantial indebtedness, which could adversely affect our financial condition;

 

   

The terms of the credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities (as defined below) and the indenture governing the Senior Notes (as defined below) restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to incur additional debt that we may need to fund initiatives in response to changes in our business, the industries in which we operate, the economy and governmental regulations;

 

   

We have no operating history as an independent public company or a REIT, and our inexperience may impede our ability to successfully manage our business or implement effective internal controls;

 

   

We are controlled by CBS, whose interests in our business may conflict with yours;

 

   

A delay in the completion of the Separation or the nonoccurrence of the Separation could result in our remaining a taxable corporation and could significantly reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders;

 

   

Legislative, administrative, regulatory or other actions affecting REITs, including positions taken by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), could have a negative effect on us;

 

   

The ownership limitations that apply to REITs, as prescribed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”) and by our charter, may inhibit market activity in the shares of our stock and restrict our business combination opportunities;

 

   

If we do not qualify to be taxed as a REIT, or fail to remain qualified to be taxed as a REIT, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax as a regular corporation and could face a substantial tax liability, which would reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders; and

 

   

The market price and trading volume of our common stock may be volatile following this offering.

Corporate Information

Our principal executive offices are located at 405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10174. Our telephone number is (212) 297-6400.

Formation Transactions

We intend to complete a series of formation transactions as part of our transition to becoming a public company:

 

   

Upon formation as a Maryland corporation, we filed our initial charter (our “initial charter”) in Maryland, adopted our initial bylaws (our “initial bylaws”) and, upon issuing shares to our parent, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS, we became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS;

 

   

Prior to the completion of the Formation Borrowings, CBS completed a series of reorganization transactions resulting in the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment being consolidated under us (the “CBS Reorganization Transactions”);

 

 

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On January 31, 2014, we issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 5.250% senior notes due 2022 (the “2022 Senior Notes”) and $400 million aggregate principal amount of 5.625% senior notes due 2024 (the “2024 Senior Notes” and, together with the 2022 Senior Notes, the “Senior Notes”). The Senior Notes were offered within the United States to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act;

 

   

On January 31, 2014, we entered into an $800 million senior secured term loan credit facility due 2021 (the “Term Loan” and, together with the Senior Notes, the “Formation Borrowings”);

 

   

In connection with the Formation Borrowings, we incurred $1.6 billion of indebtedness, from which we received net proceeds of approximately $1.57 billion after deducting bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection therewith. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we will transfer approximately $1.52 billion to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS, which is an amount (which we refer to as the “Transferred Borrowing Proceeds”) equal to the net proceeds of the Formation Borrowings less $50 million, which will remain with us to use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs, as described below. See “Use of Proceeds” and “The Separation”;

 

   

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions related to this offering. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we intend to transfer to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS an amount (which we refer to as the “Transferred Offering Proceeds”) equal to the net proceeds of this offering less an amount, as determined by CBS, equal to the estimated cash portion of the Purging Distribution(s). We estimate that the Transferred Offering Proceeds will be approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus. See “Use of Proceeds” and “The Separation”;

 

   

We will pay the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds (prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part) and the Transferred Offering Proceeds (following the consummation of this offering) to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS (together with shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock) in consideration for the contribution of the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment to us pursuant to the CBS Reorganization Transactions. After making these payments, we expect that we will have retained approximately $            , which will include the amounts retained by us from the proceeds of the Formation Borrowings and this offering, as described above, which we will use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs and which we believe will provide us with sufficient liquidity to pay the cash portion of any Purging Distribution(s) if CBS completes the Separation by means of the split-off and we elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Following the final payment of the Purging Distribution(s) declared in our first REIT taxable year, if any, we will pay to CBS, or CBS will pay to us, as applicable, the difference between the actual cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) and the estimated cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) that was retained by us as described above. See “Use of Proceeds” and “The Separation”;

 

   

On January 31, 2014, we entered into a revolving credit facility maturing in 2019 with a commitment of $425 million (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and, together with the Term Loan, the “Senior Credit Facilities”) with third-party financial institutions. The Revolving

 

 

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Credit Facility will be used for corporate purposes, including the issuance of letters of credit, and ongoing cash needs. We do not expect to have any outstanding borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility upon completion of this offering;

 

   

On January 31, 2014, we entered into a Letter of Credit Facility (the “Letter of Credit Facility”), pursuant to which we may obtain letters of credit from time to time in an aggregate outstanding face amount of up to $80 million;

 

   

Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will form one or more subsidiary corporations to serve as taxable REIT subsidiaries (“TRSs”) and will contribute our non-real estate and non-U.S. assets to such subsidiary corporations; and

 

   

Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will amend and restate our initial charter (as so amended and restated, our “charter”) and amend and restate our initial bylaws (as so amended and restated, our “bylaws”).

We refer to the above transactions as our “formation transactions.” As a result of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we directly or indirectly own all of the entities that currently conduct the business described in this prospectus.

Our Relationship with CBS

Prior to the completion of this offering, we are an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS. We are offering              shares of our common stock in this offering, and upon the completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own approximately     % of our outstanding common stock, or approximately 81% if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, and we will continue to be controlled by CBS. As a result, CBS will be able to exert significant influence over us and our corporate decisions. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Affiliation with CBS.”

CBS provides us with certain services such as insurance, support for technology systems, tax, internal audit, and cash management. Effective January 1, 2014, our employees began participating in employee benefit plans maintained by us, although certain of our employees may continue to be entitled to benefits under certain CBS defined benefit pension plans. Prior to the completion of this offering, we will enter into various agreements to govern our relationship with CBS during the period between the completion of this offering and the effective date of the Separation and to complete the Separation of our business from CBS. For a description of these agreements, see “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions.”

We are, and, until CBS ceases to own at least 80% of our outstanding common stock, as further described below, we will remain, a member of CBS’s consolidated tax group for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

The Separation

CBS has advised us that it currently intends to dispose of all of the shares of our common stock that it indirectly will own upon the completion of this offering following the “lock-up” period described under “Shares Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-Up Agreements and Other Contractual Restrictions on Resale.” CBS has advised us that it intends to effect the Separation by means of a tax-free split-off, pursuant to which CBS will offer its stockholders the option to exchange their shares of CBS common stock for shares of our common stock in an exchange offer. If the exchange offer is undertaken and consummated and not fully subscribed because less than all shares of our common stock owned by CBS are exchanged, the remaining shares of our common stock owned by CBS may

 

 

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be offered in one or more subsequent exchange offers (together with the initial exchange offer, the “exchange offer(s)”) and/or distributed on a pro rata basis to CBS stockholders whose shares of CBS common stock remain outstanding after consummation of the exchange offer(s) (such distribution, together with the exchange offer(s), the “split-off”). CBS has received a private letter ruling from the IRS and expects to receive certain opinions of counsel to the effect that the split-off, together with certain related transactions, will qualify as a tax-free distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). If CBS does not proceed with the split-off, it could elect to dispose of our common stock in a number of different types of transactions, including open market sales, sales to one or more third parties or pro rata distributions of our shares to CBS’s stockholders or a combination of these transactions. CBS could also elect to not dispose of our common stock. The determination of whether, when and how to proceed with the Separation is entirely within the discretion of CBS.

Except for the “lock-up” period described under “Shares Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-Up Agreements and Other Contractual Restrictions on Resale,” CBS is not subject to any contractual obligation to maintain its share ownership. For more information on the potential effect of CBS’s disposition of our common stock by means of the Separation or otherwise, please read “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Affiliation with CBS—Transfers of our common stock by CBS could adversely affect your rights as a stockholder and cause our stock price to decline.”

Following the Separation, we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT, as described below in “—Our Tax Status.”

 

 

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This Offering

 

Common stock offered by us                shares
Option to purchase additional shares                shares
Common stock to be outstanding after this
offering
  

 

            shares (or             shares if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full)

Use of proceeds   

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions related to this offering. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we intend to transfer to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Offering Proceeds, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of this offering less an amount, as determined by CBS, equal to the estimated cash portion of the Purging Distribution(s). We estimate that the Transferred Offering Proceeds will be approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus.

 

In addition, in connection with the Formation Borrowings, we incurred $1.6 billion of indebtedness, from which we received net proceeds of approximately $1.57 billion after deducting bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection therewith. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we will transfer to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds of approximately $1.52 billion, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of the Formation Borrowings less $50 million, which will remain with us to use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs, as described below.

 

We will pay the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds (prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part) and the Transferred Offering Proceeds (following the consummation of this offering) to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS (together with shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock) in consideration for the contribution of the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment to us pursuant to the CBS Reorganization Transactions. After making these payments, we

 

 

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   expect that we will have retained approximately $            , which will include the amounts retained by us from the proceeds of the Formation Borrowings and this offering, as described above, which we will use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs and which we believe will provide us with sufficient liquidity to pay the cash portion of any Purging Distribution(s) if CBS completes the Separation by means of the split-off and we elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Following the final payment of the Purging Distribution(s) declared in our first REIT taxable year, if any, we will pay to CBS, or CBS will pay to us, as applicable, the difference between the actual cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) and the estimated cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) that was retained by us as described above. See “Use of Proceeds,” “Formation Transactions” and “The Separation.”
Listing    We intend to apply to list our common stock on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol “CBSO”.
Ownership and transfer restrictions    To assist us in complying with the limitations on the concentration of ownership of REIT stock imposed by the Code beginning in our second REIT tax year, among other purposes, our charter will generally prohibit, among other prohibitions, as of the closing of this offering, any stockholder from beneficially or constructively owning more than 9.8% in value or in number, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of our common stock, or 9.8% in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of all classes and series of our stock. See “Description of Securities—Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.”
Risk factors    Investing in our common stock involves a high degree of risk. You should carefully read and consider the information set forth under “Risk Factors” beginning on page 20 and all other information in this prospectus before investing in our common stock.

The number of shares of our common stock to be outstanding after this offering excludes             shares of our common stock reserved for future issuance under the CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (the “Stock Incentive Plan”), which we intend to adopt prior to the completion of this offering.

Unless otherwise indicated, the information contained in this prospectus assumes that the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is not exercised and assumes that the common stock to be sold in this offering is sold at $         per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus.

 

 

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Our Tax Status

We are, and, until CBS ceases to own at least 80% of our outstanding common stock, we will remain, a member of CBS’s consolidated tax group for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will be taxable as a regular domestic C corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i.e., we will be subject to taxation at regular corporate rates). Pursuant to the tax matters agreement that we will enter into with CBS, we will be liable to pay CBS in respect of any taxes imposed on or with respect to us while we are a member of the CBS consolidated tax group.

Following the Separation, we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT (the “REIT election”), and we, together with one or more of our subsidiaries, will jointly elect to treat such subsidiaries as TRSs (the “TRS election”). We expect the Separation to be consummated in 2014 and to make the REIT election (and the TRS election) for our taxable year beginning the day after the effective date of the Separation and ending December 31, 2014. However, depending on how CBS elects to proceed with the Separation (including the timing and number of exchange offers, if any), we may cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group prior to the effective date of the Separation. In such circumstance, we may make our REIT election (and the TRS election) effective as of the day after we cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group. For more information on the potential effect of any delay in the completion of the Separation or the nonoccurrence of the Separation, please read “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Affiliation with CBS—A delay in the completion of the Separation or the nonoccurrence of the Separation could result in our remaining a taxable corporation and could significantly reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders.”

Our qualification to be taxed as a REIT will depend upon our ability to meet on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, various complex requirements under the Code, relating to, among other things, the sources of our gross income, the composition and values of our assets, our distribution levels and the diversity of ownership of our shares. We believe that immediately following this offering we will be organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and that our intended manner of operation will enable us to meet the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT. Upon completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own approximately     % of our outstanding common stock (or approximately 81% if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full). Our board of directors will grant CBS and certain of its affiliates a waiver of the ownership restrictions contained in our charter, subject to certain initial and ongoing conditions designed to protect our status as a REIT. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our REIT Election and Our Status as a REIT—If we fail to meet the REIT income tests as a result of receiving non-qualifying rental income, we would be required to pay a penalty tax in order to retain our REIT status.” CBS has requested a private letter ruling from the IRS with respect to certain issues relevant to our qualification to be taxed as a REIT.

So long as we qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our net taxable income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT in any taxable year and do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates and will be precluded from re-electing to be taxed as a REIT for the subsequent four taxable years following the year during which we lose our REIT qualification. Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain U.S. federal, state and local taxes on our income or property, and the income of our TRSs will be subject to taxation at regular corporate rates.

If CBS completes the Separation by means of the split-off, CBS will allocate its earnings and profits between CBS and us in accordance with provisions of the Code. In order to comply with certain REIT qualification requirements, we will, before the end of any REIT taxable year in which we have accumulated earnings and profits attributable to a non-REIT year, declare a dividend to our stockholders to distribute such accumulated earnings and profits, including any earnings and profits

 

 

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allocated to us by CBS in connection with the split-off (any such distribution declared in our first REIT taxable year or with respect to earnings and profits allocated to us by CBS, the “Purging Distribution(s)”). We cannot currently predict the amount of the Purging Distribution(s), but it could be a significant amount. We expect to pay the Purging Distribution(s) in a combination of cash and our stock, a substantial portion of which will be in stock.

Distribution Policy

For the period commencing with the completion of this offering through the day immediately prior to the effective date of our REIT election, we intend to pay an initial quarterly dividend of $         per share. This dividend amount is based on our historical results of operations and cash flows, and our pro forma results of operations. We believe this financial information provides a reasonable basis to evaluate our ability to pay future dividends. We intend to maintain our initial quarterly dividend amount until the earlier of twelve months following completion of this offering or the effective date of our REIT election, unless actual results of operations, economic conditions or other factors differ materially from our historical operating results or our current assumptions.

From and after the effective date of our REIT election, we intend to pay regular quarterly distributions to holders of our common stock in an amount not less than 100% of our REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gains). In addition, we anticipate making one or more Purging Distributions comprised of a combination of cash and stock, a substantial portion of which will be in stock, as described in “—Our Tax Status.”

U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that a REIT distribute annually at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and that it pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that it annually distributes less than 100% of its taxable income. We intend to make distributions to our stockholders to comply with the REIT requirements of the Code. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

Distributions that we make will be authorized and determined by our board of directors in its sole discretion out of assets legally available therefor. While we anticipate maintaining relatively stable distribution(s) during each year, the amount, timing and frequency of distributions will be at the sole discretion of the board of directors and distributions will be declared based upon various factors, including but not limited to: the amount and timing of Purging Distribution(s), future taxable income, limitations contained in debt instruments, debt service requirements, operating cash inflows and outflows including capital expenditures and acquisitions, limitations on our ability to use cash generated in the TRSs to fund distributions and applicable law. We may need to increase our borrowings in order to fund our intended distributions. We expect that, at least initially, our distributions may exceed our net income under generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“GAAP”) because of noncash expenses included in net income (loss).

For the period commencing with the completion of this offering through the day immediately prior to the effective date of our REIT election, we anticipate that our dividends will generally be treated as “qualified dividends.” Such dividends paid to U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts or estates will generally be taxable at the preferential income tax rates (i.e., the 20% maximum U.S. federal rate) for qualified dividends. In addition, subject to the limitations of the Code, corporate stockholders may be eligible for the dividends received deduction with respect to such dividends. If we qualify and elect to be taxed as a REIT, we anticipate that our distributions generally will be taxable as ordinary income to our stockholders, although we may designate a portion of the distributions as qualified dividend income or capital gain or a portion of the distributions may constitute a return of capital. We will furnish annually to each of our stockholders a statement setting forth distributions paid during the preceding year and their characterization as ordinary income, return of capital, qualified dividend income or capital gain. For a more complete discussion of the U.S. federal income tax treatment of distributions to our stockholders, see “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxation of Stockholders—Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders.”

 

 

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The Company’s debt agreements permit it to make cash distributions in order to maintain its status as a REIT, subject to certain conditions, but notwithstanding any failure to satisfy the conditions in the debt agreements to making distributions generally.

Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer of Our Stock

To assist us in complying with the limitations on the concentration of ownership of REIT stock imposed by the Code beginning in our second REIT year, among other purposes, our charter will provide, as of the closing of this offering, for restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, including, in general, prohibitions on any person actually or constructively owning more than 9.8% in value or in number (whichever is more restrictive) of the outstanding shares of our common stock or 9.8% in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of all classes and series of our stock. A person that did not acquire more than 9.8% of our outstanding stock may nonetheless become subject to our charter restrictions in certain circumstances, including if repurchases by us cause such person’s holdings to exceed the limitations described above. Our charter, however, will permit exceptions to these restrictions to be made for specific stockholders, as determined in the sole discretion of our board of directors provided that such exceptions will not jeopardize our tax status as a REIT. Our board of directors will grant CBS and certain of its affiliates exemptions from the ownership limitations applicable to other holders of our outstanding common stock, subject to certain initial and ongoing conditions designed to protect our status as a REIT. A transfer of shares of our stock in violation of the limitations may be void under certain circumstances. See “Description of Securities—Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer.”

Our ownership limitations could delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control of us that might involve a premium price for shares of our stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders. For more information on the potential effect of our ownership limitations, please read “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our REIT Election and Our Status as a REIT—The ownership limitations that apply to REITs, as prescribed by the Code and by our charter, may inhibit market activity in the shares of our stock and restrict our business combination opportunities.”

 

 

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Summary Financial Data

The following table summarizes our combined consolidated financial data for the periods presented. The summary historical combined consolidated statements of operations and cash flow data for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and the summary historical combined consolidated balance sheet information as of September 30, 2013 have been derived from our unaudited historical combined consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this prospectus. The unaudited historical combined consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as our audited historical combined consolidated financial statements and in the opinion of our management, reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of this information. The results for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for a full year. The summary historical combined consolidated statements of operations and cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and the summary historical combined consolidated balance sheet information as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 have been derived from our audited historical combined consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this prospectus. The summary historical combined consolidated balance sheet information as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2010 has been derived from our unaudited combined consolidated financial information, not included in this prospectus. The summary pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and for the year ended December 31, 2012 and the summary pro forma condensed combined consolidated balance sheet information as of September 30, 2013 have been derived from our unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this prospectus.

The summary unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of operations and balance sheet information set forth below have been adjusted to reflect our formation transactions; the receipt of the net proceeds from the Formation Borrowings after deducting bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection therewith; the sale of the common stock offered hereby; the receipt of the estimated net proceeds from this offering, after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions; the use of the estimated net proceeds from this offering and the Formation Borrowings as described under “Use of Proceeds”; and incremental costs we will incur as a stand-alone public company. See “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions.” The unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial information for the year ended December 31, 2012 and as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 is presented as if each of these events had occurred as of the last day of the period presented for the purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated balance sheet information and on January 1, 2012 for the purposes of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of operations.

No pro forma adjustments have been made with regard to the disposition of the remaining shares of common stock to be held by CBS after the completion of this offering, the intended REIT election after the Separation or the impact of the Purging Distribution(s). See “The Separation.”

Our historical combined consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus have been presented on a “carve-out” basis from CBS’s consolidated financial statements using the historical results of operations, cash flows, assets and liabilities attributable to CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment and include allocations of expenses from CBS. The summary historical combined consolidated and unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial information set forth below and the financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus do not necessarily reflect what our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows would have been if we had operated as a stand-alone company during all periods presented, and, accordingly, such information should not be relied upon as an indicator of our future performance, financial condition or liquidity.

 

 

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You should read the following information together with “Risk Factors,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Capitalization,” “Selected Combined Consolidated Financial Data,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our combined consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

         Nine Months Ended September 30,               Year Ended December 31,  
     Pro Forma      Historical          Pro
  Forma  
    Historical  
     2013      2013     2012          2012     2012     2011     2010  
(in millions, except per share amounts)   (unaudited)     (unaudited)     (unaudited)          (unaudited)                    

Statement of Operations data:

                 

 Revenues

  $ 950.1      $ 950.1      $ 948.8          $     1,284.6      $     1,284.6      $     1,277.1      $     1,214.1   
 

 Less:

                 

Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses

    669.1        651.3        641.5            908.2        881.9        867.8        868.4   

Adjusted OIBDA(a)

    281.0        298.8        307.3            376.4        402.7        409.3        345.7   

Less:

                 

Restructuring charges

                  2.4            2.5        2.5        3.0        3.9   

Net (gain) loss on dispositions

    (9.8     (9.8     1.8            2.2        2.2        2.0        1.1   

Depreciation

    78.3        78.3        80.0            105.9        105.9        109.0        107.6   

Amortization

    68.2        68.2        67.9            90.9        90.9        102.9        106.6   

Operating income

  $ 144.3      $ 162.1      $ 155.2          $ 174.9      $ 201.2      $ 192.4      $ 126.5   

Provision for income taxes

  $ (40.7   $ (70.5   $ (61.4       $ (48.5   $ (89.0   $ (87.8   $ (57.1

Net income

  $ 51.8      $ 93.5      $ 94.6          $ 56.0      $ 113.4      $ 107.1      $ 71.3   

Basic net income per common share

  $                $           

Diluted net income per common share

  $                $           

FFO(b)

  $        $ 212.7      $ 226.7          $        $ 288.9      $ 296.9      $ 260.9   

Adjusted FFO(b)

  $        $ 199.8      $ 211.2          $        $ 269.2      $ 316.3      $ 284.8   
 

Balance Sheet data (at period end):

                 

Property and equipment, net

  $ 754.6      $ 754.6      $ 810.6            $ 807.9      $ 858.2      $ 928.4   

Total assets

  $        $ 3,391.9      $ 3,531.2            $ 3,464.9      $ 3,603.0      $ 3,751.5   

Long-term debt

  $ 1,598.0      $      $            $      $      $   

Current liabilities

  $ 183.8      $ 183.8      $ 178.5            $ 205.6      $ 196.7      $ 203.4   

Total invested equity/stockholders’ equity

  $        $ 2,798.6      $ 2,941.9            $ 2,843.9      $ 2,990.6      $ 3,163.3   
 

Cash Flow data:

                 

Cash flow provided by operating activities

    $ 164.9      $ 186.1            $ 311.3      $ 342.1      $ 271.9   

Capital expenditures:

                 

Growth:

                 

Digital

    $ 10.7      $ 12.1            $ 27.7      $ 19.5      $ 11.1   

Other

      6.2        5.9              9.9        10.8        15.7   

Maintenance

            10.8        9.5                    16.0        15.3        20.4   

Total capital expenditures

    $ 27.7      $ 27.5            $ 53.6      $ 45.6      $ 47.2   
 

Cash taxes

          $ 75.3      $ 73.7                  $ 96.5      $ 50.9      $ 18.2   

 

(a) Adjusted OIBDA is a non-GAAP financial measure. We define “Adjusted OIBDA” as operating income before depreciation, amortization, net gain (loss) on dispositions, restructuring charges and impairment charges. We use Adjusted OIBDA to evaluate our operating performance. Adjusted OIBDA is among the primary measures we use for planning and forecasting of future periods, and it is an important indicator of our operational strength and business performance because it provides a link between profitability and operating cash flow. We believe Adjusted OIBDA is relevant and useful for investors because it allows investors to view performance in a manner similar to the method used by our management, helps improve investors’ understanding of our operating performance and makes it easier for investors to compare our results with other companies that have different financing and capital structures or tax rates.

 

   Since Adjusted OIBDA is not a measure calculated in accordance with GAAP, it should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net income or operating income as indicators of operating performance. Adjusted OIBDA, as we calculate it, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures employed by other companies. In addition, this measure does not necessarily represent funds available for discretionary use and is not necessarily a measure of our ability to fund our cash needs. As Adjusted OIBDA excludes certain financial information that is included in operating income, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure, users of this information should consider the types of events and transactions that are excluded.

 

 

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(b) We believe the presentations of FFO and Adjusted FFO, as supplemental measures, are useful in evaluating our business because they provide analysts and investors with an important perspective on our operating performance and also make it easier to compare our results to those of other REITs. As FFO and Adjusted FFO are not measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net income (loss). Additionally, these measures are not necessarily indicative of funds available for our cash needs. FFO, as we calculate it, although consistent with the definition established by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (“NAREIT”), may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other REITs given the nature of our operations. See “Selected Combined Consolidated Financial Data” for a definition of, and a reconciliation of net income (loss) to, FFO and Adjusted FFO.

 

 

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RISK FACTORS

Investment in our common stock involves risks. In addition to other information contained in this prospectus, you should carefully consider the following factors before acquiring shares of our common stock offered by this prospectus. The occurrence of any of the following risks might cause you to lose all or a part of your investment. Some statements in this prospectus, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements. Please refer to the section entitled “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to Our Business and Operations

Our business is sensitive to a decline in advertising expenditures, general economic conditions and other external events beyond our control.

We derive our revenues from providing advertising space to customers on out-of-home advertising structures and sites. Our contracts with our customers generally cover periods ranging from four weeks to one year. A decline in the economic prospects of advertisers, the economy in general or the economy of any individual geographic market or industry, particularly a market or industry in which we conduct substantial business, such as the New York City, Los Angeles and New Jersey metropolitan areas, and the professional services, retail and healthcare/pharmaceuticals industries, could alter current or prospective advertisers’ spending priorities. Disasters, acts of terrorism, political uncertainty, extraordinary weather events, hostilities and power outages could interrupt our ability to display advertising on our advertising structures and sites and lead to a reduction in economic certainty and advertising expenditures. Any reduction in advertising expenditures could harm our business, financial condition or results of operations. In addition, advertising expenditures by companies in certain sectors of the economy represent a significant portion of our revenues. See “Business and Properties—Our Portfolio of Outdoor Advertising Structures and Sites—Investment Diversification.” Any political, economic, social or technological change resulting in a reduction in these sectors’ advertising expenditures could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We operate in a highly competitive industry.

The outdoor advertising industry is fragmented, consisting of several large companies operating on a national basis, such as our company, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., JCDecaux S.A. and Lamar Advertising Company, as well as hundreds of smaller regional and local companies operating a limited number of displays in a single or a few local markets. We compete with these companies for both customers and display locations. If our competitors offer advertising displays at rates below the rates we charge our customers, we could lose potential customers and we could be pressured to reduce our rates below those we currently charge to retain customers, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. A majority of our display locations are leased, and a significant portion of those leases are month-to-month or have a short remaining term. If our competitors offer to lease display locations at rental rates higher than the rental rates we offer, we could lose display locations and we could be pressured to increase our rental rates above those we currently pay to site landlords, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We also compete with other media, including broadcast and cable television, radio, print media, the internet and direct mail marketers, within their respective markets. In addition, we compete with a wide variety of out-of-home media, including advertising in shopping centers, airports, movie theaters, supermarkets and taxis. Advertisers compare relative costs of available media, including CPMs, particularly when delivering a message to customers with distinct demographic characteristics. In competing with other media, the outdoor advertising industry relies on its relative cost efficiency and its ability to reach specific markets, geographic areas and/or demographics. If we are unable to compete on these terms, we could lose potential customers and we could be pressured to reduce our rates below those we currently charge to retain customers, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Government regulation of outdoor advertising may restrict our outdoor advertising operations.

The outdoor advertising industry is subject to governmental regulation and enforcement at the federal, state and local levels in the United States and to national, regional and local restrictions in foreign countries. These regulations have a significant impact on the outdoor advertising industry and our business. See “Regulation.” Regulations and proceedings have made it increasingly difficult to develop new outdoor advertising structures and sites. If there are changes in laws and regulations affecting outdoor advertising at any level of government, if there is an increase in the enforcement of regulations or allegations of noncompliance or if we are unable to resolve allegations, our structures and sites could be subject to removal or modification. If we are unable to obtain acceptable arrangements or compensation in circumstances in which our structures and sites are subject to removal or modification, it could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. In addition, governmental regulation of advertising displays could limit our installation of additional advertising displays, restrict advertising displays to governmentally controlled sites or permit the installation of advertising displays in a manner that benefits our competitors disproportionately, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our inability to increase the number of digital advertising displays in our portfolio could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our ability to increase the number of digital advertising displays in our portfolio is subject to governmental laws and regulations. For example, a recent California court ruled in favor of a competitor who challenged the validity of our digital display permits in the City of Los Angeles and held that such permits should be invalidated. As another example, in January 2013, Scenic America, Inc., a nonprofit membership organization, filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration (the “FHWA”) alleging, among other things, that the FHWA exceeded its authority when, in 2007, the FHWA issued guidance to assist its division offices in evaluating state regulations that authorize the construction and operation of digital billboards. If the FHWA guidance is vacated, the FHWA could then elect to undertake rulemaking or other new administrative action with respect to digital billboard displays that, if enacted in a way that places additional restrictions on digital billboards, could also have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Any new governmental restrictions on digital advertising displays could limit our installation of additional digital advertising displays, restrict digital advertising displays to governmentally controlled sites or permit the installation of digital advertising displays in a manner that benefits our competitors disproportionately, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. For example, the FHWA recently conducted a study on whether the presence of digital billboard displays along roadways is associated with a reduction of driver safety. We understand that this study is currently under internal review, and we do not currently know the date of its intended public release. If the results of this study include adverse findings, it may result in regulations at the federal, state or local level that impose greater restrictions on digital billboard displays. Furthermore, as technology for converting traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays has only recently been developed and introduced into the market on a large scale, and is in the process of being introduced more broadly in our international markets, existing regulations that currently do not apply to digital advertising displays by their terms could be revised to impose specific restrictions on digital advertising displays.

In addition, implementation of digital advertising displays by us or our competitors at a rate that exceeds the ability of the market to derive new revenues from those displays could also have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Taxes, fees and registration requirements may reduce our profits or expansion opportunities.

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sites or raise revenue, or both. For example, a tax was imposed on the outdoor advertising industry in Toronto. These efforts may continue, and, if we are unable to pass on the cost of these items to our customers, the increased imposition of these measures could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

The success of our transit advertising business is dependent on our obtaining and renewing key municipal concessions on favorable terms.

Our transit shelter and transit systems businesses require us to obtain and renew contracts with municipalities and other governmental entities. All of these contracts have fixed terms and generally provide for payments to the governmental entity of a revenue share and/or a fixed payment amount. When these contracts expire, we generally must participate in highly competitive bidding processes in order to obtain a new contract. Our inability to successfully obtain or renew these contracts on favorable economic terms or at all could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. In addition, the loss of a key municipal concession in one location could adversely affect our ability to compete in other locations by reducing our scale and ability to offer customers multiregional and national advertising campaigns. These factors could have an adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations.

Government compensation for the removal of lawful billboards could decrease.

Although state and local government authorities from time to time use the power of eminent domain to remove billboards, U.S. law requires payment of compensation if a state or political subdivision compels the removal of a lawful billboard along a primary or interstate highway that was built with federal financial assistance. Additionally, many states require similar compensation (or relocation) with regard to compelled removals of lawful billboards in other locations. Some local governments have attempted to force removal of billboards after a period of years under a concept called amortization. Under this concept, the governmental body asserts that just compensation has been earned by continued operation of the billboard over a period of time. Thus far, we have generally been able to obtain satisfactory compensation for our billboards purchased or removed as a result of governmental action, although there is no assurance that this will continue to be the case in the future and if it does not continue to be the case, there could be an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Content-based restrictions on outdoor advertising may further restrict the categories of customers that can advertise using our structures and sites.

Restrictions on outdoor advertising of certain products and services are or may be imposed by federal, state and local laws and regulations. For example, tobacco products have been effectively banned from outdoor advertising in all of the jurisdictions in which we currently do business. In addition, state and local governments in some cases limit outdoor advertising of alcohol, which represented 5% of our United States revenues for the twelve months ended September 30, 2013. Legislation regulating out-of-home advertising due to content-based restrictions could cause a reduction in our revenues from leasing advertising space on outdoor advertising displays that display such advertisements and a simultaneous increase in the available space on the existing inventory of billboards in the outdoor advertising industry, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Environmental, health and safety laws and regulations may limit or restrict some of our operations.

As the owner or operator of various real properties and facilities, we must comply with various foreign, federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. We and our properties are subject to such laws and regulations relating to the use, storage, disposal, emission and release of hazardous and nonhazardous substances and employee health and safety. Historically, with the exception of safety upgrades, we have not incurred significant expenditures to comply with these laws. However, additional laws that may be passed in the future, or a finding of a violation of or liability under existing laws, could require us to make significant expenditures and otherwise limit or restrict some of our operations, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

 

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Our operating results are subject to seasonal variations and other factors.

Our business has experienced and is expected to continue to experience seasonality due to, among other things, seasonal advertising patterns and seasonal influences on advertising markets. Typically, our revenues and profits are highest in the fourth quarter, during the holiday shopping season, and lowest in the first quarter, as advertisers cut back on spending following the holiday shopping season. The effects of such seasonality make it difficult to estimate future operating results based on the previous results of any specific quarter, which may make it difficult to plan capital expenditures and expansion, could affect operating results and could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Future acquisitions and other strategic transactions could have a negative effect on our results of operations.

We frequently evaluate strategic opportunities both within and outside our existing lines of business. We expect from time to time to pursue additional acquisitions and may decide to dispose of certain businesses. These acquisitions or dispositions could be material. Our acquisition strategy involves numerous risks, including:

 

   

our acquisitions may prove unprofitable and fail to generate anticipated cash flows;

 

   

to successfully manage our large portfolio of advertising structures and sites, we may need to:

 

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recruit additional senior management as we cannot be assured that senior management of acquired businesses will continue to work for us and we cannot be certain that our recruiting efforts will succeed; and

 

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expand corporate infrastructure to facilitate the integration of our operations with those of acquired businesses, because failure to do so may cause us to lose the benefits of any expansion that we decide to undertake by leading to disruptions in our ongoing businesses or by distracting our management;

 

   

we may enter into markets and geographic areas where we have limited or no experience;

 

   

we may encounter difficulties in the integration of operations and systems; and

 

   

because we must comply with various requirements under the Code in order to maintain our qualification to be taxed as a REIT, including restrictions on the types of assets we may hold, the sources of our income and accumulation of earnings and profits, our ability to engage in certain acquisitions, such as acquisitions of C corporations, may be limited. See “—Risks Related to Our REIT Election and Our Status as a REIT—Complying with REIT requirements may cause us to liquidate investments or forgo otherwise attractive opportunities.”

Additional acquisitions by us may require antitrust review by U.S. federal antitrust agencies and may require review by foreign antitrust agencies under the antitrust laws of foreign jurisdictions. We can give no assurances that the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission or foreign antitrust agencies will not seek to bar us from acquiring additional advertising businesses in any market.

We have no operating history as an independent public company, and our inexperience may impede our ability to successfully manage our business or implement effective internal controls.

While we currently operate as a subsidiary of a public company, we have no operating history as an independent public company. We cannot assure you that our past experience will be sufficient to successfully operate our company as an independent public company. Upon completion of this offering, we will be required to implement substantial control systems and procedures in order to satisfy our periodic and current reporting requirements under applicable Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) regulations and comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer

 

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Protection Act of 2010 and listing standards. As a result, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we have not previously incurred, and our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to comply with these rules and regulations. These costs and time commitments could be substantially more than we currently expect. Therefore, our historical combined consolidated and unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements may not be indicative of our future costs and performance as a stand-alone public company. If our finance and accounting personnel are unable for any reason to respond adequately to the increased demands that will result from being an independent public company, the quality and timeliness of our financial reporting may suffer, and we could experience significant deficiencies or material weaknesses in our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal control over financial reporting.

An inability to establish effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal control over financial reporting or remediate existing deficiencies could cause us to fail to meet our reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or result in material weaknesses, material misstatements or omissions in our Exchange Act reports, any of which could cause investors to lose confidence in our company, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We are dependent on our management team, and the loss of our senior executive officers or other key employees could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We believe our future success depends on the continued service and skills of our existing management team and other key employees with experience and business relationships within their respective segments. The loss of one or more of these key personnel could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations because of their skills, knowledge of the market, years of industry experience and the difficulty of finding qualified replacement personnel. If any of these personnel were to leave and compete with us, it could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our board of directors has the power to cause us to issue additional shares of our stock without stockholder approval.

Our charter will authorize us to issue additional authorized but unissued shares of common or preferred stock. In addition, our charter will permit our board of directors to, without stockholder approval, amend our charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of our shares of stock or the number of shares of stock of any class or series that we have authority to issue and classify or reclassify any unissued shares of common or preferred stock and set the preferences, rights and other terms of the classified or reclassified shares. As a result, our board of directors will be able to establish a series of shares of common or preferred stock that could delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control of us that might involve a premium price for shares of our stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders. See “Description of Securities—Power to Increase or Decrease Authorized Shares of Stock, Reclassify Unissued Shares of Stock and Issue Additional Shares of Common and Preferred Stock.”

Certain provisions of Maryland law may limit the ability of a third party to acquire control of us.

Certain provisions of the Maryland General Corporation Law (“MGCL”) may have the effect of delaying or preventing a transaction or a change in control of us that might involve a premium price for shares of our stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders, including:

 

   

“business combination” provisions that, subject to certain exceptions, prohibit certain business combinations between a Maryland corporation and an “interested stockholder” (defined generally as any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of a corporation’s outstanding voting stock or an affiliate or associate of a corporation who, at any time during the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then-outstanding

 

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stock of the corporation) or an affiliate of such an interested stockholder for five years after the most recent date on which the stockholder becomes an interested stockholder, and thereafter imposes two super-majority stockholder voting requirements on these combinations; and

 

   

“control share” provisions that provide that, subject to certain exceptions, holders of “control shares” of a Maryland corporation (defined as voting shares of stock that, if aggregated with all other shares of stock owned or controlled by the acquirer, would entitle the acquirer to exercise voting power in the election of directors within one of three increasing ranges) acquired in a “control share acquisition” (defined as the direct or indirect acquisition of issued and outstanding “control shares”) have no voting rights except to the extent approved by its stockholders by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding all interested shares.

 

   

Additionally, we may elect to be subject to Title 3, Subtitle 8 of the MGCL, which would permit our board of directors, without stockholder approval and regardless of what is provided in our charter or bylaws, to implement certain takeover defenses. See “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws—Business Combinations,” “—Control Share Acquisitions” and “—Subtitle 8.”

We expect that our board of directors will by resolution exempt from the provisions of the Maryland business combination act all business combinations (i) between CBS or its affiliates and us and (ii) between us and any other person, provided that such business combination is first approved by our board of directors (including a majority of our directors who are not affiliates or associates of such person). In addition, our bylaws will contain a provision opting out of the Maryland control share acquisition act. Moreover, our charter will provide that, effective at such time as we are able to make a Subtitle 8 election, vacancies on our board may be filled only by the remaining directors and that directors elected by the board to fill vacancies will serve for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred. Our charter will provide that, subject to the rights, if any, of holders of any class or series of preferred stock to elect or remove one or more directors, at or after the time when CBS and its affiliates together no longer beneficially own a majority or more of shares of our outstanding stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “trigger date”), our directors may be removed only for cause, as defined in our charter, and then only by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. Prior to the trigger date, subject to the rights, if any, of holders of any class or series of preferred stock to elect or remove one or more directors, our directors may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. Subject to a consent right of CBS with respect to bylaw provisions regarding stockholder actions by written consent and with respect to CBS’s exemption from our advance notice provisions, our bylaws will provide that our board of directors has the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of our bylaws and to make new bylaws. There can be no assurance that these exemptions or provisions will not be amended or eliminated at any time in the future. See “Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws.”

Our rights and the rights of our stockholders to take action against our directors and officers are limited.

Our charter will contain a provision that eliminates the liability of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law. See “Management—Indemnification and Limitation of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability.” In addition, our charter will authorize us, and our bylaws will obligate us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:

 

   

any present or former director or officer who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, a proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; and

 

   

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estate investment trust, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity.

Our charter and bylaws will also permit us to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of ours in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of our company or a predecessor of our company.

The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided by the indemnification provisions of our charter and bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification, or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any statute, bylaw, resolution, insurance, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

In addition, we intend to enter into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors in the form filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Each indemnification agreement will provide, among other things, for indemnification as provided in the agreement and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by law and our charter and bylaws against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees. The indemnification agreements will provide for the advancement or payment of expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such advancement.

Accordingly, in the event that any of our directors or officers are exculpated from, or indemnified against, liability but whose actions impede our performance, our and our stockholders’ ability to recover damages from that director or officer will be limited.

We may not realize the expected benefits from the Separation of our business from CBS.

By separating from CBS, there is a risk that we may be more susceptible to market fluctuations and other adverse events than we would have otherwise been while we were still a part of CBS. As part of CBS, we have been able to benefit from CBS’s operating diversity, economies of scale and related cost benefits and access to capital for investments, which benefits may no longer be available to us after we separate from CBS.

As an independent public company, we believe that our businesses will benefit from, among other things, sharpened focus on the financial and operational resources of our specific business, allowing our management to design and implement a capital structure, corporate strategies and policies that are based primarily on the business characteristics and strategic opportunities of our businesses. We anticipate this will allow us to respond more effectively to industry dynamics and to allow us to create effective incentives for our management and employees that are more closely tied to our business performance. However, we may not be able to achieve some or all of the expected benefits. Additionally, completion of the Separation will require a significant amount of our management’s time and effort, which may divert attention from operating and growing our business. If we fail to achieve some or all of the benefits in the time we expect, it could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We have substantial indebtedness which could adversely affect our financial condition.

As of September 30, 2013, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Formation Borrowings, we would have had total indebtedness of $1.6 billion (consisting of the $800 million Term Loan and $800 million of Senior Notes), and we would have had unused commitments under the Senior Credit Facilities available to us of $425 million. Additionally, we may, if we obtain commitments from lenders to do so, increase the Senior Credit Facilities by an amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $400 million and (ii) the greatest amount that would not cause, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to any such increases, our net secured leverage ratio to exceed 3.50 to 1.00.

 

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Our level of debt could have important consequences, including:

 

   

making it more difficult for us to satisfy our obligations with respect to our debt;

 

   

requiring us to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash flow from operations to payments on indebtedness, thereby reducing the availability of cash flow to fund acquisitions, working capital, capital expenditures, research and development efforts and other corporate purposes;

 

   

increasing our vulnerability to and limiting our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in the business, the industries in which we operate, the economy and governmental regulations;

 

   

restricting us from making strategic acquisitions or causing us to make non-strategic divestitures;

 

   

exposing us to the risk of increased interest rates as borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities are expected to be subject to variable rates of interest;

 

   

placing us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt; and

 

   

limiting our ability to borrow additional funds.

The terms of the credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities and the indenture governing the Senior Notes restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to incur debt that we may need to fund initiatives in response to changes in our business, the industries in which we operate, the economy and governmental regulations.

The credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities and the indenture governing the Senior Notes contain a number of restrictive covenants that impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and our subsidiaries and limit the ability to engage in actions that may be in our long-term best interests, including restrictions on our and our subsidiaries’ ability to:

 

   

incur additional indebtedness;

 

   

pay dividends on, repurchase or make distributions in respect of our capital stock;

 

   

make investments or acquisitions;

 

   

sell, transfer or otherwise convey certain assets;

 

   

change our accounting methods;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

enter into sale/leaseback transactions;

 

   

enter into agreements restricting the ability to pay dividends or make other intercompany transfers;

 

   

consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our or our subsidiaries’ assets;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates;

 

   

prepay certain kinds of indebtedness;

 

   

issue or sell stock of our subsidiaries; and

 

   

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In addition, the credit agreement governing the Revolving Credit Facility has a financial covenant that requires us to maintain a maximum net secured leverage ratio. Our ability to meet this financial covenant may be affected by events beyond our control.

As a result of all of these restrictions, we may be:

 

   

limited in how we conduct our business;

 

   

unable to raise additional debt or equity financing to operate during general economic or business downturns; or

 

   

unable to compete effectively or to take advantage of new business opportunities.

These restrictions could hinder our ability to grow in accordance with our strategy or inhibit our ability to adhere to our intended distribution policy and, accordingly, may cause us to incur additional U.S. federal income tax liability beyond current expectations.

A breach of the covenants under the indenture governing the Senior Notes or under the credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities could result in an event of default under the applicable agreement. Such a default would allow the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities and the holders of the Senior Notes to accelerate the repayment of such debt and may result in the acceleration of the repayment of any other debt to which a cross-acceleration or cross-default provision applies. In addition, an event of default under the credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities would also permit the lenders under the Senior Credit Facilities to terminate all other commitments to extend additional credit under the Senior Credit Facilities.

Furthermore, if we were unable to repay the amounts due and payable under the Senior Credit Facilities, those lenders could proceed against the collateral that secures such indebtedness. In the event our creditors accelerate the repayment of our borrowings, we and our subsidiaries may not have sufficient assets to repay that indebtedness.

Despite our substantial indebtedness level after the Formation Borrowings, we and our subsidiaries may be able to incur substantially more indebtedness, including secured indebtedness. This could further exacerbate the risks to our financial condition described above.

We and our subsidiaries may incur significant additional indebtedness in the future, including secured indebtedness. Although the indenture governing the Senior Notes and the credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities contain restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness and additional liens, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions, and the additional indebtedness, including secured indebtedness, incurred in compliance with these restrictions could be substantial. These restrictions also will not prevent us from incurring obligations that do not constitute indebtedness. If new debt is added to our current debt levels, the related risks that we and our subsidiaries now face would increase.

Our variable-rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our debt service obligations to increase significantly.

Borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities are at variable rates of interest and expose us to interest rate risk. If interest rates increase, our debt service obligations on the variable-rate indebtedness will increase even though the amount borrowed remains the same, and our net income and cash flows will correspondingly decrease. At our level of indebtedness after giving effect to the Formation Borrowings, as of September 30, 2013, each 1/8% change in our interest rates on our variable-rate indebtedness would have resulted in an approximate $1 million change in annual estimated interest expense. In the future, we may enter into interest rate swaps that involve the exchange of floating for fixed rate interest payments in order to reduce future interest rate volatility. However, we may not elect to maintain such interest rate swaps with respect to any of our variable-rate indebtedness, and any swaps we enter into may not fully mitigate our interest rate risk.

 

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Hedging transactions could have a negative effect on our results of operations.

We may enter into hedging transactions, including with respect to foreign currency exchange rates and interest rate exposure on one or more of our assets or liabilities. The use of hedging transactions involves certain risks, including: (1) the possibility that the market will move in a manner or direction that would have resulted in a gain for us had a hedging transaction not been utilized, in which case our performance would have been better had we not engaged in the hedging transaction; (2) the risk of an imperfect correlation between the risk sought to be hedged and the hedging transaction used; (3) the potential illiquidity for the hedging instrument used, which may make it difficult for us to close out or unwind a hedging transaction; (4) the possibility that our counterparty fails to honor its obligations; and (5) the possibility that we may have to post collateral to enter into hedging transactions, which we may lose if we are unable to honor our obligations. Following the Separation, we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a result of which we will have limitations on our income sources, and the hedging strategies available to us will be more limited than those available to companies that are not REITs. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

We may establish an operating partnership, which could result in conflicts of interests between our stockholders and holders of our operating partnership units and could limit our liquidity or our flexibility.

In the future, if we elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we may establish an operating partnership. If we establish an operating partnership, persons holding operating partnership units (“unitholders”) may have the right to vote on certain amendments to the partnership agreement of our operating partnership, as well as on certain other matters. Unitholders holding these voting rights may be able to exercise them in a manner that conflicts with the interests of our stockholders. Circumstances may arise in the future when the interests of unitholders in our operating partnership conflict with the interests of our stockholders. As the sole member of the general partner of the operating partnership or as the managing member, we would have fiduciary duties to the unitholders of the operating partnership that may conflict with duties that our officers and directors owe to our company.

In addition, if we establish an operating partnership, we may acquire certain assets by issuing units in our operating partnership in exchange for an asset owner contributing the asset to the partnership or a subsidiary. If we enter into such transactions, in order to induce the contributors of such assets to accept units in our operating partnership, rather than cash, in exchange for their assets, it may be necessary for us to provide them additional incentives. For instance, our operating partnership’s limited partnership or limited liability company agreement may provide that any unitholder may exchange units for cash equal to the value of an equivalent number of shares of our common stock or, at our option, for shares of our common stock on a one-for-one basis. We may also enter into additional contractual arrangements with asset contributors under which we would agree to repurchase a contributor’s units for shares of our common stock or cash, at the option of the contributor, at set times. If the contributor required us to repurchase units for cash pursuant to such a provision, it would limit our liquidity and thus our ability to use cash to make other investments, satisfy other obligations or make distributions to stockholders. Moreover, if we were required to repurchase units for cash at a time when we did not have sufficient cash to fund the repurchase, we might be required to sell one or more assets to raise funds to satisfy this obligation. Furthermore, we might agree that if distributions the contributor received as a unitholder in our operating partnership did not provide the contributor with a defined return, then upon redemption of the contributor’s units we would pay the contributor an additional amount necessary to achieve that return. Such a provision could further negatively impact our liquidity and flexibility. Finally, in order to allow a contributor of assets to defer taxable gain on the contribution of assets to our operating partnership, we might agree not to sell a contributed asset for a defined period of time or until the contributor exchanged the contributor’s units for cash or shares. Such an agreement would prevent us from selling those properties, even if market conditions made such a sale favorable to us.

We could suffer losses due to asset impairment charges for goodwill.

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impairment assessment. A downward revision in the estimated fair value of a reporting unit could result in a noncash impairment charge. Any such impairment charge could have a material adverse effect on our reported net income.

We face diverse risks in our international business, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Our International segment contributed 14% to total revenues in 2012 and 18% to total revenues in both 2011 and 2010. Inherent risks in our international business activities could decrease our International sales and have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations. These risks include potentially unfavorable foreign economic conditions, political conditions or national priorities, foreign government regulation, potential expropriation of assets by foreign governments, the failure to bridge cultural differences and limited or prohibited access to our foreign operations and the support they provide. We may also have difficulty repatriating profits or be adversely affected by exchange rate fluctuations in our International business.

If our security measures are breached, we may face liability and public perception of our services could be diminished, which would negatively impact our ability to attract business partners and advertisers

Although we have implemented physical and electronic security measures to protect against the loss, misuse and alteration of our websites, digital assets and proprietary business information as well as consumer, business partner and advertiser personally identifiable information, no security measures are perfect and impenetrable and we may be unable to anticipate or prevent unauthorized access. A security breach could occur due to the actions of outside parties, employee error, malfeasance or a combination of these or other actions. If an actual or perceived breach of our security occurs, we could lose competitively sensitive business information or suffer disruptions to our business operations. In addition, the public perception of the effectiveness of our security measures or services could be harmed, we could lose consumers, business partners and advertisers, and we could suffer financial exposure in connection with remediation efforts, investigations and legal proceedings and changes in our security and system protection measures.

Risks Related to Our Affiliation with CBS

We are controlled by CBS, whose interests in our business may conflict with yours.

Upon completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own approximately     % of the voting power of our outstanding stock, or approximately 81% if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full. Accordingly, until a disposition by CBS of a substantial portion of its shares (e.g., through the Separation), CBS will continue to be able to exert significant influence over our business policies and affairs, including the composition of our board of directors and any action requiring the approval of our stockholders. The concentration of ownership may also make some transactions, including mergers or other changes in control, more difficult or not permitted without the support of CBS. It is possible that CBS’s interests may, in some circumstances, conflict with your interests as a stockholder. For additional information about our relationships with CBS, see “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions.”

Various conflicts of interest between CBS and us could arise. Some of our directors may own more stock in CBS than in our company following this offering. Ownership interests of officers and directors of CBS in our common stock, or a person’s service as either an officer or director of both companies, could create or appear to create potential conflicts of interest when those officers and directors are faced with decisions that could have different implications for CBS and us. Potential conflicts of interest could also arise if we enter into any new commercial arrangements with CBS while it remains one of our principal stockholders. Our charter will provide that, except as otherwise agreed to in writing by CBS and us, CBS will have no duty to refrain from engaging in the same or similar business activities or lines of business, doing business with any of our customers or employing or otherwise engaging any of our directors, officers or employees.

 

 

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Our charter will also provide that in the event that a director or officer of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. who is also a director or officer of CBS acquires knowledge of a potential corporate opportunity for both CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. and CBS (excluding any corporate opportunity that was presented or became known to such director or officer solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc., as reasonably determined by such director or officer, unless CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. notifies such person that CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. does not intend to pursue such opportunity), such director or officer may present such opportunity to CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS or both, as such director or officer determines in his or her sole discretion, and that by doing so such person will have satisfied his or her duties to CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. and its stockholders. Our charter will provide that we renounce any interest in any such opportunity presented to CBS. These provisions create the possibility that a corporate opportunity of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. may be used for the benefit of CBS.

Prior to the completion of this offering, we will enter into various agreements to govern our relationship with CBS during the period between the completion of this offering and the effective date of the Separation and to complete the Separation of our business from CBS. These agreements will include a master separation agreement, tax matters agreement, transition services agreement, license agreement and registration rights agreement. Some of these agreements will continue in accordance with their terms after the Separation. The terms of our separation from CBS, the related agreements and other transactions with CBS will be determined by CBS and thus may not be representative of what we could achieve on a stand-alone basis or from an unaffiliated third party. For a description of these agreements and the other agreements that we will enter into with CBS, see “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions.”

We will have the right to use the “CBS” mark and logo only for a limited period of time. If we fail to establish in a timely manner a new, independently recognized brand name with a strong reputation, our revenue and profitability could decline.

In connection with this offering, we will enter into a license agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS, pursuant to which we will have the right to use “CBS” in the corporate names of our company and our subsidiaries for up to                     . Pursuant to the license agreement, we will also have the right to use the “CBS” mark and the “CBS” logo on our outdoor advertising billboards for up to                     . When our right to use the CBS brand name and logo expires, we may not be able to maintain or enjoy comparable name recognition or status under our new brand. If we are unable to successfully manage the transition of our business to our new brand, we could be adversely affected. See “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions—Agreements Between CBS and Us Relating to this Offering or the Separation.”

Following this offering, we will be a “controlled company” within the meaning of applicable stock market rules and, as a result, will qualify for, and intend to rely on, exemptions from certain corporate governance requirements that provide protection to stockholders of other companies.

Upon the completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own more than 50% of the voting power of all of the then-outstanding shares of our stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, and we will be a “controlled company” under applicable stock exchange corporate governance standards. As a controlled company, we intend to rely on certain exemptions from the stock exchange corporate governance standards, including the requirements that:

 

   

the majority of our board of directors consists of independent directors;

 

   

we have a nominating and governance committee composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities; and

 

   

we have a compensation committee composed entirely of independent directors with a written charter addressing the committee’s purpose and responsibilities.

We intend to rely on these exemptions, and, as a result, you will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the stock exchange corporate governance requirements.

 

 

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A delay in the completion of the Separation or the nonoccurrence of the Separation could result in our remaining a taxable corporation and could significantly reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders.

Following the Separation, we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT, and we, together with one or more of our subsidiaries, will jointly elect to treat such subsidiaries as TRSs. We expect the Separation to be consummated in 2014 and to make the REIT election (and the TRS election) for our taxable year beginning the day after the effective date of the Separation and ending December 31, 2014. However, depending on how CBS elects to proceed with the Separation (including the timing and number of exchange offers, if any), we may cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group prior to the effective date of the Separation. In such circumstance, we may make our REIT election (and the TRS election) effective as of the day after we cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group. However, there can be no assurance that we would be able to satisfy the requirements for taxation as a REIT prior to the consummation of the Separation, particularly with respect to our receipt of rent payable by CBS or its affiliates during such time. Thus, if the consummation of the Separation is delayed beyond the end of the taxable year in which we cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group, we may not make an election to be taxed as a REIT for such taxable year and may remain a taxable C corporation until such taxable year as the Separation is consummated.

The determination of whether, when and how to proceed with the Separation is entirely within the discretion of CBS. There can be no assurance that the Separation will occur and thus there can be no assurance that we will make an election and qualify to be taxed as a REIT. If the Separation does not occur, we may remain a taxable C corporation for an indefinite period of time.

For such time as we are a taxable C corporation, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax, including any applicable alternative minimum tax, on our taxable income at regular corporate rates, and dividends paid to our stockholders will not be deductible by us in computing our taxable income. Any resulting corporate tax liability could be substantial and would reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders, which in turn could have an adverse impact on the value of our common stock. Thus, for any period of time during which the Separation is delayed, or if the Separation does not occur, distributions to stockholders could be significantly reduced as compared to the distributions we expect to make to our stockholders if we qualify to be taxed as a REIT.

CBS has no obligation to fund our future capital needs.

CBS has no obligation to fund our business and operations, and does not guarantee or otherwise provide credit support for our indebtedness. We cannot assure our stockholders that adequate sources of funding will be available to us on favorable terms or at all. As a result, we may not be able to fund our future capital needs, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The historical and pro forma financial information that we have included in this prospectus may not be representative of the results we would have achieved as a stand-alone public company and may not be a reliable indicator of our future results.

The historical combined consolidated and unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements that we have included in this prospectus have been presented on a “carve-out” basis from CBS’s consolidated financial statements using the historical results of operations, cash flows, assets and liabilities attributable to CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment and include allocations of expenses from CBS. As a result, our historical and pro forma financial statements may not necessarily reflect what our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows would have been had we been an independent, stand-alone entity during the periods presented or those that we will achieve in the future. We were not operated as a separate, stand-alone company for the historical periods presented. Therefore, our combined consolidated historical financial statements that we have included in this prospectus may not necessarily be indicative of what our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows will be in the future. For additional information, see “Selected Combined Consolidated Financial Data,” “Unaudited Pro

 

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Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our financial statements and related notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

Transfers of our common stock owned by CBS could adversely affect your rights as a stockholder and cause our stock price to decline.

After completion of this offering and the waiver or expiration of the “lock-up” period described under “Shares Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-Up Agreements and Other Contractual Restrictions on Resale,” CBS will be permitted to transfer all or part of the shares of our common stock that it owns, without allowing you to participate or realize a premium for your shares of common stock, or distribute our shares that it owns to its stockholders. Sales or distributions by CBS of such common stock in the public market or to its stockholders could adversely affect prevailing market prices for our common stock. Additionally, a sale of a controlling interest to a third party could adversely affect the market price of our common stock and our business and results of operations. For example, a change in control caused by the sale of our shares by CBS may result in a change of management decisions and business policy. CBS is generally not prohibited from selling a controlling interest in us to a third party. CBS has advised us that it intends to dispose of the shares of our common stock that it owns following this offering. For additional information regarding CBS’s current plans with respect to our common stock that it will own after the completion of this offering, please read “The Separation.”

If CBS engages in the same type of business we conduct, our ability to successfully operate and expand our business may be hampered.

Our charter will provide that, except as otherwise agreed to in writing by us and CBS:

 

   

neither CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. nor CBS will have any duty to refrain from engaging, directly or indirectly, in the same or similar activities or lines of business as the other company, doing business with any potential or actual customer or supplier of the other company, or employing or engaging or soliciting for employment any director, officer or employee of the other company; and

 

   

no director or officer of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS will be liable to the other company or to the stockholders of either for breach of any duty by reason of any such activities of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS, as applicable, or for the presentation or direction to CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS of, or participation in, any such activities, by a director or officer of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS, as applicable.

CBS is a mass media company that creates and distributes industry-leading content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world. Because of CBS’s significant financial resources, CBS could have a significant competitive advantage over us should it decide to engage in businesses that compete with any of the businesses we conduct.

Risks Related to Our REIT Election and Our Status as a REIT

Legislative, administrative, regulatory or other actions affecting REITs, including positions taken by the IRS, could have a negative effect on us.

The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation are continually under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the IRS and the U.S. Department of the Treasury (the “Treasury”). Changes to the tax laws or interpretations thereof, with or without retroactive application, could materially and adversely affect our investors or us. We cannot predict how changes in the tax laws might affect our investors or us. New legislation, Treasury or tax regulations, administrative interpretations or court decisions could significantly and negatively affect our ability to qualify to be taxed as a REIT or the U.S. federal income tax consequences to our investors and us of such qualification.

 

 

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If we do not qualify to be taxed as a REIT, or fail to remain qualified to be taxed as a REIT, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax as a regular corporation and could face a substantial tax liability, which would reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders.

We intend to operate in a manner that will allow us to qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. We expect that we will receive an opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (“REIT Tax Counsel”), with respect to our qualification to be taxed as a REIT in connection with our election to be taxed as a REIT. Investors should be aware, however, that opinions of counsel are not binding on the IRS or any court. The opinion of REIT Tax Counsel represents only the view of REIT Tax Counsel, based on its review and analysis of existing law and on certain representations as to factual matters and covenants made by CBS and us, including representations relating to the values of our assets and the sources of our income. The opinion will be expressed as of the date issued. REIT Tax Counsel will have no obligation to advise CBS, us or the holders of our common stock of any subsequent change in the matters stated, represented or assumed or of any subsequent change in applicable law. Furthermore, both the validity of the opinion of REIT Tax Counsel and our qualification to be taxed as a REIT will depend on our satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, stockholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis, the results of which will not be monitored by REIT Tax Counsel. Our ability to satisfy the asset tests depends upon our analysis of the characterization and fair market values of our assets, some of which are not susceptible to a precise determination, and for which we will not obtain independent appraisals.

CBS has requested a private letter ruling from the IRS with respect to certain issues relevant to our qualification to be taxed as a REIT. In general, CBS expects that the ruling will provide, among other things, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, that our lease revenues from certain advertising structures and sites and certain services that we, an independent contractor or a TRS may provide, directly or through subsidiaries, to our customers, will enable us to qualify to be taxed as a REIT. Although we may generally rely upon the ruling if it is received, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge our qualification to be taxed as a REIT on the basis of other issues or facts outside the scope of the ruling. If we were to fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT in any taxable year, we would be subject to U.S. federal income tax, including any applicable alternative minimum tax, on our taxable income at regular corporate rates, and dividends paid to our stockholders would not be deductible by us in computing our taxable income. Any resulting corporate tax liability could be substantial and would reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders, which in turn could have an adverse impact on the value of our common stock. Unless we were entitled to relief under certain Code provisions, we also would be disqualified from re-electing to be taxed as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year in which we failed to qualify to be taxed as a REIT.

Qualifying to be taxed as a REIT involves highly technical and complex provisions of the Code, and violations of these provisions could jeopardize our REIT qualification.

Qualification to be taxed as a REIT involves the application of highly technical and complex Code provisions for which only limited judicial and administrative authorities exist. Even a technical or inadvertent violation could jeopardize our REIT qualification. Our qualification to be taxed as a REIT will depend on our satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, stockholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis. In addition, our ability to satisfy the requirements to qualify to be taxed as a REIT may depend in part on the actions of third parties over which we have no control or only limited influence.

The ownership limitations that apply to REITs, as prescribed by the Code and by our charter, may inhibit market activity in the shares of our stock and restrict our business combination opportunities.

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our stock during at least 335 days of a taxable year (other than the first taxable year for which we elect to be taxed as a REIT). Subject to certain exceptions, our charter will authorize our board of directors to take such actions as are necessary and desirable to preserve our qualification to be taxed as a REIT. Our charter will also provide that, unless exempted by the board of directors, no person may own more than 9.8% in value or in number, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of our common stock or 9.8% in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of all classes and series of our stock, including if repurchases by us cause a person’s holdings to exceed such limitations. See “Description of Securities—Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer” and “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.” Our board of directors will grant CBS and certain of its affiliates exemptions from the ownership limits applicable to other holders of our common stock, subject to certain initial and ongoing conditions designed to protect our status as a REIT. The constructive ownership rules are complex and may cause shares of stock owned directly or constructively by a group of related individuals to be constructively owned by one individual or entity. These ownership limits could delay or prevent a transaction or a change in control of us that might involve a premium price for shares of our stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Dividends payable by REITs do not qualify for the reduced tax rates available for some dividends.

The maximum U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to income from “qualified dividends” payable to U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts or estates is currently 20%. Dividends payable by REITs, however, generally are not eligible for the reduced rates. Although these rules do not adversely affect the taxation of REITs, the more favorable rates applicable to regular corporate qualified dividends could cause investors who are individuals, trusts or estates to perceive investments in REITs to be relatively less attractive than investments in the stocks of non-REIT corporations that pay dividends, which could adversely affect the value of the stock of REITs, including our common stock.

REIT distribution requirements could adversely affect our ability to execute our business plan.

To maintain REIT status, we must meet a number of organizational and operational requirements, including a requirement that we annually distribute to our stockholders at least 90% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends-paid deduction and excluding any net capital gains. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.” To the extent that we satisfy this distribution requirement and qualify for taxation as a REIT but distribute less than 100% of our REIT taxable income, determined without regard to the dividends-paid deduction and including any net capital gains, we will be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on our undistributed net taxable income. In addition, we will be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax if the amount that we actually distribute to our stockholders in a calendar year is less than a minimum amount specified under U.S. federal tax laws. We intend to make distributions to our stockholders to comply with the REIT requirements of the Code.

From time to time, we may generate taxable income greater than our cash flow as a result of differences in timing between the recognition of taxable income and the actual receipt of cash or the effect of nondeductible capital expenditures, the creation of reserves or required debt or amortization payments. If we do not have other funds available in these situations, we could be required to borrow funds on unfavorable terms, sell assets at disadvantageous prices or distribute amounts that would otherwise be invested in future acquisitions to make distributions sufficient to enable us to pay out enough of our taxable income to satisfy the REIT distribution requirement and to avoid corporate income tax and the 4% excise tax in a particular year. These alternatives could increase our costs or reduce our equity. Thus, compliance with the REIT requirements may hinder our ability to grow, which could adversely affect the value of our common stock.

To fund our growth strategy and refinance our indebtedness, we may depend on external sources of capital, which may not be available to us on commercially reasonable terms or at all.

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“U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.” As a result of these requirements, we may not be able to fund future capital needs, including any necessary acquisition financing, solely from operating cash flows. Consequently, we intend to rely on third-party capital market sources for debt or equity financing to fund our business strategy. In addition, we will likely need third-party capital market sources to refinance our indebtedness at maturity. Continued or increased turbulence in the United States or international financial markets and economies could adversely affect our ability to replace or renew maturing liabilities on a timely basis or access the capital markets to meet liquidity and capital expenditure requirements and may result in adverse effects on our business, financial condition and results of operations. As such, we may not be able to obtain the financing on favorable terms or at all. Our access to third-party sources of capital also depends, in part, on:

 

   

the market’s perception of our growth potential;

 

   

our then-current levels of indebtedness;

 

   

our historical and expected future earnings, cash flows and cash distributions; and

 

   

the market price per share of our common stock.

In addition, our ability to access additional capital may be limited by the terms of the indebtedness we incurred pursuant to the formation transactions, which may restrict our incurrence of additional debt. If we cannot obtain capital when needed, we may not be able to acquire or develop properties when strategic opportunities arise or refinance our debt, which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Even if we remain qualified to be taxed as a REIT, we may face other tax liabilities that reduce our cash flow.

Even if we remain qualified for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain U.S. federal, state and local taxes on our income and assets, including taxes on any undistributed income and state or local income, property and transfer taxes. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxation of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.” For example, in order to meet the REIT qualification requirements, we may hold some of our assets or conduct certain of our activities through one or more TRSs or other subsidiary corporations that will be subject to foreign, federal, state and local corporate-level income taxes as regular C corporations. In addition, we may incur a 100% excise tax on transactions with a TRS if they are not conducted on an arm’s-length basis. Any of these taxes would decrease cash available for distribution to our stockholders.

Complying with REIT requirements may cause us to liquidate investments or forgo otherwise attractive opportunities.

To qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we must ensure that, at the end of each calendar quarter, at least 75% of the value of our assets consists of cash, cash items, government securities and “real estate assets” (as defined in the Code), including certain mortgage loans and securities. The remainder of our investments (other than government securities, qualified real estate assets and securities issued by a TRS) generally cannot include more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one issuer or more than 10% of the total value of the outstanding securities of any one issuer. In addition, in general, no more than 5% of the value of our total assets (other than government securities, qualified real estate assets and securities issued by a TRS) can consist of the securities of any one issuer, and no more than 25% of the value of our total assets can be represented by securities of one or more TRSs. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxation of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.” If we fail to comply with these requirements at the end of any calendar quarter, we must correct the failure within 30 days after the end of the calendar quarter or qualify for certain statutory relief provisions to avoid losing our REIT qualification and suffering adverse tax consequences. As a result, we may be required to liquidate or forgo otherwise attractive investments. These actions could have the effect of reducing our income and amounts available for distribution to our stockholders.

 

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In addition to the asset tests set forth above, to qualify to be taxed as a REIT we must continually satisfy tests concerning, among other things, the sources of our income, the amounts we distribute to our stockholders and the ownership of our stock. We may be unable to pursue investments that would be otherwise advantageous to us in order to satisfy the source-of-income or asset-diversification requirements for qualifying to be taxed as a REIT. Thus, compliance with the REIT requirements may hinder our ability to make certain attractive investments.

Complying with REIT requirements may depend on our ability to assign certain contracts to a taxable REIT subsidiary.

Our ability to satisfy certain REIT requirements may depend on our assigning to a TRS certain contracts, or portions of certain contracts, with respect to outdoor advertising assets that do not qualify as real property for purposes of the REIT asset tests. Moreover, our satisfaction of the REIT requirements may depend on our properly allocating between us and our TRS the revenue or cost, as applicable, associated with the portion of any such contract assigned to the TRS. There can be no assurance that the IRS will not determine that our assignment was not a true assignment as between us and our TRS or that we did not properly allocate the applicable revenues or costs. Were the IRS successful in such a challenge, it could adversely impact our REIT qualification or our effective tax rate and tax liability.

Our planned use of taxable REIT subsidiaries may cause us to fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT.

The net income of our TRSs is not required to be distributed to us, and income that is not distributed to us generally will not be subject to the REIT income distribution requirement. However, there may be limitations on our ability to accumulate earnings in our TRSs and the accumulation or reinvestment of significant earnings in our TRSs could result in adverse tax treatment. In particular, if the accumulation of cash in our TRSs causes the fair market value of our securities in our TRSs and certain other nonqualifying assets to exceed 25% of the fair market value of our assets, we would fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT.

Complying with REIT requirements may limit our ability to hedge effectively and may cause us to incur tax liabilities.

The REIT provisions of the Code substantially limit our ability to hedge our assets and liabilities. Any income from a hedging transaction that we enter into primarily to manage risk of currency fluctuations or to manage risk of interest rate changes with respect to borrowings made or to be made to acquire or carry real estate assets does not constitute “gross income” for purposes of the 75% or 95% gross income tests that apply to REITs, provided that certain identification requirements are met. To the extent that we enter into other types of hedging transactions or fail to properly identify such transaction as a hedge, the income is likely to be treated as non-qualifying income for purposes of both of the gross income tests. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxation of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.” As a result of these rules, we may be required to limit our use of advantageous hedging techniques or implement those hedges through a TRS. This could increase the cost of our hedging activities because our TRS may be subject to tax on gains or expose us to greater risks associated with changes in interest rates than we would otherwise choose to bear. In addition, losses in our TRS will generally not provide any tax benefit, except that such losses could theoretically be carried back or forward against past or future taxable income in the TRS.

We expect to pay the Purging Distribution(s) in common stock and cash and may in the future pay taxable dividends on our common stock in common stock and cash, and the issuance of additional common stock may cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

We expect to pay the Purging Distribution(s) in a combination of cash and our stock, a substantial portion of which will be in stock. CBS has requested a private letter ruling from the IRS with respect to certain issues relevant to our payment of the Purging Distribution(s) in a combination of cash and stock. In general, CBS expects that, if received, the ruling will provide, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, that (1) a Purging Distribution will be treated as a dividend that will first reduce our earnings and profits attributable to non-REIT years and (2) the amount of our stock received by any of our stockholders as

 

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part of a Purging Distribution will be considered to equal the amount of cash that could have been received instead. Moreover, although we have no current plans to do so, we may in the future distribute taxable dividends that are payable in cash and shares of our common stock at the election of each stockholder.

The IRS has issued private letter rulings to other REITs treating certain distributions that are paid partly in cash and partly in stock as taxable dividends that would satisfy the REIT annual distribution requirement and qualify for the dividends paid deduction for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Those rulings may be relied upon only by taxpayers to whom they were issued. In addition, the IRS previously issued a revenue procedure authorizing publicly traded REITs to make elective cash/stock dividends, but that revenue procedure does not apply to our current or future taxable years. Accordingly, it is unclear whether and to what extent we will be able to make taxable dividends payable in-kind.

If we make the Purging Distribution(s) or future dividends payable in cash and shares of our common stock, stockholders receiving such dividends will be required to include the full amount of the dividend as ordinary income to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits, as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and may be required to pay income taxes with respect to such dividends in excess of the cash dividends received. If a taxable stockholder sells the stock that it receives as a dividend in order to pay this tax, the sales proceeds may be less than the amount included in income with respect to the dividend, depending on the market price of our stock at the time of the sale. Furthermore, with respect to certain non-U.S. stockholders, we may be required to withhold U.S. tax with respect to such dividends, including in respect of all or a portion of such dividend that is payable in stock. In addition, if a significant number of our stockholders determine to sell shares of our common stock in order to pay taxes owed on dividends, it may put downward pressure on the trading price of our common stock. Moreover, if our per share FFO decreases as a result of the Purging Distribution(s), it may put downward pressure on the trading price of our common stock.

If we fail to meet the REIT income tests as a result of receiving non-qualifying rental income, we would be required to pay a penalty tax in order to retain our REIT status.

As described above, upon completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own approximately     % of our outstanding common stock, or approximately 81% if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full. Our board of directors will grant CBS and certain of its affiliates a waiver of the ownership restrictions contained in our charter, subject to certain initial and ongoing conditions designed to protect our status as a REIT. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of such conditions, certain income we receive could be treated as non-qualifying income for purposes of the REIT requirements. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxation of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.—Income Tests—Rents from Real Property.” Even if we have reasonable cause for a failure to meet the REIT income tests as a result of receiving non-qualifying rental income, we would nonetheless be required to pay a penalty tax in order to retain our REIT status.

Even if we qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we could be subject to tax on any unrealized net built-in gains in the assets held before electing to be treated as a REIT.

Following our REIT election, we will own appreciated assets that were held by a C corporation and were acquired by us in a transaction in which the adjusted tax basis of the assets in our hands is determined by reference to the adjusted tax basis of the assets in the hands of the C corporation. If we dispose of any such appreciated assets in a taxable transaction during the 10-year period following our acquisition of the assets from the C corporation (i.e., during the 10-year period following our qualification to be taxed as a REIT), we will be subject to tax at the highest corporate tax rates on any gain from such assets to the extent of the excess of the fair market value of the assets on the date that they were acquired by us (i.e., at the time that we became a REIT) over the adjusted tax basis of such assets on such date, which are referred to as built-in gains. We would be subject to this tax liability even if we qualify to be taxed and maintain our status as a REIT. Any recognized built-in gain will retain its character as ordinary income or capital gain and will be taken into account in determining REIT taxable income and our distribution requirement for the year such gain is recognized. Any tax on the recognized built-in gain will reduce REIT taxable income. We may choose not to sell in a taxable transaction appreciated assets that we might otherwise sell during the 10-year

 

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period in which the built-in gain tax applies in order to avoid the built-in gain tax. However, there can be no assurances that such a taxable transaction will not occur. If we sell such assets in a taxable transaction, the amount of corporate tax that we will pay will vary depending on the actual amount of net built-in gain or loss present in those assets as of the time we became a REIT. The amount of tax could be significant.

The IRS may deem the gains from sales of our outdoor advertising assets to be subject to a 100% prohibited transaction tax.

From time to time, we may sell outdoor advertising assets. The IRS may deem one or more sales of our outdoor advertising assets to be “prohibited transactions” (generally, sales or other dispositions of property that is held as inventory or primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business). If the IRS takes the position that we have engaged in a “prohibited transaction,” the gain we recognize from such sale would be subject to a 100% tax. We do not intend to hold outdoor advertising assets as inventory or for sale in the ordinary course of business; however, whether property is held as inventory or “primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business” depends on the particular facts and circumstances and there is no assurance that our position will not be challenged by the IRS especially if we make frequent sales or sales of outdoor advertising assets in which we have short holding periods.

We have no operating history as a REIT, and our inexperience may impede our ability to successfully manage our business or implement effective internal controls.

We have no operating history as a REIT. We cannot assure you that our past experience will be sufficient to successfully operate our company as a REIT. Upon completion of this offering, we will be required to implement substantial control systems and procedures in order to maintain the possibility of qualifying to be taxed as a REIT. As a result, we will incur significant legal, accounting and other expenses that we have not previously incurred, and our management and other personnel will need to devote a substantial amount of time to comply with these rules and regulations and establish the corporate infrastructure and controls demanded of a REIT. These costs and time commitments could be substantially more than we currently expect. Therefore, our historical combined consolidated and unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements may not be indicative of our future costs and performance as a REIT.

Risks Related to this Offering

There is currently no public market for our common stock. An active trading market for our common stock may not develop following this offering, and you may be unable to sell your stock at a price above the initial public offering price or at all.

We intend to list our common stock on the NYSE. We cannot assure you, however, that an active trading market for our common stock will develop after this offering or, if one develops, that it will be sustained. Upon the completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own approximately     % of our outstanding common stock, or approximately 81% if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full. As a result, we will maintain a low public float following this offering. In the absence of a public market, you may be unable to liquidate an investment in our common stock. There has not been any public market for our common stock prior to this offering. Consequently, the initial public offering price of shares of our common stock will be determined by negotiations between us and the underwriters. The initial public offering price will not necessarily bear any relationship to our book value, assets or financial condition or any other established criteria of value and may not be indicative of the market price for our common stock after this offering. The price at which shares of our common stock trade after the completion of this offering may be lower than the price at which the underwriters sell them in this offering.

 

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The market price and trading volume of our common stock may be volatile following this offering.

Even if an active trading market develops for our common stock, the market price of our common stock may be volatile. In addition, the trading volume in our common stock may fluctuate and cause significant price variations to occur. If the market price of our common stock declines, you may be unable to resell your shares at or above the public offering price or at all. We cannot assure you that the market price of our common stock will not fluctuate or decline significantly in the future.

Some of these factors, many of which are beyond our control, could negatively affect the market price of our common stock or result in fluctuations in the price or trading volume of our common stock include:

 

   

actual or anticipated variations in our quarterly results of operations or distributions;

 

   

changes in our funds from operations or earnings estimates;

 

   

publication of research reports about us or the real estate or advertising industries;

 

   

changes in market interest rates that may cause purchasers of our shares to demand a different yield;

 

   

changes in market valuations of similar companies;

 

   

market reaction to any additional debt we may incur in the future;

 

   

additions or departures of key personnel;

 

   

actions by institutional stockholders;

 

   

speculation in the press or investment community about our company or industry or the economy in general;

 

   

the occurrence of any of the other risk factors presented in this prospectus;

 

   

legislative, administrative, regulatory or other actions affecting REITs, including positions taken by the IRS, or our business; and

 

   

general market and economic conditions.

Our cash available for distribution to stockholders may not be sufficient to make distributions at expected levels, and we may need to borrow in order to make such distributions or may not be able to make such distributions in full.

Distributions that we make will be authorized and determined by our board of directors in its sole discretion out of funds legally available therefor. See “Distribution Policy.” While we anticipate maintaining relatively stable distribution(s) during each year, the amount, timing and frequency of distributions will be at the sole discretion of the board of directors and will be declared based upon various factors, including, but not limited to: the amount and timing of Purging Distribution(s), future taxable income, limitations contained in debt instruments, debt service requirements, operating cash inflows and outflows including capital expenditures and acquisitions, limitations on our ability to use cash generated in the TRSs to fund distributions and applicable law. We may need to increase our borrowings in order to fund our intended distributions.

 

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Future offerings of debt, which would be senior to our common stock upon liquidation, and/or preferred equity securities, which may be senior to our common stock for purposes of distributions or upon liquidation, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

In the future, we may attempt to increase our capital resources by making additional offerings of debt or preferred equity securities, including medium-term notes, trust preferred securities, senior or subordinated notes and preferred stock. Upon liquidation, holders of our debt securities and shares of preferred stock and lenders with respect to other borrowings will receive distributions of our available assets prior to the holders of our common stock. Additional equity offerings may dilute the holdings of our existing stockholders or reduce the market price of our common stock, or both. Holders of our common stock are not entitled to preemptive rights or other protections against dilution. Our preferred stock, if issued, could have a preference on liquidating distributions or a preference on distribution payments that could limit our ability to make a distribution to the holders of our common stock. Since our decision to issue securities in any future offering will depend on market conditions and other factors beyond our control, we cannot predict or estimate the amount, timing or nature of our future offerings. Thus, our stockholders bear the risk of our future offerings reducing the market price of our common stock and diluting their stock holdings in us.

If you purchase shares of our common stock in this offering, you will experience immediate and significant dilution in the net tangible book value per share of our common stock.

We expect the initial public offering price of our common stock to be substantially higher than the book value per share of our outstanding common stock immediately after this offering. If you purchase our common stock in this offering, you will incur immediate dilution of approximately $         in the net tangible book value per share of common stock from the price you pay for our common stock in this offering, based on an initial public offering price of $         per share based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus. See “Dilution” for further discussion of how your ownership interest in us will be immediately diluted.

Increases in market interest rates may cause potential investors to seek higher returns and therefore reduce demand for our common stock and result in a decline in our stock price.

One of the factors that may influence the price of our common stock is the return on our common stock (i.e., the amount of distributions as a percentage of the price of our common stock) relative to market interest rates. An increase in market interest rates, which are currently at low levels relative to historical rates, may lead prospective purchasers of our common stock to expect a return, which we may be unable or choose not to provide. Higher interest rates would likely increase our borrowing costs and potentially decrease the cash available for distribution. Thus, higher market interest rates could cause the market price of our common stock to decline.

The number of shares available for future sale could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

We cannot predict whether future issuances of shares of our common stock or the availability of shares of our common stock for resale in the open market will decrease the market price per share of our common stock. Sales of a substantial number of shares of our common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales might occur, could adversely affect the market price of the shares of our common stock. See “—Risks Related to Our Affiliation with CBS—Transfers of our common stock by CBS could adversely affect your rights as a stockholder and cause our stock price to decline.” In addition, after completion of this offering, we intend to register shares of common stock that we have reserved for issuance under our Stock Incentive Plan, which we intend to adopt prior to the completion of this offering, and once registered they can generally be freely sold in the public market after issuance, assuming any applicable restrictions and vesting requirements are satisfied. In addition, except as described herein, we, our directors and executive officers and CBS have agreed with the underwriters not to offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for our common stock for a period of              days, with respect to us and our directors and executive officers, and a period of              days, with respect to CBS, after the completion of this offering; however, these lock-up agreements are subject to numerous exceptions and the representatives of the

 

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underwriters may waive these lock-up provisions without notice. If any or all of these holders cause a large number of their shares to be sold in the public market, the sales could reduce the trading price of our common stock and could impede our ability to raise future capital. In addition, the exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares or other future issuances of our common stock would be dilutive to existing stockholders. Moreover, CBS has advised us that it currently intends to dispose of all of the shares of our common stock that it indirectly will own upon the completion of this offering following the “lock-up” period described under “Underwriting,” which could adversely affect the market price of the shares of our common stock. See “The Separation.”

Our earnings and cash distributions could affect the market price of shares of our common stock.

Shares of our common stock may trade at prices that are higher or lower than the net asset value per share. To the extent that we retain operating cash flow for investment purposes, working capital reserves or other purposes rather than distributing the cash flows to stockholders, these retained funds, while increasing the value of our underlying assets, may negatively impact the market price of our common stock. Our failure to meet market expectations with regard to future earnings and cash distributions could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

 

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We make statements in this prospectus that are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. In particular, statements pertaining to our capital resources, portfolio performance and results of operations contain forward-looking statements. Likewise, our unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements and all of our statements regarding anticipated growth in our funds from operations and anticipated market conditions, demographics and results of operations are forward-looking statements. You can identify forward-looking statements by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believes,” “expects,” “could,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seeks,” “likely,” “intends,” “plans,” “pro forma,” “projects,” “estimates” or “anticipates” or the negative of these words and phrases or similar words or phrases that are predictions of or indicate future events or trends and that do not relate solely to historical matters. You can also identify forward-looking statements by discussions of strategy, plans or intentions.

Forward-looking statements involve numerous risks and uncertainties and you should not rely on them as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements depend on assumptions, data or methods that may be incorrect or imprecise and we may not be able to realize them. We do not guarantee that the transactions and events described will happen as described (or that they will happen at all). The following factors, among others, could cause actual results and future events to differ materially from those set forth or contemplated in the forward-looking statements:

 

   

Declines in advertising and general economic conditions;

 

   

Competition;

 

   

Government regulation;

 

   

Our inability to increase the number of digital advertising displays in our portfolio;

 

   

Taxes, fees and registration requirements;

 

   

Our ability to obtain and renew key municipal concessions on favorable terms;

 

   

Decreased government compensation for the removal of lawful billboards;

 

   

Content-based restrictions on outdoor advertising;

 

   

Environmental, health and safety laws and regulations;

 

   

Seasonal variations;

 

   

Future acquisitions and other strategic transactions;

 

   

Our lack of an operating history as an independent public company;

 

   

Dependence on our management team and advertising executives;

 

   

The ability of our board of directors to cause us to issue additional shares without stockholder approval;

 

   

Certain provisions of Maryland law may limit the ability of a third party to acquire control of us;

 

   

Our rights and the rights of our stockholders to take action against our directors and officers are limited;

 

   

We may not realize the expected benefits from the Separation of our business from CBS;

 

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We have substantial indebtedness, which could adversely affect our financial condition;

 

   

The terms of the credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities and the indenture governing the Senior Notes restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to incur additional debt that we may need to fund initiatives in response to changes in our business, the industries in which we operate, the economy and governmental regulations;

 

   

Incurrence of additional debt, including secured debt;

 

   

Interest rate risk exposure from our variable-rate indebtedness;

 

   

Hedging transactions;

 

   

Establishing an operating partnership;

 

   

Asset impairment charges for goodwill;

 

   

Diverse risks in our international business;

 

   

Breach of security measures;

 

   

We are controlled by CBS and conflicts could arise between CBS and us;

 

   

We have a limited right to use the CBS brand name and logo;

 

   

Fewer stock exchange corporate governance requirements due to our reliance on “controlled company” exemptions;

 

   

Delays in the completion of the Separation or the nonoccurrence of the Separation;

 

   

Funds for future capital needs;

 

   

The financial information included in this prospectus may not be a reliable indicator of our future results;

 

   

Different results than if we were a stand-alone public company;

 

   

Transfers of our common stock by CBS;

 

   

Competition from CBS;

 

   

Legislative, administrative, regulatory or other actions affecting REITs, including positions taken by the IRS;

 

   

Our failure to qualify, or remain qualified, to be taxed as a REIT;

 

   

REIT ownership limits;

 

   

Dividends payable by REITs do not qualify for the reduced tax rates available for some dividends;

 

   

REIT distribution requirements;

 

   

Availability of external sources of capital;

 

   

We may face other tax liabilities that reduce our cash flows;

 

   

Complying with REIT requirements may cause us to liquidate investments or forgo otherwise attractive opportunities;

 

   

Our ability to assign certain contracts to a TRS;

 

   

Our planned use of TRSs may cause us to fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT;

 

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Our ability to hedge effectively;

 

   

Paying the Purging Distribution(s) and/or taxable dividends in common stock and cash;

 

   

Failure to meet the REIT income tests as a result of receiving non-qualifying rental income;

 

   

Even if we qualify to be taxed as a REIT, and we sell assets, we could be subject to tax on any unrealized net built-in gains in the assets held before electing to be treated as a REIT;

 

   

The IRS may deem the gains from sales of our outdoor advertising assets to be subject to a 100% prohibited transaction tax;

 

   

Our lack of an operating history as a REIT;

 

   

An active trading market for our common stock may not develop;

 

   

Volatile market price and trading volumes;

 

   

Cash availability;

 

   

Future offerings of debt;

 

   

Immediate and significant dilution following this offering;

 

   

Increases in market interest rates;

 

   

The number of shares available for future sale; and

 

   

The effect of our earnings and cash distributions on the market price of our common stock.

While forward-looking statements reflect our good-faith beliefs, they are not guarantees of future performance. We disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect changes in underlying assumptions or factors of new information, data or methods, future events or other changes. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact our future results, performance or transactions, see the section entitled “Risk Factors.”

 

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USE OF PROCEEDS

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions related to this offering. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we intend to transfer to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Offering Proceeds, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of this offering less an amount, as determined by CBS, equal to the estimated cash portion of the Purging Distribution(s). We estimate that the Transferred Offering Proceeds will be approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus.

In addition, in connection with the Formation Borrowings, we incurred $1.6 billion of indebtedness, from which we received net proceeds of approximately $1.57 billion after deducting bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection therewith. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we will transfer to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds of approximately $1.52 billion, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of the Formation Borrowings less $50 million, which will remain with us to use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs, as described below.

We will pay the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds (prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part) and the Transferred Offering Proceeds (following the consummation of this offering) to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS (together with shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock) in consideration for the contribution of the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment to us pursuant to the CBS Reorganization Transactions. After making these payments, we expect that we will have retained approximately $            , which will include the amounts retained by us from the proceeds of the Formation Borrowings and this offering, as described above, which we will use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs and which we believe will provide us with sufficient liquidity to pay the cash portion of any Purging Distribution(s) if CBS completes the Separation by means of the split-off and we elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Following the final payment of the Purging Distribution(s) declared in our first REIT taxable year, if any, we will pay to CBS, or CBS will pay to us, as applicable, the difference between the actual cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) and the estimated cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) that was retained by us as described above. See “Formation Transactions” and “The Separation.”

 

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DISTRIBUTION POLICY

For the period commencing with the completion of this offering through the day immediately prior to the effective date of our REIT election, we intend to pay an initial quarterly dividend of $         per share. This dividend amount is based on our historical results of operations and cash flows, and our pro forma results of operations. We believe this financial information provides a reasonable basis to evaluate our ability to pay future dividends. We intend to maintain our initial quarterly dividend amount until the earlier of twelve months following completion of this offering or the effective date of our REIT election, unless actual results of operations, economic conditions or other factors differ materially from our historical operating results or our current assumptions.

From and after the effective date of our REIT election, we intend to pay regular quarterly distributions to holders of our common stock in an amount not less than 100% of our REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gains). In addition, we anticipate making one or more Purging Distributions comprised of a combination of cash and stock, a substantial portion of which will be in stock, as described in “The Separation.”

U.S. federal income tax law generally requires that a REIT distribute annually at least 90% of its REIT taxable income, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid and excluding net capital gains, and that it pay tax at regular corporate rates to the extent that it annually distributes less than 100% of its taxable income. We intend to make distributions to our stockholders to comply with the REIT requirements of the Code. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

Distributions that we make will be authorized and determined by our board of directors in its sole discretion out of assets legally available therefor. While we anticipate maintaining relatively stable distribution(s) during each year, the amount, timing and frequency of distributions will be at the sole discretion of the board of directors and distributions will be declared based upon various factors, including but not limited to: the amount and timing of Purging Distribution(s), future taxable income, limitations contained in debt instruments, debt service requirements, operating cash inflows and outflows including capital expenditures and acquisitions, limitations on our ability to use cash generated in the TRSs to fund distributions and applicable law. We may need to increase our borrowings in order to fund our intended distributions. We expect that, at least initially, our distributions may exceed our net income under GAAP because of noncash expenses included in net income (loss).

For the period commencing with the completion of this offering through the day immediately prior to the effective date of our REIT election, we anticipate that our dividends will generally be treated as “qualified dividends.” Such dividends paid to U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts or estates will generally be taxable at the preferential income tax rates (i.e., the 20% maximum U.S. federal rate) for qualified dividends. In addition, subject to the limitations of the Code, corporate stockholders may be eligible for the dividends received deduction with respect to such dividends. If we qualify and elect to be taxed as a REIT, we anticipate that our distributions generally will be taxable as ordinary income to our stockholders, although we may designate a portion of the distributions as qualified dividend income or capital gain or a portion of the distributions may constitute a return of capital. We will furnish annually to each of our stockholders a statement setting forth distributions paid during the preceding year and their characterization as ordinary income, return of capital, qualified dividend income or capital gain. For a more complete discussion of the U.S. federal income tax treatment of distributions to our stockholders, see “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxation of Stockholders—Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders.”

 

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CAPITALIZATION

The following table sets forth our cash and cash equivalents and capitalization as of September 30, 2013:

 

   

on a historical basis;

 

   

on a pro forma basis for our formation transactions; and

 

   

on a pro forma basis for (1) our formation transactions, (2) the issuance of             shares of common stock in this offering at an assumed public offering price of $         per share (based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus) after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions related to this offering and (3) the use of proceeds from the Formation Borrowings and offering as described herein in “Use of Proceeds.”

This table should be read in conjunction with “Formation Transactions,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Selected Combined Consolidated Financial Data,” “Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Consolidated Financial Statements,” “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our combined consolidated financial statements and notes to our financial statements appearing elsewhere in this prospectus.

The pro forma information below is illustrative only and our capitalization following the completion of this offering will be adjusted based on the actual initial offering price and other terms of this offering determined at pricing.

 

     As of September 30, 2013  
     Historical     Pro Forma for
Formation
Transactions
    Pro Forma for
Formation
Transactions and
Offering
 
     (Unaudited; in millions)  

Cash and cash equivalents(1),( 4)

    $ 24.1       $ 74.1       $     
  

 

 

 

Debt:

      

$800 million Term Loan(1),(2)

       798.0        798.0   

$400 million 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022(1)

            400.0        400.0   

$400 million 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024(1)

            400.0        400.0   

Revolving Credit Facility(3)

                     
  

 

 

 

Total Debt

            1,598.0        1,598.0   
  

 

 

 

Invested Equity/Stockholders’ Equity:

      

Common stock, par value $         per share,              shares authorized, and              shares issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis for the formation transactions and              shares issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis for the formation transactions and offering(4),(5)

                

Additional paid-in-capital(4)

                

Invested capital(1),(4)

     2,876.5        1,356.5          

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (77.9     (77.9     (77.9
  

 

 

 

Total Invested Equity/Stockholders’ Equity(1),(4) ,(5)

     2,798.6        1,278.6     
  

 

 

 

Total Capitalization

    $           2,798.6       $ 2,876.6       $                  
  

 

 

 

 

(1) On January 31, 2014, we incurred indebtedness of $1.6 billion through the Formation Borrowings, from which we received net proceeds of approximately $1.57 billion after deducting bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection therewith. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we will transfer to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds of approximately $1.52 billion, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of the Formation Borrowings less $50 million, which will remain with us to use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs. See “Use of Proceeds.” Invested capital on a pro forma basis for our formation transactions reflects the transfer of such proceeds to CBS.

 

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(2) The Term Loan is presented net of the original issue discount of $2.0 million.

 

(3) On January 31, 2014, we entered into the $425 million Revolving Credit Facility, which matures in 2019. The Revolving Credit Facility will be used for corporate purposes, including the issuance of letters of credit, and ongoing cash needs. We do not expect to have any outstanding borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility upon completion of this offering.

 

(4) We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions related to this offering. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we intend to transfer to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Offering Proceeds of approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus. After making this payment, we expect that we will have retained approximately $             from the proceeds of this offering, which is an amount, as determined by CBS, equal to the estimated cash portion of the Purging Distribution(s). After paying the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds and the Transferred Offering Proceeds to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS, we expect that we will have retained an amount equal to approximately $            . Following the final payment of the Purging Distribution(s) declared in our first REIT taxable year, if any, we will pay to CBS, or CBS will pay to us, as applicable, the difference between the actual cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) and the estimated cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) that was retained by us as described above. See “Use of Proceeds,” “Formation Transactions” and “The Separation.” Additional paid-in-capital on a pro forma basis for the formation transactions and this offering, reflects the conversion of CBS’s net equity investment in our company into shares of our common stock and the transfer of the Transferred Offering Proceeds to CBS.

 

(5) The above table excludes shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan, which we intend to adopt prior to the completion of this offering.

 

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DILUTION

Our net tangible book value represents the amount of our total tangible assets less total liabilities. We calculate the net tangible book value per share by dividing the net tangible book value by the number of outstanding shares of our common stock. Following our initial formation and the adoption of our initial charter and initial bylaws, and immediately prior to our other formation transactions, our pro forma net tangible book value would have been approximately $        , or approximately $         per share of our total outstanding common stock, based on shares of our outstanding common stock immediately prior to the completion of this offering. As of                     , after giving effect to our formation transactions, our pro forma net tangible book value would have been approximately $        , or approximately $         per share of our total outstanding common stock, based on shares of our outstanding common stock immediately prior to the completion of this offering. After giving effect to the formation transactions and the sale of shares of common stock offered by us at an assumed initial public offering price of $         per share, which is the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, and after deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions, our pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value as of              would have been approximately $        , or $         per share of our total outstanding common stock. This represents an immediate dilution of $         per share to new investors purchasing shares of our common stock in this offering.

 

Assumed initial public offering price per share

   $                

Net tangible book value per share as of immediately
prior to the formation transactions

  

Net tangible book value per share as of immediately following the formation transactions

  

Net increase in net tangible book value per share
attributable to investors purchasing shares in this offering

  

Pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share after this offering

  

Dilution in pro forma as adjusted net tangible book value per share
to investors in this offering

  

The foregoing discussion does not give effect to shares of common stock that we will issue if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares of common stock from us.

The following table summarizes, as of                     , the differences between the number of shares of our common stock purchased from us, after giving effect to the formation transactions, the total cash consideration paid, and the average price per share paid by our existing stockholders and by our new investors purchasing shares of common stock in this offering at the assumed initial public offering price of the common stock of              per share, which is the midpoint of the price range on the cover page of this prospectus, before deducting estimated underwriting discounts and commissions:

 

    Shares Purchased   Total Consideration    Average Price
Per Share
     Number   Amount   Number   Amount   

Existing stockholders

          

New investors

          

Total

    100%     100%   

A $1.00 increase/decrease in the assumed initial public offering price of $         per share would increase/decrease total consideration paid by new investors by $         million, assuming that the number of shares of common stock offered by us, as set forth on the cover page of this prospectus, remains the same.

After giving effect to the sale of shares in this offering, if the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares is exercised in full, CBS would own approximately 81% and our new investors would own approximately 19% of the total number of shares of our common stock outstanding after this offering.

 

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The above table and discussion include shares of our common stock outstanding as of                     , after giving effect to our formation transactions and the issuance of shares in this offering, and exclude shares of common stock reserved for future issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan, which we intend to adopt prior to the completion of this offering.

The above tables and discussion do not reflect the disposition of the remaining shares of common stock to be held by CBS after completion of this offering, the intended REIT election after the Separation or the impact of the Purging Distribution(s), which cannot be determined at this time. However, the above tables and discussions reflect the portion of the net proceeds of this offering that will be retained by us, which is determined based on CBS’s current estimation of the cash portion of the Purging Distribution(s). See “Use of Proceeds” and “The Separation.”

 

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SELECTED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table presents our selected combined consolidated financial data for all the periods presented. The selected historical combined consolidated statements of operations and cash flow data for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 and the selected historical combined consolidated balance sheet information as of September 30, 2013 have been derived from our unaudited historical combined consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus. The unaudited historical combined consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as our audited historical combined consolidated financial statements and, in the opinion of our management, reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair presentation of this information. The results for any interim period are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for a full year. The selected historical combined consolidated statements of operations and cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and the selected historical combined consolidated balance sheet information as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 have been derived from our audited historical combined consolidated financial statements, included elsewhere in this prospectus. The selected historical combined consolidated statements of operations and cash flow data for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008 and the selected historical combined consolidated balance sheet information as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2010, 2009 and 2008 have been derived from our unaudited combined consolidated financial information, not included in this prospectus.

Our historical combined consolidated financial statements included in this prospectus have been presented on a “carve-out” basis from CBS’s consolidated financial statements using the historical results of operations, cash flows, assets and liabilities attributable to CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment and include allocations of expenses from CBS. The selected historical combined consolidated financial information set forth below and the financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus do not necessarily reflect what our results of operations, financial condition or cash flows would have been if we had operated as a stand-alone company during all periods presented, and, accordingly, such information should not be relied upon as an indicator of our future performance, financial condition or liquidity.

You should read the following information together with “Risk Factors,” “Use of Proceeds,” “Capitalization” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and our combined consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in this prospectus.

 

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     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Year Ended December 31,  
     2013        2012        2012        2011        2010        2009        2008(a)  
(in millions)   (unaudited)                             (unaudited)     (unaudited)  

Statement of Operations data:

               

  Revenues

  $ 950.1         $ 948.8         $ 1,284.6         $ 1,277.1         $ 1,214.1         $ 1,103.5         $ 1,322.0    

  Less:

               

  Operating, selling, general and administrative expenses

    651.3         641.5         881.9         867.8         868.4         835.9         878.4    

  Adjusted OIBDA

    298.8         307.3         402.7         409.3         345.7         267.6         443.6    

  Less:

               

  Restructuring charges

    —         2.4         2.5         3.0         3.9         1.3         5.4    

  Noncash impairment charge

    —         —         —         —         —         —         2,304.3    

  Net (gain) loss on disposition

    (9.8)        1.8         2.2         2.0         1.1         2.0         —    

  Depreciation

    78.3         80.0         105.9         109.0         107.6         114.4         111.2    

  Amortization

    68.2         67.9         90.9         102.9         106.6         104.6         108.1    

  Operating income (loss)

  $ 162.1         $ 155.2         $ 201.2         $ 192.4         $ 126.5         $ 45.3         $ (2,085.4)   
 

  Provision for income taxes

  $ (70.5)        $ (61.4)        $ (89.0)        $ (87.8)        $ (57.1)        $ (20.8)        $ (18.8)   

  Net income (loss)

  $ 93.5         $ 94.6         $ 113.4         $ 107.1         $ 71.3         $ 21.9         $ (2,097.0)   
 

  FFO(b)

  $ 212.7         $ 226.7         $ 288.9         $ 296.9         $ 260.9         $ 210.6         $ (1,908.9)   

  Adjusted FFO(b)

  $ 199.8         $ 211.2         $ 269.2         $ 316.3         $ 284.8         $ 205.3         $ 283.2    
 

Balance Sheet data (at period end):

               

  Property and equipment, net

  $ 754.6         $ 810.6         $ 807.9         $ 858.2         $ 928.4         $ 982.5         $ 1,027.6    

  Total assets

  $ 3,391.9         $ 3,531.2         $ 3,464.9         $ 3,603.0         $ 3,751.5         $ 3,826.8         $ 3,938.0    

  Current liabilities

  $ 183.8         $ 178.5         $ 205.6         $ 196.7         $ 203.4         $ 188.8         $ 188.4    

  Total invested equity

  $ 2,798.6         $ 2,941.9         $ 2,843.9         $ 2,990.6         $ 3,163.3         $ 3,291.7         $ 3,440.2    
 

Cash Flow data:

               

  Cash flow provided by operating activities

  $ 164.9         $ 186.1         $ 311.3         $ 342.1         $ 271.9         $ 247.5         $ 378.5    

  Capital expenditures:

               

Growth:

               

  Digital

  $ 10.7         $ 12.1         $ 27.7         $ 19.5         $ 11.1         $ 12.4         $ 17.4    

  Other

    6.2         5.9         9.9         10.8         15.7         12.9         12.6    

Maintenance

    10.8         9.5         16.0         15.3         20.4         25.3         25.1    

  Total capital expenditures

  $ 27.7         $ 27.5         $ 53.6         $ 45.6         $ 47.2         $ 50.6         $ 55.1    
 

  Cash taxes

  $ 75.3         $ 73.7         $ 96.5         $ 50.9         $ 18.2         $ 14.4         $ 55.8    

 

 

(a) In 2008, we recorded a noncash impairment charge of $2.30 billion ($2.24 billion, net of tax) to reduce the carrying value of goodwill.

 

(b)

The following table presents a reconciliation of net income (loss) to FFO and Adjusted FFO.(1)

 

      Nine Months Ended
September 30,
    Year Ended December 31,  
      2013       2012      2012      2011      2010      2009     2008     
(in millions)    (unaudited)                             (unaudited)     (unaudited)  

Net income (loss)(2)

     $ 93.5         $ 94.6          $ 113.4        $ 107.1        $ 71.3        $ 21.9      $ (2,097.0)   

Depreciation of billboard advertising structures

     73.2           74.7          98.8        101.3        99.2        98.8        95.6    

Amortization of real estate -related intangible assets

     32.5           31.8          42.5        53.5        57.4        56.8        58.2    

Amortization of direct lease acquisition costs

     22.7           23.2          31.1        32.1        30.9        30.2        33.7    

Net (gain) loss on disposition of billboard advertising structures

     (9.8)          1.8          2.2        2.0        1.1        2.0        —    

Adjustment related to equity based investments

     .6           .6          .9        .9        1.0        .9        .6    

FFO

     212.7           226.7          288.9        296.9        260.9        210.6        (1,908.9)   

Noncash impairment charge, net of tax

     —           —                                      2,241.4    

Adjustment for deferred income taxes

     (4.7)          (7.6)         (6.6     32.8        39.1        10.4        (29.2)   

Cash paid for direct lease acquisition costs

     (24.1)          (23.3)         (30.9     (31.8     (29.4     (31.8     (35.3)   

Maintenance capital expenditures

     (10.8)          (9.5)         (16.0     (15.3     (20.4     (25.3     (25.1)   

Other depreciation

     5.1           5.3          7.1        7.7        8.4        15.6        15.6    

Other amortization

     13.0           12.9          17.3        17.3        18.3        17.6        16.2    

Stock-based compensation expense

     5.8           4.3          5.7        5.0        4.3        4.8        6.4    

Noncash effect of straight-line rent

     1.0           .9          1.2        1.0        .8        1.0        .6    

Accretion expense

     1.8           1.5          2.5        2.7        2.8        2.4        1.5    

Adjusted FFO

     $ 199.8           $ 211.2          $ 269.2        $ 316.3        $ 284.8        $ 205.3        $ 283.2    

 

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(1) We calculate FFO in accordance with the definition established by NAREIT. FFO reflects net income (loss) adjusted to exclude gains and losses from the sale of real estate assets, depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and amortization of direct lease acquisition costs, as well as the same adjustments for our equity based investments, as applicable. We calculate Adjusted FFO as FFO adjusted to include cash paid for direct lease acquisition costs as such costs are generally amortized over a period ranging from four weeks to one year and therefore are incurred on a regular basis. We also adjust FFO to include cash paid for maintenance capital expenditures since these are routine uses of cash that are necessary for our operations. In addition, Adjusted FFO is adjusted to exclude certain noncash items, including impairment charges, non-real estate depreciation and amortization, deferred income taxes, stock-based compensation expense, accretion expense and the noncash effect of straight-line rent. We believe that adjusting for these items provides a better measure of our operating performance.

 

     We believe the presentations of FFO and Adjusted FFO, as supplemental measures, are useful in evaluating our business because they provide analysts and investors with an important perspective on our operating performance and also make it easier to compare our results to those of other REITs. As FFO and Adjusted FFO are not measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net income (loss). Additionally, these measures are not necessarily indicative of funds available for our cash needs. FFO, as we calculate it, although consistent with the NAREIT definition, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other REITs given the nature of our operations.

 

(2) Our net income (loss) reflects our current tax status as a regular domestic C corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If we qualify and elect to be taxed as a REIT, our tax expense in future periods is expected to be substantially lower than it has been historically. Historically, we incurred tax expense of $89.0 million in 2012, $87.8 million in 2011, $57.1 million in 2010, $20.8 million in 2009 and $18.8 million in 2008 and our assumed cash taxes paid during these periods were $96.5 million in 2012, $50.9 million in 2011, $18.2 million in 2010, $14.4 million in 2009 and $55.8 million in 2008.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Prior to the completion of this offering, we are an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS. We are offering              shares of our common stock in this offering, and upon the completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own approximately     % of our outstanding common stock, or approximately 81% if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, and we will continue to be controlled by CBS. CBS has advised us that it currently intends to dispose of all of the shares of our common stock that it indirectly will own upon the completion of this offering following the “lock-up” period described under “Shares Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-Up Agreements and Other Contractual Restrictions on Resale.” CBS has advised us that it intends to effect the Separation by means of a tax-free split-off. If CBS does not proceed with the split-off, it could elect to dispose of our common stock in a number of different types of transactions, including open market sales, sales to one or more third parties or pro rata distributions of our shares to CBS’s stockholders or a combination of these transactions. CBS could also elect to not dispose of our common stock. The determination of whether, when and how to proceed with the Separation is entirely within the discretion of CBS. See “The Separation.”

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of operations and balance sheet, as well as the calculations of pro forma funds from operations and adjusted funds from operations, have been adjusted to reflect the incurrence of indebtedness through the Formation Borrowings as described under “Formation Transactions”; the sale of the common stock offered hereby; the receipt and use of the estimated net proceeds from this offering and our Formation Borrowings as described under “Use of Proceeds”; and incremental costs we will incur to operate as a stand-alone public company. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated balance sheet at September 30, 2013 is presented as if each of these events had occurred at September 30, 2013. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 and the calculations of unaudited pro forma funds from operations and adjusted funds from operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 are presented as if each of these events had occurred on January 1, 2012. No pro forma adjustments have been made with regard to the disposition of the remaining shares of common stock to be held by CBS after the completion of this offering, the intended REIT election after the Separation or the impact of the Purging Distribution(s), as such impact cannot be determined at this time.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements are based upon our historical combined consolidated financial statements for each period presented. In the opinion of management, all adjustments and/or disclosures necessary for a fair statement of the pro forma data have been made. These unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements are presented for illustrative purposes only and do not necessarily reflect what our results of operations and financial condition would have been if we had operated as a stand-alone company during all periods presented, and, accordingly, such information should not be relied upon as an indicator of our future performance, financial condition or liquidity.

These unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto should be read together with the following, which are included elsewhere in this prospectus:

 

  (a) Our unaudited interim combined consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

  (b) Our audited combined consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2012.

 

  (c) The section entitled “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.”

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

AT SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

(In millions, except per share amounts)

 

      Historical    

Pro Forma

Adjustments

     Pro Forma  

Assets

       

Current assets:

       

  Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 24.1      $ 50.0 (1)     $          
            (2)    

  Receivables, net

     178.5                178.5      

  Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     139.0                139.0      

Total current assets

     341.6                    

Property and equipment, net

     754.6                754.6      

Goodwill

     1,872.2                1,872.2      

Intangible assets

     381.2                381.2      

Other assets

     42.3        28.0 (1)       70.3      

Total assets

   $ 3,391.9      $         $     

Liabilities and Invested Equity

       

Current liabilities:

       

  Accounts payable and other current liabilities

   $ 183.8      $       $ 183.8      

Total current liabilities

     183.8                183.8      

Long-term debt

            1,598.0 (1)       1,598.0      

Deferred income tax liabilities, net

     300.8             (4)    

Other liabilities

     108.7                108.7      

Invested equity/stockholders’ equity:

       

  Invested capital

     2,876.5        (1,520.0 )(1)       —      
       (1,356.5 )(2)    

Common stock, par value $             per share,              shares authorized, and              shares issued and outstanding on a pro forma basis

                 (2)    

  Additional paid-in-capital

                 (2)    

  Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (77.9             (77.9)      

Total invested equity/stockholders’ equity

     2,798.6                    

Total liabilities and invested equity/stockholders’ equity

   $ 3,391.9      $            $          

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these

unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

(In millions, except per share amounts)

 

      Historical    

Pro Forma

Adjustments

    Pro Forma  

Revenues

   $ 950.1      $      $ 950.1      

Operating expenses

     504.5               504.5      

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     146.8        17.8 (5)      164.6      

Net gain on dispositions

     (9.8            (9.8)     

Depreciation

     78.3               78.3      

Amortization

     68.2               68.2      

Operating income

     162.1        (17.8     144.3      

Interest expense

            (53.7 )(3)      (53.7)     

Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies

     162.1        (71.5     90.6      

Provision for income taxes

     (70.5     29.8 (4)      (40.7)     

Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

     1.9               1.9      

Net income

   $ 93.5      $ (41.7   $ 51.8      

Net income per common share:

      

Basic

   $      $      (2)    $     

Diluted

   $      $      (2)    $     

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

      

Basic

                 (2)   

Diluted

                 (2)         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these

unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012

(In millions, except per share amounts)

 

      Historical     Pro Forma
Adjustments
    Pro Forma  

Revenues

   $ 1,284.6      $      $ 1,284.6      

Operating expenses

     700.1               700.1      

Selling, general and administrative expenses

     181.8        26.3 (5)      208.1      

Restructuring charges

     2.5               2.5      

Net loss on dispositions

     2.2               2.2      

Depreciation

     105.9               105.9      

Amortization

     90.9               90.9      

Operating income

     201.2        (26.3     174.9      

Interest expense

            (71.6 )(3)      (71.6)     

Other expense, net

     (1.0            (1.0)     

Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies

     200.2        (97.9     102.3      

Provision for income taxes

     (89.0     40.5 (4)      (48.5)     

Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

     2.2               2.2      

Net income

   $ 113.4      $ (57.4   $ 56.0      

Net income per common share:

      

Basic

   $      $      (2)    $     

Diluted

   $      $      (2)    $     

Weighted average number of common shares outstanding:

      

Basic

                 (2)   

Diluted

                 (2)         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these

unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular dollars in millions)

 

1) FORMATION BORROWINGS AND REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITY

On January 31, 2014, we incurred indebtedness of $1.6 billion through the Formation Borrowings (consisting of the $800 million Term Loan and $800 million of Senior Notes), from which we received net proceeds of approximately $1.57 billion after deducting bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection therewith. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we will transfer to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds of approximately $1.52 billion, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of the Formation Borrowings less $50 million, which will remain with us to use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs. See “Use of Proceeds.” In addition, on January 31, 2014, we entered into the $425 million Revolving Credit Facility, which matures in 2019. We do not expect to have any outstanding borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility upon completion of this offering. On January 31, 2014, we also entered into the Letter of Credit Facility, pursuant to which we may obtain letters of credit from time to time in an aggregate outstanding face amount of up to $80 million.

The adjustment to “Other Assets” reflects deferred financing costs associated with the Formation Borrowings.

 

2) SHARE ISSUANCE AND USE OF PROCEEDS

We expect to issue approximately              shares of common stock, par value             , in connection with this offering. Upon completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own approximately     % of our outstanding common stock or approximately 81% if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full. The adjustment to “Invested capital” of $1.36 billion reflects the conversion of CBS’s net equity investment in our company into shares of our common stock.

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions related to this offering. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we intend to transfer to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Offering Proceeds of approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus. After making this payment, we expect that we will have retained approximately $             from the proceeds of this offering, which is an amount, as determined by CBS, equal to the estimated cash portion of the Purging Distribution(s). Following the final payment of the Purging Distribution(s) declared in our first REIT taxable year, if any, we will pay to CBS, or CBS will pay to us, as applicable, the difference between the actual cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) and the estimated cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) that was retained by us as described above. See “Use of Proceeds,” “Formation Transactions” and “The Separation.”

 

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3) INTEREST EXPENSE

The adjustments to interest expense reflect interest expense, including the amortization of deferred financing costs, on the Formation Borrowings. The interest expense adjustment for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012 is presented as if the borrowings and related financing costs were incurred on January 1, 2012. The following table presents pro forma interest expense. The interest rate on the Term Loan is variable. For illustrative purposes, we are assuming the interest rate on the Term Loan is 3.0%, which reflects our interest rate at January 31, 2014.

 

        Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2013
     Year Ended
December 31, 2012
 

  $800 million Term Loan

   $ 18.0       $ 24.0   

  $400 million 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022

     15.7         21.0   

  $400 million 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024

     16.9         22.5   

  Deferred financing costs

     3.1         4.1   

Pro forma adjustment to interest expense

   $ 53.7       $ 71.6   

An increase or decrease of 1/8% in our interest rate on the Term Loan would have changed interest expense by approximately $0.8 million and $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and the year ended December 31, 2012, respectively.

 

4) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAX

Adjustments to the provision for income taxes on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of operations are calculated at an effective tax rate of 41.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 41.4% for the year ended December 31, 2012. Our full year effective tax rate represents federal, state, local and foreign taxes, each calculated separately based on each jurisdiction’s income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies. For interim periods, an estimated annual effective tax rate is calculated and applied to interim operating results. In the event there is a significant or unusual item recognized in the operating results, the tax attributable to that item is separately calculated and recorded in the same interim period.

The provision for income taxes presented on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated statements of operations reflects our current tax status as a regular domestic C corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes. If we qualify and elect to be taxed as a REIT, our income tax provision will be substantially lower than it has been historically. This has not been reflected in the accompanying unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements.

 

5) OTHER

Our historical combined consolidated financial statements have been presented on a “carve-out” basis from CBS’s consolidated financial statements based on the historical results of operations, assets and liabilities attributable to CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment. CBS provides us with certain services, such as insurance and support for technology systems, and up until January 1, 2014, CBS provided benefits to our employees, including certain postemployment benefits, medical, dental, life and disability insurance and participation in a 401(k) savings plan. Effective January 1, 2014, our employees began participating in employee benefit plans maintained by us, although certain of our employees may continue to be entitled to benefits under certain CBS defined benefit pension plans. Charges for services and benefits provided to us by CBS are reflected in the historical combined consolidated financial statements based on the specific identification of costs, assets and liabilities. Our historical combined consolidated financial statements also include allocations of centralized corporate expenses from CBS, such as tax, internal audit, cash management and other expenses. These expenses were determined based on various allocation methods, including factors such as headcount, time and effort spent on matters relating to our company, and the number of CBS operating entities benefiting from such services. We believe that the assumptions and estimates used to allocate these expenses are reasonable.

As a stand-alone public company, we expect to incur incremental expenses for the services previously provided by CBS as well as for additional public company expenses that did not apply to us

 

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historically. We estimate these incremental expenses to be $17.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and $26.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2012. These incremental costs were determined principally based on various agreements we intend to enter into with CBS prior to completing this offering to cover the services that CBS will be providing to us (see “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions), as well as employment agreements for new senior executives.

 

6) PRO FORMA FFO AND ADJUSTED FFO

The following tables present FFO and Adjusted FFO on a historical basis and on a pro forma basis to adjust net income to reflect additional costs we will incur as a stand-alone public company (See Note 5), interest expense from the Formation Borrowings (See Note 3), and the related adjustment to the provision for income taxes (See Note 4).

We believe the presentations of FFO and Adjusted FFO, as supplemental measures, are useful in evaluating our business because they provide analysts and investors with an important perspective on our operating performance and also make it easier to compare our results to those of other REITs. As FFO and Adjusted FFO are not measures calculated in accordance with GAAP, they should not be considered in isolation of, or as a substitute for, net income (loss). Additionally, these measures are not necessarily indicative of funds available for our cash needs. FFO, as we calculate it, although consistent with the NAREIT definition, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other REITs given the nature of our operations.

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013    Historical    

Pro

Forma
Adjustments

    Pro Forma  

Net income

   $ 93.5      $ (41.7 )(3)(4)(5)    $ 51.8   

Depreciation of billboard advertising structures

     73.2               73.2   

Amortization of real estate-related intangible assets

     32.5               32.5   

Amortization of direct lease acquisition costs

     22.7               22.7   

Net gain on disposition of billboard advertising structures

     (9.8            (9.8

Adjustment related to equity based investments

     .6               .6   

FFO(a)

     212.7        (41.7     171.0   

Adjustment for deferred income taxes

     (4.7          (4)   

Cash paid for direct lease acquisition costs

     (24.1            (24.1

Maintenance capital expenditures

     (10.8            (10.8

Other depreciation

     5.1               5.1   

Other amortization

     13.0               13.0   

Amortization of deferred financing costs

            3.1 (3)      3.1   

Stock-based compensation expense

     5.8               5.8   

Noncash effect of straight-line rent

     1.0               1.0   

Accretion expense

     1.8               1.8   

Adjusted FFO(a)

   $ 199.8      $        $     

 

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Year Ended December 31, 2012    Historical    

Pro

Forma
Adjustments

    Pro
Forma
 

Net income

   $ 113.4      $ (57.4 )(3)(4)(5)    $ 56.0   

Depreciation of billboard advertising structures

     98.8               98.8   

Amortization of real estate-related intangible assets

     42.5               42.5   

Amortization of direct lease acquisition costs

     31.1               31.1   

Net loss on disposition of billboard advertising structures

     2.2               2.2   

Adjustment related to equity based investments

     .9               .9   

FFO(a)

     288.9        (57.4     231.5   

Adjustment for deferred income taxes

     (6.6            (4)   

Cash paid for direct lease acquisition costs

     (30.9            (30.9

Maintenance capital expenditures

     (16.0            (16.0

Other depreciation

     7.1               7.1   

Other amortization

     17.3               17.3   

Amortization of deferred financing costs

            4.1 (3)      4.1   

Stock-based compensation expense

     5.7               5.7   

Noncash effect of straight-line rent

     1.2               1.2   

Accretion expense

     2.5               2.5   

Adjusted FFO(a)

   $ 269.2      $        $     

 

  (a) We calculate FFO in accordance with the definition established by NAREIT. FFO reflects net income (loss) adjusted to exclude gains and losses from the sale of real estate assets, depreciation and amortization of real estate assets and amortization of direct lease acquisition costs, as well as the same adjustments for our equity based investments, as applicable. We calculate Adjusted FFO as FFO adjusted to include cash paid for direct lease acquisition costs as such costs are generally amortized over a period ranging from four weeks to one year and therefore are incurred on a regular basis. We also adjust FFO to include cash paid for maintenance capital expenditures since these are routine uses of cash that are necessary for our operations. In addition, Adjusted FFO is adjusted to exclude certain noncash items, including non-real estate depreciation and amortization, deferred income taxes, stock-based compensation expense, accretion expense and the noncash effect of straight-line rent. We believe that adjusting for these items provides a better measure of our operating performance.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF

FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

(Tabular dollars in millions)

You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with “Selected Combined Consolidated Financial Data,” “Business and Properties” and our historical combined consolidated and unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this prospectus. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve numerous risks and uncertainties. The forward-looking statements are subject to a number of important factors, including those factors discussed under “Risk Factors” and “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results described herein or implied by such forward-looking statements.

Our historical financial statements included in this prospectus have been presented on a “carve-out” basis from CBS’s consolidated financial statements using the historical results of operations, cash flows, assets and liabilities attributable to CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment and include allocations of expenses from CBS. These allocations reflect significant assumptions, and the financial statements do not fully reflect what our financial position, results of operations or cash flows would have been had we been a stand-alone company during the periods presented. As a result, historical financial information is not necessarily indicative of our future results of operations, financial position or cash flows. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Affiliation with CBS—The historical and pro forma financial information that we have included in this prospectus may not be representative of the results we would have achieved as a stand-alone public company and may not be a reliable indicator of our future results.”

We have set forth below a discussion of our historical operations. The effects of the formation transactions and this offering are reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this prospectus.

Overview

We are one of the largest lessors of advertising space (“displays”) on out-of-home advertising structures and sites across the United States, Canada and Latin America. Our portfolio primarily consists of billboard displays, which are predominantly located in densely populated major metropolitan areas and along high-traffic expressways and major commuting routes. In addition, we have a number of exclusive multiyear contracts that allow us to operate advertising displays in municipal transit systems where our customers are able to reach millions of commuters on a daily basis. We have displays in all of the 25 largest markets in the United States and over 180 markets in the United States, Canada and Latin America, including in some of the most heavily trafficked locations, such as the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and Grand Central Station and Times Square in New York City. We believe that the location of many of our displays is a strategic advantage relative to other forms of advertising. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 329,100 displays in the United States and approximately 26,100 displays across Canada and Latin America. The breadth of our portfolio provides our customers with a multitude of options to serve their varied marketing needs—for example, they can reach a large audience through national, brand-building campaigns (which Apple uses to market its iPhone and iPad products) or advertise by way of localized, action-inducing messages (which McDonald’s employs to make drivers aware of its nearby restaurants). For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we generated revenues, Adjusted OIBDA and operating income of $950.1 million, $298.8 million and $162.1 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2012, we generated revenues, Adjusted OIBDA and operating income of $1.28 billion, $402.7 million and $201.2 million, respectively.

We believe that out-of-home advertising is an attractive form of advertising as our displays are ALWAYS ON and cannot be turned off, skipped or fast-forwarded, and that it provides our customers with a differentiated advertising solution at an attractive price point relative to other forms of advertising. In addition to leasing displays, we provide other value-added services to our customers, such as pre-campaign category research, creative design support and post-campaign tracking and analytics. We use a real-time

 

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mobile operational reporting system that enables proof of performance to customers. Our large portfolio of displays and geographic reach allow us to serve a broad range of customers that includes consumer-focused companies in the entertainment, retail, healthcare, telecom, restaurant, financial services, travel and leisure and automotive industries. During the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, we served approximately 19,500 customers in the United States, including large, national companies such as Anheuser-Busch, Apple, AT&T, Diageo, Disney, McDonald’s, Sony and Verizon, as well as regional and local companies. During the 21 months ended September 30, 2013, 84 of the top 100 advertisers in the United States (as determined by Kantar Media Intelligence) were our customers. As a result of our diverse base of customers, in the United States, no single industry contributed more than 11.0% of our revenues and no single customer contributed more than 1.7% of our revenues during the twelve months ended September 30, 2013.

As of September 30, 2013, we had 343 digital billboard displays in the United States. The majority of our digital billboard displays have been converted from traditional static billboard displays. Increasing the number of digital billboard displays in our most heavily trafficked locations is an important element of our organic growth strategy. Digital billboard displays have the potential to attract additional business from both new and existing customers. We believe that digital billboard displays are attractive to our customers because they allow for the development of richer and more visually engaging messages and provide our customers with the flexibility both to target audiences by time of day and to quickly launch new advertising campaigns. In addition, digital billboard displays enable us to run multiple advertisements on each display (up to eight per minute). As a result, digital billboard displays generate approximately three to four times more revenue per display on average than traditional static billboard displays, and digital billboard displays generate higher profits and cash flows than traditional static billboard displays. As the costs to convert traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays have declined, we have accelerated our conversion efforts, adding approximately 70 digital billboard displays in 2011, 110 digital billboard displays in 2012 and 70 digital billboard displays during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, for a total investment of $57.9 million.

We generally (i) own the physical billboard structures on which we display advertising copy for our customers, (ii) hold the legal permits to display advertising thereon and (iii) lease the underlying sites. These lease agreements have terms varying between one month and multiple years, and usually provide renewal options. We estimate that approximately 75% of our billboard structures in the United States are “legal nonconforming” billboards meaning they were legally constructed under laws in effect at the time they were built, but could not be constructed under current laws. These structures are often located in areas where it is difficult or not permitted to build additional billboards under current laws, which enhances the value of our portfolio. We have a highly diversified portfolio of advertising sites. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 23,100 lease agreements with approximately 18,800 different landlords. A substantial number of these lease agreements allow us to abate rent and/or terminate the lease agreement in certain circumstances, which may include where the structure is obstructed, where there is a change in traffic flow and/or where the advertising value of the sign structure is otherwise impaired, providing us with flexibility in renegotiating the terms of our leases with landlords.

We manage our business through the following two segments:

United States.  As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 329,100 advertising displays in the United States, including the largest number of advertising displays of any out-of-home advertising company operating in the 25 largest markets in the United States. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, our United States segment generated 19% of its revenues in the New York City metropolitan area and 12% in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our United States segment generated $827.6 million of revenues and $300.2 million of Adjusted OIBDA. For the year ended December 31, 2012, our United States segment generated $1.10 billion of revenues and $385.4 million of Adjusted OIBDA.

In November 2013, we sold 50% of our transit shelter operations in Los Angeles for $17.5 million. We and the buyer each subsequently contributed our respective 50% interests in these operations to a 50/50 joint venture we own together. In connection with this transaction, we expect to record a gain in the fourth quarter of 2013.

 

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International.  Our International segment includes our operations in Canada and Latin America, including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. We are one of the largest out-of-home advertising companies in Canada and Mexico and have significant scale across the other countries in which we operate in Latin America. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 26,100 advertising displays in our International segment, including approximately 14,400 in Canada. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our International segment generated $122.5 million of revenues and $20.0 million of Adjusted OIBDA. For the year ended December 31, 2012, our International segment generated $186.0 million of revenues and $30.5 million of Adjusted OIBDA.

The following table sets forth our results of operations.

 

      Nine Months Ended
September 30,
          Year Ended December 31,  
      2013       2012            2012         2011         2010     
     (Unaudited)                           
 

Revenues:

                

  Billboard

   $     685.8        $     675.2          $ 913.6        $ 894.2        $ 852.9    

  Transit and other

     264.3          273.6              371.0          382.9          361.2    

Total revenues

     950.1          948.8              1,284.6          1,277.1          1,214.1    

Expenses:

                

  Operating

     504.5          508.9            700.1          689.4          687.0    

  Selling, general and administrative

     146.8          132.6            181.8          178.4          181.4    

  Restructuring charges

     —          2.4            2.5          3.0          3.9    

  Net (gain) loss on dispositions

     (9.8)         1.8            2.2          2.0          1.1    

  Depreciation

     78.3          80.0            105.9          109.0          107.6    

  Amortization

     68.2          67.9              90.9          102.9          106.6    

Total expenses

     788.0          793.6              1,083.4          1,084.7          1,087.6    

Operating income

     162.1          155.2            201.2          192.4          126.5    

Other income (expense), net

     —          (1.0)             (1.0)         .8          .1    

Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies

     162.1          154.2            200.2          193.2          126.6    

Provision for income taxes

     (70.5)         (61.4)           (89.0)         (87.8)         (57.1)   

Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

     1.9          1.8              2.2          1.7          1.8    

Net income

   $ 93.5        $ 94.6            $ 113.4        $ 107.1        $ 71.3    

Revenues.

We derive revenues primarily from providing advertising space to customers on our advertising structures and sites. Our contracts with customers generally cover periods ranging from four weeks to one year. Revenues from billboard displays are recognized as rental income on a straight-line basis over the contract term. Transit and other revenues are recognized as earned, which is typically ratably over the contract period. For space provided to advertisers through the use of an advertising agency whose commission is calculated based on a stated percentage of gross advertising spending, our revenues are reported net of agency commissions.

Expenses.

Operating Expenses.  Our major categories of operating expenses are as follows:

Billboard property lease expenses.  These expenses reflect the cost of leasing the real property on which our billboards are mounted. These lease agreements have terms varying between one month and multiple years, and usually provide renewal options. Rental expenses are comprised of a fixed monthly

 

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amount and under certain agreements, also include contingent rent, which varies based on the revenues we generate from the leased site. Property leases are generally paid in advance for periods ranging from one to twelve months. The fixed rent is expensed evenly over the contract term and the contingent rent is expensed as it becomes probable, which is consistent with when the related revenues are recognized.

Transit franchise expenses.  These expenses reflect costs charged by municipalities and transit operators under transit advertising contracts and are generally calculated based on a percentage of the revenues we generate under the contract, with a minimum guarantee. The costs that are determined based on a percentage of revenues are expensed as incurred when the related revenues are recognized, and the minimum guarantee is expensed over the contract term.

Posting, maintenance and other site-related expenses.  These expenses primarily reflect costs associated with posting and rotation, materials, repairs and maintenance, utilities and property taxes.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.  Our selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses include selling costs, employee compensation and other costs for back office support. During 2014, we expect increased SG&A expenses associated with services previously provided by CBS as well as for additional public company expenses that did not apply to us historically.

Depreciation.  Our depreciation primarily relates to our advertising structures which are depreciated over the shorter of the contract term or useful life. Depreciation also relates to furniture, equipment, buildings and improvements.

Amortization.  Our intangible assets subject to amortization are primarily comprised of acquired permits and leasehold agreements and franchise agreements which grant us the right to operate out-of-home advertising structures in specified locations and the right to provide advertising space on railroad and municipal transit properties. Amortization also includes the amortization of direct lease acquisition costs, which are variable commissions directly associated with billboard revenues. These costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the related customer lease term, which generally ranges from four weeks to one year.

Analysis of Interim Results of Operations

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 vs. Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

Revenues.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, total revenues increased $1.3 million to $950.1 million from $948.8 million for the same prior-year period. Our “same-site” revenues, which exclude the impact of new billboards and transit agreements, as well as divested billboards and the nonrenewal of transit agreements, increased 1% compared to the same prior-year period.

Total billboard revenues increased $10.6 million, or 2%, to $685.8 million from $675.2 million for the same prior-year period principally reflecting growth in revenues attributable to increased digital billboard displays, which were converted from traditional static billboard displays, and higher average rates in the United States, partially offset by lower billboard revenues in Mexico and Canada. Revenues generated from billboard displays that were digital at September 30, 2013 were $53.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $10.4 million, or 24%, compared with revenues on the same billboard displays (whether static or digital) for the comparable prior-year period. The total number of digital billboard displays in the United States increased to 343 at September 30, 2013, compared to 243 at September 30, 2012.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, total transit and other revenues decreased $9.3 million, or 3%, to $264.3 million from $273.6 million for the same prior-year period driven by a decrease of $6.7 million attributable to the nonrenewal of several low-margin and unprofitable transit agreements, mainly in Canada, and a decline in the United States.

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attributable to any billboards or transit agreements which were not in place for both periods in their entirety, as a result of acquisitions, new agreements, divestitures, and nonrenewals (“noncomparable revenues”). We believe that adjusting revenues to exclude these items enables users of the financial statements to evaluate our performance on the same basis for both periods presented.

 

      Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
      2013      2012    

Same-site revenues

   $         943.1       $         935.9     

Noncomparable revenues

     7.0         12.9     

Total revenues

   $ 950.1       $ 948.8     

Operating Expenses.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, operating expenses decreased $4.4 million, or 1%, to $504.5 million from $508.9 million for the same prior-year period.

The table below presents our operating expenses by type.

 

      Nine Months Ended September 30,  
      2013      Percentage
of Total
     2012      Percentage
of Total
     Increase/(Decrease)
2013 vs. 2012
 

Billboard property lease

   $ 214.8         43%       $ 207.1         41%       $ 7.7          4%    

Transit franchise

     138.2         27            151.1         30            (12.9)         (9)      

Posting, maintenance and other site-related

     145.0         29            143.4         28            1.6          1       

Other

     6.5         1             7.3         1            (.8)         (11)      

    Total operating expenses

   $ 504.5         100%       $ 508.9         100%       $ (4.4)         (1)%   

Billboard property lease expenses increased $7.7 million, or 4%, to $214.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $207.1 million for the same prior-year period, principally due to higher contractual rent from lease renewals and higher contingent rent expenses associated with increased billboard revenues.

Transit franchise expenses decreased $12.9 million, or 9%, to $138.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $151.1 million for the same prior-year period, principally driven by the nonrenewal of several low margin and unprofitable transit agreements, mainly in Canada, lower revenue-sharing expenses associated with the decrease in transit and other revenues and cost reductions upon the renewal of a transit contract in Los Angeles at more favorable terms. Transit franchise expenses for the remainder of 2013, as compared to the prior year, will fluctuate mainly as a result of revenue-sharing expenses based on a percentage of transit revenues.

Posting, maintenance and other site-related expenses increased $1.6 million, or 1%, to $145.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $143.4 million for the same prior-year period, principally due to an increase associated with a tax imposed on the billboard industry in Toronto, partially offset by lower direct costs for compensation.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, SG&A expenses increased $14.2 million, or 11%, to $146.8 million from $132.6 million for the same prior-year period, primarily reflecting professional fees of $6.8 million associated with matters related to our expected election and qualification to be taxed as a REIT as well as other increases in professional fees. SG&A expenses as a percentage of revenues were 15% and 14% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Net Gain on Dispositions.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, in line with our strategy of investing in large metropolitan markets, we disposed of most of our billboards in Salt Lake City in exchange for billboards in New Jersey, resulting in a gain of $9.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

 

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Depreciation.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, depreciation decreased $1.7 million, or 2%, to $78.3 million from $80.0 million for the same prior-year period.

Amortization.  Amortization was $68.2 million and $67.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We capitalized direct lease acquisition costs of $22.8 million and $23.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and amortized direct lease acquisition costs of $22.7 million and $23.2 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Other Expense, Net.  Other expense, net, principally reflects foreign exchange losses.

Provision for Income Taxes.  Our income tax provisions as presented herein are calculated on a separate tax return basis, even though our U.S. operating results are included in the consolidated federal, and certain state and local income tax returns of CBS. CBS manages its tax position for the benefit of the entire portfolio of its businesses and, as such, the assumptions, methodologies and calculations made for purposes of determining our tax provision and related tax accounts in the combined consolidated financial statements herein may differ from those made by CBS and, in addition, are not necessarily reflective of the tax strategies that we would have followed as a separate stand-alone company.

The provision for income taxes represents federal, state and local, and foreign income taxes on income before taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies. The provision for income taxes was $70.5 million and $61.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The effective income tax rate increased to 43.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 versus 39.8% for the same prior-year period reflecting higher taxes in Mexico in 2013, as well as lower state taxes in 2012, including the impact from the reversal of state audit reserves.

Equity in Earnings of Investee Companies, Net of Tax.  Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax, of $1.9 million and $1.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, reflects our share of the operating results of our 50% owned joint ventures, consisting of two out-of-home advertising companies that operate transit shelters in Los Angeles and Vancouver, BC.

Net Income.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, net income decreased $1.1 million, or 1%, to $93.5 million from $94.6 million for the same prior-year period.

Segment Results of Operations—For the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

The following tables present our revenues, Adjusted OIBDA, operating income (loss) and depreciation and amortization by segment, for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012. We present Adjusted OIBDA as the primary measure of profit and loss for our operating segments in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance for segment reporting. We believe the presentation of Adjusted OIBDA is relevant and useful for users of our financial statements because it allows the users to view segment performance in a manner similar to the primary method used by our management and enhances their ability to understand our operating performance.

 

     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2013           2012       

Revenues:

    

  United States

  $         827.6            $         811.2        

  International

    122.5              137.6        

    Total revenues

  $ 950.1            $ 948.8        

 

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     Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
     2013           2012       

Adjusted OIBDA:

    

  United States

  $         300.2            $         286.7        

  International

    20.0              30.2        

  Corporate

    (21.4)             (9.6)       

Total Adjusted OIBDA

    298.8              307.3        

Restructuring charges

    —              (2.4)       

Net gain (loss) on dispositions

    9.8              (1.8)       

Depreciation

    (78.3)             (80.0)       

Amortization

    (68.2)             (67.9)       

Operating income

    162.1              155.2        

Other expense, net

    —              (1.0)       

Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies

    162.1              154.2        

Provision for income taxes

    (70.5)             (61.4)       

Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

    1.9              1.8        

Net income

  $           93.5            $           94.6        

 

      Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
      2013      2012  

Operating income (loss):

     

  United States

   $     185.4        $     158.9    

  International

     (1.9)         5.9    

  Corporate

     (21.4)         (9.6)   

    Total operating income

   $ 162.1        $ 155.2    

 

      Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
      2013      2012  

Depreciation and amortization:

     

  United States

   $     124.8        $     124.6    

  International

     21.7          23.3    

    Total depreciation and amortization

   $ 146.5        $ 147.9    

United States.  Our United States segment contributed 87% and 85% to our total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

      Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
      2013     2012  

Same-site revenues

   $     820.6      $     805.5   

Noncomparable revenues

     7.0        5.7   

Total revenues

     827.6        811.2   

Operating and SG&A expenses

     (527.4     (524.5

Adjusted OIBDA

     300.2        286.7   

Restructuring charges

            (1.9

Net gain (loss) on dispositions

     10.0        (1.3

Depreciation and amortization

     (124.8     (124.6

Operating income

   $ 185.4      $ 158.9   

 

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, total United States revenues increased $16.4 million, or 2%, to $827.6 million from $811.2 million for the same prior-year period. Revenues from United States billboards increased $19.8 million, or 3%, to $589.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $570.0 million for the same prior-year period, reflecting growth attributable to the conversion of traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays, and an increase in average rates. Revenues generated from billboard displays that were digital at September 30, 2013 were $52.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $10.0 million, or 24%, compared with revenues on the same billboard displays (whether static or digital) for the comparable prior-year period. At September 30, 2013, there were 343 digital billboard displays in the United States, compared to 243 at September 30, 2012. Transit and other revenues in the United States decreased $3.4 million, or 1%, to $237.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from $241.2 million for the same prior-year period, reflecting a decline in occupancy.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, United States operating and SG&A expenses increased $2.9 million, or 1%, to $527.4 million from $524.5 million for the same prior-year period, primarily reflecting higher contingent rent associated with the increase in billboard revenues and higher professional fees. These increases were partially offset by lower transit franchise expenses due to the decline in transit revenues and cost decreases associated with the renewal of a transit contract in Los Angeles at more favorable terms.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, United States Adjusted OIBDA increased $13.5 million, or 5%, to $300.2 million from $286.7 million for the same prior-year period and the Adjusted OIBDA margin increased to 36% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from 35% for the same prior-year period. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, in line with our strategy of investing in large metropolitan markets, we disposed of most of our billboards in Salt Lake City in exchange for billboards in New Jersey. This exchange resulted in a gain of $9.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

International.  Our International segment contributed 13% and 15% to our total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

 

      Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
      2013     2012  

Same-site revenues

   $     122.5      $     130.4   

Noncomparable revenues

            7.2   

Total revenues

     122.5        137.6   

Operating and SG&A expenses

     (102.5     (107.4

Adjusted OIBDA

     20.0        30.2   

Restructuring charges

            (.5

Net loss on dispositions

     (.2     (.5

Depreciation and amortization

     (21.7     (23.3

Operating income (loss)

   $ (1.9   $ 5.9   

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, total International revenues decreased $15.1 million, or 11%, to $122.5 million from $137.6 million for the same prior-year period. In constant dollars, which reflects revenues for the prior-year period translated based on foreign exchange rates during the current year period, total revenues decreased 10%. Same-site revenues for our International segment decreased 6%, reflecting a decline in Canada associated with the residual impact from the nonrenewal of transit contracts in prior periods and lower political advertising revenues in Latin America.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, International operating and SG&A expenses decreased $4.9 million, or 5%, to $102.5 million from $107.4 million for the same prior-year period primarily driven by lower expenses from the nonrenewal of several low-margin and unprofitable contracts.

 

 

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, International Adjusted OIBDA decreased $10.2 million, or 34%, to $20.0 million from $30.2 million for the same prior-year period, driven by the above mentioned factors.

Corporate.  Corporate expenses primarily include expenses associated with employees who provide centralized services, as well as our total stock-based compensation expense. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, corporate expenses also included professional fees of $6.8 million associated with matters related to our election and qualification to be taxed as a REIT. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, corporate expenses increased $11.8 million to $21.4 million from $9.6 million for the same prior-year period, primarily reflecting these professional fees as well as increases in other professional fees. Stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 was $5.8 million and $4.3 million, respectively.

Analysis of Full Year Results of Operations—2012 vs. 2011 and 2011 vs. 2010

Revenues.  For 2012, total revenues increased $7.5 million, or 1%, to $1.28 billion, compared to the prior year reflecting improvement in the economy, partially offset by the impact of the nonrenewal of certain contracts. Same-site revenues for 2012 increased 3% from 2011.

Total billboard revenues increased $19.4 million, or 2%, to $913.6 million in 2012 from $894.2 million in 2011, principally driven by an increase in the number of digital billboard displays, which were mainly converted from static displays, to approximately 280 at December 31, 2012 from approximately 170 at December 31, 2011. Revenues generated from billboard displays that were digital at December 31, 2012, were $57.4 million for 2012, an increase of $14.6 million, or 34%, compared to revenues on the same billboard displays (whether static or digital) for the comparable prior-year period. Billboard revenue growth also reflects increased occupancy in the United States and higher political advertising in Latin America due to the presidential election in Mexico, partially offset by the negative impact of foreign exchange rate changes.

Total transit and other revenues decreased $11.9 million, or 3%, to $371.0 million in 2012 from $382.9 million in 2011, driven by the nonrenewal of several transit contracts with municipalities, mainly with the Toronto Transit Commission, which was partially offset by new transit contracts with the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority (“MTA”) to operate certain digital transit displays in New York City. In aggregate, the nonrenewal and addition of new transit agreements resulted in a net decrease to transit and other revenues of eight percentage points. Absent these additional and nonrenewed agreements, underlying growth in transit revenues for 2012 mainly reflects increased occupancy.

The following table presents a reconciliation of same-site revenues to total reported revenues. Same-site revenues are adjusted to exclude revenues attributable to any billboards or transit agreements which were not in place for both periods in their entirety, as a result of acquisitions, new agreements, divestitures, and nonrenewals.

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012        2011    

Same-site revenues

   $     1,253.6       $     1,217.0   

Noncomparable revenues

     31.0         60.1   

Total revenues

   $ 1,284.6       $ 1,277.1   

For 2011, total revenues increased $63.0 million, or 5%, to $1.28 billion from $1.21 billion in 2010, driven by growth from both billboard and transit revenues, reflecting increased demand as the economy continued to improve in 2011. Total billboard revenues increased $41.3 million, or 5%, to $894.2 million in 2011 from $852.9 million in 2010, driven by an increase in the number of digital billboard displays, which were mainly converted from static displays, to approximately 170 at December 31, 2011 from approximately 100 at December 31, 2010, as well as rate increases and increased occupancy in the United States. Revenues generated from billboard displays that were digital at December 31, 2011 were $40.2 million for 2011, an increase of $11.7 million, or 41%, compared to revenues on the same billboard displays (whether static or digital) for the comparable prior-year period.

 

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Total transit and other revenues increased $21.7 million, or 6%, to $382.9 million in 2011 from $361.2 million in 2010, principally driven by higher average rates and the addition of a new transit agreement with the New York MTA in February 2010.

The following table presents a reconciliation of same-site revenues to total reported revenues for the year ended December 31, 2011 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010.

 

Year Ended December 31,    2011        2010    

Same-site revenues

   $     1,202.1       $     1,141.9   

Noncomparable revenues

     75.0         72.2   

Total revenues

   $ 1,277.1       $ 1,214.1   

Operating Expenses.  For 2012, operating expenses increased $10.7 million, or 2%, to $700.1 million from $689.4 million in 2011 and for 2011 increased $2.4 million to $689.4 million from $687.0 million in 2010.

The table below presents our operating expenses by type.

 

                      Increase/(Decrease)             Increase/(Decrease)  
Year Ended December 31,    2012      2011      2012 vs. 2011     2010      2011 vs. 2010  

Billboard property lease

   $   279.0       $   272.2       $ 6.8        2   $   269.1       $ 3.1        1

Transit franchise

     203.8         208.1         (4.3     (2     214.4         (6.3     (3

Posting, maintenance and other site-related

     207.8         198.5         9.3        5        194.3         4.2        2   

Other

     9.5         10.6         (1.1     (10     9.2         1.4        15   

Total operating expenses

   $ 700.1       $ 689.4       $ 10.7        2   $ 687.0       $ 2.4       

Billboard property lease expenses represented 40% of total operating expenses in 2012, and 39% in both 2011 and 2010. Billboard property lease expenses increased $6.8 million, or 2%, to $279.0 million in 2012 from $272.2 million in 2011, principally due to higher contingent rent expenses associated with the increase in billboard revenues. For 2011, billboard property lease expenses increased $3.1 million, or 1%, to $272.2 million from $269.1 million in 2010, principally due to higher contingent rent expenses associated with the increase in billboard revenues, partially offset by cost decreases associated with the renegotiation of leases upon their renewal.

Transit franchise expenses represented 29%, 30% and 31% of total operating expenses for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Transit franchise expenses decreased $4.3 million, or 2%, to $203.8 million in 2012 from $208.1 million in 2011, principally driven by the nonrenewal of the contract with the Toronto Transit Commission, partially offset by higher revenue-sharing expenses in the United States associated with the increase in transit and other revenues. For 2011, transit franchise expenses decreased $6.3 million, or 3%, to $208.1 million from $214.4 million in 2010, principally reflecting the negotiation of cost reductions upon the renewal of a transit contract in Washington, D.C., partially offset by increased expenses associated with new transit contracts, mainly with the New York MTA.

Posting, maintenance and other site-related expenses represented 30%, 29% and 28% of total operating expenses for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Posting, maintenance and other site-related expenses increased $9.3 million, or 5%, to $207.8 million in 2012 from $198.5 million in 2011, principally due to a tax imposed on the billboard industry in Toronto which resulted in a $12.4 million expense in 2012, including a one-time retroactive payment of $7.9 million. Based on our current portfolio of billboards in Toronto, this tax will result in an annual expense of approximately $4.5 million, beginning in 2013. This increase was partially offset by cost decreases associated with foreign exchange rate changes. For 2011, posting, maintenance and other site-related expenses increased $4.2 million, or 2%, to $198.5 million from $194.3 million in 2010, principally reflecting a municipal billboard tax reimbursement in 2010 associated with billboards in South America.

 

 

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.  SG&A expenses represented 14% of revenues for both 2012 and 2011, and 15% for 2010. SG&A expenses increased $3.4 million, or 2%, to $181.8 million in 2012 from $178.4 million in 2011, principally reflecting higher employee compensation expenses, including benefits. For 2011, SG&A expenses decreased $3.0 million, or 2%, to $178.4 million from $181.4 million in 2010 principally due to a reduction in bad debt expense driven by our improved collection rates resulting from improved economic conditions.

Restructuring Charges.  During 2012, 2011 and 2010, in efforts to reduce our cost structure, we recorded restructuring charges of $2.5 million, $3.0 million and $3.9 million, respectively, primarily in the United States segment. The charges principally reflect severance costs associated with the elimination of positions across various departments.

Net Loss on Dispositions.  During 2012, 2011 and 2010, we recorded net losses from dispositions of $2.2 million, $2.0 million and $1.1 million, respectively.

Depreciation.  For 2012, depreciation decreased $3.1 million, or 3%, to $105.9 million from $109.0 million in 2011, principally driven by lower depreciation associated with disposed billboards. For 2011, depreciation increased $1.4 million, or 1%, to $109.0 million from $107.6 million in 2010, principally reflecting the impact of foreign exchange rate changes.

Amortization.  For 2012, amortization decreased $12.0 million, or 12%, to $90.9 million from $102.9 million in 2011 and for 2011 decreased $3.7 million, or 3%, to $102.9 million from $106.6 million in 2010. The decreases for both periods were principally a result of certain leasehold agreements becoming fully amortized. During 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, direct lease acquisition costs of $31.4 million, $32.1 million and $30.9 million were capitalized and $31.1 million, $32.1 million and $30.9 million were amortized.

Other Income (Expense), Net.  For all the periods presented “Other income (expense), net” primarily reflects foreign exchange gains and losses.

Provision for Income Taxes.  Our income tax provisions as presented herein are calculated on a separate tax return basis, even though our U.S. operating results are included in the consolidated federal and certain state and local income tax returns of CBS. CBS manages its tax position for the benefit of the entire portfolio of its businesses and, as such, the assumptions, methodologies and calculations made for purposes of determining our tax provision and related tax accounts in the combined consolidated financial statements herein may differ from those made by CBS and, in addition, are not necessarily reflective of the tax strategies that we would have followed as a separate stand-alone company.

The provision for income taxes represents federal, state, local and foreign taxes on income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies. The provision for income taxes was $89.0 million in 2012, $87.8 million in 2011 and $57.1 million in 2010, reflecting an effective income tax rate of 44.5% in 2012, 45.4% in 2011 and 45.1% in 2010.

Equity in Earnings of Investee Companies, Net of Tax.  Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax of $2.2 million for 2012, $1.7 million for 2011 and $1.8 million for 2010 reflects our share of the operating results of our 50% owned joint ventures, which consists of two out-of-home advertising companies that operate transit shelters in Los Angeles and Vancouver, BC.

Net Income.  We reported net income of $113.4 million in 2012, $107.1 million in 2011 and $71.3 million in 2010. The increases in net income were mainly driven by the revenue growth.

Segment Results of Operations—For the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

The following tables present our revenues, Adjusted OIBDA, operating income (loss) and depreciation and amortization by segment, for each of the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010. We present Adjusted OIBDA as the primary measure of profit and loss for our operating segments in accordance with FASB guidance for segment reporting. We believe the presentation of Adjusted OIBDA is

 

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relevant and useful for users of our financial statements because it allows the users to view segment performance in a manner similar to the primary method used by our management and enhances their ability to understand our operating performance.

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012       2011       2010    

Revenues:

      
  United States    $     1,098.6      $     1,051.5      $ 996.0   
  International      186.0        225.6        218.1   

 Total revenues

   $ 1,284.6      $ 1,277.1      $     1,214.1   
      
Year Ended December 31,    2012       2011       2010    

Adjusted OIBDA:

      

  United States

   $ 385.4      $ 364.7      $ 307.6   

  International

     30.5        57.2        50.0   

  Corporate

     (13.2     (12.6     (11.9

Total Adjusted OIBDA

     402.7        409.3        345.7   

Restructuring charges

     (2.5     (3.0     (3.9

Net loss on dispositions

     (2.2     (2.0     (1.1

Depreciation

     (105.9     (109.0     (107.6

Amortization

     (90.9     (102.9     (106.6

Operating income

     201.2        192.4        126.5   

Other income (expense), net

     (1.0     .8        .1   

Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies

     200.2        193.2        126.6   

Provision for income taxes

     (89.0     (87.8     (57.1

Equity in earnings of investee companies,
net of tax

     2.2        1.7        1.8   

Net income

   $ 113.4      $ 107.1      $ 71.3   

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012     2011     2010     

Operating income (loss):

      

  United States

   $     216.4      $     192.2      $     136.2      

  International

     (2.0     12.8        2.2      

  Corporate

     (13.2     (12.6     (11.9)     

    Total operating income

   $ 201.2      $ 192.4      $ 126.5      

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012      2011      2010     

Depreciation and amortization:

        

  United States

   $     165.6       $     168.2       $     167.9      

  International

     31.2         43.7         46.3      

    Total depreciation and amortization

   $ 196.8       $ 211.9       $ 214.2      

United States.  Our United States segment contributed 86% to total revenues in 2012 and 82% to total revenues in each of 2011 and 2010.

 

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2012 vs. 2011

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012        2011  

Same-site revenues

   $ 1,075.1       $ 1,032.4   

Noncomparable revenues

     23.5         19.1   

Total revenues

         1,098.6              1,051.5   

Operating and SG&A expenses

     (713.2      (686.8

Adjusted OIBDA

     385.4         364.7   

Restructuring charges

     (1.8      (2.2

Net loss on dispositions

     (1.6      (2.1

Depreciation and amortization

     (165.6      (168.2

Operating income

   $ 216.4       $ 192.2   

For 2012, total United States revenues increased $47.1 million, or 4%, to $1.10 billion from $1.05 billion in 2011, primarily reflecting the conversion of additional traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays, which generate more revenues than traditional static billboard displays, and improvement in the economy. Total revenue growth was led by increases in our two largest markets, New York City and Los Angeles, which increased 11% and 4%, respectively. Revenues from United States billboards increased $23.9 million, or 3%, to $770.7 million in 2012 from $746.8 million in 2011, reflecting higher pricing and occupancy rates and growth attributable to an increase in the number of digital billboard displays to approximately 280 at December 31, 2012 from approximately 170 at December 31, 2011. Revenues generated from billboard displays that were digital at December 31, 2012 were $57.4 million for 2012, an increase of $14.6 million, or 34%, compared to revenues on the same billboard displays (whether static or digital) for the comparable prior-year period. Transit and other revenues in the United States increased $23.2 million, or 8%, to $327.9 million in 2012 from $304.7 million in 2011, principally driven by new contracts with the New York MTA to operate certain digital transit displays in New York City and an increase in occupancy.

For 2012, United States operating and SG&A expenses increased $26.4 million, or 4%, to $713.2 million from $686.8 million in 2011, primarily reflecting higher contingent rent and revenue-sharing expenses associated with the increase in revenues.

For 2012, United States Adjusted OIBDA increased $20.7 million, or 6%, to $385.4 million from $364.7 million in 2011 primarily driven by the aforementioned revenue growth. For the United States, the Adjusted OIBDA margin was 35% in both 2012 and 2011.

2011 vs. 2010

 

Year Ended December 31,    2011       2010  

Same-site revenues

   $ 976.5      $ 923.8   

Noncomparable revenues

     75.0        72.2   

Total revenues

     1,051.5        996.0   

Operating and SG&A expenses

     (686.8     (688.4

Adjusted OIBDA

            364.7             307.6   

Restructuring charges

     (2.2     (2.2

Net loss on dispositions

     (2.1     (1.3

Depreciation and amortization

     (168.2     (167.9

Operating income

   $ 192.2      $ 136.2   

For 2011, total United States revenues increased $55.5 million, or 6%, to $1.05 billion from $996.0 million in 2010, reflecting a recovery in the economy in 2011, the conversion of additional traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays and the addition of new transit agreements with municipalities. Revenue growth was led by increases of 10% in both New York City and Los Angeles. Revenues from

 

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United States billboards increased $33.3 million, or 5%, to $746.8 million in 2011 from $713.5 million in 2010, reflecting higher pricing and growth attributable to an increase in the number of digital billboard displays to approximately 170 at December 31, 2011 from approximately 100 at December 31, 2010. Revenues generated from billboard displays that were digital at December 31, 2011 were $40.2 million for 2011, an increase of $11.7 million, or 41%, compared to revenues on the same billboard displays (whether static or digital) for the comparable prior-year period. Transit and other revenues in the United States increased $22.2 million, or 8%, to $304.7 million in 2011 from $282.5 million in 2010, driven by higher average rates and the addition of a new transit agreement with the New York MTA in February 2010, partially offset by the nonrenewal of several small agreements in 2010.

For 2011, United States operating and SG&A expenses decreased $1.6 million to $686.8 million from $688.4 million in 2010, primarily reflecting cost decreases associated with the renegotiation of contracts upon their renewal which was offset by higher contingent rent and expenses associated with the increase in revenues.

For 2011, United States Adjusted OIBDA increased $57.1 million, or 19%, to $364.7 million from $307.6 million in 2010 and the Adjusted OIBDA margin increased to 35% in 2011 from 31% in 2010. These increases were primarily driven by the revenue growth and lower costs associated with renegotiated billboard property leases and transit contracts.

International.  International contributed 14% to total revenues in 2012 and 18% to total revenues in both 2011 and 2010.

2012 vs. 2011

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012       2011   

Same-site revenues

   $   178.5        $   184.6    

Noncomparable revenues

     7.5          41.0    

Total revenues

     186.0          225.6    

Operating and SG&A expenses

          (155.5)              (168.4)   

Adjusted OIBDA

     30.5          57.2    

Restructuring charges

     (.7)         (.8)   

Net (loss) gain on dispositions

     (.6)         .1    

Depreciation and amortization

     (31.2)         (43.7)   

Operating income (loss)

   $ (2.0)       $ 12.8    

For 2012, total International revenues decreased $39.6 million, or 18%, to $186.0 million from $225.6 million in 2011 principally reflecting the nonrenewal of contracts in Canada, primarily with the Toronto Transit Commission, and the negative impact of foreign exchange rate changes. In constant dollars, total International revenues decreased 15%. Same-site revenues for our International segment decreased 3% reflecting the negative impact of foreign exchange rate changes.

For 2012, International operating and SG&A expenses decreased $12.9 million, or 8%, to $155.5 million from $168.4 million in 2011, principally reflecting cost decreases from the nonrenewal of transit contracts in Canada and the effect of foreign exchange rate changes, partially offset by a tax imposed on the outdoor billboard industry in Toronto which resulted in a $12.4 million payment in 2012, including a one-time retroactive payment of $7.9 million.

For 2012, International Adjusted OIBDA decreased $26.7 million, or 47%, to $30.5 million from $57.2 million in 2011, principally driven by the nonrenewal of transit contracts and the aforementioned tax imposed on the billboard industry in Toronto. International depreciation and amortization decreased $12.5 million to $31.2 million in 2012 from $43.7 million in 2011, principally resulting from certain leasehold agreements becoming fully amortized.

 

 

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2011 vs. 2010

 

Year Ended December 31,    2011       2010   

Same-site revenues

   $   225.6        $   218.1    

Noncomparable revenues

     —          —    

Total revenues

     225.6          218.1    

Operating and SG&A expenses

     (168.4)         (168.1)   

Adjusted OIBDA

     57.2          50.0    

Restructuring charges

     (.8)         (1.7)   

Net gain on dispositions

     .1          .2    

Depreciation and amortization

     (43.7)         (46.3)   

Operating income

   $ 12.8        $ 2.2    

For 2011, International revenues increased $7.5 million, or 3%, to $225.6 million from $218.1 million in 2010 principally driven by the favorable impact of foreign exchange rate changes. In constant dollars, International revenues were flat reflecting constant dollar revenue growth in Latin America, offset by a decline in Canada.

For 2011, International operating and SG&A expenses increased slightly to $168.4 million from $168.1 million in 2010 principally driven by expense increases associated with foreign exchange rate changes, which was offset by lower expenses for billboard site related costs.

For 2011, International Adjusted OIBDA increased $7.2 million, or 14%, to $57.2 million from $50.0 million in 2010, primarily driven by lower billboard site related expenses.

Corporate.  Corporate expenses primarily include expenses associated with employees who provide centralized services, as well as our total stock-based compensation expense. Corporate expenses were $13.2 million for 2012, $12.6 million for 2011 and $11.9 million for 2010 and included stock-based compensation expense of $5.7 million, $5.0 million and $4.3 million for 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Quarterly Financial Data

Our revenues and profits experience seasonality due to seasonal advertising patterns and influences on advertising markets. Typically, our revenues and profits are highest in the fourth quarter, during the holiday shopping season, and lowest in the first quarter, as advertisers cut back on spending following the holiday shopping season.

 

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The tables below present our quarterly results, by segment, for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011.

 

2013   

First

Quarter

   

Second

Quarter

   

Third

Quarter

          Nine Months
Ended
September 30
 

Revenues:

           

  United States

   $     245.2      $     285.9      $     296.5         $     827.6   

  International

     34.0        46.8        41.7             122.5   

Total revenues

   $ 279.2      $ 332.7      $ 338.2           $ 950.1   

Adjusted OIBDA:

           

  United States

   $ 80.1      $ 106.4      $ 113.7         $ 300.2   

  International

     .6        11.6        7.8           20.0   

  Corporate

     (6.9     (6.5     (8.0          (21.4

Total Adjusted OIBDA

     73.8        111.5        113.5           298.8   

Net gain (loss) on dispositions

     9.8        (.1     .1           9.8   

Depreciation

     (26.0     (25.9     (26.4        (78.3

Amortization

     (22.9     (22.7     (22.6          (68.2

Total operating income

   $ 34.7      $ 62.8      $ 64.6           $ 162.1   

Operating income (loss):

           

  United States

   $ 48.2      $ 65.2      $ 72.0         $ 185.4   

  International

     (6.6     4.1        .6           (1.9
  Corporate      (6.9     (6.5     (8.0          (21.4

Total operating income

   $ 34.7      $ 62.8      $ 64.6           $ 162.1   

Net income

   $ 19.9      $ 36.4      $ 37.2           $ 93.5   

 

2012   

First

Quarter

   

Second

Quarter

   

Third

Quarter

   

Fourth

Quarter

    Total Year  

Revenues:

          

  United States

   $     244.6      $     281.7      $     284.9      $     287.4      $     1,098.6   

  International

     41.3        49.7        46.6        48.4        186.0   

Total revenues

   $ 285.9      $ 331.4      $ 331.5      $ 335.8      $ 1,284.6   

Adjusted OIBDA:

          

  United States

   $ 76.7      $ 101.9      $ 108.1      $ 98.7      $ 385.4   

  International

     5.9        13.3        11.0        .3        30.5   

  Corporate

     (3.0     (3.1     (3.5     (3.6     (13.2

Total Adjusted OIBDA

     79.6        112.1        115.6        95.4        402.7   

Restructuring charges

            (.5     (1.9     (.1     (2.5

Net loss on dispositions

     (.8     (.7     (.3     (.4     (2.2

Depreciation

     (26.5     (26.8     (26.7     (25.9     (105.9

Amortization

     (22.1     (22.8     (23.0     (23.0     (90.9

Total operating income

   $ 30.2      $ 61.3      $ 63.7      $ 46.0      $ 201.2   

Operating income (loss):

          

  United States

   $ 35.1      $ 59.3      $ 64.5      $ 57.5      $ 216.4   

  International

     (1.9     5.1        2.7        (7.9     (2.0
  Corporate      (3.0     (3.1     (3.5     (3.6     (13.2

Total operating income

   $ 30.2      $ 61.3      $ 63.7      $ 46.0      $ 201.2   

Net income

   $ 18.7      $ 37.2      $ 38.7      $ 18.8      $ 113.4   

 

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2011   

First

Quarter

   

Second

Quarter

   

Third

Quarter

   

Fourth

Quarter

    Total Year  

Revenues:

          

  United States

   $     230.9      $     268.9      $     272.0      $     279.7      $     1,051.5   

  International

     45.4        61.9        59.0        59.3        225.6   

Total revenues

   $ 276.3      $ 330.8      $ 331.0      $ 339.0      $ 1,277.1   

Adjusted OIBDA:

          

  United States

   $ 64.7      $ 91.2      $ 104.4      $ 104.4      $ 364.7   

  International

     7.6        17.9        14.0        17.7        57.2   

  Corporate

     (3.1     (3.2     (3.3     (3.0     (12.6

Total Adjusted OIBDA

     69.2        105.9        115.1        119.1        409.3   

Restructuring charges

            (.5     (1.6     (.9     (3.0

Net loss on dispositions

     (.7     (.5     (.5     (.3     (2.0

Depreciation

     (27.7     (27.1     (26.9     (27.3     (109.0

Amortization

     (25.9     (26.6     (26.3     (24.1     (102.9

Total operating income

   $ 14.9      $ 51.2      $ 59.8      $ 66.5      $ 192.4   

Operating income (loss):

          

  United States

   $ 22.8      $ 48.8      $ 60.2      $ 60.4      $ 192.2   

  International

     (4.8     5.6        2.9        9.1        12.8   
  Corporate      (3.1     (3.2     (3.3     (3.0     (12.6

Total operating income

   $ 14.9      $ 51.2      $ 59.8      $ 66.5      $ 192.4   

Net income

   $ 8.1      $ 29.7      $ 33.1      $ 36.2      $ 107.1   

Financial Position

September 30, 2013 vs. December 31, 2012.  Current assets increased by $26.6 million to $341.6 million at September 30, 2013 from $315.0 million at December 31, 2012, primarily due to an increase in prepaid lease and transit franchise costs of $13.2 million, reflecting the prepayment of the annual franchise costs for a transit contract at the beginning of the year, higher prepaid expenses, reflecting timing of payments, and a higher cash balance. The allowance for doubtful accounts as a percentage of receivables decreased to 8.6% at September 30, 2013 from 9.9% at December 31, 2012, reflecting the write-off of certain receivables in litigation. Of the total allowance of $16.9 million at September 30, 2013 and $19.3 million at December 31, 2012, $8.4 million and $10.9 million, respectively, was recorded to fully reserve receivables in litigation, which often take many years to resolve. For those receivables not in litigation, the balance of the allowance was 4.4% of such gross receivables at September 30, 2013 and 4.3% at December 31, 2012.

Net property and equipment, which is mainly comprised of advertising structures, decreased by $53.3 million to $754.6 million at September 30, 2013 from $807.9 million at December 31, 2012, primarily reflecting depreciation expense of $78.3 million and foreign currency translation adjustments, partially offset by capital expenditures of $27.7 million and the acquisition of billboards in New Jersey.

Our intangible assets are primarily comprised of acquired permit and leasehold agreements and franchise agreements which grant us the right to operate out-of-home structures in specified locations and the right to provide advertising space on railroad and municipal transit properties. Intangible assets of $381.2 million at September 30, 2013 decreased $38.8 million from $420.0 million at December 31, 2012, primarily reflecting amortization expense, partially offset by the acquisition of billboards in New Jersey.

Current liabilities decreased by $21.8 million to $183.8 million at September 30, 2013 from $205.6 million at December 31, 2012, primarily due to a decrease in accounts payable and lower accrued compensation reflecting the timing of payments.

December 31, 2012 vs. December 31, 2011.  Current assets decreased by $28.5 million to $315.0 million at December 31, 2012 from $343.5 million at December 31, 2011, primarily due to decreases in cash and cash equivalents of $17.4 million and receivables of $9.7 million. The allowance for doubtful accounts as

 

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a percentage of receivables decreased to 9.9% at December 31, 2012 from 10.8% at December 31, 2011. Of the total allowance of $19.3 million at December 31, 2012 and $22.4 million at December 31, 2011, $10.9 million and $14.6 million, respectively, was recorded to fully reserve receivables in litigation, which often take many years to resolve. For those receivables not in litigation, the balance of the allowance was 4.3% at December 31, 2012 and 3.8% at December 31, 2011 of such gross receivables.

Net property and equipment of $807.9 million at December 31, 2012 decreased by $50.3 million from $858.2 million at December 31, 2011, primarily reflecting depreciation expense of $105.9 million, partially offset by capital expenditures of $53.6 million.

Intangible assets of $420.0 million at December 31, 2012 decreased $59.6 million from $479.6 million at December 31, 2011, primarily reflecting the impact of amortization expense.

Current liabilities increased by $8.9 million to $205.6 million at December 31, 2012 from $196.7 million at December 31, 2011, primarily driven by an increase in accounts payable, reflecting the timing of payments, and higher accrued capital expenditures for digital conversions.

Cash Flows

Prior to the Formation Borrowings, we participated in CBS’s centralized cash management system. Under this system, on a daily basis, any excess cash we generated was automatically transferred to CBS and any additional daily cash flow needs were funded by CBS. As such, CBS benefitted from the positive cash flow we generated, and CBS also provided us with sufficient daily liquidity to fund our ongoing cash needs. As a result, we have historically required minimal cash on hand. On January 31, 2014, at the time of the Formation Borrowings, such participation ceased. See “—Liquidity and Capital Resources.”

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 vs. Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, cash and cash equivalents increased by $3.9 million to $24.1 million at September 30, 2013 from $20.2 million at December 31, 2012, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, cash and cash equivalents decreased by $3.2 million to $34.4 million at September 30, 2012 from $37.6 million at December 31, 2011. The changes in cash and cash equivalents were as follows:

 

      Nine Months  Ended
September 30,
 
              2013                      2012          
     (Unaudited)  

Cash provided by operating activities

   $ 164.9         $ 186.1     

Cash used for investing activities

     (27.3)          (27.6)    

Cash used for financing activities

     (133.1)          (163.5)    

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (.6)          1.8     

Net increase (decrease) to cash and cash equivalents

   $ 3.9         $ (3.2)    

Operating Activities.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, cash provided by operating activities decreased $21.2 million to $164.9 million from $186.1 million for the same prior-year period. This decrease was principally driven by lower collections, mainly in international regions resulting from a decrease in revenues and the timing of collections, as well as higher operating cash taxes due to an increase in domestic pre-tax income.

Historically we have been a part of the consolidated federal and certain state and local income tax returns filed by CBS. Our assumed income tax payments reflected in the Combined Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows have been prepared as if these amounts were calculated on a separate tax return basis, with us as the taxpayer. Assumed cash payments for income taxes of $75.3 million and $73.7 million

 

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for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, include operating cash taxes of $80.8 million and $76.4 million, respectively, offset by excess tax benefits from stock-based compensation of $5.5 million and $2.7 million, respectively, which are presented as cash flows from financing activities.

Investing Activities.  Cash used for investing activities of $27.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 consisted of payments for acquisitions of $10.7 million, mainly for billboards and intangible assets in New Jersey, and capital expenditures of $27.7 million, partially offset by proceeds from dispositions of $11.1 million, mainly from the disposition of billboards in Salt Lake City. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, cash used for investing activities of $27.6 million mainly consisted of capital expenditures.

The following table presents our capital expenditures.

 

      Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
            2013                  2012        

Growth:

     

  Digital

   $ 10.7         $ 12.1     

  Other

     6.2           5.9     

Maintenance

     10.8           9.5     

  Total capital expenditures

   $ 27.7         $ 27.5     

For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, capital expenditures increased $.2 million to $27.7 million from $27.5 million for the same prior-year period. For the full year 2013, we expect our capital expenditures to range from $55 million to $60 million, which will be used primarily for growth in digital billboard displays as well as to improve the quality or extend the life of our United States billboards.

Financing Activities.  Cash used for financing activities of $133.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 consisted of net cash distributions to CBS of $138.6 million and an excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation of $5.5 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, cash used for financing activities of $163.5 million consisted of net cash distributions to CBS of $166.2 million and an excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation of $2.7 million.

Year Ended December 31, 2012 vs. December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2011 vs. December 31, 2010

In 2012, cash and cash equivalents decreased by $17.4 million to $20.2 million at December 31, 2012; in 2011, cash and cash equivalents increased by $18.6 million to $37.6 million at December 31, 2011; in 2010, cash and cash equivalents decreased by $3.4 million to $19.0 million at December 31, 2010. The changes in cash and cash equivalents were as follows:

 

       
Year Ended December 31,    2012       2011       2010   

Cash provided by operating activities

   $     311.3        $     342.1        $     271.9    

Cash used for investing activities

     (53.5)         (52.7)         (50.3)   

Cash used for financing activities

     (277.0)         (267.3)         (225.9)   

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and
cash equivalents

     1.8          (3.5)         .9    

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

   $ (17.4)       $ 18.6        $ (3.4)   

Operating Activities.  In 2012, cash provided by operating activities decreased $30.8 million to $311.3 million from $342.1 million in 2011, as the increase in operating income was more than offset by higher assumed income tax payments. In 2011, cash provided by operating activities increased $70.2 million to $342.1 million from $271.9 million in 2010, primarily driven by the growth in operating income.

 

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Assumed cash payments for income taxes increased $45.6 million to $96.5 million in 2012 from $50.9 million in 2011, principally driven by an increase in domestic pre-tax income and a lower tax deduction for capital expenditures due to the expiration of a tax regulation that provided for a 100% upfront deduction for qualified capital expenditures. For 2011, cash payments for income taxes increased $32.7 million to $50.9 million from $18.2 million in 2010, principally due to an increase in U.S. pre-tax income.

Investing Activities.  In 2012, cash used for investing activities of $53.5 million primarily includes capital expenditures of $53.6 million. In 2011, cash used for investing activities of $52.7 million principally reflected capital expenditures of $45.6 million and acquisitions of $7.9 million, primarily for permit and leasehold agreements. In 2010, cash used for investing activities of $50.3 million principally reflected capital expenditures of $47.2 million and acquisitions of $5.1 million, primarily for franchise agreements and permit and leasehold agreements.

The following table presents our capital expenditures.

 

       
Year Ended December 31,            2012              2011              2010  

  Growth:

        

    Digital

   $ 27.7       $ 19.5       $ 11.1   

    Other

     9.9         10.8         15.7   

  Maintenance

     16.0         15.3         20.4   

Total capital expenditures

   $ 53.6       $ 45.6       $ 47.2   

For 2012, capital expenditures increased $8.0 million to $53.6 million from $45.6 million in 2011, principally driven by growth associated with the conversion of additional traditional static billboards to digital billboards. For 2011, capital expenditures decreased $1.6 million to $45.6 million from $47.2 million in 2010 with decreases in maintenance capital expenditures, partially offset by higher growth capital expenditures for the conversion to additional digital billboard displays.

Financing Activities.  Cash used for financing activities of $277.0 million in 2012, $267.3 million in 2011 and $225.9 million in 2010, principally reflected net cash distributions to CBS of $279.7 million, $269.4 million and $226.0 million, respectively.

Capital Structure

Our long-term debt at January 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   
      At January 31,
2014
 

Term Loan due 2021, net of discount

   $ 798.0   

5.250% Senior Notes due 2022

     400.0   

5.625% Senior Notes due 2024

     400.0   

Total long-term debt

   $ 1,598.0   

On January 31, 2014, we entered into the Senior Credit Facilities, which include the $800 million Term Loan due 2021 and the $425 million Revolving Credit Facility, which matures in 2019. On January 31, 2014, we borrowed the full amount of the Term Loan and there were no outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility. The Senior Credit Facilities are governed by a credit agreement, dated as of January 31, 2014 (the “Credit Agreement”), among our wholly owned subsidiaries, CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC (“Capital LLC”) and CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation (“Finance Corp.”), as borrowers, us and the other guarantors from time to time party thereto, Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders from time to time party thereto.

All obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities are unconditionally guaranteed by us and our material existing and future direct and indirect wholly owned domestic subsidiaries (except the borrowers under the Senior Credit Facilities), subject to certain exceptions. All obligations under the Senior Credit Facilities, and the guarantees of those obligations, are secured, subject to certain exceptions, by substantially all of the assets of the borrowers and the guarantors under the Senior Credit Facilities, including a first-priority pledge of all of the capital stock of our subsidiaries directly held by the borrowers and the guarantors under the Senior Credit Facilities (which pledge, in the case of the capital stock of foreign subsidiaries, will be limited to 66% of the voting capital stock and 100% of the non-voting capital stock of each first-tier foreign subsidiary).

 

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The Term Loan bears interest at a per annum rate equal to 2.25% plus the greater of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and .75%. The interest rate on the Term Loan is 3.00% per annum at January 31, 2014. Borrowing rates under the Revolving Credit Facility are based on LIBOR plus a margin based on our consolidated net secured leverage ratio, which is the ratio of (i) our consolidated secured debt (less up to $150 million of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents) to (ii) our consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement). Interest on the Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility is payable at the end of each LIBOR period, but in no event less frequently than quarterly. We pay a commitment fee based on the amount of unused commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility.

The Credit Agreement contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants, representations and warranties and events of default. The occurrence of an event of default under the Credit Agreement could result in the termination of the commitments under the Revolving Credit Facility and the acceleration of all outstanding borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities and could cause a cross-default that could result in the acceleration of other indebtedness, including the full principal amount of the Senior Notes. The terms of the Revolving Credit Facility require us to maintain a maximum consolidated net secured leverage ratio of 3.50 to 1.00, which will be increased to 4.00 to 1.00 upon the occurrence of the REIT election. As of September 30, 2013, on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Formation Borrowings, we would have had a consolidated net secured leverage ratio of approximately 1.9 to 1.0.

We are permitted to prepay amounts outstanding under the Senior Credit Facilities at any time. If a prepayment of the Term Loan is made on or prior to July 31, 2014 as a result of certain refinancing or repricing transactions, we will be required to pay a fee equal to 1.00% of the principal amount of the obligations so refinanced or repriced. Subject to certain exceptions (including in certain cases, reinvestment rights), the Term Loan requires us to prepay certain amounts outstanding thereunder with the net cash proceeds of certain asset sales, certain casualty events and certain issuances of debt.

Also on January 31, 2014, Capital LLC and Finance Corp. issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2022 Senior Notes, bearing interest at 5.250%, and $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2024 Senior Notes, bearing interest at 5.625%. The Senior Notes were issued pursuant to an indenture dated as of January 31, 2014 (the “Indenture”) among Capital LLC, Finance Corp., the Company and the other guarantors party thereto from time to time and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee. The Indenture contains certain customary affirmative and negative covenants and events of default. The occurrence of an event of default under the Indenture could result in the acceleration of the full principal amount of the Senior Notes and could cause a cross-default that could result in the acceleration of other indebtedness, including all outstanding borrowings under the Senior Credit Facilities. The Senior Notes were offered in the United States to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act.

The Senior Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior unsecured basis by the Company and each of its direct and indirect subsidiaries that guarantees the Senior Credit Facilities. Interest on the Senior Notes is payable on May 15 and November 15 of each year, beginning on May 15, 2014.

We may redeem some or all of the 2022 Senior Notes and the 2024 Senior Notes at any time, or from time to time, on or after February 15, 2017 and February 15, 2019, respectively, at a premium that will decrease over time, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date of redemption. Prior to such dates we may redeem some or all of such notes subject to payment of a customary make-whole premium or with the proceeds of certain equity offerings. In connection with the issuance of the Senior Notes, Capital LLC, Finance Corp., the Company and the other guarantors of the Senior Notes entered into a registration rights agreement dated as of January 31, 2014 with the initial purchasers of the Senior Notes (the “Notes Registration Rights Agreement”). Pursuant to the Notes Registration Rights Agreement, we have agreed to use our commercially reasonable best efforts to cause a registration statement to become effective with the SEC relating to an offer to exchange the Senior Notes for registered Senior Notes having substantially identical terms, or in certain cases, to register the Senior Notes for resale. If we

 

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fail to satisfy the registration obligations under the Notes Registration Rights Agreement, we will be required to pay additional interest to the holders of the Senior Notes under certain circumstances.

As a result of the Formation Borrowings, described above, we incurred indebtedness of $1.6 billion, from which we received net proceeds of approximately $1.57 billion after deducting bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection therewith. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we will transfer to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds of approximately $1.52 billion, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of the Formation Borrowings less $50 million, which will remain with us to use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs. See “Use of Proceeds.”

On January 31, 2014, we also entered into the Letter of Credit Facility, pursuant to which we may obtain letters of credit from time to time in an aggregate outstanding face amount of up to $80 million. After the first year, the Letter of Credit Facility will automatically extend for successive one-year periods unless either we or the issuing bank under it elect not to extend it. The same subsidiaries that guarantee the Senior Credit Facilities guarantee the Letter of Credit Facility, and the Letter of Credit Facility is secured on an equal and ratable basis by liens in the same collateral that secures the Senior Credit Facilities.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

We have generated cash flows from operating activities of $311.3 million in 2012, $342.1 million in 2011, $271.9 million in 2010 and $164.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Prior to the Formation Borrowings, we participated in CBS’s centralized cash management system. Under this system, on a daily basis, any excess cash we generated was automatically transferred to CBS and any additional daily cash flow needs were funded by CBS. As such, CBS benefited from the positive cash flow we generated, and CBS also provided us with sufficient daily liquidity to fund our ongoing cash needs. As a result, we have historically required minimal cash on hand. On January 31, 2014, at the time of the Formation Borrowings, such participation ceased.

For the period commencing with the completion of this offering through the day immediately prior to the effective date of our REIT election, based on our historical operating results, we intend to pay an initial quarterly dividend of $         per share. This dividend amount is based on our historical results of operations and cash flows, and our pro forma results of operations. We believe this financial information provides a reasonable basis to evaluate our ability to pay future dividends. We intend to maintain our initial quarterly dividend amount until the earlier of twelve months following completion of this offering or the effective date of our REIT election unless actual results of operations, economic conditions or other factors differ materially from our current assumptions. From and after the effective date of our REIT election, we intend to pay regular quarterly distributions to holders of our common stock in an amount not less than 100% of our REIT taxable income (determined before the deduction for dividends paid and excluding any net capital gains). In addition, if CBS completes the Separation by means of the split-off and we elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, we intend to make one or more Purging Distribution(s) comprised of a combination of cash and stock, a substantial portion of which will be in stock. See “Distribution Policy.”

We continually project anticipated cash requirements for our operating, investing and financing needs as well as cash flows generated from operating activities available to meet these needs. Our short-term cash requirements primarily include payments for operating leases, franchise rights, and capital expenditures. After the completion of our Formation Borrowings, our short-term cash requirements also include payments for interest and after completion of this offering, our short-term cash requirements will also include payments for dividends. We believe that cash remaining on hand after completion of the Formation Borrowings, this offering and the transfer of a portion of the combined net proceeds from the Formation Borrowings and from this offering to CBS, as well as our operating cash flows and borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility, will be sufficient to fund our short-term cash needs.

Our long-term cash needs may include payments for the cash portion of the Purging Distribution(s) and will include principal payments on outstanding indebtedness and payments for acquisitions. Funding for long-term cash needs will come from our cash on hand after completion of the Formation Borrowings and this offering, operating cash flows, our ability to issue debt and equity securities, and borrowing capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

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Contractual Obligations

As of December 31, 2012, our significant contractual obligations and payments due by period were as follows:

 

   
     Payments Due by Period  
      Total      2013      2014-2015      2016-2017      2018 and
thereafter
 

Guaranteed minimum franchise payments(a)

   $ 462.4       $ 159.6       $ 222.8       $ 34.1       $ 45.9   

Purchase obligations(b)

     1.4         1.3         .1                   

Operating leases(c)

     724.9         100.0         174.9         125.4         324.6   

Total

   $ 1,188.7       $ 260.9       $ 397.8       $ 159.5       $ 370.5   

 

(a) We have agreements with municipalities and transit operators which entitle us to operate advertising displays within their transit systems, including on the interior and exterior of rail and subway cars and buses, as well as on benches, transit shelters, street kiosks, and transit platforms. Under most of these franchise agreements, the franchisor is entitled to receive the greater of a percentage of the relevant revenues, net of agency fees, or a specified guaranteed minimum annual payment. Franchise rights are generally paid monthly, or in some cases upfront at the beginning of the year.
(b) Purchase obligations include agreements to purchase goods or services that are enforceable and legally binding and that specify all significant terms, including open purchase orders.
(c) Consists of noncancellable operating leases with terms in excess of one year for office space, billboard sites and equipment. Total future minimum payments of $724.9 million include $702.0 million for our billboard sites.

The above table excludes $4.9 million of reserves for uncertain tax positions and the related accrued interest and penalties, as we cannot reasonably predict the amount of and timing of cash payments relating to this obligation.

In 2013, we expect to contribute $4.0 million to our pension plans. Contributions to our pension plans were $4.1 million in 2012 and $2.9 million in 2011.

In addition, as a result of the Formation Borrowings, we incurred long-term debt of $1.6 billion. The following table presents principal and interest payments related to this debt due by period. Interest on the Term Loan is variable. For illustrative purposes, we are assuming an interest rate of 3.0%. An increase or decrease of 1/8% in our interest rate will change the annual interest expense by $1.0 million.

 

   
       Payments Due by Period  
      Total      2014      2015-2016      2017-2018      2019 and
thereafter
 

Long-term debt

   $ 1,600.0       $ —         $ —         $ —         $ 1,600.0   

Interest on long-term debt

     562.8         56.4         135.0         135.0         236.4   

Total

   $ 2,162.8       $ 56.4       $ 135.0       $ 135.0       $ 1,836.4   

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We use letters of credit and surety bonds, which are indemnified by CBS, primarily as security against nonperformance in the normal course of business. The outstanding letters of credit and surety bonds approximated $78.7 million at September 30, 2013 and $79.6 million at December 31, 2012, and were not recorded on the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets. Upon the renewal of our lease and franchise agreements, and upon the entry into new arrangements with respect to our letters of credit and surety bonds, our letters of credit and surety bonds will no longer be indemnified by CBS.

We may address our letter of credit needs under the Revolving Credit Facility, the Letter of Credit Facility or otherwise.

 

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Critical Accounting Policies

The preparation of our financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amount of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate these estimates, which are based on historical experience and on various assumptions that we believe are reasonable under the circumstances. The result of these evaluations forms the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities and the reported amount of revenues and expenses that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions.

We consider the following accounting policies to be the most critical as they are significant to our financial condition and results of operations, and require significant judgment and estimates on the part of management in their application. For a summary of our significant accounting policies see pages F-22 – F-24 of the notes to the combined consolidated financial statements.

 

   

Impairment of Goodwill.  We test goodwill for impairment on an annual basis and between annual tests should factors or indicators become apparent that would require an interim test. Goodwill is tested for impairment at the reporting-unit level. Each of our segments consists of two reporting units.

The first step of the goodwill impairment test examines whether the carrying value of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value. We compute the estimated fair value of each reporting unit by adding the present value of the estimated annual cash flows over a discrete projection period to the residual value of the business at the end of the projection period. This technique requires us to use significant estimates and assumptions such as growth rates, operating margins, capital expenditures and discount rates. The estimated growth rates, operating margins and capital expenditures for the projection period are based on our internal forecasts of future performance as well as historical trends. The residual value is estimated based on a perpetual nominal growth rate, which is based on projected long-range inflation and long-term industry projections. The discount rates are determined based on the average of the weighted average cost of capital of comparable entities. A downward revision of these assumptions would decrease the fair values of our reporting units. If the fair value of a reporting unit falls below its carrying value, we would then perform the second step of the goodwill impairment test to determine the amount of any noncash impairment charge. Such a charge could have a material effect on the statement of operations and balance sheet.

Based on our most recent impairment test, one reporting unit with a goodwill balance of $39.6 million had an estimated fair value that exceeded its carrying value by 14%. The fair value of each of the remaining three reporting units exceeded their respective carrying values by 20% or more.

 

   

Long-lived Assets.  We report long-lived assets, including billboard advertising structures, other property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and amortization. We depreciate or amortize these assets over their estimated useful lives, which generally range from five to 40 years. For billboard advertising structures, we estimate the useful lives based on the estimated economic life of the asset. Transit fixed assets are depreciated over the shorter of their estimated useful lives or the related contractual term. Our long-lived identifiable intangible assets primarily consist of acquired permits and leasehold agreements and franchise agreements, which grant us the right to operate out-of-home advertising structures in specified locations and the right to provide advertising displays on railroad and municipal transit properties. Our long-lived identifiable intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, which is the respective life of the agreement and in some cases includes an estimation for renewals, which is based on historical experience.

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assets. The significant assumptions we use to determine the useful lives and fair values of long-lived assets include contractual commitments, regulatory requirements, future expected cash flows and industry growth rates, as well as future salvage values.

 

   

Asset Retirement Obligations.  We record an asset retirement obligation for our estimated future legal obligation, upon termination or nonrenewal of a lease, associated with removing structures from the leased property and, when required by the contract, the cost to return the leased property to its original condition. These obligations are recorded at their present value in the period in which the liability is incurred and are capitalized as part of the related assets’ carrying value. Accretion of the liability is recognized in operating expenses and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the expected useful life of the related asset. The obligation is calculated based on the assumption that all of our advertising structures will be removed within the next 50 years. The significant assumptions used in estimating the asset retirement obligation include the cost of removing the asset, the cost of remediating the leased property to its original condition where required and the timing and number of lease renewals, all of which are estimated based on historical experience.

 

   

Income Taxes.  Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method of accounting. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

Our income taxes as presented herein, including the provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and income tax payments are calculated on a separate tax return basis, even though our U.S. operating results are included in the consolidated federal, and certain state and local income tax returns of CBS. CBS manages its tax position for the benefit of the entire portfolio of its businesses and, as such, the assumptions, methodologies and calculations made for purposes of determining our tax provision, taxes paid and related tax accounts in the combined consolidated financial statements herein may differ from those made by CBS and, in addition, are not necessarily reflective of the tax strategies that we would have followed as a separate stand-alone company.

We are subject to income taxes in both the U.S. and numerous foreign jurisdictions. Significant judgment is required in determining the worldwide provision for income taxes. When recording the worldwide provision for income taxes during an interim period, an estimated annual effective tax rate is applied to interim operating results. In the event there is a significant or unusual item recognized in the operating results, the tax attributable to that item is separately calculated and recorded in the same interim period.

Legal Matters

On an ongoing basis, we are engaged in lawsuits and governmental proceedings and respond to various investigations, inquiries, notices and claims from national, state and local governmental and other authorities (collectively, “litigation”) as the outdoor advertising industry is subject to governmental regulation. Litigation is inherently uncertain and always difficult to predict. Although it is not possible to predict with certainty the eventual outcome of any litigation, in our opinion, none of our current litigation is expected to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows. See “Regulation.”

Market Risk

We are exposed to market risk related to commodity prices and foreign currency exchange rates.

Commodity Price Risk.  We incur various operating costs that are subject to price risk caused by volatility in underlying commodity values. Commodity price risk is present in electricity costs associated with powering our digital billboard displays and lighting our traditional static billboard displays at night.

 

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We do not currently use derivatives or other financial instruments to mitigate our exposure to commodity price risk. However, we do enter into contracts with commodity providers to limit our exposure to commodity price fluctuations. For the year ended December 31, 2012, such contracts accounted for 6.9% of our total utility costs. As of September 30, 2013, we have active electricity purchase agreements with fixed contract rates for locations throughout Illinois, New York and Texas, which expire in September 2014, August 2014, and July 2018, respectively.

Foreign Exchange Risk.  Foreign currency translation risk is the risk that exchange rate gains or losses arise from translating foreign entities’ statements of earnings and balance sheets from functional currency to our reporting currency (the U.S. Dollar) for consolidation purposes. Although certain of our transactions are denominated in the Canadian Dollar, the Mexican Peso and the Brazilian Real, substantially all of our transactions are denominated in the U.S. Dollar, therefore reducing our risk to currency translation exposures.

Accordingly, we do not currently use derivatives or other financial instruments to mitigate foreign currency risk, although we may do so in the future.

Interest Rate Risk.  We are subject to interest rate risk to the extent we have variable-rate debt outstanding, including under our Senior Credit Facilities. We do not currently use derivatives or other financial instruments to mitigate interest rate risk, although we may do so in the future.

Credit Risk.  In the opinion of management, credit risk is limited due to the large number of customers and advertising agencies utilized. We perform credit evaluations on our customers and agencies and believe that the allowances for doubtful accounts are adequate. We do not currently use derivatives or other financial instruments to mitigate credit risk.

Related Parties

CBS Corporation.  We are indirectly wholly owned by CBS. CBS provides us with certain services, such as insurance and support for technology systems. Effective January 1, 2014, our employees began participating in employee benefit plans maintained by us, although certain of our employees may continue to be entitled to benefits under certain CBS defined benefit pension plans. Charges for services and benefits provided to us by CBS are reflected in the combined consolidated financial statements based on the specific identification of costs, assets and liabilities. These financial statements also include allocations of centralized corporate expenses from CBS, such as tax, internal audit, cash management and other expenses. These expenses were determined based on various allocation methods, including factors such as headcount, time and effort spent on matters relating to our company, and the number of CBS operating entities benefiting from such services. Charges for these services and benefits have been included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations and totaled $48.7 million and $35.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $47.7 million, $46.2 million and $45.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, these charges also included professional fees associated with matters related to our election and qualification to be taxed as a REIT. Management believes that the assumptions and estimates used to allocate these expenses are reasonable. However, our expenses as a stand-alone company may be different from those reflected in the Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations.

In addition, prior to the Formation Borrowings, we participated in CBS’s centralized cash management system. Under this system, on a daily basis, any excess cash we generated was automatically transferred to CBS and any additional daily cash flow needs were funded by CBS. As such, CBS benefitted from the positive cash flow we generated, and CBS also provided us with sufficient daily liquidity to fund our ongoing cash needs. As a result, we have historically required minimal cash on hand. On January 31, 2014, at the time of the Formation Borrowings, such participation ceased.

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master separation agreement, tax matters agreement, transition services agreement, license agreement and registration rights agreement. Some of these agreements will continue in accordance with their terms after the Separation. The terms of our separation from CBS, the related agreements and other transactions with CBS will be determined by CBS and thus may not be representative of what we could achieve on a stand-alone basis or from an unaffiliated third party. For a description of these agreements and the other agreements that we will enter into with CBS, see “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions.”

CBS manages its long-term debt obligations based on the needs of its entire portfolio of businesses. Long-term debt of CBS and related interest expense are not allocated to us as none of CBS’s debt is directly attributable to us. None of our debt is guaranteed by CBS.

Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we intend to transfer to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Offering Proceeds, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of this offering less an amount, as determined by CBS, equal to the estimated cash portion of the Purging Distribution(s). We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions related to this offering. We estimate that the Transferred Offering Proceeds will be approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus.

In addition, in connection with the Formation Borrowings, we incurred $1.6 billion of indebtedness, from which we received net proceeds of approximately $1.57 billion after deducting bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection therewith. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we will transfer to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds of approximately $1.52 billion, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of the Formation Borrowings less $50 million, which will remain with us to use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs, as described below.

We will pay the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds (prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part) and the Transferred Offering Proceeds (following the consummation of this offering) to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS (together with shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock) in consideration for the contribution of the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment to us pursuant to the CBS Reorganization Transactions. After making these payments, we expect that we will have retained approximately $            , which will include the amounts retained by us from the proceeds of the Formation Borrowings and this offering, as described above, which we will use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs and which we believe will provide us with sufficient liquidity to pay the cash portion of any Purging Distribution(s) if CBS completes the Separation by means of the split-off and we elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Following the final payment of the Purging Distribution(s) declared in our first REIT taxable year, if any, we will pay to CBS, or CBS will pay to us, as applicable, the difference between the actual cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) and the estimated cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) that was retained by us as described above. See “Use of Proceeds,” “Formation Transactions” and “The Separation.”

We recognize revenues for advertising spending placed by CBS and its subsidiaries. Our total revenues from these transactions were $13.4 million and $14.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $19.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 and $22.9 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Other Related Parties.  We have a 50% ownership interest in two 50/50 joint ventures which operate transit shelters in Los Angeles and Vancouver, BC. These ventures are accounted for as equity investments. These investments, which are included in “Other assets” on the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets, totaled $10.5 million at September 30, 2013, $11.3 million at December 31, 2012 and $14.0 million at December 31, 2011. We provide management services to these joint ventures. Management fees earned from these joint ventures were immaterial for all periods presented.

 

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In November 2013, we sold 50% of our transit shelter operations in Los Angeles for $17.5 million. We and the buyer each subsequently contributed our respective 50% interests in these operations to a 50/50 joint venture we own together. In connection with this transaction, we expect to record a gain in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Viacom Inc. is controlled by National Amusements, Inc., the controlling stockholder of CBS. We recognized revenues for advertising spending placed by various subsidiaries of Viacom Inc. totaling $5.6 million and $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, and $9.4 million, $11.4 million and $11.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

During the first quarter of 2013, we adopted the FASB guidance that requires disclosure of significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component and their corresponding effect on the respective line items of net income.

Fair Value Measurements

During 2012, we adopted the FASB’s amended guidance which clarifies the FASB’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurement requirements and changes certain principles and requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on our combined consolidated financial statements.

Goodwill Impairment Testing

During 2011, we early adopted the FASB’s amended guidance on goodwill impairment testing. Under this guidance, we have the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If based on this assessment we determine it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary.

Recent Pronouncements

Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists

In July 2013, the FASB issued guidance on the presentation of the reserve for uncertain tax positions when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. This guidance requires the reserve for uncertain tax positions to be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to the deferred tax asset for a tax loss or other tax carryforward that would be applied in the settlement of the uncertain tax position. This guidance, which is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013, is not expected to impact the Company’s combined consolidated financial statements.

Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance on the recognition, measurement and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date. Under this guidance we are required to measure our obligations under such arrangements as the sum of the amount we agreed to pay in the arrangement among our co-obligors and any additional amount we expect to pay on behalf of our co-obligors. We are also required to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation. We are currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on our combined consolidated financial statements, which is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013.

 

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OUR INDUSTRY

Advertisers utilize out-of-home media to reach national, regional and local audiences in densely populated major metropolitan areas and along high-traffic expressways and major commuting routes, as well as throughout municipal transit systems. In 2012, out-of-home advertising spending in the United States totaled $7.6 billion, or 4.7% of the $161.2 billion that was spent across all U.S. major media categories, according to a 2013 Zenith Optimedia study on Advertising Expenditure Forecasts. Based on this study, since 1980, out-of-home advertising spending in the United States has increased at an 8.4% compound annual growth rate, has increased as a percentage of total media spending from 1.6% to 4.7% and is projected to continue gaining market share. According to the report, out-of-home advertising spending in the United States is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 4.8% from 2012 through 2015, and growth is expected to be 9.6% over the same time period for Latin America.

Out-of-home advertising is conducted through the following types of advertising structures and sites:

Billboards.  Out-of-home advertising companies generally own billboards, which are located on sites leased through agreements with property owners. Billboard displays can be either static or digital and can come in a variety of forms, including on freestanding billboards and on the exterior and roofs of buildings. Billboards are generally classified by size as bulletins, posters or junior posters:

 

   

Bulletins vary in size and are most typically 14 feet high and 48 feet wide. Located along primary commuting routes, including major expressways and main intersections, bulletins garner high monthly rental rates because of their size and impact in highly trafficked areas.

 

   

Posters vary in size and are most typically 10 feet 5 inches high and 22 feet 8 inches wide, while junior posters are most typically 5 feet high and 11 feet wide. Located in commercial areas and near point-of-purchase locations, posters and junior posters are highly visible to vehicular traffic and are often placed in local neighborhoods where bulletins are not permitted under zoning laws.

Digital billboard displays represent approximately 1% of the current out-of-home billboard market with 4,400 displays, according to the Outdoor Advertising Association of America. The digital billboard display market is a targeted growth opportunity for many of the out-of-home advertising industry’s major participants. Digital billboard displays eliminate the need to physically change advertisement material thereby resulting in reduced production costs. Digital billboard displays have also been met with high demand from advertisers due to the increased consumer engagement they allow in comparison to traditional out-of-home advertising mediums.

Transit and Other.  Advertising displays are also placed on the interior and exterior of rail and subway cars and buses, as well as on benches, trains, trams, transit shelters, urban panels (i.e., smaller-sized billboards located at transit entrances), street kiosks and transit platforms. Out-of-home advertising companies generally hold multiyear contracts with municipalities and transit operators for the exclusive right to display advertising copy on their properties.

 

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REGULATION

The outdoor advertising industry is subject to governmental regulation and enforcement at the federal, state and local levels in the United States and to national, regional and local restrictions in foreign countries. These regulations have a significant impact on the outdoor advertising industry and our business. The descriptions that follow are summaries and should be read in conjunction with the texts of the regulations described herein, which are subject to change. The descriptions do not purport to describe all present and proposed regulations affecting our businesses.

In the United States, the federal Highway Beautification Act of 1965 (the “HBA”) establishes a framework for the regulation of outdoor advertising on primary and interstate highways built with federal financial assistance. As a condition to federal highway assistance, the HBA requires states to restrict billboards on such highways to commercial and industrial areas, and imposes certain size, spacing and other requirements associated with the installation and operation of billboards. The HBA requires the development of state standards, promotes the expeditious removal of illegal signs and requires just compensation for takings, on affected roadways.

Municipal and county governments generally also have sign controls as part of their zoning laws and building codes, and many have adopted standards more restrictive than the federal requirements. Some state and local government regulations prohibit construction of new billboards and some allow new construction only to replace existing structures. Other regulations prohibit the relocation or modification of existing billboards, limit the ability to rebuild, replace, repair, maintain and upgrade “legal nonconforming” structures (billboards which conformed with applicable zoning regulations when built but which no longer conform to current zoning regulations), and impose restrictions on the construction, repair, maintenance, lighting, operation, upgrading, height, size, spacing and location of outdoor structures, and the use of new technologies such as digital signs. In addition, from time to time, third parties or local governments commence proceedings in which they assert that we own or operate structures that are not properly permitted or otherwise in strict compliance with applicable law.

Governmental regulation of advertising displays also limits our installation of additional advertising displays, restrict advertising displays to governmentally controlled sites or permit the installation of advertising displays in a manner that benefits our competitors disproportionately, any of which could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Although state and local government authorities from time to time use the power of eminent domain to remove billboards, U.S. law requires payment of compensation if a state or political subdivision compels the removal of a lawful billboard along a primary or interstate highway that was built with federal financial assistance. Additionally, many states require similar compensation (or relocation) with regard to compelled removals of lawful billboards in other locations. Some local governments have attempted to force removal of billboards after a period of years under a concept called amortization. Under this concept the governmental body asserts that just compensation has been earned by continued operation of the billboard over a period of time. Thus far, we have generally been able to obtain satisfactory compensation for our billboards purchased or removed as a result of governmental action, although there is no assurance that this will continue to be the case in the future.

From time to time, legislation has been introduced in both the United States and foreign jurisdictions attempting to impose taxes on revenue from outdoor advertising or for the right to use outdoor advertising assets. Several jurisdictions have already imposed such taxes based on a percentage of our outdoor advertising revenue in that jurisdiction. In addition, some jurisdictions have taxed our personal property and leasehold interests in outdoor advertising locations using various other valuation methodologies. We expect U.S. and foreign jurisdictions to continue to try to impose such taxes as a way of increasing their revenue. In recent years, outdoor advertising also has become the subject of other targeted taxes and fees. These laws may affect prevailing competitive conditions in our markets in a variety of ways. Such laws may reduce our expansion opportunities or may increase or reduce competitive pressure from other members of the outdoor advertising industry. No assurance can be given that existing or future laws or regulations, and the

 

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enforcement thereof, will not materially and adversely affect the outdoor advertising industry. However, we contest laws and regulations that we believe unlawfully restrict our constitutional or other legal rights and may adversely impact the growth of our outdoor advertising business.

A number of foreign, state and local governments have implemented or initiated taxes (including taxes on revenues from outdoor advertising or for the right to use outdoor advertising assets), fees and registration requirements in an effort to decrease or restrict the number of outdoor advertising structures and sites or raise revenues, or both. Restrictions on outdoor advertising of certain products and services are or may be imposed by federal, state and local laws and regulations. For example, tobacco products have been effectively banned from outdoor advertising in all of the jurisdictions in which we currently do business.

As the owner or operator of various real properties and facilities, we must comply with various foreign, federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations. We and our properties are subject to such laws and regulations relating to the use, storage, disposal, emission and release of hazardous and nonhazardous substances and employee health and safety. Historically, with the exception of safety upgrades, we have not incurred significant expenditures to comply with these laws.

We intend to expand the deployment of digital billboards that display static digital advertising copy from various advertisers that change up to several times per minute. We have encountered some existing regulations in the U.S. and across some international jurisdictions that restrict or prohibit these types of digital displays. However, since digital technology for changing static copy has only recently been developed and introduced into the market on a large scale, and is in the process of being introduced more broadly in our international markets, existing regulations that currently do not apply to digital technology by their terms could be revised to impose greater restrictions. These regulations, or actions by third parties, may impose greater restrictions on digital billboards due to alleged concerns over aesthetics or driver safety.

 

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BUSINESS AND PROPERTIES

Overview

We are one of the largest lessors of advertising space (“displays”) on out-of-home advertising structures and sites across the United States, Canada and Latin America. Our portfolio primarily consists of billboard displays, which are predominantly located in densely populated major metropolitan areas and along high-traffic expressways and major commuting routes. In addition, we have a number of exclusive multiyear contracts that allow us to operate advertising displays in municipal transit systems where our customers are able to reach millions of commuters on a daily basis. We have displays in all of the 25 largest markets in the United States and over 180 markets in the United States, Canada and Latin America, including in some of the most heavily trafficked locations, such as the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and Grand Central Station and Times Square in New York City. We believe that the location of many of our displays is a strategic advantage relative to other forms of advertising. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 329,100 displays in the United States and approximately 26,100 displays across Canada and Latin America. The breadth of our portfolio provides our customers with a multitude of options to serve their varied marketing needs—for example, they can reach a large audience through national, brand-building campaigns (which Apple uses to market its iPhone and iPad products) or advertise by way of localized, action-inducing messages (which McDonald’s employs to make drivers aware of its nearby restaurants). For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we generated revenues, Adjusted OIBDA and operating income of $950.1 million, $298.8 million and $162.1 million, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2012, we generated revenues, Adjusted OIBDA and operating income of $1.28 billion, $402.7 million and $201.2 million, respectively.

We believe that out-of-home advertising is an attractive form of advertising as our displays are ALWAYS ON™ and cannot be turned off, skipped or fast-forwarded, and that it provides our customers with a differentiated advertising solution at an attractive price point relative to other forms of advertising. In addition to leasing displays, we provide other value-added services to our customers, such as pre-campaign category research, creative design support and post-campaign tracking and analytics. We use a real-time mobile operational reporting system that enables proof of performance to customers. Our large portfolio of displays and geographic reach allow us to serve a broad range of customers that includes consumer-focused companies in the entertainment, retail, healthcare, telecom, restaurant, financial services, travel and leisure and automotive industries. During the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, we served approximately 19,500 customers in the United States, including large, national companies such as Anheuser-Busch, Apple, AT&T, Diageo, Disney, McDonald’s, Sony and Verizon, as well as regional and local companies. During the 21 months ended September 30, 2013, 84 of the top 100 advertisers in the United States (as determined by Kantar Media Intelligence) were our customers. As a result of our diverse base of customers, in the United States, no single industry contributed more than 11.0% of our revenues and no single customer contributed more than 1.7% of our revenues during the twelve months ended September 30, 2013.

As of September 30, 2013, we had 343 digital billboard displays in the United States. The majority of our digital billboard displays have been converted from traditional static billboard displays. Increasing the number of digital billboard displays in our most heavily trafficked locations is an important element of our organic growth strategy. Digital billboard displays have the potential to attract additional business from both new and existing customers. We believe that digital billboard displays are attractive to our customers because they allow for the development of richer and more visually engaging messages and provide our customers with the flexibility both to target audiences by time of day and to quickly launch new advertising campaigns. In addition, digital billboard displays enable us to run multiple advertisements on each display (up to eight per minute). As a result, digital billboard displays generate approximately three to four times more revenue per display on average than traditional static billboard displays, and digital billboard displays generate higher profits and cash flows than traditional static billboard displays. As the costs to convert traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays have declined, we have accelerated our conversion efforts, adding approximately 70 digital billboard displays in 2011, 110 digital billboard displays in 2012 and 70 digital billboard displays during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, for a total investment of $57.9 million.

 

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We generally (i) own the physical billboard structures on which we display advertising copy for our customers, (ii) hold the legal permits to display advertising thereon and (iii) lease the underlying sites. These lease agreements have terms varying between one month and multiple years, and usually provide renewal options. We estimate that approximately 75% of our billboard structures in the United States are “legal nonconforming” billboards meaning they were legally constructed under laws in effect at the time they were built, but could not be constructed under current laws. These structures are often located in areas where it is difficult or not permitted to build additional billboards under current laws, which enhances the value of our portfolio. We have a highly diversified portfolio of advertising sites. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 23,100 lease agreements with approximately 18,800 different landlords. A substantial number of these lease agreements allow us to abate rent and/or terminate the lease agreement in certain circumstances, which may include where the structure is obstructed, where there is a change in traffic flow and/or where the advertising value of the sign structure is otherwise impaired, providing us with flexibility in renegotiating the terms of our leases with landlords.

We manage our business through the following two segments:

United States.  As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 329,100 advertising displays in the United States, including the largest number of advertising displays of any out-of-home advertising company operating in the 25 largest markets in the United States. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, our United States segment generated 19% of its revenues in the New York City metropolitan area and 12% in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our United States segment generated $827.6 million of revenues and $300.2 million of Adjusted OIBDA. For the year ended December 31, 2012, our United States segment generated $1.10 billion of revenues and $385.4 million of Adjusted OIBDA.

International.  Our International segment includes our operations in Canada and Latin America, including Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. We are one of the largest out-of-home advertising companies in Canada and Mexico and have significant scale across the other countries in which we operate in Latin America. As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 26,100 advertising displays in our International segment, including approximately 14,400 in Canada. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our International segment generated $122.5 million of revenues and $20.0 million of Adjusted OIBDA. For the year ended December 31, 2012, our International segment generated $186.0 million of revenues and $30.5 million of Adjusted OIBDA.

History

We trace our roots to companies that helped to pioneer the growth of out-of-home advertising in the United States, such as Outdoor Systems, Inc., 3M National, Gannett Outdoor and TDI Worldwide Inc. In 1996, a predecessor of CBS acquired TDI Worldwide Inc., which specialized in transit advertising. Three years later, a predecessor of CBS acquired Outdoor Systems, Inc., which represented the consolidation of the outdoor advertising assets of large national operators such as 3M National, Gannett Outdoor (and its Canadian assets held in the name Mediacom) and Vendor (a Mexican outdoor advertising company) and many local operators in the United States, Canada and Mexico. In 2008, a subsidiary of CBS expanded our business into South America through the acquisition of International Outdoor Advertising Holdings Co., which operated in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay. The company that we are today represents the hard-to-replicate combination of the assets of all of these businesses, as well as other acquisitions and internally developed assets.

Business Strengths

Large-Scale Out-of-Home Advertising Platform.  We believe our large-scale portfolio of advertising structures and sites provides a compelling value proposition to our customers because of our national footprint, large market presence and strategically placed assets in high-traffic locations. A number of our displays are located in areas where it is difficult or not permitted to build additional billboards under current laws, which enhances the value of our portfolio. The size of our portfolio provides us with economies of

 

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scale that allow us to operate, invest and grow our business in an efficient manner. For example, it allows us to cost-effectively roll out new technologies, such as digital billboard displays, and to efficiently service our customers’ campaigns through enhanced audience delivery, measurement and reporting capabilities.

Out-of-Home Advertising Is an Impactful and Cost-Effective Medium.  Unlike other types of media, such as television, radio and the internet, out-of-home advertising is ALWAYS ON™. It cannot be turned off, skipped or fast-forwarded. We believe that this helps our customers to better reach their target audiences. In addition, using out-of-home advertising can be a cost-effective way for advertisers to reach an audience relative to other forms of media; outdoor advertising has an average cost per thousand impressions or “CPM” of $5.22 (i.e., on average, advertisers pay $5.22 for every thousand views of their advertisements on out-of-home advertising structures and sites), as compared with $14.98 for television and $35.50 for newspapers, according to a 2013 SNL Kagan report on Economics of Outdoor & Out-of-Home Advertising.

Significant Presence in Large Metropolitan Markets.  Our portfolio includes advertising structures and sites in all of the 25 largest markets in the United States, covering 50% of the U.S. population. We believe that our positions in major metropolitan markets, such as New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, are desirable to customers wishing to reach large audiences. We believe that our strong positions in these markets provide us with an advantage in attracting national advertising campaigns and enable us to take advantage of increased urbanization within the United States. Our large-scale portfolio allows our customers to reach a national audience and also provides the flexibility to tailor campaigns to specific regions or markets. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, we generated approximately 40% of our revenues from national advertising campaigns. Many of our advertising displays are located in strategic locations with limited supply, including the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles and Grand Central Station and Times Square in New York City.

Diverse and Long-Standing Customer Base.  Our revenues are derived from a broad, diverse set of national, regional and local customers across a range of industries. During the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, in the United States we served approximately 19,500 customers and no single customer contributed more than 1.7% of our revenues. Our broad customer base includes companies in the entertainment, retail, healthcare, telecom, restaurant, financial services, travel and leisure and automotive industries. For the twelve months ended September 30, 2013, in the United States, no single industry contributed more than 11.0% of our revenues. Many of our customers have utilized out-of-home advertising for decades and have been customers of ours for many years.

Strong Profitability and Significant Cash Flow Generation.  Our business has been highly profitable and has generated significant cash flows. In 2012, our Adjusted OIBDA margin was 31.3%. We also benefit from significant operating leverage due to our high proportion of fixed costs, which allows us to generate significant OIBDA and cash flows from incremental revenues. In 2012, we generated cash flows from operating activities of $311.3 million. In addition, most of our capital expenditures are directed towards new revenue-generating projects, such as the conversion of traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays.

Experienced Management.  Members of our management team have served as ambassadors for the promotion of out-of-home advertising as a preferred advertising medium, and we believe that they have been instrumental in the development of industry-wide initiatives to improve audience measurement and targeting capabilities. Our management team includes members of the board and committees of the Outdoor Advertising Association of America and other personnel who are closely involved in advocacy for constituents of the out-of-home advertising industry, including advertisers, consumers and communities.

Growth Strategy

Continued Conversion to Digital Billboard Displays.  Increasing the number of digital billboard displays in our most heavily trafficked locations is an important element of our organic growth strategy, as digital billboard displays have the potential to attract additional business from both new and existing customers. Digital billboard displays generate approximately three to four times more revenue per display on average than traditional static billboard displays, and digital billboard displays generate higher profits and

 

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cash flows than traditional static billboard displays. In addition, digital billboard displays are attractive to our customers because they allow for the development of richer and more visually engaging messages and provide our customers with the flexibility both to target audiences by time of day and to quickly launch new advertising campaigns. As of September 30, 2013, we had 343 digital billboard displays in the United States, representing only approximately 1% of our total billboard displays in the United States. As the costs to convert traditional static billboard displays to digital billboard displays have declined, we have accelerated our conversion efforts, adding approximately 70 digital billboard displays in 2011, 110 digital billboard displays in 2012 and 70 digital billboard displays during the nine months ended September 2013. We intend to spend a significant portion of our capital expenditures in coming years to continue to increase the number of digital billboard displays in our portfolio.

Increased Use of Social Media and Mobile Technology Engagement.  We believe there is potential for growth in the reach and effectiveness of out-of-home advertising through increased use of social media and mobile technology engagement. In the coming years, we intend to pursue these opportunities, including through possible strategic alliances and partnerships with social media and mobile technology companies.

Consider Selected Acquisition Opportunities.  Our national footprint in the United States and significant presence in Canada and the countries in which we operate in Latin America provide us with an attractive platform on which to add additional advertising structures and sites. Our scale gives us advantages in driving additional revenues and reducing operating costs from acquired billboards. We believe that there is significant opportunity for additional industry consolidation, and we will evaluate opportunities to acquire additional advertising structures and sites on a case-by-case basis.

Encourage Adoption of New Audience Measurement Systems.  We believe that the accelerated adoption of the out-of-home advertising industry’s audience measurement system (the “TAB Out-of-Home Ratings”) will enhance the value of out-of-home advertising media by providing our customers with improved audience measurement and the ability to target by gender, age, ethnicity and income. We believe that by providing a consistent and reliable audience measurement metric comparable to those used by other media formats, the TAB Out-of-Home Ratings encourages the incorporation of out-of-home advertising media by independent marketing specialists and advertising agencies that increasingly rely on analytical models to design marketing campaigns.

Drive Enhanced Revenue Management.  We focus heavily on inventory management and advertising rate pricing systems to improve revenue yield over time across our portfolio of advertising structures and sites. By carefully managing our pricing on a market-by-market and display-by-display basis, we aim to improve profitability by ensuring pricing discipline. We believe that closely monitoring pricing and improving pricing discipline will provide strong potential revenue enhancement.

 

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Our Portfolio of Outdoor Advertising Structures and Sites

Investment Diversification

Diversification by Customer

For the year ended December 31, 2012, no individual customer represented greater than 1.7% of our revenues and for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, no individual customer represented greater than 1.9% of our revenues. Therefore, we do not consider detailed information by individual customer to be meaningful.

Diversification by Industry

The following table sets forth information regarding the diversification of revenues earned in the United States among different industries for the twelve months ended September 30, 2013.

 

  Industry

   Percentage of Total United States
Revenues for the
    Twelve Months Ended September 30, 2013    

  Professional Services

     11%

  Retail

     10%

  Television

       8%

  Entertainment

       7%

  Restaurants/Fast Food

       7%

  Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals

       7%

  Telephone/Utilities

       7%

  Financial Services

       5%

  Casinos/Lottery

       5%

  Automotive

       5%

  Beer/Liquor

       5%

  Travel/Leisure

       4%

  Movies

       4%

  Computers/Internet

       3%

  Food/Non-Alcoholic Beverages

       3%

  Other(1)

       9%
  

 

Total

   100%
  

 

 

(1) No single industry in “Other” individually represents more than 2% of total revenues.

 

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Diversification by Geography

Our advertising structures and sites are geographically diversified across 39 states and seven countries, as well as Puerto Rico. The following table sets forth information regarding the geographic diversification of our advertising structures and sites, which are listed in order of contributions to total revenue.

 

    Percentage of Revenues for
the Twelve Months Ended
September 30, 2013
        Number of Displays as of
September 30, 2013
 
                 

Location

(Metropolitan Area)

  Static
  Billboard  
Displays
    Digital
  Billboard  
Displays
    Transit
and
Other
Displays
    Total
Displays
        Static
Billboard
Displays
    Digital
Billboard
Displays
    Transit and
Other
Displays
    Total     Percentage
of Total
Displays
 
   

New York, NY

    3%        8%          51%        17%          162        6        165,566         165,734        47%     
   

Los Angeles, CA

    10%        7%          12%        11%          3,835        4        42,380         46,219        13%     
   

State of New Jersey

    5%        11%          <1%        4%          4,117        17        —         4,134        1%     
   

Miami, FL

    4%        3%          2%        3%          1,041        13        13,370         14,424        4%     
   

Houston, TX

    5%        2%          <1%        3%          1,207        8        —         1,215        <1%     
   

Detroit, MI

    4%        7%          1%        3%          2,365        22        13,483         15,870        4%     
   

Washington, D.C.

    <1%        —          10%        3%          11               19,778         19,789        6%     
   

San Francisco, CA

    3%        9%          1%        3%          1,453        13        543         2,009        1%     
   

Atlanta, GA

    2%        7%          3%        3%          2,466        34        16,375         18,875        5%     
   

Chicago, IL

    3%        2%          <1%        3%          972        7        —         979        <1%     
   

Dallas, TX

    3%        5%          1%        2%          725        15        294         1,034        <1%     
   

Tampa, FL

    3%        5%          <1%        2%          1,684        21        —         1,705        <1%     
   

Phoenix, AZ

    2%        7%          2%        2%          1,842        44        3,178         5,064        1%     
   

Orlando, FL

    3%        3%          <1%        2%          1,558        14        —         1,572        <1%     
   

St. Louis, MO

    2%        2%          <1%        1%          1,462        11        —         1,473        <1%     
   
All Other United States and Puerto Rico     32%        21%          6%        24%          20,048        114        8,906         29,068        8%     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

Total United States

    84%        99%          89%        86%          44,948        343        283,873         329,164        93%     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

Canada

    8%        1%          6%        7%          6,035        10        8,312         14,357        4%     
   

Mexico

    5%        —          2%        4%          4,715        1        84         4,800        1%     
   

South America

    3%        —          3%        3%          2,375               4,540         6,915        2%     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

Total International

    16%        1%          11%        14%          13,125        11        12,936         26,072        7%     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   
Total     100%        100%          100%        100%          58,073        354        296,809         355,236        100%     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
 

Total revenues

(in millions)

  $ 854.6      $ 69.6      $ 361.7      $ 1,285.9               
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

             

Renovation, Improvement and Development

Most of our non-maintenance capital expenditures are directed towards new revenue-generating projects, such as the conversion of traditional static billboard displays to digital. As the costs to convert a traditional static billboard display to a digital billboard display have declined, we have accelerated our conversion efforts, adding approximately 70 digital billboard displays in 2011 and approximately 110 digital billboard displays in 2012. The industry average initial investment required for a digital billboard display is approximately $250,000 according to SNL Kagan. Digital billboard displays generate approximately three to

 

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four times more revenue per display on average than traditional static billboard displays. Digital billboard displays also incur, on average, approximately two to three times more operating costs, including higher variable costs associated with the increase in revenue, than traditional static billboard displays. As a result, digital billboard displays generate higher profits and cash flows than traditional static billboard displays. As of September 30, 2013, we had 343 digital billboard displays in the United States, representing only approximately 1% of our total billboard displays in the United States. We intend to spend a significant portion of our capital expenditures in coming years to continue increasing the number of digital billboard displays in our portfolio.

We routinely invest capital in the maintenance and repair of our billboard and transit structures. This includes safety initiatives, replaced displays as well as new billboard components such as panels, sections, catwalks, lighting and ladders. Our maintenance capital expenditures for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 were $16.0 million, $15.3 million and $20.4 million, respectively. We expect similar levels of maintenance capital expenditures for the year ended December 31, 2013.

Contract Expirations

We derive revenues primarily from providing advertising space to customers on our advertising structures and sites. Our contracts with customers generally cover periods ranging from four weeks to one year and are generally billed every four weeks. Since contract terms are short-term in nature, revenues by year of contract expiration are not considered meaningful.

Our Recent Acquisition Activity

We have historically pursued opportunities to acquire billboards, including the related permits and leasehold agreements. We have completed $10.7 million of such acquisitions during the twelve months ended September 30, 2013. We do not currently have any material pending acquisitions.

Insurance

Prior to the completion of this offering, we are an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS and the advertising structures and sites in our portfolio are covered under CBS’s blanket policy for commercial general liability, fire, extended coverage, earthquake, business interruption and rental loss insurance. We are also covered by other CBS policies, including errors and omissions, terrorism, director’s and officer’s liability, fiduciary liability, employment practices liability, professional liability and workers’ compensation insurance. CBS has advised us that, upon completion of this offering and until the earlier of the time that (i) CBS no longer owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of our outstanding common stock or (ii) we are covered by a stand-alone insurance program, we will continue to be covered by the insurance policies and programs maintained by CBS. We believe that the current policy specifications and insured limits that CBS has selected are appropriate based upon our contract obligations as well as given the relative risk of loss, the cost of the coverage and industry practice. In the opinion of our company’s management, the advertising structures and sites in our portfolio are, and upon completion of this offering will be, adequately insured.

At or before the time that CBS no longer owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of our outstanding common stock, we will have procured a stand-alone insurance program, effective as of such time, with policy specifications and insured limits based on our assessment of our business and the risks we face as a stand-alone company. We cannot predict whether all of the coverage that CBS currently maintains with respect to the structures and sites in our portfolio will be available to us on the same or similar basis as a stand-alone company, or what the future costs or limitations on any coverage that is available to us will be.

Competition

The outdoor advertising industry is fragmented, consisting of several large companies operating on a national basis, such as our company, Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc., JCDecaux S.A. and Lamar Advertising Company, as well as hundreds of smaller regional and local companies operating a limited number of displays in a single or a few local markets. We compete with these companies for both customers and structure and display locations.

 

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We also compete with other media, including broadcast and cable television, radio, print media, the internet and direct mail marketers, within their respective markets. In addition, we compete with a wide variety of out-of-home media, including advertising in shopping centers, airports, movie theaters, supermarkets and taxis. Advertisers compare relative costs of available media, including CPMs, particularly when delivering a message to customers with distinct demographic characteristics. In competing with other media, the outdoor advertising industry relies on its relative cost efficiency and its ability to reach specific markets, geographic areas and/or demographics.

Employees

As of September 30, 2013, we had approximately 2,340 employees, of which 311 were local account executives in our United States segment, 44 were national account executives in our United States segment and 93 were account executives in our International segment. As of September 30, 2013, approximately 2,310 of our employees were full-time employees and approximately 30 were part-time employees. Some of these employees are represented by labor unions and are subject to collective bargaining agreements.

Legal Proceedings

On an ongoing basis, we are engaged in lawsuits and governmental proceedings and respond to various investigations, inquiries, notices and claims from national, state and local governmental and other authorities (collectively, “litigation”) as the outdoor advertising industry is subject to governmental regulation. Litigation is inherently uncertain and always difficult to predict. Although it is not possible to predict with certainty the eventual outcome of any litigation, in our opinion, none of our current litigation is expected to have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial position or cash flows. See “Regulation.”

Offices

Our principal executive offices, which we lease, are located at 405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10174. We and our subsidiaries also own and lease office and warehouse space throughout the United States, Canada and several other foreign countries for our businesses. We consider our properties adequate for our present needs.

 

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MANAGEMENT

Executive Officers Upon Completion of the Offering

The following table sets forth information as of January 31, 2014 regarding individuals who are expected to serve as our executive officers upon completion of this offering. There may be additional individuals we identify as executive officers following the completion of this offering.

 

Name

 

Age

 

Position

Jeremy J. Male

  56   Chief Executive Officer and Director Nominee

Wally Kelly

  57   President and Chief Operating Officer

Donald R. Shassian

  58   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Raymond Nowak

  61   Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and U.S. Chief Financial Officer

Richard Sauer

  56   Executive Vice President, General Counsel

 

None of our executive officers is related to any other executive officer, director or director nominee by blood, marriage or adoption.

Jeremy J. Male was named Chief Executive Officer of the CBS Outdoor business in September 2013. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Executive Officer, UK, Northern Europe and Australia for JCDecaux SA since 2000. He also served as a Member of the Executive Board at JCDecaux SA from October 2000 to September 2013. Prior to that, he served as Chief Executive Officer, Europe, of TDI Worldwide Inc. (later acquired by the CBS Outdoor business).

Wally Kelly has served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the CBS Outdoor business since September 2013. Prior to that, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the CBS Outdoor business since 2003, and prior to that, he served in Executive Vice President and Senior Vice President roles since 1984.

Donald R. Shassian was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the CBS Outdoor business in November 2013. Prior to that, he served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Frontier Communications Corporation since 2006. Before that, he served as an M&A consultant for communications companies pursuing the acquisition and divestiture of local exchange businesses. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President/Chief Financial Officer and later Chief Operating Officer of RSL Communications, Ltd. and Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Southern New England Telecommunications Corporation (SNET) and was a partner with Arthur Andersen. He currently serves on the board of directors and is chairman of the audit committee of UIL Holdings Corporation.

Raymond Nowak has served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and U.S. Chief Financial Officer of the CBS Outdoor business since November 2013. Prior to that, he served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of the CBS Outdoor business since 2002. Prior to that, from 1979 to 1993, Mr. Nowak served in various financial posts and reporting positions at Paramount Communications, a former subsidiary of CBS (when it was known as Viacom Inc.), where he last served as both Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of Madison Square Garden and Vice President of Accounting, Systems and Benefits at Corporate.

Richard Sauer has served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of the CBS Outdoor business since December 2006. Prior to that, he was a partner at the law firm Duane Morris LLP, and before that, a partner at the law firm Jones Day.

Board of Directors Upon Completion of the Offering

Our business and affairs are managed under the direction of our board of directors. Our charter will provide that the number of directors on our board of directors will be fixed exclusively by our board of directors pursuant to our bylaws, but may not be fewer than the minimum required by Maryland law, which is currently one. Our bylaws will provide that our board of directors will consist of not less than one and not more than 15 directors.

 

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Upon the completion of this offering, we expect that our board of directors will consist of seven directors. The following table sets forth information as of January 31, 2014 regarding individuals who are expected to serve as members of our board of directors upon completion of this offering. One additional director nominee is expected to be named prior to the completion of this offering. Upon completion of the Separation, we expect that none of Messrs. Moonves, Ambrosio, Ianniello and Tu will continue to serve on our board.

 

Name

  

Age

  

Position

Anthony G. Ambrosio

   53    Director Nominee

Joseph R. Ianniello

   46    Director

Jeremy J. Male

   56    Chief Executive Officer and Director Nominee

Leslie Moonves

   64    Director

Lawrence P. Tu

   59    Director Nominee

Joseph H. Wender

   68    Director Nominee

 

None of our directors or director nominees is related to any other executive officer, director or director nominee by blood, marriage or adoption.

Anthony G. Ambrosio has been Senior Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer of CBS, our parent company, since July 2013. Prior to that, he served as the Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, of CBS since January 1, 2006. Previously, he served as Co-Executive Vice President, Human Resources of former Viacom Inc. since September 2005 and, before that, he held various human resources positions at CBS, Infinity and Viacom Outdoor businesses since 1985. Mr. Ambrosio’s significant expertise in leading CBS’s global human resources and administration functions will provide our board with an experienced advisor with respect to the recruitment and retention of top executive talent and the management of administrative costs.

Joseph R. Ianniello has served on our board of directors since our company’s formation. Since June 2013, he has served as the Chief Operating Officer of CBS, and prior to that its Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 2009. Previously, Mr. Ianniello served as Deputy Chief Financial Officer of CBS since November 2008, and prior to that, various executive and finance positions at CBS since 2000. With his experience in increasingly complex roles at CBS, Mr. Ianniello brings to our board important business and financial expertise in matters of strategy development and execution and financial management.

Jeremy J. Male was named Chief Executive Officer of the CBS Outdoor business in September 2013. Prior to that, he served as the Chief Executive Officer, UK, Northern Europe and Australia for JCDecaux SA since 2000. He also served as a Member of the Executive Board at JCDecaux SA from October 2000 to September 2013. As a director, with his long and successful career in senior management positions at a number of highly regarded global outdoor companies and his service both as Chairman of the Outdoor Media Centre in the UK and President of FEPE International, an association of Outdoor companies worldwide, Mr. Male brings to our company unparalleled global expertise in the outdoor advertising industry and is well positioned to lead us, through his executive and director roles, as we become an independent public company.

Leslie Moonves has served on our board of directors since our company’s formation. Since January 1, 2006, he has been President and Chief Executive Officer and a Director of CBS, our parent company. Previously, Mr. Moonves served as Co-President and Co-Chief Operating Officer of former Viacom Inc. since June 2004. Prior to that, he served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of CBS since 2003 and as its President and Chief Executive Officer since 1998. Mr. Moonves joined former CBS Corporation in 1995 as President, CBS Entertainment. Prior to that, Mr. Moonves was President of Warner Bros. Television since July 1993. With his experience in all aspects of CBS’s global businesses, Mr. Moonves provides an experienced perspective on the strategic direction of our company. Mr. Moonves is widely recognized as one of the most influential leaders in the entertainment industry and is also an experienced director, with his service on boards of multiple industry associations and his prior service on other public company boards. During the past five years, he was also a director of KB Home.

 

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Lawrence P. Tu has been Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer of CBS since January 1, 2014. Previously, Mr. Tu served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Dell Inc. since July 2004. Prior to that, Mr. Tu served as Executive Vice President and General Counsel of NBC Universal since 2001. He was previously a partner with the law firm, O’Melveny & Myers LLP, and also served five years as managing partner of the firm’s Hong Kong office. Mr. Tu’s prior experience also includes serving as General Counsel Asia-Pacific for Goldman Sachs, attorney for the U.S. State Department, and law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. Mr. Tu holds Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Arts degrees from Harvard University, as well as a Master’s degree from Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar. Mr. Tu is an accomplished executive whose breadth of leadership and legal experience, including with respect to public companies in various industries, will provide our board with an invaluable legal and strategic advisor, as we transition to becoming a separate public company.

Joseph H. Wender has been a Senior Consultant to Goldman Sachs & Co. since January 2008. He began with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in 1971 and became General Partner of the firm in 1982, at which time he headed the Financial Institutions Group for over a decade. Mr. Wender also currently serves as a director of Isis Pharmaceuticals and Grandpoint Capital, a bank holding company, and is an Independent Trustee of the Schwab Family of Funds. With over 35 years of investment banking experience and his service on other boards, Mr. Wender will bring to our board a broad and deep understanding of public company financial reporting, corporate finance and strategic transactions.

Election and Classification of Directors

In accordance with the terms of our charter, our board of directors will be divided into three classes, Class I, Class II and Class III, with each class serving staggered three-year terms, and will be divided as follows:

 

   

The Class I directors will be Messrs.                      and                     , and their term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders expected to be held in 2015;

 

   

The Class II directors will be Messrs.                      and                     , and their term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders expected to be held in 2016; and

 

   

The Class III directors will be Messrs.                     ,                      and                     , and their term will expire at the annual meeting of stockholders expected to be held in 2017.

At each annual meeting of stockholders, upon the expiration of the term of a class of directors, the successor to each such director in the class will be elected to serve from the time of election and qualification until the third annual meeting following his or her election and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies, in accordance with our bylaws. Any additional directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors will be distributed among the three classes so that, as nearly as possible, each class will consist of one-third of the directors.

Director Independence and the “Controlled Company” Exemptions

Upon the completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own more than 50% of our then-outstanding shares of our stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, and we will be a “controlled company” under the NYSE corporate governance standards. As a controlled company, we intend to rely on certain exemptions from the NYSE corporate governance standards, and as a result, you will not have the same protections afforded to stockholders of companies that are subject to all of the NYSE corporate governance requirements. Upon the completion of the offering, we will remain subject to the requirement that we have an audit committee, and we will, by the dates required by the transition provisions of the NYSE corporate governance standards, have the requisite number of audit committee members meeting the independence requirements applicable to audit committee members under those standards. As permitted under the NYSE corporate governance standards, less than a majority of our board of directors will consist of independent directors, and we will not have a compensation committee or a nominating and governance committee.

 

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We expect our board of directors to determine that two of our director nominees, Messrs. Wender and NYSE, will be “independent directors” under the NYSE corporate governance standards. As CBS proceeds with the Separation, once we no longer qualify as a “controlled company” within the meaning of the NYSE corporate governance standards, we will be required, in accordance with the transition provisions of these standards, to have both a compensation committee and a nominating and governance committee. By the dates required by the transition provisions of the NYSE corporate governance standards, we expect to have the requisite number of independent directors on each of these committees.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Upon completion of this offering, we expect that our board of directors will appoint an audit committee. A more detailed description of the purpose, composition and duties of the audit committee will be contained in the committee’s charter, which will be available on our website at                      upon completion of the offering. We expect that our board of directors will perform the functions of a nominating and governance committee and a compensation committee, except to the extent that our board of directors determines to form a committee composed of “outside directors” for purposes of seeking compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code.

Audit Committee

The audit committee will assist our board of directors in fulfilling its responsibility to oversee, among other matters, the integrity of our financial statements, our compliance with legal and regulatory requirements, our independent auditor’s qualifications and independence, and the performance of our internal audit function and independent auditors.

Upon completion of this offering, the members of our audit committee will be Messrs. Ianniello and Wender. We expect our board of directors to determine that both of them are financially literate under the NYSE corporate governance standards and that at least one of them will qualify as an “audit committee financial expert” as defined under the applicable SEC rules. We also expect our board to determine that Mr. Wender meets the independence requirements applicable to audit committee members under the NYSE corporate governance standards and the applicable SEC rules. By the dates required by the transition provisions of the NYSE corporate governance standards and the applicable SEC rules, we will have the requisite number of audit committee members meeting the independence requirements applicable to audit committee members under these standards and rules and the financial literacy requirements.

Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation

During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013, we did not have a compensation committee or any other board committee performing an equivalent function. Decisions regarding the compensation of our executive officers were made by CBS.

Compensation of Directors

Prior to this offering, we have not paid our directors for their service on the board of directors. Our board of directors will set the compensation of our directors. We expect that our board of directors will approve a compensation program for our directors who are not employees of us or CBS (the “Outside Directors”) to be effective upon the completion of the offering, as described below.

Cash Compensation

Each Outside Director would be entitled to receive the following cash compensation as determined by our board:

 

   

A $         annual Board retainer, payable in equal installments quarterly in advance;

 

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A $         annual Committee Chair retainer for the chair of the Audit Committee, payable in equal installments quarterly in advance; and

 

   

A per meeting attendance fee of $         to committee members for each meeting of the Audit Committee.

Equity Compensation

Each Outside Director would be entitled to receive the following awards under our long-term incentive plan, the CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (“Stock Incentive Plan”), which is more fully described under “Incentive Plan Information”:

 

   

An annual grant of restricted share units (“RSUs”) with a value of $         based on the closing price of our common stock on the                      on the date of grant, which RSUs will vest one year from the date of grant, and the first of which annual grant will be awarded upon completion of this offering, with the number of shares for this initial grant to be determined based on the public offering price;

 

   

A prorated RSU grant if he or she joins our board of directors following the date of the annual RSU grant, but during the calendar year of the grant.

Expenses

We expect that members of our board of directors will be reimbursed for expenses incurred in attending board, committee and stockholder meetings (including travel and lodging).

Indemnification and Limitation of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages, except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and which is material to the cause of action. Our charter will contain a provision that eliminates the liability of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

The MGCL requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter will not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL permits us to indemnify any present or former director or officer, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by him or her in connection with any proceeding to which he or she may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:

 

   

the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;

 

   

the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or

 

   

in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

Under the MGCL, we may not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by us or in our right in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to us or in a suit in which the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it

 

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determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses.

In addition, the MGCL permits us to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon our receipt of:

 

   

a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good-faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by us; and

 

   

a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by us if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.

Our charter will authorize us, and our bylaws will obligate us, to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:

 

   

any present or former director or officer who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, a proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; and

 

   

any individual who, while a director or officer of our company and at our request, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of another corporation, real estate investment trust, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity.

Our charter and bylaws will also permit us to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of ours in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of our company or a predecessor of our company.

The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided by the indemnification provisions of our charter and bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any statute, bylaw, resolution, insurance, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

In addition, we intend to enter into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors in the form filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Each indemnification agreement will provide, among other things, for indemnification as provided in the agreement and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by law and our charter and bylaws against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees. The indemnification agreements will provide for the advancement or payment of expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such advancement.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Compensation Discussion and Analysis

Prior to the completion of this offering, we have been an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS. The following Compensation Discussion and Analysis discusses the compensation philosophy of CBS and the compensation committee of CBS’s board of directors (the “CBS Compensation Committee”) applicable to the compensation arrangements for fiscal year 2013 for our executive officers whose compensation is individually disclosed in the tables that appear on subsequent pages (the “named executive officers”). Until the completion of this offering, our executive compensation decisions will continue to be made by CBS’s senior management and/or the CBS Compensation Committee. While our executive compensation programs following completion of this offering may differ from the CBS programs, we expect that our programs will be based on a philosophy that is substantially similar to CBS’s as described below and that promotes the core objectives of paying competitive performance-based compensation, which allows directors and executive officers to make decisions based on business needs and ultimately aligns executive and stockholder interests.

Overview of Compensation Objectives

CBS’s compensation programs are designed to motivate and reward business success and to increase stockholder value. CBS’s compensation programs are based on the following core objectives:

 

   

Stockholder Value Focused:  Align executives’ interests with stockholders’ interests, with particular emphasis on creating incentives that reward executives for consistently increasing the value of CBS.

 

   

Market-based:  Take into account the profile of compensation and benefits programs found in peer companies in order to attract and retain the talent needed to drive sustainable competitive advantage and deliver value to stockholders.

 

   

Performance-based:  Ensure plans provide reward levels that reflect variances between actual and desired performance results.

 

   

Flexible:  Enable management and the board of directors to make decisions based on the needs of the business and to recognize different levels of individual contribution and value creation.

Evaluating Executive Compensation

In reviewing our named executive officers’ executive compensation in 2013, CBS considered competitive market data for executive talent, including reliable market data for base salary, target annual incentive opportunities (as such data is available), actual annual incentive earned, annualized expected value of long-term incentives, and the resulting total actual and target compensation. None of these reviews targeted total compensation amounts to a specific benchmark. With respect to the execution of new or amended employment agreements for the applicable named executive officers, CBS reviewed competitive market data for industry peer companies (i.e., Clear Channel and Lamar Advertising) and for public companies with similar revenues.

Elements of Executive Compensation

CBS’s compensation arrangements with our named executive officers consist of the following elements:

 

   

Base Salary

 

   

Performance-Based Compensation Programs

 

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Annual Bonus Awards

 

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Long-Term Incentives

 

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Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans

 

   

Other Compensation (Perquisites and Other Personal Benefits)

CBS considers these elements in determining an executive’s compensation package in order to reward for both the long- and short-term performance of the executive and CBS. CBS does not use rigid guidelines in determining the mix of compensation elements (i.e., long-term versus currently paid out compensation and cash versus non-cash compensation) for executives. However, CBS does consider the level of base salary of executives as it relates to the allocation of guaranteed versus performance-based compensation.

Base Salary

CBS has provided our named executive officers with a base salary that is sufficiently competitive to attract and retain talented individuals and provides a secure base of guaranteed cash to compensate them for services rendered during the fiscal year. In reviewing base salary during 2013 for Messrs. Kelly, Nowak and Sauer, including in connection with amended employment agreements, as applicable, CBS considered appropriate compensation data for their positions in our industry, individual performance, the base salary level for the executive in relation to his total compensation package, the level of the annual merit increase budget across CBS as a whole, any existing contractual obligations, and the level of base salary as it relates to the allocation of guaranteed versus variable, at-risk compensation. As a result, the salaries of Messrs. Kelly, Nowak and Sauer remained at the same level as the prior year.

In determining an appropriate base salary for Messrs. Male and Shassian under their new employment agreements with our company, as set forth in the “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013—Employment Agreements” section, CBS considered appropriate compensation for their positions in our industry, their base salary at their prior place of employment, their base salary level in relation to their total compensation package and the level of their base salary as it related to the allocation of guaranteed versus variable, at-risk compensation.

Performance-Based Compensation Programs

CBS’s performance-based compensation programs provide for the opportunity to reward executives for contributing to annual financial and operational performance (through annual bonus programs) and for realizing stock price appreciation (through long-term equity incentives).

Annual Bonus Awards

Early in 2013, CBS provided to Messrs. Kelly, Nowak and Sauer an opportunity for annual bonus awards under CBS’s short-term incentive program (the “Bonus Program”). The purpose of the Bonus Program is to benefit and advance the interests of CBS by granting annual bonus awards to executives as “pay for performance”—a reward for their individual contributions to CBS’s annual financial and operational success. For 2013, Mr. Male’s employment agreement provides for a payment in respect of compensation he forfeited when he left his former employer. See “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013—Employment Agreements—Jeremy J. Male.’’ Mr. Shassian did not participate in the Bonus Program with respect to calendar year 2013.

At the beginning of each fiscal year, the CBS Compensation Committee approves funding levels that can be earned for that year for the Bonus Program. These funding levels are based on financial performance goals set by the CBS Compensation Committee that are derived from budget determinations for the relevant year that take into account expected financial performance of CBS’s industry peers for that year, as well as on expected performance of CBS management against key strategic objectives.

In January 2014, the CBS Compensation Committee will evaluate CBS’s actual performance relative to the funding levels in order to determine the aggregate amount available for payouts under the Bonus Program. CBS’s determinations regarding the amount of the annual bonus awards to be paid to the applicable named executive officers will take into account all of the factors it deems appropriate, with no predetermined emphasis on any individual item, and will utilize discretion to award an appropriate bonus. In

 

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determining the bonus amounts, if any, for 2013 to the applicable named executive officers, as set forth in the Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013, we expect that CBS will consider, in accordance with past practice, individual performance factors, historical bonus payouts and the financial performance of the business. CBS will also consider their respective target bonus amounts, as applicable, which amounts are based on competitive practice. See “Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013—Employment Agreements” for a discussion of the named executive officers’ target bonus amounts. The differences in the target bonus amounts set forth in the named executive officer employment arrangements reflect the level of relative impact of each of their positions on our performance. The determination of the amounts for 2013, if any, to Mr. Kelly will be awarded by the CBS Compensation Committee, in connection with the Committee’s review of compensation for certain CBS senior executives identified at the beginning of the fiscal year (“CBS senior executives”), and to the remaining applicable named executive officers will be awarded by CBS senior management.

As part of the Bonus Program, certain CBS executive officers participate in CBS’s Senior Executive Short-Term Incentive Plan (the “CBS Senior Executive STIP”). The CBS Senior Executive STIP is designed to provide for deductibility of amounts paid pursuant to the plan under Section 162(m) of the Code. Prior to the completion of this offering, we intend to adopt a short-term incentive plan for a similar purpose, the CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. Executive Bonus Plan (“Executive Bonus Plan”), which is more fully described below.

Long-Term Incentive Programs

CBS maintains a Long-Term Management Incentive Program (the “LTMIP”), which is designed as a “pay for performance” vehicle to encourage executives to make decisions which will create and sustain long-term value for stockholders. It is also a vehicle used to retain talent and build executive ownership in the stock of CBS. Eligibility to participate in the LTMIP is generally limited to executives who have management responsibility.

The type and mix of equity-based vehicles used to deliver value varies primarily by an executive’s level in the organization and CBS’s business needs. The CBS Compensation Committee considers the following objectives in determining the appropriate type and mix of equity-based vehicles:

 

   

Increased alignment with stockholder interests (Stock Options):  Provide the opportunity to acquire an equity interest in CBS and share in the appreciation of the value of the stock.

 

   

Increased accountability for executive (Performance-Based Stock Awards):  Motivate executives to focus on CBS performance through the achievement of predetermined financial goals over a designated period. Performance goals for performance-based stock awards are set based on financial and operational goals for the relevant fiscal year.

 

   

Retention of talent in both up and down markets (Time-Based Stock Awards):  Provide real value in awards that are earned over a specified vesting period.

In determining the target value to be delivered through these equity vehicles, CBS reviews competitive market data, CBS’s retention needs, potential stockholder dilution, the expense to be incurred by CBS and prior equity grant practices. In determining the value, mix and type of awards, CBS takes into consideration the objectives to allocating award types noted above and the competitive assessment of total compensation as discussed in the “Evaluating Executive Compensation” section above. For 2013, Messrs. Kelly, Nowak and Sauer each received an annual LTMIP award, based on their respective current target values, which reflect the relative impact of the executive’s position on CBS performance. The value of Mr. Kelly’s award was delivered 40% in stock options, 30% in performance-based restricted stock units (“PRSUs”), and 30% in time-based restricted stock units (“TRSUs” and together with PRSUs, “RSUs”). The value of Mr. Nowak’s award was delivered 30% in stock options, 30% in PRSUs, and 40% in TRSUs. The value of Mr. Sauer’s award was delivered 100% in TRSUs. In connection with the execution of Mr. Male’s employment agreement, he was awarded an LTMIP equity grant package delivered 40% in stock options, 30% in PRSUs and 30% in TRSUs. He also received, in connection with the execution of his new employment agreement, a separate award of vested restricted share units subject to holding period

 

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restrictions (the “CBS Vested RSUs”). In connection with the execution of Mr. Shassian’s employment agreement, he was awarded an equity grant package delivered 100% in TRSUs. See the Grants of Plan-Based Awards During 2013 table for the values of these awards.

Performance Goals for PRSUs

The performance goals for PRSUs are set based on financial and operational goals for the relevant fiscal year, which take into account expected performance of CBS’s industry peers for that year as determined by media industry analysts. At the beginning of each year, the CBS Compensation Committee reviews performance goals and considers which metrics offer the best measure of CBS performance. In setting the performance goals for 2013, the CBS Compensation Committee took into account the performance goals from the previous year and sought to establish performance goals that were meaningful and challenging and designed to motivate performance, without encouraging executives to engage in risky business activities in order to achieve unattainable goals.

The vesting of the PRSUs awarded to the named executive officers in 2013 is subject to the CBS Compensation Committee’s determination of the level of achievement against the pre-determined performance goal. The number of shares earned upon vesting of the PRSUs is determined in accordance with the following schedule:

 

   

if CBS achieves less than 80% of the pre-determined performance goal, the award will be forfeited;

 

   

if CBS achieves 80% of the pre-determined performance goal, 80% of the target shares will be earned;

 

   

if CBS achieves 100% of the pre-determined performance goal, 100% of the target shares will be earned; and

 

   

if CBS achieves 120% or greater of the pre-determined performance goal, 120% of the target shares will be earned.

For achievement at intermediate points between 80% and 100% and between 100% and 120%, the number of shares to be delivered will be linearly interpolated. Dividend equivalents accrue on the target number of shares and equal the value of regular cash dividends paid on the shares of the CBS’s Class B Common Stock. Dividend equivalents are paid in cash, less applicable withholdings, when the PRSUs vest, but only up to the amount payable with respect to the target number of shares. If the PRSUs do not vest, then the dividend equivalents accrued on those PRSUs are forfeited.

In February 2014, the CBS Compensation Committee will review and discuss CBS’s performance versus the 2013 performance goals to determine the extent to which the 2013 performance goals have been achieved.

Prior to the completion of this offering, we intend to adopt a long-term incentive plan, the CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan (“Stock Incentive Plan”), which is more fully described below.

Grant Date of Awards – The grant date for equity awards is the date on which the CBS Compensation Committee approves awards under the LTMIP or, if so determined by the Committee, a future grant date, or a date specified in an employment agreement. The CBS Compensation Committee may approve an award that will have a future grant date, with the exercise price of any stock option not to be less than the closing price of a share of the CBS Class B Common Stock on the NYSE on the date of grant. CBS does not set grant dates intentionally to precede the release of material non-public information. Communications regarding individual grant awards, including the terms and conditions, are provided to recipients as soon as administratively feasible. The grant date with respect to the annual management grants made in 2013 to Messrs. Kelly, Nowak and Sauer is the same date as the date on which the CBS

 

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Compensation Committee approved the awards, the grant date with respect to the equity grants awarded to Mr. Male in connection with the execution of his employment agreement is the same date on which the agreement was executed, and the grant date with respect to the equity grant awarded to Mr. Shassian in connection with the execution of his employment agreement is the first trading day of the month following the month in which the award was approved.

Other Terms for RSUs/Stock Options – For a description of certain other material terms of the RSU and stock option grants, see “Grants of Plan-Based Awards During 2013—Description of Plan-Based Awards.”

Fund-the-Future Program (“FtF”) – The objective of CBS’s FtF is to provide additional income to eligible CBS employees, excluding those actively participating in certain CBS pension plans and employees otherwise subject to a collectively bargained agreement which does not provide for their participation in the FtF. For 2013, the CBS Compensation Committee determined to award a number of RSUs to all participants in the FtF based on the employee’s annual base pay (capped at $550,000) or benefit base on the date of grant multiplied by 2.5%, and then divided by the closing price of one share of CBS Class B Common Stock on date of grant. During 2013, Messrs. Kelly and Sauer received FtF grants. We expect to adopt a similar FtF upon completion of the offering.

Stock Ownership Guidelines

During 2013, Mr. Kelly, as a member of the CBS senior executive group, was subject to stock ownership guidelines providing that he was expected to acquire and establish holdings in CBS stock equal in value to two times his cash base. The remaining named executive officers were not subject to stock ownership guidelines for 2013. At this time, we do not intend to adopt stock ownership guidelines for our executives.

Retirement and Deferred Compensation Plans; Other Compensation

CBS provides eligible employees with the opportunity to build financial resources for retirement. During 2013, certain of our named executive officers participated, along with other eligible CBS employees, in CBS’s broad-based tax-qualified defined contribution plans and nonqualified deferred compensation plans. In addition, Mr. Nowak participated, along with other eligible CBS employees, in a CBS tax-qualified defined benefit plan, which is closed to new participants. Information regarding participation in these retirement and deferred compensation plans is set forth in the Pension Benefits in 2013 and Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in 2013 tables and the narratives following these tables. During 2013, CBS provided the participating named executive officers with CBS-matching contributions in the CBS 401(k) and 401(k) excess plans and CBS-paid life insurance. During 2013, our board of directors adopted a broad-based tax-qualified defined contribution plan (the Outdoor 401(k) Plan) and a nonqualified deferred compensation plan (the Outdoor Excess 401(k) Plan), which became effective January 1, 2014, at which time the account balances as of December 31, 2013 of the participating named executive officers under (i) the CBS 401(k) Plan were transferred to our Outdoor 401(k) Plan, and (ii) the CBS Excess 401(k) Plan and the CBS Bonus Deferral Plan were transferred to our Outdoor Excess 401(k) Plan.

Post-Termination Arrangements

Post termination payments and benefits with respect to our named executive officers are set forth in each of their respective employment arrangements and are described under “Potential Payments Upon Termination.” The objective of these payments and benefits is to recruit and retain talent in a competitive market and, as applicable, compensate executives for restrictive covenants and other obligations following a termination without cause or a resignation for good reason.

Compensation Deductibility Policy

Similar to the CBS Senior Executive STIP and CBS’s long-term incentive plan, each of our Executive Bonus Plan and Stock Incentive Plan is designed to permit awards that comply with the Section 162(m) exception for performance-based compensation. Section 162(m) of the Code generally limits to $1 million the federal tax deductibility of some forms of compensation paid in one year to the chief executive officer and the three most highly compensated executive officers (other than the chief financial officer) employed by CBS at

 

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the end of the year (i.e., “covered employees”). However, we reserve the right to pay compensation that does not meet the Section 162(m) deductibility requirements, and it is possible that Section 162(m) of the Code may disallow compensation deductions for some compensation paid under these plans.

Employment Contracts

All of the named executive officers are employed under employment contracts or employment letters, as CBS has considered it to be in its best interest and as the best means to secure the employment of each of these executives. The terms and provisions of these employment arrangements are more fully described in the narrative section following the Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013.

Incentive Plan Information

Prior to the completion of this offering, we intend to adopt the Stock Incentive Plan and the Executive Bonus Plan. We expect to use these incentive plans to attract and reward key individuals upon whose judgment and contributions we depend on for success.

We have summarized below the principal features of our incentive plans. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete texts of the Stock Incentive Plan and the Executive Bonus Plan, in the forms filed as Exhibits 10.7 and 10.8, respectively, to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Stock Incentive Plan

Eligibility

All of our employees and non-employee directors and employees of our subsidiaries will be eligible to receive awards under the Stock Incentive Plan. In addition, consultants and advisors who perform services for us and our subsidiaries may, under certain conditions, receive grants under the Stock Incentive Plan.

Administration

Our board of directors or a committee appointed by our board of directors (collectively, the “Committee”) will administer the Stock Incentive Plan. The Committee will select the participants who receive awards under the Stock Incentive Plan, and determine the type of award to be granted, the number of shares of common stock subject to awards or the cash amount payable in connection with an award and the terms and conditions of these awards in accordance with the terms of the Stock Incentive Plan. The Committee may determine transfer restrictions, clawback or repayment provisions and determine whether shares of common stock issuable under an award will be subject to such further restrictions or conditions as the Committee may determine, including, but not limited to, conditions on vesting or transferability, forfeiture provisions and tax withholding conditions. In addition, the Committee may determine a participant’s rights to awards upon a termination of service. The Committee will have full authority to interpret the Stock Incentive Plan and to establish rules for its administration. Subject to certain limitations, the Committee may delegate its authority under the Stock Incentive Plan to one or more members of the Committee and/or one or more of our officers.

With respect to awards to our directors, any awards or formula for granting awards under the Stock Incentive Plan will be approved by our board of directors or such other committee to which our board may delegate such authority.

Types of Awards

The Stock Incentive Plan will provide for awards of stock options to purchase shares of our common stock, stock appreciation rights (“SARs”), restricted and unrestricted stock, restricted share units (“RSUs”), dividend equivalents, performance awards (including performance share units) and other equity-related awards and cash payments, which are described in more detail below. The Stock Incentive Plan also provides for awards granted in substitution for awards previously granted by a company which we acquire (“substitute awards”).

 

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Awards under the Stock Incentive Plan may be structured to qualify as “performance-based compensation” pursuant to Section 162(m) of the Code; however, we reserve the right to pay compensation that does not meet the Section 162(m) deductibility requirements, and it is possible that Section 162(m) of the Code may disallow compensation deductions for some compensation paid under the Stock Incentive Plan. Compensation paid and stock options, SARs and restricted shares granted after the first regularly scheduled stockholders’ meeting that occurs more than 12 months after our initial public offering will meet the requirements of “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code only if paid or granted, as applicable, after stockholder approval of the Stock Incentive Plan.

The Stock Incentive Plan provides for the treatment of awards held by our employees that were originally granted under various CBS stock plans (“adjusted awards”), which we will assume and convert into awards in respect of our common stock. See “Treatment of Outstanding CBS Equity Awards Held By Our Employees” below.

Share and Other Limits

Subject to adjustment (as described below), the number of shares of our common stock that may be delivered under the Stock Incentive Plan is              million shares, of which              million shares may be delivered pursuant to awards other than stock options and SARs (i.e., the “full-value” award sub-limit). No director may be granted awards in his or her capacity as a member of our board of directors in any calendar year covering, in the aggregate, in excess of              shares of common stock, subject to adjustment. Shares of common stock subject to awards under the Stock Incentive Plan will be made available from authorized but unissued shares.

Shares subject to awards under the Stock Incentive Plan will again be available for future awards upon the occurrence of specified events that result in fewer than the total number of shares subject to the award being delivered to the participants. Shares of common stock that will be added back to the overall plan limit (and, as applicable, to the “full-value” award sub-limit) and will again be available for awards are those shares (1) subject to an award that expires or is cancelled, forfeited or terminated without having been exercised or paid, as applicable, or (2) subject to an award that is settled in cash. Upon exercise of a stock option or stock-settled SAR, the number of shares subject to the award (or portion thereof) being exercised shall be counted against the overall plan limit, regardless of the actual number of shares delivered to settle the stock option or stock-settled SAR upon exercise. Any shares exchanged by a participant or withheld from a participant as full or partial payment of the exercise price or the tax withholding upon exercise or settlement of an award will not be returned to the number of shares available for delivery under the Stock Incentive Plan. Shares underlying substitute awards will not be counted against the overall plan limit or, as applicable, to the “full-value” award sub-limit. Shares underlying adjusted awards will be counted against the overall plan limit and, if applicable, the “full-value” award sub-limit.

In addition to the above limits on shares, the Stock Incentive Plan also contains the following limits with respect to Section 162(m) of the Code:

 

   

For awards granted in the form of stock options and SARs, the maximum aggregate number of shares of common stock that may be granted to any participant during any calendar year (regardless of whether SARs are settled in cash, in shares of common stock or in other securities) is              (subject to adjustment).

 

   

For awards (other than those awards described above) intended to satisfy the exception for “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the maximum amount that may be granted to any participant during any calendar year is $             for awards denominated in cash and              Shares for awards denominated in Shares (subject to adjustment).

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Adjustments

In the event of a merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or shares, stock rights offering, liquidation, disposition for consideration of our direct or indirect ownership of a subsidiary or affiliate, or similar event affecting us or any of our subsidiaries (a “Corporate Transaction”), the Committee or our board of directors may in its discretion make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (i) the aggregate number and kind of shares of common stock or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under the Stock Incentive Plan, (ii) the various maximum share limits described above, (iii) the number and kind of shares of common stock or other securities subject to outstanding awards, and (iv) the exercise price of outstanding awards.

In the event of a stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, share combination, or recapitalization or similar event affecting our capital structure, or a disaffiliation, separation or spin-off, in each case without consideration, or other extraordinary dividend of cash or other property to our stockholders (each, a “Share Change”), the Committee shall make such substitutions or adjustments as it deems appropriate and equitable to (i) the aggregate number and kind of shares of common stock or other securities reserved for issuance and delivery under the Stock Incentive Plan, (ii) the various maximum share limits described above, (iii) the number and kind of shares of common stock or other securities subject to outstanding awards, and (iv) the exercise price of outstanding awards.

In the case of a Corporate Transaction, such adjustments may include, without limitation, (i) the cancellation of outstanding awards in exchange for payments of cash, property or a combination thereof having an equivalent value, (ii) the substitution of cash or other property for the shares of common stock subject to outstanding awards, and (iii) in connection with any disaffiliation, arranging for the assumption of awards, or replacement of awards with new awards based on other property or other securities by the affected subsidiary, affiliate, or division or by the entity that controls such subsidiary, affiliate, or division following such disaffiliation.

Any adjustments made to awards that are considered “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code will be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code, and (ii) any adjustments made to awards that are not considered “deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code will be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustments, either the awards, as adjusted, remain exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code or will not result in the imposition of any penalty taxes under Section 409A of the Code in respect of such awards.

Term of the Stock Incentive Plan

Our Stock Incentive Plan will expire at midnight on the day prior to the tenth anniversary of its effective date.

Awards Generally

Stock Options.  Stock options will be either non-qualified stock options or “incentive stock options” within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code, as determined by the Committee.

The Stock Incentive Plan will not permit the Committee to “reprice” (as defined in the Stock Incentive Plan) any stock option without stockholder approval. No stock option may be granted with a per share exercise price of less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of grant. No stock option can be exercised after the tenth anniversary of the date of grant. The exercise price of a stock option will be paid in full on or before the settlement date for the shares of common stock issued upon the exercise of the stock options in cash or, at the discretion of the Committee, in shares of common stock (or other securities designated by the Committee) or in a combination of cash and shares of common stock (or such other securities) or with any other form of valid consideration that is acceptable to the Committee. The Committee may also allow a participant to pay all or a portion of the exercise price using a net-share- settlement procedure, through the withholding of shares of common stock or through a cashless exercise procedure.

 

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Stock Appreciation Rights.  The Committee may grant SARs under the Stock Incentive Plan alone or in tandem with stock options. No SAR that is granted alone may be granted with a per share exercise price of less than 100% of the fair market value of a share of common stock on the date of grant. SARs will be subject to the terms and conditions established by the Committee as set forth in the applicable award agreement. The Committee may not “reprice” (as defined in the Stock Incentive Plan) any SAR without stockholder approval.

Restricted Shares, Unrestricted Shares and RSUs.  The Committee may grant restricted or unrestricted shares and RSUs under the Stock Incentive Plan. A restricted share is a share granted to the participant, which is subject to restrictions as determined by the Committee. An RSU is a contractual right to receive, at the discretion of the Committee, a share of common stock (or other securities designated by the Committee), a cash payment equal to the fair market value of a share of common stock or a combination of cash and shares of common stock (or such other securities), subject to terms and conditions as determined by the Committee.

Restricted shares and RSUs will be subject to a vesting schedule or other restrictions, as the Committee shall determine. For restricted share awards, the participant will have all rights as a holder of shares of common stock, except that the participant will not be entitled to be registered on our books and records until the shares of common stock represented thereby have vested, and the restricted shares cannot be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until such shares have vested or unless otherwise determined by the Committee.

Performance Awards.  The Committee may grant performance awards, which are defined as awards for which the granting, vesting, exercisability, payment and/or settlement is conditioned in whole or in part on the achievement of one or more performance goals during a performance period selected by the Committee. The terms and conditions of performance awards will be determined by the Committee, and, depending on the type of award, shall be payable in cash, in shares of common stock (or other securities designated by the Committee) or in a combination of cash and shares of common stock (or such other securities), as determined by the Committee.

Any performance awards that are intended to comply with the exception for “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code will be subject to performance goals based on one or more, or any combination, of the following performance metrics, as selected by the Committee in its discretion: operating income before depreciation and amortization, earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, operating income, free cash flow, net earnings, net earnings from continuing operations, earnings per share, revenue, net revenue, funds from operations, adjusted funds from operations, total stockholder return, stock price, return on equity, return in excess of cost of capital, profit in excess of cost of capital, return on assets, return on invested capital, net operating profit after tax, operating margin and profit margin. For performance awards that are not intended to meet such exception under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may establish performance goals based on other performance metrics, as it deems appropriate. The performance goals may be based on objectives related to individual performance, company performance, or the performance of a subsidiary, division, department, region, function or business unit. The performance goals may be determined on an absolute or cumulative basis or on a percentage of improvement over time. In addition, a performance goal may be measured in terms of company performance (or of the performance of a subsidiary, division, department, region, function or business unit) or measured relative to selected reference companies or a market index.

With respect to awards that are intended to comply with the exception for “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall specify whether the calculation of the performance goals applicable to such performance award shall be adjusted or modified in order to reflect any recapitalization, reorganization, stock split or dividend, merger, acquisition, divestiture, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, split-up, combination, liquidation, dissolution, sale of assets or other similar corporate transaction or event occurring during the relevant performance period, to exclude the effect of “extraordinary items” under GAAP, including, without limitation, changes in accounting standards, and/or to reflect any other item or event determined by the Committee in its discretion.

 

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The Committee retains the right to reduce any award such that the amount of the award is less than the maximum amount that could be paid based on the degree to which the performance goals related to such award were attained. However, the Committee may not increase the amount of any award that is intended to be deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code above the maximum amount that could be paid based on the attainment of performance goals.

Dividend Equivalents and Other Awards.  The Committee may, in its sole discretion, allow any recipient of an award, other than stock options and SARs, under the Stock Incentive Plan to receive, currently or on a deferred basis, interest, dividends or dividend equivalent payments, with respect to the number of shares of common stock covered by an award. The Committee may also provide for the amount of such interest, dividend or dividend equivalent to be reinvested and/or subject to the same terms and conditions (including vesting and forfeiture provisions) as the related award.

The Committee will have the authority to grant other equity-related awards or cash payments, which payments may be based on one or more criteria determined by the Committee, under the Stock Incentive Plan that are consistent with the purpose of the Stock Incentive Plan and our interests.

Deferral of Awards

At the discretion of the Committee, a participant may elect to defer the payment or settlement of awards upon such terms and conditions as the Committee may prescribe.

Amendment and Termination of the Stock Incentive Plan

Our board of directors may at any time alter, amend, suspend or terminate the Stock Incentive Plan, in whole or in part, except that no alteration or amendment will be effective without stockholder approval if such approval is required by law or under the rules of the principal stock exchange on which our common stock is listed, and no termination, suspension, alteration or amendment may materially adversely affect the terms of any then-outstanding awards without the consent of the affected participant.

Notwithstanding the above paragraph, the Committee will have broad authority to amend the Stock Incentive Plan or outstanding awards under the Stock Incentive Plan without the approval of participants if the Committee deems the amendment necessary or appropriate to comply with, or take into account changes in, applicable law or to avoid adverse tax consequences to any person under Section 409A of the Code, even if such amendment would otherwise be detrimental to such person.

Executive Bonus Plan

Eligibility

For each performance period, the Committee will select the executives who are eligible for participation in the Executive Bonus Plan. The performance period is our fiscal year unless otherwise established by the Committee. Generally, all of our executive officers and other of our key executives who are designated by the Committee will be eligible to participate in the Executive Bonus Plan. The Committee will select eligible participants no later than 90 days after the beginning of the performance period (or, if the performance period is shorter than 12 months, before 25% of the performance period has elapsed).

Administration

The Executive Bonus Plan will be administered by the Committee. To the extent consistent with Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may delegate its responsibilities for administering this Plan to one or more of our officers or directors or to one or more officers or directors of our affiliates (including, prior to the date of this offering, the directors of CBS) as it deems necessary or appropriate for the proper administration of the plan. The Committee will select the participants, determine the time when awards will be granted, set the performance goals and other terms and conditions of awards, certify the degree to which the performance goals for earning awards have been met, and determine whether an award should be reduced or eliminated.

 

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Compensation payable under the Executive Bonus Plan is expected to be deductible under Section 162(m) of the Code; however, we reserve the right to pay compensation that does not meet the Section 162(m) deductibility requirements, and it is possible that Section 162(m) of the Code may disallow compensation deductions for some compensation paid under the Executive Bonus Plan. Compensation paid after the first regularly scheduled stockholders’ meeting that occurs more than 12 months after our initial public offering will be eligible to satisfy the requirements of “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code only if paid after stockholder approval of the Executive Bonus Plan.

Performance Goals

The Committee will set performance goals based on one or more, or any combination, of the following performance metrics: operating income before depreciation and amortization, operating income, free cash flow, net earnings, net earnings from continuing operations, earnings per share, earnings before income taxes, depreciation and amortization, revenue, net revenue, funds from operations, adjusted funds from operations, total stockholder return, stock price, return on equity, return in excess of cost of capital, profit in excess of cost of capital, return on assets, return on invested capital, net operating profit after tax, operating margin and profit margin. Performance goals may be described in terms of objectives that are related to the individual participant or objectives that are company-wide or related to a subsidiary, affiliate, division, department, region, function or business unit and may be measured on an absolute or cumulative basis or on the basis of percentage of improvement over time, and may be measured in terms of company performance (or performance of the applicable subsidiary, affiliate, division, department, region, function or business unit) or measured in terms of performance relative to selected peer companies or a market index.

With respect to awards that are intended to comply with the exception for “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee shall specify whether the calculation of the performance goals applicable to such award shall be adjusted or modified in order to reflect any recapitalization, reorganization, stock split or dividend, merger, acquisition, divestiture, consolidation, spin-off, split-off, split-up, combination, liquidation, dissolution, sale of assets or other similar corporate transaction or event occurring during the relevant performance period, to exclude the effect of “extraordinary items” under GAAP, including, without limitation, changes in accounting standards, and/or to reflect any other item or event determined by the Committee in its discretion.

Determination of Awards

Following the conclusion of the performance period, the Committee will review actual performance and certify the degree to which the performance goals applicable to the awards have been met. Notwithstanding attainment of performance goals, the Committee will have the discretion to reduce, but not increase, some or all of an award that would otherwise be paid.

Payment of Awards

The Committee will have the discretion to pay awards in cash or cash equivalents or in awards under our Stock Incentive Plan (or a successor plan thereto). Awards will be payable as soon as practicable following the conclusion of the performance period and the Committee’s certification with respect to the performance goals. The Committee may permit or require the deferral of award amounts and may also subject the payout of awards to vesting conditions.

Maximum Award

No participant may be paid awards in respect of any fiscal year having a maximum aggregate value in excess of the lesser of $             million or              times his or her base salary in effect at the beginning of the performance period.

Amendment and Termination

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Plan. Stockholder approval is required for any amendment that (i) increases the maximum amount per year which can be paid to any one participant under the Executive Bonus Plan, (ii) changes the performance metrics on which the performance goals may be based, or (iii) modifies the class of persons eligible for participation in the Executive Bonus Plan. The Executive Bonus Plan will continue to be in effect until terminated by the Committee.

Treatment of Outstanding CBS Equity Awards Held By Our Employees

In connection with this offering, approximately              RSUs in respect of CBS Class B Common Stock held by our employees, which were originally granted under the CBS Corporation 2009 Long-Term Incentive Plan, will be converted into RSUs in respect of our common stock. At the Separation, approximately              stock options in respect of CBS Class B Common Stock held by our employees, which were originally granted under various CBS stock plans, will be converted into stock options in respect of our common stock. Mr. Male’s CBS Vested RSUs are not subject to any conversion provisions and will be settled in shares of CBS stock.

 

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Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013

The following table sets forth information concerning total compensation paid by CBS to our named executive officers for fiscal year 2013.

 

Name and

Principal

Position

(a)(1)

   Year
(b)
     Salary
($)
(c) (2)
     Bonus
($)
(d) (2) (3)
   Stock
Awards
($)
(e) (4)
     Option
Awards
($)
(f) (5)
     Change in
Pension
Value and
NQDC
Earnings
($)
(g) (6)
     All Other
Compensation
($)
(h) (7)
     Total
($)
(i)

Jeremy J. Male

     2013         389,423            2,199,910         799,997         —           4,077      

Chief Executive Officer

                       

Wally Kelly

     2013         803,077            613,695         399,997         —           9,988      

President and Chief

Operating Officer

                       

Donald R. Shassian

     2013         67,500            499,974         —           —           168      

Executive Vice

President, Chief

Financial Officer

                       

Raymond Nowak

     2013         577,211            402,458         172,498         —           21,789      

Executive Vice President,

Chief Administrative Officer and

U.S. Chief Financial Officer

                       

Richard Sauer

     2013         397,375            109,868         —           —           9,538      

Executive Vice President,

General Counsel

                       

 

(1)      Mr. Male joined our company in September 2013. Prior to that time, Mr. Kelly served as President and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Shassian joined our company in November 2013. Prior to that time, Mr. Nowak served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer.

(2)      Salary and Bonus includes amounts deferred under qualified and nonqualified arrangements.

(3)      Bonus payments, if any, will be made in early 2014 for fiscal year 2013 performance.

(4)      These amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair values determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 of grants of CBS restricted share units (“RSUs”). For the performance-based RSUs (“PRSUs”) granted by CBS in 2013 to Messrs. Male, Kelly and Nowak (representing $599,970, $299,964 and $172,494, respectively, of the aggregate grant date values included in column (e)), the maximum grant date value, determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, would be $720,010, $359,983 and $207,019, respectively. See              for a discussion of the assumptions made in calculating the grant date fair value amounts for 2013.

(5)      These amounts reflect the aggregate grant date fair values determined in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718 of CBS stock option grants. See              for a discussion of the assumptions made in calculating the grant date fair value amounts for 2013.

(6)    None of the CBS nonqualified deferred compensation plans in which the named executive officers participated in 2013 provided for above-market interest or preferential earnings. For Mr. Nowak, the change in actuarial present value of the accumulated pension benefit at December 31, 2013 was ($27,889).

 

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(7)    The following table and footnotes describe each component of the “All Other Compensation” column for 2013:

 

Named Executive
Officer

   Company
Contribution
to 401(k)
Plan
($)
     Company
Contribution
to 401(k)
Excess Plan
($)
     Company-
Paid Life
Insurance
($)
     Tax
Reimbursement

($)(a)
     Total
($)
 

Jeremy J. Male

     1,111         0         464         2,502         4,077   

Wally Kelly

     8,750         —           1,238         —           9,988   

Donald R. Shassian

     0         —           168         —           168   

Raymond Nowak

     4,083         16,816         890         —           21,789   

Richard Sauer

     8,925         —           613         —           9,538   

 

(a) For Mr. Male, the amount shown reflects tax reimbursement on imputed income associated with his relocation.

Employment Agreements

All of the named executive officers have employment arrangements that set forth the terms and conditions of their employment with the Company. The material terms of each of these agreements necessary to an understanding of the information provided in the Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013 and the Grants of Plan-Based Awards During 2013 table are provided below. For the vesting terms of long-term compensation awards granted to the named executive officers from CBS during 2013, see “Grants of Plan-Based Awards During 2013—Description of Plan-Based Awards.” See “Potential Payments Upon Termination” for a description of the payments and benefits that would be provided to the named executive officers in connection with a termination of their employment.

Jeremy J. Male

Effective September 18, 2013, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Male, which provides for his employment as our Chief Executive Officer through September 17, 2016. The agreement provides for an annual base salary of $1.35 million, which is subject to review and increase at the discretion of the CBS Compensation Committee or our board of directors (or a committee established for such purpose), as applicable (the “Committee”), and an annual target bonus equal to 85% of his annual salary as in effect on November 1st of the calendar year to which the annual bonus relates (with a maximum bonus opportunity equal to 200% of his annual salary). Mr. Male’s target and maximum bonus opportunities are subject to review and increase at the discretion of the Committee. For calendar year 2013, Mr. Male’s agreement provides for a payment of no less than $1.279 million in respect of forfeited compensation with his former employer. Mr. Male is entitled to participate in arrangements for benefits, business expenses and perquisites generally available to other senior executives of our company.

Under the terms of the new agreement, Mr. Male received on September 18, 2013 an award of stock options to purchase a number of shares of CBS Class B Common Stock with a grant date value of $800,000, an award of PRSUs with a grant date value of $600,000, an award of time-based RSUs (“TRSUs”) with a grant date value of $600,000, and an award of vested RSUs having a grant date value of $1 million. Mr. Male is eligible to receive annual grants of long-term incentive compensation, as determined by the Committee, based on a target value of $2 million, commencing in 2014. Subject to his continuing employment and the conditions of the underwriters, in connection with this offering Mr. Male will be afforded the opportunity to purchase shares of our common stock at the public offering price having an aggregate value of up to $4 million. For each share of our common stock purchased, Mr. Male will receive 0.625 RSUs payable in shares of our common stock under the Stock Incentive Plan.

The agreement also contains restrictive covenants imposing non-competition obligations, restricting solicitation of employees, protecting confidential information and ownership of work product and requiring cooperation in litigation, as well as other covenants, during his employment and for specified periods after the termination of employment.

Wally Kelly

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amended. The agreement provided for an annual base salary of $800,000 and a target annual bonus equal to 75% of his salary. Mr. Kelly was also eligible to receive annual grants of long-term compensation, as determined by the Committee, based on a target value of $1 million. Effective August 21, 2013, we entered into a new agreement with Mr. Kelly (the “2013 Agreement”), which superseded his prior employment agreement with the CBS Outdoor business and provides for his employment as our President and Chief Operating Officer through September 30, 2015. The 2013 Agreement continues to provide for an annual base salary of $800,000, which may be reviewed and increased, an annual target bonus equal to 75% of his salary as in effect on November 1st of such year, and annual eligibility for grants of long-term compensation, as determined by the Committee, based on a target value of $1 million. Mr. Kelly is also entitled to participate in arrangements for benefits, business expenses and perquisites generally available to other senior executives.

The 2013 Agreement also contains restrictive covenants imposing non-competition obligations, restricting solicitation of employees, protecting confidential information and ownership of work product and requiring cooperation in litigation, as well as other covenants, during his employment and for specified periods after the termination of employment.

Donald R. Shassian

Effective November 25, 2013, we entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Shassian, which provides for his employment as our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer through December 31, 2016. The agreement provides for an annual base salary of $650,000, which may be reviewed and increased, and an annual target bonus equal to 75% of his annual salary as in effect on November 1st of the calendar year to which the annual bonus relates. Mr. Shassian is entitled to participate in arrangements for benefits, business expenses and perquisites generally available to other senior executives of our company.

Under the terms of the new agreement, Mr. Shassian received on December 2, 2013 an award of TRSUs with a grant date value of $500,000. Mr. Shassian is eligible to receive annual grants of long-term incentive compensation based on a target value of $1.35 million, commencing in 2014.

Subject to his continuing employment and the conditions of the underwriters, in connection with this offering Mr. Shassian will be afforded the opportunity to purchase shares of our common stock at the public offering price having an aggregate value of up to $2 million. For each two shares of our common stock purchased, Mr. Shassian will receive one RSU payable in shares of our common stock under the Stock Incentive Plan.

The agreement also contains restrictive covenants imposing non-competition obligations, restricting solicitation of employees, protecting confidential information and ownership of work product and requiring cooperation in litigation, as well as other covenants, during his employment and for specified periods after the termination of employment.

Raymond Nowak

Pursuant to an employment agreement dated August 1, 2008, as amended, Mr. Nowak served as Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer. The agreement provided for an annual base salary of $575,000 and a target annual bonus equal to 50% of his salary. Mr. Nowak was also eligible to receive annual grants of long-term compensation, as determined by the Committee, based on a target value of $575,000. Effective November 25, 2013, we entered into a new agreement with Mr. Nowak, which superseded his prior employment agreement with CBS Outdoor Inc. and provides for his employment as our Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and U.S. Chief Financial Officer through July 31, 2016 (subject to our option to extend for an additional year through July 31, 2017). The 2013 agreement continues to provide for an annual base salary of $575,000, which may be reviewed and increased, an annual target bonus equal to 50% of his salary as in effect on November 1st of such year, and annual eligibility for grants of long-term compensation, as determined by the Committee, based on a target value of $575,000. Mr. Nowak is also entitled to participate in arrangements for benefits, business expenses and perquisites generally available to other senior executives.

 

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Mr. Nowak’s 2013 agreement also contains restrictive covenants imposing non-competition obligations, restricting solicitation of employees, protecting confidential information and ownership of work product and requiring cooperation in litigation, as well as other covenants, during his employment and for specified periods after the termination of employment.

Richard Sauer

Effective November 30, 2006, we entered into an employment letter with Mr. Sauer, which provides for his employment as our Executive Vice President, General Counsel. His base salary for 2013 was $395,852, which may be reviewed, and his annual target bonus was 50% of his base salary. Mr. Sauer is also eligible to receive annual grants of long-term compensation. Mr. Sauer is entitled to participate in arrangements for benefits, business expenses and perquisites generally available to other senior executives.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards During 2013

The following table sets forth information concerning grants of equity awards with respect to the CBS Class B Common Stock under the CBS incentive programs to our named executive officers in fiscal year 2013.

 

Name

   Grant
Date
    Committee
Action
Date
(1)
    Estimated Possible
Payouts Under Equity
Incentive Plan Awards
    All
Other
Stock
Awards:
Number of
Shares of
Stock or
Units
(#)
    All
Other
Option
Awards:
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Options
(#)
    Exercise
or Base
Price of
Option
Awards
($/Sh)(2)
    Grant Date
Fair Value
of Stock
and
Option

Awards
($)(3)
 
       Threshold
(#)
    Target
(#)
    Maximum
(#)
         

Jeremy J. Male

     9/18/13        8/21/13                48,019        56.81        799,997   
     9/18/13        8/21/13        8,449        10,561        12,674              599,970   
     9/18/13        8/21/13              10,561            599,970   
     9/18/13        8/21/13              17,602            999,970   

Wally Kelly

     2/12/13        2/12/13                34,217        43.21        399,997   
     2/12/13        2/12/13        5,554        6,942        8,331              299,964   
     2/12/13        2/12/13              6,942            299,964   
     4/1/13        2/12/13              301            13,768   

Donald R. Shassian

     12/2/13        11/22/13              8,516            499,974   

Raymond Nowak

     2/12/13        2/12/13                14,756        43.21        172,498   
     2/12/13        2/12/13        3,194        3,992        4,791              172,494   
     2/12/13        2/12/13              5,322            229,964   

Richard Sauer

     2/12/13        2/12/13              2,314            99,988   
     4/1/13        2/12/13              216            9,880   

 

(1)      The “Committee Action Date” refers to the date on which the CBS Compensation Committee, including through Committee delegates, approved the grant. See “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Long-Term Incentive Programs.”

(2)      The exercise price of the options is the closing price of CBS Class B Common Stock on the date of grant.

(3)      Amounts reflect the fair value on the date of grant, calculated in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, of the awards reported in the table.

Description of Plan-Based Awards

Equity awards reported in the Grants of Plan-Based Awards During 2013 table were granted to the applicable named executive officers under CBS’s long-term incentive programs.

RSUs – The number of RSUs awarded is determined by dividing the value to be delivered by the closing price of a share of CBS Class B Common Stock on the NYSE on the date of grant. Except with respect to Mr. Male’s CBS Vested RSUs, which were vested at grant but subject to settlement over a two-year period, vesting for RSUs occurs in equal annual installments over four years. Some RSU awards are subject to performance conditions (“PRSUs”), as described under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Long-Term Incentive Programs—Performance Goals for PRSUs.”

 

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Stock Options – The number of stock options awarded is determined by using a Black-Scholes valuation methodology in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718, employing the same methodologies and assumptions that are applied for purposes of CBS’s financial accounting statements (as reviewed by CBS’s Compensation Committee’s independent consultant). Stock options have an exercise price not less than the closing price of a share of CBS Class B Common Stock on the NYSE on the grant date and expire on the eighth anniversary of the date of grant. Vesting for stock options occurs in equal annual installments over four years.

Fund-the-Future Program (“FtF”) –The number of RSUs awarded under the FtF during 2013 equaled the quotient derived by dividing (i) 2.5% of an individual’s eligible compensation (benefits base rate of pay in effect on the grant date, limited to a maximum of $550,000) by (ii) the closing price of a share of CBS Class B Common Stock on the NYSE on the grant date, rounded up or down to the nearest whole number. The RSUs vest ratably over three years from the grant date.

For other terms of these awards relating to performance goals and grant dates, see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis—Long-Term Incentive Programs—Performance Goals for PRSUs” and “—Grant Date of Awards.”

 

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Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2013

The following table sets forth for the named executive officers information concerning the outstanding equity awards at December 31, 2013, which included unexercised and vested stock options, unexercised and unvested stock options, unvested RSUs and vested RSUs, in the case of Mr. Male, all of which were granted under the CBS long-term incentive programs. The market values in this table were calculated using the closing price of a share of CBS’ Class B Common Stock on December 31, 2013, which was $63.74.

 

          Option Awards     Stock Awards  

Name

  Grant
Date
    Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Exercisable
(#)(1)
    Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options
Unexercisable
(#)(1)
    Option
Exercise
Price
($)
    Option
Expiration
Date
    Number
of Shares
or Units
of Stock
That Have
Not Vested
(#)(2)
    Market
Value
of Shares
or Units
of  Stock
That Have
Not Vested
($)
    Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
# of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That Have
Not  Vested
(#)(2)
    Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market or
Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That Have
Not Vested
($)
 

Jeremy J. Male

    9/18/2013        0        48,019        56.81        9/18/2021           
    9/18/2013                28,163        1,795,110        10,561        673,158   

Wally Kelly

    3/1/2010        0        15,121        13.43        3/1/2018           
    3/1/2011        0        19,763        23.19        3/1/2019           
    2/23/2012        0        33,975        29.44        2/23/2020           
    2/12/2013        0        34,217        43.21        2/12/2021           
    2/23/2010                14,595        930,285       
    2/23/2011                17,463        1,113,092       
    4/1/2011                185        11,792       
    2/23/2012                16,815        1,071,788       
    4/2/2012                272        17,337       
    2/12/2013                6,942        442,483        6,942        442,483   
    4/1/2013                301        19,186       

Donald R. Shassian

    12/2/2013                8,516        542,810       

Raymond Nowak

    2/24/2009        22,977        0        5.20        2/24/2017           
    3/1/2010        8,014        8,014        13.43        3/1/2018           
    3/1/2011        5,682        11,364        23.19        3/1/2019           
    2/23/2012        4,883        14,652        29.44        2/23/2020           
    2/12/2013        0        14,756        43.21        2/12/2021           
    2/23/2010                7,735        493,029       
    2/23/2011                10,042        640,077       
    2/23/2012                10,611        676,345       
    2/12/2013                5,322        339,224        3,922        249,988   

Richard Sauer

    2/23/2010                1,920        122,381       
    2/23/2011                2,298        146,475       
    4/1/2011                133        8,477       
    2/23/2012                2,547        162,346       
    4/2/2012                196        12,493       
    2/12/2013                2,314        147,494       
    4/1/2013                216        13,768       

 

(1)      Each option grant identified in the above table vests ratably on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of grant.

(2)      Each grant of RSUs identified in the above table vests ratably on each of the first four anniversaries of the date of grant, except for (i) the FtF grants, each of which vests ratably on each of the first three anniversaries of the date of grant, and (ii) Mr. Male’s CBS Vested RSUs, which were vested at grant but subject to settlement over a two-year period.

 

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Option Exercises and Stock Vested During 2013

The following table sets forth information concerning each exercise of stock options and the vesting of stock awards during 2013 for the named executive officers.

 

      Option Awards      Stock Awards  

Name

   Number of Shares
Acquired on  Exercise
(#)
     Value Realized
on Exercise
($)
     Number of Shares
Acquired on  Vesting
(#) (1)
     Value Realized
on Vesting
($) (2)
 

Jeremy J. Male

           

Wally Kelly

     130,693         4,682,307         56,496         2,451,729   

Donald R. Shassian

           

Raymond Nowak

           34,126         1,480,045   

Richard Sauer

           9,189         399,602   

 

(1)      Represents RSUs that vested during 2013. Mr. Male’s CBS Vested RSUs, which were vested at grant but subject to settlement over a two-year period, are not included in the above table.

(2)      Represents the number of shares underlying RSUs that vested during 2013, multiplied by the closing price of CBS Class B Common Stock on the NYSE on the applicable vesting date.

Pension Benefits in 2013

The following table sets forth information concerning each qualified and nonqualified defined benefit pension plan that provides payments in connection with retirement with respect to the applicable named applicable executive officers. Only Mr. Nowak participated in these plans.

 

Name

 

Plan Name

  Number of Years
Credited Service
(#)
    Present Value
of Accumulated
Benefit
($) (1)
    Payments
During Last
Fiscal Year
($)
 

Jeremy J. Male

                      

Wally Kelly

                      

Donald R. Shassian

                      

Raymond Nowak (2)

  Qualified—CBS Retirement Plan
Component of CCPP
    26.1        1,015,475          
  Nonqualified—CBS Retirement
Excess Pension Plan
    26.1        2,262,350          

Richard Sauer

                      

 

(1)      The present value of the named executive officer’s accumulated benefit at December 31, 2013 in these plans was calculated assuming commencement of benefits at age 65 using a discount rate of 4.95% and mortality rates in accordance with the RP-2000 sex distinct table with a 14-year projection using the Scale AA sex distinct table.

(2)      Mr. Nowak is eligible for early retirement, since he is at least 55 years of age and has provided at least 10 years of eligibility service, but has not yet reached 65, the normal retirement age. See the description of the CBS Retirement Plan Component of CCPP (“CRP Component”) below for information about the effect of early retirement.

Description of Pension Benefits

CBS Retirement Plan Component of the CBS Combined Pension Plan (CRP Component)

Mr. Nowak participates in the CRP Component, a tax-qualified defined benefit plan, which is a component of the CBS Combined Pension Plan that has been closed to new participants since July 2010. For existing participants, participation in the CRP Component began on the later of the date an eligible employee attained age 21 or completed one year of eligibility service. Employees are fully vested in their accrued benefit upon completion of five full years of vesting service. CBS pays the entire cost of the benefits provided by the CRP Component. Eligible compensation for purposes of qualified plans is limited by federal law; for 2013, the limit was $255,000 (the “Annual Limit”).

For each year of credited service up to a maximum of 30 years, the benefit formula for calculating an age 65 accrued benefit under the CRP Component is 1.25% of the participant’s final average compensation up to the Social Security covered compensation amount, plus 1.75% of the participant’s final average compensation above the Social Security covered compensation amount. Final average

 

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compensation includes eligible salary, commissions, overtime and short-term incentive awards. If an employee who participates in the CRP Component reaches age 55 with 10 years of eligibility service, he or she is considered eligible for an early retirement benefit. The reductions for retiring early are 6% per year for each year that the benefit begins between ages 65 and 60, plus 4% per year for each year that the benefit begins between ages 60 and 55. The normal forms of payment for a married or single participant are a 50% joint and survivor annuity or single life annuity, respectively. All optional forms of payment under the CRP Component are actuarially equivalent to the normal forms of payment.

CBS Retirement Excess Pension Plan (CREPP)

Mr. Nowak also participates in the CREPP, an unfunded nonqualified defined benefit plan maintained by CBS, to provide benefits to employees who are participants in the CRP Component and whose annual base salary and commissions have exceeded the Annual Limit. The benefits under the CREPP are calculated by determining the excess, if any, of (i) the benefits that would be payable under the CRP Component if it were not subject to the Annual Limit, over (ii) the benefits actually payable under the CRP Component. Early retirement reduction factors are identical to those of the CRP Component. The maximum amount of total annual compensation that may be taken into account under the CRP Component and the CREPP together is $750,000. Employees are fully vested in their accrued CREPP benefit upon completion of five full years of vesting service. The normal forms of payment for a married or single participant are a 50% joint and survivor annuity or single life annuity, respectively. All optional forms of payment under the CREPP are actuarially equivalent to the normal form of payment.

Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in 2013

The following table sets forth information concerning nonqualified deferred compensation.

 

Name

 

Plan Name

  Executive
Contributions
in Last FY
($)(1)
    Registrant
Contributions
in Last FY
($)(2)
    Aggregate
Earnings
in Last FY
($)(3)
    Aggregate
Withdrawals/
Distributions
($)
  Aggregate
Balance at
Last FYE
($)
 

Jeremy J. Male

  Deferred salary plans          
  Deferred bonus plans          

Wally Kelly

  Deferred salary plans         147,088          1,060,501   
  Deferred bonus plans          

Donald R. Shassian

  Deferred salary plans          
  Deferred bonus plans          

Raymond Nowak

  Deferred salary plans     72,067        16,816        438,742          1,524,700   
  Deferred bonus plans     43,125          72,307          271,042   

Richard Sauer

  Deferred salary plans          
  Deferred bonus plans          

 

(1)      Executive contributions pursuant to deferred salary and bonus plans are included in the “Salary” and “Bonus” columns, respectively, in the Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013.

(2)      Amounts reported are included in the “All Other Compensation” column of the Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013.

(3)      Amounts reflect earnings or losses on all amounts deferred in 2013 and prior years in nonqualified plans, net of deductions for fees. No portion of these amounts is included in the Summary Compensation Table for Fiscal Year 2013, as none of these plans or arrangements provide for above market or preferential earnings.

 

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Description of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation

Set forth below is information with respect to each plan under which deferrals of compensation are reflected in the table above.

CBS Excess 401(k) Plan (Excess 401(k) Plan)

The CBS Excess 401(k) Plan is an unfunded nonqualified deferred compensation plan intended to provide benefits to employees who are eligible to participate in the CBS 401(k) Plan and whose annual base salary exceeds the Annual Limit. A participant can defer between 1% and 15% of his or her eligible compensation through payroll deductions on a pre-tax basis. Eligible compensation generally includes base pay or salary, including pre-tax contributions to the CBS 401(k) Plan and CBS’s group health and welfare plans, flexible spending accounts and contributions to the commuter reimbursement account plan, plus overtime, commissions, hazard pay and shift differential pay. For 2013, CBS matched Excess 401(k) Plan contributions based on the rate of matching contributions under the CBS 401(k) Plan (70% of the first 5% of eligible compensation deferred on a pre-tax basis). CBS contributions are fully vested after five years of service. Matching contributions made by CBS to the CBS 401(k) Plan and the Excess 401(k) Plan together are not made with respect to compensation in excess of $750,000.

Deferred amounts are reflected in phantom notional accounts and are credited with earnings and/or losses as if the deferred amounts were actually invested in accordance with the participant’s investment elections under the CBS 401(k) Plan. CBS’s matching contributions are also reflected in phantom notional accounts, which are credited with earnings and/or losses as if the matching contributions were actually invested in the CBS 401(k) Plan’s CBS Class B Company Stock Fund. The CBS 401(k) Plan offers 20 investment options in which Excess 401(k) Plan balances may be notionally invested, and participants may change or reallocate investment directions on any business day on which the NYSE is open. The vested portion of a participant’s Excess 401(k) Plan account is distributed in cash after termination of employment in accordance with the participant’s distribution election, either in a lump sum payment or in installment payments.

CBS Bonus Deferral Plan (BDP)

CBS maintains bonus deferral plans, including the BDP, an unfunded nonqualified deferred compensation plan intended to provide benefits to employees who are eligible to participate in the CBS 401(k) Plan and whose annual base salary exceeds the Annual Limit. Participants can defer between 1% and 15% of their short-term incentive plan bonus to the BDP on a pre-tax basis. Deferred amounts are reflected in phantom notional accounts and are credited with earnings and/or losses as if the deferred amounts were actually invested in accordance with the participant’s investment elections under the CBS 401(k) Plan. Amounts deferred under the BDP are distributed in cash after termination of employment in accordance with the participant’s distribution election, either in a lump sum payment or installment payments.

Outdoor Excess 401(k) Plan

During 2013, our board of directors adopted the Outdoor Excess 401(k) Plan. Effective January 1, 2014, the account balances of the participating named executive officers under the CBS Excess 401(k) Plan and the CBS Bonus Deferral Plan as of December 31, 2013 were transferred to our Outdoor Excess 401(k) Plan. A copy of the Outdoor Excess 401(k) Plan is filed as Exhibit 10.10 to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part.

Outdoor Deferred Compensation Arrangement

Following the “separation” (as defined in Mr. Nowak’s employment agreement), $25,000 will be notionally credited to a deferred compensation account for Mr. Nowak each month that he remains employed under his employment agreement, subject to a minimum credit of $300,000. The balance in the deferred compensation account is not credited with earnings and/or losses, and the arrangement is not funded. Distribution will be made upon Mr. Nowak’s termination of employment in accordance with his employment agreement.

 

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Potential Payments upon Termination

During 2013, the named executive officers had employment arrangements providing for separation payments upon certain types of termination of employment. The tables below set forth estimated potential payments that would be made to the applicable named executive officer if his employment had terminated as of December 31, 2013. In determining the benefits payable upon certain terminations of employment, we assumed in all cases that the executive has complied and continues to comply with, as applicable, all of the restrictive and other covenants included in his employment agreement and has not become employed by a new employer in those cases where the employment agreement requires mitigation by the executive.

The following tables reflect incremental payments and benefits that would have been owed by CBS to the executive beyond what the named executive officer had earned and which were no longer subject to vesting conditions, as of December 31, 2013, and do not reflect benefits that are provided pursuant to plans or arrangements that do not discriminate in favor of executive officers and are available generally to all salaried employees, such as amounts accrued under the CBS 401(k) and 401(k) excess plans, accumulated and vested benefits under CBS pension plans, disability benefits and accrued vacation pay. Payments made to a named executive officer would be made subject to any applicable requirements of Section 409A of the Code. Receipt of the payments and benefits shown below upon a termination without Cause or for Good Reason would have been conditioned on the named executive officer’s execution of a release in favor of CBS.

 

    Continuation
of Salary and
Other Cash
Compensation
($)(1)
    Annual
Bonus
Continuation
($)(2)
    Incremental
Pension
Benefit
($)
    Continuation
of Medical,
Dental and
Life
Insurance
($)(3)
    Vesting
of Equity
Awards
($)(4)(5)
 

Jeremy J. Male

         

  Termination for Cause

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Voluntary termination without Good Reason

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Without Cause or Good Reason termination

    1,350,000        1,147,500        0        24,749        419,735   

  Death or Disability

    0        0        0        0        1,679,088   

Wally Kelly

         

  Termination for Cause

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Voluntary termination without Good Reason

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Without Cause or Good Reason termination

    1,200,000        900,000        0        39,458        5,932,448   

  Death or Disability

    0        0        0        0        7,478,391   

Donald R. Shassian

         

  Termination for Cause

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Voluntary termination 

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Without Cause termination

    650,000        0        0        16,499        135,702   

  Death or Disability

    0        0        0        0        542,810   

Raymond Nowak

         

  Termination for Cause

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Voluntary termination 

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Without Cause termination

    575,000        0        0        18,977        0   

  Death or Disability

    0        0        0        0        4,072,624   

Richard Sauer

         

  Termination for Cause

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Voluntary termination 

    0        0        0        0        0   

  Without Cause termination

    395,852        0        0        0        0   

  Death or Disability

    0        0        0        0        613,434   

 

(1)      Amounts reflect, for each of Messrs. Male, Shassian, Nowak and Sauer, the continuation of his base salary for a period of 12 months, in this instance, January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014; for Mr. Kelly, the continuation of his base salary for a period of 18 months, in this instance, January 1, 2014 through June 30, 2015.

(2)      For terminations without “Cause” (or, as applicable, for “Good Reason”), amounts reflect the payment of 12 months’ worth of Mr. Male’s target bonus and 18 months’ worth of Mr. Kelly’s target bonus. With respect to a December 31, 2013 termination date, bonuses, if any, for Messrs. Male, Kelly, Nowak and Sauer for the period January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2013 (as determined by the CBS Compensation Committee, which would have been earned by the applicable named executive officers as set forth in the

 

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Summary Compensation Table) are not included as “Annual Bonus Continuation.” Target bonus amounts for the named executive officers were as follows for 2013: Mr. Male, $1,147,500; Mr. Kelly, $600,000; Mr. Shassian, $487,500; Mr. Nowak, $287,500; and Mr. Sauer, $197,926.

(3)      For Messrs. Male and Shassian, the amounts shown reflect the Company’s cost of providing continued health insurance benefits as provided in their employment agreements. For Messrs. Kelly and Nowak, the amounts shown reflect the Company’s cost of providing continued health insurance benefits and life insurance coverage as provided in their employment agreements.

(4)      The calculation of the value associated with the acceleration or continuation (as the case may be) of the vesting of equity grants, (i) in the case of stock awards, was based on the closing price of CBS Class B Common Stock on December 31, 2013, which was $63.74, with the inclusion of the PRSUs awarded during 2013 reflecting target achievement of the applicable performance conditions; and (ii) in the case of options, was based on the difference between such closing price and the exercise price of the option. See the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End 2013 table and accompanying footnotes for more information about the equity awards included in the above calculation. Following a termination of employment, without Cause, provided Mr. Nowak remains ready, willing and able to render exclusive services to us through July 31, 2017, he shall continue to vest toward any outstanding equity awards.

(5)      In September 2011, the CBS Compensation Committee provided for accelerated vesting of equity awards then outstanding upon an employee’s termination of employment due to death or permanent disability, and CBS included a similar provision in the terms and conditions of equity awards granted thereafter. Accordingly, the amounts shown for Messrs. Kelly, Nowak, Shassian and Sauer with respect to a termination of employment due to “Death” or “Disability” reflect the accelerated vesting of outstanding equity awards in accordance with the provisions of this program. Amounts included with respect to Mr. Male reflect the accelerated vesting of outstanding equity awards in accordance with the provisions of his employment agreement.

None of the named executive officers’ employment arrangements provide for post-termination payments and benefits solely in the event of a change-in-control or “gross-ups” in the event any payment or benefit owed to him under his respective arrangement is subject to the excise tax imposed by Section 4999 of the Code.

Mr. Nowak is entitled to receive a minimum payment of deferred compensation upon his termination of employment, as set forth in the “Nonqualified Deferred Compensation in 2013 — Description of Nonqualified Deferred Compensation — Outdoor Deferred Compensation Arrangement” section.

Termination for Cause or Voluntary Termination Without Good Reason

Each named executive officer’s employment arrangement includes a definition of “Cause” (as discussed below) for which the executive’s employment may be terminated. The named executive officers will receive no incremental payments and benefits under their respective employment arrangements in the event of a termination by the Company for “Cause” or a named executive officer’s voluntary termination without “Good Reason” (also discussed below).

Termination Without “Cause” by the Company or for “Good Reason” by the Named Executive Officer

Each named executive officer will receive termination payments and benefits if the Company terminates his employment without “Cause,” and each of Messrs. Male and Kelly will also receive termination payments and benefits if he resigns for “Good Reason” pursuant to his employment agreement. If a termination without “Cause” or for “Good Reason” had occurred as of December 31, 2013, then, in addition to compensation the applicable named executive officer would have earned as of the termination date and benefits generally available to all salaried employees (such as amounts accrued under the CBS 401(k) plans, accumulated and vested benefits under CBS’s nonqualified deferred compensation and pension plans, disability benefits and accrued vacation pay):

 

   

Mr. Male would have received (i) a cash severance amount equal to the sum of his 12 months of his annual salary and his target bonus, (ii) company-paid medical and dental benefits for up to 12 months; (iii) accelerated vesting of all unvested stock options, RSUs and other equity awards that would have vested during the 12-month period following his termination of employment and (iv) payment of expenses associated with his repatriation back to the United Kingdom.

 

   

Mr. Kelly would have received (i) a cash severance amount equal to 18 months of his annual salary; (ii) a cash severance amount equal to 18 months of his target bonus; (iii) company-paid medical and dental benefits for up to 18 months; (iv) company-paid life insurance until the end of the employment term; and (v) accelerated vesting of all unvested stock options, RSUs and other equity awards that would have vested during the 18-month period following his termination of employment.

 

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Mr. Shassian would have received (i) a cash severance amount equal to 12 months of his annual salary; (ii) company-paid medical and dental benefits for up to 18 months; and (iii) accelerated vesting of certain RSU awards that would have vested during the 12-month period following his termination of employment.

 

   

Mr. Nowak would have received (i) a cash severance amount equal to 12 months of his annual salary; (ii) company-paid medical and dental benefits for up to 12 months; and (iii) company-paid life insurance until the end of the employment term. Following a termination of employment without Cause, provided Mr. Nowak remains ready, willing and able to render exclusive services to us through July 31, 2017, he would also continue to vest toward any outstanding equity awards.

 

   

Mr. Sauer would have received a cash severance amount equal to 12 months of his annual salary.

The employment arrangements for Messrs. Male, Kelly, Shassian, Nowak and Sauer require that salary continuation and, in the case of Messrs. Male and Kelly, bonus continuation be paid over the applicable severance period. If any of our named executive officer’s employment were terminated without “Cause,” or if Mr. Male or Mr. Kelly terminated his employment for “Good Reason,” each of them would be required to execute and deliver a general release and would be subject to certain restrictive covenants relating to non-competition, solicitation of Company employees, protection of the Company’s confidential information and its ownership of work product and cooperation in litigation. Messrs. Kelly, Nowak and Sauer would be subject to mitigation obligations under the terms of their employment arrangements.

If a public offering of our common stock is not completed by the second anniversary of the effective date of Mr. Male’s employment term (i.e., September 18, 2015) or, if sooner, CBS materially ceases its efforts to complete this offering, Mr. Male may voluntarily resign his employment with notice during the 30-day period following such second anniversary and receive (i) a cash severance amount equal to the sum of his 18 months of his annual salary and 1.5 times his target bonus, (ii) company-paid medical and dental benefits for up to 18 months, (iii) accelerated vesting of all unvested stock options, RSUs and other equity awards, and (iv) payment of expenses associated with his and his family’s repatriation back to the United Kingdom.

Definition of Termination for “Cause”: The Company would be entitled to terminate the employment of each of Messrs. Kelly, Nowak and Sauer for “Cause” upon the following events: dishonesty, embezzlement, fraud or other conduct which would constitute a felony or a misdemeanor involving fraud or perjury; willful unauthorized disclosure of confidential information; failure to obey a material lawful directive that is appropriate to his position from an executive in his reporting line; failure to comply with the our written policies, including the Business Conduct Statement; material breach of his employment arrangement; failure (except in the event of disability) or refusal to substantially perform the material obligations under his employment arrangement; willful failure to cooperate with a bona fide internal investigation or investigation by regulatory or law enforcement authorities or the destruction or failure to preserve documents or other material reasonably likely to be relevant to such an investigation, or the inducement of others to fail to cooperate or to destroy or fail to produce documents or other material; or conduct which is considered an offense involving moral turpitude under federal, state or local laws, or which might bring him to public disrepute, scandal or ridicule or reflect unfavorably upon any of the our businesses or those who conduct business with us, CBS or its affiliated entities. In the case of Mr. Kelly, his voluntary resignation without “Good Reason” during the term other than due to his death or disability would also be considered “Cause.” In the case of Mr. Nowak, his voluntary resignation during the term other than due to his death or disability would also be considered “Cause.”

The Company would be entitled to terminate the employment of Mr. Male for “Cause” upon the following events: embezzlement, fraud or other conduct which would constitute a felony or a misdemeanor involving fraud or perjury; willful unauthorized disclosure of confidential information; failure to obey a material lawful directive that is appropriate to his position from an executive having authority to give such directive; failure to comply with our written policies, including the Business Conduct Statement; material breach of his employment agreement; resignation without Good Reason other than due to your death or disability or in

 

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certain other circumstances; willful failure or refusal after being given written notice (except in the event of disability) to substantially perform his material duties and responsibilities under the employment agreement; willful failure to cooperate with a bona fide internal investigation or investigation by regulatory or law enforcement authorities or the destruction or failure to preserve documents or other material reasonably likely to be relevant to such an investigation, or the inducement of others to fail to cooperate or to destroy or fail to produce documents or other material; conduct which is considered an offense involving moral turpitude under federal, state or local laws; or willful misconduct which brings him to public disrepute or scandal that does or is likely to do significant harm to our businesses or those who conduct business with us, CBS and our affiliated companies.

The Company would be entitled to terminate the employment of Mr. Shassian for “Cause” upon the following events: fraud, misappropriation or embezzlement; conviction of a felony or a misdemeanor involving fraud, perjury or moral turpitude; his repeated willful failure to perform services under the agreement; his material breach of certain provisions in his agreement; or his terminating his employment during the term other than due to his death or disability.

Definition of “Good Reason” Termination: A “Good Reason” termination for Mr. Male would be triggered by the following: (i) a reduction in his annual salary, bonus or long-term incentive compensation opportunity; (ii) a material reduction in his positions, titles, authorities, duties or responsibilities or, upon consummation of an initial public offering of our common stock, the failure to give him the authorities, duties or responsibilities customarily given to a CEO of a public company; (iii) the assignment of duties or responsibilities that are materially inconsistent with his current authorities, duties and responsibilities or which materially impair his ability to function as Chief Executive Officer of the Company (provided that assignment of authorities, duties or responsibilities relating to operations of a public company or which are consistent with those of a public company CEO would not trigger “Good Reason”); (iv) material breach by the Company of any of its obligations under the agreement; (v) the requirement that he relocate outside the New York metropolitan area; or (vi) if prior to an initial public offering of the Company’s common stock, the sale or other disposition by CBS of substantially all of the Company’s stock or assets.

A “Good Reason” termination for Mr. Kelly would be triggered by the following: (i) the requirement that he report to an executive at a lower level than the level of the executive to whom he currently reports; (ii) the material breach by the Company of any of its obligations under the agreement, including a material reduction in the scope of his responsibilities, title, or base compensation; or (iii) the relocation of his position outside of the metropolitan area he is currently employed in. Messrs. Shassian, Nowak and Sauer do not have a “Good Reason” provision in their employment arrangements.

Termination Due to Disability

If Messrs. Kelly, Shassian and Nowak were to be terminated during the employment term as a result of disability, they would receive salary earned through the date of termination, a prorated bonus for the calendar year in which the disability occurs, a prorated target bonus for the period during which they receive short-term disability benefits under the Company’s short-term disability program, and accelerated vesting of their outstanding equity awards. If Mr. Male were to be terminated during the employment term as a result of disability, he would receive the above payments and benefits, plus payment of expenses associated with his and his family’s repatriation back to the United Kingdom. If Mr. Sauer were to be terminated during the employment term as a result of disability, he would receive salary earned through the date of termination and accelerated vesting of certain of his outstanding RSU awards.

Termination Due to Death

If Messrs. Male, Kelly, Shassian and Nowak were to die during the employment term, their beneficiaries or estates would receive salary earned through the date of death, a prorated bonus for the calendar year in which death occurs (which the executive would have earned) and accelerated vesting of their outstanding equity awards. No additional payments or benefits would be due under their respective contracts. If Mr. Sauer were to die during the employment term, his beneficiaries or estate would receive salary earned through the date of death, and accelerated vesting of his outstanding RSU awards.

 

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CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED-PERSON TRANSACTIONS

Agreements Between CBS and Us Relating to this Offering or the Separation

Agreement and Plan of Reorganization

On January 15, 2014, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Reorganization Agreement”) with CBS and a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS, which provided, among other things, that we will pay the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds (prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part) and the Transferred Offering Proceeds (following the consummation of this offering) to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS (together with shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock) in consideration for the contribution of the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment to us pursuant to the CBS Reorganization Transactions. Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, following the final payment of the Purging Distribution(s) declared in our first REIT taxable year, if any, we will pay to CBS, or CBS will pay to us, as applicable, the difference between the actual cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) and the estimated cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) that was retained by us. See “Use of Proceeds,” “Formation Transactions” and “The Separation.”

Master Separation Agreement

In connection with this offering, we will enter into a master separation agreement, which will provide for, among other things, our responsibility for liabilities relating to our business and the responsibility of CBS for liabilities unrelated to our business. It will also contain indemnification obligations and ongoing commitments of us and CBS.

The master separation agreement will also contain provisions allocating between us and CBS liabilities relating to the employment of current and former employees of our business and the compensation and benefit plans and programs in which such employees participate. In general, it is expected that we will assume or retain liabilities relating to the employment, compensation and benefits of current and former employees of our business. Also, the master separation agreement will set forth the treatment of CBS equity awards held by such employees.

Transition Services Agreement

In connection with this offering, we will enter into a transition services agreement with CBS, pursuant to which CBS will provide us with certain services, and we will provide certain limited services to CBS, in each case, on an interim basis. The services to be provided to us by CBS will include legal, finance, information technology, insurance, tax and employment functions. The agreed-upon charges for such services will generally be on a cost-plus-margin basis and we will reimburse CBS for its out-of-pocket costs. The liability of CBS under the transition services agreement for the services it provides will generally be limited.

We anticipate that we will generally be in a position to complete the transition from all services provided by CBS on or before          months following the completion of this offering.

Tax Matters Agreement

In connection with this offering, we will enter into a tax matters agreement, which will govern the respective rights, responsibilities and obligations of CBS and us with respect to tax liabilities and benefits, tax attributes, the preparation and filing of tax returns, the control of audits and other tax proceedings and other matters regarding taxes for the periods during which we are a member of the CBS consolidated tax group. The tax matters agreement will also separately allocate among the parties any tax liability arising as a result of any failure of the split-off to qualify as a tax-free transaction.

License Agreement

In connection with this offering, we will enter into a license agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS, pursuant to which we will have the right to use “CBS” in the corporate names of our company and our subsidiaries for up to             . Pursuant to the license agreement, we will also have the right to use the “CBS” mark and the “CBS” logo on our outdoor advertising billboards for up to             .

 

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Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with this offering, we will enter into a registration rights agreement, which will provide CBS and its affiliated entities with certain registration rights for shares of our common stock owned by them, as follows:

Demand Registration Rights.  CBS and its affiliated entities will be entitled to certain demand registration rights. At any time after the completion of this offering, and subject to the “lock-up” period described under “Shares Eligible For Future Sale” such holders may, on not more than          occasions, request that we register all or a portion of their shares, subject to customary limitations.

Piggyback Registration Rights.  In the event that we propose to register any of our equity securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for our equity securities under the Securities Act, either for our own account or for the account of other security holders, CBS and its affiliated entities will be entitled to certain “piggyback” registration rights allowing them to include our shares that they own in such registration, subject to customary limitations. As a result, whenever we propose to file a registration statement under the Securities Act, other than with respect to a registration statement on Form S-4 or S-8 or certain other exceptions, CBS and its affiliated entities are entitled to notice of the registration and have the right, subject to certain limitations, to include their shares in the registration.

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

In connection with the completion of this offering, we expect to adopt a written policy regarding the review and approval, ratification or other action to be taken with respect to transactions with related persons.

Other Related-Person Transactions

CBS. We are an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS. CBS provides us with certain services, such as insurance and support for technology systems. Effective January 1, 2014, our employees began participating in employee benefit plans maintained by us, although certain of our employees may continue to be entitled to benefits under certain CBS defined benefit pension plans. For more information on the allocation of the charges for services and benefits provided to us by CBS, see “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations—Related Parties.” Prior to the completion of this offering, we will enter into the agreements above to govern our relationship with CBS during the period between the completion of this offering and the effective date of the Separation and to complete the Separation of our business from CBS. In addition, we participate in CBS’s centralized cash management system. Under this system, on a daily basis, any excess cash we generate is automatically transferred to CBS and any additional daily cash flow needs are funded by CBS. As such, CBS benefits from the positive cash flow we generate, and CBS also provides us with sufficient daily liquidity to fund our ongoing cash needs. As a result, we have historically required minimal cash on hand. On January 31, 2014, at the time of the Formation Borrowings, such participation ceased.

For advertising spending placed by CBS and its subsidiaries, we recognized total revenues of $19.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 and $22.9 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Other Related Persons.  Viacom Inc. is controlled by National Amusements, Inc., the controlling stockholder of CBS. Revenues recognized for advertising spending placed by various subsidiaries of Viacom Inc. were $9.4 million, $11.4 million and $11.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Aggregate Consideration to CBS

As a result of our formation transactions and this offering, CBS will receive aggregate consideration of approximately $            .

 

 

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FORMATION TRANSACTIONS

We intend to complete a series of formation transactions as part of our transition to becoming a public company:

 

   

Upon formation as a Maryland corporation, we filed our initial charter in Maryland, adopted our initial bylaws and, upon issuing shares to our parent, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS, we became an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS;

 

   

Prior to the completion of the Formation Borrowings, CBS completed the CBS Reorganization Transactions, resulting in the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment being consolidated under us;

 

   

On January 31, 2014, we issued $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2022 Senior Notes and $400 million aggregate principal amount of 2024 Senior Notes. The Senior Notes were offered within the United States to qualified institutional buyers in reliance on Rule 144A under the Securities Act, and outside the United States to non-U.S. persons in reliance on Regulation S under the Securities Act;

 

   

On January 31, 2014, we entered into the $800 million Term Loan;

 

   

In connection with the Formation Borrowings, we incurred $1.6 billion of indebtedness, from which we received net proceeds of approximately $1.57 billion after deducting bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection therewith. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we will transfer to a wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds of approximately $1.52 billion, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of the Formation Borrowings less $50 million, which will remain with us to use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs, as described below. See “Use of Proceeds” and “The Separation”;

 

   

We estimate that we will receive net proceeds from this offering of approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus and after deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions related to this offering. Pursuant to the completion of the CBS Reorganization Transactions, we intend to transfer to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS the Transferred Offering Proceeds, which is an amount equal to the net proceeds of this offering less an amount, as determined by CBS, equal to the estimated cash portion of the Purging Distribution(s). We estimate that the Transferred Offering Proceeds will be approximately $            , or approximately $             if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full, in each case based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the front cover of this prospectus. See “Use of Proceeds” and “The Separation”;

 

   

We will pay the Transferred Borrowing Proceeds (prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part) and the Transferred Offering Proceeds (following the consummation of this offering) to such wholly owned subsidiary of CBS (together with shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock) in consideration for the contribution of the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment to us pursuant to the CBS Reorganization Transactions. After making these payments, we expect that we will have retained approximately $            , which will include the amounts retained by us from the proceeds of the Formation Borrowings and this offering, as described above, which we will use for corporate purposes and ongoing cash needs and which we believe will provide us with sufficient liquidity to pay the cash portion of any Purging Distribution(s) if CBS completes the Separation by means of the split-off and we elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Following the final payment of the Purging Distribution(s) declared in our first REIT taxable year, if any, we will pay to CBS, or CBS will pay to us, as applicable, the

 

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difference between the actual cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) and the estimated cash portion of such Purging Distribution(s) that was retained by us as described above. See “Use of Proceeds” and “The Separation”;

 

   

On January 31, 2014, we entered into the Revolving Credit Facility, which matures in 2019 and has a commitment of $425 million with third-party financial institutions. The Revolving Credit Facility will be used for corporate purposes, including the issuance of letters of credit, and ongoing cash needs. We do not expect to have any outstanding borrowings under our Revolving Credit Facility upon completion of this offering;

 

   

Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will form one or more subsidiary corporations to serve as TRSs and will contribute our non-real estate and non-U.S. assets to such subsidiary corporations;

 

   

On January 31, 2014, we entered into the Letter of Credit Facility, pursuant to which we may obtain letters of credit from time to time in an aggregate outstanding face amount of up to $80 million; and

 

   

Prior to the effectiveness of the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part, we will amend and restate our initial charter and amend and restate our initial bylaws.

We refer to the above transactions as our “formation transactions.”

 

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THE SEPARATION

CBS has advised us that it currently intends to dispose of all of the shares of our common stock that it indirectly will own upon the completion of this offering following the “lock-up” period described under “Shares Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-Up Agreements and Other Contractual Restrictions on Resale.” CBS has advised us that it intends to effect the Separation by means of a tax-free split-off, pursuant to which CBS will offer its stockholders the option to exchange their shares of CBS common stock for shares of our common stock in an exchange offer. If the exchange offer is undertaken and consummated and not fully subscribed because less than all shares of our common stock owned by CBS are exchanged, the remaining shares of our common stock owned by CBS may be offered in one or more subsequent exchange offers (together with the initial exchange offer, the “exchange offer(s)”) and/or distributed on a pro rata basis to CBS stockholders whose shares of CBS common stock remain outstanding after consummation of the exchange offer(s) (such distribution, together with the exchange offer(s), the “split-off”). CBS has received a private letter ruling from the IRS and expects to receive certain opinions of counsel to the effect that the split-off, together with certain related transactions, will qualify as a tax-free distribution for U.S. federal income tax purposes under Section 355 of the Code. If CBS does not proceed with the split-off, it could elect to dispose of our common stock in a number of different types of transactions, including open market sales, sales to one or more third parties or pro rata distributions of our shares to CBS’s stockholders or a combination of these transactions. CBS could also elect to not dispose of our common stock. The determination of whether, when and how to proceed with the Separation is entirely within the discretion of CBS.

Except for the “lock-up” period described under “Shares Eligible for Future Sale—Lock-Up Agreements and Other Contractual Restrictions on Resale,” CBS is not subject to any contractual obligation to maintain its share ownership. For more information on the potential effect of CBS’s disposition of our common stock by means of the Separation or otherwise, please read “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Affiliation with CBS—Transfers of our common stock by CBS could adversely affect your rights as a stockholder and cause our stock price to decline.”

We are, and, until CBS ceases to own at least 80% of our outstanding common stock, we will remain, a member of CBS’s consolidated tax group for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will be taxable as a regular domestic C corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i.e., we will be subject to taxation at regular corporate rates). Pursuant to the tax matters agreement that we will enter into with CBS, we will be liable to pay CBS in respect of any taxes imposed on or with respect to us while we are a member of the CBS consolidated tax group.

Following the Separation, we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT (the “REIT election”), and we, together with one or more of our subsidiaries, will jointly elect to treat such subsidiaries as TRSs (the “TRS election”). We expect the Separation to be consummated in 2014 and to make the REIT election (and the TRS election) for our taxable year beginning the day after the effective date of the Separation and ending December 31, 2014. However, depending on how CBS elects to proceed with the Separation (including the timing and number of exchange offers, if any), we may cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group prior to the effective date of the Separation. In such circumstance, we may make our REIT election (and the TRS election) effective as of the day after we cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group. For more information on the potential effect of any delay in the completion of the Separation or the nonoccurrence of the Separation, please read “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Affiliation with CBS—A delay in the completion of the Separation or the nonoccurrence of the Separation could result in our remaining a taxable corporation and could significantly reduce the amount of cash available for distribution to our stockholders.”

Our qualification to be taxed as a REIT will depend upon our ability to meet on a continuing basis, through actual investment and operating results, various complex requirements under the Code, relating to, among other things, the sources of our gross income, the composition and values of our assets, our distribution levels and the diversity of ownership of our shares. We believe that immediately following this offering we will be organized in conformity with the requirements for qualification and taxation as a REIT under the Code and that our intended manner of operation will enable us to meet the requirements for

 

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qualification and taxation as a REIT. Upon completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own approximately     % of our outstanding common stock (or approximately 81% if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full). Our board of directors will grant CBS and certain of its affiliates a waiver of the ownership restrictions contained in our charter, subject to certain initial and ongoing conditions designed to protect our status as a REIT. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our REIT Election and Our Status as a REIT—If we fail to meet the REIT income tests as a result of receiving non-qualifying rental income, we would be required to pay a penalty tax in order to retain our REIT status.” CBS has requested a private letter ruling from the IRS with respect to certain issues relevant to our qualification to be taxed as a REIT.

So long as we qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on our net taxable income that we distribute to our stockholders. If we fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT in any taxable year and do not qualify for certain statutory relief provisions, we will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates and will be precluded from re-electing to be taxed as a REIT for the subsequent four taxable years following the year during which we lose our REIT qualification. Even if we qualify for taxation as a REIT, we may be subject to certain U.S. federal, state and local taxes on our income or property, and the income of our TRSs will be subject to taxation at regular corporate rates.

If CBS completes the Separation by means of the split-off, CBS will allocate its earnings and profits between CBS and us in accordance with provisions of the Code. In order to comply with certain REIT qualification requirements, we will, before the end of any REIT taxable year in which we have accumulated earnings and profits attributable to a non-REIT year, declare a dividend to our stockholders to distribute such accumulated earnings and profits, including any earnings and profits allocated to us by CBS in connection with the split-off (any such distribution declared in our first REIT taxable year or with respect to earnings and profits allocated to us by CBS, the “Purging Distribution(s)”). We cannot currently predict the amount of the Purging Distribution(s), but it could be a significant amount. We expect to pay the Purging Distribution(s) in a combination of cash and our stock, a substantial portion of which will be in stock.

 

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PRINCIPAL STOCKHOLDERS

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of shares of our common stock, before (as of                     ) and after the completion of this offering, based on the midpoint of the price range set forth on the cover of this prospectus, for (a) each person who is expected to be the beneficial owner of 5% or more of the outstanding common stock immediately following the completion of this offering, (b) our directors, director nominees and named executive officers and (c) our directors, director nominees and executive officers as a group. Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC and generally means that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power of that security, including options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days of             . The information does not necessarily indicate beneficial ownership for any other purpose, including for purposes of Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Act. Except as indicated by the footnotes below, we believe, based on the information furnished to us, that the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown that they beneficially own, subject to community property laws, where applicable. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each named person is c/o CBS Outdoor Americas Inc., 405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10174.

 

    Shares of CBS Outdoor
Americas Inc. Beneficially
Owned Before Offering

(as of                         )
     Shares of CBS Outdoor
Americas Inc. Beneficially
Owned After Offering(1)

Name of Beneficial Owner

  Number of
Shares
    Percent of
Shares
     Number of
Shares
  Percent of
Shares

Beneficial owners of 5% or more of our outstanding common stock:

        

CBS Corporation(2)

      (100%)         (    %)

Sumner M. Redstone/National Amusements, Inc. (“NAI”)/NAI Entertainment Holdings LLC (“NAI EH”)(3)

      (100%)         (    %)

Directors, director nominees and executive officers:

        

Anthony G. Ambrosio

                  

Joseph R. Ianniello

                  

Wally Kelly

                  

Jeremy J. Male

                  

Leslie Moonves

                  

Raymond Nowak

                  

Richard Sauer

                  

Donald R. Shassian

                  

Lawrence P. Tu

                  

Joseph H. Wender

                  

All directors, director nominees and named executive officers as a group (     persons)

        

 

*          Less than one percent.

(1)       Assumes             shares of our common stock are outstanding immediately following this offering and that the underwriters do not exercise their option to purchase additional shares.

(2)       The address of CBS Corporation is 51 West 52nd Street, New York, NY 10019. All of the shares of our common stock beneficially owned by CBS are held by CBS Radio Media Corporation. CBS Radio Media Corporation is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Radio Inc., which is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Broadcasting Inc., which is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Westinghouse CBS Holding Company, Inc., which is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of CBS.

 

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(3)       Mr. Redstone, NAI and NAI EH beneficially own a controlling interest in CBS as disclosed in Amendment 18 to the Schedule 13G they filed on February 8, 2013 and, accordingly, may be deemed to beneficially own all of the Company’s shares held by CBS. As disclosed in the definitive proxy statement filed by CBS on April 12, 2013, as of March 28, 2013, NAI beneficially owned, directly and indirectly through its wholly owned subsidiary, NAI EH, approximately 79.7% of CBS’s outstanding Class A voting Common Stock and approximately 6.5% of CBS’s outstanding Class A voting Common Stock and Class B non-voting Common Stock on a combined basis. Sumner M. Redstone is the controlling stockholder of NAI. The address of each of Mr. Redstone, NAI and NAI EH is 846 University Avenue, Norwood, MA 02062.

The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of shares of the CBS Class B Common Stock before (as of                     ) and after giving effect to the completion of this offering by (a) our directors, director nominees and named executive officers and (b) our directors, director nominees and executive officers as a group. Except as indicated by the footnotes below, we believe, based on the information furnished to us, that the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of CBS Class B Common Stock shown that they beneficially own, subject to community property laws, where applicable. Unless otherwise indicated, the address of each named person is c/o CBS Outdoor Americas Inc., 405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor, New York, New York 10174.

 

     Shares of CBS Class B Common  Stock
Beneficially Owned Before and After  Offering(1)

Name of Beneficial Owner

   Number of
CBS Class B Shares
   Percent of
CBS Class B Shares

Directors, director nominees and named executive officers:

     

Anthony G. Ambrosio

     

Joseph R. Ianniello

     

Wally Kelly

     

Jeremy J. Male

     

Leslie Moonves

     

Raymond Nowak

     

Richard Sauer

     

Donald R. Shassian

     

Lawrence P. Tu

     

Joseph H. Wender

     

All directors, director nominees and executive officers as a group (     persons)

     

 

*          Less than one percent.

(1)       The authorized common stock of CBS consists of Class A voting Common Stock and Class B non-voting Common Stock. None of our directors, director nominees or executive officers beneficially own any shares of CBS Class A Common Stock.

 

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES

The following summary of the terms of the stock of our company does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the MGCL, our charter and our bylaws. Copies of our charter and bylaws are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”

General

Our charter will provide that we may issue up to             shares of common stock, $         par value per share, and             shares of preferred stock, $         par value per share. Our charter will authorize our board of directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire board and without stockholder approval, to amend our charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock that we are authorized to issue or the number of authorized shares of any class or series of stock. Upon completion of this offering,             shares of our common stock and no shares of our preferred stock will be issued and outstanding. Under Maryland law, our stockholders generally are not liable for our debts or obligations solely as a result of their status as stockholders.

Shares of Common Stock

All of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus will be duly authorized, and, when issued, will be fully paid and nonassessable. Subject to the preferential rights, if any, of holders of any other class or series of our stock and to the provisions of our charter relating to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, holders of our common stock are entitled to receive distributions when authorized by our board of directors and declared by us out of assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders and will be entitled to share ratably in our assets legally available for distribution to our stockholders in the event of our liquidation, dissolution or winding-up, after payment of or adequate provision for all of our known debts and liabilities.

Subject to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock and except as may be otherwise specified in the terms of any class or series of common stock, each outstanding share of common stock entitles the holder to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders, including the election of directors, and, except as may be provided with respect to any other class or series of our stock, the holders of shares of our common stock will possess the exclusive voting power. Directors will be elected by a plurality of all of the votes cast in the election of directors. There is no cumulative voting in the election of directors. Consequently, the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of our common stock can elect all of the directors then standing for election, and the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect any directors.

Holders of shares of our common stock have no appraisal, preference, conversion, exchange, sinking fund or redemption rights and have no preemptive rights to subscribe for any securities of our company. Subject to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, shares of our common stock will have equal distribution, liquidation and other rights.

Power to Increase or Decrease Authorized Shares of Stock, Reclassify Unissued Shares of Stock and Issue Additional Shares of Common and Preferred Stock

Our charter will authorize our board of directors, with the approval of a majority of the entire board and without stockholder approval, to amend our charter to increase or decrease the aggregate number of shares of stock or the number of shares of any class or series of stock that we are authorized to issue. In addition, our charter will authorize our board of directors to authorize the issuance from time to time of shares of our common and preferred stock.

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liquidation, and to authorize us to issue the newly classified shares. Prior to the issuance of shares of each new class or series, our board of directors is required by Maryland law and by our charter to set, subject to the provisions of our charter regarding the restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock, the preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption for each class or series. Therefore, although our board of directors does not currently have any plans to do so, it could authorize the issuance of shares of common or preferred stock with terms and conditions that could have the effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a change in control or other transaction that might involve a premium price for shares of our common stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders. No shares of preferred stock are presently outstanding, and we have no present plans to issue any shares of preferred stock.

We believe that the power of our board of directors to approve amendments to our charter to increase or decrease the number of authorized shares of stock, to authorize us to issue additional authorized but unissued shares of common or preferred stock and to classify or reclassify unissued shares of common or preferred stock and thereafter to authorize us to issue such classified or reclassified shares of stock will provide us with increased flexibility in structuring possible future financings and acquisitions and in meeting other needs that might arise.

Restrictions on Ownership and Transfer

In order for us to qualify to be taxed as a REIT under the Code, shares of our stock must be owned by 100 or more persons during at least 335 days of a taxable year of twelve months or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year (other than the first year for which an election to qualify to be taxed as a REIT has been made). Also, not more than 50% of the value of the outstanding shares of our stock (after taking into account options to acquire shares of stock) may be owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer individuals (as defined in the Code to include certain entities such as private foundations) during the last half of a taxable year (other than the first year for which an election to be a REIT has been made). To qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we must satisfy other requirements as well. See “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations—Taxation of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.—Requirements for Qualification—General.”

As of the closing of this offering, our charter will contain restrictions on the ownership and transfer of shares of our stock that are intended to assist us in complying with these requirements, among other purposes. The relevant sections of our charter will provide that, subject to the exceptions described below, no person or entity may own, or be deemed to own, beneficially or by virtue of the applicable constructive ownership provisions of the Code, more than 9.8%, in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of our common stock (the “common stock ownership limit”) or 9.8% in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of all classes or series of our stock (the “aggregate stock ownership limit”). We refer to the common stock ownership limit and the aggregate stock ownership limit collectively as the “ownership limits.” We refer to the person or entity that, but for operation of the ownership limits or another restriction on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock as described below, would beneficially own or constructively own shares of our stock in violation of such limits or restrictions and, if appropriate in the context, a person or entity that would have been the record owner of such shares of our stock as a “prohibited owner.”

The constructive ownership rules under the Code are complex and may cause shares of stock owned beneficially or constructively by a group of related individuals and/or entities to be owned beneficially or constructively by one individual or entity. As a result, the acquisition of less than 9.8%, in value or in number of shares, whichever is more restrictive, of the outstanding shares of our common stock, or less than 9.8% in value of the aggregate outstanding shares of all classes and series of our stock (or the acquisition by an individual or entity of an interest in an entity that owns, beneficially or constructively, shares of our stock), could, nevertheless, cause that individual or entity, or another individual or entity, to own beneficially or constructively shares of our stock in excess of the ownership limits.

 

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Our board of directors, in its sole discretion, may exempt, prospectively or retroactively, a particular stockholder from the ownership limits or establish a different limit on ownership (the “excepted holder limit”) if we obtain such representations and undertakings from such stockholders as are reasonably necessary for the board of directors to determine that:

 

   

no individual’s beneficial or constructive ownership of our stock will result in our being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise failing to qualify to be taxed as a REIT; and

 

   

such stockholder does not and will not own, actually or constructively, an interest in a customer (i.e., a lessee of real property for purposes of the REIT requirements) of ours (or a customer of any entity owned or controlled by us) that would cause us to own, actually or constructively, more than a 9.9% interest (as set forth in Section 856(d)(2)(B) of the Code) in such customer (or our board of directors determines that revenue derived from such customer will not, individually or in the aggregate with other revenues of our company, affect our ability to qualify to be taxed as a REIT).

Any violation or attempted violation of any such representations or undertakings will result in such stockholder’s shares of stock being automatically transferred to a charitable trust. As a condition of granting the waiver or establishing the excepted holder limit, our board of directors may require an opinion of counsel or a ruling from the IRS, in either case in form and substance satisfactory to our board of directors, in its sole discretion, in order to determine or ensure our status as a REIT. Our board of directors may impose such conditions or restrictions as it deems appropriate in connection with granting such a waiver or establishing an excepted holder limit. Our board of directors will grant CBS and certain of its affiliates exemptions from the ownership limits applicable to other holders of our common stock, subject to certain initial and ongoing conditions designed to protect our status as a REIT.

In connection with granting a waiver of the ownership limits or creating an excepted holder limit or at any other time, our board of directors may from time to time increase or decrease the common stock ownership limit, the aggregate stock ownership limit or both, for all other persons, unless, after giving effect to such increase, five or fewer individuals could beneficially own, in the aggregate, more than 49.9% in value of our outstanding stock or we would otherwise fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT. A reduced ownership limit will not apply to any person or entity whose percentage ownership of our common stock or our stock of all classes and series, as applicable, is, at the effective time of such reduction, in excess of such decreased ownership limit until such time as such person’s or entity’s percentage ownership of our common stock or our stock of all classes and series, as applicable, equals or falls below the decreased ownership limit, but any further acquisition of shares of our common stock or stock of all other classes or series, as applicable, will violate the decreased ownership limit.

Upon the completion of this offering, our charter will further prohibit:

 

   

any person from beneficially or constructively owning, applying certain attribution rules of the Code, shares of our stock that would result in our being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise cause us to fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT;

 

   

any person from transferring shares of our stock if the transfer would result in shares of our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons (determined under the principles of Section 856(a)(5) of the Code); and

 

   

any person from beneficially or constructively owning shares of our stock to the extent such ownership would result in our failing to qualify as a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity” within the meaning of Section 897(h)(4)(B) of the Code.

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transferred to the trust as described below, must immediately give notice to us of such event or, in the case of an attempted or proposed transaction, give us at least 15 days’ prior written notice and provide us with such other information as we may request in order to determine the effect of such transfer on our status as a REIT. The foregoing restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock will not apply if our board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interests to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, to be taxed as a REIT or that compliance with the restrictions and limits on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock described above is no longer required.

If any transfer of shares of our stock would result in shares of our stock being beneficially owned by fewer than 100 persons, the transfer will be null and void and the intended transferee will acquire no rights in the shares. In addition, if any purported transfer of shares of our stock or any other event would otherwise result in any person violating the ownership limits or an excepted holder limit established by our board of directors, or in our being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or otherwise failing to qualify to be taxed as a REIT or as a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity” within the meaning of Section 897(h)(4)(B) of the Code, then that number of shares (rounded up to the nearest whole share) that would cause the violation will be automatically transferred to, and held by, a trust for the exclusive benefit of one or more charitable organizations selected by us, and the intended transferee or other prohibited owner will acquire no rights in the shares. The automatic transfer will be effective as of the close of business on the business day prior to the date of the violative transfer or other event that results in a transfer to the trust. If the transfer to the trust as described above is not automatically effective, for any reason, to prevent a violation of the applicable ownership limits or our being “closely held” under Section 856(h) of the Code (without regard to whether the ownership interest is held during the last half of a taxable year) or our otherwise failing to qualify to be taxed as a REIT or as a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity,” then our charter will provide that the transfer of the shares will be null and void and the intended transferee will acquire no rights in such shares.

Shares of our stock held in the trust will be issued and outstanding shares. The prohibited owner will not benefit economically from ownership of any shares of our stock held in the trust and will have no rights to distributions and no rights to vote or other rights attributable to the shares of our stock held in the trust. The trustee of the trust will exercise all voting rights and receive all distributions with respect to shares held in the trust for the exclusive benefit of the charitable beneficiary of the trust. Any distribution made before we discover that the shares have been transferred to a trust as described above must be repaid by the recipient to the trustee upon demand by us. Subject to Maryland law, effective as of the date that the shares have been transferred to the trust, the trustee will have the authority to rescind as void any vote cast by a prohibited owner before our discovery that the shares have been transferred to the trust and to recast the vote in accordance with the desires of the trustee acting for the benefit of the charitable beneficiary of the trust. However, if we have already taken irreversible corporate action, then the trustee may not rescind and recast the vote.

Shares of our stock transferred to the trustee are deemed offered for sale to us, or our designee, at a price per share equal to the lesser of (i) the price paid by the prohibited owner for the shares (or, in the case of a devise or gift, the market price at the time of such devise or gift) and (ii) the market price on the date we, or our designee, accepts such offer. We may reduce the amount so payable to the prohibited owner by the amount of any distribution that we made to the prohibited owner before we discovered that the shares had been automatically transferred to the trust and that are then owed by the prohibited owner to the trustee as described above, and we may pay the amount of any such reduction to the trustee for distribution to the charitable beneficiary. We have the right to accept such offer until the trustee has sold the shares of our stock held in the trust as discussed below. Upon a sale to us, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares sold terminates, and the trustee must distribute the net proceeds of the sale to the prohibited owner and must distribute any distributions held by the trustee with respect to such shares to the charitable beneficiary.

If we do not buy the shares, the trustee must, within 20 days of receiving notice from us of the transfer of shares to the trust, sell the shares to a person or entity designated by the trustee who could own the shares without violating the ownership limits or the other restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares

 

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of our stock. After the sale of the shares, the interest of the charitable beneficiary in the shares transferred to the trust will terminate and the trustee must distribute to the prohibited owner an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the price paid by the prohibited owner for the shares (or, if the prohibited owner did not give value for the shares in connection with the event causing the shares to be held in the trust (for example, in the case of a gift, devise or other such transaction), the market price of the shares on the day of the event causing the shares to be held in the trust) and (ii) the sales proceeds (net of any commissions and other expenses of sale) received by the trust for the shares. The trustee may reduce the amount payable to the prohibited owner by the amount of any distribution that we paid to the prohibited owner before we discovered that the shares had been automatically transferred to the trust and that are then owed by the prohibited owner to the trustee as described above. Any net sales proceeds in excess of the amount payable to the prohibited owner must be paid immediately to the charitable beneficiary, together with any distributions thereon. In addition, if, prior to the discovery by us that shares of stock have been transferred to a trust, such shares of stock are sold by a prohibited owner, then such shares will be deemed to have been sold on behalf of the trust and, to the extent that the prohibited owner received an amount for or in respect of such shares that exceeds the amount that such prohibited owner was entitled to receive, such excess amount will be paid to the trustee upon demand. The prohibited owner has no rights in the shares held by the trustee.

In addition, if our board of directors determines that a transfer or other event has occurred that would violate the restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock described above, our board of directors may take such action as it deems advisable to refuse to give effect to or to prevent such transfer, including, but not limited to, causing us to redeem shares of our stock, refusing to give effect to the transfer on our books or instituting proceedings to enjoin the transfer.

Every owner of 5% or more (or such lower percentage as required by the Code or the regulations promulgated thereunder) of our stock, within 30 days after the end of each taxable year, must give us written notice stating the stockholder’s name and address, the number of shares of each class and series of our stock that the stockholder beneficially owns and a description of the manner in which the shares are held. Each such owner must provide to us such additional information as we may request in order to determine the effect, if any, of the stockholder’s beneficial ownership on our status as a REIT and to ensure compliance with the ownership limits. In addition, any person or entity that is a beneficial owner or constructive owner of shares of our stock and any person or entity (including the stockholder of record) who is holding shares of our stock for a beneficial owner or constructive owner must, on request, provide to us such information as we may request in order to determine our status as a REIT and to comply with the requirements of any taxing authority or governmental authority or to determine such compliance and to ensure compliance with the ownership limits.

Any certificates representing shares of our stock or notice in lieu thereof will bear a legend referring to the restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock described above.

These restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock will take effect upon completion of this offering and will not apply if our board of directors determines that it is no longer in our best interests to attempt to qualify, or to continue to qualify, to be taxed as a REIT or that compliance is no longer required.

The restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock described above could delay, defer or prevent a transaction or a change in control, including one that might involve a premium price for our common stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock will be             .

 

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CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF MARYLAND LAW AND OF OUR CHARTER AND BYLAWS

The following summary of certain provisions of Maryland law and of our charter and bylaws does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the MGCL and to our charter and bylaws. Copies of our charter and bylaws are filed as exhibits to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. See “Where You Can Find More Information.”

Our Board of Directors

In accordance with the terms of our charter, our board of directors will be divided into three classes, Class I, Class II and Class III, with each class serving staggered three-year terms. Our charter will provide that the number of directors on our board of directors will be fixed exclusively by our board of directors pursuant to our bylaws, but may not be fewer than the minimum required by Maryland law, which is one. Our bylaws will provide that our board of directors will consist of not less than one and not more than 15 directors. Upon the completion of this offering, we expect that our board of directors will consist of         directors.

Election of Directors; Removals; Vacancies

Our bylaws will provide that directors will be elected by a plurality of all of the votes cast in the election of directors.

Our charter will provide that, subject to the rights, if any, of holders of any class or series of preferred stock to elect or remove one or more directors, at or after the time when CBS and its affiliates together no longer beneficially own a majority or more of shares of our outstanding stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the “trigger date”), our directors may be removed only for cause, as defined in our charter, and then only by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors. Prior to the trigger date, subject to the rights, if any, of holders of any class or series of preferred stock to elect or remove one or more directors, our directors may be removed with or without cause by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of the votes entitled to be cast generally in the election of directors.

Our charter will provide that vacancies on our board of directors may be filled only by the remaining directors, even if the remaining directors do not constitute a quorum, subject to the rights, if any, of holders of any class or series of preferred stock to fill vacancies; provided that until such time as we are able to make a Subtitle 8 election, stockholders may fill a vacancy on our board of directors that is caused by the removal of a director. See “—Subtitle 8.” Any director elected to fill a vacancy will serve for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualifies.

Meetings of Stockholders

Our bylaws will provide that a meeting of our stockholders for the election of directors and the transaction of any business will be held annually on a date and at the time and place set by our board of directors. Our chairman, our chief executive officer, our president or our board of directors may call a special meeting of our stockholders. Subject to the provisions of our bylaws, a special meeting of our stockholders to act on any matter that may properly be brought before a meeting of our stockholders must also be called by our secretary upon the written request of the stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of all the votes entitled to be cast on such matter at the meeting and containing the information required by our bylaws. Our secretary will inform the requesting stockholders of the reasonably estimated cost of preparing and delivering the notice of meeting (including our proxy materials), and the requesting stockholder must pay such estimated cost before our secretary is required to prepare and deliver the notice of the special meeting.

 

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Stockholder Actions by Written Consent

Under the MGCL, stockholder action may be taken only at an annual or special meeting of stockholders or by unanimous written consent in lieu of a meeting unless the charter provides for a lesser percentage. Our charter will permit stockholder action by consent in lieu of a meeting to the extent permitted by our bylaws. Our bylaws will provide that, at any time prior to the trigger date, stockholder action may be taken without a meeting if a consent, setting forth the action so taken, is given by the stockholders entitled to cast not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting of stockholders. Prior to the trigger date, CBS’s consent will be required for any amendment to this provision of our bylaws.

Advance Notice of Director Nominations and New Business

Our bylaws will provide that, with respect to an annual meeting of our stockholders, nominations of individuals for election to our board of directors and the proposal of other business to be considered by our stockholders may be made only (i) pursuant to our notice of the meeting, (ii) by or at the direction of our board of directors or (iii) by any stockholder who was a stockholder of record both at the time of giving the notice required by our bylaws and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting on such business or in the election of such nominee and who has provided notice to us within the time period and containing the information and other materials specified in the advance notice provisions of our bylaws.

With respect to special meetings of stockholders, only the business specified in our notice of meeting may be brought before the meeting. Nominations of individuals for election to our board of directors may be made only (i) by or at the direction of our board of directors or (ii) if the meeting has been called for the purpose of electing directors, by any stockholder who was a stockholder of record both at the time of giving the notice required by our bylaws and at the time of the meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting in the election of each such nominee and who has provided notice to us within the time period and containing the information and other materials specified in the advance notice provisions of our bylaws.

The advance notice procedures of our bylaws will provide that, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice with respect to director nominations or other proposals for an annual meeting must be delivered to our corporate secretary at our principal executive office not earlier than the 120th day nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 90th day prior to the first anniversary of the immediately preceding annual meeting. In connection with our first annual meeting or in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered not earlier than the 120th day prior to the date of such annual meeting nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 90th day prior to the date of such annual meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.

Our bylaws will provide that as long as CBS beneficially owns 30% or more of the combined voting power of our outstanding stock, CBS is exempt from the foregoing advance notice provisions.

Amendment of Charter and Bylaws

Under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation generally may not amend its charter unless declared advisable by the board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, unless a lesser percentage (but not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter) is specified in the corporation’s charter. Our charter will provide that we generally may amend our charter if such action is declared advisable by our board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, except for amendments to certain provisions of our charter related to the removal of directors.

Subject to a consent right of CBS with respect to bylaw provisions regarding stockholder actions by written consent and with respect to CBS’s exemption from our advance notice provisions, our bylaws will provide that our board of directors has the exclusive power to adopt, alter or repeal any provision of our bylaws and to make new bylaws.

 

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Transactions Outside the Ordinary Course of Business

Under the MGCL, a Maryland corporation generally may not dissolve, merge or consolidate with another entity, sell all or substantially all of its assets or engage in a statutory share exchange unless the action is declared advisable by the board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, unless a lesser percentage (but not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter) is specified in the corporation’s charter. Our charter will provide that we generally may not dissolve, merge or consolidate with another entity, sell all or substantially all of our assets or engage in a statutory share exchange unless the action is declared advisable by our board of directors and approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.

Business Combinations

Under the MGCL, certain “business combinations” (including a merger, consolidation, statutory share exchange and, in certain circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer or issuance or reclassification of equity securities) between a Maryland corporation and an “interested stockholder” (defined generally as any person who beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 10% or more of the voting power of the corporation’s outstanding voting stock or an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time during the two-year period immediately prior to the date in question, was the beneficial owner of 10% or more of the voting power of the then-outstanding stock of the corporation) or an affiliate of such an interested stockholder are prohibited for five years after the most recent date on which the interested stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. Thereafter, any such business combination must generally be recommended by the board of directors of the corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least (i) 80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding shares of voting stock of the corporation and (ii) two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting stock of the corporation, other than shares held by the interested stockholder with whom (or with whose affiliate) the business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate or associate of the interested stockholder, unless, among other conditions, the corporation’s common stockholders receive a minimum price (as described in the MGCL) for their shares and the consideration is received in cash or in the same form as previously paid by the interested stockholder for its shares. A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by which the person otherwise would have become an interested stockholder. A corporation’s board of directors may provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined by the board.

Pursuant to the statute, our board of directors will by resolution exempt business combinations between us and CBS or its affiliates and between us and any other person, provided that in the latter case the business combination is first approved by our board of directors (including a majority of our directors who are not affiliates or associates of such person). Consequently, the five-year prohibition and the supermajority vote requirements will not apply to a business combination between us and CBS or its affiliates or to a business combination between us and any other person if our board of directors has first approved the combination. As a result, any person described in the preceding sentence may be able to enter into business combinations with us that may not be in the best interests of our stockholders, without compliance with the supermajority vote requirements and other provisions of the statute. We cannot assure you that our board of directors will not amend or repeal this resolution in the future.

Control Share Acquisitions

The MGCL provides that holders of “control shares” of a Maryland corporation acquired in a “control share acquisition” have no voting rights with respect to such shares except to the extent approved by the affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter. Shares owned by the acquirer, officers of the corporation or employees of the corporation who are directors of the corporation are excluded from shares entitled to vote on the matter.

Our bylaws will contain a provision opting out of the control share acquisition statute. This provision may be amended or eliminated at any time in the future by our board of directors.

 

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Subtitle 8

Subtitle 8 of Title 3 of the MGCL permits a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities registered under the Exchange Act and at least three independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in its charter or bylaws or a resolution of its board of directors and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the charter or bylaws, to any or all of five provisions of the MGCL that provide for:

 

   

a classified board;

 

   

a two-thirds vote requirement for removing a director;

 

   

a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote of the board of directors;

 

   

a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by a vote of the remaining directors in office and for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred; and

 

   

a majority requirement for the calling of a stockholder-requested special meeting of stockholders.

Our charter will provide that, effective at such time as we are able to make a Subtitle 8 election, vacancies on our board may be filled only by the remaining directors and that directors elected by the board to fill vacancies will serve for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred. Through provisions in our charter and bylaws unrelated to Subtitle 8, we will (i) have a classified board, (ii) require, on or after the trigger date, the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two-thirds of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter for the removal of any director from the board, which removal will be allowed only for cause, (iii) vest in the board the exclusive power to fix the number of directorships and (iv) require, unless called by our chairman, our chief executive officer, our president or our board of directors, the written request of stockholders entitled to cast not less than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast at such a meeting to call a special meeting.

Forum Selection Clause

Our bylaws will provide that, unless we consent in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on our behalf, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of any duty owed by us or by any of our directors or officers or other employees to us or to our stockholders, (c) any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors or officers or other employees arising pursuant to any provision of the MGCL or our charter or bylaws or (d) any action asserting a claim against us or any of our directors or officers or other employees that is governed by the internal affairs doctrine shall be, in each case, the Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Maryland, or, if that Court does not have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, Baltimore Division.

REIT Qualification

Our charter will provide that our board of directors may authorize us to revoke or otherwise terminate our REIT election, without approval of our stockholders, if it determines that it is no longer in our best interests to continue to qualify to be taxed as a REIT.

Effects of Certain Provisions of Maryland Law and of Our Charter and Bylaws

The MGCL contains, and our charter and bylaws will contain, provisions that may delay, defer or prevent a change in control or other transaction that might involve a premium price for shares of our common stock or otherwise be in the best interests of our stockholders, including supermajority vote requirements, a classified board, cause requirements for removal of directors, as applicable, and advance notice requirements for director nominations and other stockholder proposals. Likewise, if the provision in our bylaws opting out of the control share acquisition provisions of the MGCL or the resolution exempting

 

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certain business combinations from the business combination provisions of the MGCL were repealed or rescinded, these provisions of the MGCL could have similar antitakeover effects.

Indemnification and Limitation of Directors’ and Officers’ Liability

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages, except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and that is material to the cause of action. Our charter will contain a provision that eliminates the liability of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

The MGCL requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter will not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL permits us to indemnify any present or former director or officer, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by him or her in connection with any proceeding to which he or she may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:

 

   

the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;

 

   

the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or

 

   

in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

Under the MGCL, we may not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by us or in our right in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to us or in a suit in which the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses.

In addition, the MGCL permits us to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon our receipt of:

 

   

a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good-faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by us; and

 

   

a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by us if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.

Our charter will authorize us, and our bylaws will obligate us, to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:

 

   

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any individual who, while a director or officer of our company and at our request, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of another corporation, real estate investment trust, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity.

Our charter and bylaws will also permit us to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of ours in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of our company or a predecessor of our company.

The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided by the indemnification provisions of our charter and bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any statute, bylaw, resolution, insurance, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

In addition, we intend to enter into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors in the form filed as Exhibit 10.9 to the registration statement of which this prospectus forms a part. Each indemnification agreement will provide, among other things, for indemnification as provided in the agreement and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by law and our charter and bylaws against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees. The indemnification agreements will provide for the advancement or payment of expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such advancement.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

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SHARES ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE

General

Prior to this offering, there has not been any public market for our common stock, and we cannot predict what effect, if any, market sales of shares of common stock or the availability of shares of common stock for sale will have on the market price of our common stock. Nevertheless, sales of substantial amounts of common stock in the public market, or the perception that such sales could occur, could adversely affect the market price of our common stock.

Upon completion of this offering, based upon an offering at the midpoint of the price range indicated on the front cover of this prospectus, we expect to have outstanding              shares of our common stock (             shares if the underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full).

The              shares sold in this offering (             shares if underwriters exercise their option to purchase additional shares in full) will be freely transferable without restriction or further registration under the Securities Act, subject to the limits on ownership set forth in our charter, except for any shares held by our “affiliates,” as that term is defined by Rule 144 under the Securities Act (“Rule 144”). Any shares purchased by affiliates in this offering, or held by affiliates upon completion of this offering, will be “restricted shares” as defined in Rule 144.

Rule 144

In general, under Rule 144 as currently in effect, once we have been a reporting company subject to the requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act for at least 90 days, a person (or persons whose common stock is required to be aggregated), who is an affiliate and who has beneficially owned our common stock for at least six months is entitled to sell in any three-month period a number of shares that does not exceed the greater of:

 

   

1% of the number of shares then outstanding, which will equal approximately              shares immediately after completion of this offering; or

 

   

the average weekly trading volume in our shares on the              during the four calendar weeks preceding the filing of a notice on Form 144 with respect to such a sale, subject to restrictions.

Sales by our affiliates under Rule 144 are also subject to manner of sale provisions and notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about us. An “affiliate” is a person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with an issuer.

Under Rule 144, once we have been a reporting company subject to the requirements of Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act for at least 90 days, a person (or persons whose shares are aggregated) who is not deemed to have been an affiliate who has beneficially owned the shares proposed to be sold for at least six months (including the holding period of any prior owner other than an affiliate), would be entitled to sell those shares without limitation subject only to availability of current, public information about our company, and after beneficially owning such shares for at least twelve months, such person would be able to sell those shares without limitation regardless of the availability of public information about our company. To the extent that our affiliates sell their common stock, other than pursuant to Rule 144 or a registration statement, the purchaser’s holding period for the purpose of affecting a sale under Rule 144 commences on the date of transfer from the affiliate.

Rule 701

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stock from us after that date upon the exercise of options granted before that date, is eligible to resell such shares of stock 90 days after the effective date of this offering in reliance upon Rule 144. If such person is not an affiliate, such sale may be made subject only to the manner of sale provisions of Rule 144. If such a person is an affiliate, such sale may be made under Rule 144 without compliance with its six-month minimum holding period, but subject to the other Rule 144 restrictions described above.

Registration Rights

In connection with this offering, we will enter into a registration rights agreement that provides for registration of the shares of our common stock owned by CBS and its affiliated entities following this offering. For more information, see “Certain Relationships and Related-Person Transactions—Agreements Between CBS and Us Relating to this Offering or the Separation—Registration Rights Agreement.” After such registration, these shares of our common stock will become freely tradable without restriction under the Securities Act.

Lock-Up Agreements and Other Contractual Restrictions on Resale

In addition to the limits placed on the sale of shares of our common stock by operation of Rule 144 and other provisions of the Securities Act, (i) our executive officers and directors have agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, not to offer, pledge, sell or contract to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of common stock owned by them at the completion of this offering or thereafter acquired by them for a period of              days after the completion of this offering without the prior written consent of the underwriters, (ii) CBS has agreed, subject to certain limited exceptions, not to offer, pledge, sell or contract to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into common stock owned by them at the completion of this offering or thereafter acquired by them for a period of              days after the completion of this offering without the prior written consent of the underwriters and (iii) we have agreed that we will not offer, pledge, sell or contract to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of the ownership of the common stock or such other security, or make a demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of our common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any shares of our common stock, or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge, disposition or filing without the prior written consent of the underwriters for a period of days after the date of this prospectus (the “lock-up period”), subject to certain limited exceptions set forth in “Underwriting.”

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last              days of the lock-up period, we issue an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to us occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the lock-up period, we announce that we will release earnings results during the                     -day period beginning on the last day of the lock-up period, the restrictions imposed by the lock-up agreements shall continue to apply until the expiration of the                     -day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.

S-8 Registration Statement

We intend to file a registration statement on Form S-8 to register an aggregate of              shares of our common stock reserved for issuance under the Stock Incentive Plan. Such registration statement will become effective upon filing with the SEC, and shares of our common stock covered by such registration statement will be eligible for resale in the public market immediately after the effective date of such registration statement, subject to any applicable restrictions and vesting requirements and the lock-up agreements described in “Underwriting.”

 

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U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences of an investment in our common stock. For purposes of this section, references to “CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.,” “we,” “our” and “us” generally mean only CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. and not its subsidiaries or other lower-tier entities, except as otherwise indicated, and references to “customers” are to persons who are treated as lessees of real property for purposes of the REIT requirements. This summary is based upon the Code, the regulations promulgated by the Treasury, rulings and other administrative pronouncements issued by the IRS, and judicial decisions, all as currently in effect, and all of which are subject to differing interpretations or to change, possibly with retroactive effect. No assurance can be given that the IRS would not assert, or that a court would not sustain, a position contrary to any of the tax consequences described below. The summary is also based upon the assumption that we and our subsidiaries and affiliated entities will operate in accordance with our and their applicable organizational documents. This summary is for general information only and is not tax advice. It does not discuss any state, local or non-U.S. tax consequences or any U.S. federal tax consequences other than those pertaining to the income tax, in each case, relevant to us or an investment in our common stock, and it does not purport to discuss all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be important to a particular investor in light of its investment or tax circumstances or to investors subject to special tax rules, such as:

 

   

financial institutions;

 

   

insurance companies;

 

   

broker-dealers;

 

   

regulated investment companies;

 

   

partnerships, other pass-through entities and trusts;

 

   

persons who hold our stock on behalf of other persons as nominees;

 

   

persons who receive our stock as compensation;

 

   

persons holding our stock as part of a “straddle,” “hedge,” “conversion transaction,” “synthetic security” or other integrated investment;

 

   

individual retirement and other tax-deferred accounts;

 

   

U.S. persons that have a functional currency other than the U.S. dollar.

and, except to the extent discussed below:

 

   

tax-exempt organizations; and

 

   

foreign investors.

This summary assumes that investors will hold their common stock as a capital asset, which generally means property held for investment.

The U.S. federal income tax treatment of holders of our common stock depends, in some instances, on determinations of fact and interpretations of complex provisions of U.S. federal income tax law for which no clear precedent or authority may be available. In addition, the tax consequences to any particular stockholder of holding our common stock will depend on the stockholder’s particular tax circumstances. You are urged to consult your tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal, state, local, and foreign income and other tax consequences to you in light of your particular investment or tax circumstances of acquiring, holding, exchanging, or otherwise disposing of our common stock.

 

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Taxation of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

We are, and, until CBS ceases to own at least 80% of our outstanding common stock, we will remain, a member of CBS’s consolidated tax group for U.S. federal income tax purposes and will be taxable as a regular domestic C corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i.e., we will be subject to taxation at regular corporate rates, including any applicable alternative minimum tax), and dividends paid to our stockholders will not be deductible by us in computing our taxable income. Pursuant to the tax matters agreement that we will enter into with CBS, we will be liable to pay CBS in respect of any taxes imposed on or with respect to us while we are a member of the CBS consolidated tax group.

Following the Separation, we intend to elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT, and we, together with one or more of our subsidiaries, will jointly elect to treat such subsidiaries as TRSs. We expect the Separation to be consummated in 2014 and to make the REIT election (and the TRS election) for our taxable year beginning the day after the effective date of the Separation and ending December 31, 2014. However, there can be no assurance that the Separation will be consummated within such time frame. Moreover, depending on how CBS elects to proceed with the Separation (including the timing and number of exchange offers, if any), we may cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group prior to the effective date of the Separation. In such circumstance, we may make our REIT election effective as of the day after we cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group. However, there can be no assurance that we would satisfy the requirements for taxation as a REIT prior to the consummation of the Separation, particularly with respect to our receipt of rent payable by CBS or its affiliates during such time. Thus, if the consummation of the Separation is delayed beyond the end of the taxable year in which we cease to be a member of the CBS consolidated tax group, we may not make an election to be taxed as a REIT for such taxable year and may remain a taxable C corporation until such taxable year as the Separation is consummated.

The determination of whether and when to proceed with the Separation is entirely within the discretion of CBS. There can be no assurance that the Separation will occur and thus there can be no assurance that we will make an election and qualify to be taxed as a REIT.

The law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has acted as REIT Tax Counsel in connection with our intended election to be taxed as a REIT. We intend to operate in a manner that will allow us to qualify to be taxed as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, and we expect that we will receive an opinion of REIT Tax Counsel with respect to our qualification to be taxed as a REIT in connection with our election to be taxed as a REIT. Investors should be aware, however, that opinions of counsel are not binding on the IRS or any court. The opinion of REIT Tax Counsel represents only the view of REIT Tax Counsel, based on its review and analysis of existing law and on certain representations as to factual matters and covenants made by CBS and us, including representations relating to the values of our assets and the sources of our income. The opinion will be expressed as of the date issued. REIT Tax Counsel will have no obligation to advise CBS, us or the holders of our common stock of any subsequent change in the matters stated, represented or assumed or of any subsequent change in applicable law. Furthermore, both the validity of the opinion of REIT Tax Counsel and our qualification to be taxed as a REIT will depend on our satisfaction of certain asset, income, organizational, distribution, stockholder ownership and other requirements on a continuing basis, the results of which will not be monitored by REIT Tax Counsel. Our ability to satisfy the asset tests depends upon our analysis of the characterization and fair market values of our assets, some of which are not susceptible to a precise determination, and for which we will not obtain independent appraisals.

CBS has requested a private letter ruling from the IRS with respect to certain issues relevant to our qualification to be taxed as a REIT. In general, CBS has informed us that it expects that, if received, the ruling will provide, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, that our lease revenues from certain advertising structures and sites and certain services that we, an independent contractor or a TRS may provide, directly or through subsidiaries, to our customers, will enable us to qualify to be taxed as a REIT. Although, if received, we may generally rely upon the ruling, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge our qualification to be taxed as a REIT on the basis of other issues or facts outside the scope of the ruling.

 

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Taxation of REITs in General

As indicated above, our qualification and taxation as a REIT depend upon our ability to meet, on a continuing basis, various qualification requirements imposed upon REITs by the Code. The material qualification requirements are summarized below under “—Requirements for Qualification—General.” While we intend to operate so that we qualify to be taxed as a REIT, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge our qualification or that we will be able to operate in accordance with the REIT requirements in the future. See “—Failure to Qualify.”

Provided that we qualify to be taxed as a REIT, generally we will be entitled to a deduction for dividends that we pay and therefore will not be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax on our net taxable income that is currently distributed to our stockholders. This treatment substantially eliminates the “double taxation” at the corporate and stockholder levels that generally results from an investment in a C corporation. A “C corporation” is a corporation that generally is required to pay tax at the corporate level. Double taxation means taxation once at the corporate level when income is earned and once again at the stockholder level when the income is distributed. In general, the income that we generate is taxed only at the stockholder level upon a distribution of dividends to our stockholders.

Beginning in 2013, most U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts or estates are taxed on corporate dividends at a maximum U.S. federal income tax rate of 20% (the same as long-term capital gains). With limited exceptions, however, dividends from us or from other entities that are taxed as REITs are generally not eligible for this rate and will continue to be taxed at rates applicable to ordinary income. Commencing in 2013, the highest marginal noncorporate U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to ordinary income is 39.6%. See “—Taxation of Stockholders—Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders—Distributions.”

Any net operating losses, foreign tax credits and other tax attributes generally do not pass through to our stockholders, subject to special rules for certain items such as the capital gains that we recognize. See “—Taxation of Stockholders—Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders—Distributions.”

If we qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we will nonetheless be subject to U.S. federal tax in the following circumstances:

 

   

We will be taxed at regular corporate rates on any undistributed net taxable income, including undistributed net capital gains.

 

   

We may be subject to the “alternative minimum tax” on our items of tax preference, including any deductions of net operating losses.

 

   

If we have net income from prohibited transactions, which are, in general, sales or other dispositions of inventory or property held primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of business, other than foreclosure property, such income will be subject to a 100% tax. See “—Prohibited Transactions” and “—Foreclosure Property.”

 

   

If we elect to treat property that we acquire in connection with a foreclosure of a mortgage loan or certain leasehold terminations as “foreclosure property,” we may thereby avoid the 100% tax on gain from a resale of that property (if the sale would otherwise constitute a prohibited transaction), but the income from the sale or operation of the property may be subject to corporate income tax at the highest applicable rate (currently 35%).

 

   

If we fail to satisfy the 75% gross income test or the 95% gross income test, as discussed below, but nonetheless maintain our qualification to be taxed as a REIT because we satisfy other requirements, we will be subject to a 100% tax on an amount based on the magnitude of the failure, as adjusted to reflect the profit margin associated with our gross income.

 

   

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REIT because there is reasonable cause for the failure and other applicable requirements are met, we may be subject to a penalty tax. In that case, the amount of the penalty tax will be at least $50,000 per failure, and, in the case of certain asset test failures, will be determined as the amount of net income generated by the non-qualifying assets in question multiplied by the highest corporate tax rate (currently 35%) if that amount exceeds $50,000 per failure.

 

   

If we fail to distribute during each calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of our ordinary income for such year, (ii) 95% of our capital gain net income for such year and (iii) any undistributed net taxable income from prior periods, we will be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax on the excess of the required distribution over the sum of (a) the amounts that we actually distributed and (b) the amounts we retained and upon which we paid income tax at the corporate level.

 

   

We may be required to pay monetary penalties to the IRS in certain circumstances, including if we fail to meet recordkeeping requirements intended to monitor our compliance with rules relating to the composition of a REIT’s stockholders, as described below in “—Requirements for Qualification—General.”

 

   

A 100% tax may be imposed on transactions between us and a TRS that do not reflect arm’s-length terms.

 

   

If we acquire appreciated assets from a corporation that is not a REIT (i.e., a corporation taxable under subchapter C of the Code) in a transaction in which the adjusted tax basis of the assets in our hands is determined by reference to the adjusted tax basis of the assets in the hands of the subchapter C corporation, we may be subject to tax on such appreciation at the highest corporate income tax rate then applicable if we subsequently recognize gain on a disposition of any such assets during the ten-year period following their acquisition from the subchapter C corporation.

 

   

The earnings of our TRSs will generally be subject to U.S. federal corporate income tax.

In addition, we and our subsidiaries may be subject to a variety of taxes, including payroll taxes and state, local, and foreign income, property, gross receipts and other taxes on our assets and operations. We could also be subject to tax in situations and on transactions not presently contemplated.

Requirements for Qualification—General

The Code defines a REIT as a corporation, trust or association:

 

  (1) that is managed by one or more trustees or directors;

 

  (2) the beneficial ownership of which is evidenced by transferable shares, or by transferable certificates of beneficial interest;

 

  (3) that would be taxable as a domestic corporation but for its election to be subject to tax as a REIT;

 

  (4) that is neither a financial institution nor an insurance company subject to specific provisions of the Code;

 

  (5) the beneficial ownership of which is held by 100 or more persons;

 

  (6) in which, during the last half of each taxable year, not more than 50% in value of the outstanding stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by five or fewer “individuals” (as defined in the Code to include specified tax-exempt entities);

 

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  (7) that meets other tests described below, including with respect to the nature of its income and assets; and

 

  (8) that makes an election to be subject to tax as a REIT for the current taxable year or has made such an election for a previous taxable year that has not been terminated or revoked.

The Code provides that conditions (1) through (4) must be met during the entire taxable year, and that condition (5) must be met during at least 335 days of a taxable year of twelve months, or during a proportionate part of a shorter taxable year. Conditions (5) and (6) need not be met during a corporation’s initial tax year as a REIT. Our charter will provide restrictions regarding the ownership and transfers of shares of our stock, which are intended to assist us in satisfying the stock ownership requirements described in conditions (5) and (6) above, among other purposes. These restrictions, however, may not ensure that we will, in all cases, be able to satisfy the share ownership requirements described in conditions (5) and (6) above. If we fail to satisfy these share ownership requirements, except as provided in the next sentence, our status as a REIT will terminate. If, however, we comply with the rules contained in applicable Treasury regulations that require us to ascertain the actual ownership of our shares and we do not know, or would not have known through the exercise of reasonable diligence, that we failed to meet the requirement described in condition (6) above, we will be treated as having met this requirement.

To monitor compliance with the stock ownership requirements, we generally are required to maintain records regarding the actual ownership of our stock. To do so, we must demand written statements each year from the record holders of significant percentages of our stock pursuant to which the record holders must disclose the actual owners of the stock (i.e., the persons required to include our dividends in their gross income). We must maintain a list of those persons failing or refusing to comply with this demand as part of our records. We could be subject to monetary penalties if we fail to comply with these recordkeeping requirements. If such record holder fails or refuses to comply with the demands, such record holder will be required by Treasury regulations to submit a statement with such record holder’s tax return disclosing such record holder’s actual ownership of our stock and other information.

In addition, a corporation generally may not elect to become a REIT unless its taxable year is the calendar year. We intend to adopt December 31 as our year-end, and thereby satisfy this requirement.

Effect of Subsidiary Entities

Ownership of Partnership Interests.  If we are a partner in an entity that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, Treasury regulations provide that we are deemed to own our proportionate share of the partnership’s assets, and to earn our proportionate share of the partnership’s income, for purposes of the asset and gross income tests applicable to REITs. Our proportionate share of a partnership’s assets and income is based on our capital interest in the partnership (except that for purposes of the 10% value test, described below, our proportionate share of the partnership’s assets is based on our proportionate interest in the equity and certain debt securities issued by the partnership). In addition, the assets and gross income of the partnership are deemed to retain the same character in our hands. Thus, our proportionate share of the assets and items of income of any of our subsidiary partnerships will be treated as our assets and items of income for purposes of applying the REIT requirements.

If we become a limited partner or non-managing member in any partnership or limited liability company and such entity takes or expects to take actions that could jeopardize our status as a REIT or require us to pay tax, we may be forced to dispose of our interest in such entity. In addition, it is possible that a partnership or limited liability company could take an action which could cause us to fail a gross income or asset test, and that we would not become aware of such action in time to dispose of our interest in the partnership or limited liability company or take other corrective action on a timely basis. In that case, we could fail to qualify to be taxed as a REIT unless we were entitled to relief, as described below under “—Income Tests—Failure to Satisfy the Gross Income Tests” and “—Asset Tests.”

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the subsidiary’s assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit are treated as our assets, liabilities and items of income, deduction and credit, including for purposes of the gross income and asset tests applicable to REITs. A qualified REIT subsidiary is any corporation, other than a TRS (as described below), that is directly or indirectly wholly owned by a REIT. Other entities that are wholly owned by us, including single-member limited liability companies that have not elected to be taxed as corporations for U.S. federal income tax purposes, are also generally disregarded as separate entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, including for purposes of the REIT income and asset tests. Disregarded subsidiaries, along with any partnerships in which we hold an equity interest, are sometimes referred to herein as “pass-through subsidiaries.”

In the event that a disregarded subsidiary of ours ceases to be wholly owned—for example, if any equity interest in the subsidiary is acquired by a person other than us or another disregarded subsidiary of ours—the subsidiary’s separate existence would no longer be disregarded for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Instead, the subsidiary would have multiple owners and would be treated as either a partnership or a taxable corporation. Such an event could, depending on the circumstances, adversely affect our ability to satisfy the various asset and gross income requirements applicable to REITs, including the requirement that REITs generally may not own, directly or indirectly, more than 10% of the securities of another corporation. See “—Asset Tests” and “—Income Tests.”

Taxable REIT Subsidiaries.   In general, we may jointly elect with a subsidiary corporation, whether or not wholly owned, to treat such subsidiary corporation as a TRS. We generally may not own more than 10% of the securities of a taxable corporation, as measured by voting power or value, unless we and such corporation elect to treat such corporation as a TRS. The separate existence of a TRS or other taxable corporation is not ignored for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, a TRS or other taxable subsidiary corporation generally is subject to corporate income tax on its earnings, which may reduce the cash flows that we and our subsidiaries generate in the aggregate, and may reduce our ability to make distributions to our stockholders.

We are not treated as holding the assets of a TRS or other taxable subsidiary corporation or as receiving any income that the subsidiary earns. Rather, the stock issued by a taxable subsidiary corporation to us is an asset in our hands, and we treat the dividends paid to us from such taxable subsidiary corporation, if any, as income. This treatment can affect our income and asset test calculations, as described below. Because we do not include the assets and income of TRSs or other taxable subsidiary corporations on a look-through basis in determining our compliance with the REIT requirements, we may use such entities to undertake indirectly activities that the REIT rules might otherwise preclude us from doing directly or through pass-through subsidiaries. For example, we may use TRSs or other taxable subsidiary corporations to perform services or conduct activities that give rise to certain categories of income or to conduct activities that, if conducted by us directly, would be treated in our hands as prohibited transactions.

The TRS rules limit the deductibility of interest paid or accrued by a TRS to its parent REIT to assure that the TRS is subject to an appropriate level of corporate taxation. Further, the rules impose a 100% excise tax on transactions between a TRS and its parent REIT or the REIT’s customers that are not conducted on an arm’s-length basis. We intend that all of our transactions with our TRSs, if any, will be conducted on an arm’s-length basis.

Income Tests

In order to qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we must satisfy two gross income requirements on an annual basis. First, at least 75% of our gross income for each taxable year, excluding gross income from sales of inventory or dealer property in “prohibited transactions,” discharge of indebtedness and certain hedging transactions, generally must be derived from “rents from real property,” gains from the sale of real estate assets, interest income derived from mortgage loans secured by real property (including certain types of mortgage-backed securities), dividends received from other REITs and specified income from temporary investments. Second, at least 95% of our gross income in each taxable year, excluding gross income from prohibited transactions, discharge of indebtedness and certain hedging transactions, must be derived from some combination of income that qualifies under the 75% gross income test described above, as well as

 

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other dividends, interest, and gain from the sale or disposition of stock or securities, which need not have any relation to real property. Income and gain from certain hedging transactions will be excluded from both the numerator and the denominator for purposes of both the 75% and 95% gross income tests.

Rents from Real Property.  Rents we receive from a customer will qualify as “rents from real property” for the purpose of satisfying the gross income requirements for a REIT described above only if all of the conditions described below are met.

 

   

The amount of rent is not based in whole or in part on the income or profits of any person. However, an amount we receive or accrue generally will not be excluded from the term “rents from real property” solely because it is based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales;

 

   

Neither we nor an actual or constructive owner of 10% or more of our stock actually or constructively owns 10% or more of the interests in the assets or net profits of a noncorporate customer, or, if the customer is a corporation (but excluding any TRS), 10% or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock entitled to vote or 10% or more of the total value of all classes of stock of the customer. Rents we receive from such a customer that is a TRS of ours, however, will not be excluded from the definition of “rents from real property” as a result of this condition if at least 90% of the space at the property to which the rents relate is leased to third parties, and the rents paid by the TRS are substantially comparable to rents paid by our other customers for comparable space. Whether rents paid by a TRS are substantially comparable to rents paid by other customers is determined at the time the lease with the TRS is entered into, extended, and modified, if such modification increases the rents due under such lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, if a lease with a “controlled TRS” is modified and such modification results in an increase in the rents payable by such TRS, any such increase will not qualify as “rents from real property.” For purposes of this rule, a “controlled TRS” is a TRS in which the parent REIT owns stock possessing more than 50% of the voting power or more than 50% of the total value of the outstanding stock of such TRS;

 

   

Rent attributable to personal property that is leased in connection with a lease of real property is not greater than 15% of the total rent received under the lease. If this condition is not met, then the portion of the rent attributable to personal property will not qualify as “rents from real property”; and

 

   

We generally do not operate or manage the property or furnish or render services to our customers, subject to a 1% de minimis allowance and except as provided below. We are permitted, however, to perform directly certain services that are “usually or customarily rendered” in connection with the rental of space for occupancy only and are not otherwise considered “rendered to the occupant” of the property. Examples of these permitted services include the provision of light, heat or other utilities, trash removal and general maintenance of common areas. In addition, we are permitted to employ an independent contractor from whom we derive no revenues, or a TRS, which may be wholly or partially owned by us, to provide non-customary services to our customers without causing the rent that we receive from those customers to fail to qualify as “rents from real property.”

The value of our assets is primarily attributable to our outdoor advertising structure and sites. Billboards are generally located on sites leased through agreements with landowners. Billboard displays can be either static or digital and can come in a variety of forms, including freestanding billboard displays and displays on the exterior and roofs of buildings. Advertising displays may also be placed on the interior and exterior of rail and subway cars and buses, as well as on benches, trams, trains, transit shelters, urban panels (i.e., smaller-sized billboards located at transit entrances), street kiosks and transit platforms. We generally own the physical billboard structures on which our customers display advertising copy, hold the legal permits to display advertising thereon and lease the underlying sites. We estimate that approximately 75% of our billboard structures in the United States are “legal nonconforming” billboards meaning they were legally constructed under laws in effect at the time they were built, but could not be constructed under

 

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current laws. These structures are often in areas where it is difficult or not permitted to build additional billboards under current laws, which enhances the value of our portfolio. We also hold exclusive multiyear contracts with municipalities and transit operators in many large cities, including Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and New York City, to operate advertising structures and sites within their transit systems. We will lease and sublease displays on our advertising structures and sites pursuant to advertising agreements. Further, we or our affiliates will provide certain services to customers of our advertising structures and sites. We expect that certain of our outdoor advertising assets described above will be treated as real property for purposes of the REIT gross income tests, and therefore expect that the rent payments received pursuant to the advertising agreements with respect to such assets will be treated as rents from real property for purposes of the REIT gross income tests. We intend to structure our provision of services to our customers in a manner that does not prevent our rental income from qualifying as “rents from real property.” CBS has requested a private letter ruling from the IRS with respect to certain issues relevant to our qualification to be taxed as a REIT. In general, CBS has informed us that it expects that if received, the ruling will provide, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, that amounts received by us pursuant to certain of our advertising agreements, including for certain services that we, independent contractors or TRSs may provide, directly or through subsidiaries, to our customers, will enable us to qualify to be taxed as a REIT. Although, if received, we may generally rely upon the ruling, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not challenge our qualification to be taxed as a REIT on the basis of other issues or facts outside the scope of the ruling.

As described above, upon completion of this offering, CBS indirectly will own approximately     % of the voting power of our outstanding stock following this offering. Our board of directors will grant CBS and certain of its affiliates a waiver of the ownership restrictions contained in our charter, subject to certain initial and ongoing conditions designed to protect our status as a REIT. Notwithstanding the satisfaction of such conditions, certain rents we receive could be treated as non-qualifying income for purposes of the REIT requirements. Even if we have reasonable cause for a failure to meet the REIT income tests as a result of receiving non-qualifying rental income, we would nonetheless be required to pay a penalty tax in order to retain our REIT status.

We intend to cause any services that are not “usually or customarily rendered,” or that are for the benefit of a particular customer in connection with the rental of real property, to be provided through a TRS or through an “independent contractor.” However, no assurance can be given that the IRS will concur with our determination as to whether a particular service is usual or customary, or otherwise in this regard.

Interest Income.  Interest income constitutes qualifying mortgage interest for purposes of the 75% gross income test (as described above) to the extent that the obligation upon which such interest is paid is secured by a mortgage on real property. If we receive interest income with respect to a mortgage loan that is secured by both real property and other property, and the highest principal amount of the loan outstanding during a taxable year exceeds the fair market value of the real property on the date that we acquired or originated the mortgage loan, the interest income will be apportioned between the real property and the other collateral, and our income from the arrangement will qualify for purposes of the 75% gross income test only to the extent that the interest is allocable to the real property. Even if a loan is not secured by real property, or is undersecured, the income that it generates may nonetheless qualify for purposes of the 95% gross income test. For these purposes, the term “interest” generally does not include any amount received or accrued, directly or indirectly, if the determination of all or some of the amount depends in any way on the income or profits of any person. However, an amount received or accrued generally will not be excluded from the term “interest” solely by reason of being based on a fixed percentage or percentages of receipts or sales.

Dividend Income.  We may directly or indirectly receive distributions from TRSs or other corporations that are not REITs or qualified REIT subsidiaries. These distributions generally are treated as dividend income to the extent of the earnings and profits of the distributing corporation. Such distributions will generally constitute qualifying income for purposes of the 95% gross income test, but not for purposes of the 75% gross income test. Any dividends that we receive from another REIT, however, will be qualifying income for purposes of both the 95% and 75% gross income tests.

 

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Fee Income.  Any fee income that we earn will generally not be qualifying income for purposes of either gross income test. Any fees earned by a TRS, however, will not be included for purposes of our gross income tests.

Hedging Transactions.  Any income or gain that we or our pass-through subsidiaries derive from instruments that hedge certain risks, such as the risk of changes in interest rates, will be excluded from gross income for purposes of both the 75% and 95% gross income tests, provided that specified requirements are met, including the requirement that the instrument is entered into during the ordinary course of our business, the instrument hedges risks associated with indebtedness issued by us or our pass-through subsidiary that is incurred to acquire or carry “real estate assets” (as described below under “—Asset Tests”), and the instrument is properly identified as a hedge along with the risk that it hedges within prescribed time periods. Income and gain from all other hedging transactions will not be qualifying income for either the 95% or 75% gross income test.

Failure to Satisfy the Gross Income Tests.  If we fail to satisfy one or both of the 75% or 95% gross income tests for any taxable year, including as a result of rents received by us from CBS failing to qualify as “rents from real property,” we may still qualify to be taxed as a REIT for such year if we are entitled to relief under applicable provisions of the Code. These relief provisions will be generally available if (i) our failure to meet these tests was due to reasonable cause and not due to willful neglect and (ii) following our identification of the failure to meet the 75% or 95% gross income test for any taxable year, we file a schedule with the IRS setting forth each item of our gross income for purposes of the 75% or 95% gross income test for such taxable year in accordance with Treasury regulations, which have not yet been issued. It is not possible to state whether we would be entitled to the benefit of these relief provisions in all circumstances. If these relief provisions are inapplicable to a particular set of circumstances, we will not qualify to be taxed as a REIT. Even if these relief provisions apply, and we retain our status as a REIT, the Code imposes a tax based upon the amount by which we fail to satisfy the particular gross income test.

Asset Tests

At the close of each calendar quarter, we must also satisfy four tests relating to the nature of our assets. First, at least 75% of the value of our total assets must be represented by some combination of “real estate assets,” cash, cash items, U.S. government securities, and, under some circumstances, stock or debt instruments purchased with new capital. For this purpose, real estate assets include interests in real property and stock of other corporations that qualify as REITs, as well as some kinds of mortgage-backed securities and mortgage loans. Assets that do not qualify for purposes of the 75% asset test are subject to the additional asset tests described below.

Second, the value of any one issuer’s securities that we own may not exceed 5% of the value of our total assets.

Third, we may not own more than 10% of any one issuer’s outstanding securities, as measured by either voting power or value. The 5% and 10% asset tests do not apply to securities of TRSs and qualified REIT subsidiaries, and the 10% asset test does not apply to “straight debt” having specified characteristics and to certain other securities described below. Solely for purposes of the 10% asset test, the determination of our interest in the assets of a partnership or limited liability company in which we own an interest will be based on our proportionate interest in any securities issued by the partnership or limited liability company, excluding for this purpose certain securities described in the Code.

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met. Similarly, although stock of another REIT is a qualifying asset for purposes of the REIT asset tests, any non-mortgage debt that is issued by another REIT may not so qualify (although such debt will not be treated as “securities” for purposes of the 10% asset test, as explained below).

Certain securities will not cause a violation of the 10% asset test described above. Such securities include instruments that constitute “straight debt,” which term generally excludes, among other things, securities having contingency features. A security does not qualify as “straight debt” where a REIT (or a controlled TRS of the REIT) owns other securities of the same issuer which do not qualify as straight debt, unless the value of those other securities constitute, in the aggregate, 1% or less of the total value of that issuer’s outstanding securities. In addition to straight debt, the Code provides that certain other securities will not violate the 10% asset test. Such securities include (i) any loan made to an individual or an estate, (ii) certain rental agreements pursuant to which one or more payments are to be made in subsequent years (other than agreements between a REIT and certain persons related to the REIT under attribution rules), (iii) any obligation to pay rents from real property, (iv) securities issued by governmental entities that are not dependent in whole or in part on the profits of (or payments made by) a nongovernmental entity, (v) any security (including debt securities) issued by another REIT and (vi) any debt instrument issued by a partnership if the partnership’s income is of a nature that it would satisfy the 75% gross income test described above under “—Income Tests.” In applying the 10% asset test, a debt security issued by a partnership is not taken into account to the extent, if any, of the REIT’s proportionate interest in the equity and certain debt securities issued by that partnership.

The value of our assets is primarily attributable to our outdoor advertising structure and sites, as described above. We expect that certain of such outdoor advertising assets will be treated as real property for purposes of the REIT asset tests. If, however, any of our assets expected to be so treated are subsequently determined not to constitute real property for purposes of the REIT asset tests, we could fail to satisfy such tests.

No independent appraisals have been obtained to support our conclusions as to the value of our total assets or the value of any particular security or securities. Moreover, the values of some assets may not be susceptible to a precise determination, and values are subject to change in the future. Furthermore, the proper classification of an instrument as debt or equity for U.S. federal income tax purposes may be uncertain in some circumstances, which could affect the application of the REIT asset requirements. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that the IRS will not contend that our interests in our subsidiaries or in the securities of other issuers will not cause a violation of the REIT asset tests.

However, certain relief provisions are available to allow REITs to satisfy the asset requirements or to maintain REIT qualification notwithstanding certain violations of the asset and other requirements. For example, if we should fail to satisfy the asset tests at the end of a calendar quarter such a failure would not cause us to lose our REIT qualification if (i) we satisfied the asset tests at the close of the preceding calendar quarter and (ii) the discrepancy between the value of our assets and the asset requirements was not wholly or partly caused by an acquisition of non-qualifying assets, but instead arose from changes in the relative market values of our assets. If the condition described in (ii) was not satisfied, we still could avoid disqualification by eliminating any discrepancy within 30 days after the close of the calendar quarter in which it arose or by making use of the relief provisions described above.

In the case of de minimis violations of the 10% and 5% asset tests, a REIT may maintain its qualification despite a violation of such requirements if (i) the value of the assets causing the violation does not exceed the lesser of 1% of the REIT’s total assets and $10,000,000 and (ii) the REIT either disposes of the assets causing the failure within six months after the last day of the quarter in which it identifies the failure, or the relevant tests are otherwise satisfied within that time frame.

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applicable corporate tax rate (currently 35%) and (iv) the REIT either disposes of the assets causing the failure within six months after the last day of the quarter in which it identifies the failure, or otherwise satisfies the relevant asset tests within that time frame.

Annual Distribution Requirements

In order to qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we are required to distribute dividends, other than capital gain dividends, to our stockholders in an amount at least equal to:

 

  (i) the sum of

 

  (a) 90% of our REIT taxable income, computed without regard to our net capital gains and the deduction for dividends paid; and

 

  (b) 90% of our after tax net income, if any, from foreclosure property (as described below); minus

 

  (ii) the excess of the sum of specified items of non-cash income over 5% of our REIT taxable income, computed without regard to our net capital gain and the deduction for dividends paid.

We generally must make these distributions in the taxable year to which they relate, or in the following taxable year if declared before we timely file our tax return for the year and if paid with or before the first regular dividend payment after such declaration. These distributions will be treated as received by our stockholders in the year in which paid. In order for distributions to be counted as satisfying the annual distribution requirements for REITs, and to provide us with a REIT-level tax deduction, the distributions must not be “preferential dividends.” A dividend is not a preferential dividend if the distribution is (i) pro rata among all outstanding shares of stock within a particular class and (ii) in accordance with any preferences among different classes of stock as set forth in our organizational documents.

To the extent that we distribute at least 90%, but less than 100%, of our REIT taxable income, as adjusted, we will be subject to tax at ordinary corporate tax rates on the retained portion. We may elect to retain, rather than distribute, some or all of our net long-term capital gains and pay tax on such gains. In this case, we could elect for our stockholders to include their proportionate shares of such undistributed long-term capital gains in income, and to receive a corresponding credit for their share of the tax that we paid. Our stockholders would then increase the adjusted basis of their stock by the difference between (i) the amounts of capital gain dividends that we designated and that they include in their taxable income, minus (ii) the tax that we paid on their behalf with respect to that income.

To the extent that in the future we may have available net operating losses carried forward from prior tax years, such losses may reduce the amount of distributions that we must make in order to comply with the REIT distribution requirements. Such losses, however, will generally not affect the tax treatment to our stockholders of any distributions that are actually made. See “—Taxation of Stockholders—Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders—Distributions.”

If we fail to distribute during each calendar year at least the sum of (i) 85% of our ordinary income for such year, (ii) 95% of our capital gain net income for such year and (iii) any undistributed net taxable income from prior periods, we will be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax on the excess of such required distribution over the sum of (a) the amounts actually distributed, plus (b) the amounts of income we retained and on which we have paid corporate income tax.

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taxable income. In addition, we may decide to retain our cash, rather than distribute it, in order to repay debt, acquire assets, or for other reasons. If these timing differences occur, we may borrow funds to pay dividends or pay dividends through the distribution of other property (including shares of our stock) in order to meet the distribution requirements, while preserving our cash. Alternatively, we may declare a taxable dividend payable in cash or stock at the election of each stockholder, where the aggregate amount of cash to be distributed in such dividend may be subject to limitation. In such case, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, taxable stockholders receiving such dividends will be required to include the full amount of the dividend as ordinary income to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits.

If our taxable income for a particular year is subsequently determined to have been understated, we may be able to rectify a resultant failure to meet the distribution requirements for a year by paying “deficiency dividends” to stockholders in a later year, which may be included in our deduction for dividends paid for the earlier year. In this case, we may be able to avoid losing REIT qualification or being taxed on amounts distributed as deficiency dividends, subject to the 4% excise tax described above. We will be required to pay interest based on the amount of any deduction taken for deficiency dividends.

For purposes of the 90% distribution requirement and excise tax described above, any dividend that we declare in October, November or December of any year and that is payable to a stockholder of record on a specified date in any such month will be treated as both paid by us and received by the stockholder on December 31 of such year, provided that we actually pay the dividend before January 31 of the following calendar year.

Earnings and Profits Distribution Requirement.  In connection with the split-off, CBS will allocate its earnings and profits between CBS and us in accordance with provisions of the Code. A REIT must, before the end of any taxable year in which it has accumulated earnings and profits attributable to a non-REIT year, distribute such earnings and profits.

In order to comply with this requirement, we will pay the Purging Distribution(s) by declaring a dividend to our stockholders to distribute our accumulated earnings and profits attributable to any non-REIT years, including any earnings and profits allocated to us by CBS in connection with the split-off. We expect to pay the Purging Distribution(s) in a combination of cash and our stock, a substantial portion of which will be in stock. CBS has requested a private letter ruling from the IRS with respect to certain issues relevant to our payment of the Purging Distribution in a combination of cash and our stock. In general, CBS has informed us that it expects that, if received, the ruling will provide, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, that (1) a Purging Distribution will be treated as a dividend that will first reduce our earnings and profits attributable to non-REIT years and (2) the amount of our stock received by any of our stockholders as part of a Purging Distribution will be considered to equal the amount of cash that could have been received instead. A stockholder of our common stock will be required to report dividend income as a result of the Purging Distribution even if such stockholder received no cash or only nominal amounts of cash in the distribution. See “—Taxation of Stockholders—Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders—Distributions.”

Prohibited Transactions

Net income that we derive from a prohibited transaction is subject to a 100% tax. The term “prohibited transaction” generally includes a sale or other disposition of property (other than foreclosure property, as discussed below) that is held as inventory or primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business. We intend to conduct our operations so that no asset that we own (or are treated as owning) will be treated as, or as having been, held as inventory or for sale to customers, and that a sale of any such asset will not be treated as having been in the ordinary course of our business. Whether property is held as inventory or “primarily for sale to customers in the ordinary course of a trade or business” depends on the particular facts and circumstances. No assurance can be given that any property that we sell will not be treated as inventory or property held for sale to customers, or that we can comply with certain safe-harbor provisions of the Code that would prevent such treatment. The 100% tax does not apply to gains from the sale of property that is held through a TRS or other taxable corporation, although such income will be subject to tax in the hands of the corporation at regular corporate rates. We intend to structure our activities to avoid prohibited transaction characterization.

 

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Like-Kind Exchanges

We may dispose of properties in transactions intended to qualify as like-kind exchanges under the Code. Such like-kind exchanges are intended to result in the deferral of gain for U.S. federal income tax purposes. The failure of any such transaction to qualify as a like-kind exchange could require us to pay federal income tax, possibly including the 100% prohibited transaction tax, depending on the facts and circumstances surrounding the particular transaction.

Derivatives and Hedging Transactions

We may enter into hedging transactions, including with respect to foreign currency exchange rate and interest rate exposure on one or more of our assets or liabilities. Any such hedging transactions could take a variety of forms, including the use of derivative instruments such as swap contracts, cap or floor contracts, futures or forward contracts and options. Except to the extent provided by Treasury regulations, any income from a hedging transaction we enter into (i) in the normal course of our business primarily to manage risk of interest rate changes or currency fluctuations with respect to borrowings made or to be made, or ordinary obligations incurred or to be incurred, to acquire or carry real estate assets, which is clearly identified as specified in Treasury regulations before the close of the day on which it was acquired, originated, or entered into, including gain from the sale or disposition of a position in such a transaction and (ii) primarily to manage risk of currency fluctuations with respect to any item of income or gain that would be qualifying income under the 75% or 95% income tests, which is clearly identified as such before the close of the day on which it was acquired, originated, or entered into, will not constitute gross income for purposes of the 75% or 95% gross income test. To the extent that we enter into other types of hedging transactions, the income from those transactions is likely to be treated as non-qualifying income for purposes of both the 75% and 95% gross income tests. Moreover, to the extent that a position in a hedging transaction has positive value at any particular point in time, it may be treated as an asset that does not qualify for purposes of the REIT asset tests. We intend to structure any hedging transactions in a manner that does not jeopardize our qualification to be taxed as a REIT. We may conduct some or all of our hedging activities (including hedging activities relating to currency risk) through a TRS or other corporate entity, the income from which may be subject to U.S. federal income tax, rather than by participating in the arrangements directly or through pass-through subsidiaries. No assurance can be given, however, that our hedging activities will not give rise to income or assets that do not qualify for purposes of the REIT tests, or that our hedging activities will not adversely affect our ability to satisfy the REIT qualification requirements.

Foreclosure Property

Foreclosure property is real property and any personal property incident to such real property (i) that we acquire as the result of having bid in the property at foreclosure, or having otherwise reduced the property to ownership or possession by agreement or process of law, after a default (or upon imminent default) on a lease of the property or a mortgage loan held by us and secured by the property, (ii) for which we acquired the related loan or lease at a time when default was not imminent or anticipated and (iii) with respect to which we made a proper election to treat the property as foreclosure property. We generally will be subject to tax at the maximum corporate rate (currently 35%) on any net income from foreclosure property, including any gain from the disposition of the foreclosure property, other than income that would otherwise be qualifying income for purposes of the 75% gross income test. Any gain from the sale of property for which a foreclosure property election has been made will not be subject to the 100% tax on gains from prohibited transactions described above, even if the property would otherwise constitute inventory or dealer property. We do not anticipate receiving any income from foreclosure property that does not qualify for purposes of the 75% gross income test.

Penalty Tax

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interest represent any amounts that are deducted by a TRS for amounts paid to us that are in excess of the amounts that would have been deducted based on arm’s-length negotiations. Rents that we receive will not constitute redetermined rents if they qualify for certain safe harbor provisions contained in the Code.

From time to time, our TRS may provide services to our customers. We intend to set the fees paid to our TRS for such services at arm’s-length rates, although the fees paid may not satisfy the safe-harbor provisions described above. These determinations are inherently factual, and the IRS has broad discretion to assert that amounts paid between related parties should be reallocated to clearly reflect their respective incomes. If the IRS successfully made such an assertion, we would be required to pay a 100% penalty tax on the excess of an arm’s-length fee for customer services over the amount actually paid.

Failure to Qualify

If we fail to satisfy one or more requirements for REIT qualification other than the income or asset tests, we could avoid disqualification as a REIT if our failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect and we pay a penalty of $50,000 for each such failure. Relief provisions are also available for failures of the income tests and asset tests, as described above in “—Income Tests” and “—Asset Tests.”

If we fail to qualify for taxation as a REIT in any taxable year, and the relief provisions described above do not apply, we will be subject to tax, including any applicable alternative minimum tax, on our taxable income at regular corporate rates. We cannot deduct distributions to stockholders in any year in which we are not a REIT, nor would we be required to make distributions in such a year. In this situation, to the extent of current and accumulated earnings and profits, distributions to stockholders will be taxable as regular corporate dividends. Such dividends paid to U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts or estates may be taxable at the preferential income tax rates (i.e., the 20% maximum U.S. federal rate) for qualified dividends. In addition, subject to the limitations of the Code, corporate distributees may be eligible for the dividends received deduction. Unless we are entitled to relief under specific statutory provisions, we will also be disqualified from re-electing to be taxed as a REIT for the four taxable years following the year during which we lose our qualification. It is not possible to state whether, in all circumstances, we will be entitled to this statutory relief.

Taxation of Stockholders

Taxation of Taxable U.S. Stockholders

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our stock applicable to taxable U.S. stockholders. A “U.S. stockholder” is any holder of our common stock that is, for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

 

   

an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States;

 

   

a corporation (or entity treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States, or of any state thereof, or the District of Columbia;

 

   

an estate, the income of which is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or

 

   

a trust if (a) a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of such trust and one or more U.S. fiduciaries have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (b) that trust has a valid election in effect under applicable Treasury regulations to be treated as a domestic trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

If a partnership, including for this purpose any entity that is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes, holds our common stock, the tax treatment of a partner in the partnership will generally depend upon the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership. An investor that is a partnership and the partners in such partnership should consult their tax advisors about the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the acquisition, ownership and disposition of our common stock.

 

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Distributions.

Distributions Prior to the Effective Date of Our REIT Election.  For the period commencing with the completion of this offering through the day immediately prior to the effective date of our REIT election, the distributions that we make to taxable U.S. stockholders out of current or accumulated earnings and profits will generally be treated as dividends. With certain exceptions (including, but not limited to, dividends treated as investment income for purposes of investment interest deduction limitations), and provided certain holding period requirements are met, dividends we pay to a noncorporate U.S. stockholder generally will constitute “qualified dividends” that will generally be subject to tax at the maximum tax rate accorded to long-term capital gains (currently 20% for noncorporate taxpayers). Dividends we pay to a corporation that is a taxable U.S. stockholder generally will qualify for the dividends received deduction if the requisite holding period is satisfied. Distributions in excess of our current or accumulated earnings and profits will constitute a return of capital that will be applied against and reduce the stockholder’s adjusted basis in our common stock (but not below zero). Any amount distributed that is in excess of both our current and accumulated earnings and profits and the stockholder’s basis in our common stock will be treated as gain realized on the sale or other disposition of our common stock. Gain or loss a taxable U.S. stockholder realizes on the sale or other disposition of our common stock will be capital gain or loss. The amount of a stockholder’s gain or loss will be equal to the difference between the stockholder’s tax basis in the common stock disposed of and the amount realized on the disposition. The deductibility of capital losses is subject to limitations. Any capital gain or loss a taxable U.S. stockholder realizes on a sale or other disposition of our common stock will generally be long-term capital gain or loss if the stockholder’s holding period for the common stock is more than one year. Long-term capital gain realized by a noncorporate U.S. stockholder generally will be subject to a maximum rate of 20%).

Distributions From and After the Effective Date of Our REIT Election.  For such time as we qualify to be taxed as a REIT, the distributions that we make to our taxable U.S. stockholders out of current or accumulated earnings and profits that we do not designate as capital gain dividends will generally be taken into account by such stockholders as ordinary income and will not be eligible for the dividends received deduction for corporations. With limited exceptions, our dividends are not eligible for taxation at the preferential income tax rates (i.e., the 20% maximum U.S. federal rate) for qualified dividends received by most U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts or estates from taxable C corporations. Such stockholders, however, are taxed at the preferential rates on dividends designated by and received from REITs to the extent that the dividends are attributable to:

 

   

income retained by the REIT in the prior taxable year on which the REIT was subject to corporate level income tax (less the amount of tax) (i.e., the Purging Distribution(s));

 

   

dividends received by the REIT from other REITs (if designated by these REITs as qualified dividends), TRSs or other taxable C corporations; or

 

   

income in the prior taxable year from sales of “built-in gain” property acquired by the REIT from C corporations in carryover basis transactions (less the amount of corporate tax on such income).

We expect to pay the Purging Distribution(s) in a combination of cash and our stock, a substantial portion of which will be in stock. CBS has requested a private letter ruling from the IRS with respect to certain issues relevant to the payment of the Purging Distribution(s) in a combination of cash and our stock. In general, CBS has informed us that it expects that, if received, the ruling will provide, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, that (1) a Purging Distribution will be treated as a dividend that will first reduce our earnings and profits attributable to non-REIT years and (2) the amount of our stock received by any of our stockholders as part of a Purging Distribution will be considered to equal the amount of cash that could have been received instead. A taxable U.S. stockholder will be required to report dividend income as a result of a Purging Distribution even if such stockholder received no cash or only nominal amounts of cash in the distribution. Similarly, if in the future we declare a taxable dividend payable in cash or stock at the election of each stockholder, where the aggregate amount of cash to be distributed in such dividend may be subject to limitation, taxable stockholders receiving such dividends will be required to include the full amount of the dividend as ordinary income to the extent of our current and accumulated earnings and profits.

 

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Distributions that we designate as capital gain dividends will generally be taxed to our U.S. stockholders as long-term capital gains, to the extent that such distributions do not exceed our actual net capital gain for the taxable year, without regard to the period for which the stockholder that receives such distribution has held its stock. We may elect to retain and pay taxes on some or all of our net long-term capital gains, in which case we may elect to apply provisions of the Code that treat our U.S. stockholders as having received, solely for tax purposes, our undistributed capital gains, and the stockholders as receiving a corresponding credit for taxes that we paid on such undistributed capital gains. See “—Taxation of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.—Annual Distribution Requirements.” Corporate stockholders may be required to treat up to 20% of some capital gain dividends as ordinary income. Long-term capital gains are generally taxable at maximum U.S. federal rates of 20% in the case of U.S. stockholders that are individuals, trusts or estates, and 35% in the case of U.S. stockholders that are corporations. Capital gains attributable to the sale of depreciable real property held for more than twelve months are subject to a 25% maximum U.S. federal income tax rate for taxpayers who are taxed as individuals, to the extent of previously claimed depreciation deductions.

Distributions in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits will generally represent a return of capital and will not be taxable to a stockholder to the extent that the amount of such distributions does not exceed the adjusted basis of the stockholder’s shares in respect of which the distributions were made. Rather, the distribution will reduce the adjusted basis of the stockholder’s shares. To the extent that such distributions exceed the adjusted basis of a stockholder’s shares, the stockholder generally must include such distributions in income as long-term capital gain if the shares have been held for more than one year, or short-term capital gain if the shares have been held for one year or less. In addition, any dividend that we declare in October, November or December of any year and that is payable to a stockholder of record on a specified date in any such month will be treated as both paid by us and received by the stockholder on December 31 of such year, provided that we actually pay the dividend before January 31 of the following calendar year.

To the extent that we have available net operating losses and capital losses carried forward from prior tax years, such losses may reduce the amount of distributions that we must make in order to comply with the REIT distribution requirements. See “—Taxation of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.—Annual Distribution Requirements.” Such losses, however, are not passed through to stockholders and do not offset income of stockholders from other sources, nor would such losses affect the character of any distributions that we make, which are generally subject to tax in the hands of stockholders to the extent that we have current or accumulated earnings and profits.

Dispositions of Our Stock.  If a U.S. stockholder sells or disposes of shares of our stock, it will generally recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash and the fair market value of any property received on the sale or other disposition and the stockholder’s adjusted tax basis in the shares of stock. In general, capital gains recognized by individuals, trusts or estates upon the sale or disposition of our stock will be subject to a maximum U.S. federal income tax rate of 20% if the stock is held for more than one year, and will be taxed at ordinary income rates (of up to 39.6%) if the stock is held for one year or less. Gains recognized by stockholders that are corporations are subject to U.S. federal income tax at a maximum rate of 35%, whether or not such gains are classified as long-term capital gains. Capital losses recognized by a stockholder upon the disposition of our stock that was held for more than one year at the time of disposition will be considered long-term capital losses, and are generally available only to offset capital gain income of the stockholder but not ordinary income (except in the case of individuals, who may also offset up to $3,000 of ordinary income each year). In addition, any loss upon a sale or exchange of shares of our stock by a stockholder who has held the shares for six months or less, after applying holding period rules, will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of actual or deemed distributions that we make that are required to be treated by the stockholder as long-term capital gain.

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written and apply to transactions that would not typically be considered tax shelters. The Code imposes significant penalties for failure to comply with these requirements. You should consult your tax advisor concerning any possible disclosure obligation with respect to the receipt or disposition of our stock or securities or transactions that we might undertake directly or indirectly. Moreover, you should be aware that we and other participants in the transactions in which we are involved (including their advisors) might be subject to disclosure or other requirements pursuant to these regulations.

Passive Activity Losses and Investment Interest Limitations.  Distributions that we make and gains arising from the sale or exchange by a U.S. stockholder of our stock will not be treated as passive activity income. As a result, stockholders will not be able to apply any “passive losses” against income or gain relating to our stock. To the extent that distributions we make do not constitute a return of capital, they will be treated as investment income for purposes of computing the investment interest limitation.

Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders

The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income and estate tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of our stock applicable to non-U.S. stockholders. A “non-U.S. stockholder” is any holder of our common stock other than a partnership or U.S. stockholder.

Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders Prior to the Effective Date of Our REIT Election.

Dividends.  For the period commencing with the completion of this offering through the day immediately prior to the effective date of our REIT election, the portion of dividends received by non-U.S. stockholders that (i) is payable out of our earnings and profits and (ii) is not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business of the non-U.S. stockholder, will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30%, unless reduced or eliminated by treaty.

In general, non-U.S. stockholders will not be considered to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business solely as a result of their ownership of our stock. In cases where the dividend income from a non-U.S. stockholder’s investment in our stock is, or is treated as, effectively connected with the non-U.S. stockholder’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business, the non-U.S. stockholder generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at graduated rates, in the same manner as U.S. stockholders are taxed with respect to such dividends. Such effectively connected income must generally be reported on a U.S. income tax return filed by or on behalf of the non-U.S. stockholder. The income may also be subject to a branch profits tax at the rate of 30% (unless reduced or eliminated by treaty) in the case of a non-U.S. stockholder that is a corporation.

Non-Dividend Distributions.  Unless our stock constitutes a U.S. real property interest (“USRPI”), distributions that we make which are not dividends out of our earnings and profits will not be subject to U.S. income tax. If we cannot determine at the time a distribution is made whether or not the distribution will exceed current and accumulated earnings and profits, the distribution will be subject to withholding at the rate applicable to dividends. The non-U.S. stockholder may seek a refund from the IRS of any amounts withheld if it is subsequently determined that the distribution was, in fact, in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits. If our stock constitutes a USRPI, as described below, distributions that we make in excess of the sum of (i) the stockholder’s proportionate share of our earnings and profits, plus (ii) the stockholder’s basis in its stock, will be taxed under the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act of 1980 (“FIRPTA”), at the rate of tax, including any applicable capital gains rates, that would apply to a U.S. stockholder of the same type (e.g., an individual or a corporation, as the case may be), and the collection of the tax will be enforced by a withholding at a rate of 10% of the amount by which the distribution exceeds the stockholder’s share of our earnings and profits.

 

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Gain on Sale or Other Disposition of our Common Stock.  In general, a non-U.S. stockholder will not be subject to U.S. federal income or, subject to the discussion below under the heading “Information Reporting and Backup Withholding,” withholding tax on any gain realized upon the sale or other disposition of our common stock unless:

 

   

the gain is effectively connected with a trade or business carried on by the non-U.S. stockholder within the United States and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a U.S. permanent establishment of the non-U.S. holder;

 

   

the non-U.S. holder is an individual and is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of disposition and certain other conditions are satisfied; or

 

   

we are or have been a U.S. real property holding corporation (a “USRPHC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes at any time within the shorter of the five-year period ending on the date of the disposition and the non-U.S. stockholder’s holding period and certain other conditions are satisfied. If we are a USRPHC for U.S. federal income tax purposes, generally, our stock will constitute a USRPI. Subject to certain exceptions discussed below, we will be a USRPHC for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and our stock will be treated as a USRPI) if 50% or more of our assets throughout the prescribed testing period consist of interests in real property located within the United States, excluding, for this purpose, interests in real property solely in a capacity as a creditor. We expect that 50% or more of our assets will consist of USRPIs, and thus we expect to be a USRPHC.

Gain that is effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business in the United States generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax, net of certain deductions, at regular U.S. federal income tax rates. If the non-U.S. stockholder is a foreign corporation, the branch profits tax described above also may apply to such effectively connected gain. An individual non-U.S. stockholder who is subject to U.S. federal income tax because the non-U.S. stockholder was present in the United States for 183 days or more during the year of sale or other disposition of our common stock will be subject to a flat 30% tax on the gain derived from such sale or other disposition, which may be offset by U.S. source capital losses.

If gain on the sale of our stock is subject to taxation under FIRPTA because our stock constitutes a USRPI, the non-U.S. stockholder will be required to file a U.S. federal income tax return and will be subject to the same treatment as a U.S. stockholder with respect to such gain, subject to applicable alternative minimum tax and a special alternative minimum tax in the case of non-resident alien individuals. Moreover, in order to enforce the collection of the tax, the purchaser of the stock could be required to withhold 10% of the purchase price and remit such amount to the IRS. However, if our stock is “regularly traded,” as defined by applicable Treasury regulations, on an established securities market, a non-U.S. stockholder’s sale of our common stock would not be subject to tax under FIRPTA as a sale of a USRPI, provided that the selling non-U.S. stockholder held 5% or less of our outstanding common stock at all times during a prescribed testing period. We expect that our common stock will be regularly traded on an established securities market.

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding.  We must report annually to the IRS and to each non-U.S. stockholder the amount of dividends paid to, and the tax withheld with respect to, each non-U.S. stockholder. These reporting requirements apply regardless of whether withholding was reduced or eliminated by an applicable tax treaty. Copies of this information also may be made available under the provisions of a specific treaty or agreement with the tax authorities in the country in which the non-U.S. holder resides or is established.

U.S. backup withholding tax (currently, at a rate of 28%) is imposed on certain payments to persons that fail to furnish the information required under the U.S. information reporting rules. Dividends paid to a non-U.S. stockholder generally will be exempt from backup withholding if the non-U.S. stockholder provides a properly executed IRS Form W-8BEN or otherwise establishes an exemption.

Under U.S. Treasury regulations, the payment of proceeds from the disposition of our common stock by a non-U.S. stockholder effected at a U.S. office of a broker generally will be subject to information reporting and backup withholding, unless the beneficial owner, under penalties of perjury, certifies, among

 

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other things, its status as a non-U.S. stockholder or otherwise establishes an exemption. The payment of proceeds from the disposition of our common stock by a non-U.S. stockholder effected at a non-U.S. office of a broker generally will not be subject to backup withholding and information reporting, except as noted below. In the case of proceeds from a disposition of our common stock by a non-U.S. stockholder effected at a non-U.S. office of a broker that is:

 

   

a U.S. person;

 

   

a “controlled foreign corporation” for U.S. federal income tax purposes;

 

   

a foreign person 50% or more of whose gross income from certain periods is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business; or

 

   

a foreign partnership if at any time during its tax year (a) one or more of its partners are U.S. persons who, in the aggregate, hold more than 50% of the income or capital interests of the partnership or (b) the foreign partnership is engaged in a U.S. trade or business;

information reporting will apply unless the broker has documentary evidence in its files that the owner is a non-U.S. stockholder and certain other conditions are satisfied, or the beneficial owner otherwise establishes an exemption (and the broker has no knowledge or reason to know to the contrary). Backup withholding will apply if the sale is subject to information reporting and the broker has actual knowledge that you are a United States person.

Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules from a payment to a non-U.S. stockholder can be refunded or credited against the non-U.S. stockholder’s U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS in a timely manner.

Taxation of Non-U.S. Stockholders From and After the Effective Date of Our REIT Election.

Ordinary Dividends.  The portion of dividends received by non-U.S. stockholders that (i) is payable out of our earnings and profits (including the Purging Distribution), (ii) is not attributable to capital gains that we recognize and (iii) is not effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business of the non-U.S. stockholder, will be subject to U.S. withholding tax at the rate of 30%, unless reduced or eliminated by treaty.

In general, non-U.S. stockholders will not be considered to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business solely as a result of their ownership of our stock. In cases where the dividend income from a non-U.S. stockholder’s investment in our stock is, or is treated as, effectively connected with the non-U.S. stockholder’s conduct of a U.S. trade or business, the non-U.S. stockholder generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax at graduated rates, in the same manner as U.S. stockholders are taxed with respect to such dividends. Such effectively connected income must generally be reported on a U.S. income tax return filed by or on behalf of the non-U.S. stockholder. The income may also be subject to a branch profits tax at the rate of 30% (unless reduced or eliminated by treaty) in the case of a non-U.S. stockholder that is a corporation.

Non-Dividend Distributions.  Unless our stock constitutes a USRPI, distributions that we make which are not dividends out of our earnings and profits will not be subject to U.S. income tax. If we cannot determine at the time a distribution is made whether or not the distribution will exceed current and accumulated earnings and profits, the distribution will be subject to withholding at the rate applicable to dividends. The non-U.S. stockholder may seek a refund from the IRS of any amounts withheld if it is subsequently determined that the distribution was, in fact, in excess of our current and accumulated earnings and profits. If our stock constitutes a USRPI, as described below, distributions that we make in excess of the sum of (i) the stockholder’s proportionate share of our earnings and profits, plus (ii) the stockholder’s basis in its stock, will be taxed under FIRPTA, at the rate of tax, including any applicable capital gains rates, that would apply to a U.S. stockholder of the same type (e.g., an individual or a corporation, as the case may be), and the collection of the tax will be enforced by a withholding at a rate of 10% of the amount by which the distribution exceeds the stockholder’s share of our earnings and profits.

 

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Capital Gain Dividends.  Under FIRPTA, a distribution that we make to a non-U.S. stockholder, to the extent attributable to gains from dispositions of USRPIs that we held directly or through pass-through subsidiaries, or USRPI capital gains, will, except as described below, be considered effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business of the non-U.S. stockholder and will be subject to U.S. income tax at the rates applicable to U.S. individuals or corporations, without regard to whether we designate the distribution as a capital gain dividend. See “—Ordinary Dividends,” for a discussion of the consequences of income that is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. In addition, we will be required to withhold tax equal to 35% of the maximum amount that could have been designated as USRPI capital gain dividends. Distributions subject to FIRPTA may also be subject to a branch profits tax at the rate of 30% (unless reduced or eliminated by treaty) in the hands of a non-U.S. stockholder that is a corporation.

A distribution is not attributable to USRPI capital gain if we held an interest in the underlying asset solely as a creditor or if the underlying asset is not a USRPI. Capital gain dividends received by a non-U.S. stockholder that are attributable to dispositions of our assets other than USRPIs are not subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax, unless (i) the gain is effectively connected with the non-U.S. stockholder’s U.S. trade or business, in which case the non-U.S. stockholder would be subject to the same treatment as U.S. stockholders with respect to such gain, except that a non-U.S. stockholder that is a corporation may also be subject to a branch profits tax at the rate of 30% (unless reduced or eliminated by treaty) or (ii) the non-U.S. stockholder is a nonresident alien individual who was present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and has a “tax home” in the United States, in which case the non-U.S. stockholder will incur a 30% tax on his capital gains. We expect that a significant portion of our assets will be USRPIs.

A capital gain dividend that would otherwise have been treated as a USRPI capital gain will not be so treated or be subject to FIRPTA, and generally will not be treated as income that is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business, but instead will be treated in the same manner as an ordinary dividend (see “—Ordinary Dividends”), if (i) the capital gain dividend is received with respect to a class of stock that is regularly traded on an established securities market located in the United States and (ii) the recipient non-U.S. stockholder does not own more than 5% of that class of stock at any time during the year ending on the date on which the capital gain dividend is received. We anticipate that our common stock will be “regularly traded” on an established securities exchange.

Dispositions of Our Stock.  Unless our stock constitutes a USRPI, a sale of our stock by a non-U.S. stockholder generally will not be subject to U.S. taxation under FIRPTA. Subject to certain exceptions discussed below, our stock will be treated as a USRPI if 50% or more of our assets throughout a prescribed testing period consist of interests in real property located within the United States, excluding, for this purpose, interests in real property solely in a capacity as a creditor. We expect that 50% or more of our assets will consist of USRPIs.

Even if the foregoing 50% test is met, however, our stock will not constitute a USRPI if we are a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity.” A domestically controlled qualified investment entity includes a REIT, less than 50% of value of which is held, directly or indirectly, by non-U.S. stockholders at all times during a specified testing period. As described above, our charter will contain restrictions designed to protect our status as a “domestically controlled qualified investment entity,” and we believe that we will be and will remain a domestically controlled qualified investment entity, and that a sale of our stock should not be subject to taxation under FIRPTA. However, no assurance can be given that we will be or will remain a domestically controlled qualified investment entity.

In the event that we are not a domestically controlled qualified investment entity, but our stock is “regularly traded,” as defined by applicable Treasury regulations, on an established securities market, a non-U.S. stockholder’s sale of our common stock nonetheless also would not be subject to tax under FIRPTA as a sale of a USRPI, provided that the selling non-U.S. stockholder held 5% or less of our outstanding common stock at any time during a prescribed testing period. We expect that our common stock will be regularly traded on an established securities market.

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U.S. stockholder with respect to such gain, subject to applicable alternative minimum tax and a special alternative minimum tax in the case of nonresident alien individuals. Moreover, in order to enforce the collection of the tax, the purchaser of the stock could be required to withhold 10% of the purchase price and remit such amount to the IRS.

Gain from the sale of our stock that would not otherwise be subject to FIRPTA will nonetheless be taxable in the United States to a non-U.S. stockholder in two cases: (i) if the non-U.S. stockholder’s investment in our stock is effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business conducted by such non-U.S. stockholder, the non-U.S. stockholder will be subject to the same treatment as a U.S. stockholder with respect to such gain, except that a non-U.S. stockholder that is a corporation may also be subject to a branch profits tax at a rate of 30% (unless reduced or eliminated by treaty) or (ii) if the non-U.S. stockholder is a nonresident alien individual who was present in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and has a “tax home” in the United States, the nonresident alien individual will be subject to a 30% tax on the individual’s capital gain. In addition, even if we are a domestically controlled qualified investment entity, upon disposition of our stock (subject to the 5% exception applicable to “regularly traded” stock described above), a non-U.S. stockholder may be treated as having gain from the sale or exchange of a USRPI if the non-U.S. stockholder (a) disposes of our common stock within a 30-day period preceding the ex-dividend date of a distribution, any portion of which, but for the disposition, would have been treated as gain from the sale or exchange of a USRPI and (b) acquires, or enters into a contract or option to acquire, other shares of our common stock within 30 days after such ex-dividend date.

Non-U.S. stockholders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income and other tax consequences of owning our stock.

Taxation of Tax-Exempt Stockholders

Tax-exempt entities, including qualified employee pension and profit sharing trusts and individual retirement accounts, generally are exempt from U.S. federal income taxation. However, they may be subject to taxation on their unrelated business taxable income (“UBTI”). While some investments in real estate may generate UBTI, the IRS has ruled that dividend distributions from a REIT to a tax-exempt entity do not constitute UBTI. Based on that ruling, and provided that (i) a tax-exempt stockholder has not held our stock as “debt financed property” within the meaning of the Code (i.e., where the acquisition or holding of the property is financed through a borrowing by the tax-exempt stockholder) and (ii) our stock is not otherwise used in an unrelated trade or business, distributions that we make and income from the sale of our stock generally should not give rise to UBTI to a tax-exempt stockholder.

Tax-exempt stockholders that are social clubs, voluntary employee benefit associations, supplemental unemployment benefit trusts, and qualified group legal services plans exempt from U.S. federal income taxation under sections 501(c)(7), (c)(9), (c)(17) and (c)(20) of the Code are subject to different UBTI rules, which generally require such stockholders to characterize distributions that we make as UBTI.

In certain circumstances, a pension trust that owns more than 10% of our stock could be required to treat a percentage of any dividends received from us as UBTI if we are a “pension-held REIT.” We will not be a pension-held REIT unless (i) we are required to “look through” one or more of our pension trust stockholders in order to satisfy the REIT “closely held” test and (ii) either (a) one pension trust owns more than 25% of the value of our stock or (b) one or more pension trusts, each individually holding more than 10% of the value of our stock, collectively own more than 50% of the value of our stock. Certain restrictions on ownership and transfer of shares of our stock generally should prevent a tax-exempt entity from owning more than 10% of the value of our stock and generally should prevent us from becoming a pension-held REIT.

 

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Tax-exempt stockholders are urged to consult their tax advisors regarding the U.S. federal, state, local and foreign income and other tax consequences of owning our stock.

Other Tax Considerations

Legislative or Other Actions Affecting REITs

The present U.S. federal income tax treatment of REITs may be modified, possibly with retroactive effect, by legislative, judicial or administrative action at any time. The REIT rules are constantly under review by persons involved in the legislative process and by the IRS and the Treasury, which review may result in statutory changes as well as revisions to regulations and interpretations. Changes to the U.S. federal tax laws and interpretations thereof could adversely affect an investment in our common stock.

Medicare 3.8% Tax on Investment Income

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, certain U.S. stockholders who are individuals, estates or trusts and whose income exceeds certain thresholds will be required to pay a 3.8% Medicare tax on dividends and certain other investment income, including capital gains from the sale or other disposition of our common stock.

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

Legislation enacted in 2010 and existing guidance issued thereunder will require, after June 30, 2014, withholding at a rate of 30% on dividends in respect of, and, after December 31, 2016, gross proceeds from the sale of, our common stock held by or through certain foreign financial institutions (including investment funds), unless such institution enters into an agreement with the Treasury to report, on an annual basis, information with respect to shares in the institution held by certain U.S. persons and by certain non-U.S. entities that are wholly or partially owned by U.S. persons and to withhold on certain payments. An intergovernmental agreement between the United States and an applicable foreign country, or future Treasury regulations or other guidance may modify these requirements. Accordingly, the entity through which our common stock is held will affect the determination of whether such withholding is required. Similarly, dividends in respect of, and gross proceeds from the sale of, our common stock held by an investor that is a nonfinancial non-U.S. entity that does not qualify under certain exemptions will be subject to withholding at a rate of 30%, unless such entity either (i) certifies to us that such entity does not have any “substantial United States owners” or (ii) provides certain information regarding the entity’s “substantial United States owners,” which we will in turn provide to the IRS. We will not pay any additional amounts to stockholders in respect of any amounts withheld. Non-U.S. stockholders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the possible implications of the legislation on their investment in our common stock.

State, Local and Foreign Taxes

We and our subsidiaries and stockholders may be subject to state, local or foreign taxation in various jurisdictions including those in which we or they transact business, own property or reside. Our state, local or foreign tax treatment and that of our stockholders may not conform to the U.S. federal income tax treatment discussed above. Any foreign taxes that we incur do not pass through to stockholders as a credit against their U.S. federal income tax liability. Prospective investors should consult their tax advisors regarding the application and effect of state, local and foreign income and other tax laws on an investment in our stock.

 

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POLICIES WITH RESPECT TO CERTAIN ACTIVITIES

The following is a discussion of certain of our investment, financing and other policies. We intend to conduct our business in a manner such that we are not treated as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940. In addition, if we elect and qualify to be taxed as a REIT, we intend to conduct our business in a manner that is consistent with maintaining our qualification to be taxed as a REIT. These policies may be amended or revised from time to time at the discretion of our board of directors without a vote of our stockholders.

Investment Policies

Investment in Real Estate or Interests in Real Estate

Our investment objective is to maximize income. We intend to achieve this objective by developing our existing advertising structures and sites, including through the digital modernization of such advertising structures and sites, and by acquiring new advertising structures and sites. We currently intend to invest in advertising structures and sites located primarily in major metropolitan areas in the Americas. Future development or investment activities will not be limited to any specific percentage of our assets or to any geographic area or type of advertising structure or site. While we may diversify in terms of location, size and market, we do not have any limit on the amount or percentage of our assets that may be invested in any one property or any one geographic area. In addition, we may purchase or lease properties for long-term investment, improve the properties we presently own or other acquired properties, or lease such properties, in whole or in part, when circumstances warrant.

We may also enter into multiyear contracts with municipalities and transit operators for the exclusive right to display advertising copy on the interior and exterior of rail and subway cars, buses, benches, trams, trains, transit shelters, street kiosks and transit platforms. In addition, we may participate with third parties in property ownership through joint ventures or other types of co-ownership. We will not, however, enter into a joint venture or other partnership arrangement to make an investment that would not otherwise meet our investment policies.

Investments in acquired advertising structures and sites may be subject to existing mortgage financing and other indebtedness or to new indebtedness that may be incurred in connection with acquiring or refinancing these properties. We do not currently have any restrictions on the number or amount of mortgages that may be placed on any one advertising site or structure. Debt service on such financing or indebtedness will have a priority over any distributions with respect to our common stock.

Securities of or Interests in Persons Primarily Engaged in Real Estate Activities and Other Issuers

We may in the future invest in securities of other issuers, including REITs and entities engaged in real estate activities and including for the purpose of exercising control over such entities, although we have not done so during the past three years. Such future investment activities will not be limited to any specific percentage of our assets or to any specific type(s) of securities. However, because we must comply with various requirements under the Code in order to maintain our qualification to be taxed as a REIT, including restrictions on the types of assets we may hold, the sources of our income and accumulation of earnings and profits, our ability to engage in certain acquisitions, such as acquisitions of C corporations, may be limited. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Operations—Future acquisitions and other strategic transactions could have a negative effect on our results of operations” and “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our REIT Election and Our Status as a REIT—Complying with REIT requirements may cause us to liquidate investments or forgo otherwise attractive opportunities.”

Investments in Other Securities

We may in the future invest in additional securities such as bonds, preferred stock and common stock. We have no present intention to make any such investments, except for investments in cash equivalents in the ordinary course of business. Future investment activities in additional securities will not be limited to any specific percentage of our assets or to any specific type of securities or industry group.

 

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Dispositions

From time to time in the ordinary course of business, we have both acquired and disposed of advertising structures and sites in order to optimize our portfolio, and we intend to continue to do so in the future.

Investments in Real Estate Mortgages

We have not invested in, nor do we have any present intention to invest in, real estate mortgages, although we are not prohibited from doing so.

Financing and Leverage Policy

We intend, when appropriate, to employ leverage and to use debt as a means to provide additional funds to distribute to stockholders, to acquire assets, to refinance existing debt or for corporate purposes. We have not borrowed any money from third parties during the past three years, except in connection with our formation transactions. Our charter and bylaws will not limit the amount or percentage of indebtedness that we may incur, nor have we adopted any policies addressing this. Our existing debt agreements contain, and our future debt agreements may contain, covenants that place restrictions on us and our subsidiaries. These covenants may restrict, among other things, our and our subsidiaries’ ability to:

 

   

incur additional indebtedness, guarantee indebtedness or issue disqualified stock;

 

   

pay dividends on, repurchase or make distributions in respect of the Company’s or certain of our subsidiaries’ capital stock or make other restricted payments;

 

   

make certain investments;

 

   

sell, transfer or otherwise convey certain assets;

 

   

create liens;

 

   

enter into sale/leaseback transactions;

 

   

enter into agreements restricting certain subsidiaries’ ability to pay dividends or make other intercompany transfers;

 

   

consolidate, merge, sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of our or our subsidiaries’ assets;

 

   

enter into transactions with affiliates;

 

   

prepay certain kinds of indebtedness; and

 

   

issue or sell stock of our subsidiaries.

See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Our Business and Operations—The terms of the credit agreement governing the Senior Credit Facilities and the indenture governing the Senior Notes restrict our current and future operations, particularly our ability to incur debt that we may need to fund initiatives in response to changes in our business, the industries in which we operate, the economy and governmental regulations.” Our board of directors may limit our debt incurrence to be more restrictive than our debt covenants allow and from time to time may modify these restrictions in light of then-current economic conditions, relative costs of debt and equity capital, market values of our properties, general conditions in the market for debt and equity securities, fluctuations in the market price of our common stock, growth and acquisition opportunities and other factors. If these restrictions are relaxed, we could become more highly leveraged, resulting in an increased risk of default on our obligations and a related increase in debt service requirements.

 

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Lending Policies

We do not intend to engage in significant lending activities, although we do not have a policy limiting our ability to make loans to third parties. We may consider offering purchase money financing in connection with the sale of properties. Other than loans to joint ventures in which we participate and loans to our employees, subject to applicable laws, which we have made, and may continue to make, we have not made any loans to third parties in the past three years.

Policies With Respect to Other Activities

We will have authority to issue debt securities, including senior securities, offer common stock, preferred stock or options to purchase stock in exchange for property and to repurchase or otherwise reacquire our common stock or other securities in the open market or otherwise, and we may engage in such activities in the future. Except in connection with our formation transactions, in the past three years, we have not issued debt securities, common stock, preferred stock, options to purchase stock or any other securities in exchange for property or any other purpose, and our board of directors has no present intention of doing so. Our board of directors has the authority, without further stockholder approval, to amend our charter to increase the number of authorized shares of common stock or preferred stock and to authorize us to issue additional shares of common stock or preferred stock, in one or more series, including senior securities, in any manner, and on the terms and for the consideration, it deems appropriate, subject to applicable laws and regulations. See “Description of Securities.” We have not engaged in trading, underwriting or agency distribution or sale of securities of other issuers and do not intend to do so.

Conflict of Interest Policies

Policies Applicable to All Directors and Officers.

In connection with this offering, we will adopt certain policies that are designed to eliminate or minimize certain potential conflicts of interest. Upon completion of this offering, our board of directors will establish a code of business conduct and ethics that is designed to promote honest and ethical conduct, including the ethical handling of actual or apparent conflicts of interest between our employees, officers and directors and our company. However, there can be no assurance that these policies or provisions of law will always be successful in eliminating the influence of such conflicts, and, if they are not successful, decisions could be made that might fail to reflect fully the interests of all stockholders.

Corporate Opportunities

Upon completion of this offering, our charter will contain provisions related to certain corporate opportunities that may be of interest to both us and CBS. These provisions provide that in the event that a director or officer of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. who is also a director or officer of CBS acquires knowledge of a potential corporate transaction or matter that may be a corporate opportunity for both us and CBS (excluding any corporate opportunity that was presented or became known to such person solely in his or her capacity as a director or officer of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc., as reasonably determined by such director or officer, unless CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. notifies such person that CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. does not intend to pursue such corporate opportunity):

 

   

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. renounces any interest in or expectancy with respect to such corporate opportunity if such director or officer (a) presents such opportunity to CBS or (b) does not communicate information regarding such opportunity to CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. because that person has directed the opportunity to CBS; and

 

   

such director or officer may present such corporate opportunity to either CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS or to both, as such director or officer deems appropriate under the circumstances in such person’s sole discretion, and by doing so such director or officer (a) will have fully satisfied and fulfilled such person’s duties to CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. and its stockholders with respect to such corporate opportunity, (b) will not be liable to CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or its

 

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stockholders for breach of any statutory or common law duties and (c) will be deemed to have acted in accordance with the standard of care set forth in Section 2-405.1 of the MGCL, or any successor statute, or otherwise applicable to directors and officers of a Maryland corporation.

In addition, our charter will provide that, except as otherwise agreed to in writing by us and CBS:

 

   

neither CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. nor CBS will have any duty to refrain from engaging, directly or indirectly, in the same or similar activities or lines of business as the other company, doing business with any potential or actual customer or supplier of the other company, or employing or engaging or soliciting for employment any director, officer or employee of the other company; and

 

   

no director or officer of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS will be liable to the other company or to the stockholders of either for breach of any duty by reason of any such activities of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS, as applicable, or for the presentation or direction to CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS of, or participation in, any such activities, by a director or officer of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or CBS, as applicable.

Our charter will provide that the foregoing will not be deemed exclusive of any other waiver of a corporate opportunity by CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. or our board of directors.

Interested Director and Officer Transactions

Pursuant to the MGCL, a contract or other transaction between us and any of our directors or between us and any other corporation or other entity in which any of our directors is a director or has a material financial interest is not void or voidable solely on the grounds of such common directorship or interest, the presence of such director at the meeting of the board of directors or committee of the board of directors at which the contract or transaction is authorized, approved or ratified or the counting of the director’s vote in favor thereof; provided that:

 

   

the fact of the common directorship or interest is disclosed or known to our board of directors or a committee of our board, and our board or committee authorizes, approves or ratifies the transaction or contract by the affirmative vote of a majority of disinterested directors, even if the disinterested directors constitute less than a quorum;

 

   

the fact of the common directorship or interest is disclosed or known to our stockholders entitled to vote thereon, and the transaction or contract is authorized, approved or ratified by a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders entitled to vote other than the votes of shares owned of record or beneficially by the interested director or corporation, firm or other entity; or

 

   

the transaction or contract is fair and reasonable to us.

Reporting Policies

We intend to make available to our stockholders our annual reports on Form 10-K, including our audited financial statements. After this offering, we will become subject to the information reporting requirements of the Exchange Act. Pursuant to those requirements, we will be required to file annual and other periodic reports, current reports, proxy statements and other information, including audited financial statements, with the SEC.

 

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UNDERWRITING

Under the terms and subject to the conditions in an underwriting agreement, dated as of the date of this prospectus, the underwriters named below, for whom                      are acting as representatives, have severally agreed to purchase, and we have agreed to sell to them, severally, the number of shares indicated below:

 

Name

   Number of
Shares

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

  

J.P. Morgan Securities LLC

  

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

                     Incorporated

  

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

  

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

  

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

  

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

  

Total:

  

The underwriters and their representatives are collectively referred to as the “underwriters” and the “representatives,” respectively. The underwriting agreement provides that the obligations of the several underwriters to pay for and accept delivery of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus are subject to certain conditions. The underwriters are obligated to accept and pay for all of the shares of common stock offered by this prospectus if any such shares are taken. If an underwriter defaults, the underwriting agreement provides that the purchase commitments of the nondefaulting underwriters may be increased, or, in certain circumstances, the underwriting agreement may be terminated.

The underwriters initially propose to offer the shares of common stock directly to the public at the offering price listed on the cover page of this prospectus and to certain dealers at that price less a concession not in excess of $         per share. Any such dealers may resell shares to certain other brokers or dealers at a discount of up to $         per share from the initial public offering price. After the initial offering of the shares of common stock, the offering price and other selling terms may from time to time be varied by their representatives. Sales of shares made outside of the United States may be made by affiliates of the underwriters.

We have granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable for 30 days from the date of this prospectus, to purchase up to              additional shares of common stock at the public offering price listed on the cover page of this prospectus, less underwriting discounts and commissions. To the extent that the option is exercised, each underwriter will become obligated, subject to certain conditions, to purchase approximately the same percentage of the additional shares of common stock as the number listed next to the underwriter’s name in the preceding table bears to the total number of shares of common stock listed next to the names of all underwriters in the preceding table.

The following table shows the per share and total public offering price, underwriting discounts and commissions and proceeds before expenses to us. These amounts are shown assuming both no exercise and full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase up to an additional              shares of common stock.

 

     Total  
     Per Share      No Exercise      Full Exercise  

Public offering price

   $                    $                    $                

Underwriting discounts and commissions to be paid by us

   $                    $                    $                

Proceeds, before expenses, to us(1)

   $                    $                    $                

We have agreed to reimburse the underwriters for the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the underwriters in connection with the review by FINRA of the terms of the sale of the shares of common stock in an amount not to exceed $                 in the aggregate.

There are no estimated expenses of this offering payable by us, exclusive of the underwriting discounts and commissions. See “Use of Proceeds.”

 

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We intend to apply to list our common stock on the NYSE under the trading symbol “CBSO”.

We have agreed that, without the prior written consent of the representatives on behalf of the underwriters, we will not, during the period ending              days after the date of this prospectus relating to this offering, subject to certain exceptions (the “lock-up period”):

 

   

offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer or dispose of, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of common stock (including without limitation, shares of common stock or such other securities which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by us in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant), or publicly disclose the intention to make any offer, sale, pledge or disposition;

 

   

enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the common stock or such other securities; or

 

   

make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to the registration of any shares of common stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for common stock;

whether any such transaction described above is to be settled by delivery of common stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise.

All of our directors and executive officers and CBS have agreed that, without the prior written consent of              on behalf of the underwriters, they will not offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell or otherwise transfer or dispose of any shares of common stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of common stock beneficially owned by them for              days after the completion of this offering, subject to certain exceptions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last              days of the lock-up period, we issue an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to us occurs; or (2) prior to the expiration of the lock-up period, we announce that we will release earnings results during the              -day period beginning on the last day of the lock-up period, the restrictions imposed by the lock-up agreements shall continue to apply until the expiration of the              -day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the occurrence of the material news or material event.

In connection with this offering, the underwriters may engage in stabilizing transactions, which involves making bids for, purchasing and selling shares of common stock in the open market for the purpose of preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the common stock while this offering is in progress. These stabilizing transactions may include making short sales of the common stock, which involves the sale by the underwriters of a greater number of shares of common stock than they are required to purchase in this offering, and purchasing shares of common stock on the open market to cover positions created by short sales. Short sales may be “covered” shorts, which are short positions in an amount not greater than the underwriters’ option to purchase additional shares of our common stock referred to above, or may be “naked” shorts, which are short positions in excess of that amount. The underwriters may close out any covered short position either by exercising their option to purchase additional shares of our common stock, in whole or in part, or by purchasing shares in the open market. In making this determination, the underwriters will consider, among other things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open market compared to the price at which the underwriters may purchase shares through this option. A naked short position is more likely to be created if the underwriters are concerned that there may be downward pressure on the price of the common stock in the open market that could adversely affect investors who purchase in this offering. To the extent that the underwriters create a naked short position, they will purchase shares in the open market to cover the position.

 

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The underwriters have advised us that, pursuant to Regulation M of the Securities Act, they may also engage in other activities that stabilize, maintain or otherwise affect the price of the common stock, including the imposition of penalty bids. This means that if the representatives of the underwriters purchase common stock in the open market in stabilizing transactions or to cover short sales, the representatives can require the underwriters that sold those shares as part of this offering to repay the underwriting discount received by them.

These activities may have the effect of raising or maintaining the market price of the common stock or preventing or retarding a decline in the market price of the common stock, and, as a result, the price of the common stock may be higher than the price that otherwise might exist in the open market. If the underwriters commence these activities, they may discontinue them at any time. The underwriters may carry out these transactions on the NYSE, in the over the counter market or otherwise.

We and the underwriters have agreed to indemnify each other against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

A prospectus in electronic format may be made available on websites maintained by one or more underwriters or selling group members, if any, participating in this offering. The representatives may agree to allocate a number of shares of common stock to underwriters for sale to their online brokerage account holders. Internet distributions will be allocated by the representatives to underwriters that may make internet distributions on the same basis as other allocations.

Pricing of this Offering

Prior to this offering, there has been no public market for our common stock. The initial public offering price was determined by negotiations between us and the representatives. Among the factors that we may consider in determining the initial public offering price are our results of operations, management, estimated net income, estimated FFO, estimated Adjusted FFO, estimated Adjusted OIBDA, estimated operating income, estimated cash available for distribution, estimated impacts of qualifying to be taxed as a REIT, anticipated dividend yield and growth prospects, the current market valuations, financial performance and dividend yields of publicly traded companies considered to be comparable to us and the current state of the advertising industry, securities markets and the economy as a whole. We can make no assurance that the prices at which the shares will sell in the public market after this offering will not be lower than the initial public offering price or that an active trading market in our common stock will develop and continue after this offering.

Relationships with Underwriters

The underwriters and their respective affiliates are full-service financial institutions engaged in various activities, which may include sales and trading, commercial and investment banking, advisory, investment management, investment research, principal investment, hedging, market making, brokerage and other financial and nonfinancial activities and services. From time to time in the ordinary course of business, certain of the underwriters and their respective affiliates have performed, and may in the future perform, various commercial banking, investment banking and other financial services for us or for CBS for which they received, or will receive, customary fees and reimbursement of expenses. In addition, certain of the underwriters or their affiliates are parties to credit agreements with CBS and its subsidiaries, are parties to the Senior Credit Facilities and acted as initial purchasers for the offering of the Senior Notes. One of CBS’s directors, Charles K. Gifford, is Chairman Emeritus and a director of Bank of America Corporation, the parent of Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, an underwriter of this offering. In addition, one of our director nominees, Joseph H. Wender, is a Senior Consultant to Goldman Sachs & Co., an underwriter in this offering. Neither Mr. Gifford nor Mr. Wender was involved in the selection of the underwriters for this offering.

In the ordinary course of their various business activities, the underwriters and their respective affiliates, officers, directors and employees may purchase, sell or hold a broad array of investments and actively traded securities, derivatives, loans, commodities, currencies, credit default swaps and other financial instruments for their own account and for the accounts of their customers, and such investment and trading activities may involve or relate to our assets, securities and/or instruments (directly, as collateral securing other obligations or otherwise) and/or persons and entities with relationships with us. The

 

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underwriters and their respective affiliates may also communicate independent investment recommendations, market color or trading ideas and/or publish or express independent research views in respect of such assets, securities or instruments and may at any time hold, or recommend to clients that they should acquire, long and/or short positions in such assets, securities and instruments.

Selling Restrictions

European Economic Area

In relation to each Member State of the European Economic Area that has implemented the Prospectus Directive (each, a “Relevant Member State”), an offer to the public of any shares of our common stock may not be made in that Relevant Member State, except that an offer to the public in that Relevant Member State of any shares of our common stock may be made at any time under the following exemptions under the Prospectus Directive, if they have been implemented in that Relevant Member State:

 

   

to any legal entity that is a qualified investor as defined in the Prospectus Directive;

 

   

to fewer than 100 or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provision of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150 natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives for any such offer; or

 

   

in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, provided that no such offer of shares of our common stock shall result in a requirement for the publication by us or any underwriter of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive.

For the purposes of this provision, the expression “an offer to the public” in relation to any shares of our common stock in any Relevant Member State means the communication in any form and by any means of sufficient information on the terms of the offer and any shares of our common stock to be offered so as to enable an investor to decide to purchase or subscribe to any shares of our common stock, as the same may be varied in that Relevant Member State by any measure implementing the Prospectus Directive in that Relevant Member State, the expression “Prospectus Directive” means Directive 2003/71/EC (and amendments thereto, including the 2010 PD Amending Directive, to the extent implemented in the Relevant Member State) and includes any relevant implementing measure in the Relevant Member State, and the expression “2010 PD Amending Directive” means Directive 2010/73/EU.

United Kingdom

This prospectus, and any other material in relation to the shares described herein, is only being distributed to, and is only directed at, persons in the United Kingdom that are qualified investors within the meaning of Article 2(1)(e) of the Prospective Directive (“qualified investors”) and that also (i) have professional experience in matters relating to investments falling within Article 19(5) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Financial Promotion) Order 2005, as amended (the “Order”), (ii) who fall within Article 49(2)(a) to (d) of the Order or (iii) to whom it may otherwise lawfully be communicated (all such persons together being referred to as “relevant persons”). The shares of common stock are only available to, and any invitation, offer or agreement to purchase or otherwise acquire such shares will be engaged in only with, relevant persons. This prospectus and its contents are confidential and should not be distributed, published or reproduced (in whole or in part) or disclosed by recipients to any other person in the United Kingdom. Any person in the United Kingdom that is not a relevant person should not act or rely on this prospectus or any of its contents.

 

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LEGAL MATTERS

Certain legal matters will be passed upon for us by Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz. Venable LLP will issue an opinion to us regarding the validity of the shares of common stock offered hereby. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP has acted as REIT Tax Counsel. Certain legal matters in connection with this offering will be passed upon for the underwriters by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York.

EXPERTS

The combined consolidated financial statements of CBS Outdoor Americas as of December 31, 2012 and 2011 and for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012 included in this prospectus have been so included in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

We have filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-11 under the Securities Act with respect to the common stock offered hereby. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in the registration statement and the exhibits and schedules thereto. For further information with respect to us and our common stock, reference is made to the registration statement and the exhibits and any schedules filed therewith. Statements contained in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract or other document referred to are not necessarily complete and in each instance, if such contract or document is filed as an exhibit, reference is made to the copy of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the registration statement, each statement being qualified in all respects by such reference. A copy of the registration statement, including the exhibits and schedules thereto, may be read and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330. In addition, the SEC maintains an internet website that contains reports, proxy statements and other information about issuers, like us, that file electronically with the SEC. The address of that site is www.sec.gov.

AS A RESULT OF THIS OFFERING, WE WILL BECOME SUBJECT TO THE INFORMATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF THE EXCHANGE ACT, AND WILL FILE PERIODIC REPORTS, INCLUDING ANNUAL AND QUARTERLY REPORTS, CURRENT REPORTS AND PROXY STATEMENTS.

 

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INDEX TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

Unaudited Interim Combined Consolidated Financial Statements

  

Interim Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

     F-2   

Interim Combined Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

     F-3   

Interim Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012

     F-4   

Interim Combined Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

     F-5   

Notes to Interim Combined Consolidated Financial Statements

     F-6   

Audited Combined Consolidated Financial Statements

  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

     F-15   

Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

     F-16   

Combined Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

     F-17   

Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2012 and 2011

     F-18   

Combined Consolidated Statements of Invested Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

     F-19   

Combined Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

     F-20   

Notes to Combined Consolidated Financial Statements

     F-21   

Financial Statement Schedules

  

II–Valuation and Qualifying Accounts

     F-41   

III–Schedule of Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation

     F-42   

 

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INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(Unaudited; in millions)

 

      Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
      2013      2012  

  Revenues:

     

Billboard

   $     685.8       $     675.2   

Transit and other

     264.3         273.6   

Total revenues

     950.1         948.8   

  Expenses:

     

Operating

     504.5         508.9   

Selling, general and administrative

     146.8         132.6   

Restructuring charges

             2.4   

Net (gain) loss on dispositions

     (9.8      1.8   

Depreciation

     78.3         80.0   

Amortization

     68.2         67.9   

Total expenses

     788.0         793.6   

  Operating income

     162.1         155.2   

  Other expense, net

             (1.0

  Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies

     162.1         154.2   

  Provision for income taxes

     (70.5      (61.4

  Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

     1.9         1.8   

  Net income

   $ 93.5       $ 94.6   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these

unaudited combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(Unaudited; in millions)

 

     

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
              2013       2012        

  Net income

   $        93.5         $       94.6         

  Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

     

Cumulative translation adjustments

     (12.3)         14.4         

Amortization of actuarial losses

     .4          .5         

  Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

     (11.9)         14.9         

  Total comprehensive income

   $ 81.6        $ 109.5         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these

unaudited combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited; in millions)

 

      At
September 30, 2013
    At
December 31, 2012      
 

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

  Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 24.1      $ 20.2         

  Receivables, less allowances of $16.9 (2013) and
$19.3 (2012)

     178.5        175.1         

  Deferred income tax assets, net (Note 10)

     25.4        26.1         

  Prepaid lease and transit franchise costs

     79.0        65.8         

  Other prepaid expenses

     29.3        21.8         

  Other current assets

     5.3        6.0         

Total current assets

     341.6        315.0         

Property and equipment, net (Note 3)

     754.6        807.9         

Goodwill

     1,872.2        1,877.2         

Intangible assets (Note 4)

     381.2        420.0         

Other assets

     42.3        44.8         

Total assets

   $ 3,391.9      $ 3,464.9         

Liabilities and Invested Equity

    

Current liabilities:

    

  Accounts payable

   $ 55.1      $ 77.7         

  Accrued compensation

     26.4        30.3         

  Accrued lease costs

     18.6        19.2         

  Other accrued expenses

     39.2        38.2         

  Deferred revenues

     22.3        15.9         

  Other current liabilities

     22.2        24.3         

Total current liabilities

     183.8        205.6         

Deferred income tax liabilities, net (Note 10)

     300.8        313.8         

Asset retirement obligation (Note 6)

     31.3        30.6         

Other liabilities

     77.4        71.0         

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

    

Invested equity:

    

  Invested capital

     2,876.5        2,909.9         

  Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 8)

     (77.9     (66.0)         

Total invested equity

     2,798.6        2,843.9         

Total liabilities and invested equity

   $ 3,391.9      $ 3,464.9         

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these

unaudited combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited; in millions)

 

     

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
      2013       2012   

Operating activities:

  

  

Net income

   $       93.5        $       94.6    

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flow provided by
operating activities:

     

  Depreciation and amortization

     146.5          147.9    

  Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

     (1.9)         (1.8)   

  Distributions from investee companies

     3.9          2.0    

  Stock-based compensation

     5.8          4.3    

  Net (gain) loss on dispositions

     (9.8)         1.8    

  Change in assets and liabilities, net of investing and financing activities

     (73.1)         (62.7)   

Net cash flow provided by operating activities

     164.9          186.1   

Investing activities:

     

  Acquisitions

     (10.7)         (.4)   

  Capital expenditures

     (27.7)         (27.5)   

  Proceeds from dispositions

     11.1          .3    

Net cash flow used for investing activities

     (27.3)         (27.6)   

Financing activities:

     

  Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

     5.5          2.7    

  Net cash distribution to CBS

     (138.6)         (166.2)   

Net cash flow used for financing activities

     (133.1)         (163.5)   

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     (.6)         1.8    

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

     3.9          (3.2)   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

     20.2          37.6    

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

   $ 24.1        $ 34.4    

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

     

Cash paid for income taxes (Note 10)

   $ 75.3        $ 73.7    

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these

unaudited combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Unaudited; tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

1) DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. was formed as a Maryland corporation and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS Corporation (“CBS”). CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) with respect to an initial public offering of its common stock (the “Offering”). As part of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.’s formation transactions, prior to the effective date of the registration statement, CBS will complete a series of reorganization transactions resulting in the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment being directly or indirectly owned and consolidated under CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. The accompanying combined consolidated financial statements are presented on a “carve-out” basis from CBS’s consolidated financial statements based on the historical results of operations, cash flows, assets and liabilities attributable to its Outdoor Americas operating segment, which, as of September 30, 2013, includes CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. (the “Company”).

The Company provides advertising space (“displays”) on out-of-home advertising structures and sites in the United States, Canada and Latin America. The Company’s portfolio includes billboard displays, which are predominantly located in densely populated major metropolitan areas and along high-traffic expressways and major commuting routes. The Company also has a number of exclusive multiyear contracts to operate advertising displays in municipal transit systems. The Company has displays in all of the 25 largest markets in the United States and over 180 markets across the United States, Canada and Latin America. The Company manages its business through two segments—United States and International.

During the first quarter of 2013, CBS submitted a private letter ruling request with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to qualify the Company as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). If the ruling is granted, CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. intends to elect the status of and qualify to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”), after its separation from CBS. CBS has been advised by the IRS that the IRS has decided to study the current legal standards it uses to define “real estate” for purposes of the REIT provisions of the Code.

Upon completion of the Offering, CBS expects to indirectly own at least 80% of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.’s outstanding common stock and CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. will continue to be controlled by CBS. CBS has advised the Company that, at a time subsequent to the Offering, it currently intends to dispose of all of the shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock that it indirectly will own upon the completion of the Offering through a tax-free split-off (the “split-off”) pursuant to which CBS will offer its stockholders the option to exchange their shares of CBS common stock for shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock in an exchange offer. If CBS does not proceed with the split-off, it could elect to dispose of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock in a number of different types of transactions, including open market sales, sales to one or more third parties or pro rata distributions of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. shares to CBS’s stockholders or a combination of these transactions. All of these actions are subject to customary approvals, and there are no assurances that such transactions will be completed.

CBS provides the Company with certain services, such as insurance and support for technology systems, and also provides benefits to the Company’s employees, including certain postemployment benefits, medical, dental, life and disability insurance and participation in a 401(k) savings plan. Charges for these services and benefits are reflected in the combined consolidated financial statements based on the specific identification of costs, assets and liabilities. These financial statements also include allocations of centralized corporate expenses from CBS, such as tax, internal audit, cash management and other expenses. These expenses were determined based on various allocation methods, including factors such as headcount, time and effort spent on matters relating to the Company, and the number of CBS operating entities benefiting from such services. In addition, the Company’s income tax provision and related tax accounts are presented as if these amounts were calculated on a separate tax return basis. Management

 

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NOTES TO INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited; tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

believes that the assumptions and estimates used in preparation of the underlying combined consolidated financial statements are reasonable. However, the combined consolidated financial statements herein do not necessarily reflect what the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows would have been if the Company had been a stand-alone company during the periods presented. As a result, historical financial information is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s future results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of only normal and recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of financial position, results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods presented.

2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Use of Estimates—The preparation of the Company’s combined consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the combined consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Subsequent Events—The Company performed an evaluation of subsequent events through December 20, 2013, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued.

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

During the first quarter of 2013, the Company adopted the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (“FASB”) guidance that requires disclosure of significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component and their corresponding effect on the respective line items of net income (See Note 8).

Recent Pronouncements

Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists

In July 2013, the FASB issued guidance on the presentation of the reserve for uncertain tax positions when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists. This guidance requires the reserve for uncertain tax positions to be presented in the financial statements as a reduction to the deferred tax asset for a tax loss or other tax carryforward that would be applied in the settlement of the uncertain tax position. This guidance, which is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013, is not expected to impact the Company’s combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited; tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

Obligations Resulting from Joint and Several Liability Arrangements

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance on the recognition, measurement and disclosure of obligations resulting from joint and several liability arrangements for which the total amount of the obligation is fixed at the reporting date. Under this guidance, the Company is required to measure its obligations under such arrangements as the sum of the amount it agreed to pay in the arrangement among its co-obligors and any additional amount the Company expects to pay on behalf of its co-obligors. The Company is also required to disclose the nature and amount of the obligation. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this guidance on its combined consolidated financial statements, which is effective for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2013.

3) PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The table below presents the balances of major classes of assets and accumulated depreciation.

 

     

At

September 30, 2013

      

At

December 31, 2012

 

Land

   $ 88.7         $ 87.8       

Buildings and improvements

     45.3           45.7       

Advertising structures

     1,661.1           1,655.9       

Furniture, equipment and other

     76.1           76.3       

Construction in progress

     8.6           13.5       
     1,879.8           1,879.2       

Less accumulated depreciation

     1,125.2           1,071.3       

  Property and equipment, net

   $ 754.6         $ 807.9       

4) INTANGIBLE ASSETS

The Company’s identifiable intangible assets primarily consist of acquired permits and leasehold agreements and franchise agreements which grant the Company the right to operate out-of-home structures and sites in specified locations and the right to provide advertising space on railroad and municipal transit properties. Identifiable intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life, which is the respective life of the agreement that in some cases includes historical experience of renewals.

The Company’s identifiable intangible assets consist of the following:

 

At September 30, 2013    Gross     

Accumulated

Amortization

    Net  

Permits and leasehold agreements

   $ 879.1       $ (648.6   $       230.5       

Franchise agreements

     476.3         (326.8     149.5       

Other intangible assets

     15.7         (14.5     1.2       

  Total intangible assets

   $       1,371.1       $ (989.9   $ 381.2       

 

At December 31, 2012    Gross      Accumulated
Amortization
    Net  

Permits and leasehold agreements

   $ 875.7       $ (625.5   $       250.2       

Franchise agreements

     476.9         (309.0     167.9       

Other intangible assets

     15.7         (13.8     1.9       

  Total intangible assets

   $       1,368.3       $ (948.3   $ 420.0       

 

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CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS

NOTES TO INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited; tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

All of the Company’s intangible assets, except goodwill, are subject to amortization. Amortization expense was $68.2 million and $67.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively, which includes the amortization of direct lease acquisition costs of $22.7 million and $23.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Direct lease acquisition costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the related customer lease term, which generally ranges from four weeks to one year.

The Company expects its aggregate annual amortization expense for intangible assets, before considering the impact of future direct lease acquisition costs, for each of the years 2013 through 2017, to be as follows:

 

      2013      2014      2015      2016      2017    

Amortization expense

   $     60.6       $     57.9       $     56.0       $     50.4       $     27.8     

5) RESTRUCTURING CHARGES

During 2012, in an effort to reduce its cost structure, the Company recorded a restructuring charge of $2.5 million, mainly in the United States segment. The charge principally reflected severance costs associated with the elimination of positions. As of September 30, 2013, the restructuring reserve was fully utilized, including payments of $1.1 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

6) ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION

The following table sets forth the change in the asset retirement obligations associated with the Company’s advertising structures located on leased properties.

 

At December 31, 2012

   $         30.6        

Accretion expense

     1.6        

Liabilities settled

     (.8)       

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     (.1)       

At September 30, 2013

   $ 31.3        

7) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

CBS Corporation.  The Company is indirectly wholly owned by CBS. CBS provides the Company with certain services, such as insurance and support for technology systems, and also provides benefits to the Company’s employees, including certain postemployment benefits, medical, dental, life and disability insurance and participation in a 401(k) savings plan. Charges for these services and benefits are reflected in the combined consolidated financial statements based on the specific identification of costs, assets and liabilities. These financial statements also include allocations of centralized corporate expenses from CBS, such as tax, internal audit, cash management and other expenses. These expenses were determined based on various allocation methods, including factors such as headcount, time and effort spent on matters relating to the Company, and the number of CBS operating entities benefiting from such services. Charges for these services and benefits have been included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations and totaled $48.7 million and $35.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, these charges also included professional fees associated with matters related to the Company’s election and qualification to be taxed as a REIT. Management believes that the assumptions and estimates used to allocate these expenses are reasonable. However, the Company’s expenses as a stand-alone company may be different from those reflected in the Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

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CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS

NOTES TO INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited; tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

The Company participates in CBS’s centralized cash management system. Under this system, on a daily basis, any excess cash the Company generates is automatically transferred to CBS and any additional daily cash flow needs are funded by CBS. In conjunction therewith, the intercompany transactions between the Company and CBS have been considered to be effectively settled in cash in these financial statements. The net effect of the settlement of these intercompany transactions, in addition to cash transfers to and from CBS, are reflected in “Net cash distribution to CBS” on the Combined Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and “Invested capital” on the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets.

CBS manages its long-term debt obligations based on the needs of its entire portfolio of businesses. Long-term debt of CBS and related interest expense are not allocated to the Company as none of CBS’s debt is directly attributable to the Company.

For advertising spending placed by CBS and its subsidiaries, the Company recognized total revenues of $13.4 million and $14.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Other Related Parties. The Company has a 50% ownership interest in two 50/50 joint ventures which operate transit shelters in Los Angeles and Vancouver, BC. These ventures are accounted for as equity investments. At September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, these investments totaled $10.5 million and $11.3 million, respectively, and are included in “Other assets” on the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company provides management services to these joint ventures. Management fees earned from these joint ventures were immaterial for all periods presented.

In November 2013, the Company sold 50% of its transit shelter operations in Los Angeles for $17.5 million. The Company and the buyer each subsequently contributed their respective 50% interests in these operations to a 50/50 joint venture that the Company and buyer own together. This transaction is expected to result in a gain in the fourth quarter of 2013.

Viacom Inc. is controlled by National Amusements, Inc., the controlling stockholder of CBS. Revenues recognized for advertising spending placed by various subsidiaries of Viacom Inc. were $5.6 million and $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

8) ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The following table summarizes the changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

 

     

Cumulative

Translation

Adjustments

    

Net

Actuarial

Gain (Loss)

    

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

Income (Loss)

 

  At December 31, 2012

   $ (54.3)         $ (11.7)         $ (66.0)     

Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications

     (12.3)           —           (12.3)     

Reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to net income

     —           .4            .4      

Net other comprehensive income (loss)

     (12.3)           .4            (11.9)     

  At September 30, 2013

   $ (66.6)         $ (11.3)         $ (77.9)     

 

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NOTES TO INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited; tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

9) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.

 

     

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
      2013          2012    

Restricted stock units

   $ 5.4             $ 4.0       

Stock options

     .4               .3       

Stock-based compensation expense, before income taxes

     5.8               4.3       

Related tax benefit

     (2.4)             (1.8)     

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax benefit

   $ 3.4             $ 2.5       

Certain of the Company’s employees are granted awards of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and stock options for CBS Class B Common Stock under the CBS equity incentive plans. These awards include an annual grant to certain management employees as well as annual grants under the CBS Fund the Future Program to substantially all of the Company’s U.S. employees.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, CBS granted certain of the Company’s employees 177,894 RSUs with a weighted average per unit grant date fair value of $46.98, of which 17,602 were fully vested on the date of grant. The remaining RSUs granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 vest over a three- to four-year service period. Compensation expense for RSUs is determined based upon the market price of the CBS shares underlying the awards on the date of grant. For certain RSU awards the number of shares an employee earns ranges from 0% to 120% of the target award, based on the outcome of established performance conditions. Compensation expense is recorded based on the probable outcome of the performance conditions. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, CBS also granted certain employees of the Company 101,611 stock options with a weighted average exercise price of $49.64. Stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 vest over a four-year service period and expire eight years from the date of grant. Compensation expense for stock options is determined based on the grant date fair value of the award calculated using the Black-Scholes options-pricing model.

Total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested RSUs at September 30, 2013 was $10.8 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.4 years. Total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock option awards at September 30, 2013 was $1.9 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 3.2 years.

10) INCOME TAXES

The Company’s U.S. operating results have been included in consolidated federal, and certain state and local income tax returns filed by CBS. The income tax expense reflected in the Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations, deferred tax assets and liabilities included in the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets and income tax payments reflected in the Combined Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, have been prepared as if these amounts were calculated on a separate tax return basis for the Company. Management believes that the assumptions and estimates used to determine these tax amounts are reasonable. However, the combined consolidated financial statements herein may not necessarily reflect the Company’s income tax expense or tax payments in the future, or what its tax amounts would have been if the Company had been a stand-alone company during the periods presented.

 

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CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS

NOTES TO INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited; tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

The Company’s effective tax rate represents federal, state, local and foreign taxes, each calculated separately based on each jurisdiction’s income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies. For interim periods, an estimated annual effective tax rate is calculated and applied to interim operating results. In the event there is a significant or unusual item recognized in the operating results, the tax attributable to that item is separately calculated and recorded in the same interim period.

The provision for income taxes was $70.5 million and $61.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The effective income tax rate increased to 43.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 versus 39.8% for the same prior-year period reflecting higher taxes in Mexico in 2013, as well as lower state taxes in 2012, including the impact from the reversal of state audit reserves.

Cash paid for income taxes was assumed to be $75.3 million and $73.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

11) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Matters

On an ongoing basis, the Company is engaged in lawsuits and governmental proceedings and responds to various investigations, inquiries, notices and claims from national, state and local governmental and other authorities (collectively, “litigation”) as the outdoor advertising industry is subject to governmental regulation. Litigation is inherently uncertain and always difficult to predict. Although it is not possible to predict with certainty the eventual outcome of any litigation, in the Company’s opinion, none of its current litigation is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

12) SEGMENT INFORMATION

The following tables set forth the Company’s financial performance by segment. The Company manages its operations through two segments—United States and International.

 

     

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
      2013          2012      

Revenues:

     

  United States

   $         827.6           $         811.2       

  International

     122.5             137.6       

Total revenues

   $ 950.1           $ 948.8       

The Company presents operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”), net gain (loss) on dispositions, restructuring charges and impairment charges (“Adjusted OIBDA”) as the primary measure of profit and loss for its operating segments in accordance with FASB guidance for segment reporting. The Company believes the presentation of Adjusted OIBDA is relevant and useful for users because it allows users to view segment performance in a manner similar to the primary method used by the Company’s management and enhances their ability to understand the Company’s operating performance.

 

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NOTES TO INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited; tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

     

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
      2013          2012      

Adjusted OIBDA:

     

  United States

   $         300.2            $         286.7        

  International

     20.0              30.2        

  Corporate

     (21.4)            (9.6)      

Total Adjusted OIBDA

     298.8              307.3        

Restructuring charges

     —              (2.4)      

Net gain (loss) on dispositions

     9.8              (1.8)      

Depreciation

     (78.3)            (80.0)      

Amortization

     (68.2)            (67.9)      

Operating income

     162.1              155.2        

Other expense, net

     —              (1.0)      

Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies

     162.1              154.2        

Provision for income taxes

     (70.5)            (61.4)      

Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

     1.9              1.8        

Net income

   $ 93.5            $ 94.6        

 

     

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
      2013          2012      

Operating income (loss):

     

  United States

   $         185.4            $         158.9        

  International

     (1.9)            5.9        

  Corporate

     (21.4)            (9.6)      

Total operating income

   $ 162.1            $ 155.2        

 

     

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
      2013          2012      

Depreciation and amortization:

     

  United States

   $         124.8            $         124.6        

  International

     21.7              23.3        

Total depreciation and amortization

   $ 146.5            $ 147.9        

 

     

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 
      2013          2012      

Capital expenditures:

     

  United States

   $           23.7            $         25.0        

  International

     4.0              2.5        

Total capital expenditures

   $ 27.7            $ 27.5        

 

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NOTES TO INTERIM COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Unaudited; tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

     

At

September 30, 2013

    

At

December 31, 2012

 

Assets:

     

  United States

   $             3,060.6            $             3,114.4        

  International

     331.3              350.5        

Total assets

   $ 3,391.9            $ 3,464.9        

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

In our opinion, the accompanying combined consolidated balance sheets and the related combined consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, invested equity and cash flows present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of CBS Outdoor Americas, which consists of the entities comprising CBS Corporation’s Outdoor Americas operating segment, at December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2012 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In addition, in our opinion, the financial statement schedules listed in the Index to the Combined Consolidated Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the information set forth therein when read in conjunction with the related combined consolidated financial statements. These financial statements and financial statement schedules are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial statement schedules based on our audits. We conducted our audits of these statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

June 27, 2013

 

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COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In millions)

 

      Year Ended December 31,  
           2012            2011            2010       

Revenues:

      

  Billboard

   $ 913.6      $ 894.2      $ 852.9      

  Transit and other

     371.0        382.9        361.2      

Total revenues

     1,284.6        1,277.1        1,214.1      

Expenses:

      

  Operating

     700.1        689.4        687.0      

  Selling, general and administrative

     181.8        178.4        181.4      

  Restructuring charges (Note 5)

     2.5        3.0        3.9      

  Net loss on dispositions

     2.2        2.0        1.1      

  Depreciation

     105.9        109.0        107.6      

  Amortization

     90.9        102.9        106.6      

Total expenses

     1,083.4        1,084.7        1,087.6      

Operating income

     201.2        192.4        126.5      

Other income (expense), net

     (1.0     .8        .1      

Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies

     200.2        193.2        126.6      

Provision for income taxes

     (89.0     (87.8     (57.1)     

Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

     2.2        1.7        1.8      

Net income

   $ 113.4      $ 107.1      $ 71.3      

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In millions)

 

      Year Ended December 31,  
                2012               2011               2010     

Net income

   $ 113.4      $ 107.1      $ 71.3      

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

      

  Cumulative translation adjustments

     11.0        (14.3     13.6      

  Net actuarial loss

     (1.4     (3.2     (1.9)     

Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

     9.6        (17.5     11.7      

Total comprehensive income

   $ 123.0      $ 89.6      $ 83.0      

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMBINED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions)

 

      At December 31,  
              2012                2011       

Assets

     

Current assets:

     

  Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 20.2       $ 37.6      

  Receivables, less allowances of $19.3 (2012) and $22.4 (2011)

     175.1         184.8      

  Deferred income tax assets, net (Note 10)

     26.1         25.6      

  Prepaid lease and transit franchise costs

     65.8         70.0      

  Other prepaid expenses

     21.8         19.4      

  Other current assets

     6.0         6.1      

Total current assets

     315.0         343.5      

Property and equipment, net (Note 3)

     807.9         858.2      

Goodwill (Note 4)

     1,877.2         1,872.3      

Intangible assets (Note 4)

     420.0         479.6      

Other assets

     44.8         49.4      

Total assets

   $ 3,464.9       $ 3,603.0      

Liabilities and Invested Equity

     

Current liabilities:

     

  Accounts payable

   $ 77.7       $ 72.8      

  Accrued compensation

     30.3         28.4      

  Accrued lease costs

     19.2         20.3      

  Other accrued expenses

     38.2         33.7      

  Deferred revenues

     15.9         15.0      

  Other current liabilities

     24.3         26.5      

Total current liabilities

     205.6         196.7      

Deferred income tax liabilities, net (Note 10)

     313.8         322.0      

Asset retirement obligation (Note 6)

     30.6         29.3      

Other liabilities

     71.0         64.4      

Commitments and contingencies (Note 12)

     

Invested equity:

     

  Invested capital

     2,909.9         3,066.2      

  Accumulated other comprehensive loss (Note 8)

     (66.0      (75.6)     

Total invested equity

     2,843.9         2,990.6      

Total liabilities and invested equity

   $ 3,464.9       $ 3,603.0      

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INVESTED EQUITY

(In millions)

 

      Year Ended December 31,  
            2012              2011              2010       

Invested capital:

        

  Balance, beginning of year

   $ 3,066.2       $ 3,221.4       $ 3,361.5      

  Net income

     113.4         107.1         71.3      

  Net distribution to CBS

     (269.7      (262.3      (211.4)     

  Balance, end of year

     2,909.9         3,066.2         3,221.4      

Accumulated other comprehensive loss:

        

  Balance, beginning of year

     (75.6      (58.1      (69.8)     

  Other comprehensive income (loss)

     9.6         (17.5      11.7      

  Balance, end of year

     (66.0      (75.6      (58.1)     

Total invested equity

   $ 2,843.9       $ 2,990.6       $ 3,163.3      

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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COMBINED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In millions)

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
         2012         2011         2010      

Operating activities:

     

Net income

  $     113.4      $     107.1      $     71.3       

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flow provided by operating activities:

     

  Depreciation and amortization

    196.8        211.9        214.2       

  Deferred tax provision

    (6.6     32.8        39.1       

  Stock-based compensation

    5.7        5.0        4.3       

  Provision for doubtful accounts

    3.1        3.0        8.1       

  Net loss on dispositions

    2.2        2.0        1.1       

  Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

    (2.2     (1.7     (1.8)      

  Distributions from investee companies

    6.4        6.2        —       

  Change in assets and liabilities, net of investing and financing activities:

     

Decrease (increase) in receivables

    7.6        7.6        (45.1)      

Decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets

    3.9        1.2        .4       

Decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses

    (21.1     (33.7     (6.8)      

Increase (decrease) in deferred revenues

    .9        (2.5     (11.5)      

(Decrease) increase in income taxes

    (3.8     1.8        (.9)      

Other, net

    5.0        1.4        (.5)      

Net cash flow provided by operating activities

    311.3        342.1        271.9       

Investing activities:

     

  Acquisitions

    (.4     (7.9     (5.1)      

  Capital expenditures

    (53.6     (45.6     (47.2)      

  Proceeds from dispositions

    .5        .8        2.0       

Net cash flow used for investing activities

    (53.5     (52.7     (50.3)      

Financing activities:

     

  Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation

    2.9        2.3        .7       

  Net cash distribution to CBS

    (279.7     (269.4     (226.0)      

  Other

    (.2     (.2     (.6)      

Net cash flow used for financing activities

    (277.0     (267.3     (225.9)      

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    1.8        (3.5     .9       

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

    (17.4     18.6        (3.4)      

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

    37.6        19.0        22.4       

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year

  $ 20.2      $ 37.6      $ 19.0       

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

     

Cash paid for income taxes (Note 10)

  $ 96.5      $ 50.9      $ 18.2       

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

1) DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Description of Business—CBS Outdoor Americas (the “Company”) consists of the entities comprising CBS Corporation’s (“CBS”) Outdoor Americas operating segment. The Company provides advertising space (“displays”) on out-of-home advertising structures and sites in the United States, Canada and Latin America. The Company’s portfolio includes billboard displays, which are predominantly located in densely populated major metropolitan areas and along high-traffic expressways and major commuting routes. The Company also has a number of exclusive multiyear contracts to operate advertising displays in municipal transit systems. The Company has displays in all of the 25 largest markets in the United States. The Company manages its business through two segments—United States and International.

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. was formed as an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS. CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. filed a registration statement on Form S-11 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) with respect to an initial public offering of its common stock (the “Offering”). As part of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.’s formation transactions, prior to the effective date of the registration statement, CBS will complete a series of reorganization transactions resulting in the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment being consolidated under CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. In addition, CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. will incur indebtedness through formation borrowings. Upon completion of the Offering, CBS expects to indirectly own at least 80% of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.’s outstanding common stock and CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. will continue to be controlled by CBS.

During the first quarter of 2013, CBS submitted a private letter ruling request with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) to qualify the Company as a real estate investment trust (“REIT”). If the ruling is granted, CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. intends to elect the status of and qualify to be taxed as a REIT under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the “Code”). CBS has been advised by the IRS that the IRS has decided to study the current legal standards it uses to define “real estate” for purposes of the REIT provisions of the Code.

CBS has advised CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. that it currently intends to dispose of all of the shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock that it indirectly will own upon the completion of the Offering through a tax-free split-off (the “split-off”) pursuant to which CBS will offer its stockholders the option to exchange their shares of CBS common stock for shares of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock in an exchange offer. If CBS does not proceed with the split-off, it could elect to dispose of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. common stock in a number of different types of transactions, including open market sales, sales to one or more third parties or pro rata distributions of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. shares to CBS’s stockholders or a combination of these transactions. All of these actions are subject to customary approvals, and there are no assurances that such transactions will be completed.

Basis of Presentation—The accompanying combined consolidated financial statements are presented on a “carve-out” basis from CBS’s consolidated financial statements based on the historical results of operations, cash flows, assets and liabilities attributable to its Outdoor Americas operating segment. CBS provides the Company with certain services, such as insurance and support for technology systems, and also provides benefits to the Company’s employees, including certain postemployment benefits, medical, dental, life and disability insurance and participation in a 401(k) savings plan. Charges for these services and benefits are reflected in the combined consolidated financial statements based on the specific identification of costs, assets and liabilities. These financial statements also include allocations of centralized corporate expenses from CBS, such as tax, internal audit, cash management and other expenses. These expenses were determined based on various allocation methods, including factors such as headcount, time and effort spent on matters relating to the Company, and the number of CBS operating

 

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entities benefiting from such services. In addition, the Company’s income tax provision and related tax accounts are presented as if these amounts were calculated on a separate tax return basis. Management believes that the assumptions and estimates used in preparation of the underlying combined consolidated financial statements are reasonable. However, the combined consolidated financial statements herein do not necessarily reflect what the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows would have been if the Company had been a stand-alone company during the periods presented. As a result, historical financial information is not necessarily indicative of the Company’s future results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

2) SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Use of Estimates—The preparation of the Company’s combined consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the combined consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

Cash and Cash Equivalents—Cash and cash equivalents consist of cash on hand and short-term (maturities of three months or less at the date of purchase) highly liquid investments. The Company carries minimal cash on hand as it participates in CBS’s centralized cash management system.

Receivables—Receivables consist primarily of trade receivables from customers, net of advertising agency commissions, and are stated net of an allowance for doubtful accounts. The provision for doubtful accounts is estimated based on historical bad debt experience, the aging of accounts receivable, industry trends and economic indicators, as well as recent payment history for specific customers.

Property and Equipment—Property and equipment is stated at cost. Depreciation is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives as follows:

 

Buildings and improvements

   20 to 40 years

Advertising structures

   5 to 20 years

Furniture, equipment and other

   3 to 10 years

For advertising structures associated with a contract, the assets are depreciated over the shorter of the contract term or useful life. Maintenance and repair costs to maintain property and equipment in their original operating condition are charged to expense as incurred. Improvements or additions that extend the useful life of the assets are capitalized. When an asset is retired or otherwise disposed of, the associated cost and accumulated depreciation are removed and the resulting gain or loss is recognized. Depreciation expense was $105.9 million (2012), $109.0 million (2011) and $107.6 million (2010).

Business Combinations and Asset Acquisitions—The Company routinely acquires out-of-home advertising assets, including advertising structures and permits and leasehold agreements. The Company determines the accounting for these transactions by first evaluating whether the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, if any, constitute a business using the guidelines in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) guidance for business combinations. If the assets acquired and liabilities assumed constitute a business, the purchase price is allocated to the tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired based on their estimated fair values with the excess of the purchase price over those estimated fair values recorded as goodwill. If the acquired assets do not constitute a business, the Company allocates the purchase price to the individual tangible and intangible assets acquired based on their relative fair values.

 

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Impairment of Long-Lived Assets—Long-lived assets are assessed for impairment whenever there is an indication that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of these assets is determined by comparing the forecasted undiscounted cash flows generated by those assets to the respective asset’s carrying value. The amount of impairment loss, if any, will be measured by the difference between the net carrying value and the estimated fair value of the asset and recognized as a noncash charge.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets—Goodwill is allocated to various reporting units. Each of the Company’s segments consists of two reporting units. Intangible assets, which primarily consist of acquired permits and leasehold agreements and franchise agreements, are amortized by the straight-line method over their estimated useful lives, which range from five to 40 years. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested at the reporting-unit level annually for impairment and between annual tests if events occur or circumstances change that would more likely than not reduce the fair value below its carrying amount. If the carrying value of goodwill exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized as a noncash charge.

Revenue Recognition—The Company’s revenues are primarily derived from providing space on advertising displays for local, regional and national advertisements. Contracts with customers generally cover periods ranging from four weeks to twelve months and are generally billed every four weeks. Revenues from billboard displays are recognized as rental income on a straight-line basis over the contract term. Transit and other revenues are recognized as earned, which is typically ratably over the contract period. For space provided to advertisers through the use of an advertising agency whose commission is calculated based on a stated percentage of gross billing revenues, revenues are reported net of agency commissions.

Deferred revenues primarily consist of revenues paid in advance of being earned.

Revenues derived from a single contract that contains multiple site locations are allocated based on the relative fair value of each delivered item and recognized in accordance with the applicable revenue recognition criteria for the specific unit of accounting.

Concentration of Credit Risk—In the opinion of management, credit risk is limited due to the large number of customers and advertising agencies utilized. The Company performs credit evaluations on its customers and agencies and believes that the allowances for doubtful accounts are adequate.

Billboard Property Lease and Transit Franchise Expenses—The Company’s billboards are primarily located on leased real property. Lease agreements are negotiated for varying terms ranging from one month to multiple years, most of which provide renewal options. Lease costs consist of a fixed monthly amount and certain lease agreements also include contingent rent based on the revenues the Company generates from the leased site. Property leases are generally paid in advance for periods ranging from one to twelve months. The fixed component of lease costs is expensed evenly over the contract term, and contingent rent is expensed as it becomes probable, which is consistent with when the related revenues are recognized.

Transit franchise agreements generally provide for payment to the municipality or transit operator of the greater of a percentage of the revenues that the Company generates under the related transit contract and a specified guaranteed minimum payment. The costs which are determined based on a percentage of revenues are expensed as incurred when the related revenues are recognized, and the minimum guarantee is expensed over the contract term.

Direct Lease Acquisition Costs—Variable commissions directly associated with billboard revenues are amortized on a straight-line basis over the related customer lease term, which generally ranges from four weeks to one year. Amortization of direct lease acquisition costs is presented within amortization expense in the accompanying Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

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(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions—The assets and liabilities of foreign subsidiaries are translated at exchange rates in effect at the balance sheet date, while results of operations are translated at average exchange rates for the respective periods. The resulting translation gains and losses are included as a component of invested equity in accumulated other comprehensive loss. Foreign currency transaction gains and losses are included in “Other income (expense), net” in the Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations.

Income Taxes—Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method of accounting. Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the estimated future tax effects of temporary differences between the financial statement carrying amounts and their respective tax basis. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance if it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company’s effective tax rate represents federal, state, local and foreign taxes, each calculated separately based on each jurisdiction’s earnings before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies.

The Company’s income taxes as presented herein, including the provision for income taxes, deferred tax assets and liabilities, and income tax payments are calculated on a separate tax return basis, even though the Company’s U.S. operating results are included in the consolidated federal, and certain state and local income tax returns of CBS. CBS manages its tax position for the benefit of the entire portfolio of its businesses and, as such, the assumptions, methodologies and calculations made for purposes of determining the Company’s tax provision, taxes paid and related tax accounts in the combined consolidated financial statements herein may differ from those made by CBS and, in addition, are not necessarily reflective of the tax strategies that the Company would have followed as a separate stand-alone company.

Asset Retirement Obligation—An asset retirement obligation is established for the estimated future obligation, upon termination or nonrenewal of a lease, associated with removing structures from the leased property and, when required by the contract, the cost to return the leased property to its original condition. These obligations are recorded at their present value in the period in which the liability is incurred and are capitalized as part of the related assets’ carrying value. Accretion of the liability is recognized in operating expenses and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the expected useful life of the related asset.

Stock-based Compensation—CBS has equity incentive plans under which stock options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) for CBS Class B Common Stock were issued to certain employees of the Company. CBS measures the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the award. The cost is recognized over the vesting period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award.

Subsequent Events—The Company performed an evaluation of subsequent events through June 27, 2013, which is the date the financial statements were available to be issued.

Adoption of New Accounting Standards

Fair Value Measurements

During 2012, the Company adopted the FASB amended guidance which clarifies the FASB’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurement requirements and changes certain principles and requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. The adoption of this guidance did not have a material effect on the Company’s combined consolidated financial statements.

 

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(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

Goodwill Impairment Testing

During 2011, the Company early adopted the FASB’s amended guidance on goodwill impairment testing. Under this guidance, the Company has the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If based on this assessment, the Company determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of the reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary.

Recent Pronouncements

Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

In February 2013, the FASB issued guidance that requires disclosure of significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component and their corresponding effect on the respective line items of net income. This guidance is effective for the Company beginning in the first quarter of 2013 and is not expected to have a material impact on the combined consolidated financial statements.

3) PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The table below presents the balances of major classes of assets and accumulated depreciation.

 

At December 31,    2012        2011        

Land

   $ 87.8       $ 87.6       

Buildings and improvements

     45.7         44.7       

Advertising structures

           1,655.9                 1,627.1       

Furniture, equipment and other

     76.3         71.2       

Construction in progress

     13.5         12.7       
     1,879.2         1,843.3       

Less accumulated depreciation

     1,071.3         985.1       

  Property and equipment, net

   $ 807.9       $ 858.2       

4) GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the changes in the book value of goodwill by segment were as follows:

 

      United States      International     Total  

At December 31, 2010

   $ 1,758.0       $ 123.0      $ 1,881.0        

  2011 Activity (a)

             (8.7     (8.7)       

At December 31, 2011

     1,758.0         114.3                1,872.3        

  2012 Activity (a)

             4.9        4.9        

At December 31, 2012

   $ 1,758.0       $ 119.2      $ 1,877.2        

 

  (a) Primarily reflects foreign currency translation adjustments.

The balance at December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 is net of accumulated impairments of $7.22 billion and $489.2 million in the Company’s United States and International segments, respectively, which were incurred during 2008 and prior years.

 

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The Company’s identifiable intangible assets primarily consist of acquired permits and leasehold agreements and franchise agreements which grant the Company the right to operate out-of-home structures in specified locations and the right to provide advertising space on railroad and municipal transit properties. Identifiable intangible assets are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful life, which is the respective life of the agreement that in some cases includes historical experience of renewals.

The Company’s identifiable intangible assets consist of the following:

 

At December 31, 2012    Gross     

Accumulated

Amortization

    Net  

Permits and leasehold agreements

   $ 875.7       $             (625.5)      $             250.2       

Franchise agreements

     476.9         (309.0     167.9       

Other intangible assets

     15.7         (13.8     1.9       

  Total intangible assets

   $ 1,368.3       $ (948.3   $ 420.0       
       
At December 31, 2011    Gross     

Accumulated

Amortization

    Net  

Permits and leasehold agreements

   $             864.1       $             (579.0)      $ 285.1       

Franchise agreements

     474.6         (282.1     192.5       

Other intangible assets

     15.7         (13.7     2.0       

  Total intangible assets

   $ 1,354.4       $ (874.8   $ 479.6       

All of the Company’s intangible assets, except goodwill, are subject to amortization. Amortization expense was $90.9 million, $102.9 million and $106.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, which includes the amortization of direct lease acquisition costs of $31.1 million, $32.1 million and $30.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Direct lease acquisition costs are amortized on a straight-line basis over the related customer lease term, which generally ranges from four weeks to one year.

The Company expects its aggregate annual amortization expense for intangible assets, before considering the impact of future direct lease acquisition costs, for each of the years 2013 through 2017, to be as follows:

 

      2013      2014      2015      2016      2017    

Amortization expense

   $ 59.8       $ 57.5       $ 55.6       $ 50.0       $     27.3     

5) RESTRUCTURING CHARGES

During 2012, 2011 and 2010, in efforts to reduce its cost structure, the Company recorded restructuring charges of $2.5 million, $3.0 million and $3.9 million, respectively, mainly in the United States segment. The charges principally reflected severance costs associated with the elimination of positions. As of December 31, 2012, the cumulative amount paid for the 2012, 2011 and 2010 restructuring charges was $7.9 million. The Company expects to substantially utilize the remaining reserves by the end of 2013.

 

At December 31, 2010

   $  1.0        

  2011 Charges

     3.0        

  2011 Payments

     (1.9)       

At December 31, 2011

     2.1        

  2012 Charges

     2.5        

  2012 Payments

     (3.1)       

At December 31, 2012

   $ 1.5        

 

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6) ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION

The following table sets forth the change in the asset retirement obligations associated with the Company’s advertising structures located on leased properties. The obligation is calculated based on the assumption that all of the Company’s advertising structures will be removed within the next 50 years. The estimated annual costs to dismantle and remove the structures upon the termination or nonrenewal of its leases are consistent with the Company’s historical experience. During the last several years, the Company has primarily invested in upgrading certain of its existing structures to digital formats and therefore has not had significant additions to its portfolio of properties.

 

At December 31, 2010

   $         30.2        

Accretion expense

     2.0        

Liabilities settled

     (1.6)       

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     (1.3)       

At December 31, 2011

     29.3        

Accretion expense

     1.8        

Liabilities settled

     (1.0)       

Foreign currency translation adjustments

     .5       

At December 31, 2012

   $ 30.6       

7) RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

CBS Corporation.  The Company is indirectly wholly owned by CBS. CBS provides the Company with certain services, such as insurance and support for technology systems, and also provides benefits to the Company’s employees, including certain postemployment benefits, medical, dental, life and disability insurance and participation in a 401(k) savings plan. Charges for these services and benefits are reflected in the combined consolidated financial statements based on the specific identification of costs, assets and liabilities. These financial statements also include allocations of centralized corporate expenses from CBS, such as tax, internal audit, cash management and other expenses. These expenses were determined based on various allocation methods, including factors such as headcount, time and effort spent on matters relating to the Company, and the number of CBS operating entities benefiting from such services. Charges for these services and benefits have been included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations and totaled $47.7 million, $46.2 million and $45.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Management believes that the assumptions and estimates used to allocate these expenses are reasonable. However, the Company’s expenses as a stand-alone company may be different from those reflected in the Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations.

The Company participates in CBS’s centralized cash management system. Under this system, on a daily basis, any excess cash the Company generates is automatically transferred to CBS and any additional daily cash flow needs are funded by CBS. In conjunction therewith, the intercompany transactions between the Company and CBS have been considered to be effectively settled in cash in these financial statements. The net effect of the settlement of these intercompany transactions, in addition to cash transfers to and from CBS, are reflected in “Net cash distribution to CBS” on the Combined Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and “Net distribution to CBS” on the Combined Consolidated Statements of Invested Equity. The amounts on these financial statement line items differ due to noncash transactions, such as stock-based compensation expense.

CBS manages its long-term debt obligations based on the needs of its entire portfolio of businesses. Long-term debt of CBS and related interest expense are not allocated to the Company as none of CBS’s debt is directly attributable to the Company.

 

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(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

For advertising spending placed by CBS and its subsidiaries, the Company recognized total revenues of $19.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2012 and $22.9 million for each of the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010.

Other Related Parties. The Company has a 50% ownership interest in two joint ventures that operate transit shelters in Los Angeles and Vancouver, BC. These ventures are accounted for as equity investments. At December 31, 2012 and 2011, these investments totaled $11.3 million and $14.0 million, respectively, and are included in “Other assets” on the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company provides management services to these joint ventures. Management fees earned from these joint ventures were immaterial for all periods presented.

Viacom Inc. is controlled by National Amusements, Inc., the controlling stockholder of CBS. Revenues recognized for advertising spending placed by various subsidiaries of Viacom Inc. were $9.4 million, $11.4 million and $11.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

8) ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

The following table summarizes the changes in the components of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss).

 

     

Cumulative

Translation

Adjustments

   

Net

Actuarial

Loss

   

Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive

Income (Loss)

 

At December 31, 2009

   $ (64.6   $ (5.2   $ (69.8)       

  2010 Activity

     13.6        (1.9     11.7        

At December 31, 2010

     (51.0     (7.1     (58.1)       

  2011 Activity

     (14.3     (3.2     (17.5)       

At December 31, 2011

     (65.3     (10.3     (75.6)       

  2012 Activity

     11.0        (1.4     9.6        

At December 31, 2012

   $ (54.3   $ (11.7   $ (66.0)       

Net actuarial loss included in other comprehensive income (loss) is net of a tax benefit of $.3 million, $2.9 million and $.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

9) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Certain of the Company’s employees are granted awards of RSUs and stock options for CBS Class B Common Stock under the CBS equity incentive plans. These awards include an annual grant to certain management employees as well as annual grants under the CBS Fund the Future Program to substantially all of the Company’s U.S. employees.

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock-based compensation expense for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012      2011      2010  

RSUs

   $          5.2        $          4.7        $          4.1         

Stock options

     .5          .3          .2         

Stock-based compensation expense, before income taxes

     5.7          5.0          4.3         

Tax benefit

     (2.3)         (2.0)         (1.7)        

Stock-based compensation expense, net of tax

   $ 3.4        $ 3.0        $ 2.6         

 

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RSUs

Compensation expense for RSUs is determined based upon the market price of the CBS shares underlying the awards on the date of grant and expensed over the vesting period, which is generally a three- to four-year service period. For certain RSU awards the number of shares an employee earns is based on the outcome of performance conditions. Compensation expense is recorded based on the probable outcome of the performance condition. Forfeitures for RSUs are estimated on the date of grant based on historical forfeiture rates. On an annual basis, adjustments are made to compensation expense based on actual forfeitures and the forfeiture rates are revised as necessary.

The total fair value of RSUs that vested during 2012, 2011 and 2010 was $11.4 million, $10.1 million and $4.4 million, respectively. Total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested RSUs at December 31, 2012 was $8.1 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.2 years.

The following table summarizes the activity of CBS’s RSUs issued to employees of the Company.

 

      RSUs    

Weighted Average

Grant Date Fair Value

Non-vested at December 31, 2011

     860,007      $  14.23  

  Granted

     199,199        31.19

  Vested

     (369,385     13.14

  Forfeited

     (24,539     21.16

Non-vested at December 31, 2012

     665,282      $  19.65  

Stock Options

Stock options vest over a four-year service period and expire eight years from the date of grant. Forfeitures are estimated on the date of grant based on historical forfeiture rates. On an annual basis, adjustments are made to compensation expense based on actual forfeitures and the forfeiture rates are revised as necessary.

The weighted average fair value of stock options as of the grant date was $8.83, $7.59 and $4.96 in 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Compensation expense for stock options is determined based on the grant date fair value of the award using the Black-Scholes options-pricing model with the following weighted average assumptions:

 

      2012     2011     2010           

Expected dividend yield

     2.00       2.00       1.49  %       

Expected stock price volatility

     40.20       41.16       43.94  %       

Risk-free interest rate

     1.01       2.34       2.46  %       

Expected term of options (years)

     5.02          5.06          5.19            

The expected stock price volatility is determined using a weighted average of historical volatility for CBS Class B Common Stock and implied volatility of publicly traded options to purchase CBS Class B Common Stock. Given the existence of an actively traded market for CBS options, the Company was able to derive implied volatility using publicly traded options to purchase CBS Class B Common Stock that were trading near the grant date of the employee stock options at a similar exercise price and a remaining term of greater than one year.

 

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(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

The risk-free interest rate is based on a U.S. Treasury rate in effect on the date of grant with a term equal to the expected life. The expected term is determined based on historical employee exercise and post-vesting termination behavior. The expected dividend yield represents the future expectation of the dividend yield based on current rates and historical patterns of dividend changes.

Total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock option awards at December 31, 2012 was $.9 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted average period of 2.5 years.

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option activity under the CBS equity incentive plans.

 

     

Stock

    Options    

   

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

Outstanding at December 31, 2011

     917,049      $    24.69  

  Granted

     70,950          29.44

  Exercised

     (242,676       26.87

  Forfeited or Expired

     (160,829       33.23

Outstanding at December 31, 2012

     584,494      $    22.01  

Exercisable at December 31, 2012

     344,341      $    24.79  

The following table summarizes other information relating to stock option exercises during the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012      2011      2010      

Cash paid to CBS by employees of the Company for stock option exercises

   $             6.5        $ .8        $               .1         

Tax benefit of stock option exercises

   $ .8        $ .9        $ .1         

Intrinsic value of stock option exercises

   $ 1.9        $             2.1        $ .2         

The following table summarizes information concerning outstanding and exercisable stock options to purchase CBS Class B Common Stock under the CBS equity incentive plans at December 31, 2012.

 

     Outstanding            Exercisable  

Range of

Exercise Price

  

Number

of Options

    

Remaining

Contractual

Life (Years)

    

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

          Number
of Options
     Weighted
Average
Exercise Price
 

    $5 to 9.99

     116,445         4.15       $ 5.20            50,982       $ 5.20       

  $10 to 19.99

     72,278         5.16       $ 13.43            20,564       $ 13.43       

  $20 to 29.99

     282,769         3.82       $ 27.50            159,793       $ 28.05       

  $30 to 39.99

     113,002         1.04       $ 31.09            113,002       $ 31.09       
     584,494                  344,341      

Stock options outstanding at December 31, 2012 have a weighted average remaining contractual life of 3.51 years and the total intrinsic value for “in-the-money” options, based on the closing stock price of CBS Class B Common Stock of $38.05, was $9.4 million. Stock options exercisable at December 31, 2012 have a weighted average remaining contractual life of 2.00 years and the total intrinsic value for “in-the-money” options was $4.6 million.

 

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NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

10) INCOME TAXES

The Company’s U.S. operating results have been included in consolidated federal, and certain state and local income tax returns filed by CBS. The income tax expense reflected in the Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations, deferred tax assets and liabilities included in the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets and income tax payments reflected in the Combined Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows have been prepared as if these amounts were calculated on a separate tax return basis for the Company. Management believes that the assumptions and estimates used to determine these tax amounts are reasonable. However, the combined consolidated financial statements herein may not necessarily reflect the Company’s income tax expense or tax payments in the future, or what its tax amounts would have been if the Company had been a stand-alone company during the periods presented.

Cash paid for income taxes was assumed to be $96.5 million, $50.9 million and $18.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

The U.S. and foreign components of income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies were as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012     2011      2010      

  United States

   $ 201.9      $ 178.6       $ 119.4       

  Foreign

     (1.7     14.6         7.2       

  Total

   $ 200.2      $ 193.2       $ 126.6       

The components of the provision for income taxes are as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012       2011      2010      

Current:

        

  Federal

   $ 71.8        $ 32.5       $ 1.0       

  State and local

     18.9          10.5         5.6       

  Foreign

     4.9          12.0         11.4       
     95.6          55.0         18.0       

Deferred

     (6.6)         32.8         39.1       

  Provision for income taxes

   $ 89.0        $ 87.8       $ 57.1       

The difference between income taxes expected at the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate of 35% and the provision for income taxes is summarized as follows:

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012      2011       2010      

Taxes on income at U.S. statutory rate

   $ 70.1       $ 67.6        $ 44.3       

State and local taxes, net of federal tax benefit

     13.4         13.1          8.3       

Effect of foreign operations

     2.2         3.4          .6       

Audit settlements

             3.8          —       

Other, net(a)

     3.3         (.1)         3.9       

Provision for income taxes

   $ 89.0       $ 87.8        $ 57.1       

 

  (a) For 2012, other primarily reflects a charge related to the Company’s domestic production deduction. For 2010, other primarily reflects a reduction of deferred tax assets due to an international legal entity reorganization.

 

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NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

The following table is a summary of the components of deferred income tax assets and liabilities.

 

At December 31,    2012     2011       

Deferred income tax assets:

    

  Provision for expenses and losses

   $ 35.4      $ 35.0        

  Postretirement and other employee benefits

     12.7        11.3        

  Tax credit and loss carryforwards

     13.7        14.7        

  Other

     1.9        1.7        

Total deferred income tax assets

     63.7        62.7        

  Valuation allowance

     (8.0     (7.5)       

Deferred income tax assets, net

     55.7        55.2        

Deferred income tax liabilities:

    

  Property, equipment and intangible assets

     (340.5     (347.8)       

Total deferred income tax liabilities

     (340.5     (347.8)       

Deferred income tax liabilities, net

   $ (284.8   $ (292.6)       

At December 31, 2012, the Company had net operating loss carryforwards for federal, state and local, and foreign jurisdictions of $41.0 million. Approximately $17.7 million of these losses may be carried forward indefinitely, subject to limitations imposed by local tax laws. The remaining net operating losses expire in various years from 2013 through 2027.

The 2012 and 2011 deferred income tax assets were reduced by a valuation allowance of $8.0 million and $7.5 million, respectively, principally relating to income tax benefits of net operating losses which are not expected to be realized.

The Company’s international operations have generated cumulative losses, and, therefore have no unremitted earnings.

The following table sets forth the change in the reserve for uncertain tax positions, excluding related accrued interest and penalties.

 

At January 1, 2010

   $ 2.0        

  Additions for current year tax positions

     .6        

  Reductions for prior year tax positions

     (.7)       

At December 31, 2010

     1.9        

  Additions for current year tax positions

     3.5        

At December 31, 2011

     5.4        

  Additions for current year tax positions

     3.8        

  Reductions for prior year tax positions

     (4.3)       

At December 31, 2012

   $ 4.9        

The reserve for uncertain tax positions of $4.9 million at December 31, 2012 includes $4.3 million which would affect the Company’s effective income tax rate if and when recognized in future years.

The Company recognizes interest and penalty charges related to the reserve for uncertain tax positions as part of income tax expense. These charges were not material for any of the periods presented.

 

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NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

11) RETIREMENT BENEFITS

The Company sponsors two defined benefit pension plans covering specific groups of employees in Canada and the United States. The benefits for the pension plan in Canada are based primarily on an employee’s years of service and average pay near retirement. Participating employees in this plan are vested after two years of service or immediately, depending on the province of their employment. The Company funds this plan in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Pension Benefits Act of the Province of Ontario, Canada. Plan assets consist principally of equity securities, corporate bonds and government related securities included in a master trust. The pension plan in the United States covers a small number of hourly employees of the Company. The investments of the pension plan in the United States consist entirely of the plan’s interest in a master trust, which invests the assets of this plan as well as several other defined benefit plans sponsored by CBS. The plan’s interest in the master trust is less than one percent. The plan is funded in accordance with requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

The Company uses a December 31 measurement date for all pension plans.

The following table sets forth the change in benefit obligation for the Company’s pension plans.

 

      2012       2011       

Change in benefit obligation:

     

Benefit obligation, beginning of year

   $ 46.8        $ 41.2        

Service cost

     1.5          1.3        

Interest cost

     2.2          2.2        

Actuarial loss

     2.7          4.3        

Benefits paid

     (2.2)         (1.2)       

Cumulative translation adjustments

     1.7          (1.0)       

Benefit obligation, end of year

   $ 52.7        $ 46.8        

The following table sets forth the change in plan assets for the Company’s pension plans.

 

      2012       2011       

Change in plan assets:

     

Fair value of plan assets, beginning of year

   $ 34.2        $ 33.5        

Actual return on plan assets

     2.8          (.3)       

Employer contributions

     4.1          2.9        

Benefits paid

     (2.2)         (1.2)       

Cumulative translation adjustments

     1.2          (.7)       

Fair value of plan assets, end of year

   $ 40.1        $ 34.2        

The funded status of pension benefit obligations and the related amounts recognized on the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets were as follows:

 

At December 31,    2012       2011       

Funded status, end of year

   $ (12.6)       $ (12.6)       

Amounts recognized on Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets:

     

  Noncurrent other liabilities

   $ (12.6)       $ (12.6)       

Net amounts recognized

   $ (12.6)       $ (12.6)       

 

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NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

The following amounts were recognized in accumulated other comprehensive loss on the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

At December 31,    2012        2011    

Net actuarial loss

     $      (19.8)          $      (18.2)    

Net transition asset

     .5           .6     
     (19.3)          (17.6)    

Deferred income taxes

     7.6           7.3     

Net amount recognized in accumulated
other comprehensive loss

     $      (11.7)          $      (10.3)    

The accumulated benefit obligation for the defined benefit pension plans was $46.5 million and $41.3 million at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

The information for the pension plans with an accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets is set forth below.

 

At December 31,    2012      2011    

Projected benefit obligation

     $        52.7         $        46.8      

Accumulated benefit obligation

     $        46.5         $        41.3      

Fair value of plan assets

     $        40.1         $        34.2      

The following tables present the components of net periodic pension cost and amounts recognized in other comprehensive income (loss).

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012         2011         2010   

Components of net periodic pension cost:

            

  Service cost

   $           1.5           $           1.3           $           1.0     

  Interest cost

     2.2             2.2             2.0     

  Expected return on plan assets

     (2.1)            (2.2)            (1.8)    

  Amortization of actuarial losses

     1.0             .5             .3     

  Amortization of transition asset

     (.1)            (.1)            —     

  Net periodic pension cost

   $ 2.5           $ 1.7           $ 1.5     

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012      

Other comprehensive income (loss):

  

  Actuarial losses

     $        (2.0)       

  Amortization of actuarial losses

     1.0        

  Amortization of transition asset

     (.1)       

  Cumulative translation adjustments

     (.6)       
     (1.7)       

Deferred income taxes

     .3        

  Recognized in other comprehensive loss, net of tax

     $        (1.4)       

Estimated net actuarial losses and net transition asset related to the defined benefit pension plans of approximately $1.1 million and $(.1) million, respectively, will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive loss into net periodic pension costs in 2013.

 

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(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

        2012           2011     
Weighted average assumptions used to determine benefit obligations at December 31:          

  Discount rate

       4.0%           4.5%    

  Rate of compensation increase

       3.0%           3.0%    

Weighted average assumptions used to determine net periodic cost for the year ended December 31:

         

  Discount rate

       4.5%           5.0%    

  Expected long-term return on plan assets

       6.2%           6.3%    

  Rate of compensation increase

       3.0%           3.0%    

The discount rate is determined based on the weighted average yield on portfolios of high quality bonds, constructed to provide cash flows necessary to meet each of the Company’s pension plans’ expected future benefit payments, as determined for the projected benefit obligation. The expected return on plan assets assumption was derived using the current and expected asset allocation of the pension plan assets and considering historical as well as expected returns on various classes of plan assets.

Plan Assets

The Company’s plan assets are included in two master trusts in Canada and the United States administered by CBS. The asset allocations of these master trusts are based upon an analysis of the timing and amount of projected benefit payments, projected company contributions, the expected returns and risk of the asset classes and the correlation of those returns. At December 31, 2012, the Company invested approximately 45% in fixed income instruments, 50% in equity instruments, and the remainder in cash, cash equivalents and other investments.

The following tables set forth the Company’s pension plan assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis at December 31, 2012 and 2011. These assets have been categorized according to the three-level fair value hierarchy established by the FASB which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value. Level 1 is based on quoted prices for the asset in active markets. Level 2 is based on inputs that are observable other than quoted market prices in active markets, such as quoted prices for the asset in inactive markets or quoted prices for similar assets. Level 3 is based on unobservable inputs that market participants would use in pricing the asset.

 

At December 31, 2012    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Cash and cash equivalents (a)

   $ .1         $ 1.9         $         $ 2.0       

Fixed income securities:

                 

  Government related securities

             2.1                   6.8                   —           8.9       

  Corporate bonds (b)

               9.1                     9.1       

Equity securities: (c)

                 

  U.S. equity

     3.8           2.0                     5.8       

  International equity

               14.2                     14.2       

Other

               .1                     .1       

Total assets

   $ 6.0         $ 34.1         $         $ 40.1       

 

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(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

At December 31, 2011    Level 1        Level 2        Level 3        Total  

Cash and cash equivalents (a)

   $ .1         $ 1.4         $         $ 1.5       

Fixed income securities:

                 

  Government related securities

             4.8                   3.2                     8.0       

  Corporate bonds (b)

               6.5                   —           6.5       

Equity securities: (c)

                 

  U.S. equity

     4.5           .2                     4.7       

  International equity

               13.3                             13.3       

Other

               .2                     .2       

Total assets

   $ 9.4         $ 24.8         $         $ 34.2       

 

  (a) Assets categorized as Level 2 reflect investments in money market funds.

 

  (b) Securities of diverse industries, substantially all investment grade.

 

  (c) Assets categorized as Level 2 reflect investments in common collective funds.

Money market investments are carried at amortized cost which approximates fair value due to the short-term maturity of these investments. Investments in equity securities are reported at fair value based on quoted market prices on national security exchanges. The fair value of investments in common collective funds are determined using the Net Asset Value (“NAV”) provided by the administrator of the fund. The NAV is determined by each fund’s trustee based upon the fair value of the underlying assets owned by the fund, less liabilities, divided by the number of outstanding units. The fair value of government related securities and corporate bonds is determined based on quoted market prices on national security exchanges, when available, or using valuation models which incorporate certain other observable inputs including recent trading activity for comparable securities and broker-quoted prices.

Future Benefit Payments

The estimated future benefit payments for pension plans are as follows:

 

2013   2014   2015   2016   2017   2018-2022

$         1.4

  $         1.4   $         1.5   $         1.6   $         1.7   $         13.5

The Company expects to contribute $4.0 million to its pension plans in 2013.

Multiemployer Pension and Postretirement Benefit Plans

The Company contributes to multiemployer plans that provide pension and other postretirement benefits to certain employees under collective bargaining agreements. Contributions to these plans were $1.7 million, $1.8 million and $1.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively. Based on the Company’s contributions to each individual multiemployer plan relative to the total contributions of all participating employers in such plan, no multiemployer plan was deemed to be individually significant to the Company.

Defined Contribution Plans

CBS sponsors defined contribution plans in which substantially all employees of the Company meeting eligibility requirements may participate. Employer contributions to such plans were $3.4 million, $3.2 million and $2.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

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NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

12) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company’s commitments not recorded on the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheets primarily consist of operating lease arrangements and guaranteed minimum franchise payments. These arrangements result from the Company’s normal course of business and represent obligations that are payable over several years.

The Company has long-term operating leases for office space, billboard sites and equipment, which expire at various dates. Certain leases contain renewal and escalation clauses.

The Company has agreements with municipalities and transit operators which entitle it to operate advertising displays within their transit systems, including on the interior and exterior of rail and subway cars and buses, as well as on benches, transit shelters, street kiosks, and transit platforms. Under most of these franchise agreements, the franchisor is entitled to receive the greater of a percentage of the relevant revenues, net of agency fees, or a specified guaranteed minimum annual payment.

At December 31, 2012, minimum rental payments under noncancellable operating leases with terms in excess of one year and guaranteed minimum franchise payments are as follows:

 

     

Operating

Leases

    

Guaranteed

Minimum

Franchise Payments

 

2013

     $        100.0       $             159.6   

2014

     93.0         124.7   

2015

     81.9         98.1   

2016

     70.1         21.6   

2017

     55.3         12.5   

2018 and thereafter

     324.6         45.9   

Total minimum payments

     $        724.9       $ 462.4   

Rent expense was $283.2 million (2012), $279.3 million (2011) and $279.0 million (2010), including contingent rent amounts of $28.6 million (2012), $24.7 million (2011) and $27.6 million (2010), and is primarily reflected in operating expenses on the Combined Consolidated Statements of Operations. Rent expense includes rent on cancellable leases and leases with terms under one year, as well as contingent rent, none of which are included in the operating lease commitments in the table above.

The Company uses letters of credit and surety bonds, which are indemnified by CBS, primarily as security against nonperformance in the normal course of business. At December 31, 2012, the outstanding letters of credit and surety bonds approximated $79.6 million and were not recorded on the Combined Consolidated Balance Sheet.

Legal Matters

On an ongoing basis, the Company is engaged in lawsuits and governmental proceedings and responds to various investigations, inquiries, notices and claims from national, state and local governmental and other authorities (collectively, “litigation”) as the outdoor advertising industry is subject to governmental regulation. Litigation is inherently uncertain and always difficult to predict. Although it is not possible to predict with certainty the eventual outcome of any litigation, in the Company’s opinion, none of its current litigation is expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

 

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NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

13) SEGMENT INFORMATION

The following tables set forth the Company’s financial performance by segment. The Company manages its operations through two segments—United States and International.

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012        2011        2010        

Revenues:

        

  United States

   $     1,098.6       $     1,051.5       $ 996.0       

  International

     186.0         225.6         218.1       

    Total revenues

   $ 1,284.6       $ 1,277.1       $     1,214.1       

The Company presents operating income (loss) before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”), net gain (loss) on dispositions, restructuring charges and impairment charges (“Adjusted OIBDA”) as the primary measure of profit and loss for its operating segments in accordance with FASB guidance for segment reporting. The Company believes the presentation of Adjusted OIBDA is relevant and useful for users because it allows users to view segment performance in a manner similar to the primary method used by the Company’s management and enhances their ability to understand the Company’s operating performance.

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012      2011      2010  

Adjusted OIBDA:

        

  United States

   $ 385.4       $ 364.7       $ 307.6   

  International

     30.5         57.2         50.0   

  Corporate

     (13.2      (12.6      (11.9

Total Adjusted OIBDA

     402.7         409.3         345.7   

Restructuring charges

     (2.5      (3.0      (3.9

Net loss on dispositions

     (2.2      (2.0      (1.1

Depreciation

     (105.9      (109.0      (107.6

Amortization

     (90.9      (102.9      (106.6

Operating income

     201.2         192.4         126.5   

Other income (expense), net

     (1.0      .8         .1   

Income before income taxes and equity in earnings of investee companies

         200.2             193.2             126.6   

Provision for income taxes

     (89.0      (87.8      (57.1

Equity in earnings of investee companies, net of tax

     2.2         1.7         1.8   

Net income

   $ 113.4       $ 107.1       $ 71.3   

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012        2011        2010    

Operating income (loss):

        

  United States

   $ 216.4       $ 192.2       $ 136.2   

  International

     (2.0      12.8         2.2   

  Corporate

     (13.2      (12.6      (11.9

    Total operating income

   $     201.2       $     192.4       $     126.5   

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012        2011        2010    

Depreciation and amortization:

        

  United States

   $ 165.6       $ 168.2       $ 167.9   

  International

     31.2         43.7         46.3   

    Total depreciation and amortization

   $     196.8       $     211.9       $     214.2   

 

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NOTES TO COMBINED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Continued)

(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

Year Ended December 31,    2012        2011        2010    

Capital expenditures:

        

  United States

   $     47.5       $     38.8       $     37.7   

  International

     6.1         6.8         9.5   

    Total capital expenditures

   $ 53.6       $ 45.6       $ 47.2   

 

At December 31,    2012        2011    

Assets:

     

  United States

   $     3,114.4       $     3,212.6   

  International

     350.5         390.4   

    Total assets

   $ 3,464.9       $ 3,603.0   

 

    Year Ended December 31,    2012        2011        2010    

Revenues: (a)

        

  United States

   $     1,098.6       $     1,051.5       $ 996.0   

  Canada

     99.2         138.1         142.5   

  Latin America

     86.8         87.5         75.6   

    Total revenues

   $ 1,284.6       $ 1,277.1       $     1,214.1   

 

At December 31,    2012        2011    

Long-lived assets: (b)

     

  United States

   $     2,782.7       $     2,878.4   

  Canada

     193.7         205.6   

  Latin America

     159.3         157.6   

    Total long-lived assets

   $ 3,135.7       $ 3,241.6   

 

  (a) Revenues classifications are based on customers’ locations.

 

  (b) Reflects total assets less current assets, investments and noncurrent deferred tax assets.

 

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(Tabular dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

14) QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (unaudited):

 

2012   

First

Quarter

    

Second

Quarter

    

Third

Quarter

    

Fourth

Quarter

     Total Year  

Revenues:

              

  United States

   $     244.6       $     281.7       $     284.9       $     287.4       $     1,098.6   

  International

     41.3         49.7         46.6         48.4         186.0   

    Total revenues

   $ 285.9       $ 331.4       $ 331.5       $ 335.8       $ 1,284.6   

Adjusted OIBDA:

              

  United States

   $ 76.7       $ 101.9       $ 108.1       $ 98.7       $ 385.4   

  International

     5.9         13.3         11.0         .3         30.5   

  Corporate

     (3.0      (3.1      (3.5      (3.6      (13.2

Total Adjusted OIBDA

     79.6         112.1         115.6         95.4         402.7   

Restructuring charges

             (.5      (1.9      (.1      (2.5

Net loss on dispositions

     (.8      (.7      (.3      (.4      (2.2

Depreciation

     (26.5      (26.8      (26.7      (25.9      (105.9

Amortization

     (22.1      (22.8      (23.0      (23.0      (90.9

    Total operating income

   $ 30.2       $ 61.3       $ 63.7       $ 46.0       $ 201.2   

Operating income (loss):

              

  United States

   $ 35.1       $ 59.3       $ 64.5       $ 57.5       $ 216.4   

  International

     (1.9      5.1         2.7         (7.9      (2.0

  Corporate

     (3.0      (3.1      (3.5      (3.6      (13.2

    Total operating income

   $ 30.2       $ 61.3       $ 63.7       $ 46.0       $ 201.2   

Net income

   $ 18.7       $ 37.2       $ 38.7       $ 18.8       $ 113.4   

 

2011   

First

Quarter

    

Second

Quarter

    

Third

Quarter

    

Fourth

Quarter

     Total Year  

Revenues:

              

  United States

   $     230.9       $     268.9       $     272.0       $     279.7       $     1,051.5   

  International

     45.4         61.9         59.0         59.3         225.6   

    Total revenues

   $ 276.3       $ 330.8       $ 331.0       $ 339.0       $ 1,277.1   

Adjusted OIBDA:

              

  United States

   $ 64.7       $ 91.2       $ 104.4       $ 104.4       $ 364.7   

  International

     7.6         17.9         14.0         17.7         57.2   

  Corporate

     (3.1      (3.2      (3.3      (3.0      (12.6

Total Adjusted OIBDA

     69.2         105.9         115.1         119.1         409.3   

Restructuring charges

             (.5      (1.6      (.9      (3.0

Net loss on dispositions

     (.7      (.5      (.5      (.3      (2.0

Depreciation

     (27.7      (27.1      (26.9      (27.3      (109.0

Amortization

     (25.9      (26.6      (26.3      (24.1      (102.9

    Total operating income

   $ 14.9       $ 51.2       $ 59.8       $ 66.5       $ 192.4   

Operating income (loss):

              

  United States

   $ 22.8       $ 48.8       $ 60.2       $ 60.4       $ 192.2   

  International

     (4.8      5.6         2.9         9.1         12.8   

  Corporate

     (3.1      (3.2      (3.3      (3.0      (12.6

    Total operating income

   $ 14.9       $ 51.2       $ 59.8       $ 66.5       $ 192.4   

Net income

   $ 8.1       $ 29.7       $ 33.1       $ 36.2       $ 107.1   

 

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CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS

SCHEDULE II—VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS

(In millions)

 

Col. A

  Col. B     Col. C     Col. D     Col. E  
Description  

Balance at

Beginning

of Period

   

Balance

Acquired through

Acquisitions

   

Charged to

Costs and

Expenses

   

Charged
to Other

Accounts(a)

    Deductions    

Balance at

End of

Period

 
Allowance for doubtful accounts:            
Year ended December 31, 2012   $     22.4      $     —           $     3.1      $ .2      $ 6.4      $ 19.3   
Year ended December 31, 2011   $ 29.6      $ —           $ 3.0      $     —      $     10.2      $     22.4   
Year ended December 31, 2010   $ 32.9      $ —           $ 8.1      $ .9      $ 12.3      $ 29.6   
Valuation allowance on deferred tax assets:            
Year ended December 31, 2012   $ 7.5      $ —           $ .7      $      $ .2      $ 8.0   
Year ended December 31, 2011   $ 6.3      $ —           $ 1.3      $      $ .1      $ 7.5   
Year ended December 31, 2010   $ 4.8      $ —           $ 1.6      $      $ .1      $ 6.3   

 

(a) Reflects foreign currency translation adjustments.

 

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CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS

SCHEDULE III – SCHEDULE OF REAL ESTATE AND

ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

AT DECEMBER 31, 2012

(Dollars in millions)

 

Description (1)

  Encumbrances     Initial
Cost
  Cost
Capitalized

Subsequent
to
Acquisition
  Gross
Carrying
Amount at
December 31,
2012 (3)
    Accumulated
Depreciation
    Construction
Date
  Acquisition
Date
  Useful
Lives
 

United States -346,090 displays

    -      (2)   (2)     $     1,234.0        $     (708.1)      Various   Various     5 to 20 years   

Canada - 16,901 displays

    -      (2)   (2)     373.9        (261.4)      Various   Various     5 to 20 years   

Mexico - 5,205 displays

    -      (2)   (2)     33.7        (19.5)      Various   Various     5 to 20 years   

Argentina - 590 displays

    -      (2)   (2)     2.2        (.6)      Various   Various     5 to 20 years   

Brazil - 729 displays

    -      (2)   (2)     5.9        (.6)      Various   Various     5 to 20 years   

Uruguay - 4,160 displays

    -      (2)   (2)     1.6        (.8)      Various   Various     5 to 20 years   

Chile - 1,889 displays

    -      (2)   (2)     4.6        (3.1)      Various   Various     5 to 20 years   
       

 

 

   

 

 

       
          $ 1,655.9        $ (994.1)         
       

 

 

   

 

 

       

 

(1) No single asset exceeded 5% of the total gross carrying amount at December 31, 2012.
(2) This information is omitted as it would be impracticable to compile on a site-by-site basis.
(3) Includes sites under construction.

The following table summarizes the activity for our real estate assets, which consist of advertising displays, and the related accumulated depreciation.

 

     2012     2011     2010  

Gross real estate assets:

      

Balance at the beginning of the year

   $ 1,627.1      $ 1,607.3      $ 1,569.8   

Additions for construction of / improvements to structures

     47.0        43.9        38.7   

Assets sold or written-off

     (32.3     (8.9     (24.9

Foreign exchange

     14.1        (15.2     23.7   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at the end of the year

   $ 1,655.9      $ 1,627.1      $ 1,607.3   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation:

      

Balance at the beginning of the year

   $ 911.0      $ 827.1      $ 735.6   

Depreciation

     102.9        101.5        99.3   

Foreign exchange

     9.9        (10.3     14.6   

Assets sold or written-off

     (29.7     (7.3     (22.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at the end of the year

   $ 994.1      $ 911.0      $ 827.1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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             Shares

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

Common Stock

 

 

PRELIMINARY PROSPECTUS

 

 

 

BofA Merrill Lynch   Goldman, Sachs & Co.   J.P. Morgan   Morgan Stanley
Citigroup   Deutsche Bank Securities   Wells Fargo Securities

Until                     (25 days after the date of this prospectus), all dealers that buy, sell, or trade shares of our common stock, whether or not participating in our initial public offering, may be required to deliver a prospectus. This delivery requirement is in addition to the obligation of dealers to deliver a prospectus when acting as underwriters and with respect to their unsold allotments or subscriptions.

 

 


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PART II

INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

 

Item 31. Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution.

The following table itemizes the expenses incurred by us in connection with the issuance and registration of the securities being registered hereunder. All amounts shown are estimates except the SEC registration fee and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) filing fee.

 

SEC Registration Fee

   $ 13,640   

Stock Exchange Listing Fee

     *   

FINRA Filing Fee

   $ 15,500   

Printing and Engraving Expenses

     *   

Legal Fees and Accounting Fees and Expenses (other than Blue Sky Expenses)

     *   

Blue Sky Expenses

     *   

Other Fees and Expenses

     *   

Total

   $ *   

 

* To be filed by amendment.

 

Item 32. Sales to Special Parties.

None.

 

Item 33. Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities.

Pursuant to the Reorganization Agreement, we transferred 100 shares of our common stock to our parent, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of CBS, as part of the consideration for the contribution of the entities comprising CBS’s Outdoor Americas operating segment to us pursuant to the CBS Reorganization Transactions, under an exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. See “Use of Proceeds.”

 

Item 34. Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

Maryland law permits a Maryland corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and its stockholders for money damages, except for liability resulting from (a) actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in money, property or services or (b) active and deliberate dishonesty that is established by a final judgment and that is material to the cause of action. Our charter will contain a provision that eliminates the liability of our directors and officers to the maximum extent permitted by Maryland law.

The MGCL requires us (unless our charter provides otherwise, which our charter will not) to indemnify a director or officer who has been successful, on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of any proceeding to which he or she is made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in that capacity. The MGCL permits us to indemnify any present or former director or officer, among others, against judgments, penalties, fines, settlements and reasonable expenses actually incurred by him or her in connection with any proceeding to which he or she may be made or threatened to be made a party by reason of his or her service in those or other capacities unless it is established that:

 

   

the act or omission of the director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the proceeding and (i) was committed in bad faith or (ii) was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty;

 

   

the director or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money, property or services; or

 

   

in the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was unlawful.

 

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Under the MGCL, we may not indemnify a director or officer in a suit by us or in our right in which the director or officer was adjudged liable to us or in a suit in which the director or officer was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. A court may order indemnification if it determines that the director or officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification, even though the director or officer did not meet the prescribed standard of conduct or was adjudged liable on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received. However, indemnification for an adverse judgment in a suit by us or in our right, or for a judgment of liability on the basis that a personal benefit was improperly received, is limited to expenses.

In addition, the MGCL permits us to advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon our receipt of:

 

   

a written affirmation by the director or officer of his or her good-faith belief that he or she has met the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by us; and

 

   

a written undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by us if it is ultimately determined that the director or officer did not meet the standard of conduct.

Our charter will authorize us, and our bylaws will obligate us, to the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law in effect from time to time, to indemnify and, without requiring a preliminary determination of the ultimate entitlement to indemnification, pay or reimburse reasonable expenses in advance of final disposition of a proceeding to:

 

   

any present or former director or officer who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, a proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity; and

 

   

any individual who, while a director or officer of our company and at our request, serves or has served as a director, officer, partner, trustee, member or manager of another corporation, real estate investment trust, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or any other enterprise and who is made or threatened to be made a party to, or witness in, the proceeding by reason of his or her service in that capacity.

Our charter and bylaws will also permit us to indemnify and advance expenses to any person who served a predecessor of ours in any of the capacities described above and to any employee or agent of our company or a predecessor of our company.

The indemnification and payment or reimbursement of expenses provided by the indemnification provisions of our charter and bylaws shall not be deemed exclusive of or limit in any way other rights to which any person seeking indemnification or payment or reimbursement of expenses may be or may become entitled under any statute, bylaw, resolution, insurance, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

In addition, we intend to enter into separate indemnification agreements with each of our directors in the form filed as Exhibit 10.9 to this Registration Statement. Each indemnification agreement will provide, among other things, for indemnification as provided in the agreement and otherwise to the fullest extent permitted by law and our charter and bylaws against judgments, fines, penalties, amounts paid in settlement and reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees. The indemnification agreements will provide for the advancement or payment of expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to us if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such advancement.

Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling us pursuant to the foregoing provisions, in the opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable.

 

Item 35. Treatment of Proceeds from Stock Being Registered.

None of the proceeds will be contributed to an account other than the appropriate capital account.

 

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Item 36. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(A)         Financial Statements.  See Index to Combined Consolidated Financial Statements and the related notes thereto.

(B)        Exhibits.  The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this registration statement on Form S-11:

 

  Exhibit  

   
  1.1*   Form of Underwriting Agreement among CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. and the underwriters named therein
  2.1   Agreement and Plan of Reorganization
  3.1*   Form of Articles of Amendment and Restatement of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.
  3.2*   Form of Amended and Restated Bylaws of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.
  4.1   Indenture for Senior Notes
  4.2   Registration Rights Agreement for Senior Notes
  5.1*   Opinion of Venable LLP
  8.1*   Opinion of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP with respect to REIT tax matters
10.1*   Form of Master Separation Agreement
10.2*   Form of Tax Matters Agreement
10.3*   Form of Transition Services Agreement
10.4*   Form of Registration Rights Agreement
10.5*   Form of License Agreement
10.6   Senior Credit Facilities Agreement
10.7*   Form of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. Omnibus Stock Incentive Plan
10.8*   Form of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. Executive Bonus Plan
10.9*   Form of Director Indemnification Agreement
10.10*   Form of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. Excess 401(K) Plan
10.11*   Employment Agreement with Jeremy J. Male
10.12*   Employment Agreement with Wally Kelly
10.13*   Employment Agreement with Donald R. Shassian
10.14*   Employment Agreement with Raymond Nowak
10.15*   Employment Letter with Richard Sauer
21.1   List of Subsidiaries of Registrant
23.1*   Consent of Venable LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2*   Consent of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (included in Exhibit 8.1)
23.3   Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
24.1**   Power of Attorney of Leslie Moonves
24.2**   Power of Attorney of Joseph R. Ianniello
99.1*   Consent of Director Nominee (Anthony G. Ambrosio)
99.2*   Consent of Director Nominee (Jeremy J. Male)
99.3*   Consent of Director Nominee (Joseph H. Wender)
99.4*   Consent of Director Nominee (Lawrence P. Tu)
     
* To be filed by amendment.
** Previously filed.

 

Item 37. Undertakings.

(a) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes to provide to the underwriters at the closing specified in the underwriting agreements, certificates in such denominations and registered in such names as required by the underwriters to permit prompt delivery to each purchaser.

(b) Insofar as indemnification of liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such indemnification is against public policy

 

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as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

(c) The undersigned registrant hereby undertakes that:

(1) For purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance under Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective.

(2) For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and this offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that the Registrant meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-11 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on this 31st day of January, 2014.

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

 

By:        

 

/s/ Joseph R. Ianniello

 

Name: Joseph R. Ianniello

Title: President, Treasurer and Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

Signature    Title   Date

/s/ Leslie Moonves

   Chairman and Director   January 31, 2014
Leslie Moonves       

/s/ Joseph R. Ianniello

  

President, Treasurer and Secretary and

Director

  January 31, 2014
Joseph R. Ianniello     

/s/ Jeremy J. Male

  

Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)

  January 31, 2014
Jeremy J. Male     

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

Donald R. Shassian

   Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer and
principal accounting officer)
  January 31, 2014
    

 

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EX-2.1 2 d544340dex21.htm EX-2.1 EX-2.1

Exhibit 2.1

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 15, 2014, to be effective as of 5:00pm, Eastern time, on such date (the “Effective Time”), by and among CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“CBS”), CBS Outdoor Americas Inc., a Maryland corporation (“Outdoor Americas”), and CBS Radio Media Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Radio Media”). CBS, Outdoor Americas and Radio Media are herein referred to individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Radio Media holds the legal and beneficial right, title and interest in and to the equity interests of the entities set forth on Exhibit A hereto (the “Transferred Entities” and the equity interests therein, the “Transferred Interests”), which entities hold all of the assets and liabilities that comprise CBS’ Outdoor Americas operating segment as described in the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 333-189643), including all exhibits thereto as most recently filed as of the Effective Time, and as supplemented and amended from time to time;

WHEREAS, Radio Media intends to contribute and transfer (the “Contribution”) to Outdoor Americas all of Radio Media’s right, title and interest in and to the Transferred Interests in exchange for the Cash Proceeds (as defined below) and 100 shares (as adjusted by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, recapitalization, split, combination or exchange of shares, or any similar event, the “Distributed Shares”) of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Outdoor Americas (the “Outdoor Americas Common Stock”);

WHEREAS, Outdoor Americas desires to accept the contribution and transfer of the right, title and interest in and to all of the Transferred Interests from Radio Media in exchange for the Cash Proceeds and the Distributed Shares;

WHEREAS, immediately following the Contribution, Outdoor Americas will be a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Radio Media;

WHEREAS, following the Contribution, CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (collectively, the “Borrowers”), each an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Outdoor Americas, intend to incur indebtedness (the “Outdoor Americas Borrowing”) in an anticipated total amount of approximately $1.6 billion;

WHEREAS, following the Outdoor Americas Borrowing, Outdoor Americas intends to issue shares of Outdoor Americas Common Stock in an initial public offering (“IPO”), immediately following which Radio Media will directly own the Distributed Shares, which will represent 80% or more of the outstanding shares of Outdoor Americas Common Stock (by vote and value);

WHEREAS, following the IPO, CBS intends to cause Radio Media and certain other wholly owned subsidiaries of CBS to distribute the Distributed Shares to CBS pursuant to a series of internal distributions (the “Internal Spin-Offs”);


WHEREAS, immediately following the completion of the Internal Spin-Offs, CBS will directly own the Distributed Shares;

WHEREAS, following the Internal Spin-Offs, CBS intends to transfer the Distributed Shares to the shareholders of CBS in one or more transactions that collectively have the effect that all of the Distributed Shares are exchanged by CBS for shares of CBS with shareholders of CBS or distributed by CBS to shareholders of CBS (such transactions, collectively, the “Split-Off”);

WHEREAS, it is intended that the Split-Off will be effected by (i) consummating an offer to exchange the Distributed Shares held by CBS for shares of class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of CBS and/or class B common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of CBS (collectively, the “CBS Common Stock”) then outstanding and (ii) in the event that holders of CBS Common Stock subscribe for less than all of the Distributed Shares, (a) offering the remaining Distributed Shares in one or more subsequent exchange offers and/or (b) distributing the remaining Distributed Shares on a pro rata basis to holders of CBS Common Stock whose shares of CBS Common Stock remain outstanding after consummation of the exchange offer(s);

WHEREAS, (i) the Contribution and the first Internal Spin-Off, taken together, are intended to qualify as a tax-free reorganization pursuant to Section 368(a)(1)(D) and Section 355 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) and (ii) each of the Internal Spin-Offs (other than the first Internal Spin-Off) and the Split-Off are intended to qualify as a distribution or exchange, as applicable, described in Section 355 of the Code; and

WHEREAS, this Agreement is intended to constitute a “plan of reorganization” pursuant to Section 368 of the Code.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

Section 1. Exchange of Interests for Cash Proceeds and Distributed Shares. Effective as of the Effective Time, Radio Media agrees to, and hereby does, contribute, transfer, convey, assign and deliver to Outdoor Americas all of its right, title and interest in and to the Transferred Interests in exchange for the Cash Proceeds and the Distributed Shares, and Outdoor Americas hereby accepts and assumes from Radio Media such right, title and interest in and to the Transferred Interests and hereby agrees to pay to Radio Media in exchange therefor the Cash Proceeds and the Distributed Shares. The Parties hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” for purposes of Section 368 of the Code. EACH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH HEREIN, (A) NEITHER PARTY IS MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, TO ANY PARTY IN ANY WAY WITH RESPECT TO THE TRANSFERRED INTERESTS OR THE DISTRIBUTED SHARES; AND (B) THE TRANSFERRED INTERESTS AND DISTRIBUTED SHARES ARE FURNISHED, “AS IS, WHERE IS,” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT ANY OTHER REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OF ANY NATURE WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR

 

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Section 2. Further Assurances. Radio Media and Outdoor Americas agree that, from time to time on or after the Effective Time, each of them will execute and deliver such further instruments of conveyance and transfer and take such other actions as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intents of this Agreement, and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the taking or causing the taking of all such actions and the making, execution and delivery of any and all documents, instruments and certificates, in such form and with such terms as may reasonably be required, all to effect the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Party agrees to execute, acknowledge, deliver, file, record and publish such further certificates, amendments to certificates, instruments and documents, and do all such other acts and things as may be required by Law, or as may be required to carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the determination of whether, when and how to proceed with the Outdoor Americas Borrowing, the IPO, the Internal Spin-Offs and the Split-Off is entirely within the discretion of CBS.

Section 3. Cash Proceeds.

(a) The Borrowing Proceeds (as defined below), the IPO Proceeds (as defined below) and, if the overallotment option to be granted by Outdoor Americas to the underwriters of the IPO with respect to the IPO (the “Over-Allotment Option”) is exercised, the Over-Allotment Proceeds (as defined below) shall be paid, in part, to Radio Media by Outdoor Americas as follows: (i) payment of the Net Borrowing Proceeds (as defined below), (ii) payment of the Net IPO Proceeds (as defined below) and (iii) payment of the Net Over-Allotment Proceeds (as defined below), in the case of each of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), with Outdoor Americas making such payment within five (5) business days following the receipt by Outdoor Americas (or the Borrowers) of each of the Borrowing Proceeds, IPO Proceeds and Over-Allotment Proceeds, respectively.

(b) The “Net Borrowing Proceeds” shall be an amount equal to (i) the gross cash proceeds payable to Outdoor Americas (or the Borrowers) from the Outdoor Americas Borrowing (the “Borrowing Proceeds”), minus (ii) the sum of (a) all bank fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection with the Outdoor Americas Borrowing, which fees, discounts and commissions it is agreed shall be paid by Outdoor Americas and (b) $50 million.

(c) The “Net IPO Proceeds” shall be an amount equal to (i) the gross cash proceeds payable to Outdoor Americas resulting from the IPO (other than the proceeds from the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) (the “IPO Proceeds”), minus (ii) the sum of (A) all underwriting fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection with the IPO, which fees, discounts and commissions it is agreed shall be paid by Outdoor Americas, and (B) an amount, as determined by CBS, equal to the estimated cash portion of the Purging Distribution (the “Estimated Purging Distribution Cash Amount”).

 

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(d) The “Net Over-Allotment Proceeds” shall be an amount equal to (i) the gross cash proceeds payable to Outdoor Americas resulting from the exercise of the Over-Allotment Option (the “Over-Allotment Proceeds”), if any, minus (ii) all underwriting fees, discounts and commissions incurred in connection with the Over-Allotment Option, if any, which fees, discounts and commissions it is agreed shall be paid by Outdoor Americas.

(e) The “Cash Proceeds” means the Net Borrowing Proceeds, Net IPO Proceeds and Net Over-Allotment Proceeds, together with any net cash transferred from the Transferred Entities and their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to CBS’s intercompany cash sweep and pooling arrangement on each day during the period beginning on the business day after the Effective Time and ending on (and including) the date immediately preceding the first date on which any portion of the Borrowing Proceeds is received by Outdoor Americas.

Section 4. Certain Adjustments.

(a) If the Estimated Purging Distribution Cash Amount is greater than the Actual Purging Distribution Cash Amount, then Outdoor Americas shall, within two (2) business days following the Purging Distribution Effective Time, pay to CBS an amount of cash equal to (x) the Estimated Purging Distribution Cash Amount minus (y) the Actual Purging Distribution Cash Amount.

(b) If the Estimated Purging Distribution Cash Amount is less than the Actual Purging Distribution Cash Amount, then CBS shall, within two (2) business days following the Purging Distribution Effective Time, pay to Outdoor Americas an amount of cash equal to (x) the Actual Purging Distribution Cash Amount minus (y) the Estimated Purging Distribution Cash Amount.

(c) For the purposes of this Agreement, “Purging Distribution” shall mean the dividend payment(s) declared by Outdoor Americas to its stockholders prior to the end of its first taxable year as a “real estate investment trust” (within the meaning of Section 856(a) of the Code) to the extent required for Outdoor Americas to satisfy the requirements of Section 857(a)(2) of the Code.

(d) For the purposes of this Agreement, “Actual Purging Distribution Cash Amount” shall mean the dollar amount of the portion of the Purging Distribution that is paid in cash.

(e) For the purposes of this Agreement, “Purging Distribution Effective Time” is the date on which the final dividend payment forming part of the Purging Distribution is made.

(f) At such time as CBS may determine and without further consideration, Outdoor Americas will execute and deliver, and will cause its subsidiaries to execute and deliver, to CBS and its subsidiaries separate agreements to effect the Split-Off, subject to the terms and conditions of such agreements.

 

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Section 5. Tax Treatment of Adjustment Payments. Except to the extent otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign law), for all U.S. federal (and where applicable, state, local and foreign) income tax purposes, the parties hereto agree to treat, and to cause their respective affiliates to treat, any payment made pursuant to Section 4(a) or Section 4(b) as an adjustment to the Cash Proceeds.

Section 6. Limitation of Liability. None of the Parties shall be liable to the other for any special, indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages or lost profits arising in connection with this Agreement. The foregoing limitation shall not apply to each Parties’ indemnity obligation for liabilities to third parties pursuant to the Master Separation Agreement to be entered into among CBS and Outdoor Americas or the “Ancillary Agreements” referred to therein.

Section 7. Waiver. The observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively) by the Party entitled to enforce such term, but such waiver shall be effective only if it is in writing signed by a duly authorized officer of the Party against which such waiver is to be asserted. Unless otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no delay or omission on the part of any Party in exercising any right or privilege under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any waiver on the part of any Party of any right or privilege under this Agreement operate as a waiver of any other right or privilege under this Agreement, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right or privilege preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or privilege under this Agreement. No failure by either Party to take any action or assert any right or privilege hereunder shall be deemed to be a waiver of such right or privilege in the event of the continuation or repetition of the circumstances giving rise to such right unless expressly waived in writing by the Party against whom the existence of such waiver is asserted.

Section 8. Remedies. Money damages may not be a sufficient remedy for any actual or threatened breach of this Agreement by any Party or its respective subsidiaries and each Party shall be entitled to seek specific performance, including, without limitation, injunctive relief, as a remedy for any such breach or threatened breach by the other Parties or their subsidiaries. Such remedy shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedy for breach of this Agreement but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity.

Section 9. Performance. Each of the Parties shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be performed all actions, agreements and obligations set forth herein to be performed by any subsidiary of such Party.

Section 10. Successors and Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as explicitly set forth herein, this Agreement may not be assigned by any Party by operation of law or otherwise without the express written consent of the other Party (which consent may be granted or withheld).

Section 11. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be given or made (and shall be deemed to have been duly given or made upon receipt) by delivery in person, by overnight courier service,

 

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by facsimile or electronic transmission with receipt confirmed (followed by delivery of an original via overnight courier service) or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) to the respective Parties at the following addresses (or at such other address for a Party as shall be specified in a notice given in accordance with this Section 10):

 

(1) if to CBS or Radio Media:

CBS Corporation

51 West 52nd Street

New York, New York 10019

Attn: General Counsel

 

(2) if to Outdoor Americas:

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, New York 10174

Attn: General Counsel

Section 11. Severability. If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced under any Law or as a matter of public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in a mutually acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement be consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

Section 12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, together with the Master Separation Agreement to be entered into among CBS and Outdoor Americas and the Ancillary Agreements referred to therein, constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, supersedes all prior written and oral and all contemporaneous oral agreements, negotiations, discussions, writings, understandings, commitments and conversations with respect to such subject matter and there are no agreements or understandings between the Parties other than those set forth or referred to herein or therein.

Section 13. No Third-Party Beneficiaries. The provisions of this Agreement are solely for the benefit of the Parties and are not intended to confer upon any Person except the Parties any rights or remedies hereunder, and there are no third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and this Agreement shall not provide any third person with any remedy, claim, liability, reimbursement, claim of action or other right in excess of those existing without reference to this Agreement.

 

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Section 14. Governing Law. This Agreement (and any claims or disputes arising out of or related to this Agreement or to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or to the inducement of any Party to enter into this Agreement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, whether for breach of contract, tortious conduct or otherwise and whether predicated on common law, statute or otherwise) shall in all respects be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of New York, including all matters of construction, validity and performance, in each case without reference to any conflict of Law rules that might lead to the application of the Laws of any other jurisdiction (other than Section 5-1401 and Section 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York).

Section 15. Amendment. No provision of this Agreement may be amended, supplemented or modified except by a written instrument making specific reference to this Agreement signed by all the Parties.

Section 16. Rules of Construction. Interpretation of this Agreement shall be governed by the following rules of construction: (a) words in the singular shall be held to include the plural and vice versa, and words of one gender shall be held to include the other gender as the context requires; (b) references to the terms Article, Section, paragraph and Schedules are references to the Articles, Sections, paragraphs and Schedules of this Agreement unless otherwise specified; (c) references to “$” shall mean U.S. dollars; (d) the word “including” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall mean “including without limitation,” unless otherwise specified; (e) the word “or” shall not be exclusive; (f) references to “written” or “in writing” include in electronic form; (g) provisions shall apply, when appropriate, to successive events and transactions; (h) the headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement; (i) the Parties have each participated in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and if an ambiguity or question of interpretation should arise, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the Parties and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or burdening either Party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions in this Agreement or any interim drafts of this Agreement; (j) a reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and permitted assigns; (k) any reference to “days” means calendar days unless business days are expressly specified; and (1) when calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded, and if the last day of such period is not a business day, the period shall end on the next succeeding business day.

Section 17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, and by each Party in separate counterparts, each of which when executed shall be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or portable document format (PDF) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

Section 18. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE PARTIES WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY WITH RESPECT TO ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. EACH OF THE PARTIES (A) CERTIFIES

 

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THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OR OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AS APPLICABLE, BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 18.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the date and year first written above.

 

CBS CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ J. Kenneth Hill

Name:   J. Kenneth Hill
Title:   Senior Vice President and Treasurer
CBS RADIO MEDIA CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Richard M. Jones

Name:   Richard M. Jones
Title:   Senior Vice President and General Tax Counsel
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS INC.
By:  

/s/ Joseph R. Ianniello

Name:   Joseph R. Ianniello
Title:   President, Treasurer & Secretary


EXHIBIT A

 

ENTITY

  

PLACE OF
INCORPORATION

  

TRANSFERRED

INTERESTS

CBS Outdoor Group LLC

   Delaware    100% membership interest

Advertising Systems HoldCo C.V.

   Netherlands    99.99% partnership interest

Outdoor Inc.

   Maryland    100 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value

Outdoor Systems Americas (Delaware) 2, LLC

   Delaware    1000 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value

Outdoor Management Network, Inc.

   California    100% stock interest

Transportation Displays Inc.

   Delaware    100 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value

TDI Northwest, Inc.

   Washington    450 shares of common stock, $1.00 par value
EX-4.1 3 d544340dex41.htm EX-4.1 EX-4.1

Exhibit 4.1

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC,

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION,

THE GUARANTORS NAMED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO

and

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Trustee

 

 

INDENTURE

Dated as of January 31, 2014

 

 

5.250% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2022

and

5.625% SENIOR NOTES DUE 2024

 

 


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)

   7.10

      (b)

   7.10

      (c)

   N.A.

311(a)

   7.11

      (b)

   7.11

      (c)

   N.A.

312 (a)

   2.05

      (b)

   12.02

      (c)

   12.02

313(a)

   7.06

      (b)(1)

   N.A.

      (b)(2)

   7.06;7.07

      (c)

   7.06;12.01

      (d)

   7.06

314(a)

   4.03; 12.04

      (b)

   N.A.

      (c)(1)

   12.03

      (c)(2)

   12.03

      (c)(3)

   N.A.

      (d)

   N.A.

      (e)

   12.04

      (f)

   N.A.

315(a)

   7.01

      (b)

   7.05: 12.01

      (c)

   7.01

      (d)

   7.01

      (e)

   6.14

316(a)(last sentence)

   2.09

      (a)(1)(A)

   6.05

      (a)(1)(B)

   6.04

      (a)(2)

   N.A.

      (b)

   6.07

      (c)

   12.02

317(a)(1)

   6.08

      (a)(2)

   6.12

      (b)

   2.04

318(a)

   12.16

      (b)

   12.16

      (c)

   12.16

 

N.A. means not applicable.

 

* This Cross-Reference Table is not part of the Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE 1

  

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

     1   
 

Section 1.01.

 

Definitions.

     1   
 

Section 1.02.

 

Other Definitions.

     28   
 

Section 1.03.

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

     28   
 

Section 1.04.

 

Rules of Construction.

     29   
 

Section 1.05.

 

Acts of Holders.

     29   
ARTICLE 2   

THE NOTES

     30   
 

Section 2.01.

 

Form and Dating; Terms.

     30   
 

Section 2.02.

 

Execution and Authentication.

     31   
 

Section 2.03.

 

Registrar and Paying Agent.

     32   
 

Section 2.04.

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

     32   
 

Section 2.05.

 

Holder Lists.

     32   
 

Section 2.06.

 

Transfer and Exchange.

     33   
 

Section 2.07.

 

Replacement Notes.

     42   
 

Section 2.08.

 

Outstanding Notes.

     43   
 

Section 2.09.

 

Treasury Notes.

     43   
 

Section 2.10.

 

Temporary Notes.

     43   
 

Section 2.11.

 

Cancellation.

     43   
 

Section 2.12.

 

Defaulted Interest.

     43   
 

Section 2.13.

 

CUSIP/ISIN Numbers.

     44   
ARTICLE 3   

REDEMPTION

     44   
 

Section 3.01.

 

Notices to Trustee.

     44   
 

Section 3.02.

 

Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

     44   
 

Section 3.03.

 

Notice of Purchase or Redemption.

     45   
 

Section 3.04.

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption.

     45   
 

Section 3.05.

 

Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

     46   
 

Section 3.06.

 

Notes Redeemed or Purchased in Part.

     46   
 

Section 3.07.

 

Optional Redemption.

     46   
 

Section 3.08.

 

Mandatory Redemption.

     46   
 

Section 3.09.

 

Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

     46   
ARTICLE 4   

COVENANTS

     48   
 

Section 4.01.

 

Payment of Notes.

     48   
 

Section 4.02.

 

Maintenance of Office or Agency.

     48   
 

Section 4.03.

 

Reports and Other Information.

     49   
 

Section 4.04.

 

Compliance Certificate.

     50   
 

Section 4.05.

 

Taxes.

     50   
 

Section 4.06.

 

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

     50   
 

Section 4.07.

 

Limitation on Restricted Payments.

     50   
 

Section 4.08.

 

Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

     55   
 

Section 4.09.

 

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

     56   
 

Section 4.10.

 

Asset Sales.

     61   
 

Section 4.11.

 

Transactions with Affiliates.

     63   
 

Section 4.12.

 

Liens.

     65   
 

Section 4.13.

 

Existence.

     65   
 

Section 4.14.

 

Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

     65   
 

Section 4.15.

 

Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.

     67   
 

Section 4.16.

 

Suspension of Certain Covenants.

     67   

 

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Section 4.17.

 

Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

     68   
 

Section 4.18.

 

Limitations on Business Activities.

     68   
 

Section 4.19.

 

Restrictions on Activities of Finance Corp.

     68   
ARTICLE 5   

SUCCESSORS

     69   
 

Section 5.01.

 

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

     69   
 

Section 5.02.

 

Successor Corporation Substituted.

     71   
ARTICLE 6   

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

     71   
 

Section 6.01.

 

Events of Default.

     71   
 

Section 6.02.

 

Acceleration.

     73   
 

Section 6.03.

 

Other Remedies.

     73   
 

Section 6.04.

 

Waiver of Defaults.

     73   
 

Section 6.05.

 

Control by Majority.

     74   
 

Section 6.06.

 

Limitation on Suits.

     74   
 

Section 6.07.

 

Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

     74   
 

Section 6.08.

 

Collection Suit by Trustee.

     74   
 

Section 6.09.

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

     75   
 

Section 6.10.

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

     75   
 

Section 6.11.

 

Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

     75   
 

Section 6.12.

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

     75   
 

Section 6.13.

 

Priorities.

     75   
 

Section 6.14.

 

Undertaking for Costs.

     76   
ARTICLE 7   

TRUSTEE

     76   
 

Section 7.01.

 

Duties of Trustee.

     76   
 

Section 7.02.

 

Rights of Trustee.

     77   
 

Section 7.03.

 

Individual Rights of Trustee.

     78   
 

Section 7.04.

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer.

     78   
 

Section 7.05.

 

Notice of Defaults.

     78   
 

Section 7.06.

 

Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

     78   
 

Section 7.07.

 

Compensation and Indemnity.

     78   
 

Section 7.08.

 

Replacement of Trustee.

     79   
 

Section 7.09.

 

Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

     80   
 

Section 7.10.

 

Eligibility; Disqualification.

     80   
 

Section 7.11.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers.

     80   
ARTICLE 8   

LEGAL DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

     81   
 

Section 8.01.

 

Option to Effect Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

     81   
 

Section 8.02.

 

Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

     81   
 

Section 8.03.

 

Covenant Defeasance.

     81   
 

Section 8.04.

 

Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

     82   
 

Section 8.05.

 

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

     83   
 

Section 8.06.

 

Repayment to Issuers.

     83   
 

Section 8.07.

 

Reinstatement.

     83   
ARTICLE 9   

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

     84   
 

Section 9.01.

 

Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

     84   
 

Section 9.02.

 

With Consent of Holders of Notes.

     84   
 

Section 9.03.

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents.

     85   

 

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Section 9.04.

 

Notation on or Exchange of Notes.

     86   
 

Section 9.05.

 

Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

     86   
 

Section 9.06.

 

Payment for Consent.

     86   
 

Section 9.07.

 

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

     86   
ARTICLE 10   

GUARANTEES

     86   
 

Section 10.01.

 

Guarantee.

     86   
 

Section 10.02.

 

Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

     88   
 

Section 10.03.

 

Execution and Delivery.

     88   
 

Section 10.04.

 

Subrogation.

     88   
 

Section 10.05.

 

Benefits Acknowledged.

     88   
 

Section 10.06.

 

Release of Guarantees.

     88   
ARTICLE 11   

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

     89   
 

Section 11.01.

 

Satisfaction and Discharge.

     89   
 

Section 11.02.

 

Application of Trust Money.

     90   
ARTICLE 12   

MISCELLANEOUS

     90   
 

Section 12.01.

 

Notices.

     90   
 

Section 12.02.

 

Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

     91   
 

Section 12.03.

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

     91   
 

Section 12.04.

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

     92   
 

Section 12.05.

 

Rules by Trustee and Agents.

     92   
 

Section 12.06.

 

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

     92   
 

Section 12.07.

 

Governing Law.

     92   
 

Section 12.08.

 

Waiver of Jury Trial.

     92   
 

Section 12.09.

 

Force Majeure.

     92   
 

Section 12.10.

 

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

     93   
 

Section 12.11.

 

Successors.

     93   
 

Section 12.12.

 

Severability.

     93   
 

Section 12.13.

 

Counterpart Originals.

     93   
 

Section 12.14.

 

Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

     93   
 

Section 12.15.

 

U.S.A. Patriot Act.

     93   
 

Section 12.16.

 

Trust Indenture Act Controls.

     93   

EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT A-1    Form of 2022 Note
EXHIBIT A-2    Form of 2024 Note
EXHIBIT B    Form of Certificate of Transfer
EXHIBIT C    Form of Certificate of Exchange
EXHIBIT D    Form of Supplemental Indenture to Be Delivered by Subsequent Guarantors

 

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INDENTURE, dated as of January 31, 2014, among CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Capital LLC”), CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Finance Corp.” and, together with Capital LLC, the “Issuers”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) listed on the signature pages hereto and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as Trustee.

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuers have duly authorized the creation of an issue of (i) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “Initial 2022 Notes”) and (ii) $400,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “Initial 2024 Notes”); and

WHEREAS, each of the Issuers and each of the Guarantors has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture.

NOW, THEREFORE, the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Trustee agree as follows for the benefit of each other and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.

ARTICLE 1

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

Section 1.01. Definitions.

144A Global Note” means a Global Note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2 hereto, as the case may be, bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of, and registered in the name of, the Depositary or its nominee that will be issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the applicable series of Notes sold in reliance on Rule 144A.

2022 Notes” means the Initial 2022 Notes and any Additional 2022 Notes and, in each case, any Exchange Notes in respect thereof.

2024 Notes” means the Initial 2024 Notes and any Additional 2024 Notes and, in each case, any Exchange Notes in respect thereof.

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

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

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

Additional 2022 Notes” means additional 2022 Notes (other than the Initial 2022 Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in respect thereof) issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 4.09 hereof.

Additional 2024 Notes” means additional 2024 Notes (other than the Initial 2024 Notes and any Exchange Notes issued in respect thereof) issued from time to time under this Indenture in accordance with Sections 2.01 and 4.09 hereof.

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


Additional Notes” means Additional 2022 Notes and Additional 2024 Notes, and, in each case, any Exchange Notes issued in respect thereof.

Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

Agent” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

Applicable Premium” means, with respect to any Note on any redemption date, the greater of:

(a) 1.0% of the principal amount of such Note on such redemption date; and

(b) (i) with respect to any 2022 Note, the excess, if any, of (1) the present value at such redemption date of (A) the redemption price of such 2022 Note at February 15, 2017 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Paragraph 5 on the reverse side of the 2022 Note attached as Exhibit A-1 hereto), plus (B) all required interest payments due on such Note through February 15, 2017 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the applicable Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (2) the principal amount of such Note; and

(ii) with respect to any 2024 Note, the excess, if any, of (1) the present value at such redemption date of (A) the redemption price of such Note at February 15, 2019 (such redemption price being set forth in the table appearing in Paragraph 5 on the reverse side of the 2024 Note attached as Exhibit A-2 hereto), plus (B) all required interest payments due on such Note through February 15, 2019 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the redemption date), computed using a discount rate equal to the applicable Treasury Rate as of such redemption date plus 50 basis points; over (2) the principal amount of such Note.

The Parent shall determine the Applicable Premium.

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, Euroclear and/or Clearstream that apply to such transfer or exchange.

Asset Sale” means:

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

(2) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 4.09), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions;

in each case, other than:

(a) any disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or damaged, obsolete or worn out equipment or other assets, or assets no longer used or useful in the business of the Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable opinion of the Parent, in each case in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale or any lease of advertising space, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of (1) the Parent or an Issuer in a manner permitted pursuant to the provisions described under Section 5.01 hereof; or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control pursuant to this Indenture or (2) any Subsidiary Guarantor to the extent that such disposition is made to a Person who either (A) is an Issuer or a Guarantor or (B) becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the provisions described under Section 5.01 hereof;

(c) the making of any Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.07 hereof;

(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Parent) not to exceed $10.0 million;

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

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

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

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

(i) foreclosures on assets or dispositions of assets required by law, governmental regulation or any order of any court, administrative agency or regulatory body;

(j) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

(k) the licensing or sub-licensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles in the ordinary course of business (other than exclusive, world-wide licenses that are longer than three years);

(l) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(m) the lapse or abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business, which in the reasonable good faith determination of the Parent are not material to the conduct of the business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(n) the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Indenture;

(o) an issuance of Equity Interests pursuant to benefit plans, employment agreements, equity plans, stock subscription or shareholder agreements, stock ownership plans and other similar plans, polices, contracts or arrangements established in the ordinary course of business or approved by Parent in good faith;

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

 

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(q) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

(r) any financing transaction (excluding by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) with respect to property built or acquired by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date;

(s) dispositions of limited partnership or equivalent Equity Interests of Capital LLC for consideration at the time of any such disposition at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Parent) of the interests disposed of in connection with “UPREIT” acquisitions that do not constitute a Change of Control; and

(t) dispositions of Investments in joint ventures and, to the extent any joint venture constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, the property of such joint venture, so long as the aggregate fair market value (determined, with respect to each such disposition, as of the time of such disposition) of all such dispositions does not exceed $10.0 million.

Attributable Debt” in respect of a Sale and Leaseback Transaction means, at the time of determination, the present value of the total obligations of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. Such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Bankruptcy Law” means Title 11, U.S. Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

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

Capital LLC” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

Capital Stock” means:

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

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

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

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

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

Cash Equivalents” means:

(1) United States dollars;

(2) (a) euro, or any national currency of any member state of the European Union; or

(b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by them from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

 

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

(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and dollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500.0 million in the case of U.S. banks and $100.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;

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

(6) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof;

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

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

(9) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA—(or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s; and

(10) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (9) above.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

CBS Corporation” means CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

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

(1) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Permitted Holder;

(2) the Parent becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act or any successor provision), other than a Permitted Holder, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase, of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent (directly or through the acquisition of voting power of Voting Stock of any direct or indirect parent company of the Parent);

 

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(3) during any period of two consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period were members of the Board of Directors of the Parent (together with any new members thereof whose election by such Board of Directors or whose nomination for election by holders of Capital Stock of the Parent was approved by a vote of a majority of the members of such Board of Directors then still in office who were either members thereof 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 such board of directors then in office;

(4) the approval of any plan or proposal for the winding up or liquidation of the Parent or Capital LLC; or

(5) the Parent ceases to (i) at any time that Capital LLC is a limited liability company or partnership, either be the sole general partner or managing member of, or wholly own and control the sole general partner or managing member of, Capital LLC, in each case to the extent applicable or (ii) beneficially own, directly or indirectly, greater than 50% of the total voting power of the Equity Interests of Capital LLC.

For purposes of this definition, any direct or indirect holding company of the Parent shall not itself be considered a “Person” or “group” for purposes of clause (2) above; provided that no “Person” or “group” beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such holding company.

Change of Control Repurchase Event” means the occurrence of both a Change of Control and a Rating Decline.

Clearstream” means Clearstream Banking, Société Anonyme.

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

Consolidated Indebtedness” means, as of any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (1) the total amount of Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, excluding Indebtedness in respect of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), except to the extent of unreimbursed amounts drawn thereunder, and Indebtedness in respect of Hedging Obligations not yet due and owing, plus (2) the greater of the aggregate liquidation value and maximum fixed repurchase price without regard to any change of control or redemption premiums of all Disqualified Stock of the Issuers and the Guarantors and all Preferred Stock of the Restricted Subsidiaries, in each case, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

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

(1) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (a) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (b) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (c) non-cash interest expense (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the mark to market valuation of Hedging Obligations or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (d) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, (e) imputed interest with respect to Attributable Debt and (f) net payments, if any, pursuant to interest rate Hedging

 

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Obligations with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (w) additional interest paid in respect of the Notes to the extent that the Issuers are no longer required to pay additional interest in respect thereof, (x) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (y) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees and (z) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Receivables Facility); plus

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

(3) whether or not treated as interest expense in accordance with GAAP, all cash dividends or other distributions accrued (excluding dividends payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent) on any series of Disqualified Stock or any series of Preferred Stock during such period.

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

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

(1) the Consolidated Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, to

(2) EBITDA of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters ending immediately prior to such date for which internal financial statements are available.

In the event that the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness or (ii) issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the period for which the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is made (the “Consolidated Leverage Ratio Calculation Date”), then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable four-quarter period.

For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations and consolidations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to a business (as such term is used in Regulation S-X Rule 11-01), a company, a segment, an operating division or unit or line of business that the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made during the four-quarter reference period or subsequent to such reference period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Consolidated Leverage Ratio Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with GAAP (except as set forth in the last sentence of the following paragraph) assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations and consolidations had occurred on the first day of the four-quarter reference period. If since the beginning of such period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation and consolidation, in each case with respect to a business (as such term is used in Regulation S-X Rule 11-01), a company, a segment, an operating division or unit or line of business that would have required adjustment pursuant to this definition, then the Consolidated Leverage Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger and consolidation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period.

For purposes of this definition, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to a transaction, the pro forma calculations shall be made in good faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of the Parent. Any such pro

 

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forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of the Parent as set forth in an Officer’s Certificate, to reflect reasonably identifiable and factually supportable operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from any action taken or expected to be taken within 12 months after the date of any acquisition, amalgamation or merger; provided, that no such amounts shall be included pursuant to this paragraph to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing EBITDA with respect to such period.

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

(1) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including expenses relating to (a) severance and relocation costs, (b) any rebranding or corporate name change or (c) uninsured storm or other weather-related damage in excess of $5.0 million for any single weather event) shall be excluded,

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

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

(4) any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by the Parent, shall be excluded,

(5) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Parent shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period,

(6) the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor shall be excluded if the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Parent will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

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

(8) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with the Transactions and any acquisition, Investment, Asset Sale, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Issue Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded.

 

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Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio”, as of any date of determination, means the ratio of (1) Consolidated Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is secured by a Lien as of such date, to (2) EBITDA of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended four full fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date, in each case with such pro forma adjustments to Consolidated Indebtedness and EBITDA as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of Consolidated Leverage Ratio.

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

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

(2) to advance or supply funds:

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

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

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

Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee” shall be at the address of the Trustee specified in Section 12.01 hereof or such other address as to which the Trustee may give notice to the Holders and the Issuers.

Credit Facilities” means, with respect to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, one or more debt facilities, including the Senior Credit Facilities, or other financing arrangements (including, without limitation, commercial paper facilities, receivables financing or indentures) providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other Indebtedness, including any notes, mortgages, guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements or refundings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof) or adds Restricted Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder and whether by the same or any other agent, lender or group of lenders.

Custodian” means the Trustee when serving as custodian for the Depositary with respect to the Global Notes, or any successor entity thereto.

Default” means any event that is, or with the passage of time or the giving of notice or both would be, an Event of Default.

Definitive 2022 Note” means a certificated 2022 Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06(c) hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto, except that such 2022 Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

Definitive 2024 Note” means a certificated 2024 Note registered in the name of the Holder thereof and issued in accordance with Section 2.06(c) hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, except that such 2024 Note shall not bear the Global Note Legend and shall not have the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto.

 

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Definitive Notes” means, collectively, Definitive 2022 Notes and Definitive 2024 Notes.

Depositary” means, with respect to the Notes issuable or issued in whole or in part in global form, the Person specified in Section 2.03 hereof as the Depositary with respect to the Notes, and any and all successors 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 (as determined in good faith by the Parent) of non-cash consideration received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Sale that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an Officer’s Certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation, less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale or conversion of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

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

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

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

(1) increased (without duplication) by:

(a) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital gains, including, without limitation, federal, state, non-U.S. franchise, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(b) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; plus

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

(d) any fees, expenses or charges related to the IPO, any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by this Indenture (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Notes and the Senior Credit Facilities and the other Transactions; plus

 

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(e) the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions, mergers or consolidations after the Issue Date; plus

(f) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs or write downs and non-cash compensation expenses recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from EBITDA in such future period to the extent paid, but excluding from this proviso, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus

(g) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus

(h) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility; plus

(i) any costs or expense incurred by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Parent or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of the Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation set forth in clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus

(j) the amount of cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and initiatives and synergies projected by the Parent in good faith to be reasonably anticipated to be realizable within 12 months of the date of any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or other action being given pro forma effect (which will be added to EBITDA as so projected until fully realized and calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and initiatives and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (x) all steps have been taken for realizing such cost savings, (y) such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (in the good faith determination of the Parent) and (z) the aggregate amount of cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and initiatives and synergies added back pursuant to this clause (j) in any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters shall not exceed 10% of EBITDA (prior to giving effect to such addbacks);

(2) decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced EBITDA in any prior period; and

(3) increased or decreased by (without duplication):

(a) any net loss or gain resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations and the application of Financial Accounting Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging; plus or minus, as applicable;

(b) any net loss or gain resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk).

 

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

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.

Equity Offering” means any public sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of the Parent (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:

(1) the IPO;

(2) public offerings with respect to any of the Parent’s common stock registered on Form S-4 or Form S-8;

(3) issuances to any Subsidiary of the Parent; and

(4) Refunding Capital Stock.

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

Euroclear” means Euroclear S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear system.

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

Exchange Notes” means the Notes of the Issuers issued pursuant to this Indenture in exchange for, and in an aggregate principal amount equal to, the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes in compliance with the terms of a Registration Rights Agreement and containing terms substantially identical to the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes, as applicable (except that (i) such Exchange Notes will be registered under the Securities Act and will not be subject to transfer restrictions or bear the Private Placement Legend, and (ii) the provisions relating to Additional Interest will be eliminated).

Exchange Offer” means an offer by the Issuers to the Holders of the Initial Notes or any Additional Notes to exchange outstanding Notes for Exchange Notes, as provided for in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” means the Exchange Offer Registration Statement as defined in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.

Exchanging Dealer” means a broker-dealer that holds Notes that were acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (other than Notes acquired directly from the Issuers or any of their Affiliates) that is participating in the Exchange Offer contemplated by the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.

Finance Corp.” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

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

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

 

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Global Notes” means, individually and collectively, each of the Restricted Global Notes and the Unrestricted Global Notes, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2 hereto, as the case may be, issued in accordance with Section 2.01, 2.06(b), 2.06(d) or 2.06(f) hereof.

Government Securities” means securities that are:

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

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

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

guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

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

Guarantor” means, each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Parent so long as it Guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

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

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

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

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

(a) in respect of borrowed money;

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

(c) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of any property, except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, and (iii) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business; or

(d) representing any Hedging Obligations;

 

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

(2) all Attributable Debt and all Capitalized Lease Obligations;

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

(4) to the extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (1) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person (other than Liens on Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries), whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person; provided, for purposes hereof the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of the Indebtedness so secured and the fair market value of the assets of the first person securing such Indebtedness;

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (a) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) deferred or prepaid revenues, or (c) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities.

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

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

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

Initial 2022 Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

Initial 2024 Notes” has the meaning assigned to such term in the recitals hereto.

Initial Notes” means the Initial 2022 Notes and the Initial 2024 Notes.

Initial Purchasers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (the “Representatives”) and the other Initial Purchasers represented by such Representatives.

interest” in respect of the Notes, unless the context otherwise requires, means interest and Additional Interest, if any.

Interest Payment Date” means May 15 and November 15 of each year to stated maturity.

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

Investment Grade Securities” means:

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

 

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

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

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

Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, deposits, advances to customers and suppliers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of such Person in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 4.07 hereof:

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

(a) the Parent’s direct or indirect “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

(b) the portion (proportionate to the Parent’s direct or indirect 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, as determined in good faith by the Parent.

The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.

IPO” means the underwritten initial public offering of common stock of the Parent pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-11 initially filed by Parent with the SEC on June 27, 2013, as amended or replaced from time to time.

Issue Date” means January 31, 2014.

Issuers” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

Issuer Order” means a written request or order signed on behalf of the Issuers by Officers of each of the Issuers, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of each respective Issuer, and delivered to the Trustee.

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not

 

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filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or similar agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

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

Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) attributable to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

Net Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds and the fair market value of any Cash Equivalents received by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, including any cash received upon the sale or other disposition of any Designated Non-cash Consideration received in any Asset Sale, net of the direct costs relating to such Asset Sale and the sale or disposition of such Designated Non-cash Consideration, including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions, any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements), amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) required (other than required by clause (1) of Section 4.10(b) hereof) to be paid as a result of such transaction, any costs associated with unwinding any related Hedging Obligations in connection with such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.

Non-U.S. Person” means a Person who is not a U.S. Person.

Notes” means any Note authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, including without limitation the Initial 2022 Notes and the Initial 2024 Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the term “Notes” shall also include any Additional 2022 Notes and Additional 2024 Notes that may be issued hereafter, and any Exchange Notes. The 2022 Notes and the 2024 Notes are separate series of Notes, and shall be treated as such for all purposes under this Indenture, except as set forth herein. For purposes of this Indenture, all references to Notes to be issued or authenticated upon transfer, replacement or exchange shall be deemed to refer to Notes of the applicable series.

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

Offering Memorandum” means the offering memorandum, dated January 16, 2014, relating to the sale of the Initial Notes.

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Executive Vice President, Senior Vice President or Vice President, the Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or the Assistant Secretaries of the Parent or an Issuer.

Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed on behalf of the Parent or an Issuer, as the case may be, by an Officer of the Parent or an Issuer, as applicable, who must be the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer or Secretary of the Parent or an Issuer, as applicable, that meets the requirements set forth in this Indenture.

 

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Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee. The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to the Parent, the Issuers or the Trustee.

Parent” means CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. and not any of its subsidiaries; provided that when used in the context of determining the fair market value of an asset or liability under this Indenture, “Parent” will mean the Board of Directors of the Parent (or a duly appointed committee thereof) when the fair market value is equal to or in excess of $25.0 million.

Pari Passu Indebtedness” means indebtedness of an Issuer or a Guarantor that ranks equally in right of payment with the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, as applicable.

Participant” means, with respect to the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, a Person who has an account with the Depositary, Euroclear or Clearstream, respectively (and, with respect to DTC, shall include Euroclear and Clearstream).

Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and cash or Cash Equivalents between the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided, that any cash or Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Section 4.10 hereof.

Permitted Holder” means (i) CBS Corporation and any of its controlled Affiliates and (ii) Sumner M. Redstone, National Amusements, Inc. or any controlled Affiliate thereof, in each case from the Issue Date until such time as such Person beneficially owns less than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent (it being understood that if any such Person subsequently acquires 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent it shall not, at such time, constitute a “Permitted Holder”).

Permitted Investments” means:

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

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

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

(a) such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; or

(b) such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary; and, in each case, any Investment held by such Person,

provided, that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transfer;

(4) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash or Cash Equivalents and received in connection with an Asset Sale made pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.10 hereof or any other disposition of assets not constituting an Asset Sale;

(5) any Investment existing on the Issue Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Issue Date; provided that the amount of any such Investment may only be increased as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Issue Date;

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

(a) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Parent 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;

 

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

(c) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates of the Parent;

(7) Hedging Obligations permitted under clause (9) of Section 4.09(b) hereof;

(8) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of Disqualified Stock) of the Parent; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof;

(9) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.09 hereof;

(10) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.11(b) hereof (except transactions described in clauses (2), (6), (8), (9) and (11) of Section 4.11(b) hereof);

(11) Investments consisting of (x) purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, services or equipment, or other similar assets or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business or (y) the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

(12) additional Investments having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Parent), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (12) that are at that time outstanding (without giving effect to the sale of an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the proceeds of such sale do not consist of cash or marketable securities), not to exceed the greater of (x) $300.0 million and (y) 10.0% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(13) Investments in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any Person that, in the good faith determination of the Parent are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables Facility or any repurchases in connection therewith;

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

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

(16) any Investment by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a joint venture engaged in a Similar Business in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (16) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $300.0 million and (y) 10.0% of Total Assets (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(17) any Investment in any Subsidiary or joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business; and

(18) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, an Investment in the form of an acquisition permitted above may be structured as an “UPREIT” acquisition, in which a Restricted Subsidiary would issue limited partnership interests (or other similar Equity Interests), which may then be subsequently repurchased for either common shares of Parent or cash.

Permitted Liens” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) pledges, deposits or security by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, and other social security laws or similar legislation or other insurance related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto) or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety, stay, customs or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (including letters of credit issued in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof and including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

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

(3) Liens for taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than 30 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

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

(5) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines, utilities and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness or other covenants, conditions, restrictions and minor defects or irregularities in title (“Other Encumbrances”), in each case which Liens and Other Encumbrances 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 Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4) or (17) of Section 4.09(b) hereof; provided that (x) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4) extend only to the assets and/or Capital Stock, the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of which is financed thereby and any replacements, additions and accessions thereto and any income or profits thereof, and (y) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (17) extend only to the assets of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries;

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

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

(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred in accordance with Section 4.09 hereof;

(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as, in the case of Hedging Obligations related to interest, the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be under this Indenture, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;

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

(13) (a) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including of real property and intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business and, (b) with respect to any leasehold interest held by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, the terms of the leases granting such leasehold interest and the rights of lessors thereunder, in the case of each of (a) and (b) which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any Indebtedness;

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

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

(16) Liens on equipment of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business;

(17) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility;

(18) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9) and this clause (18); provided, however, that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8), (9) and this clause (18) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Indenture, and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, and accrued and unpaid interest related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

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(20) other Liens securing Obligations which do not exceed $100.0 million in aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding;

(21) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under clause (5) under Section 6.01 hereof so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

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

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

(24) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted under Section 4.09 hereof; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

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

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

(27) Liens on assets of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary;

(28) Liens on the Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(29) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to capital stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

(30) Liens on property or assets used to defease or to irrevocably satisfy and discharge Indebtedness; provided that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is not prohibited by this Indenture;

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

(32) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business; and

(33) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted hereunder.

 

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

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

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

Private Placement Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(i) hereof to be placed on all Notes issued under this Indenture, except where otherwise permitted by the provisions of this Indenture.

Property” means any real property (and all fixtures, improvements, appurtenances and related assets thereof and therein) owned by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or in which the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries holds a leasehold interest.

Purging Distributions” means dividends and distributions after Parent ceases to be consolidated with CBS Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, whether in cash or kind, in the amount required (as determined in good faith by Parent) to effect the distribution of Parent’s earnings and profits required by Section 857(a)(2)(B) of the Code in connection with or in anticipation of the REIT Election (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any earnings and profits allocated to Parent in connection with the Separation), and any subsequent “true-up” payments to correct for recalculations of the appropriate amount.

QIB” means a “qualified institutional buyer” as defined in Rule 144A.

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

Rating Category” means (a) with respect to S&P, any of the following categories: BB, B, CCC, CC, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); (b) with respect to Moody’s, any of the following categories: Ba, B, Caa, Ca, C and D (or equivalent successor categories); and (c) the equivalent of any such category of S&P or Moody’s used by another Rating Agency selected by the Issuers. In determining whether the rating of the Notes has decreased by one or more gradations, gradations within Rating Categories ((i) + and – for S&P; (ii) 1, 2 and 3 for Moody’s; and (iii) the equivalent gradations for another Rating Agency selected by the Issuers) shall be taken into account (e.g., with respect to S&P, a decline in a rating from BB+ to BB, or from BB- to B+, will constitute a decrease of one gradation).

Rating Date” means the date which is 90 days prior to the earlier of (a) a Change of Control or (b) public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control or of the intention by the Issuers to effect a Change of Control.

Rating Decline” with respect to the Notes shall be deemed to occur if, within 90 days after public notice of the occurrence of a Change of Control (which period shall be extended so long as the rating of the Notes is under publicly announced consideration for possible downgrade by either of the Rating Agencies with respect to a Rating Category), the rating of the Notes by each Rating Agency shall be decreased by one or more gradations to or within a Rating Category (including gradations within Rating Categories as well as between Rating Categories) as compared to the rating of the Notes on the Rating Date.

Receivables Facility” means any of one or more receivables financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the Obligations of which are

 

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non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.

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

Receivables Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.

Record Date” for the interest payable on any applicable Interest Payment Date means May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day) next preceding such Interest Payment Date.

Registration Rights Agreements” means the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Notes, dated the Issue Date, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Representatives and any similar registration rights agreements with respect to any Additional Notes.

Regulation S” means Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act.

Regulation S Global Note” means a Regulation S Temporary Global Note or Regulation S Permanent Global Note, as applicable.

Regulation S Permanent Global Note” means a permanent Global Note in the form of Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2 hereto, as the case may be, bearing the Global Note Legend and the Private Placement Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note of the applicable series upon expiration of the Restricted Period.

Regulation S Temporary Global Note” means a temporary Global Note in the form of Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2 hereto, as the case may be, bearing the Global Note Legend, the Private Placement Legend and the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend and deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary or its nominee, issued in a denomination equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes of the applicable series initially sold in reliance on Rule 903.

REIT Election” means Parent’s election to be, and qualification to be taxed as, a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend” means the legend set forth in Section 2.06(g)(iii) hereof.

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

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

 

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Restricted Definitive Note” means a Definitive Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

Restricted Global 2022 Note” means a Restricted Global Note representing 2022 Notes.

Restricted Global 2024 Note” means a Restricted Global Note representing 2024 Notes.

Restricted Global Note” means a Global Note bearing the Private Placement Legend.

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

Restricted Period” means the 40-day distribution compliance period as defined in Regulation S.

Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, each direct and indirect Subsidiary of the Parent (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.” For the avoidance of doubt, each of the Issuers shall constitute a Restricted Subsidiary under this Indenture, and neither Issuer may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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

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

Rule 903” means Rule 903 promulgated under the Securities Act.

Rule 904” means Rule 904 promulgated under the Securities Act.

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

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

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

Secured Indebtedness” means any Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by a Lien. For the avoidance of doubt, Attributable Debt will be considered to be secured by the asset that is the subject of the Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

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

Senior Credit Facilities” means the credit facility under the credit agreement to be entered into in connection with the Transactions by and among the Issuers, the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto in their capacities as lenders thereunder and Citibank, N.A., as Administrative Agent including any guarantees, collateral documents, instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and any amendments, supplements, modifications, extensions, renewals, restatements, refundings or refinancings thereof and any indentures or credit facilities or commercial paper facilities with banks or other institutional lenders or investors that replace, refund or refinance any part of the loans, notes, other credit facilities or commitments thereunder, including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility or indenture that increases the amount borrowable thereunder or alters the maturity thereof (provided that such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 hereof).

Separation” means the disposition of all of the Capital Stock of Parent beneficially owned by CBS Corporation as described in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “The Separation.”

 

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Shelf Registration Statement” means a Shelf Registration Statement as defined in the applicable Registration Rights Agreement.

Significant Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act, as such regulation is in effect on the Issue Date.

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

Subordinated Indebtedness” means,

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

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

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

(1) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and

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

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

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

Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Restricted Subsidiary that Guarantees the Notes in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

Total Assets” means total assets of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as may be expressly stated without giving effect to any amortization of the amount of intangible assets since the Issue Date, with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in the definition of “Consolidated Leverage Ratio.”

Transactions” means (a)(i) the issuance and sale of the Notes pursuant to the Offering Memorandum, (ii) the entering into of the Senior Credit Facilities and (iii) the borrowing of the term loan thereunder, (b) the consummation of the IPO, (c) the use, in one or more payments (which may take the form of Restricted Payments), of a portion of the aggregate proceeds from the foregoing by Parent, together with the issuance of Equity Interests of Parent, to acquire from CBS Corporation the entities comprising CBS Corporation’s Outdoor Americas operating segment, such that such entities will be consolidated under Parent as of the Issue Date, and (d) the Separation, in each case as described in the Offering Memorandum. For the avoidance of doubt, the Transactions shall not include the Purging Distributions.

 

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Treasury Rate” means, as of any redemption date, the yield to maturity as of such redemption date of United States Treasury securities with a constant maturity (as compiled and published in the most recent Federal Reserve Statistical Release H.15 (519) that has become publicly available at least two Business Days prior to the redemption date (or, if such Statistical Release is no longer published, any publicly available source of similar market data)) most nearly equal to the period from the redemption date to February 15, 2017 (in the case of the 2022 Notes) or February 15, 2019 (in the case of the 2024 Notes); provided, however, that if the period from the redemption date to February 15, 2017 (in the case of the 2022 Notes) or February 15, 2019 (in the case of the 2024 Notes) is less than one year, the weekly average yield on actively traded United States Treasury securities adjusted to a constant maturity of one year will be used.

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

Trustee” Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, until a successor replaces it in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture and thereafter means the successor serving hereunder.

Unrestricted Definitive Note” means one or more Definitive Notes that do not bear and are not required to bear the Private Placement Legend.

Unrestricted Global Note” means a permanent Global Note, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or A-2 attached hereto, as the case may be, that bears the Global Note Legend and that has the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto, and that is deposited with or on behalf of and registered in the name of the Depositary, representing Notes that do not bear the Private Placement Legend.

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

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

(2) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

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

(1) such designation complies with Section 4.07 hereof; and

(2) each of:

(a) the Subsidiary to be so designated; and

(b) its Subsidiaries

has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary except for Liens described in clause (28) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”.

The Parent may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, immediately after giving effect to such designation, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing and either:

(1) the Parent could incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test described in Section 4.09(a) hereof; or

(2) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than or equal to such ratio immediately prior to such designation,

 

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in each case on a pro forma basis taking into account such designation.

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

U.S. Person” means a U.S. person as defined in Rule 902(k) under the Securities Act.

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

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

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

(2) the sum of all such payments.

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

 

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Section 1.02. Other Definitions.

 

Term

   Defined in
Section

“Acceptable Commitment”

   4.10

“Affiliate Transaction”

   4.11

“Asset Sale Offer”

   4.10

“Authentication Order”

   2.02

“Change of Control Offer”

   4.14

“Change of Control Payment”

   4.14

“Change of Control Payment Date”

   4.14

“Covenant Defeasance”

   8.03

“Covenant Suspension Event”

   4.16

“DTC”

   2.03

“Event of Default”

   6.01

“Excess Proceeds”

   4.10

“incur”, “incurrence”

   4.09

“Legal Defeasance”

   8.02

“Note Register”

   2.03

“Offer Amount”

   3.09

“Offer Period”

   3.09

“Pari Passu Indebtedness”

   4.10

“Paying Agent”

   2.03

“Purchase Date”

   3.09

“Refinancing Indebtedness”

   4.09

“Refunding Capital Stock”

   4.07

“Registrar”

   2.03

“Restricted Payments”

   4.07

“Reversion Date”

   4.16

“Successor”

   5.01

“Successor Company”

   5.01

“Successor Person”

   5.01

“Suspended Covenant”

   4.16

“Suspension Period”

   4.16

“Treasury Capital Stock”

   4.07

Section 1.03. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the Trust Indenture Act, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture.

The following Trust Indenture Act terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

indenture securities” means the Notes;

indenture security holder” means a Holder of a Note;

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture;

indenture trustee” or “institutional trustee” means the Trustee; and

obligor” on the Notes and the Guarantees means the Issuers and the Guarantors, respectively, and any successor obligor upon the Notes and the Guarantees, respectively.

 

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All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the Trust Indenture Act, defined by Trust Indenture Act reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the Trust Indenture Act have the meanings so assigned to them.

Section 1.04. Rules of Construction.

Unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) a term has the meaning assigned to it;

(b) an accounting term not otherwise defined has the meaning assigned to it in accordance with GAAP;

(c) “or” is not exclusive;

(d) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

(e) references to “shall” and “will” are intended to have the same meaning;

(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

(g) references to sections of, or rules under, the Securities Act shall be deemed to include substitute, replacement or successor sections or rules adopted by the SEC from time to time;

(h) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article,” “Section” or “clause” refers to an Article, Section or clause, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

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

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

Section 1.05. Acts of Holders.

(a) 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. Except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument or instruments or record or both are delivered to the Trustee and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuers. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent, or the holding by any Person of a Note, shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and (subject to Section 7.01) conclusive in favor of the Trustee and the Issuers, if made in the manner provided in this Section 1.05.

(b) The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by the certificate of any notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him the execution thereof. Where such execution is by or on behalf of any legal entity other than an individual, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute proof of the authority of the Person executing the same. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner that the Trustee deems sufficient.

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(d) Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action by the Holder of any Note shall bind every future Holder of the same Note and the Holder of every Note issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof, in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by the Trustee or the Issuers in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Note.

(e) The Issuers may, in the circumstances permitted by the Trust Indenture Act, set a record date for purposes of determining the identity of Holders entitled to give any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or take any other act, or to vote or consent to any action by vote or consent authorized or permitted to be given or taken by Holders. Unless otherwise specified, if not set by the Issuers prior to the first solicitation of a Holder made by any Person in respect of any such action, or in the case of any such vote, prior to such vote, any such record date shall be the later of 30 days prior to the first solicitation of such consent or the date of the most recent list of Holders furnished to the Trustee prior to such solicitation.

(f) Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Note may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Note or by one or more duly appointed agents, each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount. Any notice given or action taken by a Holder or its agents with regard to different parts of such principal amount pursuant to this paragraph shall have the same effect as if given or taken by separate Holders of each such different part.

(g) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Holder, including DTC, may make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders, and DTC may provide its proxy or proxies to the beneficial owners of interests in any such Global Note through such depositary’s standing instructions and customary practices.

(h) The Issuers may fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Persons who are beneficial owners of interests in any Global Note held by DTC entitled under the procedures of such depositary to make, give or take, by a proxy or proxies duly appointed in writing, any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided in this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders. If such a record date is fixed, the Holders on such record date or their duly appointed proxy or proxies, and only such Persons, shall be entitled to make, give or take such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. No such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be valid or effective if made, given or taken more than 90 days after such record date.

ARTICLE 2

THE NOTES

Section 2.01. Form and Dating; Terms.

(a) General. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 (in the case of the 2022 Notes) and Exhibit A-2 (in the case of the 2024 Notes) hereto. The Notes may have notations, legends or endorsements required by law, stock exchange rules or usage. Each Note shall be dated the date of the Trustee’s authentication. The Notes shall be in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000.

(b) Global Notes. Notes issued in global form shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 (in the case of the 2022 Notes) and Exhibit A-2 (in the case of the 2024 Notes) 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 shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 (in the case of the 2022 Notes) and Exhibit A-2 (in the case of the 2024 Notes) 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 shall represent such of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified in the “Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note” attached thereto and each shall provide that it shall represent up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes

 

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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 applicable, 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 shall be made by the Trustee as Custodian, in accordance with instructions given by the Holder thereof as required by Section 2.06 hereof.

(c) Temporary Global Notes. Notes offered and sold in reliance on Regulation S shall be issued initially in the form of the Regulation S Temporary Global Note, which shall be deposited on behalf of the purchasers of the Notes represented thereby with the Trustee as Custodian, and registered in the name of the Depositary or the nominee of the Depositary for the accounts of designated agents holding on behalf of Euroclear or Clearstream, duly executed by the Issuers and authenticated by the Trustee as hereinafter provided. Upon the expiry of the Restricted Period, beneficial interests in each Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall be exchanged for beneficial interests in a Regulation S Permanent Global Note of the same series pursuant to the Applicable Procedures. Simultaneously with the authentication of a Regulation S Permanent Global Note, the Trustee shall cancel the corresponding Regulation S Temporary Global Note. The aggregate principal amount of a Regulation S Temporary Global Note and a Regulation S Permanent Global Note may from time to time be increased or decreased by adjustments made on the records of the Trustee and the Depositary or its nominee, as the case may be, in connection with transfers of interest as hereinafter provided.

(d) Terms. The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited.

The terms and provisions contained in the Notes shall constitute, and are hereby expressly made, a part of this Indenture and the Issuers, the Guarantors 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 provision of any Note conflicts with the express provisions of this Indenture, the provisions of this Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

The Notes shall be subject to repurchase by the Issuers pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer as provided in Section 4.10 hereof or a Change of Control Offer as provided in Section 4.14. The Notes shall not be redeemable, other than as provided in Article 3.

Additional Notes ranking pari passu with the Initial Notes may be created and issued from time to time by the Issuers without notice to or consent of the Holders and shall be consolidated with and form a single class with the other Notes of the applicable series (including any Initial Notes, Exchange Notes or other Additional Notes composing such series) and shall have the same terms as to status, redemption or otherwise as such Notes; provided that the Issuers’ ability to issue Additional Notes shall be subject to the Issuers’ compliance with Section 4.09 hereof. Any Additional Notes shall be issued with the benefit of an indenture supplemental to this Indenture.

(e) 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 shall be applicable to transfers of beneficial interests in the Regulation S Temporary Global Note and the Regulation S Permanent Global Notes that are held by Participants through Euroclear or Clearstream.

Section 2.02. Execution and Authentication.

At least one Officer of each Issuer shall execute the Notes by manual signature.

If an Officer whose signature is on a Note no longer holds that office at the time a Note is authenticated, the Note shall nevertheless be valid.

A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 or Exhibit A-2 attached hereto, as the case may be, by the manual signature of the Trustee. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Note has been duly authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

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On the Issue Date, the Trustee shall, upon receipt of on Issuer Order (an “Authentication Order”), authenticate and deliver (i) the Initial 2022 Notes and (ii) the Initial 2024 Notes. In addition, at any time, from time to time, the Trustee shall upon receipt of an Authentication Order authenticate and deliver any Additional Notes for an aggregate principal amount specified in such Authentication Order for such Additional Notes issued hereunder.

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Issuers to authenticate Notes. 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 Issuers.

Section 2.03. Registrar and Paying Agent.

The Issuers shall maintain (i) an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, the State of New York where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (“Registrar”) and (ii) an office or agency in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, the State of New York where Notes may be presented for payment (the “Paying Agent”). The Registrar shall maintain a register reflecting ownership of the Notes outstanding from time to time (“Note Register”) and shall make payments on and facilitate transfer of Notes on behalf of the Issuers. The Issuers may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar. The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agents. The Issuers initially appoint the Trustee as (i) Registrar and Paying Agent and (ii) the Custodian with respect to the Global Notes. The Issuers may change the Paying Agents or the Registrars without prior notice to the Holders. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Indenture. If the Issuers fail to appoint or maintain another entity as Registrar or Paying Agent, the Trustee shall act as such. The Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Issuers, may act as a Paying Agent or a Registrar. All Agents appointed under this Indenture shall be appointed pursuant to agency agreements among the Issuers, the Trustee and the Agent, as applicable.

The Issuers initially appoint The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) to act as Depositary with respect to the Global Notes.

Section 2.04. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

The Issuers shall require the Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent shall 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 Issuers in making any such payment. While any such default continues, the Trustee may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. The Issuers at any time may require a Paying Agent to pay all money held by it to the Trustee. Upon payment over to the Trustee, the Paying Agent (if other than the Issuers or one of their respective Subsidiaries) shall have no further liability for the money. If an Issuer or one of their respective Subsidiaries acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of the Holders all money held by it as Paying Agent. Upon any bankruptcy or reorganization proceedings relating to the Issuers, the Trustee shall serve as Paying Agent for the Notes.

Section 2.05. Holder Lists.

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of all Holders and shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Issuers shall furnish to the Trustee at least two 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 of Notes and the Issuers shall otherwise comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 312(a).

 

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Section 2.06. Transfer and Exchange.

(a) Transfer and Exchange of Global Notes. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 2.06, a Global Note may be transferred, in whole and not in part, only to another nominee of the Depositary or to a successor thereto or a nominee of such successor. A beneficial interest in a Global Note shall be exchangeable for a Definitive Note of the same series if (A) the Depositary notifies the Issuers that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Note and a successor Depositary is not appointed by the Issuers within 90 days of such notice or (B) in the case of any Global Note, there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect to such Global Note and the Depositary has requested the issuance of Definitive Notes. Upon the occurrence of any of the preceding events in (A) or (B) above, Definitive Notes delivered in exchange for any Global Note of the same series or beneficial interests therein will be registered in the names, and issued in any approved denominations, requested by or on behalf of the Depositary (in accordance with its customary procedures). Global Notes also may be exchanged or replaced, in whole or in part, as provided in Sections 2.07 and 2.10 hereof. Every Note authenticated and delivered in exchange for, or in lieu of, a Global Note of the same series or any portion thereof, pursuant to this Section 2.06 or Section 2.07 or 2.10 hereof, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Note, except for Definitive Notes issued subsequent to any of the preceding events in (A) or (B) above and pursuant to Section 2.06(c) hereof. A Global Note may not be exchanged for another Note other than as provided in this Section 2.06(a); provided, however, beneficial interests in a Global Note may be transferred and exchanged as provided in Section 2.06(b), (c) or (f) hereof.

(b) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in the Global Notes. The transfer and exchange of beneficial interests in the Global Notes shall be effected through the Depositary, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture and the Applicable Procedures. Beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes shall be subject to restrictions on transfer comparable to those set forth herein to the extent required by the Securities Act. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be transferred or exchanged only for beneficial interests in Global Notes pursuant to this clause (b). Transfers of beneficial interests in the Global Notes also shall require compliance with either subparagraph (i) or (ii) below, as applicable, as well as one or more of the other following subparagraphs, as applicable:

(i) Transfer of Beneficial Interests in the Same Global Note. Beneficial interests in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the same Restricted Global Note in accordance with the transfer restrictions set forth in the Private Placement Legend; provided, however, that prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, transfers of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Beneficial interests in any Unrestricted Global Note may be transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note. No written orders or instructions shall be required to be delivered to the Registrar to effect the transfers described in this Section 2.06(b)(i).

(ii) All Other Transfers and Exchanges of Beneficial Interests in Global Notes. In connection with all transfers and exchanges of beneficial interests that are not subject to Section 2.06(b)(i) hereof, the transferor of such beneficial interest must deliver to the Registrar either (A) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to credit or cause to be credited a beneficial interest in another Global Note of the same series in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given in accordance with the Applicable Procedures containing information regarding the Participant account to be credited with such increase or (B) (1) a written order from a Participant or an Indirect Participant given to the Depositary in accordance with the Applicable Procedures directing the Depositary to cause to be issued a Definitive Note of the same series in an amount equal to the beneficial interest to be transferred or exchanged and (2) instructions given by the Depositary to the Registrar containing information regarding the Person in whose name such Definitive Note shall be registered to effect the transfer or exchange referred to in (1) above; provided that in no event shall Definitive Notes be issued upon the transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in a Regulation S Temporary Global Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903. Upon satisfaction of all of the requirements for transfer or exchange of beneficial interests in Global Notes contained in this Indenture and the Notes or otherwise applicable under the Securities Act, the Trustee shall adjust the principal amount of the relevant Global Note(s) pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof.

 

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(iii) Transfer of Beneficial Interests to Another Restricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Restricted Global Note if the transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a 144A Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof; or

(B) if the transferee will take delivery in the form of a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Global Note, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof.

(iv) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note. A beneficial interest in any Restricted Global Note may be exchanged by any holder thereof for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note, if the exchange or transfer complies with the requirements of Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of the beneficial interest to be transferred, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies that it is not (1) an Exchanging Dealer, (2) a Person participating in a distribution of Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuers;

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or

(C) the Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note of the same series, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(a) thereof; or

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note of the same series, a certificate from such holder in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

If any such transfer is effected pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv) at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of beneficial interests transferred pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(iv).

 

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(v) Transfer and Exchange of Beneficial Interests in an Unrestricted Global Note for Beneficial Interests in a Restricted Global Note Prohibited. Beneficial interests in an Unrestricted Global Note cannot be exchanged for, or transferred to Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of, beneficial interests in a Restricted Global Note.

(c) Transfer or Exchange of Beneficial Interests for Definitive Notes. Beneficial interests in Global Notes shall be exchanged for Definitive Notes only pursuant to this clause (c).

(i) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (A) or (B) of Section 2.06(a) hereof, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) and receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Restricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(a) thereof;

(B) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such beneficial interest is being transferred to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(F) if such beneficial interest is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(i) shall bear the Private Placement Legend and shall be subject to all restrictions on transfer contained therein.

(ii) Beneficial Interests in Regulation S Temporary Global Note to Definitive Notes. Notwithstanding Sections 2.06(c)(i)(A) and (C) hereof, a beneficial interest in a Regulation S Temporary Global Note may not be exchanged for a Definitive Note or transferred to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note prior to (A) the expiration of the Restricted Period and (B) the receipt by the Registrar of any certificates required pursuant to Rule 903(b)(3)(ii)(B) of the Securities Act.

 

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(iii) Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A holder of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note may exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or may transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note only upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (A) or (B) of Section 2.06(a) and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof and if:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to the Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the holder of such beneficial interest, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies that it is not (1) an Exchanging Dealer, (2) a Person participating in a distribution of Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

(B) such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement;

(C) such transfer is effected by an Exchanging Dealer pursuant to the Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(b) thereof; or

(2) if the holder of such beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note proposes to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iv) Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. If any holder of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note proposes to exchange such beneficial interest for a Definitive Note or to transfer such beneficial interest to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a Definitive Note, then, upon the occurrence of any of the events in clause (A) or (B) of Section 2.06(a) hereof and satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2.06(b)(ii) hereof, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Global Note to be reduced accordingly pursuant to Section 2.06(h) hereof, and the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail to the Person designated in the instructions a Definitive Note in the applicable principal amount. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall be registered in such name or names and in such authorized denomination or denominations as the holder of such beneficial interest shall instruct the Registrar through instructions from or through the Depositary and the Participant or Indirect Participant. The Trustee shall mail such Definitive Notes to the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered. Any Definitive Note issued in exchange for a beneficial interest pursuant to this Section 2.06(c)(iv) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

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(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Restricted Global Notes. If any Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note or to transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, then, upon receipt by the Registrar of the following documentation:

(A) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Note proposes to exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (2)(b) thereof;

(B) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(C) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to a Non-U.S. Person in an offshore transaction in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof;

(D) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in accordance with Rule 144, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(a) thereof;

(E) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(b) thereof; or

(F) if such Restricted Definitive Note is being transferred pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act, a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (3)(c) thereof,

the Trustee shall cancel the Restricted Definitive Note, increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of, in the case of clause (A) above, the applicable Restricted Global Note, in the case of clause (B) above, the applicable 144A Global Note, and in the case of clause (C) above, the applicable Regulation S Global Note.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of a Restricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Restricted Definitive Note to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note only if:

(A) such exchange or transfer is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) an Exchanging Dealer, (2) a Person participating in a distribution of Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement;

(C) any such transfer is effected by an Exchanging Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(c) thereof; or

(2) if the Holder of such Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in the Unrestricted Global Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

 

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and, if the Registrar so requests or if the Applicable Procedures so require, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

Upon satisfaction of the conditions of any of the subparagraphs in this Section 2.06(d)(ii), the Trustee shall cancel the Definitive Notes and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of the Unrestricted Global Note.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Beneficial Interests in Unrestricted Global Notes. A Holder of an Unrestricted Definitive Note may exchange such Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note or transfer such Definitive Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note at any time. Upon receipt of a request for such an exchange or transfer, the Trustee shall cancel the applicable Unrestricted Definitive Note and increase or cause to be increased the aggregate principal amount of one of the Unrestricted Global Notes.

If any such exchange or transfer from a Definitive Note to a beneficial interest is effected pursuant to subparagraph (ii)(B), (ii)(D) or (iii) above at a time when an Unrestricted Global Note has not yet been issued, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee shall authenticate one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of Definitive Notes so transferred.

(e) Transfer and Exchange of Definitive Notes for Definitive Notes. Upon request by a Holder of Definitive Notes and such Holder’s compliance with the provisions of this Section 2.06(e), the Registrar shall register the transfer or exchange of Definitive Notes. Definitive Notes shall be exchanged for Definitive Notes only pursuant to this clause (e). Prior to such registration of transfer or exchange, the requesting Holder shall present or surrender to the Registrar the Definitive Notes duly endorsed or accompanied by a written instruction of transfer in form satisfactory to the Registrar duly executed by such Holder or by its attorney, duly authorized in writing. In addition, the requesting Holder shall provide any additional certifications, documents and information, as applicable, required pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 2.06(e):

(i) Restricted Definitive Notes to Restricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be transferred to and registered in the name of Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of a Restricted Definitive Note if the Registrar receives the following:

(A) if the transfer will be made pursuant to a QIB in accordance with Rule 144A, then the transferor must deliver a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (1) thereof;

(B) if the transfer will be made pursuant to Rule 903 or Rule 904 then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (2) thereof; or

(C) if the transfer will be made pursuant to any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, then the transferor must deliver a certificate in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications required by item (3) thereof, if applicable.

(ii) Restricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. Any Restricted Definitive Note may be exchanged by the Holder thereof for an Unrestricted Definitive Note or transferred to a Person or Persons who take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note if:

(A) such exchange is effected pursuant to an Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement and the Holder, in the case of an exchange, or the transferee, in the case of a transfer, certifies in the applicable Letter of Transmittal that it is not (1) an Exchanging Dealer, (2) a Person participating in a distribution of Exchange Notes or (3) a Person who is an affiliate (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuer;

 

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(B) any such transfer is effected pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement;

(C) any such transfer is effected by an Exchanging Dealer pursuant to an Exchange Registration Statement in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement; or

(D) the Registrar receives the following:

(1) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to exchange such Notes for an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, including the certifications in item (1)(d) thereof; or

(2) if the Holder of such Restricted Definitive Notes proposes to transfer such Notes to a Person who shall take delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note, a certificate from such Holder substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, including the certifications in item (4) thereof;

and, if the Registrar so requests, an Opinion of Counsel in form reasonably acceptable to the Registrar to the effect that such exchange or transfer is in compliance with the Securities Act and that the restrictions on transfer contained herein and in the Private Placement Legend are no longer required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act.

(iii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes to Unrestricted Definitive Notes. A Holder of Unrestricted Definitive Notes may transfer such Notes to a Person who takes delivery thereof in the form of an Unrestricted Definitive Note. Upon receipt of a request to register such a transfer, the Registrar shall register the Unrestricted Definitive Notes pursuant to the instructions from the Holder thereof.

(f) Exchange Offer. Upon the occurrence of an Exchange Offer in accordance with the applicable Registration Rights Agreement, the Issuers shall issue and, upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof, the Trustee or an authenticating agent shall authenticate (i) one or more Unrestricted Global Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the beneficial interests in the Restricted Global Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not Exchanging Dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuers, and accepted for exchange in an Exchange Offer and (ii) Unrestricted Definitive Notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Restricted Definitive Notes tendered for acceptance by Persons that certify in the applicable Letters of Transmittal that (x) they are not Exchanging Dealers, (y) they are not participating in a distribution of Exchange Notes and (z) they are not affiliates (as defined in Rule 144) of the Issuers, and accepted for exchange in an Exchange Offer. Concurrently with the issuance of such Notes, the Trustee shall cause the aggregate principal amount of the applicable Restricted Global Notes to be reduced accordingly, and the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee or an authenticating agent shall authenticate and mail to the Persons designated by the Holders of Definitive Notes so accepted Unrestricted Definitive Notes in the applicable principal amount. Any Notes that remain outstanding after the consummation of an Exchange Offer, and Exchange Notes issued in connection with an Exchange Offer, shall be treated as a single class of securities under this Indenture.

 

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(g) Legends. The following legends shall appear on the face of all Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued under this Indenture unless specifically stated otherwise in the applicable provisions of this Indenture:

(i) Private Placement Legend.

(A) Except as permitted by subparagraph (B) below, each Global Note and each Definitive Note (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear the legend in substantially the following form:

“THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION. NEITHER THIS SECURITY NOR ANY INTEREST OR PARTICIPATION HEREIN MAY BE REOFFERED, SOLD, ASSIGNED, TRANSFERRED, PLEDGED, ENCUMBERED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH REGISTRATION OR UNLESS SUCH TRANSACTION IS EXEMPT FROM, OR NOT SUBJECT TO, SUCH REGISTRATION. THE HOLDER OF THIS SECURITY, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES ON ITS OWN BEHALF AND ON BEHALF OF ANY INVESTOR ACCOUNT FOR WHICH IT HAS PURCHASED SECURITIES, TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH SECURITY, PRIOR TO THE DATE (THE “RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE”) THAT IS [IN THE CASE OF RULE 144A NOTES: ONE YEAR] [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: 40 DAYS] AFTER THE LATER OF THE ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE HEREOF AND THE LAST DATE ON WHICH THE ISSUERS OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE ISSUERS WAS THE OWNER OF THIS SECURITY (OR ANY PREDECESSOR OF SUCH SECURITY), ONLY (A) TO THE ISSUERS, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) FOR SO LONG AS THE SECURITIES ARE ELIGIBLE FOR RESALE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, TO A PERSON IT REASONABLY BELIEVES IS A “QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER” AS DEFINED IN RULE 144A UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT THAT PURCHASES FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER TO WHOM NOTICE IS GIVEN THAT THE TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN RELIANCE ON RULE 144A, (D) PURSUANT TO OFFERS AND SALES THAT OCCUR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR (E) PURSUANT TO ANOTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUERS’ AND THE TRUSTEE’S RIGHT PRIOR TO ANY SUCH OFFER, SALE OR TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSES (D) OR (E) TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO EACH OF THEM. THIS LEGEND WILL BE REMOVED UPON THE REQUEST OF THE HOLDER AFTER THE RESALE RESTRICTION TERMINATION DATE. [IN THE CASE OF REGULATION S NOTES: BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF, THE HOLDER HEREOF REPRESENTS THAT IT IS NOT A U.S. PERSON NOR IS IT PURCHASING FOR THE ACCOUNT OF A U.S. PERSON AND IS ACQUIRING THIS SECURITY IN AN OFFSHORE TRANSACTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATION S UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT.]”

(B) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Global Note or Definitive Note issued pursuant to subparagraph (b)(iv), (c)(iii), (c)(iv), (d)(ii), (d)(iii), (e)(ii) or (e)(iii) of this Section 2.06 (and all Notes issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall not bear the Private Placement Legend.

(ii) Global Note Legend. Each Global Note shall bear 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 (I) THE TRUSTEE MAY MAKE SUCH NOTATIONS HEREON AS MAY BE REQUIRED PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(h) OF THE INDENTURE, (II) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE EXCHANGED IN WHOLE BUT NOT IN PART PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.06(a) OF THE INDENTURE, (III) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE DELIVERED TO THE TRUSTEE FOR CANCELLATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.11 OF THE INDENTURE AND (IV) THIS GLOBAL NOTE MAY BE TRANSFERRED TO A SUCCESSOR DEPOSITARY WITH THE PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT OF THE ISSUERS. 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

 

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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 ISSUERS OR THEIR 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.”

(iii) Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend. The Regulation S Temporary Global Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

“THE RIGHTS ATTACHING TO THIS REGULATION S TEMPORARY GLOBAL NOTE, AND THE CONDITIONS AND PROCEDURES GOVERNING ITS EXCHANGE ARE AS SPECIFIED IN THE INDENTURE (AS DEFINED HEREIN).”

(h) Cancellation and/or Adjustment of Global Notes. At such time as all beneficial interests in a particular Global Note have been exchanged for Definitive Notes or a particular Global Note has been redeemed, repurchased or canceled in whole and not in part, each such Global Note shall be returned to or retained and canceled by the Trustee in accordance with Section 2.11 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 shall be reduced accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such reduction; and if the beneficial interest is being exchanged for or transferred to a Person who will take delivery thereof in the form of a beneficial interest in another Global Note, such other Global Note shall be increased accordingly and an endorsement shall be made on such Global Note by the Trustee or by the Depositary at the direction of the Trustee to reflect such increase.

(i) General Provisions Relating to Transfers and Exchanges.

(i) To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Issuers shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate Global Notes and Definitive Notes upon receipt of an Authentication Order in accordance with Section 2.02 hereof or at the Registrar’s request.

(ii) The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of Notes.

(iii) No service charge shall be made to a holder of a beneficial interest in a Global Note or to a Holder of a Definitive Note for any registration of transfer or exchange, but Holders shall pay all taxes due on transfer (other than any such transfer taxes or similar governmental charge payable upon exchange or transfer pursuant to Sections 2.07, 2.10, 3.06, 3.09, 4.10, 4.14 and 9.04 hereof).

(iv) Neither the Registrar nor the Issuers shall be required to register the transfer of or exchange any Note selected for redemption.

(v) All Global Notes and Definitive Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Global Notes or Definitive Notes shall be the valid obligations of the Issuers, 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.

 

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(vi) The Issuers shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Note for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of Notes to be redeemed, (B) to transfer or exchange any Note selected for redemption, (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a Record Date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date or (D) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Notes selected for redemption or tendered (and not withdrawn) for repurchase in connection with a Change of Control Offer or an Asset Sale Offer.

(vii) Prior to due presentment for the registration of a transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and the Issuers 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 premium, if any) and interest on such Notes and for all other purposes, and none of the Trustee, any Agent or the Issuers shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

(viii) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Issuers designated pursuant to Section 4.02 hereof, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more replacement Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount.

(ix) At the option of the Holder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denomination or denominations of a like aggregate principal amount upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Global Notes or Definitive Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuers shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and mail, the replacement Global Notes and Definitive Notes which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 hereof.

(x) 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.

(xi) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Depositary Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any Global Notes) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

(xii) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility or liability for any actions taken or not taken by the Depositary.

Section 2.07. Replacement Notes.

If any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, the Registrar or the Issuers and the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the ownership and destruction, loss or theft of any Note, the Issuers shall issue and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate a replacement Note if the Trustee’s requirements are met. An indemnity bond must be supplied by the Holder that is sufficient in the judgment of the Trustee and the Issuers to protect the Issuers, the Trustee, any Agent and any authenticating agent from any loss that any of them may suffer if a Note is replaced. The Issuers may charge for their expenses (including the expenses of the Trustee) in replacing a Note.

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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 2.08 as not outstanding. Except as set forth in Section 2.09 hereof, a Note does not cease to be outstanding because the Parent, either of the Issuers or an Affiliate of the Parent or either of the Issuers holds the Note.

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.

If the principal amount 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 (other than the Parent, a Subsidiary of the Parent or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds, on a redemption date or maturity date, money sufficient to pay Notes payable on that date, then on and after that date such Notes shall be deemed to be no longer outstanding and shall cease to accrue interest.

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 Parent, or by any Affiliate of the Parent, shall be considered as though not outstanding, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall 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 shall be so disregarded.

Section 2.10. Temporary Notes.

Until certificates representing Notes are ready for delivery, the Issuers may prepare and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate temporary Notes. Temporary Notes shall be substantially in the form of certificated Notes but may have variations that the Issuers consider appropriate for temporary Notes and as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Trustee. Without unreasonable delay, the Issuers shall prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate definitive Notes in exchange for temporary Notes.

Holders and beneficial holders, as the case may be, of temporary Notes shall be entitled to all of the benefits accorded to Holders, or beneficial holders, respectively, of Notes under this Indenture.

Section 2.11. Cancellation.

The Issuers at any time may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee or, at the direction of the Trustee, the Registrar or the Paying Agent and no one else shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and shall dispose of cancelled Notes (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) in accordance with its customary procedures. Certification of the disposal of all cancelled Notes shall be delivered to the Issuers upon their written request. The Issuers may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that they have paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

Section 2.12. Defaulted Interest.

If the Issuers default in a payment of interest on a series of Notes, they shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest to the Persons who are Holders of Notes of such series on a subsequent special record date, in each case at the rate provided in the Notes and in Section 4.01 hereof. The Issuers shall notify the Trustee (and the Trustee) in writing of the amount of defaulted interest proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuers shall deposit with the Trustee, an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such defaulted interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee, for such deposit prior to the

 

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date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such defaulted interest as provided in this Section 2.12. The Trustee shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date; provided that no such special record date shall be less than ten (10) days prior to the related payment date for such defaulted interest. The Trustee shall notify the Issuers of such special record date promptly, and in any event at least 20 days before such special record date. At least 15 days before the special record date, the Issuers (or, upon the written request of the Issuers or the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Issuers) shall mail or cause to be mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder a notice at his or her address as it appears in the Note Register that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.12 and for greater certainty, each Note delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Note shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Note.

Section 2.13. CUSIP/ISIN Numbers.

The Issuers in issuing the Notes may use CUSIP or ISIN numbers, as applicable, (if then generally in use) and, if so, the Trustee shall use CUSIP or ISIN numbers, as applicable, in notices of redemption as a convenience to Holders; provided, that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers. The Issuers will as promptly as practicable notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the CUSIP or ISIN Code numbers, as applicable. Additional Notes will not be issued with the same CUSIP, if any, as any existing Notes unless such Additional Notes are fungible with such existing Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

ARTICLE 3

REDEMPTION

Section 3.01. Notices to Trustee.

If the Issuers elect to redeem Notes pursuant to Section 3.07 hereof, they shall furnish to the Trustee, at least five (5) Business Days before notice of redemption is mailed or caused to be mailed to the applicable Holders pursuant to Section 3.03, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth (i) the paragraph or subparagraph of such Note and/or Section of this Indenture pursuant to which the redemption shall occur, (ii) the redemption date, (iii) the principal amount of the 2022 Notes or 2024 Notes, as the case may be, to be redeemed and (iv) the redemption price.

Section 3.02. Selection of Notes to Be Redeemed or Purchased.

If the Issuers are redeeming or repurchasing less than all of a series of Notes at any time, the Trustee shall select the Notes of such series to be redeemed or purchased (a) if the Notes are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes are listed, (b) on a pro rata basis or (c) by lot or such other similar method in accordance with the procedures of DTC; provided that no Notes of $2,000 or less shall be redeemed or repurchased in part. In the event of partial redemption or purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be redeemed or purchased shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days prior to the redemption date by the Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for redemption or purchase.

The Trustee shall promptly notify the Issuers in writing of the Notes selected for redemption or purchase and, in the case of any Note selected for partial redemption or purchase, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed or purchased. Notes and portions of Notes selected shall be in amounts of $2,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof; no Notes of $2,000 or less can be redeemed in part, except that if all of the Notes of a Holder are to be redeemed or purchased, the entire outstanding amount of Notes held by such Holder, even if not a multiple of $1,000, shall be redeemed or purchased. Except as provided in the preceding sentence, provisions of this Indenture that apply to Notes called for redemption or purchase also apply to portions of Notes called for redemption or purchase.

 

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Section 3.03. Notice of Purchase or Redemption.

Subject to Section 3.09 hereof, the Issuers shall mail or cause to be mailed by first-class mail, postage prepaid, notices of purchase or redemption at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the purchase or redemption date to each Holder of Notes to be redeemed at such Holder’s 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 Article 8 or Article 11 hereof.

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

(a) the purchase or redemption date;

(b) the purchase or redemption price;

(c) if any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount of that Note that has been or is to be purchased or redeemed and that, after the redemption date upon surrender of such Note, the Issuers will issue a new Note or Notes in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion of the original Note in the name of the Holder 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 Issuers default in making such redemption payment, interest on Notes called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date;

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

(h) that no representation is made as to the correctness or accuracy of the CUSIP or ISIN number, as applicable, if any, listed in such notice or printed on the Notes; and

(i) if in connection with a redemption pursuant to Paragraph 5(c) of the applicable Note, any condition to such redemption.

At the Issuers’ request, the Trustee shall give the notice of purchase or redemption in the Issuers’ names and at their expense; provided that the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee, at least 5 Business Days before notice of redemption is required to be mailed or caused to be mailed to Holders pursuant to this Section 3.03 (unless a shorter notice shall be agreed to by the Trustee), 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 (except as provided for in Paragraph 5(c) of the applicable Note). The notice, if mailed in a manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such notice by mail or any defect in the notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption in whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note. Subject to Section 3.05 hereof, on and after the redemption date, interest ceases to accrue on Notes or portions of Notes called for redemption.

 

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Section 3.05. Deposit of Redemption or Purchase Price.

Prior to 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the redemption or purchase date, the Issuers shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption or purchase price of and accrued and unpaid interest on all Notes to be redeemed or purchased on that date. The Paying Agent shall promptly return to the Issuers any money deposited with the Paying Agent by the Issuers in excess of the amounts necessary to pay the redemption price of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all Notes to be redeemed or purchased.

If the Issuers comply with the provisions of the preceding paragraph, on and after the redemption or purchase date, interest shall cease to accrue on the 2022 Notes or 2024 Notes, as applicable, or the portions of 2022 Notes or 2024 Notes, as applicable called for redemption or purchase. If a Note is redeemed or purchased on or after a Record Date but on or prior to the related Interest Payment Date, then any accrued and unpaid interest to the redemption or purchase date 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 shall not be so paid upon surrender for redemption or purchase because of the failure of the Issuers 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 accrued to the redemption or purchase date 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 Issuers shall issue and the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder at the expense of the Issuers a new Note equal in principal amount to the unredeemed or unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not redeemed or purchased; provided that each new Note will be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof. It is understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, only an Authentication Order and not an Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate such new Note.

Section 3.07. Optional Redemption.

The Notes may be redeemed, at any time in whole, or from time to time in part, subject to the conditions and at the redemption prices set forth in Paragraph 5 of the form of Notes set forth in Exhibit A-1 and Exhibit A-2 hereto, which are hereby incorporated by reference and made a part of this Indenture, together with accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.

Section 3.08. Mandatory Redemption.

The issuers shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the Notes.

Section 3.09. Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds.

(a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Issuers shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, they shall follow the procedures specified below.

(b) The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Offer Period”). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the “Purchase Date”), the Issuers shall apply all Excess Proceeds (the “Offer Amount”) to the purchase of Notes and, if required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, such Pari Passu Indebtedness (on a pro rata basis, if applicable), or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made.

 

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(c) If the Purchase Date is on or after a Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest, if any, up to but excluding the Purchase Date, shall 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 shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer.

(d) Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Issuers shall send, by first-class mail, a notice to each of the Holders, with a copy to the Trustee and Agents. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders and, if required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:

(i) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 3.09 and Section 4.10 hereof and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;

(ii) the Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Purchase Date;

(iii) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest;

(iv) that, unless the Issuers default in making such payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Purchase Date;

(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer may elect to have Notes purchased in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess of $2,000;

(vi) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall 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 Issuers, the Depositary, if appointed by the Issuers, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three days before the Purchase Date;

(vii) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuers, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, receive, not later than the expiration of the Offer Period, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased;

(viii) that, if the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered by the Holders thereof exceeds the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased (a) if the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, are listed, (b) on a pro rata basis based on the amount (determined as set forth above) of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered or (c) by lot or such similar method in accordance with the procedures of DTC; provided that no notes of $2,000 or less shall be repurchased in part; and

(ix) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part shall be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered (or transferred by book-entry transfer) representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased.

(e) On or before the Purchase Date, the Issuers shall, to the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, the Offer Amount of Notes or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer, or if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered and (2) 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 thereof so tendered.

 

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(f) The Issuers, the Depositary or the Paying Agent, as the case may be, shall promptly mail or deliver to each tendering Holder an amount equal to the purchase price of the Notes properly tendered by such Holder and accepted by the Issuers for purchase, and the Issuers shall promptly issue a new Note, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Authentication Order, shall authenticate and mail or deliver (or cause to be transferred by book-entry) such new Note to such Holder (it being understood that, notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no Opinion of Counsel or Officer’s Certificate is required for the Trustee to authenticate and mail or deliver such new Note) in a principal amount equal to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered representing the same indebtedness to the extent not repurchased; provided, that each such new Note shall be in a principal amount of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess of $2,000. Any Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Issuers to the Holder thereof. The Issuers shall publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Purchase Date.

Other than as specifically provided in this Section 3.09 or Section 4.10 hereof, any purchase pursuant to this Section 3.09 shall be made pursuant to the applicable provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 hereof.

ARTICLE 4

COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Payment of Notes.

The Issuers shall pay or cause to be paid the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes on the dates and in the manner provided in the Notes. Principal, premium, if any, and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent, if other than the Parent or a Subsidiary, holds as of 12:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the due date money deposited by the Issuers in immediately available funds and designated for and sufficient to pay all principal, premium, if any, and interest then due.

The Issuers 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 to the extent lawful; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest at the same rate to the extent lawful.

Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Issuers shall maintain the office or agency required under Section 2.03 (which may be an office of the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuers in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Issuers shall give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuers shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

The Issuers 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 that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuers of their obligation to maintain an office or agency required under Section 2.03. The Issuers shall 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.

The Issuers hereby designate the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee as one such office or agency of the Issuers in accordance with Section 2.03 hereof.

 

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Section 4.03. Reports and Other Information.

Notwithstanding that the Issuers may not be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or otherwise report on an annual and quarterly basis on forms provided for such annual and quarterly reporting pursuant to rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, the Issuers shall file with the SEC (and make available (without exhibits), without cost, to (i) Holders of the Notes, upon their request, and (ii) the Trustee, within 15 days after it files such reports and information with the SEC, to the extent not publicly available on the SEC’s EDGAR system or the Parent’s or an Issuer’s public website, provided, however, that the Trustee shall have no responsibility whatsoever to determine whether such filing or any other filing described below has occurred) from and after the Issue Date,

(1) within the time period then in effect under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act with respect to the filing of a Form 10-K by a non-accelerated filer, annual reports on Form 10-K, or any successor or comparable form, containing the information required to be contained therein, or required in such successor or comparable form;

(2) within the time period then in effect under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act with respect to the filing of a Form 10-Q by a non-accelerated filer, for each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, reports on Form 10-Q containing all quarterly information that would be required to be contained in Form 10-Q, or any successor or comparable form; and

(3) within the time period then in effect under the rules and regulations of the Exchange Act with respect to the filing of a Form 8-K, after the occurrence of an event required to be therein reported, such other reports on Form 8-K, or any successor or comparable form;

in each case, in a manner that complies in all material respects with the requirements specified in such form; provided that the Issuers shall not be so obligated to file such reports with the SEC if the SEC does not permit such filing, in which event the Issuers shall post such reports on the Parent’s or an Issuer’s public website within 15 days after the time they would have been required to file such information with the SEC, if they were subject to Sections 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

The filing requirements set forth above for the applicable period may be satisfied by the Issuers prior to the commencement of the Exchange Offer or the effectiveness of the Shelf Registration Statement by (i) the posting of such reports or the information required to be set forth therein on the Parent’s or an Issuer’s public website (which may include a press release of the Parent or an Issuer), (ii) the filing with the SEC of an Exchange Offer Registration Statement and/or a Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendments thereto, with such financial information that satisfies Regulation S-X of the Securities Act or (iii) with respect to their reporting obligations pursuant to clauses (1) and (2) above by including in the registration statement referred to in the definition of “IPO” quarterly or annual updates, as applicable, to the applicable disclosures set forth therein and without otherwise satisfying the requirements of Form 10-K or 10-Q; provided that, except as set forth in the immediately preceding clause with respect to scope of disclosure, this paragraph shall not supersede or in any manner suspend or delay the Issuers’ reporting obligations, or the time periods required therefor, set forth above.

In the event that (1) the rules and regulations of the SEC (including Rule 3-10 of Regulation S-X) permit the Issuers and the Parent (or any other direct or indirect parent company of Capital LLC), to report at such parent entity’s level on a consolidated basis and (2) either (i) such parent entity of Capital LLC is not engaged in any business in any material respect other than incidental to its ownership, directly or indirectly of the Capital Stock of Capital LLC or (ii) such parent entity of Capital LLC provides separate financial information and a Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for Capital LLC and the Restricted Subsidiaries on the one hand, and for any other material business on the other hand, then the information and reports required by this covenant may be those of such parent company on a consolidated basis, rather than those of the Issuers.

In addition, to the extent not satisfied by the foregoing, for so long as any Notes are outstanding the Issuers shall furnish to Holders and to securities analysts and prospective investors, upon their request, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

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Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including Issuers’ compliance with any of their covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

Section 4.04. Compliance Certificate.

(a) The Issuers shall deliver to the Trustee, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year ending after the Issue Date, a certificate from, with respect to each Issuer, the principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer stating that a review of the activities of the Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officer with a view to determining whether the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled their obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his or her knowledge the Issuers have kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every condition and covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions, covenants and conditions of this Indenture (or, if a Default shall have occurred and is continuing, describing all such Defaults of which he or she may have knowledge and what action the Issuers are taking or propose to take with respect thereto).

(b) The Issuers shall, within ten (10) Business Days after becoming aware of any Default, deliver to the Trustee by registered or certified mail or by facsimile transmission an Officer’s Certificate specifying such Default and what action the Issuers proposes to take with respect thereto.

Section 4.05. Taxes.

The Parent shall pay, and shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to pay, prior to delinquency, all material taxes, assessments, and governmental levies except such as are contested in good faith and by appropriate negotiations or proceedings or where the failure to effect such payment is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.06. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

The Issuers and each of the Guarantors covenant (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) that they 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 Issuers and each of the Guarantors (to the extent that they may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waive all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenant that they shall not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but shall suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

Section 4.07. Limitation on Restricted Payments.

(a) (1) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

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

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

(B) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities;

 

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(II) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of the Parent or, to the extent held by a Person other than the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, Capital LLC, including in connection with any merger or consolidation;

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

(A) Indebtedness permitted under clause (7) of Section 4.09(b); or

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

(IV) make any Restricted Investment

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

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

(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis, the Parent could incur $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof; and

(3) such Restricted Payment, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (and not rescinded or refunded) after the Issue Date (including Restricted Payments permitted by clause (2) of this Section 4.07(a) and by clauses (1) and (9) of Section 4.07(b) hereof, but excluding all other Restricted Payments permitted by Section 4.07(b) hereof), is less than the sum of (without duplication):

(a) (i) 100% of EBITDA of the Parent for the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Issue Date occurs to the end of the Parent’s most recently completed fiscal quarter for which internal financial statements are available at the time of such Restricted Payment, minus

(ii) the product of:

(x) 1.4; and

(y) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Parent for the same period (taken as one accounting period); plus

(b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Parent, of marketable securities or other property received by the Parent or Capital LLC since immediately after the Issue Date from the issue or sale of:

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property received from the (x) IPO and (y) the sale of Equity Interests to members of management, directors or consultants of the Parent after the Issue Date to the extent such amounts have been applied to Restricted Payments made in accordance with clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof; and

(ii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests of the Parent;

provided, however, that this clause (b) shall not include the proceeds from (x) Refunding Capital Stock (as defined below), (y) Equity Interests, Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Parent or Capital LLC sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or the Parent or (z) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged into Disqualified Stock; plus

(c) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Parent, of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of the Parent or, in connection with “UPREIT” acquisitions, of Capital LLC following the Issue Date (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary or the Parent); plus

(d) to the extent that any Restricted Investment that was made after the Issue Date is sold for cash or otherwise liquidated or repaid for cash, the lesser of (i) the cash return of capital with respect to such Restricted Investment (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (ii) the initial amount of such Restricted Investment (in either case except to the extent any such amount has already been included in the calculation of EBITDA); plus

(e) in the case of the redesignation of an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary after the Issue Date, the fair market value of the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary (as determined by the Parent in good faith or if such fair market value exceeds $50.0 million, in writing by an Independent Financial Advisor) at the time of the redesignation of such Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary to the extent the Investment in such Unrestricted Subsidiary constituted a Permitted Investment.

(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Parent may declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of shares of the Parent’s Capital Stock, in each case constituting a Restricted Payment, to holders of such Capital Stock to the extent that Parent believes in good faith that it qualifies as a “real estate investment trust” under Section 856 of the Code (or any successor provision) and that the declaration or payment of a dividend or making of a distribution in such amount is necessary to maintain the Parent’s status as a REIT for any taxable year, with such dividend to be paid or distribution to be made as and when determined by the Parent, whether during or after the end of the relevant taxable year; provided, however, that (I) at the time of, and after giving effect to, any such dividend or distribution, no Event of Default of the type described in clause (1), (2) (without giving effect to the grace period set forth therein), (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and the Obligations in respect of the Notes shall not otherwise have been accelerated and (II) two consecutive dividends or distributions pursuant to this paragraph shall not be permitted during the pendency of any single Event of Default.

(b) Section 4.07(a) shall not prohibit:

(1) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Indenture;

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out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by the Parent) of, Equity Interests of the Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) (collectively, the “Refunding Capital Stock”);

(3) the purchase, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent incurrence of, new Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Guarantor, as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with Section 4.09 hereof so long as:

(a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Indebtedness being so purchased, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness being so purchased, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness;

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

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

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

(4) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this clause (4) do not exceed in any calendar year $25.0 million (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over for one additional calendar year); provided further that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

(a) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent to members of management, directors or consultants of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that occurs after the Issue Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of clause (3) of Section 4.07(a) hereof; plus

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

(c) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (a) and (b) of this clause (4);

and provided further that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from members of management of the Parent or any of the Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of the Parent will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 4.07 or any other provision of this Indenture;

 

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(5) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur (i) upon exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options, stock appreciation rights or warrants or (ii) for purposes of satisfying any required tax withholding obligation upon the exercise or vesting of a grant or award that was granted or awarded to an employee;

(6) other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (6) not to exceed $200.0 million;

(7) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;

(8) any Restricted Payment used to fund the Transactions;

(9) the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value of any Subordinated Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions similar to those described under Section 4.10 and Section 4.14 hereof; provided that prior to any such repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement for value, all Notes tendered by Holders in connection with a Change of Control Offer or Asset Sale Offer, as applicable, have been repurchased, redeemed or acquired for value;

(10) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Parent deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Parent or its Subsidiaries, in each case, permitted under this Indenture;

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

(12) the Purging Distributions so long as the Parent is pursuing the REIT Election in good faith; provided that the aggregate amount of the Purging Distributions to be paid in cash in reliance on this clause (12) shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate value of all Purging Distributions;

(13) for any taxable period in which the taxable income of the Parent and/or any of its Subsidiaries is included in a consolidated, combined or similar income tax group of which a direct or indirect parent of the Parent is the common parent (a “Tax Group”), an amount not to exceed the tax liabilities that the Parent and the applicable Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, would have been required to pay in respect of such taxable income if such entities were a standalone group of corporations separate from such Tax Group (it being understood and agreed that, if Parent or any Subsidiary pays any portion of such tax liabilities directly to any taxing authority, a Restricted Payment in duplication of such amount shall not be permitted to be made pursuant to this clause (13)), provided, that, from and after the execution of the tax matters agreement referred to in the Offering Memorandum under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions,” and while such tax matters agreement remains in effect, payments in respect of any taxes pursuant to this clause (13) shall not exceed the amounts required to be paid in respect of such taxes pursuant to such tax matters agreement;

(14) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiaries issued or incurred in accordance with the covenant described under Section 4.09 hereof;

(15) payments of cash, or dividends, distributions or advances by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;

 

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(16) mandatory redemptions or repurchases of Disqualified Stock the issuance of which itself constituted a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment otherwise permissible hereunder; and

(17) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $25.0 million;

provided, however, that at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clauses (6), (8) (except to the extent made with the proceeds of the IPO) or (11), no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof; provided further that, at the time of, and after giving effect to, any Restricted Payment permitted under clause (12) (except to the extent made with the proceeds of the IPO), no Event of Default described under clause (1), (2) (without giving effect to the grace period set forth therein), (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof, and the Obligations in respect of the Notes shall not otherwise have been accelerated

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

Section 4.08. Dividend and Other Payment Restrictions Affecting Restricted Subsidiaries.

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

(1) (A) pay dividends or make any other distributions to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or

(B) pay any Indebtedness owed to the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

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

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

(b) The restrictions in Section 4.08(a) hereof shall not apply to encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(1) contractual encumbrances or restrictions in effect on the Issue Date or pursuant to the Senior Credit Facilities and the related documentation and related Hedging Obligations;

(2) (i) this Indenture, the Notes and the Guarantees (including any Exchange Notes and related Guarantees) and (ii) any agreement governing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to the covenant described under Section 4.09 herein; provided, that the provisions relating to restrictions of the type described in clauses (1) through (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof contained in such agreement, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive than the provisions contained in the Senior Credit Facilities, or in this Indenture, in each case as in effect when initially executed;

 

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(3) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature discussed in clause (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof on the property so acquired or leased;

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

(5) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired;

(6) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of the Parent, that impose restrictions solely on the assets to be sold;

(7) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof and Section 4.12 hereof that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

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

(9) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Issue Date pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof;

(10) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture;

(11) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses or sub-licenses and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(12) any encumbrances or restrictions of the type referred to in clauses (1), (2) and (3) of Section 4.08(a) hereof imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or obligations referred to in clauses (1) through (11) of this Section 4.08(b); provided that such amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements, refundings, replacements or refinancings are, in the good faith judgment of the Parent, no more restrictive in any material respect with respect to such encumbrance and other restrictions taken as a whole than those prior to such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement, refunding, replacement or refinancing; and

(13) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of the Parent, are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility; provided that such restrictions apply only to the applicable Receivables Subsidiary.

Section 4.09. Limitation on Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.

(a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently, or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and the Parent shall not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that the Parent may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Consolidated Leverage Ratio at the time such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would have been no greater than 6.5 to 1.0,

 

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determined on a pro forma basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom), as if the additional Indebtedness had been incurred, or the Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock had been issued, as the case may be, and the application of proceeds therefrom had occurred at the beginning of the most recently ended four fiscal quarters for which internal financial statements are available; provided further, however, that Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance, more than an aggregate of $300.0 million of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries is outstanding pursuant to this Section 4.09(a) and clause (17) of Section 4.09(b) hereof.

(b) The provisions of Section 4.09(a) hereof shall not apply to:

(1) the incurrence of Indebtedness under Credit Facilities by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and the issuance and creation of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances thereunder (with letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face amount thereof); provided, however, that immediately after giving effect to any such incurrence, the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness under this clause (1) does not exceed at any one time $2,000.0 million;

(2) the incurrence by the Issuers and any Guarantor of Indebtedness represented by (a) the Notes (including any Guarantee) (other than any Additional Notes) and (b) any Exchange Notes and any related Guarantees to be issued pursuant to a registered exchange offer in accordance with the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to the Initial Notes in exchange for the Notes or Additional Notes, if any, issued in compliance with this Indenture;

(3) Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 4.09(b));

(4) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations and Attributable Debt), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred or issued by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to finance the purchase, lease, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets, and any Indebtedness incurred to refinance any such Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding under this clause (4) does not exceed the greater of (x) $300.0 million and (y) 10.0% of Total Assets determined at the time of incurrence;

(5) Indebtedness incurred by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar facilities issued or entered into in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits, property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

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

(7) Indebtedness of the Parent to a Restricted Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary to the Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that any such Indebtedness (other than such as may arise from ordinary course intercompany cash management obligations) owing by an Issuer or a Guarantor to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary (other than the Issuers) is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the

 

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Notes or the applicable Guarantee, as applicable; and provided further that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to the Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7);

(8) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to the Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary, provided that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in such Preferred Stock being beneficially owned by a Person other than the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to the Parent or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (8);

(9) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes) for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to this covenant, exchange rate risk, commodity pricing risk or any combination thereof;

(10) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(11) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of the Parent and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Issuer or Subsidiary Guarantor not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the outstanding principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (11), does not at any one time outstanding exceed the greater of (x) $275.0 million and (y) 8.5% of Total Assets determined at the time of incurrence;

(12) the incurrence by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock which serves to refund or refinance:

(a) any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued as permitted under Section 4.09(a) hereof and clauses (2), (3) and (13) of this Section 4.09(b), or

(b) any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued to so refund or refinance the Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clause (a) of this Section 4.09(b)(12),

including, in each case, additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), accrued interest, defeasance costs and reasonable fees and expenses in connection therewith (collectively, the “Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

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

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

 

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(C) shall not include:

 

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

 

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

 

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

and provided further that subclause (A) of this clause (12) will not apply to any refunding or refinancing of Indebtedness under the Senior Credit Facilities;

(13) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or merged into or consolidated with the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; provided that after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, either:

(a) the Parent would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof, or

(b) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

(14) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business, provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten (10) Business Days of notice of its incurrence;

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

(16) (a) any guarantee by the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Indenture, or

(b) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of the Parent; provided that such guarantee is incurred in accordance with Section 4.15 hereof;

(17) Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount, which when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (17) and under Section 4.09(a) hereof, does not exceed $300.0 million at any one time outstanding;

(18) Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(19) Indebtedness of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business;

(20) the issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) in Capital LLC in connection with “UPREIT” acquisitions that do not constitute a Change of Control; and

(21) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of the Parent to the extent described in clause (4) of Section 4.07(b) hereof.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.09, in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (21) of Section 4.09(b) hereof or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.09(a) hereof, the Parent, in its sole discretion, will divide and/or classify on the date of incurrence and may later redivide and/or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one of the above clauses of Section 4.09(b) or in Section 4.09(a); provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Credit Facilities on the Issue Date will be treated as incurred on the Issue Date under clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) and will not later be reclassified.

(d) Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional indebtedness with the same terms, the payment of dividends in the form of additional shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, of the same class, and accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 4.09. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.09.

(e) For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed or first incurred (whichever is lower), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 4.09, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this Section 4.09 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.

(f) 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.

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

 

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(h) For the purposes of this Indenture, Indebtedness that is unsecured is not deemed to be subordinated or junior to Secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured, and Indebtedness is not deemed to be subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

Section 4.10. Asset Sales.

(a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale, unless:

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

(2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap or the disposition of any property the disposition of which is necessary for Parent to qualify, or to maintain its qualification, as, a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in each case, in Parent’s good faith determination, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the amount of:

(A) any liabilities (as shown on the Parent’s most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto, or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Parent’s consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by the Parent) of the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than Contingent Obligations and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished by the transferee in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale) and for which the Parent and all such Restricted Subsidiaries have been released,

(B) any notes or other obligations or securities received by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale, and

(C) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Parent), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding (but, to the extent that any such Designated Non-cash Consideration is sold or otherwise liquidated for cash, minus the lesser of (a) the amount of the cash received (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (b) the initial amount of such Designated Non-cash Consideration) not to exceed $200.0 million, with the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Parent) of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value,

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

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

(1) to permanently reduce:

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(B) Obligations under Pari Passu Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien, which Lien is permitted by this Indenture, and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto;

(C) Obligations under the Notes (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or any other Pari Passu Indebtedness of an Issuer or a Guarantor (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto, if applicable); provided that if such Net Proceeds are applied to other Pari Passu Indebtedness (other than the Senior Credit Facilities or other Secured Indebtedness) then the Issuers shall (i) equally and ratably reduce Obligations under the Notes (x) as provided under Section 3.07 or (y) through open market purchases (provided that such purchases are at or above 100% of the principal amount thereof) or (ii) make an offer (in accordance with Section 4.10(c) hereof) to all Holders of Notes to purchase their Notes at 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the principal amount of Notes that would otherwise be redeemed under clause (i), or

(D) Indebtedness of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, other than Indebtedness owed to the Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary; or

(2) to make (A) an Investment in any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock and results in the Parent or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Stock of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (B) acquire properties (other than working capital), (C) make capital expenditures or (D) acquire other assets (other than working capital) that, in the case of each of (A), (B), (C) and (D) are either (x) used or useful in a Similar Business or (y) replace the businesses, properties and/or assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale;

provided that, in the case of clause (2) above, a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Parent, or such other Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment (an “Acceptable Commitment”); provided further that if any Acceptable Commitment is later cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Proceeds are applied, then such Net Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds; or

(3) any combination of the foregoing.

(c) Any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.10(b) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $50.0 million, the Issuers, the Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary shall make an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to purchase the maximum aggregate principal amount of the Notes in minimum denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof and such Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for or permitted by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture.

(d) The Issuers shall commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within ten (10) Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceed $50.0 million by electronically delivering or mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee.

 

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(e) To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to the other covenants contained in this Indenture. If the aggregate amount (determined as above) of Notes and the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered in an Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and the Issuers or the agent for such Pari Passu Indebtedness shall select such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased (a) if the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, are listed, (b) on a pro rata basis based on the amount (determined as set forth above) of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered or (c) by lot or such similar method in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company; provided that no notes of $2,000 or less shall be repurchased in part. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

(f) Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds pursuant to this covenant, the holder of such Net Proceeds may apply such Net Proceeds temporarily to reduce Indebtedness outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.

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

Section 4.11. Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Parent (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $25.0 million, unless:

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

(2) any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $50.0 million is approved by the majority of the Board of Directors of the Parent; and

(3) the Parent delivers to the Trustee with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $75.0 million, an opinion as to the fairness to the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an Independent Financial Advisor.

(b) Section 4.11(a) hereof shall not apply to the following:

(1) transactions between or among the Parent and any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (or an entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of, or in connection with, such transaction, so long as neither such entity nor the selling entity was an Affiliate of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to such transaction);

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(3) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements and agreements provided on behalf of, or entered into with, officers, directors, employees or consultants of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(4) any agreement as in effect as of the Issue Date and, if described in the Offering Memorandum, any agreement or arrangement entered into in connection with the IPO or the Separation, or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Holders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement as in effect on the Issue Date, or as described in the Offering Memorandum, as applicable, as determined in good faith by the Parent) and any transaction contemplated thereby as determined in good faith by the Parent;

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

(6) transactions with customers (including leases or other arrangements for the use of advertising space), clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services, in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Indenture which are fair to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the Board of Directors of the Parent or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;

(7) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of the Parent;

(8) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

(9) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees, directors or consultants of the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and employment agreements, benefit plans, equity plans, stock option and stock ownership plans and other similar arrangements with such employees, directors or consultants which, in each case, are approved by the Parent in good faith;

(10) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(11) transactions in which the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, delivered to the Trustee a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of clause (1) of Section 4.11(a);

(12) the issuances of securities or other payments, loans (or cancellation of loans) awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, benefit plans, equity plans, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of Directors of the Parent in good faith;

(13) any contribution to the capital of the Parent (other than in consideration of Disqualified Stock); and

(14) the provision to Unrestricted Subsidiaries of cash management, accounting and other overhead services in the ordinary course of business undertaken in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Indenture.

 

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Section 4.12. Liens.

The Parent will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except Permitted Liens) that secures obligations under any Indebtedness or any related guarantee, on any asset or property of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom, unless:

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

(2) in all other cases, the Notes or the Guarantees are equally and ratably secured.

The foregoing shall not apply to (A) Liens securing the Notes and the related Guarantees, (B) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Credit Facilities, including any letter of credit facility relating thereto, that was permitted by the terms of this Indenture to be incurred pursuant to clause (1) of Section 4.09(b) hereof, and (C) Liens securing Pari Passu Indebtedness permitted to be Incurred pursuant to Section 4.09 hereof; provided, that at the time of any Incurrence of such Pari Passu Indebtedness and after giving pro forma effect thereto (in a manner consistent with the calculation of the Consolidated Leverage Ratio) under this clause (C), the Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio shall not be greater than 3.50 to 1.00.

Any Lien created for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall be deemed automatically and unconditionally released and discharged upon the release and discharge of the applicable Lien described in clauses (1) and (2) of this Section 4.12.

Section 4.13. Existence.

Subject to Article 5 hereof, the Parent shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect (i) its existence, and the 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 Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that the Parent shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the existence of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, if (a) the Parent in good faith shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (b) the failure to preserve such right, license or franchise, or such existence, is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders of the Notes.

Section 4.14. Offer to Repurchase Upon Change of Control.

(a) If a Change of Control Repurchase Event occurs after the Issue Date, unless the Issuers have previously or concurrently mailed a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07 hereof, the Issuers shall make an offer to purchase all of the Notes pursuant to the offer described below (the “Change of Control Offer”) at a price in cash (the “Change of Control Payment”) equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the date of purchase, subject to the right of Holders of the Notes 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 Repurchase Event, unless the Issuers have previously or concurrently mailed a redemption notice with respect to all the outstanding Notes as described under Section 3.07 hereof, the Issuers shall send notice of such Change of Control Offer by first-class mail, with a copy to the Trustee, to each Holder of Notes to the address of such Holder appearing in the security register with a copy to the Trustee or otherwise in accordance with the procedures of DTC, with the following information:

(1) that a Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.14 and that all Notes properly tendered pursuant to such Change of Control Offer will be accepted for payment by the Issuers;

 

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(2) the purchase price and the purchase date, which will, subject to clause (7) of this Section 4.14(a), be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);

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

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

(5) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their tendered Notes and their election to require the Issuers to purchase such Notes, provided that the paying agent receives, not later than the close of business on the 30th day following the date of the Change of Control Repurchase Event notice, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder of the Notes, the principal amount of Notes tendered for purchase, and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its tendered Notes and its election to have such Notes purchased;

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

(7) if such notice is delivered prior to the occurrence of a Change of Control, stating that the Change of Control Offer is conditional on the occurrence of such Change of Control, and if applicable, shall state that, in the Issuers’ discretion, the Change of Control Payment Date may be delayed until such time as the Change of Control shall occur, or that such redemption may not occur and such notice may be rescinded in the event that the Issuers shall determine that such condition will not be satisfied by the Change of Control Payment Date or by the Change of Control Payment as so delayed; and

(8) the other instructions, as determined by the Issuers, consistent with this Section 4.14, that a Holder must follow.

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

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

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

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

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

(c) The Issuers shall not be required to make a Change of Control Offer following a Change of Control Repurchase Event if a third party makes the Change of Control Offer in the manner, at the times and otherwise in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture applicable to a Change of Control Offer

 

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made by the Issuers and purchases all Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn under such Change of Control Offer. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Change of Control Offer may be made in advance of a Change of Control, conditional upon such Change of Control, if a definitive agreement is in place for the Change of Control at the time of making of the Change of Control Offer.

(d) Notes repurchased by the Issuers pursuant to a Change of Control Offer will have the status of Notes issued but not outstanding or will be retired and canceled at the option of the Issuers. Notes purchased by a third party pursuant to Section 4.14(c) will have the status of Notes issued and outstanding unless transferred to the Issuers.

(e) Other than as specifically provided in this Section 4.14, any purchase pursuant to this Section 4.14 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.02, 3.05 and 3.06 hereof.

Section 4.15. Limitation on Guarantees of Indebtedness by Restricted Subsidiaries.

The Parent shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor to guarantee the payment of any Indebtedness of the Parent, any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor unless:

(1) such Restricted Subsidiary within 20 days executes and delivers a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit D hereto, providing for a Guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary, except that with respect to a guarantee of Indebtedness of any Issuer or any Guarantor:

(a) if the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee is subordinated in right of payment to such Indebtedness, the Guarantee under the supplemental indenture shall be subordinated to such Restricted Subsidiary’s guarantee with respect to such Indebtedness substantially to the same extent as the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee is subordinated to such Indebtedness; and

(b) if such Indebtedness is by its express terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee, any such guarantee by such Restricted Subsidiary with respect to such Indebtedness shall be subordinated in right of payment to such Restricted Subsidiary’s Guarantee of the Notes substantially to the same extent as such Indebtedness is subordinated to the Notes or such Guarantor’s Guarantee; and

(2) the Parent shall within 20 days deliver to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

provided that this Section 4.15 shall not be applicable to any guarantee of any Restricted Subsidiary that existed at the time such Person became a Restricted Subsidiary and was not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary. Parent may elect, in its sole discretion, to cause any Subsidiary that is not otherwise required to be a Guarantor to become a Guarantor, in which case such Subsidiary shall not be required to comply with the 20 day periods described in this Section 4.15.

Section 4.16. Suspension of Certain Covenants.

(a) During any period of time that: (i) the Notes have Investment Grade Ratings from both Rating Agencies and (ii) no Default has occurred and is continuing under this Indenture (the occurrence of the events described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) being collectively referred to as a “Covenant Suspension Event”), the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be subject to Section 4.07 hereof, Section 4.08 hereof, Section 4.09 hereof, Section 4.10 hereof, Section 4.11 hereof, clauses (1)(a) and (2) of Section 4.17 hereof, Section 4.18 hereof and clause (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof (the “Suspended Covenants”).

(b) If on any subsequent date (the “Reversion Date”) one or both of the Rating Agencies withdraws its Investment Grade Rating or downgrades the rating assigned to the Notes below an Investment Grade Rating, the Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall thereafter again be subject to the Suspended Covenants with respect to future events. The period of time beginning on the day of a Covenant Suspension Event and ending on a Reversion Date is referred to herein as a “Suspension Period”.

 

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(c) On each Reversion Date, all Indebtedness Incurred, or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock issued, during the Suspension Period will be classified as having been Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or Section 4.09(b) (to the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would be permitted to be Incurred or issued thereunder as of the Reversion Date and after giving effect to Indebtedness Incurred or issued prior to the Suspension Period and outstanding on the Reversion Date). To the extent such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock would not be so permitted to be Incurred or issued pursuant to Section 4.09(a) or (b), such Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock will be deemed to have been outstanding on the Issue Date, so that it is classified as permitted under Section 4.09(b)(3). Calculations made after the Reversion Date of the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.07 will be made as though Section 4.07 had been in effect since the Issue Date and throughout the Suspension Period. Accordingly, Restricted Payments made during the Suspension Period shall reduce the amount available to be made as Restricted Payments under Section 4.07(a). No Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred on the Reversion Date as a result of any actions taken by the Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries during the Suspension Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Suspension Period the Parent shall not designate any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be Unrestricted Subsidiaries unless the Parent would have been permitted to designate such Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if a Suspension Period had not been in effect for any period, and, following the Reversion Date, such designation shall be deemed to have created an Investment or Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 4.07(c) at the time of such designation. For purposes of Section 4.10, on the Reversion Date, the unutilized Excess Proceeds amount shall be reset to zero.

(d) The Parent shall deliver promptly to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate notifying it of any such occurrence under this Section 4.16.

Section 4.17. Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions.

(a) The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction; provided, that the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale and Leaseback Transaction if:

(1) the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have (x) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction under Section 4.09 hereof and (y) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness without equally and ratably securing the Notes under section 4.12 hereof; and

(2) the transfer of assets in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted by, and the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with, Section 4.10 hereof.

Section 4.18. Limitations on Business Activities.

The Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, engage in any business other than Similar Businesses, except as would not be material to the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Section 4.19. Restrictions on Activities of Finance Corp.

Finance Corp. shall not hold any material assets, become liable for any material obligations or engage in any significant business activities or operations; provided that Finance Corp. may issue Equity Interests to the Parent, Capital LLC or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries and may be a co-obligor or Guarantor with respect to Indebtedness that is permitted to be incurred under Section 4.09 hereof, if Capital LLC is an obligor on such Indebtedness and the net proceeds of such Indebtedness are received by Capital LLC or one or more Guarantors, and may engage in activities related thereto or necessary in connection therewith. Finance Corp. may not be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

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ARTICLE 5

SUCCESSORS

Section 5.01. Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

(a) Neither the Parent nor Capital LLC may consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Person is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

(1) the Parent or Capital LLC, as applicable, is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Parent or Capital LLC) or the Person to whom such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation, partnership (including a limited partnership), trust or limited liability company organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state or commonwealth thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided, in the case of Capital LLC, that if such Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation organized or existing under such laws;

(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Parent or Capital LLC, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Parent or Capital LLC, as applicable, under this Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Notes or the Parent’s Guarantee, as applicable pursuant to a supplemental indenture or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

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

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

(A) the Successor Company or the Parent, as applicable, would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.09(a) hereof or

(B) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio for the Successor Company or the Parent, as applicable, and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be less than or equal to such ratio for the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction;

(5) if the Parent or Capital LLC is not the Successor Company, each Guarantor (except each Guarantor that is not a Subsidiary of Capital LLC in the event of a sale of Capital LLC by Parent to a Successor Company), unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

(6) the Parent 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 indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture.

The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Parent or Capital LLC, as applicable, under this Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, the Guarantees and the Notes or the Parent’s Guarantee, as applicable, and, except in the case of a lease, the Parent or Capital LLC, as applicable, will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof,

(1) any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Issuers) may consolidate with, merge into or wind up into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Finance Corp.); and

(2) the Parent or Capital LLC may merge with an Affiliate of the Parent solely for the purpose of reorganizing the Parent or Capital LLC in a state or commonwealth of the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby.

 

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(b) Finance Corp. may not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not Finance Corp. is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets in one or more related transactions to, any Person unless:

(1) Finance Corp. is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than Finance Corp.) or the Person to whom such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent and a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state or commonwealth thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor”);

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

(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists (including that the Successor shall be in compliance with Section 4.19 hereof).

(4) if Finance Corp. is not the Successor, each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to the transactions described above, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture and the Notes; and

(5) the Parent shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition and such supplemental indenture(s) comply with this Indenture.

The Successor will succeed to, and be substituted for, Finance Corp. under this Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement and the Notes, and, except in the case of a lease, Finance Corp. will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing clause (3), Finance Corp. may consolidate with or merge into or wind up into or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or part of its properties and assets to Capital LLC provided that Capital LLC is, at such time, a corporation.

(c) Subject to certain limitations described in this Indenture governing release of a Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor, no Subsidiary Guarantor will, and the Parent will not permit any such Subsidiary Guarantor to, consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

(1) (A) such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state or commonwealth thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof (such Subsidiary Guarantor or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”);

 

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(B) the Successor Person, if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor, expressly assumes all the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Registration Rights Agreement, and such Subsidiary Guarantor’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(C) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and

(D) if such Subsidiary Guarantor or another Subsidiary Guarantor is not the Successor Person, the Parent 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 indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; or

(2) the disposition is considered an Asset Sale and complies with Section 4.10 hereof.

In the case of clause 5.01(c)(1) above, the Successor Person will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee and, except in the case of a lease, such Subsidiary Guarantor will automatically be released and discharged from its obligations under this Indenture and such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantor may merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Guarantor or Capital LCC.

Section 5.02. Successor Corporation Substituted.

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent, Capital LLC or Finance Corp., as applicable, in accordance with Section 5.01 hereof, the successor Person formed by such consolidation or with which the Parent, Capital LLC or Finance Corp., as applicable, is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Indenture referring to the Parent, Capital LLC or Finance Corp., as applicable, shall refer instead to the successor Person and not to the Parent, Capital LLC or Finance Corp., as applicable), and may exercise every right and power of the Parent, Capital LLC or Finance Corp., as applicable under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Parent, Capital LLC or Finance Corp., as applicable, herein; provided that the predecessor Parent, Capital LLC or Finance Corp., as applicable, shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Notes except in the case of a sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all of the assets of the Parent, Capital LLC or Finance Corp., as applicable (except in the case of a lease), that meets the requirements of Section 5.01 hereof.

ARTICLE 6

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

Section 6.01. Events of Default.

(a) An “Event of Default” wherever used herein, means any one of the following events with respect to a particular series of Notes:

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

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

(3) failure by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary for 60 days after receipt of written notice given by the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of such series of Notes then outstanding to comply with any of its other obligations, covenants or agreements (other than a default referred to in clauses (1) or (2) of this Section 6.01(a)) contained in this Indenture or such series of Notes;

 

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

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

(ii) the principal amount of such Indebtedness, together with the principal amount of any other such Indebtedness in default for failure to pay principal at stated final maturity (after giving effect to any applicable grace periods), or the maturity of which has been so accelerated, aggregate $50.0 million or more;

(5) failure by the Parent or any Significant Subsidiary to pay final judgments aggregating in excess of $50.0 million, which final judgments remain unpaid, undischarged and unstayed for a period of more than 60 days after such judgment becomes final, and in the event such judgment is not covered by insurance, an enforcement proceeding has been commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or decree which is not promptly stayed;

(6) the Parent, any Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary, pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

(i) commences proceedings to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

(ii) consents to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or the filing by it of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under applicable Bankruptcy law;

(iii) consents to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of it or for all or substantially all of its property;

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

(v) fails generally to pay its debts as they become due.

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

(i) is for relief against the Parent or any Significant Subsidiary in a proceeding in which the Parent or any Significant Subsidiary is to be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent;

(ii) appoints a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or other similar official of the Parent or any Significant Subsidiary or for all or substantially all of the property of the Parent or any Significant Subsidiary; or

(iii) orders the liquidation of any Issuer or any Significant Subsidiary;

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(8) the Guarantee of the Parent or any Significant Subsidiary shall for any reason cease to be in full force and effect or be declared null and void or any responsible officer of the Parent or such Subsidiary Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary, as the case may be, denies that it has any further liability under its Guarantee or gives notice to such effect, in each case other than by reason of the termination of this Indenture or the release of any such Guarantee in accordance with this Indenture.

(b) In the event of any Event of Default specified in clause (4) of Section 6.01(a), such Event of Default and all consequences thereof (excluding any resulting payment default, other than as a result of acceleration of the Notes) shall be annulled, waived and rescinded, automatically and without any action by the Trustee or the Holders, if within 20 days after such Event of Default arose:

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

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

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

Section 6.02. Acceleration.

(a) If any Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof) occurs and is continuing with respect to a particular series of Notes, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then total outstanding Notes of such series may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding Notes of such series to be due and payable immediately.

Upon the effectiveness of such declaration, such principal and interest with respect to such series of Notes shall be due and payable immediately. The Trustee shall have no obligation to accelerate the Notes if it in good faith determines that acceleration is not in the best interest of the Holders of the Notes.

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising under clause (6) or (7) of Section 6.01(a) hereof, all outstanding Notes shall be due and payable immediately without further action or notice.

Section 6.03. Other Remedies.

Subject to the duties of the Trustee as provided for in Article 7, if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any available remedy 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.

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. All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

Section 6.04. Waiver of Defaults.

Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of a series by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes of such series waive any existing Default and its consequences under this Indenture, except a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of, any Note of such series held by a non-consenting Holder; and rescind any acceleration and its consequences with respect to the Notes (except if such recession would conflict with any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction). 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.

 

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Section 6.05. Control by Majority.

Holders of a majority in principal amount of the total outstanding Notes of the applicable series may direct in writing the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or of exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee. The Trustee, however, may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or this Indenture or that the Trustee determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder of a Note of the applicable series or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

Section 6.06. Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of a Note may pursue any remedy with respect to this Indenture or the applicable series of Notes unless:

(1) such Holder has previously given the Trustee written notice that an Event of Default is continuing with respect to such series of Notes;

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

(3) Holders of such series of Notes have offered the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

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

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

A Holder of a Note 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 of a Note (it being understood that the Trustee does not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether or not such actions or forbearances are unduly prejudicial to such Holders).

Section 6.07. Rights of Holders of Notes to Receive Payment.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, the right of any Holder of a Note to receive payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed in the Note (including in connection with an Asset Sale Offer or a Change of Control Offer), 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) hereof occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against the Issuers for the whole amount of principal of, premium, if any, and interest remaining unpaid on the Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation of the Trustee and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, in each case as set forth in Section 7.07 hereof.

 

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Section 6.09. Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If the Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to the Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceedings, the Issuers, the Trustee and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustee and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding has been instituted.

Section 6.10. Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes in Section 2.07 hereof, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

Section 6.11. Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders, as the case may be.

Section 6.12. 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 reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Holders of the Notes allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to the Issuers (or any other obligor upon the Notes including the Guarantors), its creditors or its property and shall be entitled and empowered to participate as a member in any official committee of creditors appointed in such matter and 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 and the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket 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.

Section 6.13. Priorities.

If the Trustee or any Agent collects any money pursuant to this Article 6, it shall pay out the money in the following order:

(i) to the Trustee, the Agents, their agents and attorneys for amounts due under Section 7.07 hereof, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee or any Agent and the costs and expenses of collection;

 

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(ii) to Holders of Notes 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

(iii) to the Issuers or to such party as a court of competent jurisdiction shall direct including a Guarantor, if applicable.

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Holders of Notes pursuant to this Section 6.13.

Section 6.14. 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 a 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 6.14 does not apply to a suit by the Trustee, a suit by a Holder of a Note pursuant to Section 6.07 hereof, or a suit by Holders of more than 10% in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes.

ARTICLE 7

TRUSTEE

Section 7.01. Duties of Trustee.

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred (and has not been cured), the Trustee shall, in the exercise of its power, use the degree of care of a prudent person in the conduct of his own affairs.

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

(i) the duties of the Trustee shall 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

(ii) 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, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall examine the certificates and opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculation or other facts stated therein).

(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:

(i) this paragraph (c) does not limit the effect of paragraph (b) of this Section 7.01;

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer, unless it is proved in a court of competent jurisdiction that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 6.05 hereof.

 

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(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) Subject to this Article 7, whether or not an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the request or direction of any Holder or Holders of the Notes unless such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense.

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Issuers. 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 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, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuers, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Issuers and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

(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 shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificates or Opinion of Counsel. The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall 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 accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel.

(c) The Trustee may act through its attorneys and agents and shall not be responsible for the misconduct or negligence of any agent or attorney appointed with due care.

(d) The Trustee shall 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; provided, however, that the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct or gross negligence.

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

(f) None of the provisions of this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any liability, financial or otherwise, 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 for believing that repayment of such funds or indemnity satisfactory to it against such risk or liability is not assured to it.

(g) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture.

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

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

 

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(j) The Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder.

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

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 Issuers or any Affiliate of an 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. Any Agent 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 shall not be responsible for and makes no representation as to the validity or adequacy of this Indenture or the Notes, it shall not be accountable for the Issuers’ use of the proceeds from the Notes or any money paid to the Issuers or upon the Issuers’ direction under any provision of this Indenture, it shall not be responsible for the use or application of any money received by any Paying Agent other than the Trustee, and it shall 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 occurs and is continuing and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall mail to Holders of Notes a notice of the Default within 90 days after it occurs. Except in the case of a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on any Note, the Trustee may withhold from the Holders notice of any continuing Default if it determines that withholding notice is in the interest of the Holders of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be deemed to know of any Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is such a Default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee.

Section 7.06. Reports by Trustee to Holders of the Notes.

Within 60 days after each January 15, beginning with the January 15 following the date of this Indenture, and for so long as Notes remain outstanding, the Trustee shall mail to the Holders of the Notes a brief report dated as of such reporting date that complies with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a) (but if no event described in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(a) has occurred within the 12 months preceding the reporting date, no report need be transmitted). The Trustee also shall comply with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2). The Trustee shall also transmit by mail all reports as required by Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c).

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to the Holders of Notes shall be mailed to the Issuers and filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Notes are listed in accordance with Trust Indenture Act Section 313(d). The Issuers shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing when any series of Notes are listed on any stock exchange or any delisting thereof.

Section 7.07. Compensation and Indemnity.

The Issuers shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation for its acceptance of this Indenture and services hereunder as the parties shall agree in writing from time to time. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust. The Issuers shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services. Such expenses shall include the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

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The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, shall indemnify the Trustee for, and hold the Trustee harmless against, any and all loss, damage, claims, liability or expense (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by it (as evidenced in an invoice from the Trustee) in connection with the acceptance or administration of this trust and the performance of its duties hereunder (including the costs and expenses of enforcing this Indenture against the Issuers or any of the Guarantors (including this Section 7.07) or defending itself against any claim whether asserted by any Holder, the Issuers or any Guarantor, or liability in connection with the acceptance, exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder). The Trustee shall notify the Issuers promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity. Failure by the Trustee to so notify the Issuers shall not relieve the Issuers of their obligations hereunder. The Issuers shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall provide reasonable cooperation at the Issuers’ expense in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Issuers shall pay the fees and expenses of such counsel; provided, however, that the Issuers shall not be required to pay such fees and expenses if its assumes such the Trustee’s defense and, in the Trustee’s reasonable judgment, there is no conflict of interest between the Issuers and the Trustee in connection with such defense. The Issuers need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence.

The obligations of the Issuers under this Section 7.07 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or the earlier resignation or removal of the Trustee.

To secure the payment obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors in this Section 7.07, the Trustee shall 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 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture.

When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(a)(6) or (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.

The Trustee shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 313(b)(2) to the extent applicable.

Section 7.08. Replacement of Trustee.

A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 7.08. The Trustee may resign in writing at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created by so notifying the Issuers. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may remove the Trustee by so notifying the Trustee and the Issuers in writing. The Issuers may remove the Trustee if:

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10 hereof;

(b) 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;

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

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Issuers shall 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 Issuers

 

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

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 hereof, such Holder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee and to the Issuers. Thereupon, the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Indenture. The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to Holders. The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; 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 Issuers’ obligations under Section 7.07 hereof shall 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 shall be the successor Trustee.

In case at the time such successor or successors by merger, conversion or consolidation to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor hereunder or in the name of the successor to the Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which it is anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture provided that the certificate of the Trustee shall have.

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, that is subject to supervision or examination by federal or state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition.

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of Trust Indenture Act Sections 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 310(b).

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Issuers.

The Trustee is subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in Trust Indenture Act Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to Trust Indenture Act Section 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 Issuers may, at their option and at any time, elect to have either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof applied to all outstanding Notes of a particular series upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article 8.

Section 8.02. Legal Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.02, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be deemed to have been discharged from their obligations with respect to all outstanding Notes and Guarantees of a particular series of Notes and to have cured all then existing Events of Default with respect to such series of Notes on the date the conditions set forth below are satisfied (“Legal Defeasance”). For this purpose, Legal Defeasance means that the Issuers shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire Indebtedness represented by such series of outstanding Notes, which shall 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 (a) and (b) below, to have satisfied all their other obligations under such series of Notes and this Indenture including that of the Guarantors and to have cured all then existing Events of Default with respect to such series of Notes (and the Trustee, on demand of and at the expense of the Issuers, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except for the following provisions which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder:

(a) the rights of Holders of Notes of such series to receive payments in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such series of Notes when such payments are due solely out of the trust created pursuant to this Indenture;

(b) the Issuers’ obligations with respect to such series of Notes concerning issuing temporary Notes of such series, registration of such Notes, mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes of such series and the maintenance of an office or agency for payment and money for security payments held in trust;

(c) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustee, and the Issuers’ obligations in connection therewith; and

(d) the provisions of this Section 8.02.

Subject to compliance with this Article 8, the Issuers may exercise their option under this Section 8.02 notwithstanding the prior exercise of their option under Section 8.03 hereof.

Section 8.03. Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Issuers’ exercise under Section 8.01 hereof of the option applicable to this Section 8.03, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof, be released from their obligations under the covenants contained in Sections 4.03, 4.04, 4.05, 4.07, 4.08, 4.09, 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.14, 4.13 (other than the existence of the Issuers (subject to Section 5.01 hereof)), 4.15, 4.17, 4.18 and 4.19 hereof and clauses (4) and (5) of section 5.01(a), Sections 5.01(b) and 5.01(c) hereof with respect to the outstanding Notes of a particular series on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 8.04 hereof are satisfied (“Covenant Defeasance”), and such series of Notes shall thereafter be deemed not “outstanding” for the purposes of any direction, waiver, consent or declaration or act of Holders (and the consequences of any thereof) in connection with such covenants, but shall continue to be deemed “outstanding” for all other purposes hereunder (it being understood that such Notes shall not be deemed outstanding for accounting purposes). For this purpose, Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such series of outstanding Notes, the Issuers or any Guarantor, as applicable, may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such covenant, whether directly or indirectly, by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such covenant or by reason of any reference in any such covenant to any other provision herein or in any other document and such omission to comply shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default under Section 6.01 hereof, but, except as specified above, the remainder of this Indenture and such series of Notes shall be unaffected thereby. In addition, upon the Issuers’ 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)(3), 6.01(a)(4),

 

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6.01(a)(5), 6.01(a)(6) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries), 6.01(a)(7) (solely with respect to Restricted Subsidiaries that are Significant Subsidiaries) and 6.01(a)(8) hereof shall not constitute Events of Default.

Section 8.04. Conditions to Legal or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to the application of either Section 8.02 or 8.03 hereof to the outstanding Notes:

In order to exercise either Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance with respect to a series of Notes:

(1) the Issuers must irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the Holders of such series of Notes, cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal amount of, premium, if any, and interest due on such series of Notes on the stated maturity date or on the redemption date, as the case may be, of such principal amount, premium, if any, or interest on such series of Notes and the Issuers must specify whether such series of Notes is being defeased to maturity or to a particular redemption date;

(2) in the case of Legal Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions,

(A) the Issuers have received from, or there has been published by, the United States Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or

(B) since the issuance of such series of Notes, there has been a change in the applicable U.S. federal income tax law,

in either case to the effect that, and based thereon, such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of such series of Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as applicable, as a result of such Legal Defeasance and will be subject to U.S. federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Legal Defeasance had not occurred;

(3) in the case of Covenant Defeasance, the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel reasonably acceptable to the Trustee confirming that, subject to customary assumptions and exclusions, the Holders of such series of Notes will not recognize income, gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a result of such Covenant Defeasance and will be subject to such tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such Covenant Defeasance had not occurred;

(4) no Default (other than that resulting from borrowing funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness, and, in each case the granting of Liens in connection therewith) shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit with respect to such series of Notes;

(5) such Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under the Senior Credit Facilities or any other material agreement or instrument (other than this Indenture) to which, the Issuers or any Guarantor is a party or by which the Issuers or any Guarantor is bound (other than that resulting from borrowing of funds to be applied to make such deposit and any similar and simultaneous deposit relating to other Indebtedness and, in each case, the granting of Liens in connection therewith);

 

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(6) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Issuers with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any creditors of the Issuers or any Guarantor or others; and

(7) the Issuers shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel (which Opinion of Counsel may be subject to customary assumptions and exclusions) each stating that all conditions precedent provided for or relating to the Legal Defeasance or the Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, have been complied with.

Section 8.05. Deposited Money and Government Securities to Be Held in Trust; Other Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions of the applicable series of Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuers or a Guarantor acting as Paying Agent), 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.

The Issuers shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against Government Securities deposited pursuant to Section 8.04 hereof or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of the outstanding Notes.

Section 8.06. Repayment to Issuers.

Anything in this Article 8 or Article 11 to the contrary notwithstanding, each of the Trustee and each Paying Agent shall promptly deliver or pay to the Issuers upon request any money or Government Securities held by it in accordance with this Article 8 or Article 11 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee (which may be the opinion delivered under Section 8.04(1) hereof), are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect an equivalent Legal Defeasance, Covenant Defeasance or discharge in accordance with Article 11 hereof.

Any money deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuers, 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, and premium, if any, or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuers on their request or (if then held by the Issuers) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Issuers for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or any Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuers as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.

Section 8.07. Reinstatement.

If the Trustee or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any United States dollars or Government Securities 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 Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture and the Notes shall 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 that, if the Issuers make any payment of principal of, premium or interest on any Note following the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money held by the Trustee or the Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE 9

AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER

Section 9.01. Without Consent of Holders of Notes.

Notwithstanding Section 9.02 hereof, the Issuers, any Guarantor (with respect to a Guarantee or this Indenture) and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture and any Guarantee or the Notes without the consent of any Holder:

(1) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency;

(2) to provide for uncertificated Notes of such series in addition to or in place of certificated Notes of such series;

(3) to comply with Section 5.01 hereof;

(4) to provide the assumption of any Issuer’s or any Guarantor’s obligations to the Holders;

(5) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Holders or that does not materially adversely affect the legal rights under this Indenture of any such Holder;

(6) to add covenants for the benefit of the Holders or to surrender any right or power conferred upon the Parent, any Issuer or any Subsidiary Guarantor;

(7) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act;

(8) to evidence and provide for the acceptance and appointment under this Indenture of a successor Trustee thereunder pursuant to the requirements thereof;

(9) to provide for the issuance of Exchange Notes or private exchange notes, which are identical to exchange notes except that they are not freely transferable;

(10) to add a Guarantor under this Indenture or to secure the Obligations hereunder;

(11) to conform the text of this Indenture, Guarantees or the Notes to any provision of the “Description of Notes” section of the Offering Memorandum as described in an Officer’s Certificate; or

(12) to make any amendment to the provisions of this Indenture relating to the transfer and legending of Notes as permitted by this Indenture, including, without limitation, to facilitate the issuance and administration of the Notes; provided, however, that (i) compliance with this Indenture as so amended would not result in Notes being transferred in violation of the Securities Act or any applicable securities law and (ii) such amendment does not materially and adversely affect the rights of Holders to transfer Notes.

Section 9.02. With Consent of Holders of Notes.

Except as provided below in this Section 9.02, the Issuers and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture, any Guarantee and the Notes of any series with the consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of such series of Notes then outstanding, (including consents obtained in connection with a purchase of, or tender offer or exchange offer for Notes of such series), and, subject to Sections 6.04 and 6.07 hereof, any existing Default or Event of Default (other than a continuing Default in the payment of interest on, premium, if any, or the principal of, any Note of such series, except a payment default resulting from an acceleration that has been rescinded) or compliance with any provision of this Indenture or such series of Notes issued hereunder may be waived with the consent of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the then outstanding Notes of such series, (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for, or purchase of, the Notes of such series). Sections 2.08 and 2.09 hereof shall determine which series of Notes are considered to be “outstanding” for the purposes of this Section 9.02.

 

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The consent of the Holders of Notes under this Section 9.02 is not necessary under this Indenture to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment. It is sufficient if such consent approves the substance of the proposed amendment.

After an amendment, supplement or waiver under this Section 9.02 becomes effective, the Issuers shall deliver electronically or mail to the Holders of such series of Notes affected thereby a notice briefly describing the amendment, supplement or waiver. Any failure of the Issuers to mail such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Without the consent of each affected Holder of Notes, an amendment or waiver may not, with respect to any series of Notes held by a non-consenting Holder:

(1) reduce the principal amount of Notes of such series whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

(2) reduce the principal amount of or change the fixed final maturity of any Note of such series or alter or waive the provisions with respect to the redemption of such series of Notes (other than provisions relating to Section 3.09, Section 4.10 and Section 4.14 hereof);

(3) reduce the rate of or change the time for payment of interest on any Note of such series;

(4) waive a Default in the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes of such series, except a rescission of acceleration of the Notes of such series by the Holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of such series of Notes and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration, or in respect of a covenant or provision contained in this Indenture or any Guarantee which cannot be amended or modified without the consent of all Holders;

(5) make any Note of such series payable in money other than that stated therein;

(6) make any change in the provisions of this Indenture relating to waivers of past Defaults or the rights of Holders to receive payments of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the Notes of such series;

(7) make any change in these amendment and waiver provisions as it relates to Notes of such series;

(8) impair the right of any Holder to receive payment of principal of, or interest on such Holder’s Notes of such series 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 of such series;

(9) make any change to or modify the ranking of the Notes of such series that would adversely affect the Holders; or

(10) except as expressly permitted by this Indenture, modify the terms of the Guarantees of the Parent or any Significant Subsidiary in any manner adverse to the Holders of the Notes of such series

Section 9.03. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

Until an amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Holder of a Note and every subsequent Holder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note. However, any such Holder of a Note or subsequent Holder of a Note may revoke the consent as to its Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the earlier of the date the waiver, supplement or amendment becomes effective and the date on which the Trustee receives an Officer’s Certificate from the Issuers certifying that the requisite principal amount of Notes have consented. An amendment, supplement or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Holder.

 

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The Issuers may, but shall not be obligated to, fix a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders entitled to consent to any amendment, supplement, or waiver. If a record date is fixed, then, notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, those Persons who were Holders at such record date (or their duly designated proxies), and only such Persons, shall be entitled to consent to such amendment, supplement, or waiver or to revoke any consent previously given, whether or not such Persons continue to be Holders after such record date. No such consent shall be valid or effective for more than 120 days after such record date unless the consent of the requisite principal amount of Notes has been obtained.

Section 9.04. 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 Issuers 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 shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment, supplement or waiver.

Section 9.05. Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

The Trustee shall sign any amendment, supplement or waiver authorized pursuant to this Article 9 if the amendment or supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee. If it does, the Trustee may but need not sign it. In executing any amendment, supplement or waiver, the Trustee (subject to Section 7.01 hereof) shall be fully protected in conclusively relying upon, in addition to the documents required by Section 12.03 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 and that such amendment, supplement or waiver is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Issuers and any Guarantors party thereto, enforceable against them in accordance with its terms, subject to customary exceptions. No Opinion of Counsel will be required by the immediately preceding sentence for the Trustee to execute any amendment or supplement adding a new Guarantor under this Indenture.

Section 9.06. Payment for Consent.

The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any consideration to or for the benefit of any Holder of Notes for or as an inducement to any consent, waiver or amendment of any of the terms or provisions of this Indenture or the Notes unless such consideration is offered to be paid to all Holders of the Notes that consent, waive or agree to amend in the time frame set forth in the solicitation documents relating to such consent, waiver or agreement.

Section 9.07. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

From the date on which this Indenture is qualified under the Trust Indenture Act, every amendment, waiver or supplement to this Indenture or any series of Notes shall comply with the Trust Indenture Act as then in effect.

ARTICLE 10

GUARANTEES

Section 10.01. Guarantee.

Subject to this Article 10, each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, unconditionally guarantees to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the

 

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Issuers hereunder or thereunder: (a) the performance and full and punctual payment when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, of all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes, whether for payment of principal of or interest on the Notes, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, on the terms set forth in this Indenture; and (b) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Guarantor agrees that this is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.

The Guarantors hereby agree that their obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuers, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor. Each Guarantor hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuers, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuers, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever and covenants that this Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes and this Indenture.

If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuers, the Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuers or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

Each Guarantor also agrees to pay any and all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable and documented out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee or any Holder in enforcing any rights under this Section 10.01.

Each Guarantor further agrees that, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 hereof for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 hereof, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for the purpose of this Guarantee. Any Subsidiary Guarantor that makes a payment under its Guarantee shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under this Indenture to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Subsidiary Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Subsidiary Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

Each Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Issuers for liquidation, reorganization, should the Issuers become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuers’ assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes or Guarantees, whether as a voidable preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Notes shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

In case any provision of any Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Each payment to be made by a Guarantor in respect of its Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

 

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Section 10.02. Limitation on Guarantor Liability.

Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such parties that the Guarantee of such Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar federal or state law to the extent applicable to any Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee, the Holders and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the obligations of each Guarantor shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Guarantor that are relevant under such laws and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under this Article 10, result in the obligations of such Guarantor under its Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under applicable law.

Section 10.03. Execution and Delivery.

To evidence its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof, each Guarantor hereby agrees that this Indenture shall be executed on behalf of such Guarantor by an Officer of such Guarantor.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that its Guarantee set forth in Section 10.01 hereof shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

If an Officer whose signature is on this Indenture no longer holds that office at the time the Trustee authenticates the Note, the Guarantee shall be valid nevertheless.

The delivery of any Note by the Trustee, after the authentication thereof hereunder, shall constitute due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of the Guarantors.

If required by Section 4.15 hereof, the Parent shall cause any newly created or acquired Restricted Subsidiary to comply with the provisions of Section 4.15 hereof and this Article 10, to the extent applicable.

Section 10.04. Subrogation.

Each Guarantor shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of Notes against the Issuers in respect of any amounts paid by any Guarantor pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.01 hereof; provided that, no Guarantor shall be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all obligations of the Issuers under this Indenture and the Notes shall have been paid in full.

Section 10.05. Benefits Acknowledged.

Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by this Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to its Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

Section 10.06. Release of Guarantees.

A Guarantee by a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, the Issuers or the Trustee is required for the release of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s Guarantee upon:

(1) (A) any direct or indirect sale, exchange or transfer (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) of (i) the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary Guarantor (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or (ii) all or substantially all the assets of such Subsidiary Guarantor which sale, exchange or transfer is made in a manner not in violation of the applicable provisions of this Indenture;

 

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(B) the release or discharge of the guarantee by such Subsidiary Guarantor of the Senior Credit Facilities or the guarantee which resulted in the creation of such Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee;

(C) the proper designation of any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor as an Unrestricted Subsidiary; or

(D) the Issuers exercising their Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with Article 8 hereof or the Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of this Indenture; and

(2) the Issuers delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

Upon request of the Parent, the Trustee shall evidence such release by a supplemental indenture or other instrument which may be executed by the Trustee without the consent of any Holder.

The Parent’s Guarantee shall be automatically and unconditionally released only at such time as all of the Issuers’ obligations under this Indenture have been discharged in a manner not in violation of the terms of this Indenture and the Issuers have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

ARTICLE 11

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

Section 11.01. Satisfaction and Discharge.

This Indenture shall be discharged and shall cease to be of further effect as to a series of Notes, when either:

(1) all Notes of such series theretofore authenticated and delivered, except lost, stolen or destroyed Notes of such series which have been replaced or paid and Notes of such series for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust, have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

(2) (A) all Notes of such series not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation have become due and payable by reason of the making of a notice of redemption or otherwise, will become due and payable within one year or are to be called for redemption and redeemed within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuers, and the Issuers or any Guarantor has irrevocably deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes of such series cash in U.S. dollars, Government Securities, or a combination thereof, in such amounts as will be sufficient without consideration of any reinvestment of interest to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such series Notes not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation for principal, premium, if any, and accrued interest to the date of maturity or redemption;

(B) the Issuers have paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable by them under this Indenture; and

(C) the Issuers have delivered irrevocable instructions to the Trustee to apply the deposited money toward the payment of such series of Notes at maturity or the redemption date, as the case may be.

 

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In addition, the Issuers 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 shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to subclause (A) of clause (2) of this Section 11.01, the provisions of Section 11.02 and Section 8.06 hereof shall survive.

Section 11.02. Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of Section 8.06 hereof, all money and Government Securities (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the applicable series of Notes and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including any Issuer or Guarantor acting as the 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 Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 hereof by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, any Issuer’s and any Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture and the applicable series of Notes shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 11.01 hereof until such time as the Trustee or any Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or Government Securities in accordance with Section 11.01 hereof; provided that if the Issuers have made any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Notes because of the reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuers shall be subrogated to the rights of the Holders of such Notes to receive such payment from the money or Government Securities held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.01. Notices.

Any notice or communication by the Issuers, any Guarantor, the Trustee or any Paying Agent to the others is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or via facsimile, or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested) or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the others’ address:

If to the Issuers and/or any Guarantor:

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10174

Attention: General Counsel

If to the Trustee:

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas

60 Wall Street, 16th Floor

Mail Stop: NYC60-1630

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Trust and Agency Services

Client Services Manager – CBS Outdoor Americas Capital

Facsimile: (732) 578-4635

 

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With a copy to:

Deutsche Bank National Trust Company

100 Plaza One

6th Floor

Jersey City, NJ 07311-3901

Any Issuer, any Guarantor, the Trustee or any Paying Agent, by notice to the others, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

All notices and communications (other than those sent to Holders) shall be deemed to have been duly given: at the time delivered by hand, if personally delivered; five calendar days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, if mailed by first-class mail (or in the case of Notes in global form, on the date the notice is sent pursuant to the applicable procedures of the Depositary); when receipt acknowledged, if faxed; and the next Business Day after timely delivery to the courier, if sent by overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery; and, subject to compliance with the Trust Indenture Act, on the first date of which publication is made, if given by publication; provided that any notice or communication delivered to the Trustee shall be deemed effective upon actual receipt thereof.

Any notice or communication to a Holder shall 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 shall also be so mailed to any Person described in Trust Indenture Act Section 313(c), to the extent required by the Trust Indenture Act. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders.

If a notice or communication is mailed in the manner provided above within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.

If the Issuers mail a notice or communication to Holders, they shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

Section 12.02. Communication by Holders of Notes with Other Holders of Notes.

Holders may communicate pursuant to Trust Indenture Act Section 312(b) with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Notes. The Issuers, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of Trust Indenture Act Section 312(c).

Section 12.03. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

Upon any request or application by the Issuers, the Parent or any of the Guarantors to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture (except in connection with the original issuance of the Notes), the Issuers, the Parent or such Guarantor, as the case may be, shall furnish to the Trustee (except as set forth in section 9.05 hereof):

(a) an Officer’s Certificate in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been satisfied; and

(b) an Opinion of Counsel in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 12.04 hereof) stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent and covenants have been satisfied.

 

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Section 12.04. 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 Section 4.04 hereof or Trust Indenture Act Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of Trust Indenture Act Section 314(e) and shall include:

(a) a statement that the Person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition;

(b) 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;

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with (which examination or investigation, in the case of an Opinion of Counsel, may be limited to reliance on an Officer’s Certificate as to matters of fact); and

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with; provided, however, that with respect to matters of fact an Opinion of Counsel may rely on an Officer’s Certificate or certificates of public officials.

Section 12.05. 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 12.06. No Personal Liability of Directors, Officers, Employees and Stockholders.

No director, officer, employee, incorporator, member or stockholder of the Issuers or any Guarantor shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or the Guarantors under the Notes, the Guarantees or this Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

Section 12.07. Governing Law.

THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES AND ANY GUARANTEE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 12.08. Waiver of Jury Trial.

EACH OF THE ISSUERS, THE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Section 12.09. Force Majeure.

In no event shall the Trustee incur any liability for not performing any act or fulfilling any duty, obligation or responsibility hereunder by reason of any occurrence beyond the reasonable control of the Trustee (including but not limited to any act or provision of any present or future law or regulation or governmental authority, any act of God or war, civil unrest, local or national disturbance or disaster, any act of terrorism, or the unavailability of the Federal Reserve Bank wire or facsimile or other wire or communication facility).

 

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Section 12.10. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

This Indenture may not be used to interpret any other indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Parent or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries or of any other Person. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

Section 12.11. Successors.

All agreements of the Issuers in this Indenture and the Notes shall bind their successors. All agreements of the Trustee or any Agent in this Indenture shall bind its successors. All agreements of each Guarantor in this Indenture shall bind its successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 10.05 hereof.

Section 12.12. Severability.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

Section 12.13. Counterpart Originals.

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.

Section 12.14. 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 shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

Section 12.15. U.S.A. Patriot Act.

The parties hereto acknowledge that in order to help the United States government fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, pursuant to Federal regulations that became effective on October 1, 2003 (Section 326 of the USA PATRIOT Act) all financial institutions are required to obtain, verify, record and update information that identifies each person establishing a relationship or opening an account. The parties to this agreement agree that it will provide to the Trustee such information as they may request, from time to time, in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, including but not limited to the name, address, tax identification number and other information that will allow it to identify the individual or entity who is establishing the relationship or opening the account and may also ask for formation documents such as articles of incorporation or other identifying documents to be provided.

Section 12.16. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with the duties imposed by, or with another provision (an “incorporated provision”) included in this Indenture by operation of, Sections 310 to 318 of the Trust Indenture Act, inclusive, such imposed duties or incorporated provision shall control.

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CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC, as an Issuer
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION, as an Issuer
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS INC., as Parent and a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Joseph R. Ianniello

  Name:   Joseph R. Ianniello
  Title:   President, Treasurer and Secretary
OUTDOOR INC., as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR GROUP LLC, as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Indenture]


CBS OUTDOOR LLC, as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR L.A. INC., as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Raymond Nowak

  Name:   Raymond Nowak
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTERNET INC., as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Raymond Nowak

  Name:   Raymond Nowak
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS COLLEGIATE SPORTS PROPERTIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Raymond Nowak

  Name:   Raymond Nowak
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
By:  

/s/ Rodney Gaughan

  Name:   Rodney Gaughan
  Title:   Vice President
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey Schoenfeld

  Name:   Jeffrey Schoenfeld
  Title:   Assistant Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A-1

[FACE OF 2022 NOTE]

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]


CUSIP [            ]

ISIN [            ]

[[RULE 144A][REGULATION S] GLOBAL NOTE

representing up to

$         ]

5.250% Senior Notes due 2022

 

No.    [$         ]

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC and CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION

promise to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] [of                      United States Dollars] on February 15, 2022.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15

Record Dates: May 1 and November 1


IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Issuers have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


This is one of the 2022 Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

Dated: January 31, 2014

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory


[Back of 2022 Note]

5.250% Senior Notes due 2022

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1. INTEREST. CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this 2022 Note at 5.250% per annum from January 31, 20141 until maturity. The Issuers will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 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”). The first Interest Payment Date shall be May 15, 2014.2 Interest on the 2022 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. The Issuers will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the 2022 Notes; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any, from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the 2022 Notes. At maturity, the Issuers will pay accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Issuers will pay interest on the 2022 Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of 2022 Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such 2022 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. 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 2022 Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuers or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may change the Paying Agents or the Registrars without prior notice to the Holders. The Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Issuers, may act as a Paying Agent or Registrar.

4. INDENTURE. The Issuers issued the 2022 Notes under an Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2014 (the “Indenture”), among CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. This 2022 Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Issuers designated as its 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022. The Issuers shall be entitled to issue Additional 2022 Notes pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 4.09 of the Indenture. The 2022 Notes and the 2024 Notes issued under the Indenture (collectively, referred to herein as the “Notes”) are separate series of Notes. The terms of the 2022 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 (the “Trust Indenture Act”). The 2022 Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this 2022 Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

1  With respect to the Initial 2022 Notes.
2  With respect to the Initial 2022 Notes.


5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

(a) Except as described below under clauses 5(b) and 5(c) hereof, the Issuers will not be entitled to redeem the 2022 Notes at their option prior to February 15, 2017.

(b) At any time prior to February 15, 2017 the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the 2022 Notes upon notice as described in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of 2022 Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of the redemption date, and, without duplication, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

(c) Until February 15, 2017, the Issuers may, at their option, upon notice as described in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of 2022 Notes issued by them at a redemption price equal to 105.250% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided further that each such redemption occurs within 60 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to such Equity Offering, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuer’s discretion, be subject to completion of the related Equity Offering.

(d) On and after February 15, 2017, the Issuers may redeem the 2022 Notes, in whole or in part, upon notice as described in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the 2022 Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on February 15 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2017

     103.938

2018

     102.625

2019

     101.313

2020 and thereafter

     100.000

(e) Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph 5 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture.

6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Issuers shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the 2022 Notes.

7. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Subject to Section 3.03 of the Indenture, notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date (except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with Article 8 or Article 11 of the Indenture) to each Holder whose 2022 Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. 2022 Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on 2022 Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

8. OFFERS TO REPURCHASE.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Issuers shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s 2022 Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). The Change of Control Offer shall be made in accordance with Section 4.14 of the Indenture.


(b) If the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consummates an Asset Sale, within ten (10) Business Days of each date that Excess Proceeds exceed $50.0 million, the Issuers, the Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary shall commence an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for or permitted by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate amount of Notes and the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered in an Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased (a) if the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, are listed, (b) on a pro rata basis based on the amount (determined as set forth above) of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered or (c) by lot or such similar method in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company; provided that no notes of $2,000 or less shall be repurchased in part. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The 2022 Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of 2022 Notes may be registered and 2022 Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of the Notes. Holders shall pay all taxes due on transfer. The Issuers are not required to transfer or exchange any 2022 Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any 2022 Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Issuers are not required to issue, transfer or exchange any 2022 Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of 2022 Notes to be redeemed.

10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a 2022 Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Guarantees or the 2022 Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the 2022 Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding 2022 Notes may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding 2022 Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding 2022 Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture, the 2022 Notes or the Guarantees except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the 2022 Notes notice of any continuing Default (except a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the 2022 Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the 2022 Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the 2022 Notes held by a non-consenting Holder. The Issuers are required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuers are required within ten (10) Business Days after becoming aware of any Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default and what action the Issuers propose to take with respect thereto.

13. AUTHENTICATION. This 2022 Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.


14. GOVERNING LAW. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THE 2022 NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES.

15. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuers have caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the 2022 Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers 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 2022 Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Issuers will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to the Issuers at the following address:

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10174

Attention: General Counsel


ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this 2022 Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this 2022 Note to:     

 

    

(Insert assignee’ 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 2022 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 2022 Note)

 

Signature Guarantee*:  

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).


OPTION OF HOLDER TO ELECT PURCHASE

If you want to elect to have this 2022 Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

¨  Section 4.10    ¨  Section 4.14

If you want to elect to have only part of this 2022 Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 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 2022 Note)

Tax Identification No.:

 

Signature Guarantee*:  

 

 

* Participant in a recognized Signature Guarantee Medallion Program (or other signature guarantor acceptable to the Trustee).


SCHEDULE OF EXCHANGES OF INTERESTS IN THE GLOBAL NOTE*

The initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $            . 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 or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of
decrease
in Principal
Amount
   Amount of increase
in Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
   Principal Amount
of
this Global Note
following such
decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized
signatory
of Trustee or
Note Custodian
           
           
           
           
           

 

* This schedule should be included only if the 2022 Note is issued in global form.


EXHIBIT A-2

[Face of 2024 Note]

[Insert the Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Private Placement Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

[Insert the Regulation S Temporary Global Note Legend, if applicable pursuant to the provisions of the Indenture]

 

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CUSIP [            ]

ISIN [            ]

[[RULE 144A][REGULATION S] GLOBAL NOTE

representing up to

$        ]

5.625% Senior Notes due 2024

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC and CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION

promise to pay to CEDE & CO. or registered assigns, the principal sum [set forth on the Schedule of Exchanges of Interests in the Global Note attached hereto] [of                      United States Dollars] on February 15, 2024.

Interest Payment Dates: May 15 and November 15

Record Dates: May 1 and November 1

 

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IN WITNESS HEREOF, the Issuers have caused this instrument to be duly executed.

 

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

 

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This is one of the 2024 Notes referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture:

Dated: January 31, 2014

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:   Deutsche Bank National Trust Company
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory
By:  

 

  Authorized Signatory

 

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[Back of 2024 Note]

5.625% Senior Notes due 2024

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture referred to below unless otherwise indicated.

1. INTEREST. CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, promise to pay interest on the principal amount of this 2024 Note at 5.625% per annum from January 31, 20143 until maturity. The Issuers will pay interest semi-annually in arrears on May 15 and November 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”). The first Interest Payment Date shall be May 15, 2014.4 Interest on the 2024 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. The Issuers will pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue principal and premium, if any, from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the 2024 Notes; it shall pay interest (including post-petition interest in any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law) on overdue installments of interest, if any, from time to time on demand at the interest rate on the 2024 Notes. At maturity, the Issuers will pay accrued and unpaid interest from the most recent date to which interest has been paid or provided for. Interest will be computed on the basis of a 360-day year comprised of twelve 30-day months.

2. METHOD OF PAYMENT. The Issuers will pay interest on the 2024 Notes to the Persons who are registered Holders of 2024 Notes at the close of business on the May 1 or November 1 (whether or not a Business Day), as the case may be, immediately preceding the Interest Payment Date, even if such 2024 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. 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 2024 Notes the Holders of which shall have provided wire transfer instructions to the Issuers or the Paying Agent. Such payment shall be in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.

3. PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR. Initially, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas will act as Paying Agent and Registrar. The Issuers may change the Paying Agents or the Registrars without notice to the Holders. The Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Issuers, may act as a Paying Agent or Registrar.

4. INDENTURE. The Issuers issued the 2024 Notes under an Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2014 (the “Indenture”), among CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. This 2024 Note is one of a duly authorized issue of notes of the Issuers designated as its 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024. The Issuers shall be entitled to issue Additional 2024 Notes pursuant to Sections 2.01 and 4.09 of the Indenture. The 2024 Notes and the 2022 Notes issued under the Indenture (collectively, referred to herein as the “Notes”) are separate series of Notes. The terms of the 2024 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 (the “Trust Indenture Act”). The 2024 Notes are subject to all such terms, and Holders are referred to the Indenture and such Act for a statement of such terms. To the extent any provision of this 2024 Note conflicts with the express provisions of the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall govern and be controlling.

 

3  With respect to the initial 2024 Notes.
4  With respect to the initial 2024 Notes.

 

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5. OPTIONAL REDEMPTION.

(a) Except as described below under clauses 5(b) and 5(c) hereof, the Issuers will not be entitled to redeem the 2024 Notes at their option prior to February 15, 2019.

(b) At any time prior to February 15, 2019 the Issuers may redeem all or a part of the 2024 Notes upon notice as described in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of 2024 Notes redeemed plus the Applicable Premium as of the redemption date, and, without duplication, accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the redemption date, subject to the rights of Holders on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date.

(c) Until February 15, 2017, the Issuers may, at their option, upon notice as described in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, on one or more occasions, redeem up to 35% of the aggregate principal amount of 2024 Notes issued by them at a redemption price equal to 105.625% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, with the net cash proceeds of one or more Equity Offerings; provided that at least 65% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes originally issued under the Indenture remains outstanding immediately after the occurrence of each such redemption; provided further that each such redemption occurs within 60 days of the date of closing of each such Equity Offering. Notice of any redemption upon any Equity Offering may be given prior to such Equity Offering, and any such redemption or notice may, at the Issuers’ discretion, be subject to completion of the related Equity Offering.

(d) On and after February 15, 2019, the Issuers may redeem the 2024 Notes, in whole or in part, upon notice as described in Section 3.03 of the Indenture, at the redemption prices (expressed as percentages of principal amount of the 2024 Notes to be redeemed) set forth below, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to, but excluding, the applicable redemption date, subject to the right of Holders of record on the relevant Record Date to receive interest due on the relevant Interest Payment Date, if redeemed during the twelve-month period beginning on February 15 of each of the years indicated below:

 

Year

   Percentage  

2019

     102.813

2020

     101.875

2021

     100.938

2022 and thereafter

     100.000

(e) Any redemption pursuant to this paragraph 5 shall be made pursuant to the provisions of Sections 3.01 through 3.06 of the Indenture.

6. MANDATORY REDEMPTION. The Issuers shall not be required to make mandatory redemption or sinking fund payments with respect to the 2024 Notes.

7. NOTICE OF REDEMPTION. Subject to Section 3.03 of the Indenture, notice of redemption will be mailed by first-class mail at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before the redemption date (except that redemption notices may be mailed more than 60 days prior to a redemption date if the notice is issued in connection with Article 8 or Article 11 of the Indenture) to each Holder whose 2024 Notes are to be redeemed at its registered address. 2024 Notes in denominations larger than $2,000 may be redeemed in part but only in whole multiples of $1,000, unless all of the Notes held by a Holder are to be redeemed. On and after the redemption date interest ceases to accrue on 2024 Notes or portions thereof called for redemption.

8. OFFERS TO REPURCHASE.

(a) Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control Repurchase Event, the Issuers shall make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder to repurchase all or any part (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of each Holder’s 2024 Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). The Change of Control Offer shall be made in accordance with Section 4.14 of the Indenture.

 

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(b) If the Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consummates an Asset Sale, within ten (10) Business Days of each date that Excess Proceeds exceed $50.0 million, the Issuers, the Parent or any other Restricted Subsidiary shall commence an offer to all Holders of the Notes and, if required by the terms of any Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (“Pari Passu Indebtedness”), to the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (an “Asset Sale Offer”), to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Notes) and such other Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any (or, in respect of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, such lesser price, if any, as may be provided for or permitted by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness), to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuers may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes, subject to other covenants contained in the Indenture. If the aggregate amount of Notes and the Pari Passu Indebtedness surrendered in an Asset Sale Offer exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness to be purchased (a) if the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness are listed on any national securities exchange, in compliance with the requirements of the principal national securities exchange on which the Notes or such Pari Passu Indebtedness, as applicable, are listed, (b) on a pro rata basis based on the amount (determined as set forth above) of the Notes and such Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered or (c) by lot or such similar method in accordance with the procedures of The Depository Trust Company; provided that no notes of $2,000 or less shall be repurchased in part. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.

9. DENOMINATIONS, TRANSFER, EXCHANGE. The 2024 Notes are in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. The transfer of 2024 Notes may be registered and 2024 Notes may be exchanged as provided in the Indenture. The Registrar and the Trustee may require a Holder to furnish appropriate endorsements and transfer documents in connection with a transfer of 2024 Notes. Holders shall pay all taxes due on transfer. The Issuers are not required to transfer or exchange any 2024 Note selected for redemption, except for the unredeemed portion of any 2024 Note being redeemed in part. Also, the Issuers are not required to issuer, transfer or exchange any 2024 Notes for a period of 15 days before the mailing of a notice of redemption of 2024 Notes to be redeemed.

10. PERSONS DEEMED OWNERS. The registered Holder of a 2024 Note may be treated as its owner for all purposes.

11. AMENDMENT, SUPPLEMENT AND WAIVER. The Indenture, the Guarantees or the 2024 Notes may be amended or supplemented as provided in the Indenture.

12. DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES. The Events of Default relating to the 2024 Notes are defined in Section 6.01 of the Indenture. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the then outstanding 2024 Notes may declare the principal, premium, if any, interest and any other monetary obligations on all the then outstanding 2024 Notes to be due and payable immediately. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of an Event of Default arising from certain events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding 2024 Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice. Holders may not enforce the Indenture, the 2024 Notes or the Guarantees except as provided in the Indenture. Subject to certain limitations, Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes may direct the Trustee in its exercise of any trust or power. The Trustee may withhold from Holders of the 2024 Notes notice of any continuing Default (except a Default relating to the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest) if it determines that withholding notice is in their interest. The Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Notes then outstanding by notice to the Trustee may on behalf of the Holders of all of the 2024 Notes waive any existing Default and its consequences under the Indenture except a continuing Default in payment of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, any of the 2024 Notes held by a non-consenting Holder. The Issuers are required to deliver to the Trustee annually a statement regarding compliance with the Indenture, and the Issuers are required within ten (10) Business Days after becoming aware of any Default, to deliver to the Trustee a statement specifying such Default and what action the Issuers propose to take with respect thereto.

13. AUTHENTICATION. This 2024 Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee.

 

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14. GOVERNING LAW. THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SHALL GOVERN AND BE USED TO CONSTRUE THE INDENTURE, THE 2024 NOTES AND THE GUARANTEES.

15. CUSIP NUMBERS. Pursuant to a recommendation promulgated by the Committee on Uniform Security Identification Procedures, the Issuers have caused CUSIP numbers to be printed on the 2024 Notes and the Trustee may use CUSIP numbers 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 2024 Notes or as contained in any notice of redemption and reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers placed thereon.

The Issuers will furnish to any Holder upon written request and without charge a copy of the Indenture. Requests may be made to the Issuers at the following address:

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10174

Attention: General Counsel

 

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ASSIGNMENT FORM

To assign this 2024 Note, fill in the form below:

 

(I) or (we) assign and transfer this 2024 Note to:     

 

    

(Insert assignee’ 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 2024 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 2024 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 2024 Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.10 or 4.14 of the Indenture, check the appropriate box below:

¨  Section 4.10      ¨  Section 4.14

If you want to elect to have only part of this 2024 Note purchased by the Issuers pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.14 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 2024 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 initial outstanding principal amount of this Global Note is $        . 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 or Definitive Note for an interest in this Global Note, have been made:

 

Date of Exchange

   Amount of
decrease
in Principal
Amount
   Amount of increase
in Principal
Amount of this
Global Note
   Principal Amount
of
this Global Note
following such
decrease or
increase
   Signature of
authorized
signatory
of Trustee or
Note Custodian
           
           
           
           
           

 

* This schedule should be included only if the 2024 Note is issued in global form

 

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EXHIBIT B

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10174

Attention: General Counsel

DB Services Americas, Inc.

MS JCK01-02185022 Gate Parkway

Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

By Facsimile:

615-866-3889

Attention: Reorganization Unit

For Information or Confirmation by Telephone:

800-735-7777

Re: [5.250% Senior Notes due 2022] [5.625% Senior Notes due 2024]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2014 (the “Indenture”), among CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC and CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

(the “Transferor”) owns and proposes to transfer the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified in Annex A hereto, in the principal amount of $         in such Note[s] or interests (the “Transfer”), to (the “Transferee”), as further specified in Annex A hereto. In connection with the Transfer, the Transferor hereby certifies that:

[CHECK ALL THAT APPLY]

1. ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RELEVANT 144A GLOBAL NOTE OR A RELEVANT DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO RULE 144A. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144A under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that the beneficial interest or Definitive Note is being transferred to a Person that the Transferor reasonably believes is purchasing the beneficial interest or Definitive Note for its own account, or for one or more accounts with respect to which such Person exercises sole investment discretion, and such Person and each such account is a “qualified institutional buyer” within the meaning of Rule 144A in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A and such Transfer is in compliance with all applicable securities laws of the states of the United States and other jurisdictions.

2. ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RELEVANT REGULATION S GLOBAL NOTE OR A DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and, accordingly, the Transferor hereby further certifies that (i) the Transfer is not being made to a person in the United States and (x) at the time the buy order was originated, the Transferee was outside the United States or such Transferor and any Person acting on its behalf reasonably believed and believes that the Transferee was outside the United States or (y) the transaction was executed in, on or through the facilities of a designated offshore securities market and neither such Transferor nor any Person acting on its behalf knows that the transaction was prearranged with a buyer in the United States, (ii) no directed selling efforts have been made in contravention of the requirements of Rule 903(b) or Rule 904(b) of Regulation S under the Securities Act, (iii) the transaction is not part of a plan or scheme to evade the registration requirements of the Securities Act and (iv) if the proposed transfer is being made prior to the expiration of the Restricted Period, the transfer is not being made to a U.S. Person or for the account or benefit of a U.S. Person (other than an Initial Purchaser). Upon consummation of the proposed transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will be subject to the restrictions on Transfer enumerated in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

 

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3. ¨ CHECK AND COMPLETE IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN THE RELEVANT DEFINITIVE NOTE PURSUANT TO ANY PROVISION OF THE SECURITIES ACT OTHER THAN RULE 144A OR REGULATION S. The Transfer is being effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to beneficial interests in Restricted Global Notes and Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States, and accordingly the Transferor hereby further certifies that (check one):

a) ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act;

or

b) ¨ such Transfer is being effected to the Parent or a subsidiary thereof;

or

c) ¨ such Transfer is being effected pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and in compliance with the prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act.

4. ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFEREE WILL TAKE DELIVERY OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OR OF AN UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE.

a) ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO RULE 144. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

b) ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO REGULATION S. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in accordance with Rule 903 or Rule 904 under the Securities Act and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will no longer be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes, on Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

c) ¨ CHECK IF TRANSFER IS PURSUANT TO OTHER EXEMPTION. (i) The Transfer is being effected pursuant to and in compliance with an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act other than Rule 144, Rule 903 or Rule 904 and in compliance with the transfer restrictions contained in the Indenture and any applicable blue sky securities laws of any State of the United States and (ii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act. Upon consummation of the proposed Transfer in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the transferred beneficial interest or Definitive Note will not be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Global Notes or Restricted Definitive Notes and in the Indenture.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuer.

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:  

/s/

  Name:
  Title:

 

Dated:  

 

 

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ANNEX A TO CERTIFICATE OF TRANSFER

5. The Transferor owns and proposes to transfer the following:

[CHECK ONE OF (a) OR (b)]

a) ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

(i) ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                     ), or

(ii) ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                     ), or

b) ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note.

6. After the Transfer the Transferee will hold:

[CHECK ONE]

a) ¨ a beneficial interest in the:

(i) ¨ 144A Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                     ), or

(ii) ¨ Regulation S Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                     ), or

(iii) ¨ Unrestricted Global Note (CUSIP/ISIN:                     ); or

b) ¨ a Restricted Definitive Note; or

c) ¨ an Unrestricted Definitive Note, in accordance with the terms of the Indenture

 

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EXHIBIT C

FORM OF CERTIFICATE OF EXCHANGE

CBS Outdoor Americas Inc.

405 Lexington Avenue, 17th Floor

New York, NY 10174

Attention: General Counsel

DB Services Americas, Inc.

MS JCK01-02185022 Gate Parkway

Suite 200

Jacksonville, FL 32256

By Facsimile:

615-866-3889

Attention: Reorganization Unit

For Information or Confirmation by Telephone:

800-735-7777

Re: [5.250% Senior Notes due 2022] [5.625% Senior Notes due 2024]

Reference is hereby made to the Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2014 (the “Indenture”), among CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC and CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation, the Guarantors named therein and the Trustee. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Indenture.

(the “Owner”) owns and proposes to exchange the Note[s] or interest in such Note[s] specified herein, in the principal amount of $ in such Note[s] or interests (the “Exchange”). In connection with the Exchange, the Owner hereby certifies that:

1) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE FOR UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE

a) ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note of the same series in an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

b) ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note of the same series, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

 

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c) ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN AN UNRESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in an Unrestricted Global Note of the same series, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the beneficial interest is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

d) ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO UNRESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Owner’s Exchange of a Restricted Definitive Note for an Unrestricted Definitive Note of the same series, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer, (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to Restricted Definitive Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, (iii) the restrictions on transfer contained in the Indenture and the Private Placement Legend are not required in order to maintain compliance with the Securities Act and (iv) the Unrestricted Definitive Note is being acquired in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States.

2) EXCHANGE OF RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES FOR RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTES OF THE SAME SERIES OR BENEFICIAL INTERESTS IN RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTES OF THE SAME SERIES

a) ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE TO RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s beneficial interest in a Restricted Global Note for a Restricted Definitive Note of the same series with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies that the Restricted Definitive Note is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the Restricted Definitive Note issued will continue to be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the Restricted Definitive Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

b) ¨ CHECK IF EXCHANGE IS FROM RESTRICTED DEFINITIVE NOTE TO BENEFICIAL INTEREST IN A RESTRICTED GLOBAL NOTE OF THE SAME SERIES. In connection with the Exchange of the Owner’s Restricted Definitive Note for a beneficial interest in the [CHECK ONE] ¨ 144A Global Note ¨ Regulation S Global Note of the same series, with an equal principal amount, the Owner hereby certifies (i) the beneficial interest is being acquired for the Owner’s own account without transfer and (ii) such Exchange has been effected in compliance with the transfer restrictions applicable to the Restricted Global Notes and pursuant to and in accordance with the Securities Act, and in compliance with any applicable blue sky securities laws of any state of the United States. Upon consummation of the proposed Exchange in accordance with the terms of the Indenture, the beneficial interest issued will be subject to the restrictions on transfer enumerated in the Private Placement Legend printed on the relevant Restricted Global Note and in the Indenture and the Securities Act.

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and the benefit of the Issuers and are dated                     .

 

[Insert Name of Transferor]
By:  

/s/

  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT D

[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT GUARANTORS]

Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of                     , among                      (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), an affiliate of CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, a Delaware LLC (“Capital LLC”), and CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Finance Corp.” and together with Capital LLC, the “Issuers”), and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a New York banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

W I T N E S S E T H

WHEREAS, the Issuers and the Guarantors (as defined in the Indenture referred to below) have heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee an indenture (the “Indenture”), dated as of January 31, 2014, providing for the issuance of an unlimited aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2022 and Senior Notes due 2024 (together, the “Notes”);

WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Issuers’ Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:

(1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.

(2) Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees as follows:

(a) Along with all Guarantors named in the Indenture, to jointly and severally unconditionally guarantee to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of the Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Issuers hereunder or thereunder, that:

(i) the principal of and interest and premium on the Notes will be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, if any, if lawful, and all other obligations of the Issuers to the Holders or the Trustee hereunder or thereunder will be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof; and

(ii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same will be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Guarantors and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. This is a guarantee of payment and not a guarantee of collection.


(b) The obligations hereunder shall be unconditional, irrespective of the validity, regularity or enforceability of the Notes or the Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, any waiver or consent by any Holder of the Notes with respect to any provisions hereof or thereof, the recovery of any judgment against the Issuer, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a guarantor.

(c) The following is hereby waived: diligence, presentment, demand of payment, filing of claims with a court in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest, notice and all demands whatsoever.

(d) This Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in the Notes, the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture, and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary accepts all obligations of a Guarantor under the Indenture.

(e) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Issuer, the Guarantors (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiary), or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Issuers or the Guarantors, any amount paid either to the Trustee or such Holder, this Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.

(f) [Reserved].

(g) As between the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (x) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture for the purposes of this Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby, and (y) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Article 6 of the Indenture, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary for the purpose of this Guarantee.

(h) To the extent that the Guaranteeing Subsidiary makes a payment under its Guarantee, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be entitled upon payment in full of all guaranteed obligations under the Indenture to a contribution from each other Subsidiary Guarantor in an amount equal to such other Subsidiary Guarantor’s pro rata portion of such payment based on the respective net assets of all the Subsidiary Guarantors at the time of such payment determined in accordance with GAAP.

(i) Pursuant to Section 10.02 of the Indenture, after giving effect to all other contingent and fixed liabilities that are relevant under any applicable Bankruptcy or fraudulent conveyance laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Guarantor under Article 10 of the Indenture, this new Guarantee shall be limited to the maximum amount permissible such that the obligations of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary under this Guarantee will not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

(j) This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Issuers for liquidation, reorganization, should the Issuers become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of the Issuer’s assets, and shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Notes are, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee on the Notes and Guarantee, whether as a “voidable preference”, “fraudulent transfer” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Note shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.


(k) In case any provision of this Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality, and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

(l) This Guarantee shall be a general unsecured senior obligation of such Guaranteeing Subsidiary.

(m) Each payment to be made by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary in respect of this Guarantee shall be made without set-off, counterclaim, reduction or diminution of any kind or nature.

(3) Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.

(4) Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in Section 5.01(c) of the Indenture, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary may not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuers or Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:

(i) (A) the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, as the case may be, or the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (the Guaranteeing Subsidiary or such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Person”);

(B) the Successor Person, if other than the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s related Guarantee pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;

(C) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists; and

(D) the Issuers 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 indentures, if any, comply with the Indenture; or

(ii) the transaction is made in compliance with Section 4.10 of the Indenture;

(b) Subject to certain limitations described in the Indenture, the Successor Person will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary under the Indenture and the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Guaranteeing Subsidiary may merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to another Guarantor or the Issuer.

(5) Releases. The Guarantee of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be automatically and unconditionally released and discharged, and no further action by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary, the Issuers or the Trustee is required for the release of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee, upon:

(1) (A) any sale, exchange or transfer (by merger or otherwise) of the Capital Stock of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary (including any sale, exchange or transfer), after which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary is no longer a Restricted Subsidiary or all or substantially all the assets of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary which sale, exchange or transfer is made in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Indenture;


(B) the release or discharge of the guarantee by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary of the Senior Credit Facilities or the guarantee which resulted in the creation of the Guarantee, except a discharge or release by or as a result of payment under such guarantee;

(C) the proper designation of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary; or

(D) the Issuers exercising their Legal Defeasance option or Covenant Defeasance option in accordance with Article 8 of the Indenture or the Issuer’s obligations under the Indenture being discharged in accordance with the terms of the Indenture; and

(2) the Guaranteeing Subsidiary delivering to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for in the Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with.

(6) No Recourse Against Others. No director, officer, employee, incorporator or stockholder of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall have any liability for any obligations of the Issuers or the Guarantors (including the Guaranteeing Subsidiary) under the Notes, any Guarantees, the Indenture or this Supplemental Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of, or by reason of, such obligations or their creation. Each Holder by accepting Notes waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for issuance of the Notes.

(7) Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(8) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile or PDF transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes.

(9) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

(10) The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.

(11) Subrogation. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be subrogated to all rights of Holders of Notes against the Issuer in respect of any amounts paid by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary pursuant to the provisions of Section 2 hereof and Section 10.01 of the Indenture; provided that the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall not be entitled to enforce or receive any payments arising out of, or based upon, such right of subrogation until all obligations of the Issuers under the Indenture and the Notes shall have been paid in full.

(12) Benefits Acknowledged. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary’s Guarantee is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to this Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

(13) Successors. All agreements of the Guaranteeing Subsidiary in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its Successors, except as otherwise provided in Section 2(k) hereof or elsewhere in this Supplemental Indenture. All agreements of the Trustee in this Supplemental Indenture shall bind its successors.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.

 

[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY]
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Trustee
By:  

 

  Name:
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EX-4.2 4 d544340dex42.htm EX-4.2 EX-4.2

Exhibit 4.2

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC and

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION,

wholly owned subsidiaries of

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS INC.

$400,000,000 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022

$400,000,000 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

January 31, 2014

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

As Representatives of the Initial Purchasers

 

c/o Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

375 Park Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, New York 10152

Citigroup Global Markets Inc.

388 Greenwich Street

New York, New York 10013

Ladies and Gentlemen:

CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Finance LLC”), and CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Finance Corp.” and together with Finance LLC, the “Issuers”), propose to issue and sell to the several parties named in Schedule I to the Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (the “Initial Purchasers”) for whom you are acting as representatives, $400,000,000 principal amount of their 5.250% Senior Notes due 2022 (the “2022 Notes”) and $400,000,000 principal amount of their 5.625% Senior Notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes” and together with the 2022 Notes, the “Notes”), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Purchase Agreement, dated January 16, 2014, among the Issuers, CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. (the “Parent”), the other Guarantors (as defined below) named therein and you (the “Purchase Agreement”) relating to the initial placement (the “Initial Placement”) of the Securities (as defined below). The Notes will be guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis (the “Guarantees,” together with the Notes, the “Securities”) by the Parent and certain of the Parent’s direct and indirect wholly owned subsidiaries (collectively, the “Guarantors”). To induce you to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to satisfy a condition to your obligations thereunder, the Issuers and the Guarantors agree with you for your benefit and the benefit of the holders from time to time of the Securities (including the Initial Purchasers) (each a “Holder” and, collectively, the “Holders”), as follows:

1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have their respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement. As used in this Registration Rights Agreement (this “Agreement”), the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:

Additional Interest” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.


Affiliate” shall have the meaning specified in Rule 405 under the Securities Act and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” shall have meanings correlative thereto; provided, however, that for purposes of this Agreement, none of Viacom Inc., a Delaware corporation, or National Amusements, Inc., a Maryland Corporation, or any of their respective subsidiaries or controlled Affiliates (other than CBS Corporation and its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates) shall be considered an Affiliate of Parent or the Issuers or any of their respective Affiliates.

Broker-Dealer” shall mean any broker or dealer registered as such under the Exchange Act.

Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a legal holiday or a day on which banking institutions or trust companies are authorized or obligated by law to remain closed in New York City.

Closing Date” shall have the meaning given to it in the Purchase Agreement.

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Deferral Period” shall have the meaning indicated in Section 4(j)(ii) hereof.

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Exchange Offer Completion Deadline” shall mean the 30th Business Day following the Exchange Offer Effectiveness Deadline.

Exchange Offer Effectiveness Deadline” shall mean the 365th day after the Closing Date (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day).

Exchange Offer Registration Period” shall mean the 120-day period following the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, exclusive of any period during which any stop order shall be in effect suspending the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

Exchange Offer Registration Statement” shall mean a registration statement of the Issuers and the Guarantors on an appropriate form under the Securities Act with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer, all amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments thereto, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

Exchanging Dealer” shall mean any Holder (which may include the Initial Purchasers) that is a Broker-Dealer and elects to exchange for New Securities any Securities that it acquired for its own account as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities (but not directly from the Issuers or any Affiliate of the Issuers).

 

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Final Offering Memorandum” shall mean the offering memorandum, dated January 16, 2014, relating to the Securities.

FINRA” shall mean the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.

Holder” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Indenture” shall mean the Indenture relating to the Securities, dated as of the date hereof, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

Initial Placement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Initial Purchasers” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Losses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6(e) hereof.

Majority Holders” shall mean, on any date, Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of Securities outstanding and registered under a Registration Statement.

Managing Underwriters” shall mean the investment bank or investment banks and manager or managers that administer an underwritten offering, if any, under a Registration Statement.

New Securities” shall mean debt securities and related guarantees of the Issuers and the Guarantors evidencing the same continuing indebtedness as the Securities and identical in all material respects to the Securities (except that the transfer restrictions shall be modified or eliminated, as appropriate and no Additional Interest shall apply thereto) to be issued under the Indenture.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement (including, without limitation, a prospectus that discloses information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Securities or the New Securities covered by such Registration Statement, and all amendments and supplements thereto, including any and all exhibits thereto and any information incorporated by reference therein.

Purchase Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Registered Exchange Offer” shall mean the proposed offer of the Issuers and the Guarantors to issue and deliver to the Holders of the Securities that are not prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in such offer, in exchange for the Securities, a like aggregate principal amount of the New Securities evidencing the same continuing indebtedness.

Registrable Securities” shall mean the Securities; provided that the Securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities: (i) when a Registration Statement with respect to such Securities has become effective under the Securities Act and such Securities have been exchanged or disposed of pursuant to such Registration Statement, (ii) when such Securities may be sold pursuant to Rule 144 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule or regulation thereto that may be adopted by the

 

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Commission) without regard to any volume or manner of sale limitations, provided that the Company shall have removed or caused to be removed any restrictive legend on the Securities, (iii) when such Securities cease to be outstanding, (iv) except in the case of Securities that otherwise remain Registrable Securities and that are held by the Initial Purchasers and that are ineligible to be exchanged in the Exchange Offer, when the Exchange Offer is consummated, and (v) on the second anniversary of this Agreement.

Registration Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8 hereof.

Registration Expenses” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5 hereof.

Registration Statement” shall mean any Exchange Offer Registration Statement or Shelf Registration Statement that covers any of the Securities or the New Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, any amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments (in each case including the Prospectus contained therein), all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

Securities” shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble hereto.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Shelf Effectiveness Deadline” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3(b).

Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration effected pursuant to Section 3 hereof.

Shelf Registration Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(b)(ii) hereof.

Shelf Registration Statement” shall mean a “shelf” registration statement of the Issuers and the Guarantors pursuant to the provisions of Section 3 hereof which covers some or all of the Securities or New Securities, as applicable, on an appropriate form under Rule 415 under the Securities Act, or any similar rule that may be adopted by the Commission, amendments and supplements to such registration statement, including post-effective amendments, in each case including the Prospectus contained therein, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference therein.

Trustee” shall mean the trustee with respect to the Securities under the Indenture.

Trust Indenture Act” shall mean the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder.

Underwriter” shall mean any underwriter of Securities in connection with an offering thereof under a Shelf Registration Statement.

2. Registered Exchange Offer. (a) To the extent not prohibited by any applicable law or applicable interpretation of the staff of the Commission, the Issuers shall prepare and file with the Commission the Exchange Offer Registration Statement with respect to the Registered Exchange Offer. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Offer Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act no later than the Exchange Offer Effectiveness Deadline. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the exchange of the Securities no later than the Exchange Offer Completion Deadline.

 

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(b) Upon the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall promptly commence the Registered Exchange Offer, it being the objective of such Registered Exchange Offer to provide to each Holder the ability to exchange Securities for New Securities (assuming that such Holder (i) is not an Affiliate of the Issuers, (ii) acquires the New Securities in the ordinary course of such Holder’s business, (iii) is not engaged in, does not intend to engage in, and has no arrangements or understanding with any person to participate in, the distribution of the New Securities, (iv) is not an Initial Purchaser holding the Securities that have the status of an unsold allotment remaining from the initial distribution of the Securities, and (v) is not otherwise prohibited by any law or policy of the Commission from participating in the Registered Exchange Offer) issued in a registered offering.

(c) In connection with the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to:

(i) mail or cause to be mailed to each Holder a copy of the Prospectus forming part of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, together with an appropriate letter of transmittal and related documents;

(ii) keep the Registered Exchange Offer open for not less than 20 Business Days and not more than 30 Business Days after the date notice thereof is mailed to the Holders (or, in each case, longer if required by applicable law);

(iii) keep the Exchange Offer Registration Statement continuously effective under the Securities Act, supplemented and amended as required under the Securities Act, to ensure that it is available for sales of New Securities by Exchanging Dealers for a period ending on the earlier of (A) the last day of the Exchange Offer Registration Period and (B) the date on which an Exchanging Dealer is no longer required to deliver a prospectus in connection with market-making or other trading activities;

(iv) utilize the services of a depositary for the Registered Exchange Offer, which may be the Trustee or an Affiliate of the Trustee;

(v) permit Holders to withdraw tendered Securities at any time prior to the close of business, New York time, on the last Business Day on which the Registered Exchange Offer is open;

(vi) prior to effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, provide a supplemental letter to the Commission (A) stating that the Issuers and the Guarantors are conducting the Registered Exchange Offer in reliance on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted by Shearman & Sterling LLP (pub. avail. July 2, 1993); and (B) including a representation that the Issuers and the Guarantors have not entered into any arrangement or understanding with any person to distribute the New Securities to be received in the Registered Exchange Offer and that, to the best of the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ information and belief, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer is acquiring the New Securities in the ordinary course of business and has no arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the New Securities; and

(vii) comply in all material respects with all applicable laws in connection with the Registered Exchange Offer.

 

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(d) As soon as practicable after the close of the Registered Exchange Offer, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:

(i) accept for exchange all Securities tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

(ii) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 4(r) all Securities so accepted for exchange; and

(iii) cause the Trustee promptly to authenticate and deliver to each Holder of Securities a principal amount of New Securities equal to the principal amount of the Securities of such Holder so accepted for exchange; provided that, in the case of any Securities held in global form by a depository, authentication and delivery to such depository of one or more replacement Securities in global form in an equivalent principal amount thereto for the account of such Holders in accordance with the Indenture shall satisfy such authentication and delivery requirement.

(e) Each Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that any Broker-Dealer and any such Holder using the Registered Exchange Offer to participate in a distribution of the New Securities (x) cannot under Commission policy as in effect on the date of this Agreement rely on the position of the Commission in Exxon Capital Holdings Corporation (pub. avail. May 13, 1988) and Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc. (pub. avail. June 5, 1991), as interpreted in the Commission’s letter to Shearman & Sterling (pub. avail. July 2, 1993) and similar no-action letters; and (y) must comply with the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any secondary resale transaction, which must be covered by an effective registration statement containing the selling security holder information required by Item 507 or 508, as applicable, of Regulation S-K or any successor provisions under the Securities Act if the resales are of New Securities obtained by such Holder in exchange for Securities acquired by such Holder directly from the Issuers, the Guarantors or one of their Affiliates. Accordingly, each Holder participating in the Registered Exchange Offer shall be required to represent to the Issuers and the Guarantors in writing (which may be contained in the applicable letter of transmittal) that, at the time of the consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer:

(i) any New Securities received by such Holder will be acquired in the ordinary course of business;

(ii) such Holder is not engaged in, does not intend to engage in and does not and will not have any arrangement or understanding with any person to participate in the distribution of the Securities or the New Securities within the meaning of the Securities Act;

(iii) such Holder is not an Affiliate of the Issuers; and

(iv) if such Holder is an Exchanging Dealer, then such Holder will comply with the applicable provisions of the Securities Act (including, but not limited to, the Prospectus delivery requirement thereunder) in connection with a sale of any Securities received by such Holder pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer.

 

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(f) If the Initial Purchasers determine that they are not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer with respect to the exchange of Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, at the written request of the Initial Purchasers, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall issue and deliver to the Initial Purchasers or the person purchasing New Securities registered under a Shelf Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 3 hereof from the Initial Purchasers, in exchange for such Securities, a like principal amount of New Securities. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the CUSIP Service Bureau to issue the same CUSIP number for such New Securities as for New Securities issued pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer.

(g) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall ensure that the Exchange Offer Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act; and (B) do 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 case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (it being understood that the Issuers and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for any information pertaining to any Holder provided by or on behalf of such Holder).

3. Shelf Registration. (a) If (i) due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission or its staff, the Issuers and the Guarantors determine upon advice of counsel that they are not permitted to effect the Registered Exchange Offer as contemplated by Section 2 hereof; (ii) the Registered Exchange Offer is not consummated within 30 Business Days of the date of the effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; (iii) prior to the 20th day following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer (A) the Initial Purchasers so request in writing with respect to Securities that are not eligible to be exchanged for New Securities in the Registered Exchange Offer and that are held by it following consummation of the Registered Exchange Offer, or (B) any Holder (other than the Initial Purchasers) is not eligible to participate in the Registered Exchange Offer (other than by reason of such Holder being an Affiliate of the Issuers); or (iv) if the Initial Purchasers participate in the Registered Exchange Offer or acquire New Securities pursuant to Section 2(f) hereof, and the Initial Purchasers do not receive freely tradable New Securities in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall effect at their cost a Shelf Registration Statement in accordance with subsection (b) below.

(b) (i) If obligated to file the Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall as promptly as reasonably practicable (or, in the case of a filing pursuant to Section 3(a)(i), prior to the Exchange Offer Effectiveness Deadline), file with the Commission and shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to cause to be declared effective under the Securities Act within 180 days (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) after so required or requested (the “Shelf Effectiveness Deadline”), a Shelf Registration Statement relating to the offer and sale of the Securities or the New Securities, as applicable, by the Holders thereof from time to time in accordance with the methods of distribution elected by such Holders and set forth in such Shelf Registration Statement; provided, however, that no Holder (other than the Initial Purchasers) shall be entitled to have the Securities held by it covered by such Shelf Registration Statement unless such Holder agrees in writing to be bound by all of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to such Holder (it being understood that the Company shall not be obligated to file a Shelf Registration Statement pursuant to this Section 3 solely for the benefit of Holders who would have received freely transferable Securities pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer had they not (A) failed to duly tender their Securities for exchange pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer, or otherwise failed to comply with the requirements of the Registered Exchange Offer as provided in Section 2 hereof or (B) failed to furnish to the Issuers and the Guarantors such information as the Issuers and the Guarantors may request in writing in accordance with Section 4(o) in connection with a Shelf Registration Statement); and provided, further,

 

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that with respect to New Securities received by the Initial Purchasers in exchange for Securities constituting any portion of an unsold allotment, the Issuers and the Guarantors may, if permitted by current interpretations by the Commission’s staff, file a post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement containing the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in satisfaction of their obligations under this subsection with respect thereto, and any such Exchange Offer Registration Statement, as so amended, shall be referred to herein as, and governed by the provisions herein applicable to, a Shelf Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuers and the Guarantors may delay filing a Shelf Registration Statement, and any amendment thereto, and may withhold efforts to cause such Shelf Registration Statement, and any such amendment thereto, to become effective for a period of up to 60 days, if the Issuers and Parent determine in good faith that such Shelf Registration Statement, and any such amendment thereto, might interfere with or affect the negotiation or completion of any transaction that is being contemplated by Parent (whether or not a final decision has been made to undertake such transaction) at the time the right to delay is exercised; provided, however, that the Issuers may not exercise such right of delay or withholding of efforts more frequently than two times in any 12-month period and the aggregate period of any such delays or withholdings shall not exceed 60 days in any such 12-month period.

(ii) Subject to Section 4(c), the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to keep the Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, supplemented and amended as required by the Securities Act, in order to permit the Prospectus forming part thereof to be usable by Holders for a period (the “Shelf Registration Period”) from the date the Shelf Registration Statement is declared effective by the Commission until the earliest of (A) the first anniversary of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or (B) the date upon which all the Securities covered by the Shelf Registration Statement have been sold or distributed pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement or have ceased to be Registrable Securities.

(iii) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause the Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, as of the effective date of the Shelf Registration Statement or such amendment or supplement, (A) to comply in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act; and (B) not to 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 case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading (it being understood that the Issuers and the Guarantors shall not be responsible for any information pertaining to any Holder provided by or on behalf of such Holder).

4. Additional Registration Procedures. In connection with any Shelf Registration Statement and, to the extent applicable, any Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the following provisions shall apply.

(a) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall:

(i) furnish to the Initial Purchasers and to counsel for the Initial Purchasers and the Holders, not less than five Business Days prior to the filing thereof with the Commission, a copy of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement and, in the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, furnish the Majority Holders and their counsel a copy of the Shelf Registration Statement, and each amendment thereof and each amendment or supplement, if any, to the Prospectus included therein and shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to reflect in each such document, when so filed with the Commission, such comments as the Initial Purchasers or Majority Holders, as applicable, and such respective counsel reasonably propose;

 

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(ii) include the information set forth in Annex A hereto on the facing page of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, in Annex B hereto in the forepart of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement in a section setting forth details of the Exchange Offer, in Annex C hereto in the underwriting or plan of distribution section of the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, and in Annex D hereto in the letter of transmittal delivered pursuant to the Registered Exchange Offer;

(iii) if requested in writing by the Initial Purchasers, include the information required by Item 507 or 508 of Regulation S-K, as applicable, in the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement; and

(iv) in the case of a Shelf Registration Statement, include the names of the Holders that propose to sell Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement as selling security holders.

(b) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall ensure that:

(i) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto and any Prospectus forming part thereof and any amendment or supplement thereto complies in all material respects with the Securities Act; and

(ii) any Registration Statement and any amendment thereto does not, when it becomes effective, contain an 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 not misleading.

(c) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall advise the Holders of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement and any Exchanging Dealer under any Exchange Offer Registration Statement that, in each case, has provided in writing to the Issuers a telephone or facsimile number and address for notices, and, if requested in writing by the Initial Purchasers or any such Holder or Exchanging Dealer, shall confirm such advice in writing (which notice pursuant to clauses (ii)-(v) hereof shall be accompanied by an instruction to suspend the use of the Prospectus until the Issuers and the Guarantors shall have remedied the basis for such suspension):

(i) when a Registration Statement and any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective;

(ii) of any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information;

(iii) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for that purpose;

 

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(iv) of the receipt by the Issuers or the Guarantors of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the securities included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the institution or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and

(v) of the happening of any event that requires any change in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus so that, as of such date, they (A) do not contain any untrue statement of a material fact and (B) do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

(d) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the qualification of the securities therein for sale in any jurisdiction and, if issued, to obtain as soon as possible the withdrawal thereof.

(e) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall, upon written request, furnish to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, at least one conformed copy of such Shelf Registration Statement and any post-effective amendment thereto, including (if specifically requested) all material incorporated therein by reference and all exhibits thereto (including exhibits incorporated by reference therein).

(f) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall, during the Shelf Registration Period, deliver to each Holder of Securities covered by any Shelf Registration Statement, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus (including the Preliminary Prospectus) included in such Shelf Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request in writing. The Issuers and the Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders of Securities in connection with the offering and sale of the Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Shelf Registration Statement.

(g) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall promptly deliver to the Initial Purchasers, each Exchanging Dealer and each other person required to deliver a Prospectus during the Exchange Offer Registration Period, without charge, as many copies of the Prospectus included in such Exchange Offer Registration Statement and any amendment or supplement thereto as any such person may reasonably request in writing. The Issuers and the Guarantors consent to the use of the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto by the Initial Purchasers, any Exchanging Dealer and any such other person that may be required to deliver a Prospectus following the Registered Exchange Offer in connection with the offering and sale of the New Securities covered by the Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, included in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement.

(h) Prior to the Registered Exchange Offer or any other offering of Securities or New Securities pursuant to any Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to arrange, if necessary, for the registration and/or qualification (or exemption therefrom) of the Securities or the New Securities for sale under the state securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions within the United States as any Holder shall reasonably request in writing and shall maintain such registration and/or qualification (or exemption therefrom) in effect so long as required; provided that in no event shall the Issuers and the Guarantors be obligated to qualify to do business in any jurisdiction where they are not then so qualified or to take any action that would subject them to service of process in suits, other than those arising out of the Initial Placement, the Registered Exchange Offer or any offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration Statement, in any such jurisdiction where they are not then so subject.

 

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(i) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall cooperate with the Holders of Securities to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates representing New Securities or Securities to be issued or sold pursuant to any Registration Statement free of any restrictive legends and in such denominations and registered in such names (consistent with the provisions of the Indenture) as Holders may request at least two Business Days prior to such sale of New Securities or Securities.

(j) (i) Upon the occurrence of any event contemplated by subsection (c)(v) above, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall promptly (or within the time period provided for by clause (ii) hereof, if applicable) prepare a post-effective amendment to the applicable Registration Statement or an amendment or supplement to the related Prospectus or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to the Holders or purchasers of the securities included therein, the Prospectus will not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any 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 such circumstances, the period of effectiveness of the Exchange Offer Registration Statement or the Shelf Registration Statement provided for in Section 2 or Section 3, as applicable, shall be extended by the number of days from and including the date of the giving of a notice of suspension pursuant to Section 4(c) to and including the date when the Initial Purchasers, the Holders of the Securities and any known Exchanging Dealer shall have received such amended or supplemented Prospectus pursuant to this Section.

(ii) Upon the occurrence or existence of any pending corporate development or any other material event that, in the good faith judgment of the Parent, makes it appropriate to suspend the availability of a Shelf Registration Statement and the related Prospectus, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall give notice (without notice of the nature or details of such events) to the Holders that the availability of the Shelf Registration Statement is suspended and, upon actual receipt of any such notice, each Holder agrees not to sell any Registrable Securities pursuant to the Shelf Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of copies of the supplemented or amended Prospectus provided for in Section 4(a) hereof, or until it is advised in writing by the Issuers and the Guarantors that the Prospectus may be used, and has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference in such Prospectus. The period during which the availability of the Shelf Registration and any Prospectus is suspended (the “Deferral Period”) shall not exceed 45 days in any three-month period or more than an aggregate of 90 days in any twelve-month period.

(k) Not later than the effective date of any Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall provide a CUSIP number for the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, registered under such Registration Statement and provide the Trustee with printed certificates for such Securities or New Securities, in a form eligible for deposit with The Depository Trust Company.

(l) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations of the Commission and shall make generally available to their security holders an earning statement satisfying the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act as soon as practicable after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement and in any event no later than 45 days after the end of a 12-month period (or 90 days, if such period is a fiscal year) beginning with the first month of the Parent’s first fiscal quarter commencing after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement; provided that the Issuers and the Guarantors will be deemed to have furnished such statement to its security holders to the extent it is filed on the Commission’s Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system.

 

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(m) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall cause the Indenture to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act as required by applicable law in a timely manner.

(n) The Issuers and the Guarantors may require each Holder of securities to be sold pursuant to any Shelf Registration Statement to furnish to the Issuers such information regarding the Holder and the distribution of such securities as the Issuers and the Guarantors may from time to time reasonably require for inclusion in such Registration Statement. The Issuers and the Guarantors may exclude from such Shelf Registration Statement the Securities of any Holder that fails to furnish such information within a reasonable time after receiving such request in writing.

(o) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, upon the request in writing of the Majority Holders, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall enter into customary agreements (including, if requested in writing, an underwriting agreement in customary form) and take all other appropriate actions, if any, as the Majority Holders shall reasonably request in writing in order to expedite or facilitate the registration or the disposition of the Securities, and in connection therewith, if an underwriting agreement is entered into, cause the same to contain indemnification provisions and procedures no less favorable than those set forth in Section 6 hereof.

(p) In the case of any Shelf Registration Statement, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall:

(i) make available at reasonable times for inspection all relevant financial and other records and pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Parent and its subsidiaries for inspection by the Holders of Securities to be registered thereunder, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the Holders or any such underwriter; provided, however, that, if any such records, documents or other information are related to pending or proposed acquisitions or dispositions, or otherwise related to matters reasonably considered by Parent to constitute sensitive or proprietary information, Parent need not provide such records, documents or information unless the foregoing parties enter into a confidentiality agreement in customary form and reasonably acceptable to such parties and Parent;

(ii) use its commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested in writing by any Holder or any such underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such Registration Statement and attorney, accountant or agent in connection with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided, however, that such information may not be used for any purpose other than due diligence and provided further, however, that any information that is designated in writing by the Parent, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the Holders or any such underwriter, legal counsel, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with an arbitration or court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to the public generally or through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;

(iii) make such representations and warranties to the Holders of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

 

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(iv) if requested in writing by the Majority Holders, their counsel or the Managing Underwriters, if any, in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement, obtain opinions of counsel to the Issuers and the Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Managing Underwriters, if any) addressed to each selling Holder and the underwriters, if any, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested in writing by such Holders and underwriters;

(v) if requested in writing by the Majority Holders, their counsel or the Managing Underwriters, if any, in connection with such Shelf Registration Statement, obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Parent (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Parent or of any business acquired by the Parent for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to each selling Holder of Securities registered thereunder and the underwriters, if any, provided that such letters need not be addressed to any Holder to whom, in the reasonable opinion of Parent’s independent public accountants, addressing such letter is not permissible under applicable accounting standards, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings; and

(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested in writing by the Majority Holders or the Managing Underwriters, if any, including those to evidence compliance with Section 4(j) and with any customary conditions contained in the underwriting agreement or other agreement entered into by the Issuers and the Guarantors.

The actions set forth in clauses (iii), (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (p) shall be performed at (A) the effectiveness of such Registration Statement and each post-effective amendment thereto; and (B) each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder. The actions set forth in clause (iv) of this paragraph (p) shall be performed at each closing under any underwriting or similar agreement as and to the extent required thereunder.

(q) In the case of any Exchange Offer Registration Statement in connection with an underwritten offering, the Issuers shall, if requested in writing by the Initial Purchasers, or by a broker dealer that holds Securities that were acquired as a result of market making or other trading activities:

(i) make reasonably available for inspection by the requesting party, and any attorney, accountant or other agent retained by the requesting party, all relevant financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Parent and its subsidiaries; provided, however, that, if any such records, documents or other information is related to pending or proposed acquisitions or dispositions, or otherwise related to matters reasonably acceptable to such parties and Parent to constitute sensitive or proprietary information, Parent need not provide such records, documents or information unless the foregoing parties enter into a confidentiality agreement in customary form and reasonably acceptable to such parties and Parent;

(ii) cause the Issuers’ and the Guarantors’ officers, directors, employees, accountants and auditors to supply all relevant information reasonably requested in writing by the requesting party or any such attorney, accountant or agent in connection

 

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with any such Registration Statement as is customary for similar due diligence examinations; provided, however, that such information may not be used for any purpose other than due diligence and provided further, however, that any information that is designated in writing by Parent, in good faith, as confidential at the time of delivery of such information shall be kept confidential by the requesting party or any such attorney, accountant or agent, unless such disclosure is made in connection with an arbitration or court proceeding or required by law, or such information becomes available to the public through a third party without an accompanying obligation of confidentiality;

(iii) make such representations and warranties to the requesting party, in form, substance and scope as are customarily made by issuers to underwriters in primary underwritten offerings and covering matters including, but not limited to, those set forth in the Purchase Agreement;

(iv) obtain opinions of counsel to the Issuers and the Guarantors and updates thereof (which counsel and opinions (in form, scope and substance) shall be reasonably satisfactory to the requesting party and its counsel), addressed to the requesting party, covering such matters as are customarily covered in opinions requested in underwritten offerings and such other matters as may be reasonably requested by the requesting party or its counsel;

(v) obtain “comfort” letters and updates thereof from the independent certified public accountants of the Parent (and, if necessary, any other independent certified public accountants of any subsidiary of the Parent or of any business acquired by the Parent for which financial statements and financial data are, or are required to be, included in the Registration Statement), addressed to the requesting party, in customary form and covering matters of the type customarily covered in “comfort” letters in connection with primary underwritten offerings, or if requested by the requesting party or its counsel in lieu of a “comfort” letter, an agreed-upon procedures letter under Statement on Auditing Standards No. 72, covering matters requested by the requesting party or its counsel; and

(vi) deliver such documents and certificates as may be reasonably requested by the requesting party or its counsel, including those to evidence compliance with Section 4(j) and with conditions customarily contained in underwriting agreements.

provided, however, that Parent will be required to perform the foregoing actions set forth in clauses (i) through (vi) only upon the reasonable request in writing by the Initial Purchasers (if applicable) to Parent or the reasonable request in writing to Parent by one or more Broker-Dealers (if applicable) who certify to the Initial Purchasers and Parent in writing that they anticipate they will receive New Securities for their own account in the Registered Exchange Offer for Securities that were acquired by such Broker-Dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities, and, based on the position of the Commission as described in Section 2(e) hereof, will be required to satisfy the prospectus delivery obligation under the Act in connection with the resale of such New Securities; and, provided, further, that Parent will be obligated to deal only with one entity representing such Broker-Dealers, which shall be Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., unless it elects not to act as such representative, and to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of only one counsel representing such Broker-Dealers, which shall be the counsel to the Initial Purchasers, unless such counsel elects not to so act, and to cause to be delivered only one, if any, comfort letter with respect to the Prospectus in the form existing on the expiration of the Registered Exchange Offer and with respect to each subsequent amendment or supplement to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement, if any, effected during the period specified above.

 

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The foregoing actions set forth in clauses (iii), (v) and (vi) of this paragraph (q) shall be performed at the close of the Registered Exchange Offer and the effective date of any post-effective amendment to the Exchange Offer Registration Statement. The actions set forth in clause (iv) of this paragraph (q) shall be performed at the close of the Registered Exchange Offer.

(r) If a Registered Exchange Offer is to be consummated, upon delivery of any physical certificates representing the Securities by Holders to the Issuers (or to such other person as directed by the Issuers) in exchange for physical certificates representing the New Securities, the Issuers shall mark, or caused to be marked, on the Securities so exchanged that such Securities are being cancelled in exchange for the New Securities. In no event shall the Securities be marked as paid or otherwise satisfied.

(s) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to confirm that the ratings issued to the Securities prior to the initial sale will apply to the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

(t) In the event that any Broker-Dealer shall underwrite any Securities or participate as a member of an underwriting syndicate or selling group or “assist in the distribution” (within the meaning of the FINRA rules) thereof, whether as a Holder of such Securities or as an underwriter, a placement or sales agent or a broker or dealer in respect thereof, or otherwise, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall cooperate with such Broker-Dealer in complying with the FINRA rules and shall pay all filing and other fees and expenses in connection therewith.

(u) The Issuers and the Guarantors shall use their commercially reasonable best efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Securities or the New Securities, as the case may be, covered by a Registration Statement.

5. Registration Expenses. The Issuers and the Guarantors shall bear all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations under Sections 2, 3 and 4 hereof and, in the event of any Shelf Registration Statement, will reimburse the Holders for the reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of one firm or counsel (which shall be a nationally recognized law firm experienced in securities matters designated by the Majority Holders) to act as counsel for the Holders in connection therewith (collectively, the “Registration Expenses”). The Registration Expenses shall exclude any and all fees and expenses of advisors or counsel to parties other than the Issuers or the Guarantors (other than the fees and expenses set forth in Section 4(t) and in the preceding sentence); underwriting discounts and commissions; brokerage commissions; and transfer taxes, if any, relating to the sale or disposition of Securities or New Securities.

6. Indemnification and Contribution. (a)The Issuers and the Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Holder of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Registration Statement, the Initial Purchasers and, with respect to any Prospectus delivery as contemplated in Section 4(g) hereof, each Exchanging Dealer, the directors, officers and Affiliates of each such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer and each person who controls any such Holder, Initial Purchaser or Exchanging Dealer within the meaning of either Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against any and all losses, claims, damages or liabilities, joint or several, to which they or any of them may become subject under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or other federal or state statutory law or regulation, at common law or otherwise, insofar as such losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement as originally filed or in any amendment thereof, or in any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, or in any amendment thereof or supplement thereto, 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

 

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therein (in the case of any preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, and agree to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action; provided, however, that the Issuers and the Guarantors will 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 any such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made therein in reliance upon and in conformity with written information pertaining to any Holder or any Initial Purchaser furnished to the Issuers by or on behalf of such Holder or Initial Purchaser specifically for inclusion therein. This indemnity agreement shall be in addition to any liability that the Issuers and the Guarantors may otherwise have.

The Issuers and the Guarantors also, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify as provided in this Section 6(a) or contribute as provided in Section 6(e) hereof to Losses of each underwriter, if any, of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, registered under a Shelf Registration Statement, on substantially the same basis as that of the indemnification of the Initial Purchasers and the selling Holders provided in this Section 6(a) and shall, if requested in writing by any Holder, enter into an underwriting agreement reflecting such agreement, as provided in Section 4(o) hereof.

(b) Each Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement (including the Initial Purchasers that are Holders, in such capacity) severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Issuers, each of the Guarantors, each of their respective directors, each of their respective officers who signs such Registration Statement and each person who controls the Issuers and/or any Guarantor within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act against losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) and agree to reimburse each such indemnified party, as incurred, for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by it in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action, to the same extent as the foregoing indemnity from the Issuers and the Guarantors to each such Holder, but only with respect to information pertaining to such Holder furnished to the Issuers by or on behalf of such Holder specifically for inclusion in the documents referred to in the foregoing indemnity. This indemnity agreement will be in addition to any liability that any such Holder may otherwise have.

(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 6 or notice of the commencement of any action, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 6, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof; but the failure so to notify the indemnifying party (i) will not relieve it from liability under paragraph (a) or (b) above unless and to the extent the indemnifying party is materially prejudiced by such omission. The indemnifying party shall be entitled to appoint counsel (including local counsel) of the indemnifying party’s choice at the indemnifying party’s expense to represent the indemnified party in any action for which indemnification is sought (in which case the indemnifying party shall not thereafter be responsible for the fees and expenses of any separate counsel, other than local counsel if not appointed by the indemnifying party, retained by the indemnified party or parties except as set forth below); provided, however, that such counsel shall be reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. Notwithstanding the indemnifying party’s election to appoint counsel (including local counsel) to represent the indemnified party in an action, the indemnified party shall have the right to employ one separate counsel (including local counsel), and the indemnifying party shall bear the reasonable fees, costs and expenses of such separate counsel if (i) the use of counsel chosen by the indemnifying party to represent the indemnified party would present such counsel with a conflict of interest between the indemnifying party and the indemnified party; (ii) the actual or potential defendants in, or targets of, any such action include both the indemnified party and the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to it and/or other indemnified parties that are different from or additional to those available to the indemnifying party; (iii) the

 

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indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party to represent the indemnified party within a reasonable time after notice of the institution of such action; or (iv) the indemnifying party shall authorize the indemnified party to employ separate counsel at the expense of the indemnifying party. It is understood and agreed that the indemnifying party shall not, in connection with any proceeding or separate but related or substantially similar proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations or circumstances, be liable for the reasonable fees and expenses of more than one separate firm (in addition to any local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction) representing the indemnified parties under paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this Section 6, as the case may be, who are parties to such action or actions. Any such separate firm for any Holders shall be designated in writing by the Holders who sold a majority in interest of the Securities or New Securities by all such Holders in the case of paragraph (a) of this Section 6 or the Issuers in the case of paragraph (b) of this Section 6. In the event that any Holders are indemnified persons collectively entitled, in connection with a proceeding or separate but related or substantially similar proceedings in a single jurisdiction, to the payment of fees and expenses of a single separate firm under this Section 6(c), and any such Holders cannot agree to a mutually acceptable separate firm to act as counsel thereto, then such separate firm for all such indemnified parties shall be designated in writing by the Holders who sold a majority in interest of the Securities or New Securities by all such Holders. No indemnifying party shall, without the written consent of the indemnified parties, effect any settlement of any pending or threatened proceeding in respect of which any indemnified party is or could have been a party and indemnification could have been sought hereunder by such indemnified party, unless such settlement (i) includes an unconditional release of such indemnified party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such indemnified party, from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such proceeding and (ii) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any indemnified party. All fees and expenses reimbursed pursuant to this paragraph (c) shall be reimbursed as they are incurred.

(d) After notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof and approval by such indemnified party of counsel appointed to defend such action, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 6 for any legal or other expenses, other than reasonable costs of investigation, subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, unless (i) the indemnified party shall have employed separate counsel in accordance with the third sentence of paragraph (c) of this Section 6 or (ii) the indemnifying party has authorized in writing the employment of counsel for the indemnified party at the expense of the indemnifying party. After such notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party, the indemnifying party will not be liable for the costs and expenses of any settlement of such action effected by such indemnified party without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), unless such indemnified party waived in writing its rights under this Section 6, in which case the indemnified party may effect such a settlement without such consent.

(e) In the event that the indemnity provided in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6 is unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party for any reason for the losses, claims, damages or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) (other than by virtue of the failure of an indemnified party to notify the indemnifying party of its right to indemnification pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 6, where such failure materially prejudices the indemnifying party (through the forfeiture of substantial rights or defenses)) referred to therein, then each applicable indemnifying party shall have a joint and several obligation (unless the Holders are the indemnifying parties in which case their obligations are several and not joint) to contribute to the aggregate losses, claims, damages and liabilities (including legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any loss, claim, liability, damage or action) (collectively “Losses”) to which such indemnified party may be subject in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by such indemnifying

 

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party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, from the Initial Placement and the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses; provided, however, that in no event (i) shall an Initial Purchaser be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by such Initial Purchaser with respect to the offering of the Securities, or in the case of a New Security, exceeds the amount of any damages that such Initial Purchaser has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, (ii) nor shall any underwriter be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the total discounts and commissions received by such underwriter with respect to the offering of the securities purchased by such underwriter exceeds the amount of any damages that such underwriter has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission, and (iii) nor shall any Holder be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds by such Holder from the sale of Securities or New Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. If the allocation provided by the immediately preceding sentence is unavailable for any reason, the indemnifying party and the indemnified party shall contribute to cover the cost of the Losses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only such relative benefits but also the relative fault of such indemnifying party, on the one hand, and such indemnified party, on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Benefits received by the Issuers and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be deemed to be in the same respective proportions as the net proceeds (before deducting expenses) received by the Issuers from the sale of the Securities and the total discounts and commissions received by the Initial Purchasers as set forth in the Final Offering Memorandum and bear to the aggregate offering price of the Securities. Benefits received by any other Holders shall be deemed to be equal to the value of receiving Securities or New Securities, as applicable, registered under the Securities Act. Benefits received by any underwriter shall be deemed to be equal to the total underwriting discounts and commissions, as set forth on the cover page of the Prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement which resulted in such Losses. The relative fault of the Issuers and the Guarantors on the one hand and the Initial Purchasers on the other shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Issuers or any Guarantor or by the Initial Purchasers and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph (e), no person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

(f) The provisions of this Section 6 will remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any Holder or the Issuers or any of the indemnified persons referred to in this Section 6, and will survive the sale by a Holder of securities covered by a Registration Statement.

7. Underwritten Registrations.

(a) If any of the Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, covered by any Shelf Registration Statement are to be sold in an underwritten offering, the Managing Underwriters shall be selected by the Majority Holders and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Parent.

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persons entitled hereunder to approve such arrangements; and (ii) timely completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

8. Registration Defaults. If any of the following events (each such event, a “Registration Default”) shall occur, then the Issuers shall pay additional interest (the “Additional Interest”) to the Holders of the applicable series of Registrable Securities in respect of the Registrable Securities as follows:

(a) if any Registration Statement required by this Agreement is not declared effective by the Commission on or prior to, in the case of any required Exchange Offer Registration Statement, the Exchange Offer Effectiveness Deadline (unless the applicable Registered Exchange Offer is not permissible due to any change in law or applicable interpretations thereof by the Commission or its staff), and, in the case of any required Shelf Registration Statement, the Shelf Effectiveness Deadline, then commencing on the day after such Exchange Offer Effectiveness Deadline or Shelf Effectiveness Deadline, as applicable, Additional Interest shall accrue on the series of Registrable Securities to which such Registration Default applies at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days from and including such specified date plus an additional 0.25% per annum as of the end of each subsequent 90-day period thereafter in each case until the Registration Statement, if required hereby, becomes effective or the Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum; or

(b) if any Registered Exchange Offer required by this Agreement is not completed prior to the Exchange Offer Completion Date, then Additional Interest shall accrue on the series of Registrable Securities to which such Registration Default applies at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days from and including such Exchange Offer Completion Date plus an additional 0.25% per annum as of the end of each subsequent 90-day period thereafter in each case until the Registered Exchange Offer required by this Agreement is completed or the Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum; or

(c) if any Registration Statement required by this Agreement has been declared effective but ceases to be effective at any time at which it is required to be effective under this Agreement without being succeeded within one Business Day by a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement that cures such failure and that is itself declared effective on the same Business Day of its filing, then commencing on the day the Registration Statement ceases to be effective, Additional Interest shall accrue on the series of Registrable Securities to which such Registration Default applies at a rate of 0.25% per annum for the first 90 days from and including such specified date plus an additional 0.25% per annum as of the end of each subsequent 90-day period thereafter in each case until the Registration Statement, if required hereby, becomes effective or the Securities become freely tradable under the Securities Act, up to a maximum increase of 1.00% per annum;

provided, however, that Additional Interest may not accrue under more than one Registration Default at any one time; provided, further, that upon the the cure of all Registration Defaults that have occurred, Additional Interest shall cease to accrue. Furthermore, no incremental Additional Interest shall accrue during any Deferral Period in effect in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

9. No Inconsistent Agreements. The Issuers and the Guarantors have not entered into, and agree not to enter into, any agreement with respect to their securities that is inconsistent with the rights granted to the Holders herein or that otherwise conflicts with the provisions hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, such provision shall not prohibit the Issuers or the Guarantors from satisfying their obligations under any existing agreements providing security holders with registration rights.

 

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10. Amendments and Waivers. The provisions of this Agreement may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Issuers and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Holders of a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Registrable Securities outstanding; provided that, with respect to any matter that directly or indirectly affects the rights of the Initial Purchasers hereunder, the Issuers and the Guarantors shall obtain the written consent of the Initial Purchasers against which such amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent is to be effective; provided, further, that no amendment, qualification, supplement, waiver or consent with respect to Section 8 hereof shall be effective as against any Holder of Registered Securities unless consented to in writing by such Holder; and provided, further, that the provisions of this Section 10 may not be amended, qualified, modified or supplemented, and waivers or consents to departures from the provisions hereof may not be given, unless the Issuers and the Guarantors have obtained the written consent of the Initial Purchasers and each Holder. Notwithstanding the foregoing (except the foregoing provisos), a waiver or consent to departure from the provisions hereof with respect to a matter that relates exclusively to the rights of Holders whose Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, are being sold pursuant to a Registration Statement and that does not directly or indirectly affect the rights of other Holders may be given by the Majority Holders, determined on the basis of Securities or New Securities, as the case may be, being sold rather than registered under such Registration Statement.

11. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be made in writing by hand-delivery, first-class mail, telex, telecopier or air courier guaranteeing overnight delivery:

(a) if to a Holder, at the most current address given by such holder to the Issuers and the Guarantors in accordance with the provisions of this Section 11, which address initially is, with respect to each Holder, the address of such Holder maintained by the Registrar under the Indenture;

(b) if to the Initial Purchasers, initially at the address or addresses set forth in the Purchase Agreement; and

(c) if to the Issuers and the Guarantors, initially at the Issuers’ address set forth in the Purchase Agreement.

All such notices and communications shall be deemed to have been duly given when received.

The Initial Purchasers or the Issuers and the Guarantors by notice to the other parties may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

12. Remedies. Each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights provided to it herein, in the Indenture or in the Purchase Agreement or granted by law, including recovery of liquidated or other damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement. The Issuers and the Guarantors agree that monetary damages would not be adequate compensation for any loss incurred by reason of a breach by them of the provisions of this Agreement and hereby agree to waive in any action for specific performance the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

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assignment or any consent thereto by the Issuers and the Guarantors, subsequent Holders of Securities and the New Securities, or the indemnified persons referred to in Section 6 hereof. The Issuers and the Guarantors hereby agree to extend the benefits of this Agreement to any Holder of Securities and the New Securities, and any such Holder may specifically enforce the provisions of this Agreement as if an original party hereto.

14. Integration. This Agreement superseded all prior agreements and understandings (whether written or oral) among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original and all of which together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

16. Headings. The section headings used herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

17. Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed within the State of New York. The parties hereto each hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any and all rights to trial by jury in any legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

18. Severability. In the event that any one or more of the provisions contained herein, or the application thereof in any circumstances, is held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect for any reason, the validity, legality and enforceability of any such provision in every other respect and of the remaining provisions hereof shall not be in any way impaired or affected thereby, it being intended that all of the rights and privileges of the parties shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

19. Securities Held by the Issuers, etc. Whenever the consent or approval of Holders of a specified percentage of principal amount of Securities or New Securities is required hereunder, Securities or New Securities, as applicable, held by the Issuers, the Guarantors or their Affiliates shall be deemed not outstanding in determining whether such consent or approval was given by the Holders of such required percentage.

 

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If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding of our agreement, please sign and return to us the enclosed duplicate hereof, whereupon this letter and your acceptance shall represent a binding agreement between the Issuers, the Guarantors and the Initial Purchasers.

 

 

THE ISSUERS
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

Name:   Donald R. Shassian
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

Name:   Donald R. Shassian
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

[REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]


GUARANTORS
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS INC.
By:  

/s/ Joseph R. Ianniello

Name:   Joseph R. Ianniello
Title:  

President, Treasurer and Secretary

OUTDOOR INC.
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

Name:   Donald R. Shassian
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR GROUP LLC
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

Name:   Donald R. Shassian
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR LLC
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

Name:   Donald R. Shassian
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTERNET INC.
By:  

/s/ Raymond Nowak

Name:   Raymond Nowak
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

[REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]


CBS OUTDOOR L.A. INC.
By:  

/s/ Raymond Nowak

Name:   Raymond Nowak
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS COLLEGIATE SPORTS PROPERTIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Raymond Nowak

Name:   Raymond Nowak
Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

[REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]


The foregoing Agreement is hereby confirmed and accepted as of the date first above written.
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Chris Blum

  Name:   Chris Blum
  Title:   Managing Director
By:  

/s/ Frank Fazio

  Name:   Frank Fazio
  Title:   Managing Director
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC
By:  

/s/ Jeffrey R. Gignac

  Name:   Jeffrey R. Gignac
  Title:   Director
CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC.
By:  

/s/ Monique Renta

  Name:   Monique Renta
  Title:   Director
For themselves and the other several Initial Purchasers

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT]


ANNEX A

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. The Letter of Transmittal states that by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. The Issuers have agreed that, for a period of 120 days after the date of this prospectus, it will make this prospectus available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

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ANNEX B

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account in exchange for securities, where such securities were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities, must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. See “Plan of Distribution.”

 

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ANNEX C

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

Each broker-dealer that receives new securities for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer must acknowledge that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities. This prospectus, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, may be used by a broker-dealer in connection with resales of new securities received in exchange for securities where such securities were acquired as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities. In addition, all dealers effecting transactions in the new securities may be required to deliver a prospectus. To the extent any such broker-dealer participates in the Exchange Offer, the Issuers have agreed that, for a period of 120 days after the date of this prospectus, it will make this prospectus, as amended or supplemented, available to any broker-dealer for use in connection with any such resale, and will deliver as many additional copies of this prospectus and any amendment or supplement to this prospectus to any broker-dealer that requests such documents in the Letter of Transmittal.

The Issuers will not receive any proceeds from any sale of new securities by brokers-dealers. New securities received by broker-dealers for their own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer may be sold from time to time in one or more transactions in the over-the-counter market, in negotiated transactions, through the writing of options on the new securities or a combination of such methods of resale, at market prices prevailing at the time of resale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or negotiated prices. Any such resale may be made directly to purchasers or to or through brokers or dealers who may receive compensation in the form of commissions or concessions from any such broker-dealer and/or the purchasers of any such new securities. Any broker-dealer that resells new securities that were received by it for its own account pursuant to the Exchange Offer and any broker or dealer that participates in a distribution of such new securities may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and any profit of any such resale of new securities and any commissions or concessions received by any such persons may be deemed to be underwriting compensation under the Securities Act. The Letter of Transmittal states that by acknowledging that it will deliver and by delivering a prospectus, a broker-dealer will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

The Issuers have agreed to pay all expenses incident to the Exchange Offer other than commissions or concessions of any brokers or dealers and will indemnify the holders of the securities (including any broker-dealers) against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act.

 

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ANNEX D

Rider A

PLEASE FILL IN YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS BELOW IF YOU ARE A BROKER-DEALER AND WISH TO RECEIVE 10 ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THE PROSPECTUS AND 10 COPIES OF ANY AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS THERETO.

 

Name:   

 

  
Address:   

 

  
  

 

  

Rider B

If the undersigned is not a broker-dealer, the undersigned represents that it acquired the new securities in the ordinary course of its business, it is not engaged in, and does not intend to engage in, a distribution of new securities and it has no arrangements or understandings with any person to participate in a distribution of the new securities. If the undersigned is a broker-dealer that will receive new securities for its own account in exchange for securities, it represents that the securities to be exchanged for new securities were acquired by it as a result of market-making activities or other trading activities and acknowledges that it will deliver a prospectus in connection with any resale of such new securities; however, by so acknowledging and by delivering a prospectus, the undersigned will not be deemed to admit that it is an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act.

 

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EX-10.6 5 d544340dex106.htm EX-10.6 EX-10.6

Exhibit 10.6

 

 

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of January 31, 2014

among

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC

and CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION,

as the Borrowers,

CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Administrative Agent and Swing Line Lender,

THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME,

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS INC. AND THE OTHER

GUARANTORS PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME

and

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers

 

 

CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED and MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC

as Joint Book Runners

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. and DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

as Co-Syndication Agents

 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. and MORGAN STANLEY MUFG LOAN PARTNERS, LLC

as Co-Documentation Agents

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

             Page  
ARTICLE I          Definitions and Accounting Terms      1   
  Section 1.01.   Defined Terms      1   
  Section 1.02.   Other Interpretive Provisions      51   
  Section 1.03.   Accounting Terms; GAAP      51   
  Section 1.04.   Rounding      52   
  Section 1.05.   References to Agreements, Laws, Etc      52   
  Section 1.06.   Times of Day      52   
  Section 1.07.   Timing of Payment of Performance      52   
  Section 1.08.   Pro Forma and Other Calculations      53   
  Section 1.09.   Letter of Credit Amounts      54   
ARTICLE II        The Commitments and Credit Extensions      54   
  Section 2.01.   The Loans      54   
  Section 2.02.   Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans      55   
  Section 2.03.   Letters of Credit      56   
  Section 2.04.   Swing Line Loans      67   
  Section 2.05.   Prepayments      70   
  Section 2.06.   Termination or Reduction of Commitments      73   
  Section 2.07.   Repayment of Loans      73   
  Section 2.08.   Interest      74   
  Section 2.09.   Fees      74   
  Section 2.10.   Computation of Interest and Fees      75   
  Section 2.11.   Evidence of Indebtedness      75   
  Section 2.12.   Payments Generally      76   
  Section 2.13.   Sharing of Payments      78   
  Section 2.14.   Incremental Credit Extensions      79   
  Section 2.15.   Refinancing Amendments      81   
  Section 2.16.   Extension Offers      82   
  Section 2.17.   Defaulting Lenders      84   
ARTICLE III       Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality      85   
  Section 3.01.   Taxes      85   
  Section 3.02.   Illegality      88   
  Section 3.03.   Inability to Determine Rates      88   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

             Page  
  Section 3.04.   Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans      89   
  Section 3.05.   Funding Losses      90   
  Section 3.06.   Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation      91   
  Section 3.07.   Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances      92   
  Section 3.08.   Survival      93   
ARTICLE IV        Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions      93   
  Section 4.01.   Conditions to the Initial Credit Extensions      93   
  Section 4.02.   Conditions to All Credit Extensions after the Closing Date      95   
ARTICLE V         Representations and Warranties      96   
  Section 5.01.   Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws      96   
  Section 5.02.   Authorization; No Contravention      96   
  Section 5.03.   Governmental Authorization; Other Consents      96   
  Section 5.04.   Binding Effect      97   
  Section 5.05.   Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect      97   
  Section 5.06.   Litigation      97   
  Section 5.07.   [Reserved]      97   
  Section 5.08.   Ownership of Property; Liens      97   
  Section 5.09.   Environmental Compliance      98   
  Section 5.10.   Taxes      98   
  Section 5.11.   ERISA Compliance      99   
  Section 5.12.   Subsidiaries; Equity Interests      99   
  Section 5.13.   Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act      99   
  Section 5.14.   Disclosure      100   
  Section 5.15.   OFAC and Patriot Act      100   
  Section 5.16.   Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc      100   
  Section 5.17.   Solvency      101   
  Section 5.18.   FCPA      101   
  Section 5.19.   Security Documents      101   
  Section 5.20.   Use of Proceeds      102   
ARTICLE VI        Affirmative Covenants      102   
  Section 6.01.   Financial Statements      103   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

             Page  
  Section 6.02.   Certificates; Other Information      104   
  Section 6.03.   Notices      105   
  Section 6.04.   Payment of Taxes      105   
  Section 6.05.   Preservation of Existence, Etc      106   
  Section 6.06.   Maintenance of Properties      106   
  Section 6.07.   Maintenance of Insurance      106   
  Section 6.08.   Compliance with Laws      106   
  Section 6.09.   Books and Records      107   
  Section 6.10.   Inspection Rights      107   
  Section 6.11.   Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors      107   
  Section 6.12.   Compliance with Environmental Laws      109   
  Section 6.13.   Post-Closing Conditions and Further Assurances      110   
  Section 6.14.   Designation of Subsidiaries      110   
  Section 6.15.   [Reserved]      111   
  Section 6.16.   Use of Proceeds      111   
  Section 6.17.   Maintenance of Ratings      111   
  Section 6.18.   Lender Calls      111   
  Section 6.19.   REIT Status      111   
ARTICLE VII       Negative Covenants      112   
  Section 7.01.   Liens      112   
  Section 7.02.   Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock      116   
  Section 7.03.   Fundamental Changes      121   
  Section 7.04.   Dispositions      122   
  Section 7.05.   Restricted Payments      125   
  Section 7.06.   Investments      129   
  Section 7.07.   Transactions with Affiliates      129   
  Section 7.08.   Burdensome Agreements      131   
  Section 7.09.   Financial Covenant      132   
  Section 7.10.   Accounting Changes      133   
  Section 7.11.   Change in Nature of Business      133   
  Section 7.12.   Sale and Lease-Back Transactions      133   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

             Page  
ARTICLE VIII      Events Of Default and Remedies      133   
  Section 8.01.   Events of Default      133   
  Section 8.02.   Remedies Upon Event of Default      136   
  Section 8.03.   Application of Funds      136   
ARTICLE IX        Administrative Agent and Other Agents      137   
  Section 9.01.   Appointment and Authority      137   
  Section 9.02.   Delegation of Duties      138   
  Section 9.03.   Exculpatory Provisions      138   
  Section 9.04.   Reliance by Administrative Agent      139   
  Section 9.05.   Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders      139   
  Section 9.06.   Rights as a Lender      140   
  Section 9.07.   Resignation of Administrative Agent      140   
  Section 9.08.   Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim      141   
  Section 9.09.   Collateral and Guaranty Matters      142   
  Section 9.10.   No Other Duties, Etc      143   
  Section 9.11.   Treasury Services Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements      143   
  Section 9.12.   Withholding Tax      144   
ARTICLE X         Miscellaneous      144   
  Section 10.01.   Amendments, Etc      144   
  Section 10.02.   Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications      147   
  Section 10.03.   No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement      149   
  Section 10.04.   Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver      149   
  Section 10.05.   Payments Set Aside      151   
  Section 10.06.   Successors and Assigns      152   
  Section 10.07.   Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality      157   
  Section 10.08.   Setoff      158   
  Section 10.09.   Interest Rate Limitation      159   
  Section 10.10.   Counterparts; Effectiveness      159   
  Section 10.11.   Integration      159   
  Section 10.12.   Survival of Representations and Warranties      160   
  Section 10.13.   Replacement of Lenders      160   
  Section 10.14.   Severability      161   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

             Page  
  Section 10.15.   GOVERNING LAW      161   
  Section 10.16.   WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY      162   
  Section 10.17.   Binding Effect      162   
  Section 10.18.   No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility      163   
  Section 10.19.   Lender Action      163   
  Section 10.20.   USA Patriot Act      163   
  Section 10.21.   Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents      164   
  Section 10.22.   Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers      164   
ARTICLE XI        Guarantee      166   
  Section 11.01.   The Guarantee      166   
  Section 11.02.   Obligations Unconditional      167   
  Section 11.03.   Reinstatement      168   
  Section 11.04.   Subrogation; Subordination      168   
  Section 11.05.   Remedies      168   
  Section 11.06.   Instrument for the Payment of Money      169   
  Section 11.07.   Continuing Guarantee      169   
  Section 11.08.   General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations      169   
  Section 11.09.   Release of Guarantors      169   
  Section 11.10.   Right of Contribution      170   
  Section 11.11.   Subject to Intercreditor Agreement      170   
  Section 11.12.   Keepwell      170   
  Section 11.13.   Appointment of Parent as Representative of the Borrowers      170   

 

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SCHEDULES
   1.01A      Commitments
   1.01B      Letter of Credit Commitments
   1.01E      Existing Investments
   5.08      Exceptions to Ownership of Property
   5.09(b)      Environmental Matters
   5.12      Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments
   6.13(a)      Certain Collateral Documents
   7.01(b)      Existing Liens
   7.02(b)      Existing Indebtedness
   7.07      Existing Transactions with Affiliates
   7.08      Burdensome Agreements
   10.02      Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices
EXHIBITS
Form of     
   A      Committed Loan Notice
   B      Swing Line Loan Notice
   C-1      Term Note
   C-2      Revolving Credit Note
   C-3      Swing Line Note
   D      Compliance Certificate
   E      Assignment and Assumption
   F      Security Agreement
   G-1      Perfection Certificate
   G-2      Perfection Certificate Supplement
   H      [Reserved]
   I-1      Intercreditor Agreement
   I-2      Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement
   J      United States Tax Compliance Certificate
   K      Solvency Certificate

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT

This CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of January 31, 2014 among CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as borrowers (together with their respective successors and assigns, each “Borrower” and, collectively, the “Borrowers”), CBS Outdoor Americas Inc., a Maryland corporation and indirect parent of the Borrowers (the “Parent”) and the other Guarantors party hereto from time to time, Citibank, N.A. (“Citibank”), as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Swing Line Lender and an L/C Issuer and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

The Borrowers have requested that (i) on the Closing Date, the Term Lenders lend to the Borrowers Term Loans in an initial principal amount of $800 million in order to finance the Closing Date Transactions and to finance costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith and (ii) from time to time, the Revolving Credit Lenders make Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans to the Borrowers and the L/C Issuers issue on the account of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries Letters of Credit.

The applicable Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend, and the L/C Issuers have indicated their willingness to issue Letters of Credit, in each case, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Accounting Terms

Section 1.01. Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

Accounting Opinion” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.01(a).

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

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

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

Additional Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).


Additional Refinancing Lender” means, at any time, any bank, financial institution or other institutional lender or investor that, in any case, is not an existing Lender and that agrees to provide any portion of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment in accordance with Section 2.15; provided, that each Additional Refinancing Lender shall be subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, to the extent that any such consent would be required from the Administrative Agent under Section 10.06(b) (iii)(B) for an assignment of Loans to such Additional Refinancing Lender, solely to the extent such consent would be required for any assignment to such Lender.

Additional Revolving Borrower Joinder” means the joinder hereto by any Loan Party, as an additional joint and several Borrower under the Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to a joinder agreement among the Administrative Agent, Parent and such Loan Party in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Administrative Agent” means Citibank, in its capacity as administrative agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent.

Administrative Agent’s Office” means the Administrative Agent’s address and account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify Parent and the Lenders.

Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate” of any specified Person, means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as used with respect to any Person, shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise.

Agent Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.02(c).

Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Co-Documentation Agents and the Co-Syndication Agents.

Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.

Agreement” means this credit agreement, as the same may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

All-In Yield” means, at any time, with respect to any Term Loan or other Indebtedness, the weighted average yield to stated maturity of such Term Loan or other Indebtedness based on the interest rate or rates applicable thereto and giving effect to all upfront or similar fees or original issue discount payable to the Lenders or other creditors advancing such Term Loan or other Indebtedness with respect thereto (but not arrangement or underwriting fees paid to an arranger for

 

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their account) and to any interest rate “floor” (with original issue discount and upfront fees, which shall be deemed to constitute like amounts of original issue discount, being equated to interest margins in a manner consistent with generally accepted financial practice based on an assumed four-year life to maturity).

Alternative Currency” means Canadian Dollars or any other lawful currency which is freely convertible into Dollars and is freely traded and available in the London interbank eurocurrency market with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the applicable L/C Issuer.

Anti-Terrorism Laws” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15.

Applicable Percentage” means with respect to any Revolving Credit Lender, the percentage of the total Revolving Credit Commitments represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment. If the Revolving Credit Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Credit Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

Applicable Period” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Applicable Rate.”

Applicable Rate” means a percentage per annum equal to:

(a) with respect to Term Loans, 2.25% in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans and 1.25% in the case of Base Rate Loans.

(b) with respect to Revolving Credit Loans, unused Revolving Credit Commitments and Letter of Credit fees, (i) until delivery of financial statements for the first full fiscal quarter commencing on or after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.01, (A) for Eurodollar Rate Loans, 2.25%, (B) for Base Rate Loans, 1.25%, (C) for Letter of Credit Fees, 2.25% and (D) for unused commitment fees, 0.50% and (ii) thereafter, the following percentages per annum, based upon the Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio as set forth in the most recent Compliance Certificate received by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.02(a):

Applicable Rate

 

Pricing
Level
   Consolidated
Net Secured
Leverage Ratio
   Eurodollar Rate
and Letter of
Credit Fees
    Base Rate     Unused
Commitment Fee
Rate
 

1

   < 1.50:1.00      2.00     1.00     0.375

2

   ³ 1.50:1.00      2.25     1.25     0.50

Any increase or decrease in the Applicable Rate resulting from a change in the Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio shall become effective as of the first Business Day immediately following the date a Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a); provided, that the highest Pricing Level shall apply as of the first Business Day after the date on which a Compliance Certificate was required to have been delivered but was not delivered, and shall continue to so apply up to and including the date on which such Compliance Certificate is so delivered (and thereafter the Pricing Level otherwise determined in accordance with this definition shall apply).

 

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In the event that any Compliance Certificate is shown by the Administrative Agent to be inaccurate (whether as a result of an inaccuracy in the financial statements on which such Compliance Certificate is based, a mistake in calculating the applicable Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio or otherwise) at any time that this Agreement is in effect and any Loans or Commitments are outstanding such that the Applicable Rate for any period (an “Applicable Period”) should have been higher than the Applicable Rate applied for such Applicable Period, then (i) Parent shall promptly (and in no event later than five (5) Business Days thereafter) deliver to the Administrative Agent a corrected Compliance Certificate for such Applicable Period; (ii) the Applicable Rate shall be determined by reference to the corrected Compliance Certificate (but in no event shall the Lenders owe any amounts to the Borrowers); and (iii) the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent promptly (and in no event later than five (5) Business Days after the date such corrected Compliance Certificate is delivered) any additional interest owing as a result of such increased Applicable Rate for such Applicable Period, which payment shall be promptly applied by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any nonpayment of such interest as a result of any such inaccuracy shall not constitute a Default (whether retroactively or otherwise), and no such amounts shall be deemed overdue (and no amounts shall accrue interest at the Default Rate), at any time prior to the date that is five (5) Business Days following the date such corrected Compliance Certificate is delivered. The Borrowers’ Obligations under this paragraph shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

Appropriate Lender” means, at any time, (a) with respect to Loans of any Class, the Lenders of such Class, (b) with respect to Letters of Credit, (i) the relevant L/C Issuers and (ii) the Revolving Credit Lenders, and (c) with respect to the Swing Line Facility, (i) the relevant Swing Line Lender and (ii) if any Swing Line Loans are outstanding pursuant to Section 2.04(a), the Revolving Credit Lenders.

Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender, or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages a Lender.

Arrangers” means Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC in their capacities as lead arranger and/or lead bookrunners.

Assignee Group” means two or more Eligible Assignees that are Affiliates of one another or two or more Approved Funds managed by the same investment advisor.

Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 10.06(b)(iii), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E hereto or any other form (including electronic documentation generated by any electronic platform) approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

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Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.

Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date of determination, in respect of any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, the present value of the total obligations of the lessee for net rental payments during the remaining term of the lease included in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction, including any period for which such lease has been extended or may, at the option of the lessor, be extended. In the case of clause (b), such present value shall be calculated using a discount rate equal to the rate of interest implicit in such transaction, determined in accordance with GAAP.

Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of each of December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, and the related audited consolidated statements of income, of changes in shareholders’ equity and of cash flows for Parent and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

Auto-Extension Letter of Credit” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(b)(iii).

Available Amount” means the sum of (a) (i) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA of Parent for the period (taken as one accounting period) beginning on the first day of the fiscal quarter during which the Closing Date occurs to the end of Parent’s most recently completed fiscal quarter for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 at the time of such Restricted Payment, minus (ii) the product of (A) 1.4 and (B) Consolidated Interest Expense of Parent for the same period (taken as one accounting period) plus (b) 100% of the aggregate net cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by Parent, of marketable securities or other property received by Parent or, in connection with “UPREIT” acquisitions, by Capital LLC since immediately after the Closing Date from the issue or sale of (i) Equity Interests of Parent or Capital LLC, but excluding cash proceeds and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by Parent, of marketable securities or other property received from the IPO and (ii) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary that has been converted into or exchanged for Equity Interests of Parent (provided, however, that this clause (ii) shall not include the proceeds of (x) Equity Interests, Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of Parent or Capital LLC sold to a Restricted Subsidiary or Parent or (y) Disqualified Stock or Indebtedness that has been converted or exchanged into Disqualified Stock) plus (c) 100% of the aggregate amount of cash and the fair market value, as determined in good faith by Parent, of marketable securities or other property contributed to the capital of Parent or, in connection with “UPREIT” acquisitions, of Capital LLC following the Closing Date (other than by a Restricted Subsidiary or Parent) minus (d) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made in reliance on the final paragraph of Section 7.05.

Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by Citibank as its base rate, and (c) the Eurodollar Rate for an Interest Period of one (1) month plus 1.00%; provided, that for purposes of this clause (c), the Base Rate with respect to Term Loans will be deemed not to be less than 1.75%. The base rate is a rate set by Citibank based upon various factors including Citibank’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans,

 

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which may be priced at, above, or below such announced rate. Any change in such base rate announced by Citibank shall take effect at the opening of business on the day specified in the public announcement of such change.

Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest based on the Base Rate.

Borrowers” means (a) each “Borrower” as defined in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and (b) in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility only, shall include such other Loan Parties (other than Parent), on a joint and several basis with the other Borrowers, as may be requested by Parent upon at least ten (10) business days’ notice to the Administrative Agent; provided, that, in respect of each Person that becomes a Borrower under the Revolving Credit Facility pursuant to this clause (b), (i) such Loan Party shall have executed an Additional Revolving Borrower Joinder, (ii) Parent shall have provided (or caused to be provided) such legal opinions and other documentation reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent (or any Revolving Credit Lender) and consistent with the documentation delivered under Section 4.01 with respect to the Borrowers on the Closing Date (including any additional information that may be necessary to comply with “know your customer” and other applicable laws and regulations), (iii) such Person shall thereafter comply with the provisions of this Agreement applicable to Borrowers, including Section 10.22, and (iv) the funding of Loans to such Loan Party by any Revolving Credit Lender shall not violate any Requirement of Law applicable to such Revolving Credit Lender.

Borrower Materials” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

Borrowing” means a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a Swing Line Borrowing, or a Term Borrowing, as the context may require.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the state of New York; provided that if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such Eurodollar Rate Loan, or any other dealings to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurodollar Rate Loan, the term “Business Day” shall also exclude any day on which banks are not open for dealings in dollar deposits in the London interbank eurodollar market.

Capital LLC” means CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Capital Stock” means:

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

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

 

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

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

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

Capitalized Leases” means all leases that have been or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases.

Cash Collateral” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).

Cash Collateral Account” means a blocked account at Citibank (or another commercial bank selected in compliance with Section 9.09) in the name of the Administrative Agent and under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent, and otherwise established in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

Cash Collateralize” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(g).

Cash Equivalents” means:

(a) United States dollars;

(b) (A) euro, or any national currency of any member state of the European Union; or

(B) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by them from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

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

(d) certificates of deposit, time deposits and dollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500 million in the case of U.S. banks and $100 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;

(e) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (c) and (d) entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (d) above;

 

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(f) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moody’s or at least A-1 by S&P and in each case maturing within twenty four (24) months after the date of creation thereof;

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

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

(i) Investments with average maturities of twenty four (24) months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated AAA- (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or Aaa3 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s; and

(j) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (i) above).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (a) and (b) above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (a) and (b) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts.

Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.

CBS Corporation” means CBS Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

CBS Outdoor LLC” means CBS Outdoor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as subsequently amended.

CERCLIS” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Information System maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the Code.

CFC Holdco” means a Domestic Subsidiary substantially all of the assets of which consist, directly or indirectly, of equity of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries that are CFCs.

Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application

 

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thereof by any Governmental Authority, or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided, that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law,” regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Change of Control” means any of the following:

(a) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than a Permitted Holder;

(b) Parent becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), other than a Permitted Holder, in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of merger, consolidation or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of 50% or more of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Parent (directly or through the acquisition of voting power of Voting Stock of any direct or indirect parent company of Parent);

(c) during any period of two (2) consecutive years, individuals who at the beginning of such period were members of the Board of directors (or equivalent body) of Parent (together with any new members thereof whose election by such Board of directors (or equivalent body) or whose nomination for election by holders of Capital Stock of Parent was approved by a vote of a majority of the members of such Board of directors (or equivalent body) then still in office who were either members thereof 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 such board of directors (or equivalent body) then in office;

(d) the approval of any plan or proposal for the winding up or liquidation of Parent or Capital LLC;

(e) (i) Parent ceases to (A) at any time that Capital LLC is a limited liability company or partnership, either be the sole general partner or managing member of, or wholly own and control, directly or indirectly, the sole general partner or managing member of, Capital LLC, in each case to the extent applicable or (B) at any time that Capital LLC is a corporation, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, greater than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Capital LLC or (ii) Parent and/or Capital LLC ceases to beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of CBS Outdoor LLC; or

 

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(f) a “change of control” (or similar event) shall occur under the Senior Notes Indenture or any Indebtedness for borrowed money or any Disqualified Stock, in each case incurred by any Loan Party as permitted under Section 7.02 with an aggregate outstanding principal amount in excess of the Threshold Amount.

For purposes of this definition, any direct or indirect holding company of Parent shall not itself be considered a “Person” or “group” for purposes of clause (b) above; provided, that no “Person” or “group” beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, more than a majority of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such holding company.

Citibank” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.

Class” means (a) when used with respect to Lenders, refers to whether such Lenders are Revolving Credit Lenders or Term Lenders, (b) when used with respect to Commitments, refers to whether such Commitments are Revolving Credit Commitments or Term Commitments, and (c) when used with respect to Loans or a Borrowing, refers to whether such Loans, or the Loans comprising such Borrowing, are Revolving Credit Loans or Term Loans.

Closing Date” the date on which the conditions precedents set forth in Section 4.01 are satisfied or duly waived.

Closing Date Transactions” means, collectively (a) the funding of the Loans on the Closing Date and the execution and delivery of Loan Documents to be entered into on the Closing Date, (b) the Debt Proceeds Transfer, and (c) the payment of Closing Date Transaction Expenses.

Closing Date Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by Parent (or any direct or indirect parent of Parent) or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the Closing Date Transactions (including expenses in connection with hedging transactions), this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

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

Collateral” means the “Collateral” as defined in the Security Agreement, all the “Collateral” or “Pledged Assets” as defined in any other Collateral Document and any other assets a Lien in which is granted or purported to be granted pursuant to any Collateral Documents.

Collateral Agent” means Citibank, in its capacity as collateral agent or pledgee in its own name under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor collateral agent.

Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, each of the Mortgages, collateral assignments, security agreements, pledge agreements, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section 6.11 or Section 6.13, and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

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Commitment” means a Term Commitment or a Revolving Credit Commitment of any Class or of multiple Classes, as the context may require.

Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

Commodity Exchange Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

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

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

(a) increased (without duplication) by:

(A) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital gains, including, federal, state, non-U.S. franchise, excise, value added and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period, including any penalties and interest relating to such taxes or arising from any tax examinations, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income; plus

(B) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period; plus

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

(D) any fees, expenses or charges related to the IPO, any Equity Offering, Permitted Investment, acquisition, disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred in accordance with this Agreement (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (i) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Senior Notes or under the Loan Documents, (ii) any amendment or other modification of the Senior Notes, and, in each case, deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income, and (iii) the other Transactions; plus

(E) the amount of any restructuring charge or reserve deducted (and not added back) in such period in computing Consolidated Net Income, including any restructuring costs incurred in connection with acquisitions, mergers or consolidations after the Closing Date; plus

(F) any other non-cash charges, including any write offs or write downs and non-cash compensation expenses recorded from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options,

 

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restricted stock or other rights, reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided, that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA in such future period to the extent paid, but excluding from this proviso, for the avoidance of doubt, amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus

(G) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary deducted (and not added back) in such period in calculating Consolidated Net Income; plus

(H) the amount of loss on sale of receivables and related assets to the Receivables Subsidiary in connection with a Receivables Facility; plus

(I) any costs or expense incurred by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of Parent or net cash proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interest of Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) solely to the extent that such net cash proceeds are excluded from the calculation of the Available Amount; plus

(J) the amount of cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and initiatives and synergies projected by Parent in good faith to be reasonably anticipated to be realizable within twelve (12) months of the date of any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, consolidation or other action being given pro forma effect (which will be added to Consolidated EBITDA as so projected until fully realized and calculated on a Pro Forma Basis as though such cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and initiatives and synergies had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized during such period from such actions; provided that (x) all steps have been taken for realizing such cost savings, (y) such cost savings are reasonably identifiable and factually supportable (in the good faith determination of Parent) and (z) the aggregate amount of cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and initiatives and synergies added back pursuant to this clause (J) in any Test Period shall not exceed 10% of Consolidated EBITDA (prior to giving effect to such addbacks);

(b) decreased by (without duplication) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period; and

(c) increased or decreased by (without duplication):

(A) any net loss or gain, respectively, resulting in such period from Hedging Obligations and the application of Financial Accounting Codification No. 815-Derivatives and Hedging; plus or minus, as applicable, and

(B) any net loss or gain, respectively, resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness (including any net loss or gain resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk).

 

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

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

(b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and such Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; plus

(c) whether or not treated as interest expense in accordance with GAAP, all cash dividends or other distributions accrued (excluding dividends payable solely in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent) on any series of Disqualified Stock or any series of Preferred Stock during such period.

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

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

(a) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including expenses relating to (i) severance and relocation costs, (ii) any rebranding or corporate name change or (iii) uninsured storm or other weather-related damage, in excess of $5 million for any single weather event) shall be excluded;

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

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

 

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(d) any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions other than in the ordinary course of business, as determined in good faith by Parent, shall be excluded;

(e) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded; provided, that Consolidated Net Income of Parent shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such period;

(f) the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded if the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by that Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination wholly permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided, that Consolidated Net Income of Parent will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein;

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

(h) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with the Transactions and any acquisition, Investment, Disposition, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded.

Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Consolidated Total Net Debt of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date that is secured by Liens, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period.

Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio” means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Consolidated Total Debt of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date that is secured by Liens, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period.

Consolidated Total Net Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capitalized Lease Obligations and Attributable Indebtedness, less up to $150 million

 

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of cash and Cash Equivalents (which are not Restricted Cash) that would be stated on the balance sheet of the Loan Parties as of such date of determination; provided that for purposes of determining the Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio in connection with the incurrence of any Incremental Facilities incurred pursuant to Section 2.14 or any Permitted Debt Offerings incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(b)(21) only, the cash proceeds of such Incremental Facilities and/or Permitted Debt Offering shall not be deemed to be included on the consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, Capitalized Lease Obligations and Attributable Indebtedness.

Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio” means, as of the date of determination, the ratio of (a) the Consolidated Total Debt of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date, to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period.

Contingent Obligations” means, with respect to any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases, dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness (“primary obligations”) of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any obligation of such Person, whether or not contingent:

(a) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor;

(b) to advance or supply funds:

(A) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or

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

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

Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate.”

Co-Documentation Agents” means Goldman Sachs Bank USA, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Bank of America, N.A. and Morgan Stanley MUFG Loan Partners, LLC, as co-documentation agents.

 

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Co-Syndication Agents” means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc., as co-syndication agents.

Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness” means any (a) Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, (b) Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt, (c) Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt or (d) Indebtedness incurred hereunder pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, in each case, issued, incurred or otherwise obtained (including by means of the extension or renewal of existing Indebtedness) in exchange for, or to extend, renew, replace, repurchase, retire or refinance, in whole or part, existing Loans or Commitments hereunder, or any then-existing Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness (“Refinanced Debt”); provided, that (i) such exchanging, extending, renewing, replacing, repurchasing, retiring or refinancing Indebtedness is in an original aggregate principal amount not greater than the aggregate principal amount of the Refinanced Debt except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium (including tender premium) and penalties thereon plus reasonable upfront fees and OID on such exchanging, extending, renewing, replacing, repurchasing, retiring or refinancing Indebtedness, plus other reasonable and customary fees and expenses in connection with such exchange, modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement, repurchase, retirement or extension and (ii) such Refinanced Debt shall be repaid, repurchased, retired, defeased or satisfied and discharged, and all accrued interest, fees, premiums (if any) and penalties in connection therewith shall be paid, substantially concurrently with the date such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is issued, incurred or obtained.

Credit Extension” means each of the following: (a) a Borrowing and (b) an L/C Credit Extension.

Debt Proceeds Transfer” means one or more transfers by Parent of the net proceeds of the Term Loans and the Senior Notes (less $50 million) to an indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of CBS Corporation in exchange for the contribution by such Subsidiary of the interests of the entities composing the “CBS Outdoor” business to Parent.

Debtor Relief Laws” means the United States Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

Declined Proceeds” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(v).

Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate, if any, applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.0% per annum; provided, that with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

 

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Defaulting Lender” means any Lender that (a) has failed to fund any portion of the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans, participations in L/C Obligations or participations in Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless subsequently cured, unless such Lender notifies Administrative Agent and Parent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (which conditions precedent, together with the applicable default or breach of a representation, if any, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, (b) has otherwise failed to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute or subsequently cured, (c) has notified Parent or the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations or has made a public statement to that effect with respect to its funding obligations hereunder or generally under agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (d) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or an L/C Issuer to confirm in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or such L/C Issuer that it will comply with its funding obligations, or (e) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or a custodian appointed for it, or (iii) taken any action in furtherance of, or indicated its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment; provided, that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue (1) of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority or (2) an Undisclosed Administration.

Designated Issuing Bank” means the issuing bank under any Designated Standalone Letter of Credit Facility.

Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory itself is the subject of any Sanction.

Designated Non-cash Consideration” means the fair market value (as determined in good faith by Parent) of non-cash consideration received by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a Disposition that is so designated as Designated Non-cash Consideration pursuant to an officer’s certificate, setting forth the basis of such valuation less the amount of cash or Cash Equivalents received in connection with a subsequent sale of or conversion of or collection on such Designated Non-cash Consideration.

Designated Standalone Letter of Credit Facility” means any Standalone Letter of Credit Facility that has been designated as a Treasury Services Agreement by Parent, but only to the extent that the issuing bank under such Standalone Letter of Credit Facility (if other than a Person already party hereto as a Lender) shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a letter agreement reasonably satisfactory to it agreeing to be bound by Sections 9.09 and 10.05 as if it were a Lender.

 

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Disposition” or “Dispose” means:

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

(b) the issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than Preferred Stock of Restricted Subsidiaries issued in compliance with Section 7.02), whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions.

Disqualified Stock” means, with respect to any Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms, or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is putable or exchangeable, or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale) pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely as a result of a change of control or asset sale), in whole or in part, in each case prior to the date ninety one (91) days after the earlier of the Latest Maturity Date at the time of issuance of such Capital Stock or the date the Loans are no longer outstanding; provided, however, that only the portion of Capital Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of the holder thereof prior to such date shall be deemed to be Disqualified Stock; provided, further, however, that if such Capital Stock is issued to any employee or any plan for the benefit of employees of Parent or its Subsidiaries or by any such plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased by Parent or its Subsidiaries in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations or as a result of any such employee’s termination, death or disability; provided, further, however, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not be deemed to be Disqualified Stock.

Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

Dollar Equivalent” of any amount expressed, at the time of determination thereof, (a) if such amount is expressed in Dollars, such amount, and (b) in any Alternative Currency, means the equivalent amount thereof in Dollars as determined by the applicable L/C Issuer or, in the absence of such determination, the Administrative Agent at such time on the basis of the spot rate (determined as of the most recent Revaluation Date) for the purchase of Dollars with such Alternative Currency.

Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

Eligible Assignee” means and includes a commercial bank, an insurance company, a finance company, a financial institution, any Fund or any other “accredited investor” (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act) but in any event excluding (x) Parent, the Borrowers and their respective Affiliates and Subsidiaries, (y) natural persons and (z) any Defaulting Lender.

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

 

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Environment” means indoor air, ambient air, surface water, groundwater, drinking water, land surface, subsurface strata, and natural resources such as wetlands, flora and fauna.

Environmental Laws” means the common law and any and all Federal, state, local, and foreign statutes, Laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution, the protection of the Environment or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health or to the Release or threat of Release of Hazardous Materials into the Environment.

Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of investigation and remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Loan Parties or any Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials into the Environment, or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

Environmental Permit” means any permit, approval, identification number, license or other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

Equity Interests” means Capital Stock and all warrants, options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock, but excluding any debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for, Capital Stock.

Equity Offering” means any public or private sale of common stock or Preferred Stock of Parent (excluding Disqualified Stock), other than:

(a) the IPO;

(b) public offerings with respect to any such Person’s common stock registered on Form S-8;

(c) issuances to any Subsidiary of Parent; and

(d) Refunding Capital Stock.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with a Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan; (b) with respect to any Pension Plan, the failure to satisfy the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the

 

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Code or Section 302 of ERISA, whether or not waived; (c) a withdrawal by a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Pension Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which it was a substantial employer (as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA) or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA; (d) a complete or partial withdrawal by a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or notification that a Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization, within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA, or in endangered or critical status, within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 of ERISA; (e) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, or the commencement of proceedings by the PBGC to terminate a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (f) an event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; or (g) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA by the PBGC, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan.

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

Eurodollar Rate” means:

(a) for any Interest Period with respect to a Eurodollar Rate Loan, the rate per annum equal to the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), or a successor rate which rate is approved by the Administrative Agent, as published on the applicable Reuters screen page (or such other commercially available source providing such quotations as may be reasonably designated by the Administrative Agent from time to time) at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period, for Dollar deposits (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period; and

(b) for any interest calculation with respect to a Base Rate Loan on any date, the rate per annum equal to LIBOR, at or about 11:00 a.m., London time determined two (2) Business Days prior to such date for U.S. Dollar deposits with a term of one (1) month commencing that day;

provided, that to the extent a comparable or successor rate is approved by the Administrative Agent in connection herewith, the approved rate shall be applied in a manner consistent with market practice; provided, further that to the extent such market practice is not administratively feasible for the Administrative Agent, such approved rate shall be applied in a manner as otherwise reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that the Eurodollar Rate with respect to Term Loans that bear interest at a rate based on clause (a) of this definition will be deemed not to be less than 0.75% per annum.

Eurodollar Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurodollar Rate.

Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

 

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

Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary; (b) any Immaterial Subsidiary; (c) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable Law, or by Contractual Obligations existing on the Closing Date (or, in the case of any future acquisition, as of the closing date of such acquisition, so long as such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), from guaranteeing the Obligations or would require the approval, consent, license or authorization of any Governmental Authority in order to guarantee the Obligations (unless such approval, consent, license or authorization has been received); (d) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom; (e) any Receivables Subsidiary; (f) any Foreign Subsidiary; (g) any Unrestricted Subsidiary; and (h) any CFC Holdco.

Excluded Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason not to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act at the time the Guarantee of such Guarantor becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to any Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to or on account of a Recipient, (a) any Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or profits, franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized or having its principal office or applicable Lending Office in the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes; (b) in the case of a Lender, any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in a Loan or Commitment pursuant to a Law in effect at the time (i) such Lender becomes a party hereto or acquires such interest in the Loan or Commitment (other than pursuant to Parent’s request under Section 10.13) or (ii) such Lender designates a new Lending Office, except to the extent that such Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, immediately prior to the time of designation of a new Lending Office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from a Loan Party with respect to such Taxes pursuant to Section 3.01(a) or (c); (c) any Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(d); and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

Executive Order” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.15.

Extended Revolving Credit Commitment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16.

 

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Extended Term Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16.

Extending Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16.

Extension” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16.

Extension Offer” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.16.

Facility” means the Term Loans, the Revolving Credit Facility, the Swing Line Sublimit or the Letter of Credit Sublimit, as the context may require.

FCPA” means Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as of the date hereof (and any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any agreements entered into pursuant to current Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code (or any amended or successor version described above) and any current or future Treasury regulations or official administrative interpretations thereof.

Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided, that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) charged to Citibank on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

Financial Covenant Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(b).

Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is not a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Foreign Plan” means any employee benefit plan, program or agreement maintained or contributed to by, or entered into with, Parent or any Subsidiary with respect to employees employed outside the United States (other than benefit plans, programs or agreements that are mandated by applicable Laws).

Foreign Subsidiary” means (i) any Subsidiary which is not a Domestic Subsidiary or (ii) any Subsidiary of a Subsidiary described in the preceding clause (i).

FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Fronting Exposure” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any L/C Issuer, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Obligations

 

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with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer other than L/C Obligations as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof and (b) with respect to any Swing Line Lender, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of outstanding Swing Line Loans made by such Swing Line Lender other than Swing Line Loans as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to Non-Defaulting Lenders.

Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, as in effect from time to time, subject to Section 1.03.

Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, county, provincial or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(g).

Guarantee” means a guarantee (other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business), direct or indirect, in any manner (including letters of credit and reimbursement agreements in respect thereof), of all or any part of any Indebtedness or other obligations.

Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01.

Guarantors” means (a) Parent and the Subsidiaries of Parent (other than the Borrowers) party hereto as of the Closing Date and those Restricted Subsidiaries that issue a Guarantee of the Obligations after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 6.11, in each case (i) other than any Foreign Subsidiary or any CFC Holdco and/or (ii) until released in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to obligations and liabilities owing by any Loan Party (other than the applicable Borrower) in respect of Secured Hedging Agreements or Treasury Services Agreements , each Borrower.

Guaranty” means, collectively, the guaranty of the Obligations by the Guarantors pursuant to this Agreement.

Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, mold, infectious or medical wastes that are regulated pursuant to, or the Release or exposure to which could give rise to liability under, applicable Environmental Law.

Hedge Bank” means any Person that is the Administrative Agent, an Arranger or a Lender or an Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, an Arranger, or a Lender on the Closing Date or at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement or a Treasury Services Agreement, as applicable,

 

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in its capacity as a party thereto, and (other than a Person already party hereto as a Lender) delivers to the Administrative Agent a letter agreement reasonably satisfactory to it agreeing to be bound by Sections 9.09 and 10.05 as if it were a Lender.

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

Honor Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).

Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Parent that does not have assets (after intercompany eliminations) in excess of $10 million or annual revenues in excess of $5 million, in each case as determined as of the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a).

Incremental Amendment” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

Incremental Term Loans” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

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

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

(i) in respect of borrowed money;

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

(iii) representing the deferred and unpaid balance of the purchase price of any property, except (x) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in the ordinary course of business, (y) any earn-out obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP, and (z) liabilities accrued in the ordinary course of business; or

(iv) representing any Hedging Obligations;

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

(b) all Attributable Debt and all Capitalized Lease Obligations;

(c) to the extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of a

 

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third Person (whether or not such items would appear upon the balance sheet of such obligor or guarantor), other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of business; and

(d) to the extent not otherwise included, any Indebtedness of the type referred to in clause (a) of a third Person secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such first Person (other than Liens on Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries securing, respectively, Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries), whether or not such Indebtedness is assumed by such first Person; provided, for purposes hereof the amount of such Indebtedness shall be the lesser of the Indebtedness so secured and the fair market value of the assets of the first person securing such Indebtedness;

provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (a) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, (b) deferred or prepaid revenues and (c) obligations under or in respect of Receivables Facilities.

Indemnified Taxes” means (a) all Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a) above, Other Taxes.

Indemnitees” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.04.

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

Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.07.

Intellectual Property Security Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(iii).

Intercreditor Agreement” means a first lien intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I-1 hereto, among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the representatives for any Additional First Lien Secured Parties (as defined therein) (which agreement in such form or with immaterial changes thereto the Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into) together with any material changes thereto in light of prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five (5) Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five (5) Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s execution thereof.

Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Eurodollar Rate Loan, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made; provided, that if any Interest Period for a Eurodollar Rate Loan exceeds three (3) months, the respective dates that fall every three (3) months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates, and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan (including a Swing Line Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.

 

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Interest Period” means, as to each Eurodollar Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurodollar Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurodollar Rate Loan and ending on the date one (1), three (3) or six (6) months thereafter or, to the extent agreed by each Lender of such Eurodollar Rate Loan, twelve (12) months or one (1) week thereafter, as selected by Parent in its Committed Loan Notice; provided, that:

(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

(c) no Interest Period shall extend beyond the Maturity Date of the Facility under which such Loan was made.

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

Investment Grade Securities” means:

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

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

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

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Investments” means, with respect to any Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade credit, deposits, advances to customers and suppliers, commission, travel and similar advances to officers and employees, in each case made in the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other securities issued by any other Person and investments that are required by GAAP to be classified on the balance sheet (excluding the footnotes) of such Person in the same manner as the other investments included in this definition to the extent such transactions involve the transfer of cash or other property. For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 7.06:

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

(A) Parent’s direct or indirect “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; less

(B) the portion (proportionate to Parent’s direct or indirect equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the fair market value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation; and

(b) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its fair market value at the time of such transfer as determined in good faith by Parent.

The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, without giving effect to subsequent changes in value but reduced by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount received in cash by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in respect of such Investment.

IP Rights” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.16.

IPO” means the underwritten initial public offering of common stock of Parent (including the issuance of shares of common stock of Parent pursuant to the option to purchase granted to the underwriters in connection with the IPO) pursuant to the registration statement on Form S-11 initially filed by Parent with the SEC on June 27, 2013, as amended from time to time.

IPO Proceeds Transfers” means one or more transfers by Parent of the net proceeds of the IPO (less an amount to be determined by CBS Corporation equal to the estimated cash portion of the Purging Distributions) to CBS Corporation or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of CBS Corporation in exchange for the contribution of the interests of the entities composing the “CBS Outdoor” business to Parent, including any true-up transfer in the event that the cash required for the Purging Distributions is less than the amount of the IPO proceeds excluded from the IPO Proceeds Transfers initially.

ISP” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance).

Issuer Documents” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, the Letter of Credit Application, and any other document, agreement and instrument entered into by any L/C Issuer and a Borrower (or any Subsidiary) or in favor of such L/C Issuer and relating to such Letter of Credit.

L/C Advance” means, with respect to each Revolving Credit Lender, such Lender’s funding of its participation in any L/C Borrowing in accordance with its Pro Rata Share.

 

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L/C Borrowing” means an extension of credit resulting from a drawing under any Letter of Credit which has not been timely reimbursed or refinanced as a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03(c).

L/C Commitment” mean, with respect to any L/C Issuer, the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit that such L/C Issuer has committed, in writing, to provide subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement. The L/C Commitments of the L/C Issuers as of the Closing Date are as set forth on Schedule 1.01B.

L/C Credit Extension” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the issuance thereof or extension of the expiry date thereof, or the renewal or increase of the amount thereof.

L/C Issuer” means (a) each Person identified on Schedule 1.01B and (b) any other Lender that becomes an L/C Issuer in accordance with Section 2.03(k) or 10.06(h) following the Closing Date, in each case, in its capacity as an issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder, or any successor issuer of Letters of Credit hereunder and, in the case of clause (b), subject to such Lender’s acceptance of such appointment. Any reference to “L/C Issuer” herein shall be to the applicable L/C Issuer, as appropriate.

L/C Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate undrawn amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit plus the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate of all Unreimbursed Amounts, including all L/C Borrowings.

Latest Maturity Date” means, at any date of determination, the latest Maturity Date applicable to any Loan or Commitment hereunder at such time, including the latest maturity date of any Incremental Term Loan Commitment, any Other Term Loan Commitment, any Extended Term Loan, any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment, any Incremental Term Loans, any Incremental Revolving Credit Commitments, in each case as extended in accordance with this Agreement from time to time.

Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, Federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.

Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, as the context requires, includes an L/C Issuer and a Swing Line Lender, and their respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender.”

Lending Office” means, as to any Lender, such office or offices as a Lender may from time to time notify Parent and the Administrative Agent.

Letter of Credit” means any letter of credit issued hereunder. A Letter of Credit may be a standby letter of credit.

 

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Letter of Credit Application” means an application and agreement for the issuance or amendment of a Letter of Credit in the form from time to time in use by the relevant L/C Issuer.

Letter of Credit Expiration Date” means the day that is five (5) Business Days prior to the scheduled Maturity Date then in effect for the Revolving Credit Facility (or, if such day is not a Business Day, the next preceding Business Day).

Letter of Credit Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $150 million and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Letter of Credit Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Facility.

LIBOR” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Eurodollar Rate.”

Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien (statutory or otherwise), pledge, hypothecation, charge, security interest, preference, priority or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, any option or similar agreement to sell or give a security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided, that in no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a Lien.

Liquidity Condition” means, as of any time of determination, that the sum of (a) cash and Cash Equivalents (other than Restricted Cash) of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of unused Revolving Credit Commitments at such time shall be no less than $250 million.

Loan” means an extension of credit by a Lender to a Borrower under Article II in the form of a Term Loan, a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan.

Loan Documents” means, collectively, (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes, (c) the Collateral Documents, (d) the Intercreditor Agreement (if any), (e) the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if any) and (f) amendments of and joinders to any Loan Documents that are deemed pursuant to their terms to be Loan Documents for purposes hereof.

Loan Extension Agreement” means an agreement among the Borrowers and one or more Extending Lenders implementing the terms of any applicable Extension Offer pursuant to Section 2.16.

Loan Parties” means, collectively, Parent, the Borrowers and each Guarantor.

Margin Stock” has the meaning specified in Section 5.13(a).

Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract.”

Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, or financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of Parent and the other Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under this Agreement, or (c) the material rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement.

 

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Material Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary of Parent that has assets (after intercompany eliminations) in excess of $50 million or annual revenues in excess of $50 million, in each case as determined as of the date of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a).

Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of Parent that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.

Maturity Date” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans, January 31, 2021 and (b) with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility, January 31, 2019; provided, that if either such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately succeeding such day.

Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount” means, at any date of determination, a principal amount of not greater than (a) $400 million plus (b) an unlimited amount, so long as on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of any such Incremental Facility or any Permitted Debt Offering (and after giving effect to any acquisition consummated concurrently therewith and calculated as if any Incremental Revolving Increase were fully drawn on the closing date thereof), the Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio is equal to or less than 3.50 to 1.00 for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, provided, that the principal amount of any Incremental Facilities incurred pursuant to Section 2.14 or any Permitted Debt Offerings incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(b)(21), in each case, shall reduce the amount in clause (a) on a dollar-for-dollar basis until reduced to zero.

Maximum Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio” has the meaning specified in Section 7.09.

Maximum Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 10.09.

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

Mortgage” has the meaning specified in Section 6.11(c).

Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) attributable to such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of Preferred Stock dividends.

 

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Net Proceeds” means:

(a) with respect to any Disposition or Casualty Event, 100% of the cash proceeds actually received by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries from such Disposition or Casualty Event, net of (i) attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, required debt payments and required payments of other obligations relating to the applicable asset to the extent such debt or obligations are secured by a Lien permitted hereunder (other than pursuant to the Loan Documents and Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness) on such asset, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees actually incurred in connection therewith, (ii) Taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, and (iii) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any adjustment to the sale price or any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (i) above) (x) related to any of the applicable assets and (y) retained by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations (however, the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Proceeds of such Disposition or Casualty Event occurring on the date of such reduction); provided, that, if Parent intends to use any portion of such proceeds to acquire, maintain, develop, construct, improve, upgrade or repair assets useful in the business of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or to make Permitted Acquisitions or any acquisition of all or substantially all the assets of, or all the Equity Interests (other than directors’ qualifying shares) in, a Person or division or line of business of a Person (or any subsequent investment made in a Person, division or line of business previously acquired), in each case within twelve (12) months of such receipt, such portion of such proceeds shall not constitute Net Proceeds except to the extent not, within twelve (12) months of such receipt, so used or contractually committed to be so used (it being understood that if any portion of such proceeds are not so used within such twelve (12) month period but within such twelve (12) month period are contractually committed to be used, then upon the termination of such contract or if such Net Proceeds are not so used within the later of such twelve (12) month period and one hundred and eighty (180) days from the entry into such Contractual Obligation, such remaining portion shall constitute Net Proceeds as of the date of such termination or expiry without giving effect to this proviso) and

(b) with respect to any Indebtedness, 100% of the cash proceeds from the incurrence, issuance or sale by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of such Indebtedness, net of all taxes and fees (including investment banking fees), commissions, costs and other expenses, in each case incurred in connection with such issuance or sale.

For purposes of calculating the amount of Net Proceeds, fees, commissions and other costs and expenses payable to Parent or any Affiliate shall be disregarded.

Non-Defaulting Lender” means, at any time, each Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender at such time.

Non-Extension Notice Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.03(b)(iii).

Non-Guarantor Subsidiary” means any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (other than the Borrowers).

 

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Note” means a Term Note, a Revolving Credit Note or a Swing Line Note, as the context may require.

NPL” means the National Priorities List under CERCLA.

Obligations” means all (a) advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan or Letter of Credit, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding and (b) obligations of any Loan Party arising under any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Treasury Services Agreement, excluding, in the case of clauses (a) and (b), with respect to any Guarantor at any time, any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor at such time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents include (i) the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, Letter of Credit fees, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party or Subsidiary under any Loan Document and (ii) the obligation of any Loan Party to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary in accordance with this Agreement.

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

OFAC” means the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended or any of the foreign asset control regulations of the United States Department of the Treasury (31 C.F.R. Subtitle B, Chapter V).

Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate, charter or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement or limited liability company agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

Other Applicable Indebtedness” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(i).

 

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Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax, other than any connection arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to, and/or enforced, any Loan Documents.

Other Encumbrances” has the meaning specified clause (5) of Section 7.01.

Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).

Other Term Loan Commitments” means one or more Classes of term loan commitments hereunder to fund Other Term Loans of the applicable Refinancing Series hereunder that result from a Refinancing Amendment.

Other Term Loans” means one or more Classes of Term Loans that result from a Refinancing Amendment.

Outstanding Amount” means (a) with respect to the Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans on any date, the outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Term Loans, Revolving Credit Loans (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) and Swing Line Loans, as the case may be, occurring on such date; and (b) with respect to any L/C Obligations on any date, the outstanding amount thereof on such date after giving effect to any L/C Credit Extension occurring on such date and any other changes thereto as of such date, including as a result of any reimbursements of outstanding unpaid drawings under any Letters of Credit (including any refinancing of outstanding unpaid drawings under Letters of Credit or L/C Credit Extensions as a Revolving Credit Borrowing) or any reductions in the maximum amount available for drawing under Letters of Credit taking effect on such date.

Parent” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement; provided, that when used in the context of determining fair market value of an asset or liability under this Agreement, “Parent” will mean the board of directors (or equivalent body) of Parent (or a duly appointed committee thereof) when the fair market value is equal to or in excess of $25 million.

Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(d).

Participant Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06(d).

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

Pension Plan” means any “employee pension benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), other than a Multiemployer Plan, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA and is sponsored or maintained by any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate or to which any Loan Party or any ERISA Affiliate contributes or has an obligation to contribute, or in the case of a multiple employer or other plan described in Section 4064(a) of ERISA, has made contributions at any time during the immediately preceding five (5) plan years.

 

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Perfection Certificate” means a certificate in the form of Exhibit G-1 hereto or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent, as the same shall be supplemented from time to time by a Perfection Certificate Supplement or otherwise.

Perfection Certificate Supplement” means a certificate supplement in the form of Exhibit G-2 hereto or any other form approved by the Collateral Agent.

Permitted Acquisition” means any Investment permitted under clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Investments.

Permitted Asset Swap” means the concurrent purchase and sale or exchange of Related Business Assets or a combination of Related Business Assets and Cash Equivalents between Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and another Person; provided, that any Cash Equivalents received must be applied in accordance with Sections 2.05(b) and 7.04.

Permitted Debt Offering” means any issuance of senior secured or junior secured or unsecured Indebtedness by any Loan Party after the Closing Date through an incurrence of term loans or through a public offering or private issuance of debt securities under Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Securities Act, or otherwise; provided that, (a) such Indebtedness may be secured by a first priority Lien on the Collateral that is pari passu with the Lien securing the Obligations (other than any Permitted Debt Offering Indebtedness incurred in the form of term loans, which shall not be secured by a first priority Lien on the Collateral), or may be secured by a Lien ranking junior to the Lien on the Collateral securing the Obligations or may be unsecured; (b) such Indebtedness is not secured by any collateral other than the Collateral securing the Obligations; (c) such Indebtedness does not mature on or prior to the Latest Maturity Date of, or have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than, the Term Loans; (d) the covenants and events of default in respect of such Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are substantially similar, or more favorable to the Loan Parties than, those governing the Senior Notes or are otherwise not more restrictive to the Loan Parties in the aggregate than those set forth in this Agreement (it being understood to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any Permitted Debt Offering, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the extent that such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding existing Facility); (e) a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the issuing Loan Party delivered to the Administrative Agent at least three (3) Business Days (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may reasonably agree) prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the issuing Loan Party has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirements; and (f) none of Parent and its Subsidiaries (other than the Loan Parties) is a guarantor or borrower under such Permitted Debt Offering. Any debt securities (including registered debt securities) issued by any Loan Party in exchange for any Indebtedness issued in connection with a Permitted Debt Offering in accordance with the terms of a registration rights agreement entered into in connection with the issuance of such Permitted Debt Offering Indebtedness shall also be considered a Permitted Debt Offering.

 

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Permitted Holders” means (i) CBS Corporation and any of its controlled Affiliates and (ii) Sumner M. Redstone, National Amusements, Inc. or any controlled Affiliate thereof, in each case, from the Closing Date until such time as such Person beneficially owns less than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Parent.

Permitted Investments” means:

(a) any Investment in Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that any Investment by the Loan Parties in Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to this clause (a), together with, but without duplication of, Investments made by Loan Parties in Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to clause (c) below, shall not exceed an aggregate amount outstanding from time to time equal to $200 million;

(b) any Investment in cash, Cash Equivalents;

(c) any Investment by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Person that is engaged in a Similar Business if as a result of such Investment such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, or such Person, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to, or is liquidated into, Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided:

(i) that any Investment by the Loan Parties in a Person that becomes a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (c), together with, but without duplication of, Investments made by Loan Parties in Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries pursuant to clause (a) above, shall not exceed an aggregate amount outstanding from time to time equal to $200 million;

(ii) no Event of Default shall exist either immediately before or after such purchase or acquisition and

(iii) Section 6.11 shall be complied with respect to such newly acquired Restricted Subsidiary and property;

and any Investment held by such Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that such Investment was not acquired by such Person in contemplation of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transfer.

(d) any Investment in securities or other assets not constituting cash or Cash Equivalents and received in connection with a Disposition made pursuant to the provisions described under Section 7.04 or any other disposition of assets not constituting a Disposition;

(e) any Investment existing on the Closing Date or made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Closing Date, in each case, as set forth on Schedule 1.01E or an Investment consisting of any extension, modification or renewal of any Investment existing on the Closing Date; provided, that the amount of any such Investment may only be increased as required by the terms of such Investment as in existence on the Closing Date;

(f) any Investment acquired by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:

(i) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by Parent 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;

 

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

(iii) as a result of the settlement, compromise or resolution of litigation, arbitration or other disputes with Persons who are not Affiliates of Parent;

(g) Hedging Obligations permitted under Section 7.02(b)(9);

(h) Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests (exclusive of Disqualified Stock) of Parent; provided, however, that such Equity Interests will not increase the amount available for Restricted Payments under Section 7.05(a);

(i) guarantees of Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02;

(j) any transaction to the extent it constitutes an Investment that is permitted and made in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.07(b) (except transactions described in clauses (2), (6), (8) and (9) thereof);

(k) Investments consisting of (x) purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, services or equipment, or other similar assets or purchases of contract rights or licenses or leases of intellectual property, in each case in the ordinary course of business or (y) the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons;

(l) Investments in an Unrestricted Subsidiary or a joint venture engaged in a Similar Business having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by Parent), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (l) that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $300 million and (y) 10% of Total Assets at the time of such Investment (with the fair market value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value);

(m) Investments in a Receivables Subsidiary or any Investment by a Receivables Subsidiary in any Person that, in the good faith determination of Parent are necessary or advisable to effect any Receivables Facility or any repurchases in connection therewith;

(n) advances to, or guarantees of Indebtedness of, officers, directors and employees not in excess of $5 million outstanding at any one time, in the aggregate;

(o) loans and advances to officers, directors and employees for business-related travel expenses, moving expenses, payroll expenses and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices or to fund such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Parent;

 

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(p) any Investment in any Subsidiary or joint venture in connection with intercompany cash management arrangements or related activities arising in the ordinary course of business;

(q) other Investments (including Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries and other Persons that do not become Loan Parties) having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by Parent), taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (q) that are at the time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of (x) $300 million and (y) 10% of Total Assets; and

(r) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

For the avoidance of doubt, an Investment in the form of acquisitions permitted above may be structured as an “UPREIT” acquisition, in which a Restricted Subsidiary would issue limited partnership interests (or other similar Equity Interests), which may then be subsequently repurchased for either common shares of Parent or cash.

Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt” means any secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by a Borrower in the form of one or more series of second lien (or other junior lien) secured notes or second lien (or other junior lien) secured loans; provided, that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a second priority (or other junior priority) basis to the liens securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt and is not secured by any property or assets of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness may be secured by a Lien on the Collateral that is junior to the Liens securing the Obligations and the obligations in respect of any Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt, notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in the definition of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, (c) a Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the Borrowers, the Guarantors and the Administrative Agent, and (d) such Indebtedness meets the Permitted Other Debt Conditions. Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.

Permitted Liens” has the definition assigned to such term in Section 7.01.

Permitted Other Debt Conditions” means that such applicable debt (a) does not mature or have scheduled amortization payments of principal or payments of principal and is not subject to mandatory redemption, repurchase, prepayment or sinking fund obligations (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and a customary acceleration right after an event of default), in each case prior to the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred, (b) is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors, (c) to the extent secured, the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness are substantially the same as or more favorable to the Loan Parties than the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) and (d) in regard to any Refinancing Notes, the other terms and conditions (excluding pricing and optional prepayment or redemption terms) are substantially identical to or (taken as a whole) less favorable to the investors providing such Refinancing Notes than the those applicable to the Term Loan Facility being refinanced (except for covenants or other provisions applicable

 

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only to periods after the latest final maturity date of the Term Loan Facility and it being understood that the terms contained in the Senior Notes Indenture satisfy the requirements of this clause (d)); provided, that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to the incurrence of the applicable Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness and drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that Parent has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirements of this clause (d) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirements.

Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt” means any secured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by a Borrower in the form of one or more series of senior secured notes; provided, that (a) such Indebtedness is secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis (but without regard to the control of remedies) with the Obligations and is not secured by any property or assets of Parent or Restricted Subsidiary other than the Collateral, (b) such Indebtedness is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors, (c) such Indebtedness, (i) unless incurred as a term loan under this Agreement, does not mature or have scheduled amortization or payments of principal (other than customary offers to repurchase upon a change of control, asset sale or event of loss and a customary acceleration right after an event of default) prior to the date that is the Latest Maturity Date at the time such Indebtedness is incurred or issued, and (ii) if incurred as a term loan under this Agreement, does not mature earlier than, or have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity shorter than, the applicable Refinanced Debt, (d) the security agreements relating to such Indebtedness (to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred hereunder) are substantially the same as or more favorable to the Loan Parties than the Collateral Documents (with such differences as are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), (e) to the extent such Indebtedness is not incurred hereunder, a Representative acting on behalf of the holders of such Indebtedness shall have become party to or otherwise subject to the provisions of an Intercreditor Agreement with the Administrative Agent and (f) such Indebtedness, if consisting of Refinancing Notes, satisfies clause (d) of the definition of Permitted Other Debt Conditions. Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt will include any Registered Equivalent Notes issued in exchange therefor.

Permitted Unsecured Refinancing Debt” means unsecured Indebtedness (including any Registered Equivalent Notes) incurred by the Borrowers in the form of one or more series of senior unsecured notes or loans; provided, that (a) such Indebtedness constitutes Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness and (b) meets the Permitted Other Debt Conditions.

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

Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA established or maintained by any Loan Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

Platform” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

 

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

Prepayment Premium” has the meaning specified in Section 2.05(a)(iii).

Pro Forma Basis” and “Pro Forma Compliance” mean, with respect to compliance with any test or covenant hereunder, that such test or covenant shall have been calculated in accordance with Section 1.08.

Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitments of such Lender under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments under the applicable Facility or Facilities at such time; provided, that if such Commitments have been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.

Projections” means financial projections of Parent and its subsidiaries through 2017 following the Closing Date, which will be prepared on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the Closing Date Transactions and will include consolidated income statements (with Consolidated EBITDA clearly noted) and a pro forma consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its subsidiaries as at the Closing Date, all of which will be in form and substance and at levels reasonably satisfactory to the Arrangers.

Public Lender” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.02.

Purging Distributions” means dividends and distributions after Parent ceases to be consolidated with CBS Corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, whether in cash or kind, in the amount required (as determined in good faith by Parent) to effect the distribution of Parent’s earnings and profits required by Section 857(a)(2)(B) of the Code in connection with or in anticipation of the REIT Election (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any earnings and profits allocated to Parent in connection with the Separation) and any subsequent “true-up” payments to correct for recalculations of the appropriate amount.

Qualified ECP Guarantor” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Guarantor that, at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, has total assets exceeding $10 million or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Swap Obligation at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Quarterly Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheets and related consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of Parent and its subsidiaries for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2013, June 30, 2013 and September 31, 2013.

 

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

Ratio” means each of (a) Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio, (b) Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio, (c) Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio and (d) Maximum Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio.

Real Property” means, collectively, all right, title and interest (including any leasehold, mineral or other estate) in and to any and all parcels of or interests in real property owned, leased or operated by any Person, whether by lease, license or other means, together with, in each case, all easements, hereditaments and appurtenances relating thereto, all improvements and appurtenant fixtures and equipment, all general intangibles and contract rights and other property and rights incidental to the ownership, lease or operation thereof.

Receivables Facility” means any of one or more receivables financing facilities as amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated or refunded from time to time, the obligations of which are non-recourse (except for customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities made in connection with such facilities) to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) pursuant to which Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries sells its accounts receivable to either (a) a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary or (b) a Receivables Subsidiary that in turn sells its accounts receivable to a Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary.

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

Receivables Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary formed for the purpose of, and that solely engages only in one or more Receivables Facilities and other activities reasonably related thereto.

Recipient” means the Administrative Agent, any Lender and any L/C Issuer, as applicable.

Refinanced Debt” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness.”

Refinancing Amendment” means an amendment to this Agreement executed by each of (a) the Borrowers, (b) the Administrative Agent, and (c) each Additional Refinancing Lender and each Lender that agrees to provide any portion of the Other Term Loans or Other Term Loan Commitments incurred pursuant thereto, in accordance with Section 2.15, and provided, that the Indebtedness pursuant to any such Refinancing Amendment (i) does not mature earlier than, or have a Weighted Average Life to Maturity shorter than, the applicable Refinanced Debt and (ii) is not at any time guaranteed by any Subsidiaries other than Subsidiaries that are Guarantors.

Refinancing Notes” means Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred in the form of notes rather than loans.

 

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Refinancing Series” means all Other Term Loans or Other Term Loan Commitments that are established pursuant to the same Refinancing Amendment (or any subsequent Refinancing Amendment to the extent such Refinancing Amendment expressly provides that the Other Term Loans or Other Term Loan Commitments provided for therein are intended to be a part of any previously established Refinancing Series) and that provide for the same yield (taking into account any applicable interest rate margin, original issue discount, up-front fees and any LIBOR “floor”) and amortization schedule (if any).

Refunding Capital Stock” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05(c).

Register” has the meaning set forth in Section 10.06(c).

Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in an offering pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.

REIT” means a domestic trust or corporation that qualifies as a real estate investment trust under the provisions of Sections 856 et seq. of the Code.

REIT Election” means Parent’s election to be, and qualification to be taxed as, a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

Rejection Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.05(b)(v).

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

Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees and advisors of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Release” means any spilling, leaking, seepage, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, disposing, depositing, dispersing or migrating in, into, onto or through the Environment.

Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder, other than events for which the thirty (30) day notice period has been waived.

Representative” means, with respect to any Indebtedness, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under the indenture or agreement pursuant to which such Indebtedness is issued, incurred or otherwise obtained, as the case may be, and each of their successors in such capacities.

 

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Repricing Transaction” means any prepayment (including by way of any repricing, refinancing, replacement or conversion) of all or a portion of the initial Term Loans with proceeds from the incurrence by a Borrower of any new indebtedness having an All-In Yield that is less than the All-In Yield of the initial Term Loans (excluding any prepayments, repricings or refinancings in connection with a Change of Control) (as such comparable yields are determined in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent consistent with generally accepted financial practices), including as may be effected through any amendment to this Agreement relating to the All-In Yield of the initial Term Loans.

Request for Credit Extension” means (a) with respect to a Borrowing, continuation or conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans, a Committed Loan Notice, (b) with respect to an L/C Credit Extension, a Letter of Credit Application, and (c) with respect to a Swing Line Loan, a Swing Line Loan Notice.

Required Class Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders of a Class having more than 50% of the sum of (a) the Total Outstandings (with, in the case of the Revolving Credit Facility, the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition) of all Lenders of such Class and (b) the aggregate unused Commitments of all Lenders of such Class; provided, that the unused Commitment and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender of such Class shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Class Lenders; provided, further, that solely with respect to Section 8.02(d), in regard to any Designated Standalone Letter of Credit Facility, (i) any calculation of Required Class Lenders shall include an amount equal to the sum of (1) all issued and outstanding letters of credit under such Designated Standalone Letter of Credit Facility (other than to the extent cash collateralized or backstopped in accordance with the terms thereof) and (2) any unused commitments under such Designated Standalone Letter of Credit Facility and (ii) such Designated Issuing Bank shall be deemed to be a Lender in respect of such amounts for purposes of such calculation.

Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings (with the aggregate amount of each Lender’s risk participation and funded participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans being deemed “held” by such Lender for purposes of this definition), (b) aggregate unused Term Commitments, and (c) aggregate unused Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, that the unused Term Commitment and unused Revolving Credit Commitment of, and the portion of the Total Outstandings held or deemed held by, any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for purposes of making a determination of Required Lenders; provided, further, that solely with respect to Section 8.02(d), in regard to any Designated Standalone Letter of Credit Facility, (i) any calculation of Required Lenders shall include an amount equal to the sum of (1) all issued and outstanding letters of credit under such Designated Standalone Letter of Credit Facility (other than to the extent cash collateralized or backstopped in accordance with the terms thereof) and (2) any unused commitments under such Designated Standalone Letter of Credit Facility and (ii) such Designated Issuing Bank shall be deemed to be a Lender in respect of such amounts for purposes of such calculation.

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document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of such Loan Party and, solely for purposes of notices given pursuant to Article II, any other officer or employee of the applicable Loan Party so designated by any of the foregoing officers in a notice to the Administrative Agent. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

Restricted Cash” means cash and Cash Equivalents held by Restricted Subsidiaries that is contractually restricted from being distributed to Parent, except for such restrictions that are contained in agreements governing Indebtedness permitted under this Agreement and that is secured by such cash or Cash Equivalents.

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

Restricted Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.05.

Restricted Subsidiary” means, at any time, each direct and indirect Subsidiary of Parent (including any Foreign Subsidiary) that is not then an Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Unrestricted Subsidiary ceasing to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary, such Subsidiary shall be included in the definition of “Restricted Subsidiary.” For the avoidance of doubt, each of the Borrowers shall constitute a Restricted Subsidiary under this Agreement, and neither Borrower may be designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

Revaluation Date” means with respect to any Letter of Credit, each of the following: (a) each date of issuance of a Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency, (b) each date of an amendment or extension of any such Letter of Credit and (c) each date of any payment by the applicable L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency.

Revolving Commitment Increase” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

Revolving Commitment Increase Lender” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(a).

Revolving Credit Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Revolving Credit Loans of the same Type and Class and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Revolving Credit Lenders of such Class pursuant to Section 2.01(b).

Revolving Credit Commitment” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, its obligation to (a) make Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01(b), (b) purchase participations in L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit, and (c) purchase participations in Swing Line Loans, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the amount set forth, and opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01A under the caption “Revolving Credit Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders shall be $425 million on the Closing Date, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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Revolving Credit Exposure” means, as to each Revolving Credit Lender, the sum of the amount of the outstanding principal amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans and its Pro Rata Share of the amount of the L/C Obligations and the Swing Line Obligations at such time.

Revolving Credit Facility” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Lenders’ Revolving Credit Commitments at such time.

Revolving Credit Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Revolving Credit Commitment at such time.

Revolving Credit Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).

Revolving Credit Note” means a promissory note of the Borrowers payable to any Revolving Credit Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Revolving Credit Lender resulting from the Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender to the Borrowers.

Revolving Extension Offers” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).

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

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

Same Day Funds” means immediately available funds.

Sanction” or “Sanctions” means (a) any international economic sanction, administered or enforced by the United States Government (including OFAC), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, Her Majesty’s Treasury or other applicable sanctions authority and (b) any applicable requirement of Law relating to terrorism or money laundering.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I-2 hereto (which agreement in such form or with immaterial changes thereto the Administrative Agent is authorized to enter into) together with any material changes thereto in light of prevailing market conditions, which material changes shall be posted to the Lenders not less than five (5) Business Days before execution thereof and, if the Required Lenders shall not have objected to such changes within five (5) Business Days after posting, then the Required Lenders shall be deemed to have agreed that the Administrative Agent’s entry into such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) is reasonable and to have consented to such intercreditor agreement (with such changes) and to the Administrative Agent’s execution thereof.

 

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Secured Hedge Agreement” means any Swap Contract permitted under Article VII that is entered into by and between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank.

Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the Hedge Banks and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.02.

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

Security Agreement” has the meaning specified in Section 4.01(a)(iii).

Senior Notes” means (a) $400 million in an aggregate principal amount of the Borrowers’ 5.250% senior unsecured notes due 2022 and (b) $400 million in an aggregate principal amount of the Borrowers’ 5.625% senior unsecured notes due 2024.

Senior Notes Indenture” means the Indenture for the Senior Notes, dated as of January 31, 2014, between the Borrowers as issuers, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, and the other entities from time to time party thereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented, replaced or refinanced to the extent not prohibited by this Agreement.

Separation” means the disposition of all of the Capital Stock of Parent held by CBS Corporation and its applicable Subsidiaries in one or a series of transactions, including by way of the IPO and by way of a tax-free split-off or tax-free spin-off, pursuant to which CBS Corporation will (a) offer its stockholders the option to exchange their shares of CBS Corporation’s common stock for shares of Parent’s common stock in an exchange offering or exchange offerings and/or (b) distribute Parent common stock held by CBS Corporation on a pro rata basis to CBS Corporation’s shareholders whose CBS Corporation common stock remains outstanding after any exchanges are consummated.

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

Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, with respect to any Person on any date of determination, that on such date (a) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person; (b) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is greater than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on the sum of its debts and other liabilities, including contingent liabilities; (c) such Person has not incurred debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (d) such Person does not have unreasonably small capital with which to conduct the businesses in which it is engaged as such businesses are now conducted and are proposed to be conducted following the Closing Date. The amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.06(g).

 

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Specified Transaction” means, with respect to any period, any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation (as “Restricted” or “Unrestricted”), merger, amalgamation, consolidation, Incremental Term Loan or Revolving Commitment Increase or any other transaction that by the terms of this Agreement requires “Pro Forma Compliance” with a test or covenant hereunder or requires such test or covenant to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis”.

Standalone Letter of Credit Facility” means any bi-lateral letter of credit facility provided by a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender for the benefit of Parent and/or its Subsidiaries, as may be amended, restated, amended and restated, refinanced or replaced from time to time.

Subordinated Indebtedness” means:

(a) any Indebtedness of a Borrower which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations; and

(b) any Indebtedness of a Guarantor which is by its terms subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranty of such Guarantor.

Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person:

(a) any corporation, association, or other business entity (other than a partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or similar entity) of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time of determination owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; and

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

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

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

Successor Company” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03(d).

Survey” means a survey of any Real Property subject to a Mortgage (and all improvements thereon) which is (a) (i) prepared by a surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the jurisdiction where such Real Property is located, (ii) dated (or redated) not earlier than six (6) months prior to the date of delivery thereof unless there shall have occurred within six (6) months prior to such date of delivery any material change to such Real Property, improvements or any easement, right of way or other interest in the Real Property has been granted or become

 

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effective through operation of law or otherwise with respect to such Real Property which, in either case, can be depicted on a survey, in which events, as applicable, such survey shall be dated (or redated) after the completion of such construction or if such construction shall not have been completed as of such date of delivery, not earlier than thirty (30) days prior to such date of delivery, or after the grant or effectiveness of any such easement, right of way or other interest in the subject Real Property, (iii) certified by the surveyor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the title company, (iv) complying in all material respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title Association as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such survey including a survey endorsement, and (v) sufficient for the title company to issue a Title Policy, or (b) otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent.

Swap” means any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1 a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate swaps and options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

Swap Obligation” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.

Swing Line Borrowing” means a borrowing of a Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.04.

Swing Line Facility” means the swing line loan facility made available by the Swing Line Lenders pursuant to Section 2.04.

Swing Line Lender” means Citibank, in its capacity as provider of Swing Line Loans or any successor or additional swing line lender hereunder.

Swing Line Loan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(a).

Swing Line Loan Notice” means a notice of a Swing Line Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.04(b), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.

Swing Line Note” means a promissory note of the Borrowers payable to any Swing Line Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-3 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Swing Line Lender resulting from the Swing Line Loans.

 

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Swing Line Obligations” means, as at any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount of all Swing Line Loans outstanding.

Swing Line Sublimit” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $100 million and (b) the aggregate amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments. The Swing Line Sublimit is part of, and not in addition to, the Revolving Credit Commitments.

Taxes” means any present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax and penalties applicable thereto.

Tax Group” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05(m).

Term Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Term Loans of the same Type and currency and, in the case of Eurodollar Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Term Lenders.

Term Commitment” means, as to each Term Lender, its obligation to make a Term Loan to the Borrowers pursuant to Section 2.01 (a) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 1.01A under the caption “Term Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Term Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement (including Section 2.14). The initial aggregate amount of the Term Commitments is $800 million.

Term Lender” means, at any time, any Lender that has a Term Commitment or a Term Loan at such time.

Term Loan” means a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.01(a).

Term Loan Standstill Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.01(b).

Term Note” means a promissory note of the Borrowers payable to any Term Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Term Lender resulting from the Term Loans made by such Term Lender.

Term Extension Offers” has the meaning specified in Section 2.16(a).

Test Period” means, for any date of determination under this Agreement, the four consecutive fiscal quarters of Parent then last ended.

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Title Policy” means a policy of title insurance (or marked-up title insurance commitment having the effect of a policy of title insurance) insuring the Lien of a Mortgage as a valid mortgage Lien (subject only to Permitted Liens) on the mortgaged property and fixtures described therein in the amount equal to no more than the fair market value of such mortgaged property and fixtures, issued by a title company reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent which shall (a) to the extent necessary, include such reinsurance arrangements (with provisions for direct access, if necessary) as shall be reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent; (b) contain a “tie-in” or “cluster” endorsement, if available under applicable law (i.e., policies which insure against losses regardless of location or allocated value of the insured property up to a stated maximum coverage amount); (c) have been supplemented by such endorsements as shall be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent (including endorsements on matters relating to usury, first loss, last dollar, zoning, contiguity, revolving credit, doing business, non-imputation, public road access, survey, variable rate, environmental lien, subdivision, mortgage recording tax, separate tax lot, revolving credit and so-called comprehensive coverage over covenants and restrictions, provided that, where the cost of a zoning endorsement is excessive in light of nature of the transaction the Administrative Agent shall reasonably consider Parent’s requests to waive such zoning endorsement and to provide a zoning opinion, report or other letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; and (d) affirmatively insure against loss arising out from or contain no exceptions to title other than Liens permitted hereunder.

Total Assets” means total assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, shown on the most recent balance sheet of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 as may be expressly stated without giving effect to any amortization of the amount of intangible assets since the Closing Date, with such pro forma adjustments as are appropriate and consistent with the pro forma adjustment provisions set forth in Section 1.08.

Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans and all L/C Obligations.

Transactions” means a collective reference to (a) Borrowers’ entry into the Facilities documented hereunder, (b) the Separation, (c) the REIT Election, (d) the IPO, (e) the issuance of the Senior Notes and (f) the Transfers. For the avoidance of doubt, the Transactions shall not include the Purging Distribution.

Transfers” means a collective reference to the Debt Proceeds Transfers and the IPO Proceeds Transfers.

Treasury Services Agreement” means (a) any agreement between any Loan Party and any Hedge Bank relating to commercial credit or debit card, merchant card, or purchasing card programs (including non-card e-payables services), or treasury, depository, or cash management services (including automatic clearing house transfer of funds, overdraft, controlled disbursement, electronic funds transfer, lockbox, stop payment, return item and wire transfer services) and (b) any Designated Standalone Letter of Credit Facility.

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U.S. Lender” means any Lender that is a “United States person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Undisclosed Administration” means in relation to a Lender the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such Lender is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item or items of Collateral.

United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

United States Tax Compliance Certificate” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.01(d).

Unreimbursed Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.03(c)(i).

Unrestricted Subsidiary” means:

(a) any Subsidiary of Parent which at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary (as designated by Parent, pursuant to Section 6.14); and

(b) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

As of the Closing Date, all of Parent’s Subsidiaries are Restricted Subsidiaries.

USA Patriot Act” has the meaning specified in Section 5.15.

Voting Stock” of any Person as of any date means the Capital Stock of such Person that is at the time entitled to vote in the election of the board of directors (or equivalent body) or other governing body of such Person.

Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as the case may be, at any date, the quotient obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products of the number of years from the date of determination to the date of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness or scheduled redemption or similar payment with respect to such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock multiplied by the amount of such payment, by (b) the sum of all such payments; provided, that for purposes of determining the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Refinanced Debt or any Indebtedness that is being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed, replaced or extended, the effects of any amortization or prepayments made on such Indebtedness prior to the date of the applicable modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal, replacement or extension shall be disregarded.

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

 

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Withholding Agent” means any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent and, in the case of any U.S. federal withholding Tax, any other applicable withholding agent.

Section 1.02. Other Interpretive Provisions.

With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b) The words “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and “hereunder “and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(c) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.

(d) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

(e) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(f) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including; “the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding; “and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(g) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 1.03. Accounting Terms; GAAP.

(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with GAAP, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of this Agreement (including in determining compliance with any test or covenant contained herein) with respect to (i) any Test Period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the applicable Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such Test Period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis and (ii) any Test Period with respect to which testing is based on a Specified Transaction happening after the end of such Test Period, the applicable Ratio shall be calculated as if such Specified Transaction had taken place on the first day of such Test Period.

 

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(c) If Parent notifies the Administrative Agent that Parent wishes to amend any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change in GAAP (or in the application thereof) occurring after the Closing Date on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies Parent that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then the compliance of Parent and its Subsidiaries with such provision shall be determined on the basis of GAAP as in effect (and as applied) immediately before the relevant change became effective, until either such notice is withdrawn or such provision is amended in a manner satisfactory to Parent and the Required Lenders. Until such notice is withdrawn or the relevant provision is so amended, Parent shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement setting forth a reconciliation between calculations made with respect to the relevant provision before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, in no event shall a lease obligation that does not constitute a Capitalized Lease Obligation under GAAP as in effect on the date hereof be treated as a Capitalized Lease Obligation for any purpose hereof.

Section 1.04. Rounding.

Any financial ratios required to be maintained by Parent pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding up if there is no nearest number).

Section 1.05. References to Agreements, Laws, Etc.

Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by the Loan Documents, and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

Section 1.06. Times of Day.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

Section 1.07. Timing of Payment of Performance.

When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

 

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Section 1.08. Pro Forma and Other Calculations.

(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, financial ratios and tests, including the Ratios, shall be calculated in the manner prescribed by this Section 1.08; provided, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in clauses (b), (c), (d) or (e) of this Section 1.08, when calculating any Ratio for purposes of (i) the definition of “Applicable Rate” and (ii) Section 7.09 (other than for the purpose of determining Pro Forma Compliance with Section 7.09), the events described in this Section 1.08 that occurred subsequent to the end of the applicable Test Period shall not be given pro forma effect.

(b) In the event that Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurs, assumes, guarantees, redeems, retires or extinguishes any Indebtedness or issues or redeems Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock subsequent to the Test Period for which any Ratio is being calculated but prior to or simultaneously with the event for which the calculation of the applicable Ratio is made (the “Ratio Calculation Date”), then the applicable Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect to such incurrence, assumption, guarantee, redemption, retirement or extinguishment of Indebtedness, or such issuance or redemption of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as if the same had occurred on the last day of the applicable Test Period; provided, however, that, for purposes of any pro forma calculation of the Total Leverage Ratio on such determination date pursuant to the provisions described in Section 7.02(a), the pro forma calculation shall not give effect to any Indebtedness incurred on such determination date pursuant to the provisions described under Section 7.02(b).

(c) For purposes of making the computation referred to above, Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations and consolidations (as determined in accordance with GAAP), in each case with respect to a business (as such term is used in Regulation S-X Rule 11-01 under the Securities Act), a company, a segment, an operating division or unit or line of business that Parent, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has determined to make and/or made during the Test Period or subsequent to such Test Period and on or prior to or simultaneously with the Ratio Calculation Date shall be calculated on a pro forma basis in accordance with GAAP (except as set forth in the last sentence of clause (d) below) assuming that all such Investments, acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, amalgamations and consolidations (and the change in any associated fixed charge obligations and the change in Consolidated EBITDA resulting therefrom, subject to any limitations set forth in clause (a)(J) of the definition thereof, to the extent applicable) had occurred on the first day of the Test Period. If since the beginning of such Test Period any Person that subsequently became a Restricted Subsidiary or was merged with or into Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries since the beginning of such Test Period shall have made any Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger, amalgamation and consolidation, in each case with respect to a business (as such term is used in Regulation S-X Rule 11-01 under the Securities Act), a company, a segment, an operating division or unit or line of business that would have required adjustment pursuant to this Section 1.08, then the applicable Ratio shall be calculated giving pro forma effect thereto for such Test Period as if such Investment, acquisition, disposition, merger and consolidation had occurred at the beginning of the applicable Test Period.

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faith by a responsible financial or accounting officer of Parent. Any such pro forma calculation may include adjustments appropriate, in the reasonable determination of Parent as set forth in an officer’s certificate, to reflect reasonably identifiable and factually supportable operating expense reductions and other operating improvements or synergies reasonably expected to result from any action taken or expected to be taken within twelve (12) months after the date of any acquisition, amalgamation or merger (subject to any limitations set forth in clause (a)(J) of the definition thereof, to the extent applicable); provided, that no such amounts shall be included pursuant to this paragraph to the extent duplicative of any amounts that are otherwise added back in computing Consolidated EBITDA with respect to such period.

(e) For purposes of calculation of any Ratio, any amount in a currency other than U.S. dollars will be converted to U.S. dollars based on the average exchange rate for such currency for the most recent twelve (12) month period immediately prior to the date of determination determined in a manner consistent with that used in calculating Consolidated EBITDA for the applicable Test Period.

Section 1.09. Letter of Credit Amounts.

Unless otherwise specified herein, the amount of a Letter of Credit at any time shall be deemed to be the stated amount of such Letter of Credit in effect at such time; provided, however, that with respect to any Letter of Credit that, by its terms or the terms of any Issuer Document related thereto, provides for one or more automatic increases in the stated amount thereof, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be the maximum stated amount of such Letter of Credit after giving effect to all such increases, whether or not such maximum stated amount is in effect at such time.

ARTICLE II

The Commitments and Credit Extensions

Section 2.01. The Loans.

(a) The Term Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Term Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrowers on a pro rata basis on the Closing Date, Loans denominated in Dollars in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Term Lender’s Term Commitment. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Term Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

(b) The Revolving Credit Borrowings. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Revolving Credit Lender severally agrees to make Revolving Credit Loans denominated in Dollars to the Borrowers from its applicable Lending Office (each such loan, a “Revolving Credit Loan”) from time to time, on any Business Day until the Business Day preceding the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, that after giving effect to any Revolving Credit Borrowing, the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding

 

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Amount of all Swing Line Loans, shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; and provided, further, that on the Closing Date, any Revolving Credit Borrowings shall be limited to not more than $50 million solely to fund Closing Date Transaction Expenses and other expenses relating to the Transactions. Within the limits of each Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01(b), prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.01(b). Revolving Credit Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurodollar Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

Section 2.02. Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

(a) Each Term Borrowing, each Revolving Credit Borrowing, each conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made upon Parent’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans, and (ii) one (1) Business Day before the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by Parent pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent. Except as provided in Section 2.14(a), each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5 million, or a whole multiple of $1 million, in excess thereof. Except as provided in Section 2.03(c), 2.04(c), 2.14(a) or the last sentence of this paragraph, each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1 million or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether Parent is requesting a Term Borrowing, a Revolving Credit Borrowing, a conversion of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If Parent fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans. If Parent requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month.

(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the applicable Class of Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by Parent, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing, each Appropriate Lender shall make the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in Same

 

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Day Funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (and, if such Borrowing is the initial Credit Extension, Section 4.01), the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrowers in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by Parent; provided, that if, on the date the Committed Loan Notice with respect to such Borrowing is given by Parent, there are Swing Line Loans or L/C Borrowings outstanding, then the proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such L/C Borrowing, second, to the payment in full of any such Swing Line Loans, and third, to the applicable Borrower as provided above.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurodollar Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Loan unless the Borrowers pay the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require that no Loans may be converted to or continued as Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Parent and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurodollar Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. At any time that Base Rate Loans are outstanding, the Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders of any change in the Citibank base rate used in determining the Base Rate promptly following the public announcement of such change.

(e) After giving effect to all Term Borrowings, all Revolving Credit Borrowings, all conversions of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than twelve (12) Interest Periods in effect.

(f) The failure of any Lender to make the Loan to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Loan on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Loan to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing.

Section 2.03. Letters of Credit.

(a) The Letter of Credit Commitment. (i) Subject to Section 4.02 and all of the other terms and conditions set forth herein, (A) each L/C Issuer agrees, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in this Section 2.03, (1) from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date to the date that is thirty (30) days prior to the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, to issue Letters of Credit denominated in Dollars, or in the sole discretion of such L/C Issuer in an Alternative Currency, for the account of a Borrower (provided, that any Letter of Credit may be for the benefit of Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent) and to amend or renew Letters of Credit previously issued by it, in accordance with Section 2.03(b), and (2) to honor drafts under the Letters of Credit and (B) the Revolving Credit

 

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Lenders severally agree to participate in Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 2.03; provided, that no L/C Issuer shall be obligated to make any L/C Credit Extension with respect to any Letter of Credit, and no Lender shall be obligated to participate in any Letter of Credit if as of the date of such L/C Credit Extension, (x) the Revolving Credit Exposure of any Revolving Credit Lender would exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment, (y) the Outstanding Amount of the L/C Obligations would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit or (z) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency would exceed $25 million. Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers’ ability to obtain Letters of Credit shall be fully revolving, and accordingly each Borrower may, during the foregoing period, obtain Letters of Credit to replace Letters of Credit that have expired or that have been drawn upon and reimbursed.

(ii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if:

(A) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such L/C Issuer from issuing the Letter of Credit, or any Law applicable to such L/C Issuer or any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such L/C Issuer shall prohibit, or request that such L/C Issuer refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or the Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer with respect to the Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such L/C Issuer is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect on the Closing Date, or shall impose upon such L/C Issuer any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable on the Closing Date and which such L/C Issuer in good faith deems material to it;

(B) subject to Section 2.03(b)(iii), the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur more than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance or last extension, unless (1) each Appropriate Lender has approved of such expiration date or (2) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of such requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer;

(C) the expiry date of such requested Letter of Credit would occur after the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, unless (1) each Appropriate Lender has approved of such expiration date or (2) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of such requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer;

(D) the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate any Laws binding upon such L/C Issuer;

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(F) the issuance of the Letter of Credit would violate one or more policies of such L/C Issuer applicable to letters of credit generally;

(G) the Letter of Credit is to be denominated in a currency other than Dollars;

(H) any Revolving Credit Lender is at that time a Defaulting Lender, unless such L/C Issuer has entered into arrangements, including the delivery of Cash Collateral, satisfactory to such L/C Issuer (in its sole discretion) with Parent or such Lender to eliminate such L/C Issuer’s actual or potential Fronting Exposure (after giving effect to Section 2.17(a)) with respect to the Defaulting Lender arising from either the Letter of Credit then proposed to be issued or that Letter of Credit and all other L/C Obligations as to which such L/C Issuer has actual or potential Fronting Exposure, as it may elect in its sole discretion;

(I) after giving effect to such issuance, (1) the aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer would exceed such L/C Issuer’s L/C Commitment or (2) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit denominated in any Alternative Currency would exceed $25 million in the aggregate.

(iii) An L/C Issuer shall be under no obligation to amend any Letter of Credit if (A) such L/C Issuer would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms hereof, or (B) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.

(iv) Each L/C Issuer shall act on behalf of the Revolving Credit Lenders with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it and the documents associated therewith, and such L/C Issuer shall have all of the benefits and immunities (A) provided to the Administrative Agent in Article IX with respect to any acts taken or omissions suffered by such L/C Issuer in connection with Letters of Credit issued by it or proposed to be issued by it and Issuer Documents pertaining to such Letters of Credit as fully as if the term “Administrative Agent” as used in Article IX included such L/C Issuer with respect to such acts or omissions, and (B) as additionally provided herein with respect to such L/C Issuer.

(b) Procedures for Issuance and Amendment of Letters of Credit; Auto-Extension Letters of Credit. (i) Subject to Section 4.02, each Letter of Credit shall be issued or amended, as the case may be, upon the request of Parent delivered to an L/C Issuer during the period specified in Section 2.03(a) (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) in the form of a Letter of Credit Application, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent. Such Letter of Credit Application must be received by the relevant L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. at least three (3) Business Days prior to the proposed issuance date or date of amendment, as the case may be; or, in each case, such later date and time as the relevant L/C Issuer may agree in a particular instance in its sole discretion. In the case of a request for an initial issuance of a Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer: (a) the proposed issuance date of the requested Letter of Credit (which shall be a Business Day); (b) the

 

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amount thereof; (c) the expiry date thereof; (d) the name and address of the beneficiary thereof; and (e) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request (which may include the form of the requested Letter of Credit). In the case of a request for an amendment of any outstanding Letter of Credit, such Letter of Credit Application shall specify in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the relevant L/C Issuer (1) the Letter of Credit to be amended; (2) the proposed date of amendment thereof (which shall be a Business Day); (3) the nature of the proposed amendment; and (4) such other matters as the relevant L/C Issuer may reasonably request. Additionally, Parent shall furnish to each L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent such other documents and information pertaining to such requested Letter of Credit issuance or amendment, including any Issuer Documents, as such L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent may reasonably require.

(ii) Promptly after receipt of any Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has received a copy of such Letter of Credit Application from Parent and, if not, such L/C Issuer will provide the Administrative Agent with a copy thereof. Unless the relevant L/C Issuer has received written notice from any Revolving Credit Lender, the Administrative Agent or any Loan Party, at least one Business Day prior to the requested date of issuance or amendment of the applicable Letter of Credit, that one or more applicable conditions contained in Article IV shall not then be satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the relevant L/C Issuer shall, on the requested date, issue a Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower or enter into the applicable amendment, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the relevant L/C Issuer’s usual and customary business practices. Immediately upon the issuance of each Letter of Credit, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to (regardless of whether the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 have been satisfied), purchase from the relevant L/C Issuer without recourse or warranty a risk participation in such Letter of Credit in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Letter of Credit.

(iii) If Parent so requests in any applicable Letter of Credit Application, the relevant L/C Issuer may, in its discretion, agree to issue a Letter of Credit that has automatic extension provisions (each, an “Auto-Extension Letter of Credit”); provided, that any such Auto-Extension Letter of Credit must permit the relevant L/C Issuer to prevent any such extension at least once in each twelve (12) month period (commencing with the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit) by giving prior notice to the beneficiary thereof not later than a day (the “Non-Extension Notice Date”) in each such twelve (12) month period to be agreed upon at the time such Letter of Credit is issued. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, unless otherwise directed by the relevant L/C Issuer, Parent shall not be required to make a specific request to the relevant L/C Issuer for any such extension. Once an Auto-Extension Letter of Credit has been issued, the Lenders shall be deemed to have authorized (but may not require) the relevant L/C Issuer to permit the extension of such Letter of Credit at any time to an expiry date not later than the Letter of Credit Expiration Date; provided, that the relevant L/C Issuer shall not permit any such extension if (A) the relevant L/C Issuer has determined that it would have no obligation at such time to issue such Letter of Credit in its extended form

 

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under the terms hereof (by reason of the provisions of Section 2.03(a)(ii) or otherwise), or (B) it has received notice (which may be by telephone or in writing) on or before the day that is five (5) Business Days before the Non-Extension Notice Date from the Administrative Agent, any Revolving Credit Lender or Parent that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied.

(iv) Promptly after its delivery of any Letter of Credit or any amendment to a Letter of Credit to an advising bank with respect thereto or to the beneficiary thereof, the relevant L/C Issuer will also deliver to Parent and the Administrative Agent a true and complete copy of such Letter of Credit or amendment.

(c) Drawings and Reimbursements; Funding of Participations. (i) Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of a drawing under such Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall notify promptly Parent and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 2:00 p.m. on the Business Day immediately following any payment by an L/C Issuer under a Letter of Credit with notice to Parent (each such date, an “Honor Date”), the Borrowers shall reimburse, on a joint and several basis, such L/C Issuer through the Administrative Agent (or directly to such L/C Issuer with a written notice to the Administrative Agent) in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing in (x) with respect to any Letter of Credit issued in Dollars, in Dollars or (y) with respect to any Letter of Credit issued in an Alternative Currency, in such Alternative Currency (or if requested by the applicable L/C Issuer, the Dollar Equivalent thereof in Dollars). If the Borrowers fail to so reimburse such L/C Issuer by such time, the L/C Issuer shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Revolving Credit Lender of the Honor Date, the amount of the unreimbursed drawing (the “Unreimbursed Amount), and the amount of such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof. In such event, Parent shall be deemed to have requested a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans to be disbursed on the Honor Date in an amount equal to the Unreimbursed Amount, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified in Section 2.02 for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans but subject to the amount of the unutilized portion of the Revolving Credit Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than the delivery of a Committed Loan Notice). Any notice given by an L/C Issuer or the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)(i) may be given by telephone if immediately confirmed in writing; provided, that the lack of such an immediate confirmation shall not affect the conclusiveness or binding effect of such notice.

(ii) Each Revolving Credit Lender shall upon any notice pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) make funds available in Dollars (which in the case of any Letters of Credit denominated in an Alternative Currency shall be based on the Dollar Equivalent of the Unreimbursed Amount thereof) (and the Administrative Agent may apply Cash Collateral provided for this purpose) for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer at the Administrative Agent’s Office for payments in an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the Unreimbursed Amount not later than 4:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in such notice by the Administrative Agent, whereupon, subject to the provisions of Section 2.03(c)(iii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan to the Borrowers in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the relevant L/C Issuer.

 

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(iii) With respect to any Unreimbursed Amount that is not fully refinanced by a Revolving Credit Borrowing of Base Rate Loans because the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 cannot be satisfied or for any other reason, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have incurred from the relevant L/C Issuer an L/C Borrowing in the amount of the Unreimbursed Amount that is not so refinanced, which L/C Borrowing shall be due and payable on demand (together with interest) and shall bear interest at the Default Rate. In such event, each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(ii) shall be deemed payment in respect of its participation in such L/C Borrowing and shall constitute an L/C Advance from such Lender in satisfaction of its participation obligation under this Section 2.03.

(iv) Until a Revolving Credit Lender funds its Revolving Credit Loan or L/C Advance pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for any amount drawn under any Letter of Credit, interest in respect of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such amount shall be solely for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer.

(v) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or L/C Advances to reimburse an L/C Issuer for amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, as contemplated by this Section 2.03(c), shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the relevant L/C Issuer, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, (C) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any Letter of Credit or any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for and issuance of a Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged; (D) failure of the beneficiary to comply fully with conditions required in order to demand payment under a Letter of Credit; or (E) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including without limitation, any of the events specified in Section 2.03(e); provided, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.03(c) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (other than delivery by Parent of a Committed Loan Notice). No such making of an L/C Advance shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse, on a joint and several basis, the relevant L/C Issuer for the amount of any payment made by such L/C Issuer under any Letter of Credit, together with interest as provided herein.

(vi) If any Revolving Credit Lender fails to make available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the relevant L/C Issuer any amount required to be paid by such Lender pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.03(c) by the time specified in Section 2.03(c)(ii), then, without limiting the other provisions of this agreement, such L/C Issuer shall be entitled to recover from such Lender (acting through the Administrative Agent), on demand, such amount with interest thereon for the period from the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such L/C Issuer at a rate per annum equal to the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the applicable L/C Issuer in accordance with banking industry

 

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rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by such L/C Issuer in connection with the foregoing. If such Lender pays such amount (with interest and fees as aforesaid), the amount so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the relevant Borrowing or L/C Advance in respect of the relevant L/C Borrowing, as the case may be. A certificate of the relevant L/C Issuer submitted to any Revolving Credit Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this Section 2.03(c)(vi) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Repayment of Participations. (i) If, at any time after an L/C Issuer has made a payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any Revolving Credit Lender such Lender’s L/C Advance in respect of such payment in accordance with Section 2.03(c), the Administrative Agent receives for the account of such L/C Issuer any payment in respect of the related Unreimbursed Amount or interest thereon (whether directly from the Borrowers or otherwise, including proceeds of Cash Collateral applied thereto by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s L/C Advance was outstanding) in the same funds as those received by the Administrative Agent.

(ii) If any payment received by the Administrative Agent for the account of an L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 2.03(c)(i) is required to be returned under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such L/C Issuer in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of such L/C Issuer its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned by such Lender, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause (ii) shall survive the payment in full of the Obligations and the termination of this Agreement.

(e) Obligations Absolute. The obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer for each drawing under each Letter of Credit issued by it and to repay each L/C Borrowing shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under all circumstances, including the following:

(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of such Letter of Credit, this Agreement, or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto;

(ii) the existence of any claim, counterclaim, setoff, defense or other right that any Loan Party may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), the relevant L/C Issuer or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or by such Letter of Credit or any agreement or instrument relating thereto, or any unrelated transaction;

 

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(iii) any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under such Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;

(iv) any payment by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft or certificate that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit; or any payment made by the relevant L/C Issuer under such Letter of Credit to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy, debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors, liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including any arising in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law;

(v) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the provisions of the Loan Documents;

(vi) any adverse change in the business, operations, properties, assets, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of Parent, the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries; or

(vii) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party.

Parent shall promptly examine a copy of each Letter of Credit and each amendment thereto that is delivered to it and, in the event of any claim of noncompliance with Parent’s instructions or other irregularity, Parent will immediately notify the applicable L/C Issuer. The Borrowers shall be conclusively deemed to have waived any such claim against such L/C Issuer and its correspondents unless such notice is given as aforesaid.

(f) Role of L/C Issuers. Each Lender and the Borrowers agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, the relevant L/C Issuer shall not have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than all documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the L/C Issuers, any Related Parties nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Lenders holding a majority of the Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit or Letter of Credit Application. The Borrowers hereby assume all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided, that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude the Borrower’s pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the L/C Issuers, any Related Parties, nor any of the respective correspondents, participants or assignees of any L/C Issuer, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (i) through (v) of Section 2.03(e); provided, that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrowers

 

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may have a claim against an L/C Issuer, and such L/C Issuer may be liable to the Borrower, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Borrowers which the Borrowers prove were caused by such L/C Issuer’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such L/C Issuer’s willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of all documents specified in the Letter of Credit strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit, in each case, as determined in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each L/C Issuer may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, and no L/C Issuer shall be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.03(f), the Borrowers shall retain any and all rights it may have against any L/C Issuer for any liability arising out of the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such L/C Issuer, as determined by a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(g) Cash Collateral. (i) If an L/C Issuer has honored any full or partial drawing request under any Letter of Credit and such drawing has resulted in an L/C Borrowing that has not been repaid and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 to a Revolving Credit Borrowing cannot then be met, (ii) if, as of the Letter of Credit Expiration Date, any Letter of Credit for any reason remains outstanding and partially or wholly undrawn (and arrangements that are reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer have not otherwise been made), (iii) if any Event of Default occurs and is continuing and the Administrative Agent or the Lenders holding a majority of the Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, require the Borrowers to Cash Collateralize, on a joint and several basis, the L/C Obligations pursuant to Section 8.02, (iv) if, after the issuance of any Letter of Credit, any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender or (v) an Event of Default set forth under Section 8.01(f) occurs and is continuing, then the Borrowers shall Cash Collateralize the then Outstanding Amount of (A) the applicable L/C Borrowing, in the case of the preceding clause (i), (B) all L/C Obligations, in the case of the preceding clauses (ii), (iii) and (v), or (C) such L/C Issuer’s Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender that has not been re-allocated to Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with Section 2.17(a) in the case of the preceding clause (iv), and shall do so not later than 4:00 p.m., on (x) in the case of the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (iv), (1) the Business Day that Parent receives notice thereof, if such notice is received on such day prior to 12:00 Noon, or (2) if clause (1) above does not apply, the Business Day immediately following the day that Parent receives such notice and (y) in the case of the immediately preceding clause (v), the Business Day on which an Event of Default set forth under Section 8.01(f) occurs or, if such day is not a Business Day, the Business Day immediately succeeding such day. For purposes hereof, “Cash Collateralize” means to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the relevant L/C Issuer and the Revolving Credit Lenders, as collateral for the L/C Obligations, cash or deposit account balances (“Cash Collateral”) pursuant to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the relevant L/C Issuer (which documents are hereby consented to by the Lenders). Derivatives of such term have corresponding meanings. The Borrowers hereby grant to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the L/C Issuers and the Revolving Credit Lenders, a security interest in all such cash, deposit accounts and all balances therein and all proceeds of the foregoing. Cash Collateral shall be maintained in

 

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blocked accounts at the Administrative Agent and may be invested in readily available Cash Equivalents. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that any funds held as Cash Collateral are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, the Borrowers will, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay, on a joint and several basis, to the Administrative Agent, as additional funds to be deposited and held in the deposit accounts at the Administrative Agent as aforesaid, an amount equal to the excess of (a) such aggregate Outstanding Amount over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held as Cash Collateral that the Administrative Agent reasonably determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Upon the drawing of any Letter of Credit for which funds are on deposit as Cash Collateral, such funds shall be applied, to the extent permitted under applicable Law, to reimburse the relevant L/C Issuer. To the extent the amount of any Cash Collateral exceeds the then Outstanding Amount of such L/C Obligations and so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the excess shall be refunded to the Borrowers.

(h) Letter of Credit Fees. The Borrowers shall pay, on a joint and several basis, to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share a Letter of Credit fee for each Letter of Credit outstanding pursuant to this Agreement equal to the Applicable Rate times the Dollar Equivalent of the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. Such letter of credit fees shall be due and payable in arrears in U.S. Dollars on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. If there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the daily maximum amount of each Letter of Credit shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect.

(i) Fronting Fee and Documentary and Processing Charges Payable to L/C Issuers. The Borrowers shall pay, on a joint and several basis, directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account a fronting fee with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by it to the applicable Borrower or Subsidiary equal to 0.125% of the daily maximum amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit. For purposes of computing the daily amount available to be drawn under any Letter of Credit, the amount of such Letter of Credit shall be determined in accordance with Section 1.09. Such fronting fees shall be due and payable in arrears on the first Business Day after the end of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the issuance of such Letter of Credit, on the Letter of Credit Expiration Date and thereafter on demand. In addition, the Borrowers shall pay, on a joint and several basis, directly to each L/C Issuer for its own account with respect to each Letter of Credit issued to a Borrower or a Subsidiary thereof the customary issuance, presentation, amendment and other processing fees, and other standard costs and charges, of such L/C Issuer relating to letters of credit as from time to time in effect. Such customary fees and standard costs and charges are due and payable within ten (10) Business Days of demand and are nonrefundable.

 

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(j) Conflict with Issuer Documents. Notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and the terms of any Issuer Document, the terms hereof shall control.

(k) Addition of an L/C Issuer. A Revolving Credit Lender may become an additional L/C Issuer hereunder pursuant to a written agreement among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and such Revolving Credit Lender and such agreement shall specify such additional L/C Issuer’s L/C Commitment. The Administrative Agent shall notify the Revolving Credit Lenders of any such additional L/C Issuer.

(l) Applicability of ISP; Limitation of Liability. Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the applicable L/C Issuer and Parent when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP and, as to all matters not covered thereby, the laws of the State of New York shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the applicable L/C Issuer shall not be responsible to either Borrower (or any other Person) for, and such L/C Issuer’s rights and remedies against the Borrowers shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of such L/C Issuer required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the Law or any order of a jurisdiction where such L/C Issuer or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade - International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, whether or not any Letter of Credit chooses such law or practice.

(m) Letters of Credit Issued for Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit issued or outstanding hereunder is in support of any obligations of, or is for the account of, Parent or a Subsidiary thereof other than the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall be obligated to reimburse, on a joint and several basis, the L/C Issuers hereunder for any and all drawings under such Letter of Credit. The Borrowers hereby acknowledge that the issuance of Letters of Credit for the account of Parent or any such Subsidiary inures to the benefit of each Borrower, and that each Borrower’s business derives substantial benefits from the businesses of Parent and such Subsidiaries.

(n) Reporting of Letter of Credit Information. At any time that any Revolving Credit Lender other than the Person serving as the Administrative Agent is an L/C Issuer, then (i) on the last Business Day of each calendar month, (ii) on each date that a Letter of Credit is amended, terminated or otherwise expires, (iii) on each date that an L/C Credit Extension occurs with respect to any Letter of Credit, and (iv) upon the request of the Administrative Agent, each L/C Issuer (or, in the case of part (ii), (iii) or (iv), the applicable L/C Issuer) shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a report setting forth in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent information (including any reimbursement, Cash Collateral, or termination in respect of Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer) with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer that is outstanding hereunder, including any auto-renewal or termination of auto-renewal provisions in such Letter of Credit. No failure on the part of any L/C Issuer to provide such information pursuant to this Section 2.03(n) shall limit the obligation of either Borrower or any Revolving Credit Lender hereunder with respect to its reimbursement and participation obligations, respectively, pursuant to this Section 2.03.

 

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(o) Deemed Issuance. Subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth in this Section 2.03, Parent may designate letters of credit not otherwise constituting Letters of Credit hereunder issued by any L/C Issuer to be Letters of Credit hereunder by written notice to the applicable L/C Issuer and the Administrative Agent. Following such designation, such letter of credit shall be deemed to be a Letter of Credit hereunder for all purposes and any fees relating to such letter of credit shall be payable as set forth herein (in substitution for any fees set forth in the applicable letter of credit reimbursement agreements or applications relating to such letters of credit).

Section 2.04. Swing Line Loans.

(a) The Swing Line. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swing Line Lender, in reliance upon the agreements of the other Lenders set forth in this Section 2.04, may in its sole discretion, make loans to the Borrowers (each such loan, a “Swing Line Loan”) from time to time on any Business Day (other than the Closing Date) until the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any time the amount of the Swing Line Sublimit, notwithstanding the fact that such Swing Line Loans, when aggregated with the Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations of the Lender acting as Swing Line Lender, may exceed the amount of such Swing Line Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment; provided, that, after giving effect to any Swing Line Loan, (i) the Revolving Credit Exposure shall not exceed the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Amount of the Revolving Credit Loans of any Lender (other than the relevant Swing Line Lender), plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations, plus such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Swing Line Loans shall not exceed such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment then in effect; provided, further, that the Borrowers shall not use the proceeds of any Swing Line Loan to refinance any outstanding Swing Line Loan; provided, further, that the Swing Line Lender shall be under no obligation to make Swing Line Loans at any time if any Lender is at such time a Defaulting Lender hereunder, unless such Defaulting Lender’s participation in the Swing Line Loan would be reallocated, in full, to Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with Section 2.17(a). Within the foregoing limits, and subject to the other terms and conditions hereof, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.04, prepay under Section 2.05, and reborrow under this Section 2.04. Each Swing Line Loan shall be a Base Rate Loan. Immediately upon the making of a Swing Line Loan, each Revolving Credit Lender shall be deemed to, and hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to, purchase from the Swing Line Lender a risk participation in such Swing Line Loan in an amount equal to the product of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share times the amount of such Swing Line Loan.

(b) Borrowing Procedures. Each Swing Line Borrowing shall be made upon Parent’s irrevocable notice to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the relevant Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the requested borrowing date, and shall specify (i) the amount to be borrowed, which shall be a minimum of $100,000 and (ii) the requested borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day. Each such telephonic notice must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent of a written Swing Line Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent. Promptly after receipt by the relevant Swing Line Lender of any Swing Line Loan

 

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Notice (by telephone or in writing), such Swing Line Lender will confirm with the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) that the Administrative Agent has also received such Swing Line Loan Notice and, if not, the Swing Line Lender will notify the Administrative Agent (by telephone or in writing) of the contents thereof. Unless the relevant Swing Line Lender has received notice (by telephone or in writing) from the Administrative Agent (including at the request of any Revolving Credit Lender) prior to the funding of the proposed Swing Line Borrowing (A) directing such Swing Line Lender not to make such Swing Line Loan as a result of the limitations set forth in the first proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.04(a), or (B) that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 4.02 is not then satisfied, then, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the relevant Swing Line Lender will, not later than 4:00 p.m. on the borrowing date specified in such Swing Line Loan Notice, make the amount of its Swing Line Loan available to the Borrowers.

(c) Refinancing of Swing Line Loans. (A) The Swing Line Lender at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may request, on behalf of the Borrowers (which hereby irrevocably authorize such Swing Line Lender to so request on its behalf), that each Revolving Credit Lender make a Base Rate Loan in an amount equal to such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount of Swing Line Loans then outstanding. Such request shall be made in writing (which written request shall be deemed to be a Committed Loan Notice for purposes hereof) and in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.02, without regard to the minimum and multiples specified therein for the principal amount of Base Rate Loans, but subject to the unutilized portion of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments and the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. The relevant Swing Line Lender shall furnish Parent with a copy of the applicable Committed Loan Notice promptly after delivering such notice to the Administrative Agent. Each Revolving Credit Lender shall make an amount equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount specified in such Committed Loan Notice available to the Administrative Agent in Same Day Funds for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 4:00 p.m. on the day specified in such Committed Loan Notice, whereupon, subject to Section 2.04(c)(ii), each Revolving Credit Lender that so makes funds available shall be deemed to have made a Base Rate Loan, as applicable, to the Borrowers in such amount. The Administrative Agent shall remit the funds so received to the Swing Line Lender.

(i) If for any reason any Swing Line Loan cannot be refinanced by such a Revolving Credit Borrowing in accordance with this Section 2.04(c)(i), the request for Base Rate Loans submitted by the relevant Swing Line Lender as set forth herein shall be deemed to be a request by such Swing Line Lender that each of the Revolving Credit Lenders fund its risk participation in the relevant Swing Line Loan and each Revolving Credit Lender’s payment to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender pursuant to this Section 2.04(c)(i) shall be deemed payment in respect of such participation.

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which such payment is immediately available to the Swing Line Lender at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect. A certificate of the Swing Line Lender submitted to any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) with respect to any amounts owing under this clause (ii) shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(iii) Each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans or to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (A) any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such Lender may have against the Swing Line Lender, the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever, (B) the occurrence or continuance of a Default, or (C) any other occurrence, event or condition, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing; provided, that each Revolving Credit Lender’s obligation to make Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to this Section 2.04(c) (but not to purchase and fund risk participations in Swing Line Loans) is subject to the conditions set forth in Section 4.02. No such funding of risk participations shall relieve or otherwise impair the obligation of the Borrowers to repay Swing Line Loans, together with interest as provided herein.

(d) Repayment of Participations. (i) At any time after any Revolving Credit Lender has purchased and funded a risk participation in a Swing Line Loan, if the relevant Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account of such Swing Line Loan, such Swing Line Lender will distribute to such Lender its Pro Rata Share of such payment (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such Lender’s risk participation was funded) in the same funds as those received by such Swing Line Lender.

(ii) If any payment received by the Swing Line Lender in respect of principal or interest on any Swing Line Loan is required to be returned by the Swing Line Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.05 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Swing Line Lender in its discretion), each Revolving Credit Lender shall pay to the Swing Line Lender its Pro Rata Share thereof on demand of the Administrative Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such amount is returned, at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Rate. The Administrative Agent will make such demand upon the request of a Swing Line Lender.

(e) Interest for Account of Swing Line Lender. The Swing Line Lender shall be responsible for invoicing the Borrowers for interest on the Swing Line Loans. Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Loan, Eurodollar Rate Loan or risk participation pursuant to this Section 2.04 to refinance such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swing Line Loan, interest in respect of such Pro Rata Share shall be solely for the account of the Swing Line Lender.

(f) Payments Directly to Swing Line Lender. The Borrowers shall make all payments of principal and interest in respect of the Swing Line Loans directly to the Swing Line Lender.

 

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Section 2.05. Prepayments.

(a) Optional. (i) Borrowers may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time elect to voluntarily prepay Term Loans and Revolving Credit Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except as provided in clause (iii) below); provided, that (1) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. (A) three (3) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (2) any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $5 million or a whole multiple of $1 million in excess thereof; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $500,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the Class (or Classes) and Type (or Types) of Loans and the order of Borrowing (or Borrowings) to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such notice is given by Parent, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein; provided, that Parent may rescind any notice of prepayment under this Section 2.05(a) if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing or other repayment of all of the Facility or other transaction, which refinancing or transaction shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed. Any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. In the case of each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(a)(i), Parent may in its sole discretion select the Borrowing or Borrowings to be repaid, and such payment shall be paid to the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.

(ii) Parent may, upon notice to the Swing Line Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at any time or from time to time, elect to voluntarily prepay Swing Line Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty; provided, that (1) such notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender and the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. on the date of the prepayment, and (2) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given by Parent, the Borrowers shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein.

(iii) In the event that, on or prior to the date that is six (6) months following the Closing Date, the Borrowers (x) make any prepayment of Term Loans in connection with any Repricing Transaction, or (y) effect any amendment of this Agreement resulting in a Repricing Transaction, the Borrowers shall pay, on a joint and several basis, to the Administrative Agent, for the ratable account of each Term Lender, (I) in the case of clause (x), a prepayment premium of 1% of the amount of the Term Loans being prepaid and (II) in the case of clause (y), a payment equal to 1% of the aggregate amount of the Term Loans outstanding immediately prior to such amendment that have been repriced (in each case, the “Prepayment Premium”).

 

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(b) Mandatory.

(i) If (1) Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary Disposes of any property or assets (other than any Disposition of any property or assets permitted by Section 7.04 (excluding dispositions permitted by Section 7.04(m), (s), (u) and (v)) or (2) any Casualty Event occurs, that results in the realization or receipt by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary of Net Proceeds in excess of $10 million, the Borrowers shall cause to be prepaid on or prior to the date which is ten (10) Business Days after the date of the realization or receipt by Parent, such Borrower or Restricted Subsidiary of such Net Proceeds an aggregate amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of all Net Proceeds received; provided, that if at the time that any such prepayment would be required, the Borrowers (or any Restricted Subsidiary) are required to offer to repurchase Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof that is secured on a pari passu basis with the Obligations) pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing such Indebtedness with the net proceeds of such Disposition or Casualty Event (such Permitted Pari Passu Secured Refinancing Debt (or any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof) required to be offered to be so repurchased, “Other Applicable Indebtedness”), then the Borrowers (or any Restricted Subsidiary) may apply such Net Proceeds on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the Term Loans and Other Applicable Indebtedness at such time; provided, that the portion of such net proceeds allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount of such net proceeds required to be allocated to the Other Applicable Indebtedness pursuant to the terms thereof, and the remaining amount, if any, of such net proceeds shall be allocated to the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof) to the prepayment of the Term Loans and to the repurchase or prepayment of Other Applicable Indebtedness, and the amount of prepayment of the Term Loans that would have otherwise been required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i) shall be reduced accordingly; provided, further, that to the extent the holders of Other Applicable Indebtedness decline to have such indebtedness repurchased or prepaid, the declined amount shall promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the date of such rejection) be applied to prepay the Term Loans in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, further, that no prepayment shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.05(b)(i) with respect to such portion of such Net Proceeds that Parent or the relevant Restricted Subsidiary shall have reinvested or entered into a binding commitment to reinvest or otherwise determined to reinvest (as set forth in a notice from Parent to the Administrative Agent to be delivered on or prior to the date which is ten (10) Business Days after the date of receipt of the applicable Net Proceeds), in each case in accordance with the definition of “Net Proceeds” and within the timeframe contemplated thereby.

(ii) If any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary of a Loan Party incurs or issues any Indebtedness after the Closing Date (other than, in the case of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, Indebtedness not prohibited under Section 7.02), including Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness, the Borrowers shall cause to be prepaid an aggregate amount of Term Loans in an amount equal to 100% of all Net Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date which is five (5) Business Days after the receipt by such Loan Party or Restricted Subsidiary of such Net Proceeds.

 

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(iii) If for any reason the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposures at any time exceeds the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments then in effect, the Borrowers shall promptly prepay or cause to be promptly prepaid Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans and/or Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations in an aggregate amount equal to such excess.

(iv) Each prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to this Section 2.05(b) shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares (provided, that any prepayment of Term Loans with the Net Proceeds of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness shall be applied solely to each applicable Class (or Classes) of Refinanced Debt), subject to clause (v) of this Section 2.05(b).

(v) Parent shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Loans (and/or Cash Collateralization of L/C Obligations) required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) through (iii) of this Section 2.05(b) promptly, and in no event more than three (3) Business Days, following the event giving rise to such mandatory prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Appropriate Lender of the contents of Parent’s prepayment notice and of such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the prepayment. Each Term Lender may reject all or a portion of its Pro Rata Share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of Term Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 2.05(b) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and Parent no later than 5:00 p.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the proposed date of such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice from a given Lender shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory repayment of Term Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Term Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Term Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Term Loans. Any Declined Proceeds remaining thereafter may be retained by the Borrowers and/or applied for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement.

(vi) Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this Section 2.05 shall be made together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurodollar Rate Loan pursuant to Section 3.05. Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.05(b), so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurodollar Rate Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.05(b), other than on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, each Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made thereunder into a Cash Collateral Account until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05(b). Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default,

 

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the Administrative Agent shall also be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from Parent or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of the outstanding Loans in accordance with this Section 2.05(b).

Section 2.06. Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

(a) Optional. Parent may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, elect to terminate the Revolving Credit Facility, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit, or from time to time permanently reduce the Revolving Credit Facility, the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit; provided, that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 2:00 p.m. three (3) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction, (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $5 million or any whole multiple of $1 million in excess thereof and (iii) Parent shall not elect to terminate or reduce (A) the Revolving Credit Facility if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Total Revolving Credit Outstandings would exceed the Revolving Credit Facility, (B) the Letter of Credit Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto, the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations not fully Cash Collateralized hereunder would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit, or (C) the Swing Line Sublimit if, after giving effect thereto and to any concurrent prepayments hereunder, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans would exceed the Letter of Credit Sublimit.

(b) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of unused portions of the Letter of Credit Sublimit or the Swing Line Sublimit or the unused Commitments of any Class under this Section 2.06. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments of any Class, the Commitment of each Lender of such Class shall be reduced by such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which such Commitments are reduced (other than the termination of the Commitment of any Lender as provided in Section 10.13). All commitment fees accrued until the effective date of any termination of the Aggregate Commitments shall be paid on the effective date of such termination.

Section 2.07. Repayment of Loans.

(a) Term Loans. The Borrowers shall repay, on a joint and several basis, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term Lenders on the Maturity Date for the Term Loans, the aggregate principal amount of all Term Loans outstanding on such date.

(b) Revolving Credit Loans. The Borrowers shall repay, on a joint and several basis, to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Appropriate Lenders on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility the aggregate principal amount of all of the Borrower’s Revolving Credit Loans outstanding on such date.

(c) Swing Line Loans. The Borrowers shall repay, on a joint and several basis, the aggregate principal amount of its Swing Line Loans on the earlier to occur of (i) the date five (5) Business Days after such Loan is made and (ii) the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility.

 

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Section 2.08. Interest.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.08(b), (i) each Eurodollar Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate; (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate; and (iii) each Swing Line Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate for Revolving Credit Loans.

(b) (i) If any amount of principal of any Loan is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, such overdue amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(ii) If any amount (other than principal of any Loan) payable by the Borrowers under any Loan Document is not paid when due (without regard to any applicable grace periods), whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, then such amount shall thereafter bear interest at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

(iii) Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

Section 2.09. Fees.

In addition to certain fees described in Sections 2.03(h) and (i):

(a) Commitment Fee. The Borrowers agree to pay, on a joint and several basis, to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Revolving Credit Lender in accordance with its Pro Rata Share, a commitment fee equal to the Applicable Rate multiplied by the actual daily amount by which the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitment exceeds the sum of (A) the Outstanding Amount of Revolving Credit Loans and (B) the Outstanding Amount of L/C Obligations; provided, that any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrowers so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrowers prior to such time; and provided, further, that no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. The commitment fee on the Revolving Credit Facility shall accrue at all times from the Closing Date until the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility, including at any time during which one or more of the conditions in Article IV is not met, and shall be due

 

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and payable quarterly in arrears on the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December, commencing with the first such date to occur after the Closing Date, and on the Maturity Date for the Revolving Credit Facility. The commitment fee shall be calculated quarterly in arrears, and if there is any change in the Applicable Rate during any quarter, the actual daily amount shall be computed and multiplied by the Applicable Rate separately for each period during such quarter that such Applicable Rate was in effect. For the avoidance of doubt, the Outstanding Amount of Swing Line Loans shall not be counted towards or considered usage of the Aggregate Commitments for purposes of determining the commitment fee.

(b) Other Fees. The Borrowers shall pay, on a joint and several basis, to the Agents such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed between Parent and the applicable Agent).

Section 2.10. Computation of Interest and Fees.

All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans (including Base Rate Loans determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate) shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty five (365) or three hundred and sixty six (366) days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed (which results in more fees or interest, as applicable, being paid than if computed on the basis of a 365-day year). Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which the Loan is made, and shall not accrue on a Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Loan or such portion is paid; provided, that any Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.12(a), bear interest for one day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

Section 2.11. Evidence of Indebtedness.

(a) The Credit Extensions made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and by the Administrative Agent in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error of the amount of the Credit Extensions made by the Lenders to the Borrowers and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrowers hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrowers shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

 

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(b) In addition to the accounts and records referred to in Section 2.11(a), each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice accounts or records evidencing the purchases and sales by such Lender of participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by the Administrative Agent and the accounts and records of any Lender in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error.

Section 2.12. Payments Generally.

(a) All payments to be made by the Borrowers shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrowers hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the applicable Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars and in Same Day Funds not later than 3:00 p.m. on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s applicable Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 3:00 p.m., shall in each case be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

(b) If any payment to be made by the Borrowers shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

(c) (i) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with Section 2.02 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrowers severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to either Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at (A) in the case of a payment to be made by such Lender, the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation, plus any administrative, processing or similar fees customarily charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with the foregoing, and (B) in the case of a payment to be made by the Borrower, the interest rate applicable to Base Rate Loans. If the applicable Borrower and such Lender shall pay such interest to the Administrative Agent for the same or an overlapping period, the Administrative Agent shall promptly remit to applicable Borrower the amount of such interest paid by the Borrowers for such period. If such Lender pays its share of the applicable Borrowing to the Administrative Agent, then the amount

 

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so paid shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing. Any payment by either Borrower shall be without prejudice to any claim such Borrower may have against a Lender that shall have failed to make such payment to the Administrative Agent.

(ii) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from Parent prior to the time at which any payment is due to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders or an L/C Issuer hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such payment, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment on such date in accordance herewith and may, in reliance upon such assumption, distribute to the Appropriate Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuers, as the case may be, the amount due. In such event, if the Borrowers have not in fact made such payment, then each of the Appropriate Lenders or the applicable L/C Issuers, as the case may be, severally agrees to repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand the amount so distributed to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, in immediately available funds with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is distributed to it to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the greater of the Federal Funds Rate and a rate determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with banking industry rules on interbank compensation.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or Parent with respect to any amount owing under this clause (c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrowers by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Credit Extension set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans, to fund participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans and to make payments pursuant to Section 10.04(c) are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan, to fund any such participation or to make any payment under Section 10.04(c) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan, purchase its participation or to make its payment under Section 10.04(c).

(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

(g) Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in Section 8.03. If the Administrative Agent receives

 

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funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may (to the fullest extent permitted by mandatory provisions of applicable Law), but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (a) the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time and (b) the Outstanding Amount of all L/C Obligations outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.

Section 2.13. Sharing of Payments.

Subject to Section 2.05(b)(v), if any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of (a) Obligations due and payable to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations due and payable to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time) of payments on account of the Obligations due and payable to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all the Lenders at such time or (b) Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time in excess of its ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to such Lender at such time to (ii) the aggregate amount of the Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Parties at such time) of payment on account of the Obligations owing (but not due and payable) to all Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents at such time obtained by all of the Lenders at such time then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans and subparticipations in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of Obligations then due and payable to the Lenders or owing (but not due and payable) to the Lenders, as the case may be; provided that:

(i) if any such participations or subparticipations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations or subparticipations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), (y) the application of Cash Collateral provided for in Section 2.17, or (z) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans or subparticipations in L/C Obligations or Swing Line Loans to any assignee or participant, other than an assignment to the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

 

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Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against such Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of such Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

Section 2.14. Incremental Credit Extensions.

(a) Parent may, at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders), request (a) one or more additional tranches of term loans (the “Incremental Term Loans”) or (b) one or more increases in the amount of the Revolving Credit Commitments of any Facility (each such increase, a “Revolving Commitment Increase”); provided, that upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment referred to below and at the time that any such Incremental Term Loan is made (and after giving effect thereto), (i) no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (ii) Parent shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with Section 7.09 for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01. Each tranche of Incremental Term Loans and each Revolving Commitment Increase shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $50 million (provided, that such amount may be less than $50 million if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in the next sentence). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the aggregate amount of the Incremental Term Loans and the Revolving Commitment Increases (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, those established in respect of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to Section 2.16) shall not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount.

(b) Any Revolving Commitment Increase shall be on the same terms and pursuant to the same documentation applicable to the Revolving Credit Facility (including the maturity date in respect thereof but excluding up-front commitment or similar fees); provided, the Applicable Rate with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility may be increased if necessary to be consistent with that required by the lenders providing the Revolving Commitment Increase. The Incremental Term Loans (a) shall rank pari passu or junior in right of payment and of security with the Revolving Credit Loans and the Term Loans, (b) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date with respect to the Term Loans, (c) shall not have a shorter Weighted Average Life to Maturity than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans, (d) shall be entitled to share in mandatory and voluntary prepayments on a ratable (or less than ratable, but in no event greater than ratable) basis with the Term Loans, and (e) shall bear interest at rates and be entitled to upfront fees as shall be determined by Parent and the applicable new Lenders; provided, however, that if the All-In Yield for the Incremental Term Loans shall exceed the All-In Yield with respect to the Term Loans by more than 50 basis points, then the interest rate margins applicable to the Term Loans shall be increased so that such excess shall be only 50 basis points. The Incremental Term Loans shall otherwise be on terms and pursuant to documentation to be determined by Parent; provided that, to the extent such terms and documentation are not consistent with the Term Facility (except to the extent permitted by clauses (a) through (e) above), they shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (it being understood to the extent that any financial maintenance covenant is added for the benefit of any Incremental Facility, no consent shall be required from the Administrative Agent or any Lender to the extent

 

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that such financial maintenance covenant is also added for the benefit of any corresponding existing Term Loans) and subject to clauses (b) and (c) above, the amortization schedule (if any) applicable to the Incremental Term Loans shall be determined by Parent and the lenders thereof.

(c) Each notice from Parent pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Commitment Increases. Incremental Term Loans may be made, and Revolving Commitment Increases may be provided, by any existing Lender or by any other bank or other financial institution (any such other bank or other financial institution being called an “Additional Lender”); provided, that the Administrative Agent, each Swing Line Lender and each L/C Issuer shall have consented (not to be unreasonably withheld) to such Lender’s or Additional Lender’s making such Incremental Term Loans or providing such Revolving Commitment Increases if such consent would be required under Section 10.06(b) for an assignment of Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, as applicable, to such Lender or Additional Lender. Commitments in respect of Incremental Term Loans and Revolving Commitment Increases shall become Commitments (or in the case of a Revolving Commitment Increase to be provided by an existing Revolving Credit Lender, an increase in such Lender’s applicable Revolving Credit Commitment) under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the applicable Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Additional Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Amendment shall, without the consent of the Agents or the Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and Parent to effect the provisions of this Section 2.14, including without limitation to incorporate the applicable lenders in respect of Incremental Term Loans as “Lenders”, and the Incremental Term Loans as “Loans” and/or “Term Loans”, for all applicable purposes hereunder, including the definition of Required Lenders and to establish any tranche of Incremental Term Loans as an independent Class or Facility, as applicable. The effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment shall be subject to such further conditions as Parent and the applicable Lenders and Additional Lenders shall agree. The Borrowers may use the proceeds of the Incremental Term Loans and Revolving Commitment Increases for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Term Loans or Revolving Commitment Increases, unless it so agrees.

(d) Upon each increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to this Section 2.14, (a) each Revolving Credit Lender immediately prior to such increase will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assigned to each Lender providing a portion of the Revolving Commitment Increase (each a “Revolving Commitment Increase Lender”), and each such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender will automatically and without further act be deemed to have assumed (in the case of an increase to the Revolving Credit Facility only), a portion of such Revolving Credit Lender’s participations hereunder in outstanding Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans such that, after giving effect to each such deemed assignment and assumption of participations, the percentage of the aggregate outstanding (i) participations hereunder in Letters of Credit and (ii) participations hereunder in Swing Line Loans held by each Revolving Credit Lender (including each such Revolving Commitment Increase Lender) will equal the percentage of the aggregate Revolving Credit Commitments of all Revolving Credit Lenders represented by such Revolving Credit Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment and (b) if, on the

 

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date of such increase, there are any Revolving Credit Loans under the applicable Facility outstanding, such Revolving Credit Loans shall on or prior to the effectiveness of such Revolving Commitment Increase be prepaid from the proceeds of additional Revolving Credit Loans under the applicable Facility made hereunder (reflecting such increase in Revolving Credit Commitments), which prepayment shall be accompanied by accrued interest on the Revolving Credit Loans being prepaid and any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs incurred by any Lender in accordance with Section 3.05. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereby agree that the minimum borrowing, pro rata borrowing and pro rata payment requirements contained elsewhere in this Agreement shall not apply to the transactions effected pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.14 or in Article IV or otherwise in this Agreement, so long as no Event of Default has occurred pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (f), the lenders providing any Incremental Term Loans in connection with a Permitted Acquisition may agree to modify the conditionality with respect to such Incremental Term Loans such that the Permitted Acquisition may be consummated on a “certain funds” basis.

(f) The effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment shall be subject to, if requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) customary legal opinions, board resolutions and officers’ certificates consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date (conformed as appropriate, including to reflect any Incremental Term Loans provided on a “certain funds” basis) and (ii) reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that such Incremental Term Loans or Incremental Credit Increase is provided with the benefit of the applicable Loan Documents.

(g) This Section 2.14 shall supersede any provisions in Section 2.13 or 10.01 to the contrary.

Section 2.15. Refinancing Amendments.

(a) On one or more occasions after the Closing Date, the Borrowers may obtain, from any Lender or any Additional Refinancing Lender, Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of all or any portion of the Term Loans then outstanding under this Agreement, in the form of Other Term Loans or Other Term Loan Commitments, pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment. The effectiveness of any Refinancing Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof of each of the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require compliance with Section 7.09 for any incurrence of Other Term Loans) and, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, receipt by the Administrative Agent of (i) customary legal opinions, board resolutions and officers’ certificates consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date (conformed as appropriate) and (ii) reaffirmation agreements and/or such amendments to the Collateral Documents as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent in order to ensure that such Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness is provided with the benefit of the applicable Loan Documents.

(b) Each issuance of Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness under Section 2.15(a) shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is (x) $50 million or (y) an integral multiple of $5 million in excess thereof, unless the Administrative Agent shall otherwise agree in its discretion.

 

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(c) Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to a Refinancing Amendment, without the consent of any other Lenders, to the extent (but only to the extent) necessary to (i) reflect the existence and terms of the Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness incurred pursuant thereto, including without limitation to incorporate the applicable lenders in respect of Other Term Loans as “Lenders”, and the Other Term Loans as “Loans” and/or “Term Loans”, for all applicable purposes hereunder, including the definition of Required Lenders and to establish any tranche of Other Term Loans an independent Class or Facility, as applicable, and (ii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and Parent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.15, and the Lenders hereby expressly authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into any such Refinancing Amendment, which shall not, for the avoidance of doubt be subject to Section 10.01.

Section 2.16. Extension Offers.

(a) Pursuant to one or more offers made from time to time by Parent to all Term Lenders of a particular Class by notice to the Administrative Agent, on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding Term Loans of such Class) and on the same terms (“Term Extension Offers”), the Borrowers are hereby permitted to consummate transactions with individual Term Lenders from time to time to extend the maturity date of such Lender’s Term Loans and to otherwise modify the terms of such Lender’s Term Loans pursuant to the terms of the relevant Term Extension Offer (including increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Lender’s Term Loans and/or modifying the amortization schedule (if any) in respect of such Lender’s Term Loans). Pursuant to one or more offers made from time to time by Parent to all Revolving Credit Lenders by notice to the Administrative Agent, on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments) and on the same terms (“Revolving Extension Offers” and, together with Term Extension Offers, “Extension Offers”), the Borrowers are hereby permitted to consummate transactions with individual Revolving Credit Lenders from time to time to extend the maturity date of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments and to otherwise modify the terms of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments pursuant to the terms of the relevant Revolving Extension Offer (including increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of such Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitments). For the avoidance of doubt, the reference to “on the same terms” in the preceding sentences shall mean, (i) when comparing Term Extension Offers, that the Term Loans are offered to be extended for the same amount of time and that the interest rate changes and fees payable in respect thereto are the same and (ii) when comparing Revolving Extension Offers, that the Revolving Credit Commitments are offered to be extended for the same amount of time and that the interest rate changes and fees payable in respect thereto are the same. Any such extension (an “Extension”) agreed to between Parent and any such Lender (an “Extending Lender”) will be established under this Agreement by implementing an Incremental Term Loan (provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the implementation of an Incremental Term Loan to establish an Extended Term Loan shall not count as an Incremental Term Loan for purposes of calculating the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount) for such Lender (if such Lender is extending an existing Term Loan (such extended

 

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Term Loan, an “Extended Term Loan”)) or a Revolving Commitment Increase (provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, such Revolving Commitment Increase shall not count for purposes of calculating the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount) for such Lender (if such Lender is extending an existing Revolving Credit Commitment (such extended Revolving Credit Commitment, an “Extended Revolving Credit Commitment”)).

(b) The Borrowers and each Extending Lender shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a Loan Extension Agreement and such other documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments of such Extending Lender. Each Loan Extension Agreement shall specify the terms of the applicable Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments; provided, that (i) except as to interest rates, fees, amortization, final maturity date, collateral arrangements and voluntary and mandatory prepayment arrangements (which shall, subject to clauses (ii) and (iii) of this proviso, be determined by Parent and set forth in the Extension Offer), the Extended Term Loans shall have (x) the same terms as the Term Loans, or (y) such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the final maturity date of any Extended Term Loans shall be no earlier than the Maturity Date for the Term Loans, (iii) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of any Extended Term Loans shall be no shorter than the remaining Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Term Loans and (iv) except as to interest rates, fees, final maturity, collateral arrangements and voluntary and mandatory prepayment arrangements, any Extended Revolving Credit Commitment shall be a Revolving Credit Commitment with the same terms as the Revolving Credit Loans. Upon the effectiveness of any Loan Extension Agreement, this Agreement shall be amended to the extent necessary to reflect the existence and terms of the Extended Term Loans and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitments evidenced thereby and other changes necessary to preserve the intent of this Agreement without the consent of any other Lender and without regard to Section 10.01, including without limitation to incorporate the Extending Lenders as “Lenders”, and the Extended Term Loans and Extended Revolving Commitments as “Loans” and/or “Term Loans” and/or Commitments, for all applicable purposes hereunder, including the definition of Required Lenders and to establish any tranche of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Commitments as an independent Class or Facility, as applicable. Any such deemed amendment may, at Parent or the Administrative Agent’s request, be memorialized in writing by the Administrative Agent and Parent and furnished to the other parties hereto.

(c) Upon the effectiveness of any such Extension, the applicable Extending Lender’s Term Loan will be automatically designated an Extended Term Loan and/or such Extending Lender’s Revolving Credit Commitment will be automatically designated an Extended Revolving Credit Commitment. For the avoidance of doubt, the commitments and obligations of any Swing Line Lender or L/C Issuer can only be extended pursuant to an Extension or otherwise with such Person’s consent.

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including this Section 2.16), (i) no Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment is required to be in any minimum amount or any minimum increment; provided, that the aggregate amount of Extended Term Loans or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment for any new Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments made in connection with any Extension Offer shall be at least $50 million, (ii) any Extending Lender

 

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may extend all or any portion of its Term Loans and/or Revolving Credit Commitment pursuant to one or more Extension Offers (subject to applicable proration in the case of over participation) (including the extension of any Extended Term Loan and/or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment), (iii) there shall be no condition to any Extension of any Loan or Revolving Credit Commitment at any time or from time to time other than notice to the Administrative Agent of such Extension and the terms of the Extended Term Loan or Extended Revolving Credit Commitment implemented thereby, (iv) the interest rate limitations referred to in the proviso to clause (e) of Section 2.14(b) shall not be implicated by any Extension and (v) all Extended Term Loans, Extended Revolving Credit Commitments and all obligations in respect thereof shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that are secured by the Collateral on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

(e) Each extension shall be consummated pursuant to procedures set forth in the associated Extension Offer; provided, that the Borrowers shall cooperate with the Administrative Agent prior to making any Extension Offer to establish reasonable procedures with respect to mechanical provisions relating to such Extension, including timing, rounding and other adjustments.

Section 2.17. Defaulting Lenders.

(a) Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure. All or any part of a Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Obligations and Swing Line Loans shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 4.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless Parent shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Revolving Credit Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(b) Cash Collateral, Repayment of Swing Line Loans. If the reallocation described in Section 2.17(a) cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the Borrowers shall, on a joint and several basis and without prejudice to any right or remedy available to them hereunder or under law, (x) first, prepay Swing Line Loans in an amount equal to the Swing Line Lenders’ Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the L/C Issuers’ Fronting Exposure in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.03(g).

(c) New Swing Line Loans/Letters of Credit. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, so long as any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, (i) the Swing Line Lender shall not be required to fund any Swing Line Loans unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect to such Swing Line Loan and (ii) no L/C Issuer shall be required to issue, extend, renew or increase any Letter of Credit unless it is satisfied that it will have no Fronting Exposure after giving effect thereto.

 

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ARTICLE III

Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality

Section 3.01. Taxes.

(a) Any and all payments by any Loan Party to or for the account of any Recipient under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any Taxes, except as required by applicable Law. If any Withholding Agent shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any such payment, (i) the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deductions, (ii) the applicable Withholding Agent shall pay the full amount so deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable Laws, (iii) as soon as practicable after the date of such payment, Parent shall furnish to the Administrative Agent the original or a copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof, a copy of the tax return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (iv) if the Tax in question is an Indemnified Tax, the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after all required deductions have been made (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01(a)), the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made.

(b) In addition, the Borrowers and Guarantors agree to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, mortgage recording or similar Taxes which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, excluding any such Taxes imposed as a result of an assignment by a Lender (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 10.13) that are Other Connection Taxes (hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

(c) Each Borrower and each Guarantor agrees to indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after written demand therefor, for (i) the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) payable by such Recipient, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability prepared in good faith and delivered to the Borrowers by a Lender or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Status of Lenders. Each Lender shall, at such times as are reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent, provide Parent and the Administrative Agent with such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by any Laws or reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent certifying as to any entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from, or reduction in the rate of, any applicable withholding Tax with respect to any payments to be made to such Lender under any Loan Document. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by any Laws or reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Loan Parties or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each

 

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Lender shall, whenever any such documentation (including any specific documentation required below in this Section 3.01(d)) becomes obsolete, expired or inaccurate in any respect, deliver promptly to Parent and the Administrative Agent updated or other appropriate documentation (including any new documentation reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent) or promptly notify Parent and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal ineligibility to do so.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing:

(1) Each U.S. Lender shall deliver to Parent and the Administrative Agent on or before the date on which it becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Parent or the Administrative Agent) two (2) properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding;

(2) Each Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Parent and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by Parent or Administrative Agent) on or before the date on which it becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Parent or the Administrative Agent) whichever of the following is applicable:

(A) two (2) properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor form) claiming eligibility for the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party,

(B) two (2) properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI (or any successor form),

(C) in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code, (A) two (2) properly completed and duly executed certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit J-1 (any such certificate, a “United States Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (B) two (2) properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN (or any successor form), or

(D) to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner (for example, where the Foreign Lender is a partnership or a participating Lender), two (2) properly completed and duly executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor form), accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, United States Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-2 or Exhibit J-3, IRS Form W-9, IRS Form W-8IMY (or any successor form) and/or any other required information, certification or documentation from each beneficial owner, as applicable (provided, that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership (and not a participating Lender) and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a United States Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit J-4 on behalf of such direct or indirect partner (or partners));

 

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(3) Any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to Parent and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of Parent or the Administrative Agent), two (2) properly completed and duly executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable Laws (including the Treasury Regulations) as a basis for claiming a complete exemption from, or a reduction in, United States federal withholding tax on any payments to such Lender under the Loan Documents, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable Law (including the Treasury Regulations) to permit any Loan Party or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(4) If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to Parent and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by Law and at such time or times reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by Parent or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA, to determine whether such Lender has or has not complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount, if any, to deduct and withhold from such payment. For purposes of this clause (4), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement and any intergovernmental agreement or similar agreement intended to facilitate compliance with, or otherwise related to FATCA.

(e) Any Lender claiming any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall use its reasonable efforts to change the jurisdiction of its Lending Office if such a change would reduce any such additional amounts in the future and would not, in the sole good faith determination of such Lender, result in any unreimbursed cost or expense or be otherwise materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

(f) If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith that it has received a refund in respect of any Taxes as to which indemnification or additional amounts have been paid to it pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall promptly remit to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made or additional amounts paid under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Recipient (including any Taxes imposed with respect to such refund) and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided, that such indemnifying party, upon the request of such Recipient, agrees to promptly repay to such Recipient the amount paid over to it pursuant to the above provisions of this Section 3.01(f) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority), in the event such Recipient is required to repay such refund to the relevant Governmental Authority. This Section 3.01(f) shall not be construed to require any Lender or Agent to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to any Loan Party or any other Person.

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Section 3.02. Illegality.

If any Lender determines in good faith in its reasonable discretion that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Loans whose interest is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, or to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, or any Governmental Authority has imposed material restrictions on the authority of such Lender to purchase or sell, or to take deposits of, Dollars in the London interbank market, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to Parent through the Administrative Agent, (i) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended, and (ii) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender making or maintaining Base Rate Loans the interest rate on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, in each case until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and Parent that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Borrowers shall, upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all Eurodollar Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans (the interest rate on which Base Rate Loans of such Lender shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Administrative Agent without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate), either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans to such day, or immediately, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurodollar Rate Loans and (y) if such notice asserts the illegality of such Lender determining or charging interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate, the Administrative Agent shall during the period of such suspension compute the Base Rate applicable to such Lender without reference to the Eurodollar Rate component thereof until the Administrative Agent is advised in writing by such Lender that it is no longer illegal for such Lender to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurodollar Rate. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrowers shall also pay, on a joint and several basis, accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted.

Section 3.03. Inability to Determine Rates.

If in connection with any request for a Eurodollar Rate Loan or a conversion to or continuation thereof that (a) the Administrative Agent determines that (i) Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and Interest Period of such Eurodollar Rate Loan or (ii) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan or in connection with an existing or proposed Base Rate Loan, or (b) the Required Lenders determine that for any reason the Eurodollar Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect

 

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to a proposed Eurodollar Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify Parent and each Lender. Thereafter, (x) the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods), and (y) in the event of a determination described in the preceding sentence with respect to the Eurodollar Rate component of the Base Rate, the utilization of the Eurodollar Rate component in determining the Base Rate shall be suspended, in each case until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, Parent may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans (to the extent of the affected Eurodollar Rate Loans or Interest Periods) or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a committed Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

Section 3.04. Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans.

(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement contemplated by Section 3.04(d)) or any L/C Issuer;

(ii) subject any Lender or any L/C Issuer to any Tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, any participation in a Letter of Credit or any Loan made by it, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender or such L/C Issuer in respect thereof (except for (i) Indemnified Taxes indemnifiable under Section 3.01 and (ii) Excluded Taxes); or

(iii) impose on any Lender or any L/C Issuer or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Eurodollar Rate Loans made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender of making or maintaining any Loan the interest on which is determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (or, in the case of clause (ii) above, any Loan), or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan, or to increase the cost to such Lender or such L/C Issuer of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender or such L/C Issuer hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, the Borrowers will pay, on a joint and several basis, to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered, to the extent such compensation is sought from similarly situated borrowers.

 

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(b) Capital Requirements. If any Lender or any L/C Issuer determines in good faith in its reasonable discretion that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or any L/C Issuer or any Lending Office of such Lender or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Loans made by, or participations in Letters of Credit held by, such Lender, or the Letters of Credit issued by such L/C Issuer, to a level below that which such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity), then, to the extent such compensation is sought from similarly situated borrowers, the Borrowers, upon request of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, will pay, on a joint and several basis, to such Lender or such L/C Issuer such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or such Lender’s or such L/C Issuer’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates for Reimbursement. A certificate of a Lender or an L/C Issuer setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or such L/C Issuer or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in clauses (a) or (b) of this Section and delivered to Parent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay, on a joint and several basis, such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within ten (10) days after receipt thereof.

(d) Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans. The Borrowers shall pay, on a joint and several basis, to each Lender, as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits (currently known as “Eurocurrency liabilities”), additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurodollar Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error), which shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan; provided Parent shall have received at least ten (10) days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice ten (10) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest shall be due and payable ten (10) days from receipt of such notice.

Section 3.05. Funding Losses.

Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrowers shall promptly compensate, on a joint and several basis, such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense actually incurred by it as a result of:

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurodollar Rate Loan of any Borrower on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan;

 

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(b) any failure by any Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Eurodollar Rate Loan of the Borrowers on the date or in the amount notified by Parent; or

(c) any assignment of a Eurodollar Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period therefor as a result of a request by Parent pursuant to Section 10.13;

including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained. The Borrowers shall also pay, on a joint and several basis, any customary administrative fees charged by such Lender in connection with the foregoing.

Section 3.06. Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation.

(a) Except with respect to any requests for compensation or indemnification under Section 3.01 (requests for which shall be governed by Section 3.01(c)), any Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III shall deliver a certificate to Parent setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

(b) Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to demand compensation pursuant to Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or any L/C Issuer’s right to demand such compensation; provided, that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies Parent of the event that gives rise to such claim; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such one hundred and eighty (180) day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. If any Lender requests compensation by the Borrowers under Section 3.04, Parent may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue from one Interest Period to another applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans, or, if applicable, to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.06(c) shall be applicable); provided, that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.

(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue any Eurodollar Rate Loan, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.06(b) hereof, such Lender’s applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans (or, if such conversion is not possible, repaid) on the last day (or days) of the then current Interest Period (or Interest Periods) for such Eurodollar Rate Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion required by Section 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:

(i) to the extent that such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s applicable Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and

(ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as Eurodollar Rate Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans (if possible), and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into Eurodollar Rate Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.

 

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(d) If any Lender gives notice to Parent (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to the conversion of any of such Lender’s Eurodollar Rate Loans pursuant to this Section 3.06 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurodollar Rate Loans made by other Lenders under the applicable Facility are outstanding, if applicable, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted, on the first day (or days) of the next succeeding Interest Period (or Interest Periods) for such outstanding Eurodollar Rate Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Eurodollar Rate Loans under such Facility and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments for the applicable Facility.

Section 3.07. Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.

(a) Designation of a Different Lending Office. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, any L/C Issuer, or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Section 3.01, or if any Lender gives a notice pursuant to Section 3.02, then such Lender or such L/C Issuer shall, as applicable, use reasonable efforts to designate a different Lending Office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender or such L/C Issuer, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04, as the case may be, in the future, or eliminate the need for the notice pursuant to Section 3.02, as applicable, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be, to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as the case may be. The Borrowers hereby agree to pay, on a joint and several basis, all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender or any L/C Issuer in connection with any such designation or assignment.

(b) Replacement of Lenders. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, or if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, Parent may replace such Lender in accordance with Section 10.13.

 

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Section 3.08. Survival.

All of the Borrowers’ obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, repayment of all other Obligations hereunder, resignation of the Administrative Agent and any assignment of rights by, or replacement of, a Lender or L/C Issuer.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions Precedent to Credit Extensions

Section 4.01. Conditions to the Initial Credit Extensions.

The obligation of each L/C Issuer and each Lender to make its initial Credit Extension hereunder is subject to satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:

(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each dated the Closing Date (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the Closing Date) and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement;

(ii) an original Note executed by the Borrowers in favor of each Lender requesting a Note;

(iii) a security agreement, in substantially the form of Exhibit F hereto (together with each security agreement supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.11, in each case as amended, the “Security Agreement”), duly executed by each Loan Party, together with:

(A) certificates and instruments representing the applicable Collateral referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers or instruments of transfer executed in blank,

(B) financing statements in form appropriate for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code of all jurisdictions that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under the Security Agreement, covering the Collateral described in the Security Agreement,

(C) copies of UCC, United States Patent and Trademark Office and United States Copyright Office, tax and judgment lien searches, or equivalent reports or searches, each of a recent date listing all effective financing statements, lien notices or comparable documents (together with copies of such financing statements and documents) that name any Loan Party as debtor and that are filed in those state and county jurisdictions in which any Loan Party is organized or maintains its principal place of business and such other searches that are required by the Perfection Certificate or that the Administrative Agent reasonably deems necessary or appropriate, none of which encumber the Collateral covered or intended to be covered by the Collateral Documents (other than Permitted Liens),

 

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(D) a Perfection Certificate duly executed by each of the Loan Parties, and

(E) a Copyright Security Agreement, Patent Security Agreement and Trademark Security Agreement (as each such term is defined in the Security Agreement and to the extent applicable) (together with each other intellectual property security agreement delivered pursuant to Section 6.11, in each case as amended or supplemented, the “Intellectual Property Security Agreement”), duly executed by each applicable Loan Party, together with evidence that all action that the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the Liens created under the Intellectual Property Security Agreement has been taken.

(iv) such certifications of resolutions or other action and incumbency certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party;

(v) such documents and certifications as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require to evidence that each Loan Party is duly organized or formed;

(vi) a favorable opinion of (A) Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and (B) Venable LLP, counsel to the Loan Parties, addressed to the Administrative Agent and each Lender, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers;

(vii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied;

(viii) (A) the Audited Financial Statements; (B) the Quarterly Financial Statements; and (C) the Projections;

(ix) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis after giving effect to the Closing Date Transactions, from Parent’s chief financial officer, substantially in the form of Exhibit K hereto;

(x) a certificate attaching all material documentation relating to any Standalone Letter of Credit Facility that is or will be in effect on the Closing Date; and

(xi) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by regulatory authorities with respect to the Loan Parties reasonably requested by the Lenders at least ten (10) days prior to such date under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act; and

(b) (i) all fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent and the Arranger on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid; (ii) all fees required to be paid to the Lenders on or before the Closing Date shall have been paid and (iii) all reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Administrative Agent shall have been paid, to the extent invoiced;

 

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the Arrangers shall be reasonably satisfied (i) that all necessary regulatory, governmental and corporate approvals and consents have been received and (ii) with the outstanding indebtedness of Parent and its subsidiaries, in each case, as of the Closing Date;

(c) the Arrangers shall have received public ratings for the Facilities from each of S&P and Moody’s, and a public corporate credit rating and a public corporate family rating in respect of Parent and its Subsidiaries after giving effect to the Closing Date Transactions from each of S&P and Moody’s; and

(d) since December 31, 2012, there has not occurred any event that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of Section 9.03(e), for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 4.01, each of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

Section 4.02. Conditions to All Credit Extensions after the Closing Date.

Following the Closing Date, the obligation of each Lender to honor any Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) is subject to the following conditions precedent:

(a) The representations and warranties of each Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Credit Extension (except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct as of such earlier date); provided, that, to the extent that such representations and warranties are qualified by materiality, material adverse effect or similar language, they shall be true and correct in all respects.

(b) No Default or Event of Default shall exist or would result from such proposed Credit Extension or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.

(c) The Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the relevant L/C Issuer or the relevant Swing Line Lender shall have received a Request for Credit Extension in accordance with the requirements hereof.

Each Request for Credit Extension (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type, or a continuation of Eurodollar Rate Loans) submitted by Parent shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.02(a) and (b) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Credit Extension. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.02 or in Section 2.14, so long as no Event of Default has occurred pursuant to Section 8.01(a) or (f), the lenders providing any Incremental Term Loans in connection with a Permitted Acquisition may agree to modify the conditionality with respect to such Incremental Term Loans such that the Permitted Acquisition may be consummated on a “certain funds” basis.

 

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ARTICLE V

Representations and Warranties

Each Loan Party represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:

Section 5.01. Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws.

Each Loan Party (a) is a Person duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing (where relevant) under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business as currently conducted and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and in good standing (where relevant) under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, (d) is in compliance with all Laws, orders, writs and injunctions and (e) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i), (c), (d) or (e), to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.02. Authorization; No Contravention.

The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party, and the consummation of the Closing Date Transactions, (a) are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other powers, (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action and (c) do not and will not (i) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents, (ii) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than as permitted by Section 7.01) (x) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject or (y) any material agreement to which such Person is a party; or (iii) violate any material Law; except with respect to any conflict, breach, violation or contravention referred to in clause (ii) or (iii), to the extent that such conflict, breach, violation or contravention would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.03. Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.

No material approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority is necessary or required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for the consummation of the Closing Date Transactions, (b) the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, or (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents (including the priority thereof), except for (i) filings and registrations necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties, (ii) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect (or, with respect to consummation of the Transactions, will be duly obtained,

 

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taken, given or made and will be in full force and effect, in each case within the time period required to be so obtained, taken, given or made) and (iii) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.04. Binding Effect.

This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is a party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by (a) Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity, (b) the need for filings and registrations necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties and (c) the effect of foreign Laws, rules and regulations as they relate to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries (other than those pledges made under the Laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary).

Section 5.05. Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(a) The Audited Financial Statements and the Quarterly Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, (i) except as otherwise expressly noted therein and (ii) subject, in the case of the Quarterly Financial Statements, to changes resulting from normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

(b) Since the Closing Date, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.06. Litigation.

There are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues (other than actions, suits, proceedings and claims in connection with the Transactions) that either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.07. [Reserved]

Section 5.08. Ownership of Property; Liens.

Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good record title to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all Real Property necessary in the ordinary conduct of its business, free and clear of all Liens except (i) as set forth on Schedule 5.08, (ii) minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets for their intended purposes, (iii) Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and (iv) where the failure to so have would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 5.09. Environmental Compliance.

(a) There are no claims, actions, suits, or proceedings against Parent or any of its Subsidiaries alleging liability or responsibility for violation of, or otherwise relating to, any Environmental Law that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Except as specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.09(b) or except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i) none of the properties currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries is listed or proposed for listing on the NPL or on the CERCLIS or any analogous foreign, state or local list or is adjacent to any such property; (ii) there are no and never have been any underground or aboveground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed on any property currently owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries or, to its knowledge, on any property formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iv) Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or disposed of by any Person on any property currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries and Hazardous Materials have not otherwise been released, discharged or disposed of by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries at any other location.

(c) The properties owned, leased or operated by the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries do not contain any Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which (i) constitute a violation of; (ii) require remedial action under; or (iii) could give rise to liability under, Environmental Laws, which violations, remedial actions and liabilities, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) All Hazardous Materials generated, used, treated, handled or stored at, or transported to or from, any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries have been disposed of in a manner that would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Loan Parties or any of their Subsidiaries has contractually assumed any liability or obligation under or relating to any Environmental Law.

Section 5.10. Taxes.

Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, each of the Loan Parties and each of their Subsidiaries has filed all Tax returns required to be filed, and has paid all Taxes required to be paid by it, that are due and payable, except those Taxes which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Section 5.11. ERISA Compliance.

(a) Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws.

(b) (i) No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur with respect to any Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan; (ii) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability (and no event has occurred which, with the giving of notice under Section 4219 of ERISA, would result in such liability) under Sections 4201 or 4243 of ERISA with respect to a Multiemployer Plan; and (iii) neither any Loan Party nor any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that would reasonably be expected to be subject to Sections 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA, except, with respect to each of the foregoing clauses of this Section 5.11(b), as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) The Foreign Plans of the Loan Parties and the Subsidiaries are in compliance with the requirements of any Law applicable in the jurisdiction in which the relevant Foreign Plan is maintained, in each case, except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.12. Subsidiaries; Equity Interests.

As of the Closing Date (after giving effect to any part of the Transactions that is consummated on or prior to the Closing Date), no Loan Party has any material Subsidiaries other than those disclosed in Schedule 5.12, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests owned by the Loan Parties in such material Subsidiaries have been validly issued and are fully paid and all Equity Interests owned by a Loan Party in such material Subsidiaries are owned free and clear of all Liens except (a) those created under the Collateral Documents; and (b) any Lien that is permitted under Section 7.01. As of the Closing Date, Schedules 1(a) and 10(a) and (b) to the Perfection Certificate (a) set forth the name and jurisdiction of each Domestic Subsidiary that is a Loan Party and (b) set forth the ownership interest of the Borrowers and any Subsidiary thereof in each Subsidiary, including the percentage of such ownership.

Section 5.13. Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

(a) No Loan Party is engaged in, nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB (“Margin Stock”)), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock, and no proceeds of any Borrowings or drawings under any Letter of Credit will be used for the purpose of purchasing or carrying Margin Stock or any purpose that violates Regulation U.

(b) None of the Loan Parties or any of the Subsidiaries of the Loan Parties is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

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Section 5.14. Disclosure.

To the best of Parent’s knowledge, the reports, financial statements, certificates and other written information (other than as set forth below and other than information of a general economic or industry nature) furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the Transactions and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Loan Document, when taken as a whole, do not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided, that, with respect to projected financial information and pro forma financial information, Parent represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation; it being understood that such financial information as it relates to future events is not to be viewed as fact and that such projections may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material.

Section 5.15. OFAC and Patriot Act.

(a) None of Parent, any of its Subsidiaries, or any of Parent’s directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, any directors or officers of any of Parent’s Subsidiaries, is (i) the subject of Sanctions or controlled by someone who is the subject of Sanctions or (ii) in violation of any applicable requirement of Law relating to Sanctions.

(b) None of Parent and its Subsidiaries is organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of Sanctions.

(c) Parent and each of its Subsidiaries is in compliance with the United and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56 (the “USA Patriot Act”) and OFAC.

Section 5.16. Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.

Each of the Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries owns, licenses or possesses the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, technology, software, know-how database rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are used or held for use in connection with and reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, except where the failure to so own, license or possess the right to use any such IP Rights would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No IP Rights and, to the Loan Parties’ knowledge, no advertising, product, process, method, substance, part or other material, in each case used by any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries in the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted infringes upon any rights held by any other Person except for such infringements, individually or in the aggregate, which would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any of the IP Rights, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or any of its Subsidiaries, which, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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As of the Closing Date, (i) each Loan Party owns each copyright, patent or trademark listed in Schedule 12(a) or 12(b) to the Perfection Certificate and (ii) all registrations listed in Schedule 12(a) or 12(b) to the Perfection Certificate are valid and in full force and effect, except, in each case, to the extent failure to own or possess such right to use or of such registrations to be valid and in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.17. Solvency.

On the Closing Date after giving effect to the Closing Date Transactions, Parent and its Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis taken as a whole, are Solvent.

Section 5.18. FCPA.

No Loan Party, none of its Subsidiaries nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any director, officer, agent or employee of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries acting in his/her capacity as such, has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such persons of the FCPA, including making use of the mails or any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce corruptly in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment of any money, or other property, gift, promise to give, or authorization of the giving of anything of value to any “foreign official” (as such term is defined in the FCPA) or any foreign political party or official thereof or any candidate for foreign political office, in contravention of the FCPA. Parent and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in compliance with the FCPA and have instituted and maintain policies and procedures designed to ensure, and which are reasonably expected to continue to ensure, continued compliance therewith.

Section 5.19. Security Documents.

(a) Security Agreement. The Collateral Documents are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, legal, valid and enforceable Liens on, and security interests in, the Collateral described therein to the extent intended to be created thereby and (i) when financing statements and other filings in appropriate form are filed in the offices specified on Schedule 7 to the Perfection Certificate and (ii) upon the taking of possession or control by the Collateral Agent of such Collateral with respect to which a security interest may be perfected only by possession or control (which possession or control shall be given to the Collateral Agent to the extent required by the Security Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect)), the Liens created by the Collateral Documents shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in (to the extent intended to be created thereby), all right, title and interest of the grantors in such Collateral to the extent perfection can be obtained by filing financing statements or taking possession or control, in each case subject to no Liens other than Liens permitted hereunder.

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Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, the Liens created by such Security Agreement (or Intellectual Property Security Agreement) shall constitute fully perfected Liens on, and security interests in, all right, title and interest of the grantors (to the extent intended to be created thereby) in Patents (as defined in the Security Agreement) registered or applied for with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or Copyrights (as defined in such Security Agreement) and Trademarks (as defined in the Security Agreement) registered or applied for with the United States Copyright Office, as the case may be, in each case subject to no Liens other than Liens permitted hereunder (it being understood that subsequent recordings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office may be necessary to perfect a Lien on registered or applied-for Trademarks, Patents and Copyrights acquired by the grantors thereof after the Closing Date).

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein (including this Section 5.20) or in any other Loan Document to the contrary, neither Parent nor any other Loan Party makes any representation or warranty as to the effects of perfection or non-perfection, the priority or the enforceability of any pledge of or security interest (other than with respect to those pledges and security interests made under the Laws of the jurisdiction of formation of the applicable Foreign Subsidiary) in any Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary, or as to the rights and remedies of the Agents or any Lender with respect thereto, under foreign Law.

Section 5.20. Use of Proceeds.

(a) The Borrowers will use the proceeds of the Term Loans solely for the following purposes: (i) for the Debt Proceeds Transfer; (ii) for Parent to make the Purging Distributions; (iii) to make Investments, acquisitions and Restricted Payments, in each case, to the extent permitted hereunder; and/or (iv) to fund working capital and general corporate purposes of Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries, including the Closing Date Transaction Expenses and other expenses relating to the Transactions.

(b) No proceeds of the Revolving Loans shall be used for the Purging Distributions unless Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with the Liquidity Condition.

(c) No proceeds of the Loans will be used in violation of OFAC or the other Sanctions (i) by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) to Parent’s knowledge, any other Person.

 

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ARTICLE VI

Affirmative Covenants

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable remains unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding (and not Cash Collateralized), each of the Loan Parties shall, and shall cause each of their Restricted Subsidiaries to:

Section 6.01. Financial Statements.

(a) Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent (or, with respect to fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year 2014, within ninety-five (95) days after the end of such fiscal year) beginning with the 2013 fiscal year, a consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (other than any qualification that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (i) an upcoming maturity date of the Revolving Facility; or (ii) any potential inability to satisfy a financial maintenance covenant on a future date or in a future period) (an “Accounting Opinion”); and

(b) Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender within forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (or, with respect to fiscal year 2014, within fifty (50) days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in such fiscal year), a consolidated balance sheet of Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter and the related (i) consolidated statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, and (ii) consolidated statements of cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of Parent as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Parent and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 6.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries by furnishing Parent’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC; provided, that, to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 6.01(a), such materials are accompanied by an Accounting Opinion. The information delivery requirements set forth in this Section 6.01 for the applicable period may be satisfied by Parent prior to the commencement of the exchange offer or the effectiveness of the shelf registration statement with respect to the Senior Notes by (i) the posting of such information on Parent’s or a Borrower’s public website (which may include a press release of Parent or a Borrower), (ii) the filing with the SEC of such exchange offer registration statement and/or shelf registration statement, and any amendments thereto, with such information or (iii) by including in the registration statement for the IPO quarterly or annual updates, as applicable, containing the applicable required information.

 

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Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and Section 6.02(b) and (c) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Parent (or any direct or indirect parent of Parent) posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Parent’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website (including without limitation the EDGAR website of the Securities and Exchange Commission), if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).

Section 6.02. Certificates; Other Information.

Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:

(a) no later than five (5) days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of Parent;

(b) promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which Parent or any Subsidiary files with the SEC or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;

(c) together with the delivery of each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a) (but only together with the delivery of a Compliance Certificate in connection with financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a)), (i) a report setting forth the information required by a Perfection Certificate Supplement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the last such report (provided that no such Perfection Certificate Supplement or confirmation shall be required in connection with the Compliance Certificate to be delivered for the financial statements relating to the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013) and (ii) a list of the Subsidiaries of Parent that identifies each Subsidiary as a Restricted or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate; and

(d) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, legal, financial or corporate affairs of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

The Loan Parties hereby acknowledge that (a) the Administrative Agent and/or the Arranger will make available to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers materials and/or information provided by or on behalf of the Borrowers hereunder (collectively, “Borrower Materials”) by posting the Borrower Materials on IntraLinks or another similar electronic system (the “Platform”) and (b) certain of the Lenders (each, a “Public Lender”) may have personnel who do not wish to receive material non-public information with respect to Parent or its Affiliates, or the respective securities

 

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of any of the foregoing, and who may be engaged in investment and other market-related activities with respect to such Persons’ securities. The Loan Parties hereby agree that so long as Parent is the issuer of any outstanding debt or equity securities that are registered or issued pursuant to a private offering or is actively contemplating issuing any such securities it will use commercially reasonable efforts to identify that portion of the Borrower Materials that may be distributed to the Public Lenders and that (w) all such Borrower Materials shall be clearly and conspicuously marked “PUBLIC “which, at a minimum, shall mean that the word “PUBLIC “shall appear prominently on the first page thereof; (x) by marking Borrower Materials “PUBLIC,” Parent shall be deemed to have authorized the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders to treat such Borrower Materials as not containing any material non-public information (although it may be sensitive and proprietary) with respect to Parent, either Borrower or their respective securities for purposes of United States Federal and state securities laws (provided, however, that to the extent such Borrower Materials constitute Information, they shall be treated as set forth in Section 10.07); (y) all Borrower Materials marked “PUBLIC “are permitted to be made available through a portion of the Platform designated “Public Side Information;” and (z) the Administrative Agent and the Arranger shall be entitled to treat any Borrower Materials that are not marked “PUBLIC “as being suitable only for posting on a portion of the Platform not designated “Public Side Information.” Notwithstanding the foregoing, Parent shall be under no obligation to mark any Borrower Materials “PUBLIC”.

Section 6.03. Notices.

Promptly after a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party has obtained knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent:

(a) of the occurrence of any Default;

(b) of the occurrence of any ERISA Event; and

(c) of any matter (including in regard to any court suit or action) that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Each notice pursuant to this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement of a Responsible Officer of Parent setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Loan Parties have taken and propose to take with respect thereto and shall be made available to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent.

Section 6.04. Payment of Taxes.

Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy as the same shall become due and payable, all its obligations and liabilities in respect of Taxes imposed upon it (including in its capacity as withholding agent) or upon its income or profits or in respect of its property, except, in each case, (a) to the extent the failure to pay or discharge the same would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, or (b) which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP.

 

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Section 6.05. Preservation of Existence, Etc.

(a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except (x) in a transaction permitted by Section 7.03 or 7.04 and (y) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Restricted Subsidiary and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges (including its good standing where applicable in the relevant jurisdiction), permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except (i) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section 7.03 or 7.04 or clause (y) of this Section 6.05.

Section 6.06. Maintenance of Properties.

Except if the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a) maintain, preserve and protect all of its material tangible properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted, and (b) make all necessary renewals, replacements, modifications, improvements, upgrades, extensions and additions thereof or thereto in accordance with prudent industry practice and in the normal conduct of its business.

Section 6.07. Maintenance of Insurance.

Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons. Subject to Section 6.13(a), all such insurance policies of the Loan Parties shall name the Collateral Agent as additional insured (solely in the case of liability insurance) or loss payee (solely in the case of property insurance), as applicable. With respect to each parcel of Real Property that is subject to a Mortgage, obtain flood insurance in such total amount (no greater than the value of the property) as the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may from time to time reasonably require, if at any time the area in which any improvements on such Real Property are located is designated a “flood hazard area” in any Flood Insurance Rate Map published by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (or any successor agency), and otherwise comply with the National Flood Insurance Program as set forth in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, as amended from time to time.

Section 6.08. Compliance with Laws.

Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except if the failure to comply therewith would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 6.09. Books and Records.

Maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied and which reflect all material financial transactions and matters involving the business of the Loan Parties or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be.

Section 6.10. Inspection Rights.

Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its senior officers, and independent public accountants, all at reasonable times during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance notice to Parent; provided, however, (a) unless an Event of Default exists, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise the rights under this Section 6.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two (2) times during any calendar year, (b) if an Event of Default exists and an individual Lender elects to exercise rights under this Section 6.10, (x) such Lender shall coordinate with the Administrative Agent and any other Lender electing to exercise such rights and shall share the results of such inspection with the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders and (y) the number of visits and expense associated with such individual Lender inspections must be reasonable, and (c) Parent shall have the opportunity to participate in any discussions with Parent’s independent public accountants.

Section 6.11. Additional Collateral; Additional Guarantors.

(a) Subject to this Section 6.11 and Section 6.13(b), with respect to any property acquired after the Closing Date by any Loan Party that is intended to be subject to the Lien created by any of the Collateral Documents but is not so subject, promptly (and in any event within thirty (30) days after the acquisition thereof (or, with respect to intellectual property, in any event on a quarterly basis) (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree)) (i) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent such amendments or supplements to the relevant Collateral Documents or such other documents as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to grant to the Collateral Agent, for its benefit and for the benefit of the other Secured Parties, a Lien on such property subject to no Liens other than Liens permitted hereunder; and (ii) take all actions reasonably necessary or advisable to cause such Lien to be duly perfected within the United States to the extent required by such Collateral Document in accordance with all applicable Law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions within the United States as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent. The Borrowers shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent such documents as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall reasonably require to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of the Collateral Documents on such after-acquired properties.

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(II) the date Parent delivers to the Administrative Agent financial statements by which it is determined that such Person ceased to be an Excluded Subsidiary (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree)) (i) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing all of the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary owned by such Loan Party, together with undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the holder (or holders) of such Equity Interests, and all intercompany notes owing from such Subsidiary to any Loan Party together with instruments of transfer executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of such Loan Party (in each case, with respect to Foreign Subsidiaries, to the extent applicable and permitted under foreign laws, rules or regulations) or, if necessary to perfect a Lien under applicable Law, by means of an applicable Collateral Document, to create a Lien on such Equity Interests and intercompany notes in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties and (ii) cause any such Subsidiary (A) to execute a joinder agreement reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent or such comparable documentation to become a Guarantor and a joinder agreement to the applicable Collateral Documents (including the Security Agreement), substantially in the form annexed thereto, and (B) to take all other actions reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to cause the Lien created by the applicable Collateral Documents (including the Security Agreement) to be duly perfected within the United States to the extent required by such agreement in accordance with all applicable Law, including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions within the United States as may be reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (1) the Equity Interests required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, or on which a Lien is required to be created, pursuant to clause (i) of this Section 6.11(b) shall not include any Equity Interests of a Subsidiary that is an Excluded Subsidiary by reason of clauses (b) or (e) of the definition of Excluded Subsidiary, (2) no Excluded Subsidiary shall be required to become a Guarantor or otherwise take the actions specified in clause (ii) of this Section 6.11(b), (3) no more than (A) 66% of the total voting power of all outstanding voting stock and (B) 100% of the Equity Interests not constituting voting stock of any CFC or CFC Holdco (except that any such Equity Interests constituting “stock entitled to vote” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2) shall be treated as voting stock for purposes of this Section 6.11(b)) shall be required to be pledged and (4) no Equity Interests in any Person held by a Foreign Subsidiary shall be required to be pledged.

(c) Each Loan Party shall grant to the Collateral Agent, within ninety (90) days of the acquisition thereof (or such later date as the Administrative Agent may agree), a security interest in and mortgage in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (a “Mortgage”) on each parcel of Real Property owned in fee by such Loan Party as is acquired by such Loan Party after the Closing Date and that, together with any improvements thereon, individually has a fair market value of at least $5 million as additional security for the Obligations (unless the subject property is already mortgaged to a third party to the extent permitted hereunder). Such Mortgages shall be granted pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and shall constitute valid and enforceable perfected Liens subject only to Liens permitted hereunder. The Mortgages or instruments related thereto shall be duly recorded or filed in such manner and in such places as are required by Law to establish, perfect, preserve and protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the Mortgages and all taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith shall be paid in full. Such Loan Party shall otherwise take such actions and execute and/or deliver to the Collateral Agent such documents

 

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as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent shall reasonably require to confirm the validity, perfection and priority of the Lien of any existing Mortgage or new Mortgage against such after-acquired Real Property (including, to the extent so required, a Title Policy, a Survey, local counsel opinion (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent) and a completed “Life-of-Loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency standard flood hazard determination, together with a notice executed by such Loan Party about special flood hazard area status, if applicable, in respect of such Mortgage).

(d) The foregoing clauses (a) through (c) shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance or surveys with respect to, particular assets if and for so long as (i) in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent and Parent in writing, the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets or obtaining title insurance or surveys in respect of such assets shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom or (ii) such asset constitutes an Excluded Asset (as such term is defined in the Security Agreement). In addition, the foregoing will not require actions under this Section 6.11 by a Person if and to the extent that such action would (a) go beyond the corporate or other powers of the Person concerned (and then only as such corporate or other power cannot be modified or excluded to allow such action); or (b) unavoidably result in material issues of director’s personal liability, breach of fiduciary duty or criminal liability. The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance or surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with Parent, that perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.

(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.11 or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to this Section 6.11 shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth herein, in the Collateral Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as agreed between the Collateral Agent and Parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.11 or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, any Subsidiary of Parent that Guarantees the Senior Notes shall be a Guarantor hereunder for so long as it Guarantees such Indebtedness.

Section 6.12. Compliance with Environmental Laws.

Except, in each case, to the extent that the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (a) comply, and take all reasonable actions to cause all lessees and other Persons operating or occupying its properties to comply with all applicable Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits, (b) obtain and renew all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations and properties, and (c) to the extent the Loan Parties are required by Environmental Laws, conduct any investigation, study, sampling and testing, and undertake any cleanup, removal, remedial or other action necessary to remove and clean up all Hazardous Materials from any affected property, in accordance with the requirements of all Environmental Laws.

 

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Section 6.13. Post-Closing Conditions and Further Assurances.

(a) Within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date (subject to extension by the Administrative Agent in its discretion), deliver each Collateral Document or other deliverable set forth on Schedule 6.13(a), duly executed by each Loan Party that is a party thereto, together with all documents and instruments required to perfect the security interest of the Administrative Agent in the Collateral (if any) free of any other pledges, security interests or mortgages, except Liens permitted hereunder.

(b) Promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Documents. If the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders reasonably determine that they are required by applicable Law to have appraisals prepared in respect of the Real Property of any Loan Party constituting Collateral, Parent shall cooperate with the Administrative Agent in obtaining appraisals that satisfy the applicable requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of FIRREA and are otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.

Section 6.14. Designation of Subsidiaries.

(a) After the Closing Date, Parent may designate any of its Subsidiaries (including any existing Subsidiary and any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary but excluding the Borrowers) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on, any property of, Parent or any Subsidiary of Parent (other than solely any Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated); provided, that no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with Section 7.09 for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 and provided, further that (a) such designation complies with Section 7.06; and (b) each of the Subsidiary to be so designated and its Subsidiaries has not at the time of designation, and does not thereafter, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable with respect to any Indebtedness pursuant to which the lender has recourse to any of the assets of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary.

(b) Parent may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that, immediately before and after giving effect to such designation, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with Section 7.09 for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01; provided, further, that any Indebtedness of the applicable Subsidiary and any Liens encumbering its property existing as of the time of such designation shall be deemed incurred or established, as applicable at such time.

 

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(c) Any such designation by Parent shall be notified by Parent to the Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer of Parent certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provision. Parent shall not be permitted to designate any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary if such Subsidiary is not designated as an Unrestricted Subsidiary (or equivalent term) in the documentation relating to any other Indebtedness of the Loan Parties in excess of the Threshold Amount (to the extent permissible under such Indebtedness).

Section 6.15. [Reserved]

Section 6.16. Use of Proceeds.

Use the proceeds of the Credit Extensions (including any issued Letters of Credit) not in contravention of any Law (including the Sanctions and OFAC) or of any Loan Document.

Section 6.17. Maintenance of Ratings.

Use commercially reasonable efforts to (a) cause each Facility to be continuously rated (but not any specific rating) by S&P and Moody’s and (b) maintain a public corporate rating (but not any specific rating) from S&P and a public corporate family rating (but not any specific rating) from Moody’s, in each case for Parent.

Section 6.18. Lender Calls.

At the request of the Administrative Agent or of the Required Lenders and upon reasonable prior notice, hold a conference call (at a location and time selected by the Administrative Agent and Parent) with all Lenders who choose to attend such conference call, at which conference call the financial results of the previous fiscal year or first two (2) fiscal quarters of the current fiscal year, as applicable, and the financial condition of Parent and its Subsidiaries shall be reviewed; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirement set forth in this Section 6.18 may be satisfied with a public earnings call; provided, further, in no event shall any such call be required to take place prior to forty five (45) days after the end of each of the second fiscal quarter of each fiscal year of Parent and ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of Parent, as applicable; provided, further, that Parent shall in no event be required to hold more than two (2) such calls during any fiscal year.

Section 6.19. REIT Status.

If Parent makes the REIT Election, beginning with its first taxable year in which such election is intended to be effective, Parent shall (a) use its reasonable best efforts to operate so as to satisfy all requirements necessary to qualify and maintain its qualification as a REIT under the Code and (b) not engage in any “prohibited transaction” as defined for purposes of Section 857(b)(6) of the Code that would reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect, in either case, unless the board of directors (or equivalent body) of Parent determines that it is no longer in the best interests of Parent to continue to qualify as a REIT.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Negative Covenants

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder, any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding:

Section 7.01. Liens.

Parent will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien that secures any obligation or any related guarantee, on any asset or property of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, or any income or profits therefrom, or assign or convey any right to receive income therefrom, other than the following (“Permitted Liens”):

(1) pledges, deposits or security by such Person under workmen’s compensation laws, unemployment insurance, employers’ health tax, and other social security laws or similar legislation, or other insurance related obligations (including, but not limited to, in respect of deductibles, self-insured retention amounts and premiums and adjustments thereto) or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance, or good faith deposits in connection with bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness) or leases to which such Person is a party, or deposits to secure public or statutory obligations of such Person or deposits of cash or U.S. government bonds to secure surety, stay, customs or appeal bonds to which such Person is a party, or deposits as security for contested taxes or import duties or for the payment of rent, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (including letters of credit issued in lieu of any such bonds or to support the issuance thereof and including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations), in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business;

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

(3) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges not yet overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of such Person in accordance with GAAP;

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

 

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(5) survey exceptions, encumbrances, easements or reservations of, or rights of others for, licenses, rights-of-way, sewers, electric lines, telegraph and telephone lines, utilities and other similar purposes, or zoning or other restrictions as to the use of real properties or Liens incidental to the conduct of the business of such Person or to the ownership of its properties which were not incurred in connection with Indebtedness or other covenants, conditions, restrictions and minor defects or irregularities in title (“Other Encumbrances”), in each case which Liens and Other Encumbrances 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 Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to clause (4) of Section 7.02(b); provided, that such Liens extend only to the assets and/or Capital Stock, the acquisition, lease, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of which is financed thereby and any replacements, additions or accessions thereto and any income or profits therefrom;

(7) Liens existing on the Closing Date listed on Schedule 7.01(b);

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

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

(10) Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to Parent, either Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary permitted to be incurred under Section 7.02;

(11) Liens securing Hedging Obligations so long as, in the case of Hedging Obligations related to interest, the related Indebtedness is, and is permitted to be under this Agreement, secured by a Lien on the same property securing such Hedging Obligations;

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

(13) (a) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including of real property and intellectual property) granted to others in the ordinary course of business and (b) with respect to any leasehold interest held by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, the terms of the leases granting such leasehold interest and the rights of lessors thereunder, in the case of each of (a) and (b) which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and do not secure any Indebtedness;

 

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

(15) Liens in favor of the Loan Parties;

(16) Liens on equipment of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries granted in the ordinary course of business;

(17) Liens on accounts receivable and related assets incurred in connection with a Receivables Facility permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(b)(19);

(18) Liens to secure any refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement (or successive refinancings, refundings, extensions, renewals or replacements) as a whole, or in part, of any Indebtedness secured by any Lien referred to in the foregoing clauses (6), (7), (8), (9) and this (18); provided, however, that (a) such new Lien shall be limited to all or part of the same property that secured the original Lien (plus improvements on such property), and (b) the Indebtedness secured by such Lien at such time is not increased to any amount greater than the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount or, if greater, committed amount of the Indebtedness described under clauses (6), (7), (8), (9) and this (18) at the time the original Lien became a Permitted Lien under this Agreement, and (ii) an amount necessary to pay any fees and expenses, including premiums, and accrued and unpaid interest related to such refinancing, refunding, extension, renewal or replacement;

(19) deposits made in the ordinary course of business to secure liability to insurance carriers;

(20) other Liens securing obligations which do not exceed $100 million in aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding;

(21) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h) so long as such Liens are adequately bonded and any appropriate legal proceedings that may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment have not been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated has not expired;

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

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

 

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(24) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted pursuant to Section 7.02; provided, that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;

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

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

(27) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

(28) Liens on Collateral securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(b)(20) (without duplication of any amounts that are secured pursuant to the Loan Documents), 7.02(b)(21) and 7.02(b)(22), in each case so long as such Indebtedness is subject to an Intercreditor Agreement (or Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement in the case of Permitted Junior Secured Refinancing Debt and such other Indebtedness pursuant to such sections as shall be intended to be secured on a second-lien basis);

(29) Liens on the Equity Interest of Unrestricted Subsidiaries that secure Indebtedness of such Unrestricted Subsidiaries;

(30) any encumbrance or restriction (including put and call arrangements) with respect to capital stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar agreement;

(31) Liens on property or assets used to defease or to irrevocably satisfy and discharge Indebtedness; provided, that such defeasance or satisfaction and discharge is not prohibited by this Agreement;

(32) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for the sale of goods entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(33) Liens incurred to secure cash management services or to implement cash pooling arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(34) Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement in respect of any Investment permitted under this Agreement;

 

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(35) additional Liens securing Indebtedness of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted pursuant to Section 7.02, so long as on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, Parent’s Consolidated Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 3.50 to 1.00 for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01; provided, that any Liens on the Collateral incurred pursuant to this clause (35) shall be subject to an Intercreditor Agreement or a Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement; and

(36) Liens on assets of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries securing Indebtedness of such Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries permitted pursuant to Section 7.02.

For purposes of this Section 7.01, the term “Indebtedness” shall be deemed to include interest on and the costs in respect of such Indebtedness.

Section 7.02. Incurrence of Indebtedness and Issuance of Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock.

(a) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, create, incur, issue, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable, contingently, or otherwise (collectively, “incur” and collectively, an “incurrence”) with respect to any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) and Parent will not issue any shares of Disqualified Stock and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to issue any shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock; provided, however, that Parent may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) or issue shares of Disqualified Stock, and any Restricted Subsidiary may incur Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness), issue shares of Disqualified Stock and issue shares of Preferred Stock, if the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 preceding the date on which such additional Indebtedness is incurred or such Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock is issued would not have been greater than 6.00 to 1.00, determined on a Pro Forma Basis (including a pro forma application of the net proceeds therefrom); provided, further, however, that Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries may not incur Indebtedness or issue Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock pursuant to this Section 7.02(a) if, after giving pro forma effect to such incurrence or issuance, more than $300 million of Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries is outstanding pursuant to this paragraph and clause (16) of Section 7.02(b) in the aggregate.

(b) The provisions of Section 7.02(a) hereof shall not apply to:

(1) Indebtedness of any Loan Party under the Loan Documents;

(2) the incurrence by a Loan Party of Indebtedness represented by the Senior Notes (including any guarantee thereof);

(3) Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Closing Date (other than Indebtedness described in clauses (1) and (2)) listed on Schedule 7.02(b);

 

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(4) Indebtedness (including Capitalized Lease Obligations), Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock incurred or issued by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, to finance the purchase, lease, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or equipment that is used or useful in a Similar Business, whether through the direct purchase of assets or the Capital Stock of any Person owning such assets, and any Indebtedness incurred to refinance any such Indebtedness, in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding under this clause (4), does not exceed the greater of (x) $300 million and (y) 10% of the Total Assets determined at the time of incurrence;

(5) Indebtedness incurred by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances, bank guarantees, warehouse receipts or similar facilities issued or entered into in the ordinary course of business, including letters of credit in respect of workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

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

(7) Indebtedness of Parent to a Restricted Subsidiary or a Restricted Subsidiary to Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that (i) any such Indebtedness (other than such as may arise from ordinary course intercompany cash management obligations) owing by Parent, any Borrower or a Guarantor to a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations and (ii) any such Indebtedness (other than such as may arise from ordinary course intercompany cash management obligations) owing by a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary to Parent, any Borrower or a Guarantor is pledged to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents to the extent required thereby; provided, further, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in any Restricted Subsidiary ceasing to be a Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such Indebtedness (except to Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary or any pledge of such Indebtedness constituting a Permitted Lien) shall be deemed, in each case, to be an incurrence of such Indebtedness not permitted by this clause (7);

(8) shares of Preferred Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary issued to Parent or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that any subsequent issuance or transfer of any Capital Stock or any other event which results in such Preferred Stock being beneficially owned by a Person other than Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or any other subsequent transfer of any such shares of Preferred Stock (except to Parent or another of its Restricted Subsidiaries) shall be deemed in each case to be an issuance of such shares of Preferred Stock not permitted by this clause (8);

 

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(9) Hedging Obligations (excluding Hedging Obligations entered into for speculative purposes) for the purpose of limiting interest rate risk with respect to any Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to this Section 7.02, exchange rate risk, commodity pricing risk or any combination thereof;

(10) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(11) Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of Parent and Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of any Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor not otherwise permitted hereunder in an aggregate principal amount or liquidation preference, which when aggregated with the outstanding principal amount and liquidation preference of all other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock and Preferred Stock then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (11), does not at any one time outstanding exceed the greater of (x) $200 million and (y) 6.0% of Total Assets determined at the time of incurrence;

(12) the incurrence by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock which serves to refund or refinance any Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred or issued under clause (a) of this Section 7.02 and clauses (2), (3), this clause (12), and clauses (13) and (21) of this Section 7.02(b), including, in each case, additional Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock incurred to pay premiums (including tender premiums), accrued interest, defeasance costs and reasonable fees and expenses in connection therewith (collectively, the “Refinancing Indebtedness”); provided, however, that such Refinancing Indebtedness:

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

(B) to the extent such Refinancing Indebtedness refinances (i) Indebtedness subordinated or pari passu to the Obligations, such Refinancing Indebtedness is subordinated or pari passu, as the case may be, to the Obligations at least to the same extent as the Indebtedness being refinanced or refunded or (ii) Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, such Refinancing Indebtedness must be Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, respectively, and

(C) shall not include Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that refinances Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of the Borrowers, Parent or a Guarantor.

 

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(13) Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of (x) Parent or a Loan Party incurred to finance an acquisition or (y) Persons that are acquired by Parent or any Loan Party or merged into or consolidated with Parent or a Loan Party in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; provided that, after giving effect to such acquisition, merger or consolidation, either:

(A) Parent would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Consolidated Leverage Ratio test set forth in Section 7.02(a), or

(B) the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to the Consolidated Total Leverage Ratio immediately prior to such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

(14) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business, provided, that such Indebtedness is extinguished within ten (10) Business Days of notice of its incurrence;

(15) (A) any guarantee by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness or other obligations of any Restricted Subsidiary so long as the incurrence of such Indebtedness incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary is permitted under the terms of this Agreement and, in the case of the guarantee by a Loan Party of Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, only to the extent that the related Investment is permitted, or (B) any guarantee by a Restricted Subsidiary of Indebtedness of Parent;

(16) Indebtedness of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount, which when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness then outstanding and incurred pursuant to this clause (16) does not exceed $150 million at any one time outstanding;

(17) Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries consisting of (i) the financing of insurance premiums or (ii) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements in each case, incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(18) Indebtedness consisting of Indebtedness issued by Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to current or former officers, directors and employees thereof, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses, in each case to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Parent permitted under Section 7.05(e);

(19) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Receivable Facilities in an outstanding principal amount not to exceed $75 million;

(20) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Standalone Letter of Credit Facility in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $80 million;

(21) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Permitted Debt Offering so long as, at the time of the incurrence thereof, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness does not exceed the Maximum Incremental Facilities Amount;

 

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(22) Credit Agreement Refinancing Indebtedness;

(23) Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Capital LLC in connection with “UPREIT” acquisitions that do not constitute a Change of Control; and

(24) Indebtedness of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries undertaken in connection with cash management and related activities with respect to any Subsidiary or joint venture in the ordinary course of business.

(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.02, in the event that an item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock described in clauses (1) through (24) of Section 7.02(b) above or is entitled to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.02(a) hereof, Parent, in its sole discretion, will divide and/or classify on the date of incurrence and may later redivide and/or reclassify such item of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock in one of the above clauses or such paragraph.

Accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional indebtedness with the same terms, the payment of dividends in the form of additional shares of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock, as applicable, of the same class, and accretion of original issue discount or liquidation preference will not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock for purposes of this Section 7.02. Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness which is otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 7.02.

For purposes of determining compliance with any U.S. dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the U.S. dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed (whichever is lower), in the case of revolving credit debt; provided, that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such refinancing would cause the applicable U.S. dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such U.S. dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being refinanced. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding any other provision of this covenant, the maximum amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred pursuant to this Section 7.02 shall not be deemed to be exceeded solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies.

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

 

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Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.02, Parent will not, and will not permit any Loan Party to, directly or indirectly, incur any Indebtedness (including Acquired Indebtedness) that is subordinated or junior in right of payment to any Indebtedness of such Loan Party, as the case may be, unless such Indebtedness is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations or such Guarantor’s Guarantee to the extent and in the same manner as such Indebtedness is subordinated to other Indebtedness of the applicable Loan Party.

For the purposes of this Agreement, (a) Indebtedness that is unsecured is not deemed to be subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured, and (b) Indebtedness is not deemed to be subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.

Section 7.03. Fundamental Changes.

Neither Parent nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall merge, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with (i) Parent or a Borrower (including a merger, the purpose of which is to reorganize such Borrower into a new jurisdiction); provided, that Parent or such Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person; or (ii) one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, that when any Person that is a Loan Party is merging with a Restricted Subsidiary under this clause (a)(ii), a Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person;

(b) (i) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party; and (ii) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve into its parent if Parent determines in good faith that such action is in the best interest of Parent and its Subsidiaries as a whole and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;

(c) Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Borrower or a Guarantor, then the transferee must be Parent, a Borrower or a Guarantor and; provided, further, that at least one Borrower shall remain after such transaction; and

(d) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, Parent or a Borrower may merge or consolidate with any other Person; provided, that (i) Parent or such Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or consolidation (any such Person, the “Successor Company”) is not Parent or such Borrower, (A) the Successor Company shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state or commonwealth thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (B) the Successor Company shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Borrower is a party

 

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pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) in the case of a Successor Company for a Borrower, each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or consolidation, shall have confirmed that its Guarantee and its pledges and other obligations under the Collateral Documents shall apply to the Successor Company’s obligations under the Loan Documents, including, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, by executing amendments or supplements to the Security Agreement, any Mortgage and any other Collateral Documents, and (D) Parent shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent (i) an officer’s certificate stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to this Agreement or any Collateral Document comply with this Agreement and (ii) such other certificates and other documentation as reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, the applicable Borrower under this Agreement;

(e) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, a Guarantor may merge or consolidate with any other Person; provided, that (i) such Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) if the Successor Company is not such Guarantor, (A) the Successor Company shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state or commonwealth thereof, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof, (B) the Successor Company shall expressly assume all the obligations of such Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Guarantor is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, and (C) such Guarantor shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate stating that such merger or consolidation and such supplement to this Agreement or any Collateral Document comply with this Agreement; provided, further, that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for, such Guarantor under this Agreement;

(f) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, Parent, a Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.05; and

(g) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may consummate a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.04.

Section 7.04. Dispositions.

Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate any Disposition, except:

(a) any disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents or Investment Grade Securities or damaged, obsolete or worn out equipment or other assets, or assets no longer used or useful in the business of Parent and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the reasonable opinion Parent, in each case, in the ordinary course of business or any disposition of inventory or goods (or other assets) held for sale or any lease of advertising space, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(b) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 7.03 (other than clause (g) thereof);

 

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(c) the making of any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 7.05 or any Permitted Investment;

(d) any disposition of assets or issuance or sale of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary in any transaction or series of transactions with an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by Parent) not to exceed $10 million;

(e) any disposition of property or assets or issuance of securities by a Restricted Subsidiary to Parent or by Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided, that any transfer from a Loan Party shall be to another Loan Party;

(f) to the extent qualifying for non-recognition under Section 1031 of the Code, or any comparable or successor provision, any exchange of like property (excluding any boot thereon) for use in a Similar Business;

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

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

(i) foreclosures on assets or Dispositions of asset required by Law, governmental regulation or any Governmental Authority;

(j) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

(k) any financing transaction (excluding by way of a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) with respect to property built or acquired by Parent, or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date;

(l) the licensing or sub-licensing of intellectual property or other general intangibles in the ordinary course of business (other than exclusive, world-wide licenses that are longer than three (3) years);

(m) sales, transfers and other dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(n) the lapse or abandonment of intellectual property rights in the ordinary course of business which, in the reasonable good faith determination of Parent, are not material to the conduct of the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

(o) an issuance of Equity Interests pursuant to benefit plans, employment agreements, equity plans, stock subscription or shareholder agreements, stock ownership plans and other similar plans, policies, contracts or arrangements established in the ordinary course of business or approved by Parent in good faith;

 

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

(q) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings and exclusive of factoring or similar arrangements;

(r) dispositions of limited partnership or equivalent Equity Interests of Capital LLC for consideration at the time of any such disposition at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by Parent) of the interests disposed of, in each case in connection with “UPREIT” acquisitions that do not constitute a Change of Control;

(s) dispositions for at least fair market value of any property the disposition of which is necessary for Parent to qualify, or maintain its qualification, as a REIT for U.S. federal income tax purposes, in each case, in Parent’s good faith determination;

(t) the granting of Liens not prohibited by this Agreement;

(u) Dispositions of Investments in and the property of joint ventures (to the extent any such joint venture constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary) so long as the aggregate fair market value (determined, with respect to each such Disposition, as of the time of such Disposition) of all such Dispositions does not exceed $10 million; and

(v) Dispositions (including by way of any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction) with respect to which (1) Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Disposition at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by Parent) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; and (2) except in the case of a Permitted Asset Swap, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided, that the amount of:

(i) any liabilities (as shown on Parent’s most recent consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto or if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet or in the footnotes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet, as determined in good faith by Parent) of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets (or are otherwise extinguished by the transferee in connection with the transactions relating to such Disposition) and for which Parent and all such Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released,

(ii) any notes or other obligations or securities received by Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case, within one hundred and eighty (180) days following the receipt thereof, and

 

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(iii) any Designated Non-cash Consideration received by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary in such Disposition having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by Parent), taken together with all other Designated Non-cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (iii) that is at that time outstanding (but, to the extent that any such Designated Non-Cash Consideration is sold or otherwise liquidated for cash, minus the lesser of (a) the amount of the cash received (less the cost of disposition, if any) and (b) the initial amount of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration) not to exceed $200 million, with the fair market value (as determined in good faith by Parent) of each item of Designated Non-cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value.

Section 7.05. Restricted Payments.

Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, (i) declare or pay any dividend or make any payment or distribution on account of Parent’s or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries’ Equity Interests, including any dividend or distribution payable in connection with any merger or consolidation, other than (x) dividends or distributions payable in Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent, or (y) dividends or distributions by a Restricted Subsidiary so long as, in the case of any dividend or distribution payable on or in respect of any class or series of securities issued by a Restricted Subsidiary other than a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary receives at least its pro rata share of such dividend or distribution in accordance with its Equity Interests in such class or series of securities; (ii) purchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value any Equity Interests of Parent, or to the extent held by a Person other than Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary, Capital LLC, including in connection with any merger or consolidation; (iii) make any principal payment on, or redeem, repurchase, defease or otherwise acquire or retire for value in each case, prior to any scheduled repayment, sinking fund payment or maturity, any Subordinated Indebtedness or unsecured Indebtedness other than the payment, redemption, repurchase, defeasance, acquisition or retirement of: (x) Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.02(b)(7); or (y) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness or unsecured Indebtedness purchased in anticipation of satisfying a sinking fund obligation, principal installment or final maturity, in each case due within one year of the date of purchase, repurchase or acquisition (all such payments and other actions set forth in clauses (i) through (iii) above being collectively referred to as “Restricted Payments”), except as follows:

(a) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof and Parent shall be in Pro Forma Compliance with Section 7.09 for the most recently ended Test Period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, Restricted Payments, together with the aggregate amount of all other Restricted Payments made by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.05(b) in an aggregate amount not to exceed the Available Amount;

(b) the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within sixty (60) days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement as if it were and is deemed at such time to be a Restricted Payment at the time of such notice;

 

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(c) the redemption, repurchase, retirement or other acquisition of any Equity Interests of Parent or Capital LLC, or of Subordinated Indebtedness or unsecured Indebtedness of any Loan Party, in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary or to an employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by Parent) of, Equity Interests of Parent (other than Disqualified Stock) (collectively, the “Refunding Capital Stock”);

(d) the purchase, redemption, defeasance, repurchase or other acquisition or retirement of Subordinated Indebtedness or unsecured Indebtedness of a Borrower or a Guarantor made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the substantially concurrent issuance of, new Indebtedness of a Borrower or a Guarantor, as the case may be, which is incurred in compliance with Section 7.02 so long as:

(i) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of such new Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of (or accreted value, if applicable), plus any accrued and unpaid interest on, the Subordinated Indebtedness or unsecured Indebtedness being so purchased, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired for value, plus the amount of any premium required to be paid under the terms of the instrument governing the Subordinated Indebtedness or unsecured indebtedness being so purchased, redeemed, defeased, repurchased, acquired or retired and any fees and expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such new Indebtedness;

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

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

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

(e) a Restricted Payment to pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent held by any future, present or former employee, director or consultant of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement, or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement; provided, however, that the aggregate Restricted Payments made under this Section 7.05(e) do not exceed in any calendar year $25 million (with unused amounts in any calendar year being carried over for one additional calendar year); provided, further, that such amount in any calendar year may be increased by an amount not to exceed:

(i) the cash proceeds from the sale of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent to members of management, directors or consultants of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries that occurs after the Closing Date, to the extent the cash proceeds from the sale of such Equity Interests have not otherwise been applied to the payment of Restricted Payments by virtue of the Available Amount; plus

 

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(ii) the cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date; less

(iii) the amount of any Restricted Payments previously made with the cash proceeds described in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 7.05(e);

and provided, further, that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from members of management of Parent or any of Parent’s Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of Parent will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this Section 7.05 or any other provision of this Agreement;

(f) repurchases of Equity Interests deemed to occur (i) upon exercise of stock options, stock appreciation rights or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options, stock appreciation rights or warrants or (ii) for purposes of satisfying any required tax withholding obligation upon the exercise or vesting of a grant or award that was granted or awarded to an employee;

(g) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof, Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, taken together with all other Restricted Payments made pursuant to this Section 7.05(g), not to exceed $200 million;

(h) distributions or payments of Receivables Fees;

(i) the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of Parent deemed to occur in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of Parent or its Subsidiaries, in each case, permitted under this Agreement;

(j) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof, the distribution, by dividend or otherwise, of shares of Capital Stock of, or Indebtedness owed to Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary by Unrestricted Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries, the primary assets of which are cash and/or Cash Equivalents);

(k) the Purging Distributions so long as Parent is pursuing the REIT Election in good faith; provided, that (i) no such dividend or distribution shall be permitted under this clause (k) to the extent an Event of Default of the type described in Section 8.01(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing or the Obligations have been accelerated following any other Event of Default, unless such dividend or distribution is being made with the proceeds of the IPO and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Purging Distributions to be paid in cash in reliance on this clause (k) shall not exceed 20% of the aggregate value of all Purging Distributions;

 

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(l) for any taxable period in which the taxable income of Parent and/or any of its Subsidiaries is included in a consolidated, combined or similar income tax group of which a direct or indirect parent of Parent is the common parent (a “Tax Group”), an amount not to exceed the tax liabilities that Parent and the applicable Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, would have been required to pay in respect of such taxable income if such entities were a standalone group of corporations separate from such Tax Group (it being understood and agreed that, if Parent or any Subsidiary pays any portion of such tax liabilities directly to any taxing authority, a Restricted Payment in duplication of such amount shall not be permitted to be made pursuant to this clause (l)); provided, that, from and after the execution of the tax matters agreement in connection with the IPO and the Separation, and while such tax matters agreement remains in effect, payments in respect of any taxes pursuant to this clause (l) shall not exceed the amounts required to be paid in respect of such taxes pursuant to such tax matters agreement;

(m) the declaration and payment of regularly scheduled or accrued dividends to holders of any class or series of Disqualified Stock of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary or Preferred Stock of any Restricted Subsidiaries issued or incurred in accordance with Section 7.02;

(n) so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof, any Restricted Payment to fund the Transfers, so long as any Restricted Payments relating thereto are made in connection with or in anticipation of the Separation, so long as Parent is pursuing the Separation in good faith;

(o) any Restricted Payment to fund the Transactions (including the Transfers) and the Purging Distribution to the extent funded with the proceeds of the IPO, so long as any Restricted Payments relating thereto are made in connection with or in anticipation of the Separation, so long as Parent is pursuing the Separation in good faith;

(p) payments of cash, or dividends, distributions or advances by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary to allow the payment of cash in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares upon the exercise of options or warrants or upon the conversion or exchange of Capital Stock of any such Person;

(q) mandatory redemptions or repurchases of Disqualified Stock the issuance of which itself constituted a Restricted Payment or Permitted Investment otherwise permissible hereunder; and

(r) the purchase, repurchase or other acquisition of Subordinated Indebtedness or unsecured Indebtedness in an amount not to exceed $25 million.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, following the REIT Election, Parent may declare or pay any dividend or make any distribution on or in respect of shares of Parent’s Capital Stock, in each case constituting a Restricted Payment, to holders of such Capital Stock to the extent that Parent believes in good faith that it qualifies as a REIT and that the declaration or payment of a dividend or making of a distribution in such amount is necessary to maintain Parent’s status as a REIT for any taxable year, with such dividend to be paid or distribution to be made as and when determined by Parent, whether during or after the end of the relevant taxable year; provided, that (i)

 

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no such dividend or distribution shall be permitted under this paragraph to the extent that an Event of Default of the type described in Section 8.01(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing or the Obligations have been accelerated following any other Event of Default and (ii) two consecutive dividends or distributions pursuant to this paragraph shall not be permitted during the pendency of any individual Event of Default.

Section 7.06. Investments.

Parent shall not, nor shall Parent permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly make an Investment other than any Permitted Investment.

Parent will not permit any Unrestricted Subsidiary to become a Restricted Subsidiary other than as permitted pursuant to Section 6.14. For purposes of designating any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, all outstanding Investments by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries (except to the extent repaid) in the Subsidiary so designated will be deemed to be Investments in an amount determined as set forth in the last sentence of the definition of “Investment.” Such designation will be permitted only if an Investment in such amount would be permitted at such time, pursuant to the definition of “Permitted Investments,” and if such Subsidiary otherwise meets the definition of an “Unrestricted Subsidiary.”

Section 7.07. Transactions with Affiliates.

(a) Parent shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make any payment to, or sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets to, or purchase any property or assets from, or enter into or make or amend any transaction, contract, agreement, understanding, loan, advance or guarantee with, or for the benefit of, any Affiliate of Parent (each of the foregoing, an “Affiliate Transaction”) involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $25 million unless: (i) such Affiliate Transaction is on terms that are not materially less favorable to Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary than those that would have been obtained in a comparable transaction by such Person with an unrelated Person on an arm’s-length basis; (ii) any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $50 million is approved by a majority of the board of directors (or equivalent body) of Parent; and (iii) Parent delivers to the Administrative Agent with respect to any Affiliate Transaction or series of related Affiliate Transactions involving aggregate payments or consideration in excess of $75 million, an opinion as to the fairness to Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary of such Affiliate Transaction from a financial point of view issued by an Independent Financial Advisor.

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

(1) transactions between or among Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (or any Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of, or in connection with, such transaction, so long as neither such Person nor the selling entity was an Affiliate of Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to such transaction);

(2) Restricted Payments permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.05 and Investments permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.06;

 

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(3) the payment of reasonable and customary fees and compensation paid to, and indemnities and reimbursements and employment and severance arrangements and agreements provided on behalf of, or entered into with, officers, directors, employees or consultants of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(4) any agreement or arrangement (i) as in effect as of the Closing Date or (ii) anticipated to be entered into in connection with the Separation and/or the Initial Public Offering, in each case, as set forth on Schedule 7.07, or any amendment thereto (so long as any such amendment is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Lenders when taken as a whole as compared to the applicable agreement, as determined in good faith by Parent) and any transaction contemplated thereby, as determined in good faith by Parent;

(5) the Transactions and the payment of all fees and expenses related to the Transactions;

(6) transactions with customers (including leases and other arrangements for the use of advertising space), clients, suppliers, or purchasers or sellers of goods or services, or transactions otherwise relating to the purchase or sale of goods or services in each case in the ordinary course of business and otherwise in compliance with the terms of this Agreement which are fair to Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries, in the reasonable determination of the board of directors (or equivalent body) of Parent or the senior management thereof, or are on terms at least as favorable as might reasonably have been obtained at such time from an unaffiliated party;

(7) the issuance or transfer of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Stock) of Parent;

(8) sales of accounts receivable, or participations therein, in connection with any Receivables Facility;

(9) payments or loans (or cancellation of loans) to employees, directors or consultants of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and employment agreements, benefit plans, equity plans, stock option and stock ownership plans and other similar arrangements with such employees, directors or consultants which, in each case, are approved by Parent in good faith;

(10) transactions with joint ventures for the purchase or sale of goods, equipment and services entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(11) transactions with respect to which Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, has obtained a letter from an Independent Financial Advisor stating that such transaction is fair to Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from a financial point of view or meets the requirements of Section 7.07(a)(i);

(12) the issuances of securities or other payments, loans (or cancellation of loans) awards or grants in cash, securities or otherwise pursuant to, or the funding of, employment arrangements, benefit plans, equity plans, stock option and stock ownership plans or similar employee benefit plans approved by the Board of directors (or equivalent body) of Parent in good faith;

 

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(13) any contribution to the capital of Parent (other than in consideration of Disqualified Stock); and

(14) the provision to Unrestricted Subsidiaries of cash management, accounting and other overhead services in the ordinary course of business undertaken in good faith and not for the purpose of circumventing any covenant set forth in this Agreement.

Section 7.08. Burdensome Agreements.

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

(1) (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions to Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries on its Capital Stock or with respect to any other interest or participation in, or measured by, its profits, or (b) pay any Indebtedness owed to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(2) make loans or advances to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary; or

(3) sell, lease or transfer any of its properties or assets to Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary

except (in each case) for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of:

(a) contractual encumbrances or restrictions (i) in effect on the Closing Date or in the Senior Notes Indenture or (ii) to the extent not in effect on the Closing Date, set forth on Schedule 7.08 hereto or in any other agreement governing Indebtedness permitted hereunder to the extent not materially more restrictive for Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries than one or both of the Loan Documents and/or the Senior Notes Indenture;

(b) the Loan Documents;

(c) purchase money obligations for property acquired in the ordinary course of business and Capitalized Lease Obligations that impose restrictions of the nature described in clause (3) above on the property so acquired or leased;

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

(e) any agreement or other instrument of a Person acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary in existence at the time of such transaction (but not created in contemplation thereof), which encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person, or the properties or assets of any Person, other than the Person and its Subsidiaries, or the property or assets of the Person and its Subsidiaries, so acquired;

 

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(f) contracts for the sale of assets, including customary restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary of Parent, that impose restrictions solely on the assets to be sold;

(g) Secured Indebtedness otherwise permitted to be incurred under Sections 7.01 and 7.02 that limit the right of the debtor to dispose of the assets securing such Indebtedness;

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

(i) other Indebtedness, Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries permitted to be incurred subsequent to the Closing Date under Section 7.02;

(j) customary provisions in joint venture agreements or arrangements and other similar agreements or arrangements relating solely to such joint venture;

(k) customary provisions contained in leases, sub-leases, licenses or sub-licenses and other agreements, in each case, entered into in the ordinary course of business;

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

(m) restrictions created in connection with any Receivables Facility that, in the good faith determination of Parent are necessary or advisable to effect such Receivables Facility.

Section 7.09. Financial Covenant.

As long as any Revolving Credit Commitment remains outstanding, Parent shall not permit the Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio as of the last day of any Test Period to be higher than 3.50 to 1.00 (such ratio, the “Maximum Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio”); provided, that the Maximum Consolidated Net Secured Leverage Ratio will be increased to 4.00 to 1.00 upon the occurrence of the REIT Election.

The provisions of this Section 7.09 are for the benefit of the Revolving Credit Lenders only and the Required Class Lenders for the Revolving Credit Facility may amend, waive or otherwise modify this Section 7.09 or the defined terms used for purposes of this Section 7.09 (but solely for such purposes) or waive any Default resulting from a breach of this Section 7.09 without the consent of any Lenders other than such Required Class Lenders in accordance with the provisions of clause (v) of the second proviso of Section 10.01.

 

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Section 7.10. Accounting Changes.

Parent shall not make any change in its fiscal year; provided, however, that Parent may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, change its fiscal year to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, in which case, Parent and the Administrative Agent will, and are hereby authorized by the Lenders to, make any adjustments to this Agreement that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.

Section 7.11. Change in Nature of Business.

Parent shall not, nor shall Parent permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any Similar Business.

Section 7.12. Sale and Lease-Back Transactions.

Parent will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any Sale and Lease-Back Transaction; provided, that Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may enter into a Sale and Leaseback Transaction if (a) Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, could have (i) incurred Indebtedness in an amount equal to the Attributable Debt relating to such Sale and Leaseback Transaction under Section 7.02, (ii) incurred a Lien to secure such Indebtedness without equally and ratably securing the Obligations pursuant to Section 7.01 and (b) the transfer of assets in such Sale and Leaseback Transaction is permitted by Section 7.04(d) or (v) and Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary applies the proceeds of such transaction in compliance with Section 2.05(b).

ARTICLE VIII

Events Of Default and Remedies

Section 8.01. Events of Default.

Any of the following shall constitute an event of default (an “Event of Default”):

(a) Non-Payment. Any Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan, (ii) within three (3) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or (iii) within five (5) Business Days after the same becomes due, any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document; or

(b) Specific Covenants. Parent fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 6.01, 6.03(a) or 6.05(a) (solely with respect to Parent and the Borrowers), Section 6.16, or Article VII; provided, that a Default as a result of a breach of Section 7.09 (a “Financial Covenant Event of Default”) shall not constitute an Event of Default with respect to any Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans or Extended Term Loans unless and until the Revolving Credit Lenders have declared all amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility to be immediately due and payable and all outstanding Revolving Credit Commitments to be immediately terminated, in each case in accordance with this Agreement (the “Term Loan Standstill Period”); or

 

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(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days following the date a Responsible Officer of Parent becomes aware of such failure; or

(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty or certification made or deemed made by or on behalf of Parent or any other Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

(e) Cross-Default. Parent, any Borrower, or any Restricted Subsidiary (i) fails to make any payment beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness (including any outstanding letters of credit thereunder, but other than Indebtedness hereunder) having an aggregate principal amount of not less than the Threshold Amount, or (ii) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event occurs that would constitute a default under such Indebtedness (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Contracts, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Contracts), the effect of which default is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made or require cash collateralization thereof, prior to its stated maturity; provided, that this clause (e)(ii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness; or

(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any Material Non-Guarantor Subsidiary institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Loan Party or Material Non-Guarantor Subsidiary and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any Loan Party or Material Non-Guarantor Subsidiary or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or any Loan Party or any Material Non-Guarantor Subsidiary becomes unable or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due; or

(g) Judgments; Attachments. (i) There is entered against any Loan Party or any Material Non-Guarantor Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer has been notified of such judgment or order and has

 

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not disputed coverage) and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of sixty (60) consecutive days; or (ii) in respect of an obligation in excess of the Threshold Amount, any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is otherwise issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of the Loan Parties and any Material Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, taken as a whole, and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within sixty (60) days after its issue or levy; or

(h) Invalidity of Loan Documents. Any material provision of any Loan Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.03 or 7.04) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any provision of any Loan Document or the validity or priority of a Lien as required by the Collateral Documents on a material portion of the Collateral; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Loan Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Aggregate Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Loan Document; or

(i) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or

(j) Collateral Documents. Any Collateral Document after delivery thereof, including any Collateral Document delivered pursuant to Section 6.11 or 6.13, shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof including as a result of a transaction not prohibited under this Agreement) cease to create a valid and perfected Lien, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents on and security interest in any material portion of the Collateral, subject to Liens permitted under Section 7.01, (i) except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements and (ii) except for any failure due to foreign Laws, rules and regulations as they relate to pledges of Equity Interests in Foreign Subsidiaries (other than pledges made under Laws of the applicable jurisdiction of formation of such Foreign Subsidiary); or

(k) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in liability of a Loan Party, a Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate under Title IV of ERISA in an aggregate amount which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) a Loan Party, any Restricted Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) with respect to any Foreign Plan, a termination, withdrawal or noncompliance with applicable Law or plan terms, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 8.02. Remedies Upon Event of Default.

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may and, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall take any or all of the following actions (or, to the extent such Event of Default solely comprises a Financial Covenant Event of Default, prior to the expiration of the Term Loan Standstill Period, at the request of the Required Class Lenders with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility only, and in such case only with respect to the Revolving Credit Loans, Revolving Credit Commitments, Swing Line Loans, and any Letters of Credit):

(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Loan Parties;

(c) require that the Borrowers Cash Collateralize the L/C Obligations (in an amount equal to the then Outstanding Amount thereof); and

(d) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law;

provided, that upon the entry of an order for relief with respect to Parent or either Borrowers under the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq), the obligation of each Lender to make Loans and any obligation of the L/C Issuers to make L/C Credit Extensions shall automatically terminate, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable and the obligation of the Borrowers to Cash Collateralize, on a joint and several basis, the L/C Obligations as aforesaid shall automatically become effective, in each case without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Section 8.03. Application of Funds.

After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable and the L/C Obligations have automatically been required to be Cash Collateralized as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order (to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law):

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III) payable to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent in its capacity as such;

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Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest on the Loans and L/C Borrowings, and any fees, premiums and scheduled periodic payments due under Treasury Services Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Loans and L/C Borrowings (including to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit), and any breakage, termination or other payments under Treasury Services Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

Fifth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Borrowers that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been paid in full, as directed by Parent or as otherwise required by Law.

Subject to Section 2.03(c), amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as Cash Collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above and, if no Obligations remain outstanding, as directed by Parent.

ARTICLE IX

Administrative Agent and Other Agents

Section 9.01. Appointment and Authority.

(a) Each of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints Citibank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, and neither Parent nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third party beneficiary of any of such provisions.

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and the L/C Issuers hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of such Lender and such L/C Issuer for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as Collateral Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX and Article X (including Section 10.04(c), as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the Collateral Agent under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

Section 9.02. Delegation of Duties.

The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Administrative Agent.

Section 9.03. Exculpatory Provisions.

The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided, that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law; and

(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to Parent or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

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(d) The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 10.01 and 8.02), in each case in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower, a Lender or an L/C Issuer.

(e) The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Collateral Documents, (v) the value or the sufficiency of any Collateral, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

Section 9.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and reasonably believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of a Loan, or the issuance of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an L/C Issuer, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or such L/C Issuer unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or an L/C Issuer prior to the making of such Loan or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

Section 9.05. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders.

Each Lender and L/C Issuer acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and L/C Issuer also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time

 

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deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Section 9.06. Rights as a Lender.

The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for and generally engage in any kind of business with Parent or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

Section 9.07. Resignation of Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and Parent. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with Parent, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in the United States, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in the United States. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then the retiring Administrative Agent may on behalf of the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above; provided, that if the Administrative Agent shall notify Parent and the Lenders that no qualifying Person has accepted such appointment, then such resignation shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice and (a) the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the L/C Issuers under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (b) all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and the L/C Issuers directly, until such time as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above in this Section. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring (or retired) Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents (if not already discharged therefrom as provided above in this Section). The fees payable by Parent to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between Parent and such successor. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 10.04 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring Administrative Agent, its sub-agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

 

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Any resignation by Citibank as Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 9.07 shall also constitute its resignation as L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, (i) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender, (ii) the retiring L/C Issuer and Swing Line Lender shall be discharged from all of their respective duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents, and (iii) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of the retiring L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit.

Section 9.08. Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan or L/C Obligation shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrowers) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, L/C Obligations and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts to the extent due to the Lenders, the L/C Issuers and the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.03(h) and (i), 2.09 and 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and L/C Issuer to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, if the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.09 and 10.04.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender or any L/C Issuer any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or any L/C Issuer to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender or any L/C Issuer or in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 9.09. Collateral and Guaranty Matters.

Each of the Lenders (including in its capacity as a potential Hedge Bank) and each L/C Issuer irrevocably authorize the Collateral Agent:

(a) to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (A) contingent indemnification obligations and (B) obligations and liabilities under Treasury Services Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements, except as to amounts that are due and payable thereunder for which the Administrative Agent has received a written notice from the applicable Hedge Bank) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer), (ii) that is sold or to be sold as part of or in connection with any sale permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document to a Person that is not a Loan Party, (iii) that constitutes “Excluded Assets” (as such term is defined in the Security Agreement), (iv) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing in accordance with Section 10.01, (v) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to clause (b) below or (vi) upon the terms of the Collateral Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect), Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect), or any other intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant hereto.

(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty (i) if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted hereunder, or becomes an Excluded Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary or (ii) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (A) contingent indemnification obligations and (B) obligations and liabilities under Treasury Services Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements, except as to amounts that are due and payable thereunder for which the Administrative Agent has received a written notice from the applicable Hedge Bank) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit that have been Cash Collateralized or back-stopped by a letter of credit reasonably satisfactory to the applicable L/C Issuer); and

(c) to subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(6) (but solely in the case of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (4) of Section 7.02(b)).

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and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents or to subordinate its interest in such item, or to release any Loan Party from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.09.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, in compliance with the terms and provisions of Section 7.04 hereof, any portion of the Collateral is sold or otherwise transferred to a Person or Persons, none of which is a Loan Party, then (i) such portion of the Collateral shall, upon the consummation of such sale or transfer, be automatically released from the Lien of the Collateral Agent pursuant to any Collateral Document and (ii) if the aggregate fair market value of the portion of the Collateral so sold or otherwise transferred exceeds $5 million, Parent will promptly deliver to the Administrative Agent a notice of the consummation of such sale or other transfer, certifying that such sale was made in compliance with Section 7.04 hereof.

The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as applicable, to enter into any Intercreditor Agreement, any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement and the Lenders acknowledge that any such intercreditor agreement shall be binding upon the Lenders. The Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as applicable, agree, upon the request of Parent and at the Borrower’s expense, to negotiate in good faith and enter into any Intercreditor Agreement, any Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement or other intercreditor agreement or arrangement permitted under this Agreement.

Section 9.10. No Other Duties, Etc.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the “syndication agents,” “documentation agents,” “joint bookrunners” or “joint lead arrangers” listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an L/C Issuer hereunder.

Section 9.11. Treasury Services Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements.

Except as expressly provided for herein with respect to any Designated Issuing Bank, no Hedge Bank that obtains the benefits of Section 8.03, the Guaranty or any Collateral by virtue of the provisions hereof or of the Guaranty or any Collateral Document shall have any right to notice of any action or to consent to, direct or object to any action hereunder or under any other Loan Document or otherwise in respect of the Collateral (including the release or impairment of any Collateral) other than in its capacity as a Lender and, in such case, only to the extent expressly provided in the Loan Documents. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article IX to the contrary, the Administrative Agent shall not be required to verify the payment of, or that other satisfactory arrangements have been made with respect to, Obligations arising under Treasury Services Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements unless the Administrative Agent has received written notice of such Obligations, together with such supporting documentation as the Administrative Agent may request, from the applicable Hedge Bank, as the case may be.

 

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Section 9.12. Withholding Tax.

To the extent required by any applicable Laws (as determined in good faith by the Administrative Agent), the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender under any Loan Document an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 3.01, each Lender shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within ten (10) days after demand therefor, any and all Taxes and any and all related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the IRS or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Tax from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender for any reason (including because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstance that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of withholding Tax ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any amount due the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.12. The agreements in this Section 9.12 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Lender” shall, for purposes of this Section 9.12, include any Swing Line Lender and any L/C Issuer.

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous

Section 10.01. Amendments, Etc.

Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and such Loan Party, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, that, no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of each Lender holding such Commitment (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent or of any Default, Event of Default, mandatory prepayment or mandatory reduction of the Commitments shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);

(b) postpone any date scheduled for, or reduce or forgive the amount of, any scheduled payment of principal or interest under Section 2.07 or 2.08 without the written consent of each Lender holding the applicable Obligation (it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Term Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest);

 

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(c) reduce or forgive the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, or L/C Borrowing, or (subject to clause (iii) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document (or change the timing of payments of such fees or other amounts) without the written consent of each Lender holding such Loan or L/C Borrowing or to whom such fee or other amount is owed; provided, that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrowers to pay interest at the Default Rate;

(d) subject to the third paragraph of this Section 10.01, change any provision of this Section 10.01, the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” or Section 2.06(b), 2.13, 8.03 or 10.06 (with respect to assignments by the Borrowers), without the written consent of each Lender;

(e) change the definition of “Required Class Lenders” without the written consent of each Lender in the affected Class;

(f) other than in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.03 or 7.04, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender;

(g) other than in connection with a transaction permitted under Section 7.03 or 7.04, release all or substantially all of the aggregate value of the Guarantees, without the written consent of each Lender;

(h) without the written consent of the Required Class Lenders, adversely affect the rights of a Class in respect of payments or Collateral in a manner different to the effect of such amendment, waiver or consent on any other Class, or

(i) without the written consent of any Designated Issuing Bank, change any of the definitions of “Required Lenders”, “Required Class Lenders” or “Secured Parties” or any of the provisions of Section 8.02, Section 8.03, this Section 10.01, Section 10.06(a) or Article 11 in a manner that is materially adverse to such Designated Issuing Bank if such impact is disproportionate to the effect on the Lenders.

and provided, further, that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by each L/C Issuer in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of an L/C Issuer under this Agreement or any Letter of Credit Application relating to any Letter of Credit issued or to be issued by it; (ii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by a Swing Line Lender in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of such Swing Line Lender under this Agreement; (iii) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; (iv) Section 10.06(g) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification; and

 

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(v) no amendment, waiver or consent shall be made to modify Section 7.09 or any definition related thereto (as any such definition is used for purposes of Section 7.09) or waive any Default or Event of Default resulting from a failure to perform or observe the requirements of Section 7.09 without the written consent of the Required Class Lenders under the Revolving Credit Facility; provided, however, that the waivers described in this clause (v) shall not require the consent of any Lenders other than the Required Class Lenders under such Facility; and provided, further, that (A) the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to enter into an amendment, supplement, modification, consent or waiver to cure any ambiguity, omission, defect, mistake or inconsistency in any Loan Document without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders and (B) guarantees and collateral security documents and related documents executed by the Loan Parties in connection with this Agreement may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or waived without the consent of any Lender if such amendment, restatement, amendment and restatement, supplement or waiver is delivered in order to (1) comply with local law or advice of local counsel, (2) cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes, defects or inconsistencies or (3) cause such guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that (i) the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended, (ii) the maturity date of any Loan held by such Lender may not be extended and (iii) the principal or interest in respect of any Loans held by such Lenders shall not be reduced or forgiven, in each case without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent, Parent and the Borrowers (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Term Loans and the Revolving Credit Loans and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended to adjust the borrowing mechanics related to Swing Line Loans with only the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Swing Line Lender (or Swing Lien Lenders) and Parent so long as the Obligations of the Revolving Credit Lenders and, if applicable, any other Swing Line Lender are not affected thereby. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended as set forth in Section 2.14, Section 2.15 and Section 2.16.

If any Lender does not consent to a proposed amendment, waiver, consent or release with respect to any Loan Document that requires the consent of such Lender and that has been approved by the Required Lenders, Parent may replace such non-consenting Lender in accordance with Section 10.13; provided, that such amendment, waiver, consent or release can be effected as a result of the assignment contemplated by such Section (together with all other such assignments required by Parent to be made pursuant to this paragraph).

 

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Section 10.02. Notices; Effectiveness; Electronic Communications.

(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in clause (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing (including by electronic communication) and shall be delivered as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to Parent or the Administrative Agent, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02; and

(ii) if to any Lender or L/C Issuer, to the address, telecopier number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire (including, as appropriate, notices delivered solely to the Person designated by a Lender or L/C Issuer on its Administrative Questionnaire then in effect for the delivery of notices that may contain material non-public information relating to the Borrower).

Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by telecopier shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in clause (b) below shall be effective as provided in such clause (b).

(b) Electronic Communications. Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the L/C Issuers hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided, that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or any L/C Issuer pursuant to Article II if such Lender or such L/C Issuer, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or Parent may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided, that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement); provided, that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 

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(c) The Platform. THE PLATFORM IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” THE AGENT PARTIES (AS DEFINED BELOW) DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE ADEQUACY OF THE PLATFORM, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY FOR ERRORS IN OR OMISSIONS FROM THE BORROWER MATERIALS. NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD PARTY RIGHTS OR FREEDOM FROM VIRUSES OR OTHER CODE DEFECTS, IS MADE BY ANY AGENT PARTY IN CONNECTION WITH THE BORROWER MATERIALS OR THE PLATFORM. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “Agent Parties”) have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses of any kind (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrower’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of Borrower Materials through the Internet, except to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Agent Party; provided, however, that in no event shall any Agent Party have any liability to the Borrower, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any other Person for indirect, special, incidental, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages).

(d) Change of Address, Etc. Each of Parent or the Administrative Agent may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto. Each Lender and L/C Issuer may change its address, telecopier or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to Parent and the Administrative Agent. In addition, each Lender agrees to notify the Administrative Agent from time to time to ensure that the Administrative Agent has on record (i) an effective address, contact name, telephone number, telecopier number and electronic mail address to which notices and other communications may be sent and (ii) accurate wire instructions for such Lender. Furthermore, each Public Lender agrees to cause at least one individual at or on behalf of such Public Lender to at all times have selected the “Private Side Information” or similar designation on the content declaration screen of the Platform in order to enable such Public Lender or its delegate, in accordance with such Public Lender’s compliance procedures and applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws, to make reference to Borrower Materials that are not made available through the “Public Side Information” portion of the Platform and that may contain material non-public information with respect to Parent or its securities for purposes of United States Federal or state securities laws.

(e) Reliance by the Agents, L/C Issuer and Lenders. The Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices and Swing Line Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of Parent even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation

 

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thereof. The Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each L/C Issuer, each Lender and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of Parent in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct by such Person. All telephonic notices to and other telephonic communications with the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, may be recorded by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

Section 10.03. No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.

No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Loan Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Loan Documents against the Loan Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 8.02 for the benefit of all the Lenders and the L/C Issuers; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Administrative Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as Administrative Agent) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (b) any L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender from exercising the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as L/C Issuer or Swing Line Lender, as the case may be) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, (c) any Lender from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 10.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.13), or (d) any Lender from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Loan Party under any Debtor Relief Law; and provided, further, that if at any time there is no Person acting as Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, then (i) the Required Lenders shall have the rights otherwise ascribed to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 8.02 and (ii) in addition to the matters set forth in clauses (b), (c) and (d) of the preceding proviso and subject to Section 2.13, any Lender may, with the consent of the Required Lenders, enforce any rights and remedies available to it and as authorized by the Required Lenders.

Section 10.04. Expenses; Indemnity; Damage Waiver.

(a) Costs and Expenses. The Borrowers shall pay, on a joint and several basis, (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications

 

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or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated); (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by an L/C Issuer in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder; and (iii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the Loans made or Letters of Credit issued hereunder, including all out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Loans or Letters of Credit; provided that reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel shall be limited to (x) one primary counsel for the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and, if reasonably required by the Administrative Agent, local or specialist counsel and (y) one additional counsel for the Lenders (unless there is an actual or perceived conflict of interest that requires separate representation for any Lender, in which case those Lenders similarly affected shall, as a whole, be entitled to one separate counsel) and, to the extent reasonably necessary, local or specialist counsel.

(b) Indemnification by the Borrowers. The Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender, each Agent and each L/C Issuer, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any third party or by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; (ii) any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any L/C Issuer to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit); (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials at, on, under or emanating from any property owned, leased or operated by Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries; or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or any of the Borrowers’ or such Loan Party’s directors, shareholders or creditors, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from (A) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (B) any material breach of the obligations of such Indemnitee under the Loan Documents, or (y) any proceeding that does not involve an act or omission by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and that is brought by an Indemnitee against another Indemnitee (other than disputes involving claims against any Agent in its capacity as such).

 

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(c) Reimbursement by Lenders. To the extent that either Borrower for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under clause (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), any L/C Issuer or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), any L/C Issuer or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided, that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or any L/C Issuer in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent) or L/C Issuer in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this clause (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(e).

(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrowers shall not assert, and hereby waive, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Loan or Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in clause (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed to such unintended recipients by such Indemnitee through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby other than for direct or actual damages resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final and nonappealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.

(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than ten (10) days after demand therefor.

(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, any L/C Issuer and the Swing Line Lender, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

Section 10.05. Payments Set Aside.

To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of a Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, to the fullest extent

 

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possible under provisions of applicable Law, be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred; and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the applicable Federal Funds Rate from time to time in effect.

Section 10.06. Successors and Assigns.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, and the Designated Issuing Bank (and its assigns), except that (other than as permitted pursuant to Section 7.03), no Borrower nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(b); (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(d); or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.06(f) or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.06(g) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than (i) the parties hereto, (ii) their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, (iii) Participants to the extent provided in clause (d) of this Section and, (iv) to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, (x) the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers and the Lenders and (y) the Designated Issuing Bank (and its assigns)) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Designated Issuing Bank shall be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement solely with respect to all rights, benefits and privileges herein in respect of it or its Standalone Letter of Credit Facility set forth in this Section 10.06, Section 8.02, Section 8.03, Section 10.15, Section 10.16 and Section 10.17 and shall have all of the rights and benefits of a third-party beneficiary only in respect of the foregoing provisions.

(b) Assignments by Lenders. Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more Eligible Assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment (or Commitments) and the Loans (including for purposes of this Section 10.06(b), participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) at the time owing to it); provided, that any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

(i) Minimum Amounts.

(A) in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment under any Facility and the Loans at the time owing to it under such Facility or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

 

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(B) in any case not described in clause (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Loans outstanding thereunder) or, if the Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment, determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date, shall not be less than $5 million, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility, or $1 million, in the case of any assignment in respect of Term Loans, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, Parent otherwise consents; provided, however, that concurrent assignments to members of an Assignee Group and concurrent assignments from members of an Assignee Group to a single Eligible Assignee (or to an Eligible Assignee and members of its Assignee Group) will be treated as a single assignment for purposes of determining whether such minimum amount has been met;

(ii) Proportionate Amounts. Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under each applicable Facility, except that this clause (ii) shall not (A) apply to the Swing Line Lender’s rights and obligations in respect of Swing Line Loans or (B) prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations under one Facility on a non-pro rata basis relative to its rights and obligations under another Facility;

(iii) Required Consents. No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by clause (b) (i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

(A) the consent of Parent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (1) an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment or (2) such assignment is to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; provided, that Parent shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within ten (10) Business Days after having received notice thereof;

(B) the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (1) any Term Commitment or Revolving Credit Commitment (and associated Revolving Credit Loans and participations in L/C Obligations and in Swing Line Loans) if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of the applicable Facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender or (2) any Term Loan to a Person that is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund;

(C) the consent of the L/C Issuers and the Swing Line Lender (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Credit Facility if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Revolving Credit Commitment, an Affiliate of such a Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such a Lender.

 

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(iv) Assignment and Assumption. The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee in the amount of $3,500; provided, however, that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

(v) No Assignment to Certain Persons. No such assignment shall be made (A) to Parent or any of Parent’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, (B) to any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B), or (C) to a natural person.

(vi) Certain Additional Payments. In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of Parent and the Administrative Agent, the applicable pro rata share of Loans previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent or any Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon) and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Loans and participations in Letters of Credit and Swing Line Loans in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable Law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of (and subject to the obligations and limitations of) Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05 and 10.04 with respect to amounts payable thereunder and accruing for such Lender’s benefit but not paid prior to the effective date of such assignment. Upon request, the Borrowers (at their expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any

 

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assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.06(d).

(c) Register. The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by Parent and any Lender (with respect to its own interests only), at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Participations. Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, Parent, the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Eligible Assignee (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans (including such Lender’s participations in L/C Obligations and/or Swing Line Loans) owing to it); provided, that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations; and (iii) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided, that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in the first proviso to Section 10.01 that affects such Participant. Subject to clause (e) of this Section, the Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections and Section 10.13 and the Participant’s compliance with Section 3.01(d)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06(b). To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.08 as though it were a Lender; provided such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.13 as though it were a Lender.

Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrowers and such Lender shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary; provided, that no Lender shall have the obligation to disclose all or a portion of the Participant

 

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Register (including the identity of the Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Loans or other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that any loans are in registered form for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

(e) Limitations upon Participant Rights. A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results in a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation.

(f) Certain Pledges. Any Lender may at any time, without consent or notice, pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender; provided, that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g) Special Purpose Funding Vehicles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and Parent (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided, that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan; (ii) any grant of such an option to any SPC shall not constitute a novation, if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof, and in no event shall any Granting Lender be released from its obligations hereunder. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) each SPC shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04 and 3.05 (subject to the requirements and limitations of such Sections and Section 10.13) to the same extent as if it were a Granting Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.06(b); provided, that an SPC shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01 or 3.04 than the applicable Granting Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the SPC granted to such SPC, (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable; and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. In furtherance of the foregoing, each party hereto hereby agrees (which agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement) that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper or other senior debt of any SPC, it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, such SPC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, or liquidation proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of Parent and the Administrative Agent and with the payment of a processing fee in the amount of

 

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$3,500 (which processing fee may be waived by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion), assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the related Granting Lender; and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

(h) Resignation as L/C Issuer after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time any L/C Issuer assigns all of its Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 10.06(b), such L/C Issuer may, (i) subject to the remainder of this paragraph, upon thirty (30) days’ notice to Parent and the Lenders, resign as L/C Issuer. In the event of any such resignation as L/C Issuer, Parent shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a successor L/C Issuer hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by Parent to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of such L/C Issuer. If any L/C Issuer resigns as L/C Issuer, it shall retain all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such L/C Issuer hereunder with respect to all Letters of Credit outstanding as of the effective date of its resignation as L/C Issuer and all L/C Obligations with respect thereto (including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in Unreimbursed Amounts pursuant to Section 2.03(c)). Upon the appointment of a successor L/C Issuer, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring L/C Issuer and (b) the successor L/C Issuer shall issue letters of credit in substitution for the Letters of Credit, if any, outstanding at the time of such succession or make other arrangements satisfactory to the retiring L/C Issuer to effectively assume the obligations of such L/C Issuer with respect to such Letters of Credit

(i) Resignation as Swing Line Lender after Assignment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if at any time Citibank assigns all of its Revolving Credit Commitment and Revolving Credit Loans pursuant to Section 10.06(b), Citibank may, (i) subject to the remainder of this paragraph, upon thirty (30) days’ notice to Parent and the Lenders, resign as Swing Line Lender. In the event of any such resignation as Swing Line Lender, Parent shall be entitled to appoint from among the Lenders a Swing Line Lender hereunder; provided, however, that no failure by Parent to appoint any such successor shall affect the resignation of Citibank as Swing Line Lender. If Citibank resigns as Swing Line Lender, it shall retain all the rights of the Swing Line Lender provided for hereunder with respect to Swing Line Loans made by it and outstanding as of the effective date of such resignation, including the right to require the Lenders to make Base Rate Loans or fund risk participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.04(c). Upon the appointment of a successor Swing Line Lender, (a) such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Swing Line Lender.

Section 10.07. Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its and its Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, advisors and representatives (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential and that the disclosing party shall be liable for the failure

 

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of any such Persons to adhere to the requirements of this Section 10.07); (b) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over it (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement; or (ii) any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to the Borrowers and their obligations, (g) with the consent of Parent; (h) on a confidential basis to the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the credit facilities provided hereunder; and (i) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any L/C Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than Parent that is not itself, to the knowledge of such Person, in breach of a confidentiality obligation to Parent or any Subsidiary in connection with the disclosure of such Information.

For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from Parent or any Subsidiary relating to Parent or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any L/C Issuer on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by Parent or any Subsidiary. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the L/C Issuers acknowledges that (a) the Information may include material non-public information concerning Parent or a Subsidiary, as the case may be; (b) it has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; and (c) it will handle such material non-public information in accordance with applicable Law, including United States Federal and state securities Laws. In addition, the Administrative Agent and each Lender may disclose the existence of this Agreement and the information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar services providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 10.08. Setoff.

In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates (and the Collateral Agent, in respect of any unpaid fees, costs and expenses payable hereunder) is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to Parent, any such notice being waived by Parent (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special,

 

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time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates or the Collateral Agent to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates or the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify Parent and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender; provided, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender under this Section 10.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and such Lender may have.

Section 10.09. Interest Rate Limitation.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Loan Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Loan Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrowers. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by an Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest; (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof; and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

Section 10.10. Counterparts; Effectiveness.

This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier or email pdf of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier or email pdf be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided, that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier or email pdf. Except as provided in Section 4.01, this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto.

Section 10.11. Integration.

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agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided, that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

Section 10.12. Survival of Representations and Warranties.

All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Administrative Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Credit Extension, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied or any Letter of Credit shall remain outstanding.

Section 10.13. Replacement of Lenders.

If any Lender requests compensation under Section 3.04, if the Borrowers are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 3.01, if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, if any Lender shall fail to consent to any amendment or waiver requested by the Borrowers in accordance with the last paragraph of Section 10.01 or if any other circumstance exists hereunder that gives Parent the right to replace a Lender as a party hereto, then Parent may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 10.06), all of its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:

(a) the Administrative Agent shall have received the assignment fee specified in Section 10.06(b);

(b) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to 100% of the outstanding principal of its Loans and L/C Advances and, other than in the case of a Defaulting Lender, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, any premium thereon (assuming for this purpose that the Loans of such Lender were being prepaid) from the assignee and any amounts payable by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 from the Borrowers (it being understood that the Assignment and Assumption relating to such assignment shall provide that any interest and fees that accrued prior to the effective date of the assignment shall be for the account of the replaced Lender and such amounts that accrue on and after the effective date of the assignment shall be for the account of the replacement Lender);

 

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(c) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter; and

(d) such assignment does not conflict with applicable Laws.

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling Parent to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. Each Lender agrees that, if Parent elects to replace such Lender in accordance with this Section 10.13, it shall promptly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption to evidence the assignment and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent any Note (if Notes have been issued in respect of such Lender’s Loans) subject to such Assignment and Assumption; provided, that the failure of any such Lender to execute an Assignment and Assumption shall not render such assignment invalid and such assignment shall be recorded in the Register.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Parent elects to replace a Lender in connection with a Repricing Transaction, such Lender shall be entitled to the Prepayment Premium paid in accordance with Section 2.05(a)(iii).

Section 10.14. Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.14, if and to the extent that the enforceability of any provisions in this Agreement relating to Defaulting Lenders shall be limited by Debtor Relief Laws, as determined in good faith by Parent and the Administrative Agent, the applicable L/C Issuer or the Swing Line Lender, as applicable, then such provisions shall be deemed to be in effect only to the extent not so limited.

Section 10.15. GOVERNING LAW.

THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CONFLICTS PROVISIONS THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

(a) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, SHALL BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK SITTING IN

 

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NEW YORK COUNTY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY SUCH COURT, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH LOAN PARTY, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENTS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES (OTHER THAN TELECOPIER) IN SECTION 10.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

Section 10.16. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

Section 10.17. Binding Effect.

This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Loan Parties and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender, the Swing Line Lenders and L/C Issuer that each such Lender, Swing Line Lender and L/C Issuer has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Loan Parties, each Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, in each case in accordance with Section 10.06 (if applicable) and except that no Loan Party shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders except as permitted by Section 7.03.

 

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Section 10.18. No Advisory or Fiduciary Responsibility.

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Loan Document), each of the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges its Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a) (i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders, are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Borrower, the other Loan Parties their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders, on the other hand, (ii) each of Parent and the other Loan Parties has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) each of Parent and each of the other Loan Parties are capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b) (i) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for the Borrowers, the other Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates, or any other Person; and (ii) neither the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers nor the Lenders have any obligation to the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers, the Lenders and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of Parent, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and neither the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers nor the Lenders have any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Borrower, the other Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Borrowers and each of the other Loan Parties hereby waive and release any claims that it may have against the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and the Lenders with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

Section 10.19. Lender Action.

Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy against any Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents or the Secured Hedge Agreements (including the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral or any other property of any such Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. The provision of this Section 10.19 are for the sole benefit of the Lenders and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.

Section 10.20. USA Patriot Act.

Each Lender that is subject to the USA Patriot Act and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender) hereby notifies the Loan Parties that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Loan Parties, which information includes the name, address and tax identification number of

 

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each Loan Party and other information regarding each Loan Party that will allow such Lender or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify each Loan Party in accordance with the USA Patriot Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the USA Patriot Act and is effective as to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. Parent shall, promptly following a request by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, provide all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such Lender requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the USA Patriot Act.

Section 10.21. Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.

The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

Section 10.22. Joint and Several Liability of the Borrowers.

(a) Each Borrower agrees that it is jointly and severally liable for the obligations of the other Borrower under the Loan Documents, including with respect to the payment of principal of and interest on all Loans and the payment of fees and indemnities and reimbursement of costs and expenses. Each Borrower is accepting joint and several liability hereunder in consideration of the financial accommodations to be provided by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders under this Agreement, for the mutual benefit, directly and indirectly, of each Borrower and in consideration of the undertakings of each of the Borrowers to accept joint and several liability for the obligations of each of them. Each Borrower, jointly and severally, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with the other Borrower, with respect to the payment and performance of all of the obligations under the Loan Documents, it being the intention of the parties hereto that all such obligations shall be the joint and several obligations of the Borrowers without preferences or distinction between them. If and to the extent that either Borrower shall fail to make any payment with respect to any of the obligations under the Loan Documents as and when due or to perform any of such obligations in accordance with the terms thereof, then in each such event the other Borrower will make such payment with respect to, or perform, such obligations. Each Borrower hereby waives notice of acceptance of its joint and several liability, notice of the Loans made under this Agreement, notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, or of any demand for any payment under this Agreement, notice of any action at any time taken or omitted by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders under or in respect of any of the obligations under the Loan Documents, any requirement of diligence or to mitigate damages and, generally, all demands, notices and other formalities of every kind in connection with this Agreement, except for any demands, notices and other formalities expressly required under the terms of this Agreement. Each Borrower hereby assents to, and waives notice of, any extension or postponement of the time for the payment of any of the obligations under the Loan Documents,

 

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the acceptance of any partial payment thereon, any waiver, consent or other action or acquiescence by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders at any time or times in respect of any default (including any Default or Event of Default) by the other Borrower in the performance or satisfaction of any term, covenant, condition or provision of this Agreement, any and all other indulgences whatsoever by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders in respect of any of the obligations hereunder, and the taking, addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, at any time or times, of any security for any of such obligations or the addition, substitution or release, in whole or in part, of either Borrower. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Borrower assents to any other action or delay in acting or failure to act on the part of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders, including any failure strictly or diligently to assert any right or to pursue any remedy or to comply fully with applicable laws or regulations thereunder, which might, but for the provisions of this Section 10.22, afford grounds for terminating, discharging or relieving such Borrower, in whole or in part, from any of its obligations under this Section 10.22, it being the intention of each Borrower that, so long as any of the obligations under the Loan Documents remain unsatisfied, the obligations of such Borrower under this Section 10.22 shall not be discharged except by performance and then only to the extent of such performance. The joint and several liability of the Borrowers hereunder shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding any absorption, merger, amalgamation or any other change whatsoever in the name, membership, constitution or place of formation of the other Borrower. With respect to each Borrower’s obligations arising as a result of the joint and several liability of the Borrowers hereunder with respect to Loans or other extensions of credit made to any of the other Borrowers hereunder, such Borrower waives, until the obligations under the Loan Documents shall have been paid in full in cash (other than contingent indemnification obligations that are not yet due and payable or as to which no claim has been asserted) and this Agreement shall have been terminated, any right to enforce any right of subrogation or any remedy which the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and/or any Lender now has or may hereafter have against the other Borrower, any endorser or any guarantor of all or any part of the obligations under the Loan Documents, and any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any security or collateral given to the Administrative Agent and/or any Lender to secure payment of the obligations under the Loan Documents or any other liability of the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and/or any Lender.

(b) Subject to the immediately preceding sentence, to the extent that either Borrower shall be required to pay a portion of the obligations under the Loan Documents which shall exceed the amount of Loans other extensions of credit received by such Borrower and all interest, costs, fees and expenses attributable to such Loans or other extensions of credit, then such Borrower shall be reimbursed by the other Borrower for the amount of such excess. This paragraph is intended only to define the relative rights of Borrowers, and nothing set forth in this paragraph is intended or shall impair the obligations of each Borrower, jointly and severally, to pay to Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and Lenders the obligations under the Loan Documents as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this paragraph or any other provisions of this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that the liability incurred by each Borrower in respect of the obligations under the Loan Documents of the other Borrower (and any Lien granted by each Borrower to secure such obligations), not constitute a fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer under the provisions of any applicable law of any state or other governmental unit (“Fraudulent Conveyance”). Consequently, each Borrower, the Administrative

 

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Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender hereby agree that if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the incurrence of liability by either Borrower in respect of the obligations under the Loan Documents of the other Borrower (or any Liens granted by such Borrower to secure such obligations) would, but for the application of this sentence, constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, such liability (and such Liens) shall be valid and enforceable only to the maximum extent that would not cause the same to constitute a Fraudulent Conveyance, and this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall automatically be deemed to have been amended accordingly, nunc pro tunc.

(c) Each Borrower’s obligation to pay and perform the obligations under the Loan Documents shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement under any and all circumstances whatsoever and irrespective of (i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement, or any term or provision therein, as to the other Borrower, (ii) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from this Agreement or any other Loan Document, in respect of the other Borrower, (iii) the application of any Loan proceeds to, or the extension of any other credit for the benefit of, the other Borrower, any other Loan Party, or any of their Subsidiaries or (iv) any other event or circumstance whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that might, but for the provisions of this Section 10.22, constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of setoff against, either Borrower’s obligations hereunder, in each case other than any payment in full of such obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not yet due or owing). Each of the Borrowers further agree that (i) its obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any such obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of, or the application of any Debtor Relief Laws to, the other Borrower, all as though such payment had not been made and (ii) it hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke its joint and several liability under the Loan Documents and acknowledges that such liability is continuing in nature and applies to all obligations of the Borrowers under the Loan Documents, whether existing now or in the future.

ARTICLE XI

Guarantee

Section 11.01. The Guarantee.

Each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally with the other Guarantors guarantees, as a primary obligor and not as a surety, to each Secured Party and their respective successors and assigns, the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, demand, by acceleration or otherwise) of the principal of and interest (including any interest that would accrue but for the provisions of (i) the Title 11 of the United States Code after any bankruptcy or insolvency petition under Title 11 of the United States Code and (ii) any other Debtor Relief Laws) on the Loans made by the Lenders to, and the Notes held by each Lender of, the Borrowers (other than such Guarantor), and all other Obligations from time to time owing to the Secured Parties by any Loan Party under any Loan Document or any Secured Hedge Agreement or any Treasury Services Agreement, in each case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof, excluding, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, Excluded Swap Obligations with

 

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respect to such Guarantor at such time (such obligations being herein collectively called the “Guaranteed Obligations”). The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that if the Borrowers shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Guarantors will promptly pay the same in cash, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, this Section 11.01 shall not require or result in the application of any amount received from any Loan Party to any Excluded Swap Obligation of such Loan Party.

Section 11.02. Obligations Unconditional.

The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 11.01 shall constitute a guaranty of payment and to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, are absolute, irrevocable and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement, the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or Guarantor (except for payment in full). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Guarantors hereunder which shall remain absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances as described above:

(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be done or omitted;

(c) the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be amended in any respect, or any right under the Loan Documents or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein shall be amended or waived in any respect or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;

(d) any Lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, an L/C Issuer or any Lender or Agent as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be perfected;

(e) the release of any other Guarantor pursuant to Section 11.09; or

(f) the expiration of any statute of limitations.

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remedy or proceed against either Borrower under this Agreement or the Notes, if any, or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors waive any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension, waiver, termination or accrual of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party upon this Guarantee or acceptance of this Guarantee, and the Guaranteed Obligations, and any of them, shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred in reliance upon this Guarantee, and all dealings between the Borrowers and the Secured Parties shall likewise be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon this Guarantee. This Guarantee shall be construed as a continuing, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional guarantee of payment without regard to any right of offset with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations at any time or from time to time held by Secured Parties, and the obligations and liabilities of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the pursuit by the Secured Parties or any other person at any time of any right or remedy against either Borrower or against any other person which may be or become liable in respect of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations or against any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto. This Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and be binding in accordance with and to the extent of its terms upon the Guarantors and the successors and assigns thereof, and shall inure to the benefit of the Lenders, and their respective successors and assigns, notwithstanding that from time to time during the term of this Agreement there may be no Guaranteed Obligations outstanding.

Section 11.03. Reinstatement.

The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article XI shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Borrowers or other Loan Party in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise.

Section 11.04. Subrogation; Subordination.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that until the payment and satisfaction in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration and termination of the Commitments of the Lenders under this Agreement it shall waive any claim and shall not exercise any right or remedy, direct or indirect, arising by reason of any performance by it of its guarantee in Section 11.01, whether by subrogation or otherwise, against either Borrower or any other Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

Section 11.05. Remedies.

The Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement and the Notes, if any, may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 8.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in Section 8.02) for purposes of Section 11.01, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against the Borrowers and

 

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that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by the Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 11.01.

Section 11.06. Instrument for the Payment of Money.

Each Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Article XI constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that any Lender or Agent, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to bring a motion-action under New York CPLR Section 3213.

Section 11.07. Continuing Guarantee.

The guarantee in this Article XI is a continuing guarantee of payment, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.

Section 11.08. General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations.

In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate limited partnership or limited liability company law, or any applicable state, federal or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under Section 11.01 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, voidable, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 11.01, then, notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, any Loan Party or any other person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount (after giving effect to the right of contribution established in Section 11.10) that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.

Section 11.09. Release of Guarantors.

If, in compliance with the terms and provisions of the Loan Documents, any portion of the Equity Interests or all or substantially all property of any Guarantor is sold or otherwise transferred to a person or persons, none of which is a Loan Party, or if any Guarantor shall be designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary or otherwise not be required to remain a Guarantor hereunder, then such Guarantor shall, upon the consummation of such sale or transfer, designation or other circumstance, be automatically released from its obligations under this Agreement (including under Section 10.04 hereof) and its obligations to pledge and grant any Collateral owned by it (and all security interests actually granted in such Collateral) pursuant to any Collateral Document and, in the case of a sale of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of such Guarantor, the pledge of such Equity Interests to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents shall be automatically released, and, so long as Parent shall have provided the Agents such certifications or documents as any Agent shall reasonably request, the Collateral Agent shall take such actions as are necessary to effect each release described in this sentence.

 

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Section 11.10. Right of Contribution.

Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantor’s right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 11.04. The provisions of this Section 11.10 shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lenders and the Lenders, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to the Administrative Agent, the L/C Issuers, the Swing Line Lenders and the Lenders for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.

Section 11.11. Subject to Intercreditor Agreement.

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents are expressly subject to the Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect), the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect) and any other intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant hereto and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Administrative Agent hereunder or under the Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect), the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect) and any other intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant hereto is subject to the limitations and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect), the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect) and such other intercreditor agreement entered into pursuant hereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect), the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect) or any other such intercreditor and terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect), the Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement (if in effect) or such other intercreditor agreement, as applicable, shall govern.

Section 11.12. Keepwell.

Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Guarantor to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty in respect of Swap Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 11.12 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 11.12, or otherwise under this Guaranty, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 11.12 shall remain in full force and effect until the release of this Guaranty under Section 9.09(b)(ii). Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 11.12 constitute, and this Section 11.12 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Guarantor for all purposes of Section 1 a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Section 11.13. Appointment of Parent as Representative of the Borrowers.

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and notices of conversion/continuation of any Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.02 or similar notices, giving instructions with respect to the disbursement of the proceeds of the Term Loans, selecting interest rate options, giving and receiving all other notices and consents hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents and taking all other actions (including in respect of compliance with covenants) on behalf of any Borrower or the Borrowers under the Loan Documents. Parent hereby accepts such appointment. Each Borrower agrees that each notice, election, representation and warranty, covenant, agreement and undertaking made on its behalf by Parent shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made by such Borrower and shall be binding upon and enforceable against such Borrower to the same extent as if the same had been made directly by such Borrower.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL LLC, as a Borrower
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS CAPITAL CORPORATION, as a Borrower
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR AMERICAS INC., as Parent and a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Joseph R. Ianniello

  Name:   Joseph R. Ianniello
  Title:   President, Treasurer, and Secretary
CBS OUTDOOR GROUP LLC, as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
OUTDOOR INC., as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


CBS OUTDOOR LLC, as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Donald R. Shassian

  Name:   Donald R. Shassian
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTDOOR LA INC., as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Raymond Nowak

  Name:   Raymond Nowak
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS OUTERNET INC., as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Raymond Nowak

  Name:   Raymond Nowak
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
CBS COLLEGIATE SPORTS PROPERTIES INC., as a Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Raymond Nowak

  Name:   Raymond Nowak
  Title:   Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


CITIBANK, N.A., as the Administrative Agent, a Lender, the Swingline Lender and an L/C Issuer
By:  

/s/ Monique Renta

  Name:   Monique Renta
  Title:   Vice President

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as a Lender and an L/C Issuer
By:  

/s/ Jessica Belanger

  Name:   Jessica Belanger
  Title:   Vice President

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Bank of America, N.A., as a Lender and an L/C Issuer
By:  

/s/ Jay D. Marquis

  Name:   Jay D. Marquis
  Title:   Director

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ David W. Kee

  Name:   David W. Kee
  Title:   Managing Director

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Ola Anderssen

  Name:   Ola Anderssen
  Title:   Director

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. as a Lender and an L/C Issuer
By:  

/s/ Nehal Abdel Hakim

  Name:   Nehal Abdel Hakim
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Bertram H. Tang

  Name:   Bertram H. Tang
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


BNP Paribas, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Nicolas Rabier

  Name:   Nicolas Rabier
  Title:   Managing Director
By:  

/s/ Brendan Heneghan

  Name:   Brendan Heneghan
  Title:   Vice President

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


U.S. Bank National Association, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Colleen Mcevoy

  Name:  

Colleen Mcevoy

  Title:   Senior Vice President

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Goldman Sachs Bank USA, as a Lender and an L/C Issuer
By:  

/s/ Robert Ehudin

  Name:   Robert Ehudin
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as a Lender and an L/C Issuer
By:  

/s/ Peter B. Thauer

  Name:   Peter B. Thauer
  Title:   Managing Director

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as a Lender
By:  

/s/ Mikhail Faybusovich

  Name:   Mikhail Faybusovich
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
By:  

/s/ Jean-Marc Vauclair

  Name:   Jean-Marc Vauclair
  Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]


Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as a Lender and an L/C Issuer
By:  

/s/ Anca Trifan

  Name:   Anca Trifan
  Title:   Managing Director
By:  

/s/ Michael Getz

  Name:   Michael Getz
  Title:   Vice President

 

[CREDIT AGREEMENT]

EX-21.1 6 d544340dex211.htm EX-21.1 EX-21.1

Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of Registrant

DOMESTIC

 

Subsidiary Name   Jurisdiction of Organization
Anastasia Advertising Art, Inc.   Florida
Atlantic Prospect, Inc.   New York
Bustop Shelters of Nevada, Inc.   Nevada
CBS Collegiate Sports Properties Inc.   Delaware
CBS Outdoor Americas Capital Corporation   Delaware
CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC   Delaware
CBS Outdoor Group LLC   Delaware
CBS Outdoor L.A. Inc.   Delaware
CBS Outdoor LLC   Delaware
CBS Outernet Inc.   Delaware
CBS Outdoor Puerto Rico Inc.   Puerto Rico
Design-Graphics Inc.   Florida
New York Subways Advertising Co., Inc.   Arizona
Outdoor Inc.   Maryland
Outdoor Management Network, Inc.   California
Outdoor Systems Americas 1 (Delaware), LLC   Delaware
Outdoor Systems Americas 2 (Delaware), LLC   Delaware
Outdoor Systems Americas 3 (Delaware), LLC   Delaware
Outdoor Systems Electrical Corp.   New York
Raven Media LLC   Delaware
Salm Enterprises, Inc.   California
SDI Raven LLC   Delaware
TDI Northwest, Inc.   Washington
Transportation Displays Inc.   Delaware
Wilson-Curtis, Inc.   Missouri

FOREIGN

 

Subsidiary Name   Jurisdiction of Organization
3261823 Nova Scotia Company   Canada
559733 British Columbia Ltd.   Canada
Advertising Systems HoldCo C.V.   The Netherlands
CBS Canada GP Co.   Canada
CBS Midia Exterior Ltda   Brazil
CBS Netherlands PP BV   The Netherlands
CBS Outdoor Advertising Uruguay S.A.   Uruguay
CBS Outdoor Argentina   Argentina
CBS Outdoor Brasil Limitada   Brazil
CBS Outdoor Canada LP   Canada


Subsidiary Name

  Jurisdiction of Organization
CBS Outdoor Chile S.A.   Chile
Eppar – Empresa de Paineis e Participacoes Ltda.   Brazil
Fusionante Vendor, S. de R.L. de C.V.   Mexico
International Outdoor Advertising Holdings Company   Cayman Islands
IOAHC Investments Company Uruguay Co.   Cayman Islands
IOAHC Investments Co.   Cayman Islands
IOA Prolix Co.   Cayman Islands
Outdoor Systems Americas ULC   Canada (Alberta)
Outdoor Systems Americas Holdco Sub Coöperatief U.A.   The Netherlands
Outdoor Systems Americas Netherlands NewCo B.V.   The Netherlands
Publibus Sociedad Anonima   Uruguay
Servicios Administrativos America, S. de R.L. de C.V.   Mexico
Techmidia Publicidade Exterior S.A.   Brazil
Vendor Publicidad Exterior S. de R.L. de CV   Mexico
EX-23.3 7 d544340dex233.htm EX-23.3 EX-23.3

Exhibit 23.3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Amendment No. 4 to Form S-11 of CBS Outdoor Americas Inc. of our report dated June 27, 2013, relating to the financial statements and financial statement schedules of CBS Outdoor Americas, which appear in such Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

New York, New York

January 31, 2014