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NUMBER: 13994393 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KXTX HOLDINGS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980528 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WTNH BROADCASTING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062719 IRS NUMBER: 050481600 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-21 FILM NUMBER: 13994400 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WTNH BROADCASTING INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980528 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WAVY BROADCASTING 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20050407 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: KXAN LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062703 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 132670260 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-16 FILM NUMBER: 13994394 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: KXAN INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980528 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: INDIANA BROADCASTING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062702 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 050496718 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-17 FILM NUMBER: 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PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WOOD TELEVISION INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980528 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WDTN BROADCASTING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001256879 IRS NUMBER: 522368795 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-25 FILM NUMBER: 13994404 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQ STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TVL BROADCASTING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001256876 IRS NUMBER: 752676358 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-01 FILM NUMBER: 13994379 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 401 454 2880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQ STREET 2: STE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TVL BROADCASING INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20030725 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: NORTH TEXAS BROADCASTING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062712 IRS NUMBER: 132740821 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-03 FILM NUMBER: 13994381 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: NORTH TEXAS BROADCASTING CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19980528 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lin of Wisconsin LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341075 IRS NUMBER: 203347936 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-06 FILM NUMBER: 13994384 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQUARE SUITE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 401-454-2880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQUARE SUITE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIN TELEVISION CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000931058 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 133581627 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-18 FILM NUMBER: 13994396 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WEST EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 5A CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02903 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WEST EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 5A CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02903 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WOOD LICENSE CO LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062717 IRS NUMBER: 050496721 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-23 FILM NUMBER: 13994402 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIN TELEVISION OF TEXAS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062709 IRS NUMBER: 050481602 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-05 FILM NUMBER: 13994383 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lin of New Mexico LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341078 IRS NUMBER: 203347886 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-07 FILM NUMBER: 13994385 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 401-454-2880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WWLP BROADCASTING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001157256 IRS NUMBER: 52711529 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-19 FILM NUMBER: 13994398 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 RICHMOND SQUARE STE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1 RICHMOND SQUARE SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIN Digital Media LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001582793 IRS NUMBER: 800943183 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-14 FILM NUMBER: 13994392 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WEST EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 5A CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02903 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014579511 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WEST EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 5A CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02903 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WIVB BROADCASTING LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062716 IRS NUMBER: 050496720 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-24 FILM NUMBER: 13994403 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lin of Colorado LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341091 IRS NUMBER: 203347854 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-08 FILM NUMBER: 13994386 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 401-454-2880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIN TV CORP. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001166789 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: TELEVISION BROADCASTING STATIONS [4833] IRS NUMBER: 050501252 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234 FILM NUMBER: 13994397 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WEST EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 5A CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02903 BUSINESS PHONE: 401.454.2880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WEST EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 5A CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02903 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: LIN TV CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20020208 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIN Digital LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001582794 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-13 FILM NUMBER: 13994391 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WEST EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 5A CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02903 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014579511 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE WEST EXCHANGE STREET STREET 2: SUITE 5A CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02903 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: LIN TELEVISION OF TEXAS LP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001062710 IRS NUMBER: 050481606 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-04 FILM NUMBER: 13994382 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 4014542880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: ONE RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 230E CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Lin of Alabama LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001341092 IRS NUMBER: 203347776 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: S-3 SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-190234-09 FILM NUMBER: 13994387 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 BUSINESS PHONE: 401-454-2880 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: FOUR RICHMOND SQUARE STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: PROVIDENCE STATE: RI ZIP: 02906 S-3 1 a2216118zs-3.htm S-3

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2013

Registration No. 333-          

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933



LIN TV Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
05-0501252
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  LIN Television Corporation
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
13-3581627
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
(401) 454-2880

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrants' principal executive offices)



Denise M. Parent
Senior Vice President Chief Legal Officer
General Counsel & Secretary
LIN TV Corp.
LIN Television Corporation
One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
(401) 454-2880

(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)



Copies to:

Matthew D. Bloch, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
767 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10153
(212) 310-8000

 

Glenn D. West, Esq.
Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
200 Crescent Court, Suite 300
Dallas, Texas 75204
(214) 746-7700

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: From time to time after the effective date of this registration statement.

             If the only securities being registered on this Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box:    o

             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 of 1933, other than securities offered only in connection with dividend or interest reinvestment plans, check the following box:    ý

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

             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.    o

             If this Form is a registration statement pursuant to General Instruction I.D. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    o

             If this Form is a post-effective amendment to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.D. filed to register additional securities or additional classes of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box.    o

             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 o   Accelerated filer ý   Non-accelerated filer o
(Do not check if a
smaller reporting company)
  Smaller reporting company o

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

           
 
Title of Each Class of Securities
to be Registered(1)

  Amount to be
Registered(1)

  Proposed Maximum
Aggregate Offering
Price(1)(2)

  Amount of
Registration Fee(3)

 

Primary Offering by LIN TV Corp. or LIN Television Corporation

           
 

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

         
 

Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share

         
 

Warrants

         
 

Debt Securities

         
 

Guarantees of Debt Securities(4)

         
 

Units

         
 

Total Primary Offering

    $250,000,000   $34,100
 

Secondary Offering by Selling Stockholders

           
 

Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share

    $150,000,000   $20,460
 

Total Primary and Secondary Offerings

      $400,000,000   $54,560

 

(1)
There are being registered under this registration statement such indeterminate principal amount or number of shares of common stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, guarantees of debt securities and units as may be issued and sold by the registrants and/or sold by the selling stockholders from time to time, which together shall have an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed $400,000,000. Any securities registered hereunder may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered hereunder. Pursuant to Rule 457(i) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the securities registered hereunder also include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock as may be issued upon conversion or exchange of any preferred stock or debt securities registered hereunder that provide for conversion or exchange, upon exercise of warrants, or pursuant to the anti-dilution provisions of any such securities. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act, the shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of shares of common stock and shares of preferred stock as may be issuable with respect to the shares being registered hereunder as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.

(2)
The offering prices per class of securities will be determined from time to time by the registrants in connection with the issuance by the registrants of the securities registered under this registration statement and are not specified as to each class of security pursuant to General Instruction II.D of Form S-3 under the Securities Act.

(3)
Calculated pursuant to Rule 457(o) under the Securities Act. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the registrants hereby offset the total registration fee due under this registration statement by the amount of the filing fee associated with the unsold securities from the registrants' Form S-3 Registration Statement, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 4, 2010 (File No. 333-167326), registering securities for a maximum aggregate offering price of $225,000,000 (the "Prior Registration Statement"). The associated filing fee of $16,042.50 for the $225,000,000 of the unsold securities remaining under the Prior Registration Statement is hereby carried forward to offset the current registration fee due. As a result, $38,517.50 is due in connection with this registration statement.

(4)
Guarantees of debt securities issued by the registrants may be provided by one or more of LIN TV Corp. and the registrants named in the table of subsidiary guarantor registrants below. Guarantees will be issued without additional consideration. Pursuant to Rule 457(n), no registration fee is required for the guarantees of debt securities to be registered.

             The registrants hereby amend this registration statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registrants 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 or until the 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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TABLE OF SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR REGISTRANTS*

Exact Name of Co-Registrant
Guarantor as Specified in Its Charter
  State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or
Organization
  Primary
Standard
Industrial
Classification
Number
  I.R.S. Employer
Identification
Number
 

Indiana Broadcasting, LLC

  Delaware   4833     05-0496718  

KXAN LLC

  Delaware   4833     13-2670260  

KXTX Holdings LLC

  Delaware   4833     05-0481599  

LIN Digital LLC

  Delaware   4833     32-0416169  

LIN Digital Media LLC

  Delaware   4833     80-0943183  

LIN License Company, LLC

  Delaware   4833     05-0615511  

LIN Mobile, LLC

  Delaware   4833     46-1360248  

LIN of Alabama, LLC

  Delaware   4833     20-3347776  

LIN of Colorado, LLC

  Delaware   4833     20-3347854  

LIN of New Mexico, LLC

  Delaware   4833     20-3347886  

LIN of Wisconsin, LLC

  Delaware   4833     20-3347936  

LIN Television of Texas, Inc. 

  Delaware   4833     05-0481602  

LIN Television of Texas, L.P. 

  Delaware   4833     05-0481606  

North Texas Broadcasting LLC

  Delaware   4833     13-2740621  

Primeland LLC

  Delaware   4833     37-1023233  

TVL Broadcasting LLC

  Delaware   4833     75-2676358  

TVL Broadcasting of Rhode Island, LLC

  Delaware   4833     52-2368799  

WAVY Broadcasting, LLC

  Delaware   4833     05-0496719  

WDTN Broadcasting, LLC

  Delaware   4833     52-2368795  

WIVB Broadcasting, LLC

  Delaware   4833     05-0496720  

WOOD License Co., LLC

  Delaware   4833     05-0496721  

WOOD Television LLC

  Delaware   4833     06-1506282  

WTNH Broadcasting LLC

  Delaware   4833     05-0481600  

WUPW Broadcasting, LLC

  Delaware   4833     52-2368784  

WWLP Broadcasting, LLC

  Delaware   4833     52-7115298  

*
Addresses, telephone numbers, agent for service and principal executive offices of the registrant guarantors are the same as those of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation.

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

        LIN TV Corp. previously announced in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 12, 2013 that LIN TV Corp. entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which LIN TV Corp. will be merged with and into LIN Media LLC with LIN Media LLC continuing as the surviving entity (the "Merger"). The Merger will convert LIN TV Corp.'s form of organization from a corporation to a limited liability company and it is expected to enable LIN TV Corp. to be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes.

        On May 2, 2013, LIN Media LLC filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-188297) (the "LIN Media Registration Statement") with the SEC containing a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus to be used to solicit LIN TV Corp. stockholder approval of the Merger, as well as other relevant documents concerning the Merger. The LIN Media Registration Statement, which was subsequently amended on May 8, 2013, June 7, 2013 and June 19, 2013, became effective on July 2, 2013. If the Merger is completed, we will file an amendment to this Registration Statement on Form S-3 to register LIN Media LLC as the successor registrant to LIN TV Corp.


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The information in this 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 relating to these securities is effective. This 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.

SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED JULY 30, 2013

PROSPECTUS

LOGO

LIN TV Corp.

LIN Television Corporation

CLASS A COMMON STOCK
PREFERRED STOCK
WARRANTS
DEBT SECURITIES
GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES
UNITS

        We may offer and sell from time to time up to $250,000,000 of the following securities in one or more transactions, classes or series and in amounts, at prices and on terms to be determined by market conditions at the time of our offerings: (i) our Class A Common Stock, $0.01 par value; (ii) our preferred stock, $0.01 par value; (iii) warrants to purchase securities; (iv) debt securities, which may be senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities; (v) guarantees of debt securities; and (vi) units that include any combination of the foregoing securities. In addition, selling stockholders may sell from time to time up to $150,000,000 of our Class A Common Stock, on terms described in the applicable prospectus supplement. We and/or the selling stockholders may offer and sell these securities to or through one or more underwriters, dealers and agents, or directly to purchasers, on a continuous or delayed basis. These securities also may be resold by security holders. The Class A Common Stock, preferred stock and warrants to be offered and sold will be issued by LIN TV Corp., and it is anticipated that the debt securities to be offered and sold will be issued by LIN Television Corporation, a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of LIN TV Corp.

        We will provide the specific terms of any offering in supplements to this prospectus. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with these offerings. Any prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus may also add, update or change information contained in this prospectus. You should read this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, as well as any documents incorporated by reference, carefully before making your investment decision.

        Our Class A Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the ticker symbol "TVL." On July 29, 2013, the last reported sale price of our Class A Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange was $15.16.

        Our principal executive offices are located at One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A, Providence, Rhode Island 02903. Our telephone number is (401) 454-2880.

        This prospectus may not be used to consummate a sale of any securities unless accompanied by a prospectus supplement.

        Investing in our securities involves risks. See "Item 1A—Risk Factors" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 (our "Annual Report"), and "Item 1A—Risk Factors" in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013 (our "Quarterly Report"), each of which is incorporated by reference herein.

        Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

   

The date of this prospectus is                        , 2013


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ABOUT THIS PROSPECTUS

        This prospectus is part of a registration statement that we have filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC, using a "shelf" registration process. By using a shelf registration statement, we may offer and sell, at any time and from time to time, in one or more offerings, the securities described in this prospectus up to a total offering price of $250,000,000 and the selling stockholders may offer and sell Class A Common Stock up to a total offering price of $150,000,000. This prospectus provides you with a general description of the securities we and/or the selling stockholders may offer. Each time we use or any selling stockholder uses this prospectus to offer securities, we will provide a prospectus supplement that will describe the specific terms of the offering. We may also authorize one or more free writing prospectuses to be provided to you in connection with these offerings. The prospectus supplement, any free writing prospectus that we may authorize to be provided to you and any pricing supplement may also add to, update or change the information contained in this prospectus. Any information in any subsequent filings, including, but not limited to, any prospectus supplements and any related free writing prospectus that is inconsistent with this prospectus will supersede the information in this prospectus or any earlier prospectus supplement. Please carefully read this prospectus, any accompanying prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus, together with any additional information you may need to make your investment decision, in addition to the information contained in the documents we refer to under the headings "Where You Can Find More Information" and "Incorporation by Reference." Information incorporated by reference after the date of this prospectus is considered a part of this prospectus and may add, update or change information contained in this prospectus.

        As allowed by the SEC rules, this prospectus does not contain all of the information included in the registration statement. This prospectus contains summaries of certain provisions contained in some of the documents described herein, but reference is made to the actual documents for complete information. For further information, we refer you to the registration statement, including its exhibits.

        You should rely only on the information contained in this document or incorporated by reference in this prospectus and any accompanying prospectus supplement. We have not authorized any other person to provide you with other information. If anyone provides you with different information, you should not rely on it. Neither we nor any selling stockholder is making an offer of the securities covered by this prospectus in any jurisdiction where the offer is not permitted. You should assume that the information appearing in this prospectus, any prospectus supplement, any free writing prospectus and any other document incorporated by reference is accurate only as of the date on the front cover of those documents. Our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects may have changed since those dates.

        This prospectus may not be used to sell securities unless it is accompanied by a prospectus supplement that describes those securities.

        LIN TV Corp. previously announced in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with SEC on February 12, 2013 that LIN TV Corp. entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which LIN TV Corp. will be merged with and into LIN Media LLC with LIN Media LLC continuing as the surviving entity (the "Merger"). The Merger, if completed, will convert LIN TV Corp.'s form of organization from a corporation to a limited liability company and it is expected to enable LIN TV Corp. to be classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes.

        On May 2, 2013, LIN Media LLC filed a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-188297) (the "LIN Media Registration Statement") with the SEC containing a preliminary proxy statement/prospectus to be used to solicit LIN TV Corp. stockholder approval of the Merger, as well as other relevant documents concerning the Merger. The LIN Media Registration Statement, which was subsequently amended on May 8, 2013, June 7, 2013 and June 19, 2013, became effective on July 2, 2013. If the Merger is completed, we will file an amendment to the Registration

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Statement on Form S-3 to which this prospectus relates to register LIN Media LLC as the successor registrant to LIN TV Corp.

        Unless otherwise indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this prospectus to the "Company," "we," "us," and "our" mean, collectively, LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation and all of our subsidiaries included in our consolidated financial statements.

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WHERE YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION

        We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which we refer to as the Exchange Act. You may read and copy any materials we file with the SEC at the SEC's public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference room.

        We have filed a registration statement and related exhibits with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, which we refer to as the Securities Act, in connection with this offering. The registration statement contains additional information about us and the securities we may issue. You may inspect the registration statement and exhibits without charge at the office of the SEC at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Our SEC filings, including the complete registration statement and all of the exhibits to it are also available through the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov.


INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

        The SEC allows us to "incorporate by reference" information into this prospectus other information we filed with the SEC, which means that we can disclose important information to you by referring to those documents. We hereby "incorporate by reference" the documents listed below into this prospectus, which means that we are disclosing important information to you by referring you to those documents. The information that we file later with the SEC will automatically update and in some cases supersede this information. Specifically, we incorporate by reference the following documents or information filed with the SEC (other than, in each case, documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with SEC rules):

    LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012, filed on March 15, 2013;

    LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2013, filed on May 10, 2013;

    LIN TV Corp.'s Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A, filed on April 12, 2013;

    LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation's Current Reports on Form 8-K filed on May 7, 2012, May 25, 2012, October 17, 2012, December 27, 2012, February 15, 2013, March 14, 2013, April 3, 2013, May 6, 2013 and May 31, 2013; and

    The description of LIN TV Corp.'s capital stock contained in LIN TV Corp.'s Form S-1 (Registration No. 333-83068), filed on February 20, 2002, including any amendments or reports filed for the purpose of updating such description.

        We incorporate by reference any additional documents that we may file with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than the portions of those made pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01 of Form 8-K or other information "furnished" to the SEC) between the date that we initially filed the registration statement to which this prospectus relates and the termination of the offering of the securities. These documents may include periodic reports, like Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K, as well as proxy statements. Any material that we subsequently file with the SEC will automatically update and replace the information previously filed with the SEC.

        This prospectus may contain information that updates, modifies or is contrary to information in one or more of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus. You should rely only on the information incorporated by reference or provided in this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone else to provide you with different information. You should not assume that the information in

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this prospectus is accurate as of any date other than the date of this prospectus or the date of the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

        We will provide to each person, including any beneficial owner, to whom this prospectus is delivered, upon written or oral request, at no cost, a copy of any and all of the information that is incorporated by reference in this prospectus.

        Requests for such documents should be directed to:

DENISE M. PARENT, ESQ.
Senior Vice President Chief Legal Officer
General Counsel & Secretary
LIN TV Corp.
LIN Television Corporation
One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A
Providence, RI 02903
Phone: (401) 454-2880

        You may also access the documents incorporated by reference in this prospectus through our web site at http://www.linmedia.com. Except for the specific incorporated documents listed above, no information available on or through our web site shall be deemed to be incorporated in this prospectus or the registration statement of which it forms a part.

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OUR COMPANY

        We are a local multimedia company that operates or services 43 television stations and seven digital channels in 23 U.S. markets, along with a diverse portfolio of web sites, apps and mobile products. Our television stations deliver local news and community stories, along with sports and entertainment programming, to 10.5% of U.S. television homes. All of our television stations are affiliated with a national broadcast network and are primarily located in the top 75 Designated Market Areas as measured by Nielsen Media Research.

        We provide free, over-the-air broadcasts of our programming 24 hours per day to the communities we are licensed to serve. We also provide free daily local news coverage, make public service announcements and broadcast children's programming. Additionally, we invest in companies that focus on emerging media and interactive technologies to expand our local multi-platform and digital product offerings.

        LIN TV Corp. is a Delaware corporation incorporated on February 11, 1998. LIN Television Corporation, a 100% owned subsidiary of LIN TV Corp., is a Delaware corporation and was incorporated on June 18, 1990. Our Company (including its predecessors) has owned and operated television stations since 1966. On May 3, 2002, LIN TV Corp. completed its initial public offering and its Class A Common Stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. LIN TV Corp. previously announced in a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with SEC on February 12, 2013 that LIN TV Corp. entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger pursuant to which LIN TV Corp. will be merged with and into LIN Media LLC with LIN Media LLC continuing as the surviving entity, and LIN TV Corp.'s form of organization will convert from a corporation to a limited liability company. Our corporate offices are at One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A, Providence, Rhode Island 02903, and our web site address is at http://www.linmedia.com. The information on our web site is not deemed to be part of this prospectus.

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RISK FACTORS

        Investing in our securities involves risks. Please see the risk factors described under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report and in our Quarterly Report, each of which is on file with the SEC and incorporated by reference in this prospectus, as well as the risk factors and other information contained in the applicable prospectus supplement and any related free writing prospectus. Before making an investment decision, you should carefully consider these risks as well as information we include or incorporate by reference in this prospectus and in any accompanying prospectus supplement. The risks and uncertainties we have described are not the only ones facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business or operations.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

        This prospectus and the documents we incorporate by reference in this prospectus contain "forward-looking statements." These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties and are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management, based on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of the future tense or other forward-looking words such as "believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "estimate," "should," "may," "will," "objective," "projection," "forecast," "management believes," "continue," "strategy," "position" or the negative of those terms or other variations of them or by comparable terminology. In particular, statements, express or implied, concerning future actions, conditions or events, future operating results, the ability to generate sales, income or cash flow, to realize cost savings or other benefits associated with the reorganization transactions or to pay distributions are forward-looking statements.

        Although we believe that these estimates and forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, they are subject to risks and uncertainties and are made in light of information currently available to us. Many factors, in addition to the factors described in this prospectus or in the documents that are incorporated herein by reference, may adversely affect results as indicated in forward-looking statements. We urge you to read carefully this entire prospectus, the documents incorporated by reference into this prospectus and the documents that are filed as exhibits and annexes to the registration statement of which this prospectus is a part with the understanding that actual future results may be materially different from what we expect. Many of the factors that will determine these results are beyond the ability of us to control or predict. Specific factors that could cause actual results to differ from those in the forward-looking statements include those discussed under the caption "Risk Factors" in our Annual Report and in our Quarterly Report.

        Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they were made, and, except to the extent required by law, we undertake no obligation to update or to review any forward-looking statement because of new information, future events or other factors. Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. There is no assurance that any of the risks referenced in our Annual Report and in our Quarterly Report or that any of the uncertainties associated with the forward-looking statements discussed in this prospectus or in the documents that are incorporated herein by reference will occur, or if any of them do, when they will occur or what impact they will have on our or financial condition. Future results and performance may differ materially from those expressed in these forward-looking statements due to, but not limited to, the factors discussed in our Annual Report and Quarterly Report. Because of these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements when making an investment decision.

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USE OF PROCEEDS

        Unless otherwise stated in the prospectus supplement accompanying this prospectus, we will use the net proceeds from the sale of any securities that may be offered hereby for general corporate purposes. Such general corporate purposes may include, but are not limited to, reducing or refinancing our indebtedness, financing possible acquisitions and redeeming outstanding securities. The prospectus supplement relating to an offering will contain a more detailed description of the use of proceeds of any specific offering of securities.

        Unless otherwise set forth in an accompanying prospectus supplement, we will not receive any proceeds from the sale of our securities by any selling securityholders.


RATIO OF EARNINGS TO FIXED CHARGES

        The following table sets forth our historical ratio of earnings to fixed charges for the periods indicated. We have no preferred stock outstanding and did not pay preferred stock dividends during these periods.

 
  Three months ended
March 31,
  Fiscal year ended December 31,
 
  2013   2012   2012   2011   2010   2009   2008

Ratio of earnings to fixed charges

  NM(1)   1.74   NM(1)   1.43   2.08   1.22   NM(1)

(1)
Not meaningful ("NM") because the ratio of earnings to fixed charges was less than 1:1 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2008. We would have needed to generate additional earnings of $2.1 million, $174 million and $1,159 million, respectively, to achieve a coverage of 1:1 for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2008.

        The ratio of earnings to fixed charges has been computed on a consolidated basis. "Earnings" consists of pretax income from continuing operations before adjustment for non-controlling interests and equity in net (loss) income from affiliates plus fixed charges. Fixed charges consist of interest expense, including amortization of discount, premium and capitalized expenses related to indebtedness, and a portion of rental expense representing a reasonable approximation of the interest factor. On February 12, 2013, we announced that we entered into, and simultaneously closed the transactions contemplated by a Transaction Agreement, which effected a series of transactions related to the ownership and sale of LIN Television of Texas, L.P.'s (a Delaware limited partnership and our indirect wholly owned subsidiary) 20.38% equity interest in Station Venture Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("SVH"), a joint venture in which NBC Telemundo License LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, held the remaining 79.62% equity interest (the "JV Sale Transaction"). For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2009, fixed charges include $98.2 million, $4.7 million and $6.0 million, respectively, pursuant to amounts recognized for the JV Sale Transaction and shortfall funding agreements with General Electric Company, a New York corporation and NBCUniversal Media, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as described further in Note 15 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report.

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UNAUDITED PRO FORMA FINANCIAL DATA

        Set forth below are certain pro forma financial data that give effect to the Merger referred to under the section captioned "About This Prospectus" and included in the LIN Media Registration Statement. Under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, we expect that the merger will be accounted for on a historical cost basis whereby the consolidated assets and liabilities of LIN Media LLC will be the historical carrying value of LIN TV Corp. as reflected on LIN TV Corp.'s consolidated financial statements. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements of LIN Media LLC immediately following the merger will be substantially similar to the consolidated financial statements of LIN TV Corp. immediately prior to the merger. However, after taking into account on a pro forma basis the effect of the merger, the consolidated financial statements of LIN Media LLC after the merger will not be identical those of LIN TV Corp. prior to the merger. Since the consolidated financial statements of LIN Media LLC are substantially similar to those of LIN TV Corp., the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data have been prepared assuming LIN Media LLC is deemed to be the successor issuer to LIN TV Corp. after completion of the merger, and, full pro forma and comparative financial information regarding LIN Media LLC and its consolidated subsidiaries giving effect to the merger have not been included herein.

Comparative Historical and Pro Forma Per Share Data

        The following tables set forth selected historical per share data for LIN TV Corp. and selected unaudited pro forma per share data after giving effect to the merger. You should read this information in conjunction with the information appearing under "—Unaudited Pro Forma Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations Information" included elsewhere in this prospectus and the historical financial statements and related notes that are incorporated in this prospectus by reference. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data are presented for informational purposes only and are subject to a number of estimates, assumptions and uncertainties and do not purport to represent what our results of operations, balance sheet data or financial information would have been if the transactions had occurred as of the dates indicated, or what such results will be for any future periods. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data are based on certain assumptions, which are described in the accompanying notes and which management believes are reasonable.

    Historical Data Per Share

        The historical book value per share data of LIN TV Corp. presented below is computed by dividing total stockholders' deficit of $89.8 million, $91.6 million, $84.6 million, and $131.4 million on March 31, 2013, December 31, 2012, December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2010, respectively, by the number of shares outstanding on those dates.

 
  Three Months
Ended
March 31, 2013
  Year ended
December 31,
2012
  Year ended
December 31,
2011
  Year ended
December 31,
2010
 

Net (loss) income per common share:

                         

Basic

  $ (0.02 ) $ (0.13 ) $ 0.87   $ 0.68  

Diluted

    (0.02 )   (0.13 )   0.85     0.66  

Distributions declared per common share:

                 

Book value per share:

  $ (1.65 ) $ (1.69 ) $ (1.50 ) $ (2.38 )

    Unaudited Pro Forma Per Share Data

        The unaudited pro forma net (loss) income per share data is computed using pro forma (loss) income after giving effect to the merger, and dividing by the weighted average shares outstanding during each period presented. The pro forma book value per share is computed by dividing pro forma

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stockholders' deficit after giving effect to the merger of $89.8 million, $91.6 million, $84.6 million, and $131.4 million on March 31, 2013, December 31, 2012, December 31, 2011, and December 31, 2010, respectively, by the number of shares outstanding on those dates. The pro forma (loss) income and pro forma stockholders' deficit give effect to the merger, but exclude non-recurring charges and credits directly attributable to the merger.

 
  Three Months
Ended
March 31, 2013
  Year ended
December 31,
2012
  Year ended
December 31,
2011
  Year ended
December 31,
2010
 

Net (loss) income per common share:

                         

Basic

  $ (0.00 ) $ (0.13 ) $ 0.87   $ 0.68  

Diluted

    (0.00 )   (0.13 )   0.85     0.66  

Distributions declared per common share:

                 

Book value per share:

  $ (1.65 ) $ (1.69 ) $ (1.50 ) $ (2.38 )

Unaudited Pro Forma Balance Sheet and Statement of Operations Information

        The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data should be read in conjunction with the historical financial statements of each of LIN TV Corp. and New Vision Television, LLC ("NVT") and the notes thereto incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

        On October 12, 2012 in a transaction unrelated to the merger or to the series of transactions related to LIN Television of Texas, L.P.,'s ("LIN Texas") interest in Station Venture that were effected pursuant to that certain Transaction Agreement, dated February 12, 2013, by and among, among others, LIN TV Corp., LIN Television Corporation and LIN Texas, NBC Telemundo License LLC, General Electric Company, General Electric Capital Corporation and Station Venture, the "Sale Transaction," LIN TV Corp. completed the acquisition of television stations in eight markets that were previously owned by affiliates of NVT, and concurrently, Vaughan Acquisition, LLC ("Vaughan"), a third-party licensee, completed its acquisition of separately owned television stations in three markets from PBC Broadcasting, LLC. We provide certain services to the television stations acquired by Vaughan pursuant to shared services and joint sales arrangements with Vaughan, and we consolidate the television stations owned by Vaughan. These transactions, and the related acquisition financing arrangements, are together referred to as the "NVT Acquisition Transactions," and are more fully described in the notes hereto.

        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet gives effect to the merger as if the merger had occurred on March 31, 2013. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet does not give effect to the Sale Transaction and related financing, as this transaction is fully reflected in the historical balance sheet of LIN TV Corp. as of March 31, 2013.

        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012 and the three months ended March 31, 2013 are presented as if the NVT Acquisition Transactions, the Sale Transaction, and the merger had each occurred on January 1, 2012. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data were derived from the historical LIN TV Corp. unaudited balance sheet as of March 31, 2013, the historical LIN TV Corp. audited statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2012, the historical LIN TV Corp. unaudited statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013, the historical unaudited statement of operations of NVT for the nine months ending September 30, 2012, the historical statement of operations data of NVT for the period from October 1, 2012 through October 11, 2012, and by applying certain pro forma adjustments.

        The total transaction costs for 2012 and 2013 are estimated to be in the range of $5 to $7 million, of which $2 million was incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2013.

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        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data are presented for informational purposes only and are subject to a number of estimates, assumptions and uncertainties and do not purport to represent what our results of operations, balance sheet data or financial information would have been if the Sale Transaction, the merger, and NVT Acquisition Transactions had occurred as of the dates indicated, or what such results will be for any future periods. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial data are based on certain assumptions, which are described in the accompanying notes and which management believes are reasonable.

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Unaudited Pro Forma Balance Sheet

As of March 31, 2013

($ in thousands, except share data)
  Historical LIN
TV Corp.
  Effect of
merger
  Reclassification   Pro Forma  

Assets

                         

Current assets:

                         

Cash and cash equivalents

  $ 23,500   $ (4,000) (a) $   $ 19,500  

Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts

    115,130             115,130  

Deferred income tax assets

    4,468         2,768 (d)   7,236  

Other current assets

    6,846             6,846  
                   

Total current assets

    149,944     (4,000 )   2,768     148,712  

Property and equipment, net

    239,039             239,039  

Deferred financing costs

    18,896             18,896  

Goodwill

    189,138             189,138  

Broadcast licenses, net

    536,515             536,515  

Other intangible assets, net

    54,483                 54,483  

Other assets

    13,364             13,364  

Deferred income tax assets

        50,825 (a)(b)   (50,825) (d)    
                   

Total assets

  $ 1,201,379   $ 46,825   $ (48,057 ) $ 1,200,147  
                   

Liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and stockholders' deficit

                         

Current liabilities:

                         

Current portion of long-term debt

  $ 11,279   $   $     11,279  

Accounts payable

    9,431             9,431  

Income taxes payable

    163,142     (162,795) (b)         347  

Accrued expenses

    58,121             58,121  

Program obligations

    9,679             9,679  
                   

Total current liabilities

    251,652     (162,795 )       88,857  

Long-term debt, excluding current portion

    941,214             941,214  

Deferred income tax liabiliies

    49,380         (48,057) (d)   1,323  

Program obligations

    4,021             4,021  

Other liabilities

    41,753             41,753  
                   

Total liabilities

    1,288,020     (162,795 )   (48,057 )   1,077,168  
                   

Commitments and Contingencies

                         

Redeemable noncontrolling interest

    3,099             3,099  

Stockholders' deficit

                         

LIN TV Corp. Class A common stock, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, Issued: 35,815,556 shares as of March 31, 2013

                   

Outstanding: 30,867,897 shares as of March 31, 2013

    315     (315) (c)          

LIN TV Corp. Class B common stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 23,401,726 shares as of March 31, 2013, issued and outstanding; convertible into an equal number of shares of class A or class C common stock

    235     (235) (c)          

LIN TV Corp. Class C common stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 2 shares as of March 31, 2013 issued and outstanding; convertible into an equal number of shares of class A common stock

                         

LIN TV Corp. Treasury stock, 4,947,659 shares of class A common stock as of March 31, 2013, at cost

    (21,984 )   21,984 (c)          

LIN Media LLC Class A common shares, $0.01 par value, 100,000,000 shares authorized, Issued: 35,815,556 shares as of March 31, 2013 Outstanding: 30,867,897 shares as of March 31, 2013

        315 (c)         315  

LIN Media LLC Class B common shares, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 23,401,726 shares as of March 31, 2013, issued and outstanding; convertible into an equal number of shares of class A or class C common shares

        235 (c)         235  

LIN Media LLC Class C common shares, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 2 shares as of March 31, 2013 issued and outstanding; convertible into an equal number of shares of class A common stock

                         

LIN Media LLC Treasury shares, 4,947,659 shares of class A common shares as of March 31, 2013, at cost

        (21,984) (c)         (21,984 )

Additional paid-in capital

    1,132,110             1,132,110  

Accumulated deficit

    (1,165,291 )   209,620 (a)(b)       (955,671 )

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

    (35,125 )           (35,125 )
                   

Total stockholders' deficit

    (89,740 )   209,620         119,880  
                   

Total liabilities, redeemable noncontrolling interest and deficit

  $ 1,201,379   $ 46,825   $ (48,057 ) $ 1,200,147  
                   

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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2012

 
  Historical    
  Pro Forma Adjustments   Pro Forma
Combined
NVT
Acquisition
Transactions
and
Financing,
Sale
Transaction
and merger
 
($ in thousands, except per share data)
  LIN TV Corp.
for the
year ended
December 31,
2012
  New Vision
Television, LLC
and
Subsidiaries
for the nine
months ended
September 30,
2012
  New Vision
Television, LLC
and
Subsidiaries
October 1, 2012 -
October 11, 2012
  Reclassification
Adjustments
  Effect of
NVT
Acquisition
Transactions
  Effect of
NVT
Acquisition
Transactions
Financing
  Effect
of Sale
Transaction
  Effect of
merger(l)
 

Net revenues

  $ 553,462   $ 99,112   $ 5,741   $   $ (152 )(f) $   $   $   $ 658,163  

Operating expenses:

                                                       

Direct operating

    160,222     39,754     1,741     (1,640 )(e)                   200,077  

Selling, general and administrative

    125,267     30,716     2,423     (9,466 )(e)                   148,940  

Amortization of program rights

    23,048             5,005 (e)                   28,053  

Corporate

    34,246             9,374 (e)   (7,294 )(g)               36,326  

Depreciation

    32,149     10,843     372     (1,227 )(e)   3,514 (f)               45,651  

Amortization of intangible assets

    6,364             1,227 (e)   10,152 (f)               17,743  

Restructuring

    1,009             92 (e)                   1,101  

Syndicated programming barter expense

        2,412     95     (2,507 )(e)                      

Trade expense

        1,587     63     (1,650 )(e)                      

Loss from asset dispositions

    96             792 (e)                   888  
                                       

Operating income

    171,061     13,800     1,047         (6,524 )               179,384  

Other expense (income):

                                                       

Interest expense, net

    46,683     4,828     158         (4,383 )(h)   15,170 (j)   3,900 (k)       66,356  

Share of loss in equity investments

    98,309                                 98,309  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    3,341                                 3,341  

Other expense, net

    237     (311 )                           (74 )
                                       

Total other expense (income), net

    148,570     4,517     158         (4,383 )   15,170     3,900         167,932  

Income before provision for income taxes

    22,491     9,283     889         (2,141 )   (15,170 )   (3,900 )       11,452  

Provision for income taxes

    40,463                 3,397 (i)   (6,417 )(i)   (1,650 )(i)       35,793  
                                       

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

  $ (17,972 ) $ 9,283   $ 889   $   $ (5,538 ) $ (8,753 ) $ (2,250 ) $   $ (24,341 )
                                       

Basic loss from continuing operations per common share

  $ (0.33 )(m)                                           $ (0.45 )

Diluted loss from continuing operations per common share

  $ (0.33 )(m)                                           $ (0.45 )

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted

    54,130                                               54,130  

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Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2013

 
  Historical   Pro Forma Adjustments    
 
($ in thousands, except per share data)
  LIN TV Corp. for
the three months
ended
March 31, 2013
  Effect of Sale
Transaction
  Effect of
merger
  Pro Forma
Combined Sale
Transaction
and merger
 

Net revenues

  $ 140,992   $   $   $ 140,992  

Operating expenses:

                         

Direct operating

    54,568             54,568  

Selling, general and administrative

    37,298             37,298  

Amortization of program rights

    7,785             7,785  

Corporate

    10,271         (2,000 )(n)   8,271  

Depreciation

    11,638             11,638  

Amortization of intangible assets

    5,429             5,429  

Restructuring

    2,132             2,132  

Loss from asset dispositions

    95             95  
                   

Operating income

    11,776         2,000     13,776  

Other expense:

                         

Interest expense, net

    13,871     380 (k)       14,251  

Other income, net

    (24 )           (24 )
                   

Total other expense, net

    13,847     380         14,227  

(Loss) income before (benefit from) provision for income taxes

    (2,071 )   (380 )   2,000     (451 )

(Benefit from) provision for income taxes

    (1,051 )   (152 )(i)   800 (n)   403  
                   

Net (loss) income from continuing operations

  $ (1,020 ) $ (228 ) $ 1,200   $ (48 )
                   

Basic loss from continuing operations per common share

  $ (0.02 )             $ (0.00 )

Diluted loss from continuing operations per common share

  $ (0.02 )             $ (0.00 )

Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, basic and diluted

    51,910                 51,910  

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Note 1—Basis of pro forma presentation

        The unaudited pro forma condensed balance sheet gives effect to the merger as if it had occurred on March 31, 2013. The merger pro forma adjustments give effect to the extinguishment of a $162.8 million income tax payable, the recognition of $50.8 million of deferred tax assets, and the payment of additional estimated transaction costs of $4 million and the related tax impact. The unaudited pro forma condensed balance sheet does not give effect to the Sale Transaction, because this transaction is fully reflected in the historical financial statements of LIN TV Corp. as of March 31, 2013, as included in the Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2013 incorporated by reference into this prospectus.

        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations are presented as if the NVT Acquisition Transactions had occurred on January 1, 2012, by giving effect to the acquisition of the assets of 13 network affiliates of NVT by us, the acquisition of the assets of five network affiliates by Vaughan, the agreements for us to provide certain services to those five separately owned network affiliates currently serviced by NVT pursuant to shared services and joint sales arrangements with Vaughan, and the related acquisition financing of such acquisitions. Vaughan is a variable interest entity of which we are the primary beneficiary, and the pro forma condensed combined statement of operations reflects the consolidation of Vaughan's results of operations into LIN TV Corp. from January 1, 2012.

        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations do not include any costs that may result from acquisition and integration activities related to the NVT Acquisition Transactions. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations do not include any adjustments to eliminate operating expenses associated with NVT's corporate offices and related overhead, nor do they adjust for expected future incremental operating income as a result of synergies we expect to realize.

        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations are presented as if the Sale Transaction, the related incremental term loan and revolving credit facility financing, and the merger had occurred on January 1, 2012. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations do not give effect to any income tax benefit or expense that may be realized upon completion of the merger, or to the estimated 2013 transaction costs related to the merger, because that tax benefit or expense and the estimated transaction costs are considered one-time in nature and will not recur after completion of the merger.

        In accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, the merger will be accounted for as a transaction between entities under common control, whereby the consolidated assets and liabilities of LIN TV Corp. will be carried over and reflected in LIN Media LLC's consolidated financial statements at their historical cost basis. Accordingly, the consolidated financial statements of LIN Media LLC immediately following the merger will be substantially similar to the consolidated financial statements of LIN TV Corp. immediately prior to the merger, and we expect that LIN Media LLC will be deemed a successor issuer to LIN TV Corp.

        The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations are based on the historical financial statements of LIN TV Corp. and NVT after giving effect to the NVT Acquisition Transactions, the Sale Transaction, and the merger, as well as the assumptions and adjustments described in the accompanying notes to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements are presented for illustrative purposes only and are not indicative of either future results of operations or results that might have been achieved if the NVT Acquisition Transactions, the Sale Transaction, and/or the merger were consummated as of January 1, 2012. This information should be read in conjunction with the

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Note 1—Basis of pro forma presentation (Continued)

historical consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of LIN TV Corp. and NVT incorporated by reference herein.

Note 2—Pro forma adjustments

Adjustments to unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet

        The unaudited pro forma condensed balance sheet reflecting the Sale Transaction and merger includes adjustments attributed to:

            (a)   The payment of $4 million of additional estimated professional fees and expenses associated with completion of the merger, and related tax benefit;

            (b)   The estimated tax benefit of the merger, assuming the trading price of LIN TV Corp.'s class A common stock is at or below approximately $10.80 per share and assuming total outstanding shares of 54,327,006, consisting of class A common stock of 30,925,278, class B common stock of 23,401,726 and class C common stock of 2, at the effective time of the merger. The pro forma result of the merger, based on an assumed effective tax rate of 36.2% (the effective tax rate on the gain associated with the Sale Transaction), is to generate a capital loss of $573 million for federal and state income tax purposes, and resulting tax savings of approximately $212 million, which fully offsets the $162.8 million income tax payable that arose as a result of the Sale Transaction, and re-establishes unutilized NOL carryforwards, giving rise to deferred tax assets of $49.2 million. $50.5 million of federal deferred tax assets will not be reestablished due to their utilization to offset ordinary income generated by the Sale Transaction. For each added $1.00 per share that the trading price of LIN TV Corp. class A common stock exceeds approximately $12.35 at the effective time of the merger, we expect to incur cash income taxes of approximately $20 million. If the trading price of LIN TV Corp. class A common stock at the effective time of the merger is at or below $12.35 per share, we do not expect to incur any cash income taxes;

            (c)   The conversion of each of the three classes of LIN TV Corp common stock issued and outstanding—class A, class B, and class C, and class A shares held in treasury, into like shares of LIN Media LLC on a one-for-one basis; and

            (d)   The reclassification of remaining long-term deferred income tax assets to be offset against long-term deferred income tax liabilities, netted on a tax jurisdictional basis.

Adjustments to unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations

        The pro forma adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations related to the NVT Acquisition Transactions, the related acquisition financing, and the Sale Transaction as of January 1, 2012 are as follows:

            (e)   Reclassifications have been made to the historical presentation of the NVT statements of operations to conform to the presentation used in our condensed combined statement of operations and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. The adjustments 1) reclassify corporate office expenses and acquisition related expenses from Selling, general, and administrative to the Corporate expense caption; 2) reclassify Amortization of program rights from Direct operating expenses to the Amortization of program rights caption; 3) reclassify Syndicated programming barter expense and Trade expense to Direct operating; 4) reclassify restructuring charges from Selling, general and administrative to the Restructuring caption, and 5) reclassify loss from asset dispositions from Direct operating to Loss from asset dispositions.

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Note 2—Pro forma adjustments (Continued)

            (f)    Reflects additional depreciation expense associated with the step up to fair value of property, plant and equipment, and an adjustment to amortization expense based on the estimated fair values of the identifiable intangible assets. Also reflects a reduction in revenue associated with the step up to fair value of certain lease agreements in which NVT is the lessor.

            (g)   Includes the reversal of certain acquisition related costs reflected in the historical financial statements of LIN TV Corp. and NVT for the year ended December 31, 2012 that are directly attributable to the NVT Acquisition Transactions. The total of these costs for the year ended December 31, 2012 was $7.3 million.

            (h)   Reflects the reversal of interest expense associated with the NVT term loan facility.

            (i)    We applied a blended federal and state tax rate of 42.3% for the full year ended December 31, 2012 to the historical results of NVT, and to the pro forma adjustments and a blended federal and state tax rate of 40% to the pro forma adjustments for the three months ended March 31, 2013. We believe the effective tax rates best reflect the Company's pro forma expected tax rate after giving effect to the Sale Transaction and the merger.

            (j)    Reflects the additional interest expense, including the amortization of additional deferred financing costs, related to $290 million of gross proceeds of the 63/8% Senior Notes due 2021, $18.4 million of cash on hand, and a $4.6 million term loan borrowing by Vaughan. Additional cash interest on the revolving credit facility and term loan is based on an assumed one-month LIBOR rate of 0.25% plus an applicable margin of 3.0%. The effect of a one-eighth percent variance in the interest rates on the annual incremental interest expense is $0.4 million.

            (k)   Reflects the additional interest expense, including the amortization of additional deferred financing costs, related to $60 million of gross proceeds of the tranche B-2 incremental term loan and additional interest expense on the $25 million draw on the Company's revolving credit facility. Additional cash interest on the term loan is based on an assumed LIBOR floor of 1% plus an applicable margin of 3.0%. Additional cash interest on the revolving credit facility is based on an assumed one-month LIBOR rate of 0.25% plus an applicable margin of 3.0%. Solely with respect to the incremental term loan and revolving credit borrowings referred to above, the effect of a one-eighth percent variance in the interest rates on the annual incremental interest expense is $0.1 million.

            (l)    The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations does not give effect to any income tax benefit or expense that may be realized upon completion of the merger, or to the estimated 2013 transaction costs related to the merger, because that tax benefit or expense, and the estimated transaction costs will not recur after completion of the merger. For each added $1.00 per share that the trading price of LIN TV Corp. class A common stock exceeds approximately $12.35 at the effective time of the merger, we expect to incur cash income taxes and corresponding income tax expense related to the merger of approximately $20 million.

            (m)  The difference of $(0.01) between basic and diluted loss from continuing operations per common share of $(0.33) as shown and basic and diluted loss from continuing operations per common share of $(0.32) as reported in the Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 is related to the net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests. The net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests has been included for purposes of calculating the basic and diluted loss from continuing operations per common share of $(0.33) as shown in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations.

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Note 2—Pro forma adjustments (Continued)

            (n)   Costs incurred in connection with the merger and other reorganization transactions are estimated to be approximately $5 million to $7 million, of which $2 million was incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and is currently reflected in Corporate expense in our historical consolidated statement of operations for that period. This adjustment represents the reversal of $2 million of transaction costs incurred during the three months ended March 31, 2013 in connection with the merger, as these costs will not recur upon completion of the merger. Additional costs incurred in connection with the merger and the other reorganization transactions will be reflected in Corporate expense in our consolidated statement of operations in the period incurred, with the significant majority having been incurred prior to your vote on the proposal to approve the merger agreement.

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DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES WE MAY OFFER

        We will set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement a description of the securities that may be offered under this prospectus. We will also include in the prospectus supplement information, when applicable, about material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the securities, and the securities exchange, if any, on which the securities will be listed.

        In this prospectus, we refer to Class A Common Stock, preferred stock, warrants, debt securities, guarantees of debt securities and units collectively as "securities." The total dollar amount of all securities that we and/or the selling stockholders may offer and sell under this prospectus will not exceed $400,000,000.

        If we issue debt securities at a discount from their original stated principal amount, then, for purposes of calculating the total dollar amount of all securities issued under this prospectus, we will treat the initial offering price of the debt securities as the total original principal amount of the debt securities. For a more detailed description of the terms of the debt securities, please refer to the indenture relating to the issuance of the particular debt securities attached as an exhibit to this prospectus, in addition to any prospectus supplement related to such issuance. Any senior debt securities will be issued under a senior indenture to be entered into between us and the trustee named in the senior indenture. Any subordinated debt securities will be issued under a subordinated indenture to be entered into between us and the trustee named in the subordinated indenture.

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DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

        We are authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, 50,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, 50,000,000 shares of Class C Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of July 26, 2013, there were 33,469,856 shares of our Class A Common Stock outstanding. There are currently no shares of our preferred stock outstanding.

        The following summary describes certain of the material provisions of our common stock, but does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by Delaware General Corporation Law (the "DGCL") or the Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of LIN TV Corp., each as amended.

Common Stock

Voting

        Each outstanding share of Class A Common Stock is entitled to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders. So long as any shares of Class C Common Stock are outstanding, the Class A Common Stock is collectively entitled to 30% of our voting power on all matters submitted to our stockholders for a vote. There is no cumulative voting, which means that the holder or holders of shares having more than half of the voting power in an election of directors can elect all the directors then being elected.

        The Class B Common Stock is generally not entitled to vote. However, so long as at least a majority of the shares of Class B Common Stock outstanding as of the date of this prospectus remain outstanding, we cannot, without the consent of at least a majority of the shares of Class B Common Stock then outstanding:

    sell or transfer assets with a total fair market value equal to 10% or more of the value of our outstanding common stock;

    merge or consolidate with another entity;

    reclassify any of our securities;

    reclassify, dissolve, liquidate or wind-up our affairs;

    issue equity securities or those of any of our subsidiaries, other than securities issued by a wholly-owned subsidiary to us or by us to another wholly-owned subsidiary or securities issued under our stock option plan or phantom stock plan;

    redeem or repurchase any shares of our or our subsidiaries' capital stock, other than purchases made pursuant to our stock option plan or phantom stock plan;

    amend or modify our charter or bylaws so as to affect adversely the rights of the Class B Common Stock;

    declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution;

    enter into any transaction with an affiliate of ours, other than in our ordinary course of business;

    enter into any transaction outside our ordinary course of business;

    engage in any business or transaction that would require any direct or indirect owner of an equity interest in us to divest itself of any such interest;

    incur or assume or permit any subsidiary to incur or assume any indebtedness in an amount equal to or greater than 10% of our fair market value;

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    engage in any business other than any business a majority of whose revenue is derived from the ownership and operation of television stations or any business that we conducted as of the date of filing of our second amended and restated charter; and

    settle or allow any subsidiary to settle any claim outside the ordinary course of our business that involves any material restriction on our continued business or assets or that of any of our subsidiaries or affiliates.

        So long as any shares of Class C Common Stock are outstanding, the Class C Common Stock is collectively entitled to 70% of our voting power on all matters submitted to our stockholders for a vote. Each outstanding share of Class C Common Stock is entitled to a proportionate number of votes determined at the time of each vote, relative to the total number of class C votes.

Dividends

        The holders of outstanding shares of common stock are entitled to receive dividends out of assets legally available therefor at such time and in such amounts as the board of directors may from time to time determine, subject to the prior rights of the holders of any preferred stock.

Conversion

        Under the terms of our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the shares of our common stock have the following conversion features:

    each outstanding share of Class B Common Stock may be converted at the option of the holder into either (i) one share of Class A Common Stock or (ii) one share of Class C Common Stock, provided, that all requisite approval for ownership of such voting stock is received from the Federal Communications Commission and, in the case of Class C Common Stock, that the consent of holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of Class B Common Stock is obtained; and

    if a majority of the Class B Common Stock outstanding on May 1, 2002 (the date of our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation) is converted into Class A Common Stock, then each share of Class C Common Stock will be automatically converted into Class A Common Stock for no additional consideration.

General

        Holders of our common stock have no preemptive or subscription rights to purchase any of our securities. Upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of common stock are entitled to receive, pro rata, our assets which are legally available for distribution, after payment of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the rights of any holders of preferred stock. There are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. All of our outstanding shares of common stock are fully-paid and nonassessable.

Preferred Stock

        Our board is authorized without stockholder approval to issue preferred stock in one or more classes or series and to designate for each class or series the following: the terms and conditions of any voting, dividend and conversion or exchange rights; the amount payable on the series upon redemption and upon our dissolution or distribution of our assets; and the rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions pertaining to the class or series.

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Certain Charter and Bylaw Provisions

Classified Board of Directors

        Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for a board divided into three classes of directors serving staggered three-year terms. The classification of directors has the effect of making it more difficult for stockholders to change the composition of the board in a relatively short period of time. As a result, at least two annual meetings of stockholders, instead of one, will generally be required to effect a change in a majority of the board.

Number of Directors; Vacancies; Removal

        Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides that the number of members of our board will be established by the board. Our Third Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that the board, acting by majority vote of the directors then in office, may fill any newly created directorships or vacancies on the board. Moreover, under the DGCL, in the case of a corporation having a classified board, stockholders may remove a director only for cause. This provision, when coupled with the provision of our Third Amended and Restated Bylaws authorizing the board to fill vacant directorships, will preclude a stockholder from removing incumbent directors without cause and simultaneously gaining control of the board by filling the vacancies created by the directors' removal with its own nominees.

Stockholder Action by Written Consent; Special Meetings

        Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation prohibits action by stockholders by written consent in lieu of a meeting other than action permitted or required to be approved by holders of our Class B Common Stock. Our Third Amended and Restated Bylaws provide that special meetings of stockholders may be called by a majority of the board.

Advance Notice Requirements for Stockholder Proposals and Director Nominees

        Our Third Amended and Restated Bylaws establish an advance notice procedure with regard to business proposed to be submitted by a stockholder at any annual meeting of our stockholders, including the nomination of candidates for election as directors. The procedure provides that a notice of proposed stockholder business must be timely given in writing to us prior to the meeting. In all cases, to be timely, notice relating to an annual meeting must be received by the company not less than 90 days nor more than 120 days before the annual meeting.

        Notice to us from a stockholder who proposes to nominate a person at a meeting for election as a director must contain all information relating to that person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act. The notice must also include the person's written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected.

        The chairman of a meeting of stockholders may determine that a person was not nominated in accordance with the nomination procedure, in which case the person's nomination will be disregarded. If the chairman of a meeting of stockholders determines that other business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with our amended and restated bylaw procedures, the business will not be conducted at the meeting.

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Federal Communications Commission Compliance

        In order to comply with our obligations under the Communications Act of 1934, our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation contains a provision that prohibits us from:

    issuing in excess of 25% of our capital stock to any non-U.S. entity or government or any representative of or individual controlled by any such entity or government; or

    permitting any transfer of our securities that would result in any such government, entity or person holding greater than 25% of our capital stock.

        In addition, no such alien governments, entities, or persons shall be entitled to vote or direct or control the vote in excess of 25% of our outstanding capital stock.

Limitations on Director Liability

        Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation also contains provisions permitted under the DGCL regarding liability of directors. These provisions eliminate the personal liability of directors for monetary damages for any breach of their fiduciary duties as directors, except for:

    any breach of the duty of loyalty;

    acts or omissions not in good faith or which involve intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law;

    liability under Section 174 of the DGCL regarding unlawful dividends, stock repurchases or stock redemptions; or

    any transaction from which the director derived an improper personal benefit.

        These provisions do not eliminate a director's duty of care and do not affect the availability of equitable remedies, including action to enjoin or rescind a transaction involving a breach of fiduciary duty. Moreover, these provisions do not apply to claims against a director for knowing violation of laws, including the federal securities laws. Our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation further provides that we must indemnify our directors and officers, and may indemnify any of our employees or agents, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL. We believe these provisions assist us in attracting and retaining qualified individuals to serve as directors and officers.

Listing

        LIN TV Corp.'s Class A Common Stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "TVL."

Transfer Agent and Registrar

        The transfer agent and registrar for our Class A Common Stock is Computershare Trust Company, N.A..

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DESCRIPTION OF WARRANTS

        We may issue warrants, including warrants to purchase common stock or debt securities or any combination of the foregoing. Warrants may be issued independently or as part of a unit with any other securities and may be attached to or separate from the underlying securities. The warrants will be issued under warrant agreements to be entered into between us and a warrant agent, as detailed in the prospectus supplement relating to warrants being offered.

        A prospectus supplement relating to any warrants being offered will include specific terms relating to the offering, including a description of any other securities sold together with the warrants. These items will include:

    the title of the warrants;

    the aggregate number of the warrants;

    the price or prices at which the warrants will be issued;

    the currencies in which the price or prices of the warrants may be payable;

    the designation, amount and terms of the common stock, preferred stock or debt securities or rights, including rights to receive payment in cash or securities based on the value, rate or price of one or more specified commodities, currencies or indices, purchasable upon exercise of the warrants and procedures by which those numbers may be adjusted;

    the designation and terms of the other offered securities, if any, with which the warrants are issued and the number of the warrants issued with each security;

    if applicable, the date on and after which the warrants and the offered securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants will be separately transferable;

    the price or prices at which the offered securities purchasable upon exercise of the warrants may be purchased;

    the date on which the right to exercise the warrants shall commence and the date on which the right shall expire;

    the minimum or maximum amount of the warrants that may be exercised at any one time;

    any terms relating to the modification of the warrants;

    information with respect to book-entry procedures, if any;

    a discussion of any material federal income tax considerations; and

    any other material terms of the warrants, including terms, procedures, and limitations relating to the transferability, exchange, exercise or redemption of the warrants.

        The applicable prospectus supplement will describe the specific terms of any warrants or warrant units.

        The descriptions of the warrant agreements in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement are summaries of the applicable provisions of the applicable agreements. These descriptions do not restate those agreements in their entirety and do not contain all of the information that you may find useful. We urge you to read the applicable agreements because they, and not the summaries, define your rights as holders of the warrants or any warrant units. For more information, please review the form of the relevant agreements, which will be filed with the SEC promptly after the offering of the warrants and will be available as described under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information."

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DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES

        The following description sets forth some general terms and provisions of the debt securities we may offer, but it is not complete. The particular terms of the debt securities offered and the extent, if any, to which the general provisions may not apply to the debt securities so offered will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the debt securities. For a more detailed description of the terms of the debt securities, please refer to the indenture relating to the issuance of the particular debt securities.

        Any senior debt securities will be issued under a senior indenture to be entered into between us and the trustee named in the senior indenture. Any subordinated debt securities will be issued under a subordinated indenture to be entered into between us and the trustee named in the subordinated indenture. As used in this prospectus, the term "indentures" refers to both the senior indenture and the subordinated indenture. The indenture(s) will be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended. As used in this prospectus, the term "debt trustee" refers to either the senior trustee or the subordinated trustee, as applicable.

        The following summaries of the material provisions of the senior debt securities, the subordinated debt securities and the indentures are subject to, and qualified in their entirety by reference to, all the provisions of the indenture applicable to a particular series of debt securities, including the definitions therein of some terms. Except as otherwise indicated, the terms of any senior indenture and any subordinated indenture will be identical.

General

        If applicable, each applicable prospectus supplement will describe the following terms relating to a series of debt securities:

    the title of the debt securities;

    whether the debt securities are senior debt securities or subordinated debt securities and, if they are subordinated debt securities, the terms of subordination;

    any limit on the amount of debt securities that may be issued;

    whether any of the debt securities will be issuable, in whole or in part, in temporary or permanent global form or in the form of book-entry securities;

    the maturity dates of the debt securities;

    the annual interest rates (which may be fixed or variable) or the method for determining the rates and the dates interest will begin to accrue on the debt securities, the dates interest will be payable, and the regular record dates for interest payment dates or the method for determining the dates;

    the places where payments with respect to the debt securities shall be payable;

    our right, if any, to defer payment of interest on the debt securities and extend the maximum length of any deferral period;

    the date, if any, after which, and the prices at which, the series of debt securities may, pursuant to any optional redemption provisions, be redeemed at our option and other related terms and provisions;

    the dates, if any, on which, and the prices at which we are obligated, pursuant to any sinking fund provisions or otherwise, to redeem, or at the holder's option to purchase, the series of debt securities and other related terms and provisions;

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    the denominations in which the series of debt securities will be issued, if other than a minimum denomination of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in principal amount in excess thereof;

    any mandatory or optional sinking fund or similar provisions with respect to the debt securities;

    any index used to determine the amount of payments of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the debt securities and the manner in which the amounts shall be determined;

    the terms pursuant to which the debt securities are subject to defeasance;

    the terms and conditions, if any, pursuant to which the debt securities are secured; and

    any other material terms of the debt securities.

        The debt securities may be issued as original issue discount securities. An original issue discount security is a debt security, including any zero-coupon debt security, which:

    is issued at a price lower than the amount payable upon its stated maturity; and

    provides that, upon redemption or acceleration of the maturity, an amount less than the amount payable upon the stated maturity shall become due and payable.

        United States federal income tax considerations applicable to debt securities sold at an original issue discount will be described in the applicable prospectus supplement.

        Under the indentures we will have the ability, without the consent of the holders, to issue debt securities with terms different from those of debt securities previously issued and to reopen a previous issue of a series of debt securities and issue additional debt securities of that series, unless the reopening was restricted when the series was created, in an aggregate principal amount determined by us.

Conversion or Exchange Rights

        The terms, if any, on which a series of debt securities may be convertible into or exchangeable for common stock or other of our securities will be detailed in the applicable prospectus supplement. The terms will include provisions as to whether conversion or exchange is mandatory, at the option of the holder or at our option, and may include provisions pursuant to which the number of shares of our common stock or other of our securities to be received by the holders of the series of debt securities would be subject to adjustment.

Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets

        Unless we provide otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indentures will provide that we may not consolidate with or merge into any other person, in a transaction in which we are not the surviving corporation, or convey, transfer or lease our properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, any person, unless:

    the successor entity is a corporation, limited liability company, partnership, trust or other entity existing under the laws of the United States, or any State or the District of Columbia;

    the successor entity assumes our obligations on the debt securities and under the indentures;

    immediately prior to and after giving effect to the transaction, no default or event of default shall have occurred and be continuing; and

    certain other conditions are met.

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Events of Default Under the Indentures

        Unless we provide otherwise in the applicable prospectus supplement, the following will be events of default under the indentures with respect to any series of debt securities issued:

    failure to pay interest on the debt securities when due, which failure continues for a specified period set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement and the time for payment has not been deferred;

    failure to pay the principal of or premium on the debt securities, if any, when due;

    failure to deposit any sinking fund payment when due, which failure continues for 60 days;

    failure to observe or perform any other covenant contained in the debt securities or the indentures other than a covenant specifically relating to another series of debt securities, which failure continues for a specified period set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement after we receive notice from the debt trustee or holders of a specified percentage, set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement, of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series; or

    particular events of our bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization.

        The supplemental indenture or the form of note for a particular series of debt securities may include additional events of default or changes to the events of default described above. For any additional or different events of default applicable to a particular series of debt securities, see the applicable prospectus supplement relating to the series.

        If an event of default with respect to debt securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the debt trustee or the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series, by notice in writing to us (and, to the debt trustee, if notice is given by the holders), may declare the unpaid principal of or premium, if any, and accrued interest, if any, on the debt securities of that series due and payable immediately.

        The holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of an affected series may waive any default or event of default with respect to the series and its consequences, except defaults or events of default regarding:

    payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the debt securities; or

    those covenants described under the subsection "—Modification of Indenture; Waiver" that cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each holder of any outstanding debt securities affected.

        Any waiver shall cure the default or event of default.

        Subject to the terms of the indentures (as supplemented), if an event of default under an indenture occurs and is continuing, the debt trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the indenture at the request or direction of any of the holders of the applicable series of debt securities, unless the holders have offered the debt trustee indemnity or security satisfactory to it. The holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of any series will have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the debt trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the debt trustee, with respect to the debt securities of that series, provided that:

    it is not in conflict with any law or the applicable indenture;

    the debt trustee may take any other action deemed proper by it that is not inconsistent with the direction;

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    subject to its duties set forth under the applicable indenture, the debt trustee need not take any action that might involve it in personal liability; and

    subject to its duties set forth under such indenture, the debt trustee need not take any action that it determines, upon the advice of counsel, may not lawfully be taken or in good faith determines would be unduly prejudicial to the holders of the debt securities.

        A holder of the debt securities of any series will only have the right to institute a proceeding under the indentures or to appoint a receiver or trustee, or to seek other remedies if:

    the holder has given written notice to the debt trustee of a continuing event of default with respect to that series;

    the holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series have made written request to the debt trustee, and the holders have offered reasonable indemnity to the debt trustee to institute proceedings; and

    the debt trustee does not institute a proceeding, and does not receive from the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of that series other conflicting directions within a specified period set forth in the applicable prospectus supplement after the notice, request and offer.

        These limitations will not apply to a suit instituted by a holder of debt securities for payment of the principal of or premium, if any, or interest on the debt securities if we default in such payment.

        We will periodically file statements with the debt trustee regarding our compliance with the covenants in the indentures.

Modification of Indenture; Waiver

        We and the debt trustee may change an indenture without the consent of any holders with respect to specific matters, including:

    to fix any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency in the indenture;

    to provide for the assumption by a successor person;

    to evidence and provide for successor trustees;

    to add, change or eliminate any provision affecting only debt securities not yet issued;

    to comply with any requirement of the SEC in connection with qualification of an indenture under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended;

    to conform the indenture to the provisions set forth in the description of the securities in the applicable prospectus supplement; and

    to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any holder.

        In addition, the rights of holders of a series of debt securities may be changed by us and the debt trustee with the written consent of the holders of at least a majority in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding debt securities of each series that is affected. However, the following changes may only be made with the consent of each holder of any outstanding debt securities affected:

    extend the fixed maturity of the series of debt securities;

    change any obligation of ours to pay additional amounts with respect to the debt securities;

    reduce the principal amount of, the rate of interest on, or any premium payable upon the redemption of any debt securities;

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    reduce the amount of principal of an original issue discount security or any other debt security payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;

    impair the right to enforce any payment on, or with respect to, any debt security;

    adversely change the right to convert or exchange, including decreasing the conversion rate or increasing the conversion price of, the debt security (if applicable);

    in the case of the subordinated indenture, modify the subordination provisions in a manner adverse to the holders of the subordinated debt securities;

    if the debt securities are secured, change the terms and conditions pursuant to which the debt securities are secured in a manner adverse to the holders of the secured debt securities;

    reduce the percentage of principal amount of outstanding debt securities of any series the consent of the holders of which is required for modification or amendment of the indenture or for waiver of compliance with certain provisions of the indenture or for waiver of certain defaults; or

    modify any of the above provisions.

Form, Exchange and Transfer

        The debt securities of each series will be issuable only in fully registered form without coupons and, unless otherwise specified in the applicable prospectus supplement, in a denomination of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in principal amount in excess thereof. The indentures will provide that debt securities of a series may be issuable in temporary or permanent global form and may be issued as book-entry securities that will be deposited with, or on behalf of, The Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), unless the prospectus supplement provides otherwise.

        At the option of the holder, subject to the terms of the indenture and the limitations applicable to global securities described in the applicable prospectus supplement, debt securities of any series will be exchangeable for other debt securities of the same series, in any authorized denomination and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

        Subject to the terms of the indenture and the limitations applicable to global securities detailed in the applicable prospectus supplement, debt securities may be presented for exchange or for registration of transfer (duly endorsed or with the form of transfer endorsed thereon duly executed if so required by us or the security registrar) at the office of the security registrar or at the office of any transfer agent designated by us for that purpose. Unless otherwise provided in the debt securities to be transferred or exchanged, no service charge will be made for any registration of transfer or exchange, but we may require payment of any taxes or other governmental charges. The security registrar and any transfer agent (in addition to the security registrar) initially designated by us for any debt securities will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. We may at any time designate additional transfer agents or rescind the designation of any transfer agent or approve a change in the office through which any transfer agent acts, except that we will be required to maintain a transfer agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of each series.

        If the debt securities of any series are to be redeemed, we will not be required to:

    issue, register the transfer of, or exchange any debt securities of that series during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of mailing of a notice of redemption of any debt securities that may be selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of the mailing; or

    register the transfer of or exchange any debt securities so selected for redemption, in whole or in part, except for the unredeemed portion of any debt securities being redeemed in part.

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Information Concerning the Debt Trustee

        The debt trustee, other than during the occurrence and continuance of an event of default under an indenture, undertakes to perform only the duties specifically set forth in the indenture and, upon an event of default under an indenture, must use the same degree of care in the exercise of the rights and powers vested in it as a prudent person would exercise or use in the conduct of his or her own affairs. Subject to this provision, the debt trustee is under no obligation to exercise any of the powers given to it by the indenture at the request of any holder of debt securities unless it is offered security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that it might incur. The debt trustee is not required to spend or risk its own money or otherwise become financially liable while performing its duties unless it reasonably believes that it will be repaid or receive adequate indemnity.

Payment and Paying Agents

        Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, payment of the interest on any debt securities on any interest payment date will be made to the person in whose name the debt securities (or one or more predecessor securities) are registered at the close of business on the regular record date for the payment of interest.

        Principal of and any premium and interest on the debt securities of a particular series will be payable at the office of the paying agents designated by us, except that, unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, interest payments may be made by check mailed to the holder. Unless otherwise indicated in the prospectus supplement, the corporate trust office of the debt trustee will be designated as our sole paying agent for payments with respect to debt securities of each series. Any other paying agents initially designated by us for the debt securities of a particular series will be named in the applicable prospectus supplement. We will be required to maintain a paying agent in each place of payment for the debt securities of a particular series.

        Subject to applicable abandoned property laws, moneys paid by us to a paying agent or the debt trustee for the payment of the principal of, or any premium or interest on, any debt securities which remain unclaimed at the end of two years after the principal, premium, or interest has become due and payable will be repaid to us, and the holder of the security thereafter may look only to us for payment thereof.

Governing Law

        Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, the indentures and the debt securities will be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, except to the extent that the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, is applicable.

Subordination of Subordinated Debt Securities

        Any subordinated debt securities will be unsecured and will be subordinate and junior in priority of payment to some of our other indebtedness to the extent described in a prospectus supplement. The subordinated indenture will not limit the amount of subordinated debt securities that we may issue, nor will it limit us from issuing any other secured or unsecured debt.

Book-Entry Debt Securities

        We will make payments on each series of book-entry debt securities to DTC or its nominee as the sole registered owner and holder of the global security. Neither we nor the debt trustee nor any of our or its agents will be responsible or liable for any aspect of DTC's records relating to or payments made on account of beneficial ownership interests in a global security or for maintaining, supervising or

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reviewing any of DTC's records relating to the beneficial ownership interests or with respect to its performance of its obligations under the rules and regulations governing its operations.

        We understand that when DTC receives any payment on a global security, it will immediately, on its book-entry registration and transfer system, credit the accounts of participants with payments in amounts proportionate to their beneficial interests in the global security as shown on DTC's records. Payments by participants to you, as an owner of a beneficial interest in the global security, will be governed by standing instructions and customary practices (as is the case with securities held for customer accounts registered in "street name") and will be the sole responsibility of the participants.

        A global security representing a series will be exchanged for certificated debt securities of that series if (a) DTC notifies us that it is unwilling or unable to continue as depositary or if DTC ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and we do not appoint a successor within 90 days or (b) we decide that the global security shall be exchangeable. If that occurs, we will issue debt securities of that series in certificated form in exchange for the global security. An owner of a beneficial interest in the global security then will be entitled to physical delivery of a certificate for debt securities of the series equal in principal amount to that beneficial interest and to have those debt securities registered in its name. We would issue the certificates for the debt securities in a denomination of $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in principal amount in excess thereof, and we would issue them in registered form only, without coupons.

        We understand that DTC is a limited-purpose trust company organized under the New York Banking Law, a "banking organization" within the meaning of the New York Banking Law, a member of the Federal Reserve System, a "clearing corporation" within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a "clearing agency" registered under the Exchange Act. DTC was created to hold the securities of its participants and to facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions among its participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of the participants, thereby eliminating the need for physical movement of securities certificates. DTC's participants include securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations and certain other organizations, some of which (and/or their representatives) own DTC. Access to DTC's book-entry system is also available to others, such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship with a participant, either directly or indirectly. The rules applicable to DTC and its participants are on file with the SEC. No fees or costs of DTC will be charged to you.

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DESCRIPTION OF GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES

        The debt securities of any series issued under this prospectus may be guaranteed by one or more of our subsidiaries. However, the indenture will not require that any of our subsidiaries be a guarantor of any series of debt securities. As a result, the guarantors of any series of debt securities may differ from the guarantors of any other series of debt securities. If we issue a series of debt securities guaranteed by our subsidiaries, the identity of the specific subsidiary guarantors of the debt securities of that series will be identified in the applicable prospectus supplement.

        If we issue a series of debt securities, we will describe the particular terms of any guarantees of such series in a prospectus supplement relating to that series, which we will file with the SEC.


DESCRIPTION OF UNITS

        We may issue units comprised of one or more of the other classes of securities described in this prospectus in any combination. Each unit will be issued so that the holder of the unit is also the holder of each security included in the unit. Thus, the holder of a unit will have the rights and obligations of a holder of each included security. The units may be issued under unit agreements to be entered into between us and a unit agent, as detailed in the prospectus supplement relating to the units being offered. The prospectus supplement will describe:

    the designation and terms of the units and of the securities comprising the units, including whether and under what circumstances the securities comprising the units may be held or transferred separately;

    a description of the terms of any unit agreement governing the units;

    a description of the provisions for the payment, settlement, transfer or exchange of the units;

    a discussion of material federal income tax considerations, if applicable; and

    whether the units will be issued in fully registered or global form.

        The descriptions of the units in this prospectus and in any prospectus supplement are summaries of the material provisions of the applicable agreements. These descriptions do not restate those agreements in their entirety and may not contain all the information that you may find useful. We urge you to read the applicable agreements because they, and not the summaries, define your rights as holders of the units. For more information, please review the forms of the relevant agreements, which will be filed with the SEC promptly after the offering of units and will be available as described under the heading "Where You Can Find More Information."


SELLING STOCKHOLDERS

        Information about selling stockholders, where applicable, will be set forth in a prospectus supplement, in a post-effective amendment, or in filings we make with the SEC under the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into this prospectus. The securities that may be sold by a selling stockholder pursuant to this registration statement were initially acquired by such selling stockholder pursuant to the transactions consummated on March 3, 1998 and February 20, 2002, as described in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File No. 333-83068), filed on February 20, 2002, as amended.

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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

        We may sell the offered securities in one or more of the following ways:

    through an underwriter or underwriters;

    through dealers;

    through agents;

    directly to one or more purchasers, including affiliates of ours; or

    through a combination of any of these methods of sale.

        The applicable prospectus supplement will contain the terms of the offerings of any securities, including the specific plan of distribution. The public offering price and any discount or concessions allowed or reallowed to dealers may be changed from time to time. The applicable prospectus supplement will contain the expected time of delivery of the securities for which this prospectus is delivered.

        Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable prospectus supplement, if underwriters are used in the sale of the securities, the underwriting agreement will provide that the obligations of the underwriters are subject to certain conditions precedent and that the underwriters will be obligated to purchase all of the securities if any are purchased. In connection with the sale of securities, underwriters may receive compensation from us or from purchasers of securities for whom they may act as agents in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions. Underwriters may sell securities to or through dealers, and dealers may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from the underwriters and/or commissions from the purchasers for whom they may act as agent.

        Underwriters, agents or dealers participating in the distribution of securities may be deemed to be underwriters, and any discounts and commissions received by them and any profit realized by them on resale of the securities may be deemed to be underwriting discounts and commissions under the Securities Act. The securities may be sold in one or more transactions either at a fixed price or at prices which may be changed based on market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to the prevailing market prices or at negotiated prices.

        We may indemnify the underwriters, agents or dealers who participate in the distribution of securities against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act. We may also contribute to payments that the underwriters, dealers or agents or any of their controlling persons may be required to make in respect of such liabilities. Underwriters, agents or dealers may be customers of, engage in transactions with or perform services for us or our subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business.

        If so indicated in a prospectus supplement, we will authorize underwriters, dealers and agents to solicit offers by certain institutions to purchase securities from us pursuant to delayed delivery contracts providing for payment and delivery on the date stated in the prospectus supplement. These contracts will be subject only to those conditions contained in the prospectus supplement. The prospectus supplement will also contain the commission payable for solicitation of any of these contracts.

        Offers to purchase securities may be solicited directly by us and sales of securities may be made by us directly to institutional investors or others who may be deemed to be underwriters within the meaning of the Securities Act, with respect to any resale of the securities. The terms of any such sales will be described in the prospectus supplement relating to the securities. Except as contained in the applicable prospectus supplement, no director, officer or employee of ours will solicit or receive a commission in connection with the direct sales by us of the securities, although these persons may respond to inquiries by potential purchasers and perform ministerial and clerical work in connection with any such direct sales.

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LEGAL MATTERS

        The validity of the securities offered hereby will be passed upon for us by Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York, New York.


EXPERTS

        The financial statements and management's assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting (which is included in Management's Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation) of LIN Television Corporation and LIN TV Corp. incorporated in this prospectus by reference to the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report, which contains an explanatory paragraph on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting due to the exclusion of certain elements of the internal control over financial reporting of the assets, liabilities and operations acquired from affiliates of New Vision Television, LLC and ACME Television, LLC which were acquired by LIN Television Corporation on October 12, 2012 and December 10, 2012, respectively, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting. The audited historical financial statements of New Vision Television, LLC included in Exhibit 99.1 of LIN Television Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 17, 2012 have been so incorporated in reliance on the report of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent accountants, given on the authority of said firm as experts in auditing and accounting.

        The financial statements of Station Venture Holdings, LLC and Station Venture Operations, LP as of and for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent auditors, as stated in their reports which are incorporated by reference herein, and are incorporated by reference in reliance upon the reports of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

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$400,000,000

LIN TV Corp.
LIN Television Corporation

CLASS A COMMON STOCK
PREFERRED STOCK
WARRANTS
DEBT SECURITIES
GUARANTEES OF DEBT SECURITIES
UNITS

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PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS

Item 14.    Other Expenses of Issuance and Distribution

        The following table sets forth the costs and expenses, other than underwriting discounts and commissions, payable by the registrants in connection with the sale of the securities being registered.

        All amounts shown are estimated.

SEC registration fee

  $ 54,560  

Listing fee

      +

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Fee

      +

Printing expenses

      +

Legal fees and expenses

      +

Audit fees and expenses

      +

Accounting Fees and expenses

      +

Trustee fees and expenses

      +

Transfer and disbursement agent fees

      +

Miscellaneous expenses

      +
       

Total

  $   +
       

+
Estimated expenses are not presently known; to be provided by amendment or as an exhibit to a filing with the SEC under Section 13(a), 13(c) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

Item 15.    Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Delaware Corporations

        Indemnification.    LIN Television Corporation, LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television of Texas, Inc (the "Delaware Corporations") are each corporations organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 145 of the General Corporation Law of Delaware provides that a corporation has the power to indemnify a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation and certain other persons serving at the request of the corporation in related capacities against amounts paid and expenses incurred in connection with an action or proceeding to which he is a party, or is threatened to be made a party by reason of such position, if such person shall have acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, in any criminal proceeding, if such person had no reasonable cause to believe his conduct was unlawful; provided that, in the case of actions brought by or in the right of the corporation, no indemnification shall be made with respect to any matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the adjudicating court determines that such indemnification is proper under the circumstances.

        The By-laws, as amended to date, and/or the Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date of each of the Delaware Corporations, provide for indemnification of each of its respective officers and directors to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

        Exculpation.    Section 102 of the Delaware General Corporation Law allows a corporation to eliminate the personal liability of directors of a corporation to the corporation or its securityholders for monetary damages for a breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except where the director breached his duty of loyalty, failed to act in good faith, engaged in intentional misconduct or knowingly violated a

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law, authorized the payment of a dividend or approved a stock repurchase in violation of Delaware corporate law or obtained an improper personal benefit.

        Each of the Delaware Corporations has included such provisions in its respective Certificate of Incorporation, as amended to date.

        Insurance.    LIN TV Corp. has in effect, and intends to maintain, insurance to cover any person who is or was one of its directors, officers, employees or agents, or a director, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary of LIN TV Corp. or is or was serving at the request of LIN TV Corp. or its subsidiaries as a director, officer, employee or agent of another entity against any liability asserted against him or her in that capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such.

        The above discussion of the certificates of incorporation and by-laws of the Delaware Corporations and the DGCL is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the certificates of incorporation and by-laws of the Delaware Corporations and the DGCL.

Delaware LLCs

        Indiana Broadcasting, LLC, KXAN LLC, KXTX Holdings LLC, LIN Digital LLC, LIN Digital Media LLC, LIN License Company, LLC, LIN Mobile, LLC, LIN of Alabama, LLC, LIN of Colorado, LLC, LIN of New Mexico, LLC, LIN of Wisconsin, LLC, LIN Television of Texas, Inc. North Texas Broadcasting LLC, Primeland LLC, TVL Broadcasting LLC, TVL Broadcasting of Rhode Island, LLC, WAVY Broadcasting, LLC, WDTN Broadcasting, LLC, WIVB Broadcasting, LLC, WOOD License Co., LLC, WOOD Television LLC, WTNH Broadcasting LLC, WUPW Broadcasting, LLC and WWLP Broadcasting, LLC (the "Delaware LLCs") are each limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, or the DLLC Act, provides that a limited liability company may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, subject to the standards and restrictions, if any, set forth in its limited liability company agreement.

        The operating agreements, as amended to date, and/or the certificate of formation, as amended to date of each of the Delaware LLCs, provide for indemnification of each of its respective officers and directors to the full extent permitted by applicable law.

        The above discussion of the operating agreements and certificate of formation and of the DLLC Act is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the operating agreements and certificate of formation and the DLLC Act.

Delaware LP

        LIN Television of Texas, L.P. (the "Delaware LP") is a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. Section 17-108 of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act provides that a limited partnership may, and shall have the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any partner or other person from and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever, subject to the standards and restrictions, if any, set forth in its limited partnership agreement.

        The limited partnership agreement, as amended to date, of the Delaware LP, provides for indemnification of each of its respective officers and directors to the full extent permitted by applicable law

        The above discussion of the limited partnership agreement and of the Delaware Limited Partnership Act is not intended to be exhaustive and is qualified in its entirety by the limited partnership agreement and the Delaware Limited Partnership Act.

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Item 16.    Exhibits

Exhibit
Number
  Description
  4.1   Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LIN TV Corp., as amended (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 9, 2004).

 

4.2

 

Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of LIN TV Corp. (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007).

 

4.3

 

Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LIN Television Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2003 (File No. 000-25206)).

 

4.4

 

Restated By-Laws of LIN Television Corporation (filed as Exhibit 3.4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 of LIN Television Corporation and LIN Holding Corp. (Registration No. 333-54003)).

 

4.5

 

Form of Senior Indenture to be entered into between LIN Television Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.(1)

 

4.6

 

Form of Subordinated Indenture to be entered into between LIN Television Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.(1)

 

5.1

 

Opinion of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP.(1)

 

12.1

 

Statement of Ratio of Income to Fixed Charges.(1)

 

23.1

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, regarding LIN TV Corp.(1)

 

23.2

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, regarding LIN Television Corporation.(1)

 

23.3

 

Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, regarding New Vision Television, LLC.(1)

 

23.4

 

Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, regarding Station Venture Holdings, LLC and Station Venture Operations, LP.(1)

 

23.5

 

Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, regarding Station Venture Holdings, LLC and Station Venture Operations, LP.(1)

 

23.6

 

Consent of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 to this registration statement).

 

24.1

 

Power of Attorney (included on signature pages).

 

25.1

 

Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, with respect to the form of senior indenture.(1)

 

25.2

 

Statement of Eligibility of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, with respect to the form of subordinated indenture.(1)

(1)
Filed herewith

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Item 17.    Undertakings

        The undersigned registrants hereby undertake:

            (1)   To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement:

                (i)  To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act");

               (ii)  To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than 20 percent change in the maximum aggregate offering price set forth in the "Calculation of Registration Fee" table in the effective registration statement; and

              (iii)  To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement;

            provided, however, that paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission by the registrants pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

            (2)   That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (3)   To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering.

            (4)   That, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

                (i)  Each prospectus filed by the registrants pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

               (ii)  Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration

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      statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date;

            (5)   That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrants under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrants undertake that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrants pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrants will be sellers to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser:

                (i)  Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrants relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424;

               (ii)  Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants or used or referred to by the undersigned registrants;

              (iii)  The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrants or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrants; and

              (iv)  Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrants to the purchaser.

            (6)   That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the registrants' annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (7)   To supplement the prospectus, after the expiration of any warrant or right subscription period, to set forth the results of any warrant or right subscription offer, the transactions by the underwriters during the subscription period, the amount of unsubscribed securities to be purchased by the underwriters, and the terms of any subsequent reoffering thereof. If any public offering by the underwriters is to be made on terms differing from those set forth on the cover page of the prospectus, a post-effective amendment will be filed to set forth the terms of such offering.

            (8)   Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or controlling persons of the registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrants have been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrants of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrants 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 registrants will, unless in the opinion of their counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such

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    indemnification by them is against public policy as expressed in the Exchange Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

            (9)   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 upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrants 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.

            (10) 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 the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

            (11) The undersigned registrants hereby undertake to file an application for the purpose of determining the eligibility of the trustee to act under subsection (a) of Section 310 of the Trust Indenture Act in accordance with the rules and regulations prescribed by the Securities and Exchange Commission under Section 305(b)(2) of the Act.

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 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 July 30, 2013.

  LIN TV CORP.

 

By:

 

/s/ VINCENT L. SADUSKY


      Name:   Vincent L. Sadusky

      Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer and Director


SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned officers and directors of the registrant listed above, hereby severally constitute and appoint Vincent L. Sadusky, Richard J. Schmaeling, Nicholas N. Mohamed and Denise M. Parent and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us, and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable said registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

        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/ VINCENT L. SADUSKY

Vincent L. Sadusky
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)     July 30, 2013  

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

Richard J. Schmaeling

 

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

/s/ NICHOLAS N. MOHAMED

Nicholas N. Mohamed

 

Vice President Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

/s/ WILLIAM S. BANOWSKY, JR.

William S. Banowsky, Jr.

 

Director

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

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Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ PETER S. BRODSKY

Peter S. Brodsky
  Director     July 30, 2013  

/s/ ROYAL W. CARSON, III

Royal W. Carson, III

 

Director

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

/s/ DR. WILLIAM H. CUNNINGHAM

Dr. William H. Cunningham

 

Director

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

/s/ DOUGLAS W. MCCORMICK

Douglas W. McCormick

 

Chairman of the Board

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

/s/ JOHN R. MUSE

John R. Muse

 

Director

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

/s/ MICHAEL A. PAUSIC

Michael A. Pausic

 

Director

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrants certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on July 30, 2013.

  LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION
LIN TELEVISION OF TEXAS, INC.

 

By:

 

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING


      Name:   Richard J. Schmaeling

      Title:   Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer


SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned officers and directors of each of the registrants listed above, hereby severally constitute and appoint Vincent L. Sadusky, Richard J. Schmaeling, Nicholas N. Mohamed and Denise M. Parent and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us, and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable each of said registrants to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

        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/ VINCENT L. SADUSKY

Vincent L. Sadusky
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)     July 30, 2013  

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

Richard J. Schmaeling

 

Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

/s/ NICHOLAS N. MOHAMED

Nicholas N. Mohamed

 

Vice President Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

/s/ DENISE M. PARENT

Denise M. Parent

 

Director

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrants certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on July 30, 2013.

  KXTX HOLDINGS LLC
KXAN LLC
LIN DIGITAL LLC
LIN DIGITAL MEDIA LLC
NORTH TEXAS BROADCASTING LLC
PRIMELAND LLC
TVL BROADCASTING LLC
WOOD TELEVISION LLC
WTNH BROADCASTING LLC

 

By:

 

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING


      Name:   Richard J. Schmaeling

      Title:   Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer


SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned officers and managers of each of the registrants listed above, hereby severally constitute and appoint Vincent L. Sadusky, Richard J. Schmaeling, Nicholas N. Mohamed and Denise M. Parent and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us, and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable each of said registrants to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

        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/ VINCENT L. SADUSKY

Vincent L. Sadusky
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer)     July 30, 2013  

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

Richard J. Schmaeling

 

Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Manager (Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

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Signature
 
Title
 
Date
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ NICHOLAS N. MOHAMED

Nicholas N. Mohamed
  Vice President Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)     July 30, 2013  

/s/ DENISE M. PARENT

Denise M. Parent

 

Manager

 

 

July 30, 2013

 

        And with respect to the LIN Digital LLC, LIN Digital Media LLC and Primeland LLC boards of directors only:

/s/ ROBERT S. RICHTER

Robert S. Richter
  Manager     July 30, 2013  

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 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 July 30, 2013.

    LIN MOBILE, LLC

 

 

By:

 

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

        Name:   Richard J. Schmaeling
        Title:   Senior Vice President Chief
Financial Officer


SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned officers and managers of LIN Mobile, LLC, hereby severally constitute and appoint Vincent L. Sadusky, Richard J. Schmaeling, Nicholas N. Mohamed and Denise M. Parent and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us, and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable said registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

        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/ KEVIN WASSONG

Kevin Wassong
  Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)   July 30, 2013

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

Richard J. Schmaeling

 

Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Manager (Principal Financial Officer)

 

July 30, 2013

/s/ NICHOLAS N. MOHAMED

Nicholas N. Mohamed

 

Vice President Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

July 30, 2013

/s/ DENISE M. PARENT

Denise M. Parent

 

Manager

 

July 30, 2013

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Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ ROBERT S. RICHTER

Robert S. Richter
  Manager   July 30, 2013

/s/ VINCENT L. SADUSKY

Vincent L. Sadusky

 

Manager

 

July 30, 2013

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrants certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on July 30, 2013.

    INDIANA BROADCASTING, LLC
LIN LICENSE COMPANY, LLC
LIN OF ALABAMA, LLC
LIN OF COLORADO, LLC
LIN OF NEW MEXICO, LLC
LIN OF WISCONSIN, LLC
WAVY BROADCASTING, LLC
WIVB BROADCASTING, LLC
WOOD LICENSE CO., LLC
WWLP BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

By:

 

LIN Television Corporation, its Managing Member

 

 

By:

 

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

        Name:   Richard J. Schmaeling
        Title:   Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer


SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned officers and directors of LIN Television Corporation, hereby severally constitute and appoint Vincent L. Sadusky, Richard J. Schmaeling, Nicholas N. Mohamed and Denise M. Parent and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us, and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable each of said registrants to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

        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/ VINCENT L. SADUSKY

Vincent L. Sadusky
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   July 30, 2013

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Signature
 
Title
 
Date

 

 

 

 

 
/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

Richard J. Schmaeling
  Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)   July 30, 2013

/s/ NICHOLAS N. MOHAMED

Nicholas N. Mohamed

 

Vice President Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

July 30, 2013

/s/ DENISE M. PARENT

Denise M. Parent

 

Director

 

July 30, 2013

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SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 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 July 30, 2013.

    LIN TELEVISION OF TEXAS, L.P.

 

 

By:

 

LIN Television of Texas, Inc., its General Partner

 

 

By:

 

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

        Name:   Richard J. Schmaeling
        Title:   Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer


SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned officers and directors LIN Television of Texas, Inc., hereby severally constitute and appoint Vincent L. Sadusky, Richard J. Schmaeling, Nicholas N. Mohamed and Denise M. Parent and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us, and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and directors to enable said registrant to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

        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/ VINCENT L. SADUSKY

Vincent L. Sadusky
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)   July 30, 2013

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

Richard J. Schmaeling

 

Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial Officer)

 

July 30, 2013

/s/ NICHOLAS N. MOHAMED

Nicholas N. Mohamed

 

Vice President Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

July 30, 2013

/s/ DENISE M. PARENT

Denise M. Parent

 

Director

 

July 30, 2013

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Table of Contents


SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned registrants certify that they have reasonable grounds to believe that they meet all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and have duly caused this registration statement to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on July 30, 2013.

    TVL BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC
    WDTN BROADCASTING, LLC
    WUPW BROADCASTING, LLC

 

 

By:

 

TVL Broadcasting LLC, its Managing Member

 

 

By:

 

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

        Name:   Richard J. Schmaeling
        Title:   Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer


SIGNATURES AND POWER OF ATTORNEY

        We, the undersigned officers and managers of TVL Broadcasting LLC, hereby severally constitute and appoint Vincent L. Sadusky, Richard J. Schmaeling, Nicholas N. Mohamed and Denise M. Parent and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to any of them, and to each of them singly, to sign for us, and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the registration statement on Form S-3 filed herewith and any and all pre-effective and post-effective amendments to said registration statement and generally to do all such things in our name and behalf in our capacities as officers and managers to enable each of said registrants to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.

        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/ VINCENT L. SADUSKY

Vincent L. Sadusky
  President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer)   July 30, 2013

/s/ RICHARD J. SCHMAELING

Richard J. Schmaeling

 

Senior Vice President Chief Financial Officer and Manager (Principal Financial Officer)

 

July 30, 2013

/s/ NICHOLAS N. MOHAMED

Nicholas N. Mohamed

 

Vice President Controller (Principal Accounting Officer)

 

July 30, 2013

/s/ DENISE M. PARENT

Denise M. Parent

 

Manager

 

July 30, 2013

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EX-4.5 2 a2216118zex-4_5.htm EX-4.5

Exhibit 4.5

 

FORM OF SENIOR NOTE INDENTURE TO BE ENTERED INTO BETWEEN

 

LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 


 

LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION

 


 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of

 


 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

as Trustee

 


 



 

ARTICLE I.

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1.

 

Definitions

 

1

Section 1.2.

 

Other Definitions

 

4

Section 1.3.

 

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

 

4

Section 1.4.

 

Rules of Construction

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II.

 

THE SECURITIES

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1.

 

Issuable in Series

 

5

Section 2.2.

 

Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities

 

5

Section 2.3.

 

Execution and Authentication

 

7

Section 2.4.

 

Registrar and Paying Agent

 

7

Section 2.5.

 

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

 

8

Section 2.6.

 

Securityholder Lists

 

8

Section 2.7.

 

Transfer and Exchange

 

8

Section 2.8.

 

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

 

8

Section 2.9.

 

Outstanding Securities

 

9

Section 2.10.

 

Treasury Securities

 

9

Section 2.11.

 

Temporary Securities

 

9

Section 2.12.

 

Cancellation

 

10

 

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Section 2.13.

 

Defaulted Interest

 

10

Section 2.14.

 

Global Securities

 

10

Section 2.15.

 

CUSIP Numbers

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III.

 

REDEMPTION

 

11

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1.

 

Notice to Trustee

 

11

Section 3.2.

 

Selection of Securities to be Redeemed

 

12

Section 3.3.

 

Notice of Redemption

 

12

Section 3.4.

 

Effect of Notice of Redemption

 

12

Section 3.5.

 

Deposit of Redemption Price

 

12

Section 3.6.

 

Securities Redeemed in Part

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV.

 

COVENANTS

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1.

 

Payment of Principal and Interest

 

13

Section 4.2.

 

SEC Reports

 

13

Section 4.3.

 

Compliance Certificate

 

13

Section 4.4.

 

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

 

13

Section 4.5.

 

Corporate Existence

 

13

Section 4.6.

 

Taxes

 

14

 

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ARTICLE V.

 

SUCCESSORS

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

Section 5.1.

 

When Company May Merge, Etc.

 

14

Section 5.2.

 

Successor Corporation Substituted

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI.

 

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.1.

 

Events of Default

 

14

Section 6.2.

 

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

 

15

Section 6.3.

 

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

 

16

Section 6.4.

 

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

16

Section 6.5.

 

Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities

 

17

Section 6.6.

 

Application of Money Collected

 

17

Section 6.7.

 

Limitation on Suits

 

17

Section 6.8.

 

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest

 

18

Section 6.9.

 

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

 

18

Section 6.10.

 

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

18

Section 6.11.

 

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

18

Section 6.12.

 

Control by Holders

 

18

Section 6.13.

 

Waiver of Past Defaults

 

19

Section 6.14.

 

Undertaking for Costs

 

19

 

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ARTICLE VII.

 

TRUSTEE

 

19

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7.1.

 

Duties of Trustee

 

19

Section 7.2.

 

Rights of Trustee

 

20

Section 7.3.

 

Individual Rights of Trustee

 

21

Section 7.4.

 

Trustee’s Disclaimer

 

21

Section 7.5.

 

Notice of Defaults

 

21

Section 7.6.

 

Reports by Trustee to Holders

 

22

Section 7.7.

 

Compensation and Indemnity

 

22

Section 7.8.

 

Replacement of Trustee

 

23

Section 7.9.

 

Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

23

Section 7.10.

 

Eligibility; Disqualification

 

23

Section 7.11.

 

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII.

 

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8.1.

 

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

 

24

Section 8.2.

 

Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification

 

24

Section 8.3.

 

Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series

 

25

Section 8.4.

 

Covenant Defeasance

 

26

Section 8.5.

 

Repayment to Company

 

27

Section 8.6.

 

Reinstatement

 

27

 

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ARTICLE IX.

 

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

27

 

 

 

 

 

Section 9.1.

 

Without Consent of Holders

 

27

Section 9.2.

 

With Consent of Holders

 

28

Section 9.3.

 

Limitations

 

28

Section 9.4.

 

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

 

28

Section 9.5.

 

Revocation and Effect of Consents

 

28

Section 9.6.

 

Notation on or Exchange of Securities

 

29

Section 9.7.

 

Trustee Protected

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

Section 10.1.

 

Trust Indenture Act Controls

 

29

Section 10.2.

 

Notices

 

29

Section 10.3.

 

Communication by Holders with Other Holders

 

30

Section 10.4.

 

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

 

30

Section 10.5.

 

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

 

30

Section 10.6.

 

Rules by Trustee and Agents

 

31

Section 10.7.

 

Legal Holidays

 

31

Section 10.8.

 

No Recourse Against Others

 

31

Section 10.9.

 

Counterparts

 

31

Section 10.10.

 

Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

 

31

 

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Section 10.11.

 

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

 

31

Section 10.12.

 

Successors

 

31

Section 10.13.

 

Severability

 

31

Section 10.14.

 

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

 

31

Section 10.15.

 

Securities in a Foreign Currency

 

32

Section 10.16.

 

Judgment Currency

 

32

Section 10.17.

 

Benefits of Indenture

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI.

 

SINKING FUNDS

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

Section 11.1.

 

Applicability of Article

 

32

Section 11.2.

 

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

 

33

Section 11.3.

 

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

 

33

 

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LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION

 

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, and

 

Indenture, dated as of

 

Section 310(a)(1)

 

7.10

(a)(2)

 

7.10

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

(a)(5)

 

7.10

(b)

 

7.10

Section 311(a)

 

7.11

(b)

 

7.11

(c)

 

Not Applicable

Section 312(a)

 

2.6

(b)

 

10.3

(c)

 

10.3

Section 313(a)

 

7.6

(b)(1)

 

7.6

(b)(2)

 

7.6

(c)(1)

 

7.6

(d)

 

7.6

Section 314(a)(1)

 

4.2

(a)(2)

 

4.2

(a)(3)

 

4.2

(a)(4)

 

4.2, 10.5

(b)

 

Not Applicable

(c)

 

Not Applicable

(d)

 

Not Applicable

(e)

 

10.5

(f)

 

Not Applicable

 

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

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Indenture dated as of                     ,            between LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association (“Trustee”).

 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.1. Definitions.

 

Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to such Holders.

 

Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “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 or by agreement or otherwise.

 

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Service Agent or authenticating agent.

 

Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be impractical to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof that is made or given by the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.

 

Bearer” means anyone in possession from time to time of a Bearer Security.

 

Bearer Security” means any Security, including any interest coupon appertaining thereto, that does not provide for the identification of the Holder thereof.

 

Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.

 

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

 

Business Day” means with respect to any Place of Payment (or unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series), any day except a Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banking institutions or trust companies in the Place of Payment or the place in which Corporate Trust Office is located are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and thereafter means the successor.

 

Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer or any Vice President.

 

Company Request” means a written request signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the

 

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Board, a President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania shall be principally administered, which office as of the date of this instrument is located at 525 William Penn Place, 38th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15259, except that with respect to presentation of Notes for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate agency business shall be conducted, which office at the date of this instrument is located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286; Attention: Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit, or, in the case of any of such offices or agency, such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company.

 

debt” of any person as of any date means, without duplication, all indebtedness of such person in respect of borrowed money, including all interest, fees and expenses owed in respect thereto (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments.

 

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

 

Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depositary for such Series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such Series.

 

Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

 

Dollars” means the currency of the United States of America.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Foreign Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of The United States of America.

 

Foreign Government Obligations” means with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

 

Global Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

 

Holder” or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered or the holder of a Bearer Security.

 

Indenture” means this instrument as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

 

interest” with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

 

Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided,

 

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whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.

 

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, any President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

 

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company and, is acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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

 

Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series are payable specified as required by Section 2.2.6.

 

principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.

 

Representative” means the (a) indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior Indebtedness or (b) with respect to any Senior Indebtedness that does not have any such trustee, agent or other representative, (i) in the case of such Senior Indebtedness issued pursuant to an agreement providing for voting arrangements as among the holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness, any holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness acting with the consent of the required persons necessary to bind such holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness and (ii) in the case of all other such Senior Indebtedness, the holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit (or any successor division or unit) of the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and for purposes of the penultimate paragraph of Section 2.3, Section 7.1(c)(ii) and the second sentence of Section 7.5 shall also include any officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities” means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

Series” or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

 

Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

 

Subsidiary” of any specified person means any corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or more other Subsidiaries.

 

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TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended.

 

Trustee” means the person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.

 

U.S. Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of The United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of The United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by The United States of America, and which in the case of (i) and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a 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 U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

Section 1.2. Other Definitions.

 

Term

 

Defined In Section

“Bankruptcy Law”

 

6.1

“Custodian”

 

6.1

“Event of Default”

 

6.1

“Exchange Rate Agent”

 

10.15

“Journal”

 

10.15

“Judgment Currency”

 

10.16

“Legal Holiday”

 

10.7

“mandatory sinking fund payment”

 

11.1

“Market Exchange Rate”

 

10.15

“New York Banking Day”

 

10.16

“optional sinking fund payment”

 

11.1

“Paying Agent”

 

2.4

“Registrar”

 

2.4

“Required Currency”

 

10.16

“Service Agent”

 

2.4

“successor person”

 

5.1

 

Section 1.3. Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

Commission” means the SEC.

 

indenture securities” means the Securities.

 

indenture security holder” means a Securityholder.

 

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

 

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

 

obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another

 

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statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.

 

Section 1.4. 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 generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) references to “generally accepted accounting principles” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be applied;

 

(d) “or” is not exclusive;

 

(e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(f) provisions apply to successive events and transactions;

 

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

 

(h) “including” means including without limitation; and

 

(i) references herein to Articles, Sections or other subdivisions are references to Articles, Sections or such other subdivisions of this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE II.

THE SECURITIES

 

Section 2.1. Issuable in Series.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture.

 

Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.

 

At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.22) by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:

 

2.2.1 the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);

 

2.2.2 the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;

 

2.2.3 any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);

 

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2.2.4 the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;

 

2.2.5 the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;

 

2.2.6 the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, or the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;

 

2.2.7 if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

 

2.2.8 the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

2.2.9 the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be re purchased by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;

 

2.2.10 if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable;

 

2.2.11 the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities);

 

2.2.12 if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;

 

2.2.13 the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;

 

2.2.14 the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be made;

 

2.2.15 if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined;

 

2.2.16 the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index;

 

2.2.17 the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series;

 

2.2.18 if the holders of Securities of the Series may convert or exchange the Securities into or for securities of the Issuer or of other entities or other property, the period or periods within which, the rate or rates at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series may be converted or exchanged, in whole or in part;

 

2.2.19 any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;

 

2.2.20 any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of

 

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the Series;

 

2.2.21 any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.1, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series); and

 

2.2.22 any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed herein.

 

All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication.

 

Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent or agents. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8.

 

Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.

 

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities 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 the Company or an Affiliate.

 

Section 2.4. Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served (“Service Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of

 

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Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Service Agent” includes any additional service agent.

 

The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities of that Series are first issued.

 

Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company 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 Company 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 Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.

 

Section 2.6. Securityholder 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 Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten 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 Securityholders of each Series of Securities.

 

Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange.

 

Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).

 

Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

 

Section 2.8. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall

 

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authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

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

 

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.

 

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

 

Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities.

 

The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding.

 

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

 

A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate holds the Security.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

 

Section 2.10. Treasury Securities.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver Securities of a Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a Series that a Responsible Officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

Section 2.11. Temporary Securities.

 

Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without

 

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unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary Securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.

 

Section 2.12. Cancellation.

 

The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) in accordance with its then customary procedures and deliver a certificate of such disposition to the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest, plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

 

Section 2.14. Global Securities.

 

2.14.1 Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.

 

2.14.2 Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.

 

Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.

 

2.14.3 Legend. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.2, any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.”

 

2.14.4 Acts of Holders. The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.

 

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2.14.5 Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.

 

2.14.6 Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

 

None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner in a Global Security, an agent member of the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any agent member of the Depositary, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any agent member of the Depositary, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Securityholders and all payments to be made to Securityholders under the Securities and this Indenture shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of the Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable procedures. The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any Global Security for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such Global Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such Global Security) as the sole holder of such Global Security and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for the records of any such Depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global Security, for any transactions between the Depositary and any agent member of the Depositary or between or among the Depositary, any such agent member of the Depositary and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Security.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security or shall impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.

 

Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other numbers 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 Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

 

ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee.

 

The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).

 

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Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.

 

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent Securities of a Series to be redeemed are represented by a Global Security, the Securities of such Series to be redeemed shall be selected in the accordance with the procedures of the Depositary.

 

Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption.

 

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed and if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper.

 

The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(a) the redemption date;

 

(b) the redemption price;

 

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

 

(d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and

 

(f) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.

 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.

 

Section 3.4. Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

 

Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.

 

Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new

 

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Security of the same Series and the same Maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

 

ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.1. Payment of Principal and Interest.

 

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

 

Section 4.2. SEC Reports.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).

 

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 notice or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

Section 4.3. Compliance Certificate.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he may have knowledge).

 

The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.4. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will 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, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section 4.5. Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Significant Subsidiary in accordance with the respective organizational documents of each Significant Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any Significant Subsidiary, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders.

 

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Section 4.6. Taxes.

 

The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, pay prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.

 

ARTICLE V.

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc.

 

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a “successor person”), and may not permit any person to merge into, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, the Company, unless:

 

(a) the successor person (if any) or consolidated entity (if any) is a corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the Company’s obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture and

 

(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each of which shall state such consolidation, merger, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture (if required) comply with this Article V and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities or obligation to the Trustee under Section 7.7 herof.

 

ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.1. Events of Default.

 

Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:

 

(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); or

 

(b) default in the payment of the principal of any Security of that Series at its Maturity; or

 

(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in respect of any Security of that Series; or

 

(d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series 

 

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of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

(e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i) commences a voluntary case,

 

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

 

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

 

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

 

(v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or

 

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

 

(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case,

 

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property, or

 

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries,

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or

 

(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.19.

 

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(e) or (f)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

 

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(i) all overdue interest, if any, on all Securities of that Series,

 

(ii) the principal of any Securities of that Series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

 

(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon any overdue principal and overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

 

(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; and

 

(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.

 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

 

The Company covenants that if

 

(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

 

(b) default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or

 

(c) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security,

 

then, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal or any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

 

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(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such 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 of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

 

(b) to collect and receive any moneys 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 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 it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.

 

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 Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 6.5. Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

Section 6.6. Application of Money Collected.

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article, and after an Event of Default any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture, shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (including any predecessor trustee) under Section 7.7; and

 

Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and

 

Third: To the Company.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders.

 

Section 6.7. Limitation on Suits.

 

No Holder of any Security of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

 

(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that Series;

 

(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

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against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series;

 

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.

 

Section 6.8. Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

 

Section 6.9. 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 proceeding, the Company, 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 had 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 Securities in Section 2.8, 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 Securities 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. Control by Holders.

 

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that

 

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

 

(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and

 

(c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the

 

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proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 6.13. Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Subject to Section 6.2, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.14. Undertaking for Costs.

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).

 

ARTICLE VII.

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.1. Duties of Trustee.

 

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

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

 

(i) the Trustee need perform those duties and 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 provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine such 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 calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).

 

(c) No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

 

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraphs (b) or (g) of this Section;

 

(ii) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith

 

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by a Responsible Officer, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts; and

 

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, determined as provided herein, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series.

 

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to this Section.

 

(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on, or for investing, any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

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

 

(h) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.1:

 

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely on and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

 

(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

 

(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

 

(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

 

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;

 

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(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder and no Depositary shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depositary;

 

(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

 

(i) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of such Default or Event of Default from the Company or any Holder is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;

 

(j) 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;

 

(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified or so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

 

(l) anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect, punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of profit), even if the Trustee has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and

 

(m) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, any provision of any law or regulation or any act of any governmental authority, acts of God; earthquakes, fire, flood, terrorism, wars and other military disturbances, sabotage, epidemics, riots, interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services, accidents, labor disputes, acts of civil or military authority and governmental action.

 

Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

Section 7.4. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible to make any calculation with respect to any matter under this Indenture. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Issuers’ compliance with or the breach of, or cause to be performed or observed, any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit first-class by mail, postage prepaid, to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default, unless such default shall have been cured or waived. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such Series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such

 

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Series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.

 

Section 7.6. Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish in an Authorized Newspaper, a brief report dated as of such May 15, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA Section 313.

 

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ).

 

The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents for, and to hold them harmless against any and all loss, liability, damage, claims or expense arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section, except as set forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent.

 

The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity, however, the Trustee’s failure to notify the Company promptly shall not in any way eliminate the Company’s requirement to indemnify the Trustee. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.

 

The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through negligence or willful misconduct.

 

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except funds held in trust to pay principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities of that Series.

 

In addition to, but without prejudice to its other rights under this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

“Trustee” for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of the Securities, the termination for any reason of this Indenture, and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

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Section 7.8. 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.

 

The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:

 

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

(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 Custodian or 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 Company 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 Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder of the applicable Series 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 Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers, and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder to the successor Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, 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 with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. The Company shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.

 

At any time there shall be only one Trustee with respect to the Securities.

 

Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another person, the successor person without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10. Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of

 

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interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.

 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

 

(a) either

 

(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

 

(1) have become due and payable, or

 

(2) will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or

 

(4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as applicable;

 

and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;

 

(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

 

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive.

 

Section 8.2. Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.

 

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent

 

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(including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Sections 8.3 or 8.4.

 

(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.

 

(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held under this Indenture.

 

Section 8.3. Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.

 

Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2.21, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of such Series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, at Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), except as to:

 

(a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series;

 

(b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and

 

(c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder;

 

provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest, if any, on all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;

 

(e) such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;

 

(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue

 

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Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;

 

(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;

 

(i) such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and

 

(j) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

 

Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance.

 

Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2.21 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants contained in a supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series of Securities or a Board Resolution or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.21 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event described in clause (e) of Section 6.1 shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(a) With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;

 

(b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;

 

(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

 

(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the

 

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Company; and

(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

 

Section 8.5. Repayment to Company.

 

The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

 

Section 8.6. Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Sections 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be, by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities because of reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders.

 

The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:

 

(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(b) to comply with Article V;

 

(c) to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

 

(d) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect;

 

(e) to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;

 

(f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or

 

(g) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

 

After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

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Section 9.2. With Consent of Holders.

 

The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such waiver by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

Section 9.3. Limitations.

 

Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

 

(a) change the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;

 

(c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;

 

(d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;

 

(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;

 

(g) make any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13, 9.3 (this sentence), 10.15 or 10.16; or

 

(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security or change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any Securities.

 

Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

 

Section 9.5. Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

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consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.

 

Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

 

Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver.

 

Section 9.7. Trustee Protected.

 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee may, but need not, sign any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this indenture or otherwise.

 

ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.

 

Section 10.2. Notices.

 

Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail:

 

if to the Company:

 

LIN TV Corp.

One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A

Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Attention: General Counsel

 

if to the Trustee:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

525 William Penn Place, 38th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15259

Attention: Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit

 

If a notice or communication is mailed or delivered in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except in the case of notices or communications given to the Trustee, which shall be effective only upon actual receipt by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.

 

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subsequent notices or communications.

 

Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, published in an Authorized Newspaper. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it.

 

If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

The Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to rely upon and comply with instructions and directions sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on behalf of the Company. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the person who sent such instructions or directions is, in fact, a person authorized to give instructions or directions on behalf of the Company; and the Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by the Company as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions or directions. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

 

Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

 

Section 10.4. Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

 

Section 10.5. Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:

 

(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herin relating thereto;

 

(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 has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(d) a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

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Section 10.6. Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 10.7. Legal Holidays.

 

Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture for a particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

Section 10.8. No Recourse Against Others.

 

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

Section 10.9. Counterparts.

 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 10.10. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 10.12. Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

 

Section 10.13. Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities 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 10.14. 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 hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

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Section 10.15. Securities in a Foreign Currency.

 

Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in a coin or currency other than Dollars, then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes of this Section 10.15, “Market Exchange Rate” shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of that currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If such Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such currency, an exchange rate agent appointed by the Company (the “Exchange Rate Agent”) shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question or such other quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent, upon consultation with the Company, shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee and all Holders.

 

Section 10.16. Judgment Currency.

 

The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Exchange Rate Agent could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Exchange Rate Agent could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with Subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

Section 10.17. Benefits of Indenture.

 

Nothing in this Indenture of the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE XI.

SINKING FUNDS

 

Section 11.1. Applicability of Article.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of

 

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a Series, except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture.

 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.

 

Section 11.2. Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

 

The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the process of selecting Securities for redemption is to begin, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company.

 

Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

 

Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date shall be selected in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and notice of the redemption thereof shall be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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EX-4.6 3 a2216118zex-4_6.htm EX-4.6

Exhibit 4.6

 

FORM OF SUBORDINATED NOTE INDENTURE TO BE ENTERED INTO

BETWEEN LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION AND THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST

COMPANY, N.A.

 


 

LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION

 

INDENTURE

 

Dated as of

 


 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

as Trustee

 


 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

 

 

ARTICLE I.     DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

1

 

 

 

Section 1.1.

Definitions

1

 

Section 1.2.

Other Definitions

5

 

Section 1.3.

Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act

5

 

Section 1.4.

Rules of Construction

5

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II.     THE SECURITIES

6

 

 

 

Section 2.1.

Issuable in Series

6

 

Section 2.2.

Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities

6

 

Section 2.3.

Execution and Authentication

7

 

Section 2.4.

Registrar and Paying Agent

8

 

Section 2.5.

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

9

 

Section 2.6.

Securityholder Lists

9

 

Section 2.7.

Transfer and Exchange

9

 

Section 2.8.

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities

9

 

Section 2.9.

Outstanding Securities

10

 

Section 2.10.

Treasury Securities

10

 

Section 2.11.

Temporary Securities

10

 

Section 2.12.

Cancellation

10

 

Section 2.13.

Defaulted Interest

10

 

Section 2.14.

Global Securities

11

 

Section 2.15.

CUSIP Numbers

12

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III.     REDEMPTION

12

 

 

 

Section 3.1.

Notice to Trustee

12

 

Section 3.2.

Selection of Securities to be Redeemed

12

 

Section 3.3.

Notice of Redemption

13

 

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Section 3.4.

Effect of Notice of Redemption

13

 

Section 3.5.

Deposit of Redemption Price

13

 

Section 3.6.

Securities Redeemed in Part

13

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV.     COVENANTS

13

 

 

 

Section 4.1.

Payment of Principal and Interest

13

 

Section 4.2.

SEC Reports

13

 

Section 4.3.

Compliance Certificate

14

 

Section 4.4.

Stay, Extension and Usury Laws

14

 

Section 4.5.

Corporate Existence

14

 

Section 4.6.

Taxes

14

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V.     SUCCESSORS

14

 

 

 

Section 5.1.

When Company May Merge, Etc.

14

 

Section 5.2.

Successor Corporation Substituted

15

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI.     DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

15

 

 

 

Section 6.1.

Events of Default

15

 

Section 6.2.

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment

16

 

Section 6.3.

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee

17

 

Section 6.4.

Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

17

 

Section 6.5.

Trustee May Enforse Claims Without possesion of Securities

18

 

Section 6.6.

Application of Money Collected

18

 

Section 6.7.

Limitation on Suits

18

 

Section 6.8.

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest

18

 

Section 6.9.

Restoration of Rights and Remedies

19

 

Section 6.10.

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

19

 

Section 6.11.

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

19

 

Section 6.12.

Control by Holders

19

 

Section 6.13.

Waiver of Past Defaults

19

 

Section 6.14.

Undertaking for Costs

19

 

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ARTICLE VII.     TRUSTEE

20

 

 

 

Section 7.1.

Duties of Trustee

20

 

Section 7.2.

Rights of Trustee

21

 

Section 7.3.

Individual Rights of Trustee

22

 

Section 7.4.

Trustee’s Disclaimer

22

 

Section 7.5.

Notice of Defaults

22

 

Section 7.6.

Reports by Trustee to Holders

22

 

Section 7.7.

Compensation and Indemnity

22

 

Section 7.8.

Replacement of Trustee

23

 

Section 7.9.

Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

24

 

Section 7.10.

Eligibility; Disqualification

24

 

Section 7.11.

Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company

24

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII.     SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

24

 

 

 

Section 8.1.

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture

24

 

Section 8.2.

Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification

25

 

Section 8.3.

Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series

25

 

Section 8.4.

Covenant Defeasance

26

 

Section 8.5.

Repayment to Company

27

 

Section 8.6.

Reinstatement

27

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX.     AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

28

 

 

 

Section 9.1.

Without Consent of Holders

28

 

Section 9.2.

With Consent of Holders

28

 

Section 9.3.

Limitations

28

 

Section 9.4.

Compliance with Trust Indenture Act

29

 

Section 9.5.

Revocation and Effect of Consents

29

 

Section 9.6.

Notation on or Exchange of Securities

29

 

Section 9.7.

Trustee Protected

29

 

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ARTICLE X.     MISCELLANEOUS

30

 

 

 

Section 10.1.

Trust Indenture Act Controls

30

 

Section 10.2.

Notices

30

 

Section 10.3.

Communication by Holders with Other Holders

31

 

Section 10.4.

Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent

31

 

Section 10.5.

Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion

31

 

Section 10.6.

Rules by Trustee and Agents

31

 

Section 10.7.

Legal Holidays

31

 

Section 10.8.

No Recourse Against Others

31

 

Section 10.9.

Counterparts

31

 

Section 10.10.

Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial

31

 

Section 10.11.

No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements

32

 

Section 10.12.

Successors

32

 

Section 10.13.

Severability

32

 

Section 10.14.

Table of Contents, Headings, Etc.

32

 

Section 10.15.

Securities in a Foreign Currency

32

 

Section 10.16.

Judgment Currency

32

 

Section 10.17.

Benefits of Indenture

33

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI.     SINKING FUNDS

33

 

 

 

Section 11.1.

Applicability of Article

33

 

Section 11.2.

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities

33

 

Section 11.3.

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund

34

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII.     SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

34

 

 

 

Section 12.1.

Agreement of Subordination

34

 

Section 12.2.

Payments to Holders

34

 

Section 12.3.

Subrogation of Securities

36

 

Section 12.4.

Authorization to Effect Subordination

36

 

Section 12.5.

Notice to Trustee

37

 

Section 12.6.

Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness

37

 

Section 12.7.

No Impairment of Subordination

37

 

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Section 12.8.

Article Applicable to Paying Agents

38

 

Section 12.9.

Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely

38

 

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LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION

 

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended,

 

Indenture, dated as of              

 

Section 310(a)(1)

 

7.10

(a)(2)

 

7.10

(a)(3)

 

Not Applicable

(a)(4)

 

Not Applicable

(a)5

 

7.10

(b)

 

7.10

Section 311(a)

 

7.11

(b)

 

7.11

(c)

 

Not Applicable

Section 312(a)

 

2.6

(b)

 

10.3

(c)

 

10.3

Section 313(a)

 

7.6

(b)(1)

 

7.6

(b)(2)

 

7.6

(c)(1)

 

7.6

(d)

 

7.6

Section 314(a)(1)

 

4.2

(a)(2)

 

4.2

(a)(3)

 

4.2

(a)(4)

 

4.2, 10.5

(b)

 

Not Applicable

(c)

 

Not Applicable

(d)

 

Not Applicable

(e)

 

10.5

(f)

 

Not Applicable

 

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be part of the Indenture.

 

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Indenture dated as of  ,       , between LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Company”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association (“Trustee”).

 

Each party agrees as follows for the benefit of the other party and for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities issued under this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE I.

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.1. Definitions.

 

Additional Amounts” means any additional amounts which are required hereby or by any Security, under circumstances specified herein or therein, to be paid by the Company in respect of certain taxes imposed on Holders specified therein and which are owing to such Holders.

 

Affiliate” of any specified person means any other person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “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 or by agreement or otherwise.

 

Agent” means any Registrar, Paying Agent, Service Agent or authenticating agent.

 

Authorized Newspaper” means a newspaper in an official language of the country of publication customarily published at least once a day for at least five days in each calendar week and of general circulation in the place in connection with which the term is used. If it shall be impractical to make any publication of any notice required hereby in an Authorized Newspaper, any publication or other notice in lieu thereof that is made or given by the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient publication of such notice.

 

Bearer” means anyone in possession from time to time of a Bearer Security.

 

Bearer Security” means any Security, including any interest coupon appertaining thereto, that does not provide for the identification of the Holder thereof.

 

Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Company or any duly authorized committee thereof.

 

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

 

Business Day” means with respect to any Place of Payment (or unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series), any day except a Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banking institutions or trust companies in the Place of Payment or the place in which Corporate Trust Office is located are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

Company” means the party named as such above until a successor replaces it pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof and thereafter means the successor.

 

Company Order” means a written order signed in the name of the Company by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s chief executive officer, chief financial officer, principal accounting officer or any Vice President.

 

Company Request” means a written request signed in the name of the Company by its Chairman of the

 

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Board, a President or a Vice President, and by its Treasurer, an Assistant Treasurer, its Secretary or an Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Corporate Trust Office” means the office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania shall be principally administered, which office as of the date of this instrument is located at 525 William Penn Place, 38th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15259, except that with respect to presentation of Notes for payment or for registration of transfer or exchange, such term shall mean the office or agency of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate agency business shall be conducted, which office at the date of this instrument is located at 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286; Attention: Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit, or, in the case of any such offices or agency, such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company.

 

debt” of any person as of any date means, without duplication, all indebtedness of such person in respect of borrowed money, including all interest, fees and expenses owed in respect thereto (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such person or only to a portion thereof), or evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments.

 

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

 

Depositary” means, with respect to the Securities of any Series issuable or issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, the person designated as Depositary for such Series by the Company, which Depositary shall be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act; and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Depositary” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Depositary with respect to the Securities of such Series.

 

Designated Senior Indebtedness” means any of our senior indebtedness that expressly provides that it is “designated senior indebtedness” for purposes of this Indenture (provided that the instrument, agreement or other document creating or evidencing such Senior Indebtedness may place limitations and conditions on the right of such Senior Indebtedness to exercise the rights of Designated Senior Indebtedness).

 

Discount Security” means any Security that provides for an amount less than the stated principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

 

Dollars” means the currency of the United States of America.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Foreign Currency” means any currency or currency unit issued by a government other than the government of The United States of America.

 

Foreign Government Obligations” means with respect to Securities of any Series that are denominated in a Foreign Currency, (i) direct obligations of the government that issued or caused to be issued such currency for the payment of which obligations its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by or acting as an agency or instrumentality of such government the timely payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by such government, which, in either case under clauses (i) or (ii), are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof.

 

Global Security” or “Global Securities” means a Security or Securities, as the case may be, in the form established pursuant to Section 2.2 evidencing all or part of a Series of Securities, issued to the Depositary for such Series or its nominee, and registered in the name of such Depositary or nominee.

 

Holder” or “Securityholder” means a person in whose name a Security is registered or the holder of a Bearer Security.

 

indebtedness” means, with respect to any person, and without duplication, (a) all indebtedness, obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person for borrowed money (including obligations of the Company in respect of overdrafts, foreign exchange contracts, currency exchange agreements, interest rate protection agreements, and any

 

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loans or advances from banks, whether or not evidenced by notes or similar instruments) or evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments (whether or not the recourse of the lender is to the whole of the assets of such person or to only a portion thereof) (other than any account payable or other accrued current liability or obligation incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the obtaining of materials or services), (b) all reimbursement obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees or bankers’ acceptances, (c) all obligations and liabilities (contingent or otherwise) in respect of leases of such person required, in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles, to be accounted for as capitalized lease obligations on the balance sheet of such person and all obligations and other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) under any lease or related document (including a purchase agreement) in connection with the lease of real property which provides that such person is contractually obligated to purchase or cause a third party to purchase the leased property and thereby guarantee a minimum residual value of the leased property to the lessor and the obligations of such person under such lease or related document to purchase or to cause a third party to purchase such leased property, (d) all obligations of such person (contingent or otherwise) with respect to an interest rate or other swap, cap or collar agreement or other similar instrument or agreement or foreign currency hedge, exchange, purchase or similar instrument or agreement, (e) all direct or indirect guaranties or similar agreements by such person in respect of, and obligations or liabilities (contingent or otherwise) of such person to purchase or otherwise acquire or otherwise assure a creditor against loss in respect of indebtedness, obligations or liabilities of another person of the kind described in clauses (a) through (d), (f) any indebtedness or other obligations described in clauses (a) through (e) secured by any mortgage, pledge, lien or other encumbrance existing on property which is owned or held by such person, regardless of whether the indebtedness or other obligation secured thereby shall have been assumed by such person and (g) any and all refinancings, replacements, deferrals, renewals, extensions and refundings of, or amendments, modifications or supplements to, any indebtedness, obligation or liability of the kind described in clauses (a) through (f).

 

Indenture” means this instrument as amended from time to time, in accordance with its terms and shall include the form and terms of particular Series of Securities established as contemplated hereunder.

 

interest” with respect to any Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

 

Maturity,” when used with respect to any Security or installment of principal thereof, means the date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption, notice of option to elect repayment or otherwise.

 

Officer” means the Chairman of the Board, any President, any Vice-President, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer or any Assistant Secretary of the Company.

 

Officers’ Certificate” means a certificate signed by two Officers, one of whom must be the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer or principal accounting officer.

 

Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of legal counsel who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company and is acceptable to the Trustee.

 

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

 

Place of Payment” when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium or interest on the Securities of that series are payable specified as required by Section 2.2.6.

 

principal” of a Security means the principal of the Security plus, when appropriate, the premium, if any, on, and any Additional Amounts in respect of, the Security.

 

Representative” means the (a) indenture trustee or other trustee, agent or representative for any Senior Indebtedness or (b) with respect to any Senior Indebtedness that does not have any such trustee, agent or other representative, (i) in the case of such Senior Indebtedness issued pursuant to an agreement providing for voting arrangements as among the holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness, any holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness acting with the consent of the required persons necessary to bind such holders or owners of such Senior Indebtedness and (ii) in the case of all other

 

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such Senior Indebtedness, the holder or owner of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

Responsible Officer” when used with respect to the Trustee, means any officer assigned to the Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit (or any successor division or unit) of the Trustee located at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and for purposes of the penultimate paragraph of Section 2.3, Section 7.1(c)(ii) and the second sentence of Section 7.5 shall also include any officer of the Trustee to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

 

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities” means the debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company of any Series authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

 

Senior Indebtedness” means the principal, premium, if any, interest, including any interest accruing after bankruptcy, and rent or termination payment on or other amounts due on our current or future Indebtedness, whether created, incurred, assumed, guaranteed or in effect guaranteed by us, including any deferrals, renewals, extensions, refundings, amendments, modifications or supplements to the above. However, Senior Indebtedness does not include: (i) Indebtedness that expressly provides that it shall not be senior in right of payment to the Securities or expressly provides that it is on the same basis or junior to the Securities; (ii) our indebtedness to any of our majority-owned subsidiaries; and (iii) the Securities.

 

Series” or “Series of Securities” means each series of debentures, notes or other debt instruments of the Company created pursuant to Sections 2.1 and 2.2 hereof.

 

Significant Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company that would be a “significant subsidiary” as defined in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X, promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as such regulation is in effect on the date hereof.

 

Stated Maturity” when used with respect to any Security or any installment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such installment of principal or interest is due and payable.

 

Subsidiary” of any specified person means any corporation of which at least a majority of the outstanding stock having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any other class or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by such person, or by one or more other Subsidiaries, or by such person and one or more other Subsidiaries.

 

TIA” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 U.S. Code Sections 77aaa-77bbbb) as in effect on the date of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act as so amended.

 

Trustee” means the person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each person who is then a Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such person, “Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any Series shall mean the Trustee with respect to Securities of that Series.

 

U.S. Government Obligations” means securities which are (i) direct obligations of The United States of America for the payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a person controlled or supervised by and acting as an agency or instrumentality of The United States of America the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation by The United States of America, and which in the case of (i) and (ii) are not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof, and shall also include a depository receipt issued by a bank or trust company as custodian with respect to any such U.S. Government Obligation or a specific payment of interest on or principal of any such U.S. Government Obligation held by such custodian for the account of the holder of a 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 U.S. Government Obligation evidenced by such depository receipt.

 

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Section 1.2. Other Definitions.

 

TERM

 

DEFINED IN SECTION

“Bankruptcy Law”

 

6.1

“Custodian”

 

6.1

“Event of Default”

 

6.1

“Exchange Rate Agent”

 

10.15

“Journal”

 

10.15

“Judgment Currency”

 

10.16

“Legal Holiday”

 

10.7

“mandatory sinking fund payment”

 

11.1

“Market Exchange Rate”

 

10.15

“New York Banking Day”

 

10.16

“optional sinking fund payment”

 

11.1

“Paying Agent”

 

2.4

“Payment Blockage Notice”

 

12.2

“Registrar”

 

2.4

“Required Currency”

 

10.16

“Service Agent”

 

2.4

“successor person”

 

5.1

 

Section 1.3.  Incorporation by Reference of Trust Indenture Act.

 

Whenever this Indenture refers to a provision of the TIA, the provision is incorporated by reference in and made a part of this Indenture. The following TIA terms used in this Indenture have the following meanings:

 

Commission” means the SEC.

 

indenture securities” means the Securities.

 

indenture security holder” means a Securityholder.

 

indenture to be qualified” means this Indenture.

 

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

 

obligor” on the indenture securities means the Company and any successor obligor upon the Securities.

 

All other terms used in this Indenture that are defined by the TIA, defined by TIA reference to another statute or defined by SEC rule under the TIA and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as so defined.

 

Section 1.4.  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 generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c) references to “generally accepted accounting principles” shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in effect as of the time when and for the period as to which such accounting principles are to be applied;

 

(d) “or” is not exclusive;

 

(e) words in the singular include the plural, and in the plural include the singular;

 

(f)  provisions apply to successive events and transactions.

 

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

 

(h) “including” means including without limitation; and

 

(i) references herein to Articles, Sections or other subdivisions are references to Articles, Sections or such other subdivisions of this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE II.

THE SECURITIES

 

Section 2.1.  Issuable in Series.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more Series. All Securities of a Series shall be identical except as may be set forth in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate detailing the adoption of the terms thereof pursuant to the authority granted under a Board Resolution. In the case of Securities of a Series to be issued from time to time, the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture may provide for the method by which specified terms (such as interest rate, maturity date, record date or date from which interest shall accrue) are to be determined. Securities may differ between Series in respect of any matters, provided that all Series of Securities shall be equally and ratably entitled to the benefits of the Indenture but all Securities issued hereunder shall be subordinate and junior in right of payment, to the extent and in the manner set forth in Article XII, to all Senior Indebtedness of the Company.

 

Section 2.2. Establishment of Terms of Series of Securities.

 

At or prior to the issuance of any Securities within a Series, the following shall be established (as to the Series generally, in the case of Subsection 2.2.1 and either as to such Securities within the Series or as to the Series generally in the case of Subsections 2.2.2 through 2.2.22) by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate pursuant to authority granted under a Board Resolution:

 

2.2.1. the title of the Series (which shall distinguish the Securities of that particular Series from the Securities of any other Series);

 

2.2.2. the price or prices (expressed as a percentage of the principal amount thereof) at which the Securities of the Series will be issued;

 

2.2.3. any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the Series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the Series pursuant to Section 2.7, 2.8, 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6);

 

2.2.4. the date or dates on which the principal of the Securities of the Series is payable;

 

2.2.5.  the rate or rates (which may be fixed or variable) per annum or, if applicable, the method used to determine such rate or rates (including, but not limited to, any commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index) at which the Securities of the Series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which such interest, if any, shall accrue, the date or dates on which such interest, if any, shall commence and be payable and any regular record date for the interest payable on any interest payment date;

 

2.2.6. the place or places where the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series shall be payable, or the method of such payment, if by wire transfer, mail or other means;

 

2.2.7. if applicable, the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which the Securities of the Series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Company;

 

2.2.8. the obligation, if any, of the Company to redeem or purchase the Securities of the Series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of a Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

 

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2.2.9. the dates, if any, on which and the price or prices at which the Securities of the Series will be repurchased by the Company at the option of the Holders thereof and other detailed terms and provisions of such repurchase obligations;

 

2.2.10. if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which the Securities of the Series shall be issuable;

 

2.2.11. the forms of the Securities of the Series in bearer or fully registered form (and, if in fully registered form, whether the Securities will be issuable as Global Securities);

 

2.2.12. if other than the principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of the Securities of the Series that shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;

 

2.2.13. the currency of denomination of the Securities of the Series, which may be Dollars or any Foreign Currency, and if such currency of denomination is a composite currency, the agency or organization, if any, responsible for overseeing such composite currency;

 

2.2.14. the designation of the currency, currencies or currency units in which payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be made;

 

2.2.15. if payments of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series are to be made in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are denominated, the manner in which the exchange rate with respect to such payments will be determined;

 

2.2.16. the manner in which the amounts of payment of principal of or interest, if any, on the Securities of the Series will be determined, if such amounts may be determined by reference to an index based on a currency or currencies or by reference to a commodity, commodity index, stock exchange index or financial index;

 

2.2.17.  the provisions, if any, relating to any security provided for the Securities of the Series;

 

2.2.18. if the holders of Securities of the Series may convert or exchange the Securities into or for securities of the Issuer or of other entities or other property, the period or periods within which, the rate or rates at which and the terms and conditions upon which Securities of the Series may be converted or exchanged, in whole or in part;

 

2.2.19. any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the Series and any change in the right of the Trustee or the requisite Holders of such Securities to declare the principal amount thereof due and payable pursuant to Section 6.2;

 

2.2.20. any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Articles IV or V which applies to Securities of the Series;

 

2.2.21. any other terms of the Securities of the Series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, except as permitted by Section 9.1, but which may modify or delete any provision of this Indenture insofar as it applies to such Series); and

 

2.2.22. any depositories, interest rate calculation agents, exchange rate calculation agents or other agents with respect to Securities of such Series if other than those appointed herein.

 

All Securities of any one Series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate referred to above, and the authorized principal amount of any Series may not be increased to provide for issuances of additional Securities of such Series, unless otherwise provided in such Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate.

 

Section 2.3. Execution and Authentication.

 

Two Officers shall sign the Securities for the Company by manual or facsimile signature.

 

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If an Officer whose signature is on a Security no longer holds that office at the time the Security is authenticated, the Security shall nevertheless be valid.

 

A Security shall not be valid until authenticated by the manual signature of the Trustee or an authenticating agent. The signature shall be conclusive evidence that the Security has been authenticated under this Indenture.

 

The Trustee shall at any time, and from time to time, authenticate Securities for original issue in the principal amount provided in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate, upon receipt by the Trustee of a Company Order. Such Company Order may authorize authentication and delivery pursuant to electronic instructions from the Company or its duly authorized agent or agents. Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication unless otherwise provided by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate.

 

The aggregate principal amount of Securities of any Series outstanding at any time may not exceed any limit upon the maximum principal amount for such Series set forth in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2, except as provided in Section 2.8.

 

Prior to the issuance of Securities of any Series, the Trustee shall have received and (subject to Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying on: (a) the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate establishing the form of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series and the terms of the Securities of that Series or of Securities within that Series, (b) an Officers’ Certificate complying with Section 10.4, and (c) an Opinion of Counsel complying with Section 10.4.

 

The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Securities of such Series: (a) if the Trustee, being advised by counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken; or (b) if the Trustee in good faith by its board of directors or trustees, executive committee or a trust committee of Responsible Officers shall determine that such action would expose the Trustee to personal liability to Holders of any then outstanding Series of Securities.

 

The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to the Company to authenticate Securities. An authenticating agent may authenticate Securities 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 the Company or an Affiliate.

 

Section 2.4.  Registrar and Paying Agent.

 

The Company shall maintain, with respect to each Series of Securities, at the place or places specified with respect to such Series pursuant to Section 2.2, an office or agency where Securities of such Series may be presented or surrendered for payment (“Paying Agent”), where Securities of such Series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (“Registrar”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Securities of such Series and this Indenture may be served (“Service Agent”). The Registrar shall keep a register with respect to each Series of Securities and to their transfer and exchange. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the name and address, and any change in the name or address, of each Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the name and address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and the Company hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

 

The Company may also from time to time designate one or more co-registrars, additional paying agents or additional service agents and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligations to maintain a Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent in each place so specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for Securities of any Series for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the name or address of any such co-registrar, additional paying agent or additional service agent. The term “Registrar” includes any co-registrar; the term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent; and the term “Service Agent” includes any additional service agent.

 

The Company hereby appoints the Trustee the initial Registrar, Paying Agent and Service Agent for each Series unless another Registrar, Paying Agent or Service Agent, as the case may be, is appointed prior to the time Securities

 

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of that Series are first issued.

 

Section 2.5. Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust.

 

The Company shall require each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to agree in writing that the Paying Agent will hold in trust, for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities, or the Trustee, all money held by the Paying Agent for the payment of principal of or interest on the Series of Securities, and will notify the Trustee of any default by the Company 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 Company 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 Company or a Subsidiary) shall have no further liability for the money. If the Company or a Subsidiary acts as Paying Agent, it shall segregate and hold in a separate trust fund for the benefit of Securityholders of any Series of Securities all money held by it as Paying Agent.

 

Section 2.6. Securityholder 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 Securityholders of each Series of Securities and shall otherwise comply with TIA Section 312(a). If the Trustee is not the Registrar, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee at least ten 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 Securityholders of each Series of Securities.

 

Section 2.7. Transfer and Exchange.

 

Where Securities of a Series are presented to the Registrar or a co-registrar with a request to register a transfer or to exchange them for an equal principal amount of Securities of the same Series, the Registrar shall register the transfer or make the exchange if its requirements for such transactions are met. To permit registrations of transfers and exchanges, the Trustee shall authenticate Securities at the Registrar’s request. No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein), but the Company may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable in connection therewith (other than any such transfer tax or similar governmental charge payable upon exchanges pursuant to Sections 2.11, 3.6 or 9.6).

 

Neither the Company nor the Registrar shall be required (a) to issue, register the transfer of, or exchange Securities of any Series for the period beginning at the opening of business fifteen days immediately preceding the mailing of a notice of redemption of Securities of that Series selected for redemption and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (b) to register the transfer of or exchange Securities of any Series selected, called or being called for redemption as a whole or the portion being redeemed of any such Securities selected, called or being called for redemption in part.

 

Section 2.8.  Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

 

If any mutilated Security is surrendered to the Trustee, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

If there shall be delivered to the Company and the Trustee (i) evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Security and (ii) such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them and any agent of either of them harmless, then, in the absence of notice to the Company or the Trustee that such Security has been acquired by a bona fide purchaser, the Company shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and make available for delivery, in lieu of any such destroyed, lost or stolen Security, a new Security of the same Series and of like tenor and principal amount and bearing a number not contemporaneously outstanding.

 

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

 

Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

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Every new Security of any Series issued pursuant to this Section in lieu of any destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall constitute an original additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be at any time enforceable by anyone, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Securities of that Series duly issued hereunder.

 

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

 

Section 2.9. Outstanding Securities.

 

The Securities outstanding at any time are all the Securities authenticated by the Trustee except for those canceled by it, those delivered to it for cancellation, those reductions in the interest on a Global Security effected by the Trustee in accordance with the provisions hereof and those described in this Section as not outstanding.

 

If a Security is replaced pursuant to Section 2.8, it ceases to be outstanding until the Trustee receives proof satisfactory to it that the replaced Security is held by a bona fide purchaser.

 

If the Paying Agent (other than the Company, a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of any thereof) holds on the Maturity of Securities of a Series money sufficient to pay such Securities payable on that date, then on and after that date such Securities of the Series cease to be outstanding and interest on them ceases to accrue.

 

A Security does not cease to be outstanding because the Company or an Affiliate holds the Security.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of outstanding Securities have given any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver hereunder, the principal amount of a Discount Security that shall be deemed to be outstanding for such purposes shall be the amount of the principal thereof that would be due and payable as of the date of such determination upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

 

Section 2.10. Treasury Securities.

 

In determining whether the Holders of the required principal amount of Securities of a Series have concurred in any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver Securities of a Series owned by the Company or an Affiliate shall be disregarded, except that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent or waiver only Securities of a Series that a Responsible officer of the Trustee actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded.

 

Section 2.11. Temporary Securities.

 

Until definitive Securities are ready for delivery, the Company may prepare and the Trustee shall authenticate temporary Securities upon a Company Order. Temporary Securities shall be substantially in the form of definitive Securities but may have variations that the Company considers appropriate for temporary Securities. Without unreasonable delay, the Company shall prepare and the Trustee upon request shall authenticate definitive Securities of the same Series and date of maturity in exchange for temporary Securities. Until so exchanged, temporary Securities shall have the same rights under this Indenture as the definitive Securities.

 

Section 2.12.  Cancellation.

 

The Company at any time may deliver Securities to the Trustee for cancellation. The Registrar and the Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Securities surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment. The Trustee shall cancel all Securities surrendered for transfer, exchange, payment or cancellation and shall dispose of such canceled Securities (subject to the record retention requirement of the Exchange Act) in accordance with its then customary procedures and deliver a certificate of such disposition to the Company, unless the Company otherwise directs. The Company may not issue new Securities to replace Securities that it has paid or delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.

 

Section 2.13. Defaulted Interest.

 

If the Company defaults in a payment of interest on a Series of Securities, it shall pay the defaulted interest,

 

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plus, to the extent permitted by law, any interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the persons who are Securityholders of the Series on a subsequent special record date. The Company shall fix the record date and payment date. At least 30 days before the record date, the Company shall mail to the Trustee and to each Securityholder of the Series a notice that states the record date, the payment date and the amount of interest to be paid. The Company may pay defaulted interest in any other lawful manner.

 

Section 2.14.  Global Securities.

 

2.14.1. Terms of Securities. A Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate shall establish whether the Securities of a Series shall be issued in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and the Depositary for such Global Security or Securities.

 

2.14.2. Transfer and Exchange. Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary contained in Section 2.7 of the Indenture and in addition thereto, any Global Security shall be exchangeable pursuant to Section 2.7 of the Indenture for Securities registered in the names of Holders other than the Depositary for such Security or its nominee only if (i) such Depositary notifies the Company that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such Global Security or if at any time such Depositary ceases to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and, in either case, the Company fails to appoint a successor Depositary within 90 days of such event, (ii) the Company executes and delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such Global Security shall be so exchangeable or (iii) an Event of Default with respect to the Securities represented by such Global Security shall have happened and be continuing. Any Global Security that is exchangeable pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be exchangeable for Securities registered in such names as the Depositary shall direct in writing in an aggregate principal amount equal to the principal amount of the Global Security with like tenor and terms.

 

Except as provided in this Section 2.14.2, a Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary with respect to such Global Security to a nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.

 

2.14.3. Legend. Unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 2.2, any Global Security issued hereunder shall bear a legend in substantially the following form:

 

“This Security is a Global Security within the meaning of the Indenture hereinafter referred to and is registered in the name of the Depositary or a nominee of the Depositary. This Security is exchangeable for Securities registered in the name of a person other than the Depositary or its nominee only in the limited circumstances described in the Indenture, and may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary to a nominee of the Depositary, by a nominee of the Depositary to the Depositary or another nominee of the Depositary or by the Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary or a nominee of such a successor Depositary.”

 

2.14.4. Acts of Holders. The Depositary, as a Holder, may appoint agents and otherwise authorize participants to give or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which a Holder is entitled to give or take under the Indenture.

 

2.14.5. Payments. Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 2.2, payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest, if any, on any Global Security shall be made to the Holder thereof.

 

2.14.6. Consents, Declaration and Directions. Except as provided in Section 2.14.5, the Company, the Trustee and any Agent shall treat a person as the Holder of such principal amount of outstanding Securities of such Series represented by a Global Security as shall be specified in a written statement of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for purposes of obtaining any consents, declarations, waivers or directions required to be given by the Holders pursuant to this Indenture.

 

None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any responsibility or obligation to any beneficial owner in a Global Security, an agent member of the Depositary or other Person with respect to the accuracy of the records of the Depositary or its nominee or of any agent member of the Depositary, with respect to any ownership interest in the Securities or with respect to the delivery to any agent member of the Depositary, beneficial owner or other Person (other than the Depositary) of any notice (including any notice of redemption) or the payment of any amount, under or with respect

 

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to such Securities. All notices and communications to be given to the Securityholders and all payments to be made to Securityholders under the Securities and this Indenture shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered holders (which shall be the Depositary or its nominee in the case of the Global Security). The rights of beneficial owners in the Global Security shall be exercised only through the Depositary subject to the applicable procedures. The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall be entitled to rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon information furnished by the Depositary with respect to its members, participants and any beneficial owners. The Trustee, the Paying Agent and the Registrar shall be entitled to deal with the Depositary, and any nominee thereof, that is the registered holder of any Global Security for all purposes of this Indenture relating to such Global Security (including the payment of principal, premium, if any, and interest and additional amounts, if any, and the giving of instructions or directions by or to the owner or holder of a beneficial ownership interest in such Global Security) as the sole holder of such Global Security and shall have no obligations to the beneficial owners thereof. None of the Trustee, the Paying Agent or the Registrar shall have any responsibility or liability for any acts or omissions of the Depositary with respect to such Global Security, for the records of any such Depositary, including records in respect of beneficial ownership interests in respect of any such Global Security, for any transactions between the Depositary and any agent member of the Depositary or between or among the Depositary, any such agent member of the Depositary and/or any holder or owner of a beneficial interest in such Global Security, or for any transfers of beneficial interests in any such Global Security.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Global Security, nothing herein shall prevent the Company, the Trustee, or any agent of the Company or the Trustee from giving effect to any written certification, proxy or other authorization furnished by any Depositary (or its nominee), as a Holder, with respect to such Global Security or shall impair, as between such Depositary and owners of beneficial interests in such Global Security, the operation of customary practices governing the exercise of the rights of such Depositary (or its nominee) as Holder of such Global Security.

 

Section 2.15. CUSIP Numbers.

 

The Company in issuing the Securities may use “CUSIP”, “ISIN” or other numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP”, “ISIN”, or other numbers 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 Securities or as contained in any notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the other elements of identification printed on the Securities, and any such redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of such numbers.

 

ARTICLE III.

REDEMPTION

 

Section 3.1. Notice to Trustee.

 

The Company may, with respect to any Series of Securities, reserve the right to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or may covenant to redeem and pay the Series of Securities or any part thereof prior to the Stated Maturity thereof at such time and on such terms as provided for in such Securities. If a Series of Securities is redeemable and the Company wants or is obligated to redeem prior to the Stated Maturity thereof all or part of the Series of Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, it shall notify the Trustee of the redemption date and the principal amount of Series of Securities to be redeemed. The Company shall give the notice at least 45 days before the redemption date (or such shorter notice as may be acceptable to the Trustee).

 

Section 3.2. Selection of Securities to be Redeemed.

 

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officers’ Certificate, if less than all the Securities of a Series are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Securities of the Series to be redeemed in any manner that the Trustee deems fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall make the selection from Securities of the Series outstanding not previously called for redemption. The Trustee may select for redemption portions of the principal of Securities of the Series that have denominations larger than $1,000. Securities of the Series and portions of them it selects shall be in amounts of $1,000 or whole multiples of $1,000 or, with respect to Securities of any Series issuable in other denominations pursuant to Section 2.2.10, the minimum principal denomination for each Series and integral multiples thereof. Provisions of this Indenture that apply to Securities of a Series called for redemption also apply to portions of Securities of that Series called for redemption.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent Securities of a Series to be redeemed are represented by a Global Security, the Securities of such Series to be redeemed shall be selected in the accordance with the procedures of the Depositary.

 

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Section 3.3. Notice of Redemption.

 

Unless otherwise indicated for a particular Series by a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, at least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a redemption date, the Company shall mail a notice of redemption by first-class mail to each Holder whose Securities are to be redeemed and if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion a notice in an Authorized Newspaper.

 

The notice shall identify the Securities of the Series to be redeemed and shall state:

 

(a) the redemption date;

 

(b) the redemption price;

 

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

 

(d) that Securities of the Series called for redemption must be surrendered to the Paying Agent to collect the redemption price;

 

(e) that interest on Securities of the Series called for redemption ceases to accrue on and after the redemption date; and

 

(f) any other information as may be required by the terms of the particular Series or the Securities of a Series being redeemed.

 

At the Company’s request, the Trustee shall give the notice of redemption in the Company’s name and at its expense.

 

Section 3.4.  Effect of Notice of Redemption.

 

Once notice of redemption is mailed or published as provided in Section 3.3, Securities of a Series called for redemption become due and payable on the redemption date and at the redemption price. A notice of redemption may not be conditional. Upon surrender to the Paying Agent, such Securities shall be paid at the redemption price plus accrued interest to the redemption date.

 

Section 3.5. Deposit of Redemption Price.

 

On or before the redemption date, the Company shall deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the redemption price of and accrued interest, if any, on all Securities to be redeemed on that date.

 

Section 3.6. Securities Redeemed in Part.

 

Upon surrender of a Security that is redeemed in part, the Trustee shall authenticate for the Holder a new Security of the same Series and the same Maturity equal in principal amount to the unredeemed portion of the Security surrendered.

 

ARTICLE IV.

COVENANTS

 

Section 4.1.  Payment of Principal and Interest.

 

The Company covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Holders of each Series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities of that Series in accordance with the terms of such Securities and this Indenture.

 

Section 4.2. SEC Reports.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 15 days after it files them with the SEC copies of the annual reports and of the information, documents, and other reports (or copies of such portions of any of the foregoing as the SEC may by rules and regulations prescribe) which the Company is required to file with the SEC pursuant to Section 13 or

 

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15(d) of the Exchange Act. The Company also shall comply with the other provisions of TIA Section 314(a).

 

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 notice or constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officers’ Certificates).

 

Section 4.3. Compliance Certificate.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an Officers’ Certificate stating that a review of the activities of the Company and its Subsidiaries during the preceding fiscal year has been made under the supervision of the signing Officers with a view to determining whether the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled its obligations under this Indenture, and further stating, as to each such Officer signing such certificate, that to the best of his knowledge the Company has kept, observed, performed and fulfilled each and every covenant contained in this Indenture and is not in default in the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions hereof (or, if a Default or Event of Default shall have occurred, describing all such Defaults or Events of Default of which he may have knowledge).

 

The Company will, so long as any of the Securities are outstanding, deliver to the Trustee, forthwith upon becoming aware of any Default or Event of Default, an Officers’ Certificate specifying such Default or Event of Default and what action the Company is taking or proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

Section 4.4.  Stay, Extension and Usury Laws.

 

The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will 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, which may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture or the Securities; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law has been enacted.

 

Section 4.5. Corporate Existence.

 

Subject to Article V, the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and the corporate, partnership or other existence of each Significant Subsidiary in accordance with the respective organizational documents of each Significant Subsidiary and the rights (charter and statutory), licenses and franchises of the Company and its Significant Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right, license or franchise, or the corporate, partnership or other existence of any Significant Subsidiary, if the Board of Directors shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole and that the loss thereof is not adverse in any material respect to the Holders

 

Section 4.6. Taxes.

 

The Company shall, and shall cause each of its Significant Subsidiaries to, pay prior to delinquency all taxes, assessments and governmental levies, except as contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings.

 

ARTICLE V.

SUCCESSORS

 

Section 5.1. When Company May Merge, Etc.

 

The Company shall not consolidate with or merge into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to, any person (a “successor person”), and may not permit any person to merge into, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to, the Company, unless:

 

(a) the successor person (if any) or consolidated entity (if any) is a corporation, partnership, trust or other

 

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entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction and expressly assumes, by an indenture supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the Company’s obligations on the Securities and under this Indenture and

 

(b) immediately after giving effect to the transaction, no Default or Event of Default, shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

The Company shall deliver to the Trustee prior to the consummation of the proposed transaction an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each of which shall state such consolidation, merger, transfer or lease and such supplemental indenture (if required) comply with this Article V and that all conditions precedent herin provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.

 

Section 5.2. Successor Corporation Substituted.

 

Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company in accordance with Section 5.1, the successor corporation, partnership, trust or other entity organized and validly existing under the laws of any U.S. domestic jurisdiction formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company is merged or to which such sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor person has been named as the Company herein; provided, however, that the predecessor Company in the case of a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition shall not be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest, if any, on the Securities or obligation to the Trustee under Section 7.7 hereof.

 

ARTICLE VI.

DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 6.1. Events of Default.

 

Event of Default,” wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any Series, means any one of the following events, unless in the establishing Board Resolution, supplemental indenture or Officers’ Certificate, it is provided that such Series shall not have the benefit of said Event of Default:

 

(a) default in the payment of any interest on any Security of that Series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days (unless the entire amount of such payment is deposited by the Company with the Trustee or with a Paying Agent prior to the expiration of such period of 30 days); or

 

(b) default in the payment of the principal of any Security of that Series at its Maturity; or

 

(c) default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due in respect of any Security of that Series; or

 

(d) default in the performance or breach of any covenant or warranty of the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty that has been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of Series of Securities other than that Series), which default continues uncured for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Company by the Trustee or to the Company and the Trustee by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

 

(e) the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries pursuant to or within the meaning of any Bankruptcy Law:

 

(i) commences a voluntary case,

 

(ii) consents to the entry of an order for relief against it in an involuntary case,

 

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

 

(iv) makes a general assignment for the benefit of its creditors, or

 

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(v) generally is unable to pay its debts as the same become due; or

 

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

 

(i) is for relief against the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries in an involuntary case,

 

(ii) appoints a Custodian of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries or for all or substantially all of its property, or

 

(iii) orders the liquidation of the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries,

 

and the order or decree remains unstayed and in effect for 60 days; or

 

(g) any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that Series, which is specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate, in accordance with Section 2.2.19.

 

The term “Bankruptcy Law” means title 11, U.S. Code or any similar Federal or State law for the relief of debtors. The term “Custodian” means any receiver, trustee, assignee, liquidator or similar official under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

Section 6.2. Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any Series at the time outstanding occurs and is continuing (other than an Event of Default referred to in Section 6.1(e) or (f)) then in every such case the Trustee or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series may declare the principal amount (or, if any Securities of that Series are Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount as may be specified in the terms of such Securities) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all of the Securities of that Series to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) shall occur, the principal amount (or specified amount) of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on all outstanding Securities shall ipso facto become and be immediately due and payable without any declaration or other act on the part of the Trustee or any Holder.

 

At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to any Series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustee as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series, by written notice to the Company and the Trustee, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

 

(a) the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay

 

(i) all overdue interest, if any, on all Securities of that Series,

 

(ii) the principal of any Securities of that Series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities,

 

(iii) to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon any overdue principal and overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and

 

(iv) all sums paid or advanced by the Trustee hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel;

 

and

 

(b) all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that Series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that Series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.

 

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

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Section 6.3. Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustee.

 

The Company covenants that if

 

(a) default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days, or

 

(b) default is made in the payment of principal of any Security at the Maturity thereof, or

 

(c) default is made in the deposit of any sinking fund payment when and as due by the terms of a Security,

 

then, the Company will, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to it, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal or any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

If the Company fails to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities and collect the moneys adjudged or deemed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon such Securities, wherever situated.

 

If an Event of Default with respect to any Securities of any Series occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may in its discretion proceed to protect and enforce its rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such Series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustee shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

 

Section 6.4. Trustee May File Proofs of Claim.

 

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or the property of the Company or of such other obligor or their creditors, the Trustee (irrespective of whether the principal of the Securities shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand on the Company for the payment of overdue principal or interest) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise,

 

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Securities and to file such 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 of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceeding, and

 

(b) to collect and receive any moneys 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 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 it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.7.

 

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 Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 6.5.  Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

 

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

 

Section 6.6. Application of Money Collected.

 

Any money collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article, and after an Event of Default any money or other property distributable in respect of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture, shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

 

First: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustee (including any predecessor trustee) under Section 7.7; and

 

Second: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and interest, respectively; and

 

Third: To the Company.

 

The Trustee may fix a record date and payment date for any payment to Securityholders.

 

Section 6.7.  Limitation on Suits.

 

No Holder of any Security of any Series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless

 

(a) such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustee of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that Series;

 

(b) the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series shall have made written request to the Trustee to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustee hereunder;

 

(c) such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

 

(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity has failed to institute any such proceeding; and

 

(e) no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustee during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of that Series;

 

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all such Holders.

 

Section 6.8.  Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest.

 

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and interest, if any, on such Security on the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such

 

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Holder.

 

Section 6.9.  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 proceeding, the Company, 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 had 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 Securities in Section 2.8, 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 Securities 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. Control by Holders.

 

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that

 

(a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture,

 

(b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee which is not inconsistent with such direction, and

 

(c) subject to the provisions of Section 6.1, the Trustee shall have the right to decline to follow any such direction if the Trustee in good faith shall, by a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, determine that the proceeding so directed would involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 6.13.  Waiver of Past Defaults.

 

Subject to Section 6.2, the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such Series waive any past Default hereunder with respect to such Series and its consequences, except a Default in the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security of such Series (provided, however, that the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series may rescind an acceleration and its consequences, including any related payment default that resulted from such acceleration). Upon any such waiver, such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

Section 6.14.  Undertaking for Costs.

 

All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Security by his acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may in its discretion require, 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, suffered or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by

 

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any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; but the provisions of this Section shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Company, to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or interest on any Security on or after the Stated Maturity or Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the redemption date).

 

ARTICLE VII.

TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.1.  Duties of Trustee.

 

(a) If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs.

 

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

 

(i) the Trustee need perform those duties and 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 provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine such 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 calculations or other facts, statements, opinions or conclusions stated therein).

 

(c) No provision of this indenture shall be construed to releive the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that

 

(i) this paragraph does not limit the effect of paragraphs (b) or (g) of this Section;

 

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

 

(iii) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken, suffered or omitted to be taken by it with respect to Securities of any Series in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of any Series, determined as provided herein, relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture with respect to the Securities of such Series.

 

(d) Every provision of this Indenture that in any way relates to the Trustee is subject to this Section.

 

(e) The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any loss, liability or expense.

 

(f) The Trustee shall not be liable for interest on, or for investing, any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company. Money held in trust by the Trustee need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

 

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

 

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(h) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

 

Section 7.2. Rights of Trustee.

 

Subject to the provisions of Section 7.1:

 

(a) the Trustee may conclusively rely on and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

 

(b) any request or direction of the Company mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order and any resolution of the Board of Directors may be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

 

(c) whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officers’ Certificate;

 

(d) the Trustee may consult with counsel and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon;

 

(e) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;

 

(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the sole cost of the Company and shall incur no liability or additional liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent or attorney appointed with due care by it hereunder and no Depositary shall be deemed an agent of the Trustee and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act or omission by any Depositary;

 

(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered, or omitted to be taken by it in good faith and believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;

 

(i) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice or be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default unless written notice of such Default or Event of Default from the Company or any Holder is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Securities and this Indenture;

 

(j)  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;

 

(k) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver an Officers’ Certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture, which Officers’ Certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officers’ Certificate, including any person specified or so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded;

 

(l) anything in this Indenture notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustee be liable for special, indirect,

 

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punitive or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to loss of profit), even if the Trustee has been advised as to the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and

 

(m) the Trustee shall not be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Indenture arising out of or caused, directly or indirectly, by circumstances beyond its control, including, without limitation, any provision of any law or regulation or any act of any governmental authority, acts of God, earthquakes, fire, flood, terrorism, wars and other military disturbances, sabotage, epidemics, riots, interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, computer (hardware or software) or communication services, accidents, labor disputes, acts of civil or military authority and governmental action.

 

Section 7.3. Individual Rights of Trustee.

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Company or an Affiliate with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee. Any Agent may do the same with like rights. The Trustee is also subject to Sections 7.10 and 7.11.

 

Section 7.4. Trustee’s Disclaimer.

 

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustee’s certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent assumes no responsibility for their correctness. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. The Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustee shall not be responsible to make any calculation with respect to any matter under this Indenture. The Trustee shall have no duty to monitor or investigate the Issuers’ compliance with or the breach of, or cause to be performed or observed, any representation, warranty or covenant made in this Indenture. The Trustee shall not be responsible for any statement in the Securities other than its certificate of authentication.

 

Section 7.5. Notice of Defaults.

 

If a Default or Event of Default occurs and is continuing with respect to the Securities of any Series and if it is actually known to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee, the Trustee shall transmit first-class by mail, postage prepaid, to each Securityholder of the Securities of that Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, notice of a Default or Event of Default within 90 days after it occurs or, if later, after a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has knowledge of such Default or Event of Default, unless such default shall have been cured or waived. Except in the case of a Default or Event of Default in payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on any Security of such Series or in the payment of any sinking fund installment with respect to Securities of such Series, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the board of directors, the executive committee or a trust committee of directors or Responsible Officers of the Trustee in good faith determines that withholding the notice is in the interests of Securityholders of that Series.

 

Section 7.6.  Reports by Trustee to Holders.

 

Within 60 days after May 15 in each year, the Trustee shall transmit by mail to all Securityholders, as their names and addresses appear on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish in an Authorized Newspaper, a brief report dated as of such May 15, in accordance with, and to the extent required under, TIA Section 313.

 

A copy of each report at the time of its mailing to Securityholders of any Series shall be filed with the SEC and each stock exchange on which the Securities of that Series are listed. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee when Securities of any Series are listed on any stock exchange and of any delisting thereof.

 

Section 7.7. Compensation and Indemnity.

 

The Company shall pay to the Trustee from time to time such compensation as the Company and the Trustee shall from time to time agree in writing for all services rendered by it hereunder. The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the Company shall reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any provision of this Indenture

 

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(including the compensation and the expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ).

 

The Company shall indemnify each of the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their officers, directors, employees, shareholders or agents for, and to hold them harmless against any and all loss, liability, damage, claims or expense arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of the trust or trusts hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim (whether asserted by the Company, or any Holder or any other person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section, except as set forth in the next paragraph in the performance of its duties under this Indenture as Trustee or Agent.

 

The Trustee shall notify the Company promptly of any claim for which it may seek indemnity, however, the Trustee’s failure to notify the Company promptly shall not in any way eliminate the Company’s requirement to indemnify the Trustee. The Company shall defend the claim and the Trustee shall cooperate in the defense. The Trustee may have separate counsel and the Company shall pay the reasonable fees and expenses of such counsel. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. This indemnification shall apply to officers, directors, employees, shareholders and agents of the Trustee.

 

The Company need not reimburse any expense or indemnify against any loss, liability, damage, claim or expense incurred by the Trustee or by any officer, director, employee, shareholder or agent of the Trustee through negligence or willful misconduct.

 

To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section, the Trustee shall have a lien prior to the Securities of any Series on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except funds held in trust to pay principal of (and premium, if any) or interest on particular Securities of that Series.

 

In addition to, but without prejudice to its other rights under this Indenture, when the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(e) or (f) occurs, the expenses (including the reasonable charges and expenses of its counsel) and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any Bankruptcy Law.

 

“Trustee” for purposes of this Section shall include any predecessor Trustee; provided, however, that the negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith of any Trustee hereunder shall not affect the rights of any other Trustee hereunder.

 

The provisions of this Section shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of the Securities, the termination for any reason of this Indenture, and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.

 

Section 7.8. 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.

 

The Trustee may resign with respect to the Securities of one or more Series by so notifying the Company. The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Securities of any Series may remove the Trustee with respect to that Series by so notifying the Trustee and the Company. The Company may remove the Trustee with respect to Securities of one or more Series if:

 

(a) the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.10;

 

(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 Custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(d) the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

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If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of Trustee for any reason, the Company 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 Securities may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by the Company.

 

If a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series does not take office within 60 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, the Company or the Holders of at least 10% in principal amount of the Securities of the applicable Series may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

If the Trustee with respect to the Securities of any one or more Series fails to comply with Section 7.10, any Securityholder of the applicable Series 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 Company. Immediately after that, the retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder to the success Trustee, subject to the lien provided for in Section 7.7, 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 with respect to each Series of Securities for which it is acting as Trustee under this Indenture. The Company shall mail a notice of its succession to each Securityholder of each such Series and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, publish such notice on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper. Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.8, the Company’s obligations under Section 7.7 hereof shall continue for the benefit of the retiring trustee with respect to expenses and liabilities incurred by it prior to such replacement.

 

At any time there shall be only one Trustee with the respect to the Securities.

 

Section 7.9. Successor Trustee by Merger, Etc.

 

If the Trustee consolidates with, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another person, the successor person without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.10.  Eligibility; Disqualification.

 

This Indenture shall always have a Trustee who satisfies the requirements of TIA Section 310(a)(1), (2) and (5). The Trustee shall always have a combined capital and surplus of at least $25,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition. The Trustee shall comply with TIA Section 310(b); provided, however, that there shall be excluded from the operation of TIA Section 310(b)(1) any indenture or indentures under which other securities or certificates of interest or participation in other securities of the Company are outstanding if the requirements for such exclusion set forth in TIA Section 310(b)(1) are met.

 

Section 7.11. Preferential Collection of Claims Against Company.

 

The Trustee is subject to TIA Section 311(a), excluding any creditor relationship listed in TIA Section 311(b). A Trustee who has resigned or been removed shall be subject to TIA Section 311(a) to the extent indicated.

 

ARTICLE VIII.

SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE; DEFEASANCE

 

Section 8.1. Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

 

This Indenture shall upon Company Order cease to be of further effect (except as hereinafter provided in this Section 8.1), and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when

 

(a) either

 

(i) all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Securities that have been destroyed, lost

 

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or stolen and that have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or

 

(ii) all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation

 

(1) have become due and payable, or

 

(2)  will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

 

(3) are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustee in the name, and at the expense, of the Company, or

 

(4) are deemed paid and discharged pursuant to Section 8.3, as applicable;

 

and the Company, in the case of (1), (2) or (3) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustee as trust funds in trust an amount sufficient for the purpose of paying and discharging the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, for principal and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable on or prior to the date of such deposit) or to the Stated Maturity or redemption date, as the case may be;

 

(b) the Company has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Company; and

 

(c) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

 

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.7, and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustee pursuant to clause (a) of this Section, the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.1, 8.2 and 8.5 shall survive.

 

Section 8.2.  Application of Trust Funds; Indemnification.

 

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 8.5, all money deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.1, all money and U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4 and all money received by the Trustee in respect of U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited with the Trustee pursuant to Section 8.3 or 8.4, shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Company acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the persons entitled thereto, of the principal and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with or received by the Trustee or to make mandatory sinking fund payments or analogous payments as contemplated by Sections 8.3 or 8.4.

 

(b) The Company shall pay and shall indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Sections 8.3 or 8.4 or the interest and principal received in respect of such obligations other than any payable by or on behalf of Holders.

 

(c) The Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Company from time to time upon Company Request any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money held by it as provided in Sections 8.3 or 8.4 which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are then in excess of the amount thereof which then would have been required to be deposited for the purpose for which such U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations or money were deposited or received. This provision shall not authorize the sale by the Trustee of any U.S. Government Obligations or Foreign Government Obligations held under this Indenture.

 

Section 8.3.  Legal Defeasance of Securities of any Series.

 

Unless this Section 8.3 is otherwise specified, pursuant to Section 2.2.21, to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, the Company shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness on all the outstanding Securities of such Series on the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (d) hereof, and the provisions of this Indenture, as it relates to such outstanding Securities of such Series, shall no longer be in effect (and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall, at Company Request, execute proper instruments acknowledging the same),

 

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except as to:

 

(a) the rights of Holders of Securities of such Series to receive, from the trust funds described in subparagraph (d) hereof, (i) payment of the principal of and each installment of principal of and interest on the outstanding Securities of such Series on the Stated Maturity of such principal or installment of principal or interest and (ii) the benefit of any mandatory sinking fund payments applicable to the Securities of such Series on the day on which such payments are due and payable in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and the Securities of such Series;

 

(b) the provisions of Sections 2.4, 2.7, 2.8, 8.2, 8.3 and 8.5; and

 

(c) the rights, powers, trust and immunities of the Trustee hereunder; provided that, the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(d) the Company shall have deposited or caused to be deposited irrevocably with the Trustee as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for and dedicated solely to the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay and discharge each installment of principal (including mandatory sinking fund or analogous payments) of and interest, if any, on all the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;

 

(e)  such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(f) no Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;

 

(g) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that (i) the Company has received from, or there has been published by, the Internal Revenue Service a ruling, or (ii) since the date of execution of this Indenture, there has been a change in the applicable Federal income tax law, in either case to the effect that, and based thereon such Opinion of Counsel shall confirm that, the Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for Federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit, defeasance and discharge and will be subject to Federal income tax on the same amount and in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit, defeasance and discharge had not occurred;

 

(h) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company;

 

(i) such deposit shall not result in the trust arising from such deposit constituting an investment company (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended), or such trust shall be qualified under such Act or exempt from regulation thereunder; and

 

(j) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

 

Section 8.4. Covenant Defeasance.

 

Unless this Section 8.4 is otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2.21 to be inapplicable to Securities of any Series, on and after the 91st day after the date of the deposit referred to in subparagraph (a) hereof, the Company may omit to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth under Sections 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, and 5.1 as well as any additional covenants contained in a supplemental indenture hereto for a particular Series of Securities or a Board Resolution

 

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or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2.21 (and the failure to comply with any such covenants shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default under Section 6.1) and the occurrence of any event described in clause (e) of Section 6.1 shall not constitute a Default or Event of Default hereunder, with respect to the Securities of such Series, provided that the following conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(a) With reference to this Section 8.4, the Company has deposited or caused to be irrevocably deposited (except as provided in Section 8.2(c)) with the Trustee as trust funds in trust, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefit of the Holders of such Securities (i) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in Dollars, cash in Dollars (or such other money or currencies as shall then be legal tender in the United States) and/or U.S. Government Obligations, or (ii) in the case of Securities of such Series denominated in a Foreign Currency (other than a composite currency), money and/or Foreign Government Obligations, which through the payment of interest and principal in respect thereof, in accordance with their terms, will provide (and without reinvestment and assuming no tax liability will be imposed on such Trustee), not later than one day before the due date of any payment of money, an amount in cash, sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay principal and interest, if any, on and any mandatory sinking fund in respect of the Securities of such Series on the dates such installments of interest or principal are due;

 

(b) Such deposit will not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, this Indenture or any other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound;

 

(c) No Default or Event of Default with respect to the Securities of such Series shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit or during the period ending on the 91st day after such date;

 

(d) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel confirming that Holders of the Securities of such Series will not recognize income, gain or loss for federal income tax purposes as a result of such deposit and defeasance and will be subject to federal income tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case if such deposit and defeasance had not occurred;

 

(e)  the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating the deposit was not made by the Company with the intent of preferring the Holders of the Securities of such Series over any other creditors of the Company or with the intent of defeating, hindering, delaying or defrauding any other creditors of the Company; and

 

(f) The Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the defeasance contemplated by this Section have been complied with.

 

Section 8.5.  Repayment to Company.

 

The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to the Company upon request any money held by them for the payment of principal and interest that remains unclaimed for two years. After that, Securityholders entitled to the money must look to the Company for payment as general creditors unless an applicable abandoned property law designates another person.

 

Section 8.6. Reinstatement.

 

If the Trustee or Paying Agent is unable to apply any money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Sections 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be, by reason of any legal proceeding or by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, the Company’s obligations under this Indenture and the Securities shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be, until such time as the Trustee or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all such money or U.S. Government Obligations in accordance with Section 8.1, 8.3 or 8.4, as the case may be; provided, however, that if the Company makes any payment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on any Securities because of reinstatement of its obligations, the Company shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of such Securities to receive such payment from the money or U.S. Government Obligations held by the Trustee or Paying Agent.

 

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ARTICLE IX.

AMENDMENTS AND WAIVERS

 

Section 9.1. Without Consent of Holders.

 

The Company and the Trustee may amend or supplement this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series without the consent of any Securityholder:

 

(a) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;

 

(b) to comply with Article V;

 

(c)  to provide for uncertificated Securities in addition to or in place of certificated Securities;

 

(d) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Securityholder in any material respect;

 

(e)  to provide for the issuance of and establish the form and terms and conditions of Securities of any Series as permitted by this Indenture;

 

(f) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more Series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or

 

(g) to comply with requirements of the SEC in order to effect or maintain the qualification of this Indenture under the TIA.

 

After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

Section 9.2.  With Consent of Holders.

 

The Company and the Trustee may enter into a supplemental indenture with the written consent of the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such supplemental indenture (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series), for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Securityholders of each such Series. Except as provided in Section 6.13, the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of each Series affected by such waiver by notice to the Trustee (including consents obtained in connection with a tender offer or exchange offer for the Securities of such Series) may waive compliance by the Company with any provision of this Indenture or the Securities with respect to such Series.

 

It shall not be necessary for the consent of the Holders of Securities under this Section 9.2 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture or waiver, but it shall be sufficient if such consent approves the substance thereof. After a supplemental indenture or waiver under this Section becomes effective, the Company shall mail to the Holders of Securities affected thereby and, if any Bearer Securities affected thereby are outstanding, publish on one occasion in an Authorized Newspaper, a notice briefly describing the supplemental indenture or waiver. Any failure by the Company to mail or publish such notice, or any defect therein, shall not, however, in any way impair or affect the validity of any such supplemental indenture or waiver.

 

Section 9.3.  Limitations.

 

Without the consent of each Securityholder affected, an amendment or waiver may not:

 

(a) change the amount of Securities whose Holders must consent to an amendment, supplement or waiver;

 

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(b) reduce the rate of or extend the time for payment of interest (including default interest) on any Security;

 

(c) reduce the principal or change the Stated Maturity of any Security or reduce the amount of, or postpone the date fixed for, the payment of any sinking fund or analogous obligation;

 

(d) reduce the principal amount of Discount Securities payable upon acceleration of the maturity thereof;

 

(e) waive a Default or Event of Default in the payment of the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security (except a rescission of acceleration of the Securities of any Series by the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the outstanding Securities of such Series and a waiver of the payment default that resulted from such acceleration);

 

(f) make the principal of or interest, if any, on any Security payable in any currency other than that stated in the Security;

 

(g) make any change in Sections 6.8, 6.13, 9.3 (this sentence), 10.15 or 10.16; or

 

(h) waive a redemption payment with respect to any Security or change any of the provisions with respect to the redemption of any Securities.

 

Section 9.4. Compliance with Trust Indenture Act.

 

Every amendment to this Indenture or the Securities of one or more Series shall be set forth in a supplemental indenture hereto that complies with the TIA as then in effect.

 

Section 9.5.  Revocation and Effect of Consents.

 

Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Holder of a Security is a continuing consent by the Holder and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Security. However, any such Holder or subsequent Holder may revoke the consent as to his Security or portion of a Security if the Trustee receives the notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.

 

Any amendment or waiver once effective shall bind every Securityholder of each Series affected by such amendment or waiver unless it is of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (g) of Section 9.3. In that case, the amendment or waiver shall bind each Holder of a Security who has consented to it and every subsequent Holder of a Security or portion of a Security that evidences the same debt as the consenting Holder’s Security.

 

Section 9.6. Notation on or Exchange of Securities.

 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Security of any Series thereafter authenticated. The Company in exchange for Securities of that Series may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate upon request new Securities of that Series that reflect the amendment or waiver.

 

Section 9.7.  Trustee Protected.

 

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustee shall sign all supplemental indentures, except that the Trustee may, but need not, sign any supplemental indenture that affects the Trustee’s own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

 

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ARTICLE X.

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 10.1. Trust Indenture Act Controls.

 

If any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies, or conflicts with another provision which is required or deemed to be included in this Indenture by the TIA, such required or deemed provision shall control.

 

Section 10.2.  Notices.

 

Any notice or communication by the Company or the Trustee to the other is duly given if in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail:

 

if to the Company:

 

LIN TV Corp.

One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A

Providence, Rhode Island 02903

Attention: General Counsel

 

if to the Trustee:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

525 William Penn Place, 38th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15259

Attention: Corporate Trust Division - Corporate Finance Unit

 

If a notice or communication is mailed or delivered in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it, except in the case of notices or communications given to the Trustee, which shall be effective only upon actual receipt by the Trustee at its Corporate Trust Office.

 

The Company or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.

 

Any notice or communication to a Securityholder shall be mailed by first-class mail to his address shown on the register kept by the Registrar and, if any Bearer Securities are outstanding, published in an Authorized Newspaper. Failure to mail a notice or communication to a Securityholder of any Series or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Securityholders of that or any other Series.

 

If a notice or communication is mailed or published in the manner provided above, within the time prescribed, it is duly given, whether or not the Securityholder receives it.

 

If the Company mails a notice or communication to Securityholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee and each Agent at the same time.

 

The Trustee shall have the right, but shall not be required, to rely upon and comply with instructions and directions sent by e-mail, facsimile and other similar unsecured electronic methods by persons believed by the Trustee to be authorized to give instructions and directions on behalf of the Company. The Trustee shall have no duty or obligation to verify or confirm that the person who sent such instructions or directions is, in fact, a person authorized to give instructions or directions on behalf of the Company; and the Trustee shall have no liability for any losses, liabilities, costs or expenses incurred or sustained by the Company as a result of such reliance upon or compliance with such instructions or directions. The Company agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties.

 

Section 10.3. Communication by Holders with Other Holders.

 

Securityholders of any Series may communicate pursuant to TIA Section 312(b) with other Securityholders of that Series or any other Series with respect to their rights under this Indenture or the Securities of that Series or all Series. The Company, the Trustee, the Registrar and anyone else shall have the protection of TIA Section 312(c).

 

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Section 10.4.  Certificate and Opinion as to Conditions Precedent.

 

Upon any request or application by the Company to the Trustee to take any action under this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee:

 

(a) an Officers’ Certificate stating that, all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with; and

 

(b) an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, all such conditions precedent have been complied with.

 

Section 10.5.  Statements Required in Certificate or Opinion.

 

Each certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture (other than a certificate provided pursuant to TIA Section 314(a)(4)) shall comply with the provisions of TIA Section 314(e) and shall include:

 

(a) a statement that the person making such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

 

(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 has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(d)  a statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 10.6.  Rules by Trustee and Agents.

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or a meeting of Securityholders of one or more Series. Any Agent may make reasonable rules and set reasonable requirements for its functions.

 

Section 10.7. Legal Holidays.

 

Unless otherwise provided by Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture for a particular Series, a “Legal Holiday” is any day that is not a Business Day. If a payment date is a Legal Holiday at a place of payment, payment may be made at that place on the next succeeding day that is not a Legal Holiday, and no interest shall accrue for the intervening period.

 

Section 10.8. No Recourse Against Others.

 

A director, officer, employee or stockholder, as such, of the Company shall not have any liability for any obligations of the Company under the Securities or the Indenture or for any claim based on, in respect of or by reason of such obligations or their creation. Each Securityholder by accepting a Security waives and releases all such liability. The waiver and release are part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

 

Section 10.9. Counterparts.

 

This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

Section 10.10. Governing Law; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

THIS INDENTURE AND THE SECURITIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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EACH OF THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE SECURITIES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.

 

Section 10.11. No Adverse Interpretation of Other Agreements.

 

This Indenture may not be used to interpret another indenture, loan or debt agreement of the Company or a Subsidiary. Any such indenture, loan or debt agreement may not be used to interpret this Indenture.

 

Section 10.12. Successors.

 

All agreements of the Company in this Indenture and the Securities shall bind its successor. All agreements of the Trustee in this Indenture shall bind its successor.

 

Section 10.13. Severability.

 

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities 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 10.14. 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 hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 10.15. Securities in a Foreign Currency.

 

Unless otherwise specified in a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture hereto or an Officers’ Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Indenture with respect to a particular Series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of Securities of all Series or all Series affected by a particular action at the time outstanding and, at such time, there are outstanding Securities of any Series which are denominated in a coin or currency other than Dollars, then the principal amount of Securities of such Series which shall be deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be that amount of Dollars that could be obtained for such amount at the Market Exchange Rate at such time. For purposes of this Section 10.15, “Market Exchange Rate” shall mean the noon Dollar buying rate in New York City for cable transfers of that currency as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. If such Market Exchange Rate is not available for any reason with respect to such currency, an exchange rate agent appointed by the Company (the “Exchange Rate Agent”) shall use, in its sole discretion and without liability on its part, such quotation of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, as of the most recent available date, or quotations from one or more major banks in The City of New York or in the country of issue of the currency in question or such other quotations as the Exchange Rate Agent, upon consultation with the Company, shall deem appropriate. The provisions of this paragraph shall apply in determining the equivalent principal amount in respect of Securities of a Series denominated in currency other than Dollars in connection with any action taken by Holders of Securities pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.

 

All decisions and determinations of the Exchange Rate Agent regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Company, the Trustee and all Holders.

 

Section 10.16. Judgment Currency.

 

The Company agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so under applicable law, that (a) if for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court it is necessary to convert the sum due in respect of the principal of or interest or other amount on the Securities of any Series (the “Required Currency”) into a currency in which a judgment will be rendered (the “Judgment Currency”), the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Exchange Rate Agent could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment

 

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Currency on the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered, unless such day is not a New York Banking Day, then, the rate of exchange used shall be the rate at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Exchange Rate Agent could purchase in The City of New York the Required Currency with the Judgment Currency on the New York Banking Day preceding the day on which final unappealable judgment is entered and (b) its obligations under this Indenture to make payments in the Required Currency (i) shall not be discharged or satisfied by any tender, any recovery pursuant to any judgment (whether or not entered in accordance with Subsection (a)), in any currency other than the Required Currency, except to the extent that such tender or recovery shall result in the actual receipt, by the payee, of the full amount of the Required Currency expressed to be payable in respect of such payments, (ii) shall be enforceable as an alternative or additional cause of action for the purpose of recovering in the Required Currency the amount, if any, by which such actual receipt shall fall short of the full amount of the Required Currency so expressed to be payable, and (iii) shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other sum due under this Indenture. For purposes of the foregoing, “New York Banking Day” means any day except a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday in The City of New York on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to close.

 

Section 10.17. Benefits of Indenture.

 

Nothing in this Indenture of the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any person, other than the parties hereto, their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

 

ARTICLE XI.

SINKING FUNDS

 

Section 11.1.  Applicability of Article.

 

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of the Securities of a Series, except as otherwise permitted or required by any form of Security of such Series issued pursuant to this Indenture.

 

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of the Securities of any Series is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment” and any other amount provided for by the terms of Securities of such Series is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment.” If provided for by the terms of Securities of any Series, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 11.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities of any Series as provided for by the terms of the Securities of such Series.

 

Section 11.2.  Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

 

The Company may, in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to the Securities of any Series to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities (1) deliver outstanding Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable (other than any of such Securities previously called for mandatory sinking fund redemption) and (2) apply as credit Securities of such Series to which such sinking fund payment is applicable and which have been redeemed either at the election of the Company pursuant to the terms of such Series of Securities (except pursuant to any mandatory sinking fund) or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments or other optional redemptions pursuant to the terms of such Securities, provided that such Securities have not been previously so credited. Such Securities shall be received by the Trustee, together with an Officers’ Certificate with respect thereto, not later than 15 days prior to the date on which the process of selecting Securities for redemption is to begin, and shall be credited for such purpose by the Trustee at the price specified in such Securities for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly. If as a result of the delivery or credit of Securities in lieu of cash payments pursuant to this Section 11.2, the principal amount of Securities of such Series to be redeemed in order to exhaust the aforesaid cash payment shall be less than $100,000, the Trustee need not call Securities of such Series for redemption, except upon receipt of a Company Order that such action be taken, and such cash payment shall be held by the Trustee or a Paying Agent and applied to the next succeeding sinking fund payment, provided, however, that the Trustee or such Paying Agent shall from time to time upon receipt of a Company Order pay over and deliver to the Company any cash payment so being held by the Trustee or such Paying Agent upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of Securities of that Series purchased by the Company having an unpaid principal amount equal to the cash payment required to be released to the Company.

 

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Section 11.3. Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

 

Not less than 45 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, supplemental indenture hereto or Officers’ Certificate in respect of a particular Series of Securities) prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Series of Securities, the Company will deliver to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment for that Series pursuant to the terms of that Series, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting of Securities of that Series pursuant to Section 11.2, and the optional amount, if any, to be added in cash to the next ensuing mandatory sinking fund payment, and the Company shall thereupon be obligated to pay the amount therein specified. Not less than 30 days (unless otherwise indicated in the Board Resolution, Officers’ Certificate or supplemental indenture in respect of a particular Series of Securities) before each such sinking fund payment date the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date shall be selected in the manner specified in Section 3.2 and notice of the redemption thereof shall be given in the name of and at the expense of the Company in the manner provided in Section 3.3. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 3.4, 3.5 and 3.6.

 

ARTICLE XII.

SUBORDINATION OF SECURITIES

 

Section 12.1. Agreement of Subordination.

 

The Company covenants and agrees, and each Holder of Securities issued hereunder by his acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that all Securities shall be issued subject to the provisions of this Article XII; and each Person holding any Security, whether upon original issue or upon transfer, assignment or exchange thereof, accepts and agrees to be bound by such provisions.

 

The payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities called for redemption in accordance with Article III as provided in the Indenture) issued hereunder shall, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, whether outstanding at the date of this Indenture or thereafter incurred.

 

No provision of this Article XII shall prevent the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder.

 

Section 12.2. Payments to Holders.

 

No payment shall be made with respect to the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities to be called for redemption in accordance with Article III as provided in the Indenture), except payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph of Section 12.5, if:

 

(a) a default in the payment of principal, premium, interest, rent or other obligations due on any Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing (or, in the case of Senior Indebtedness for which there is a period of grace, in the event of such a default that continues beyond the period of grace, if any, specified in the instrument or lease evidencing such Senior Indebtedness), unless and until such default shall have been cured or waived or shall have ceased to exist; or

 

(b) a default, other than a payment default, on a Designated Senior Indebtedness occurs and is continuing that then permits holders of such Designated Senior Indebtedness to accelerate its maturity and the Trustee receives a notice of the default (a “Payment Blockage Notice”) from a Representative or the Company.

 

If the Trustee receives any Payment Blockage Notice pursuant to clause (ii) above, no subsequent Payment Blockage Notice shall be effective for purposes of this Section unless and until (A) at least 365 days shall have elapsed since the initial effectiveness of the immediately prior Payment Blockage Notice, and (B) all scheduled payments of principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities that have come due have been paid in full in cash. No nonpayment default that existed or was continuing on the date of delivery of any Payment Blockage Notice to the Trustee shall be, or be made, the basis for a subsequent Payment Blockage Notice.

 

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earlier of:

 

(a) the date upon which the default is cured or waived or ceases to exist, or

 

(b) in the case of a default referred to in clause (ii) above, 179 days pass after notice is received if the maturity of such Designated Senior Indebtedness has not been accelerated, unless this Article XII otherwise prohibits the payment or distribution at the time of such payment or distribution.

 

Upon any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to creditors upon any dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary or in bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceedings, all amounts due or to become due upon all Senior Indebtedness shall first be paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or payment thereof in accordance with its terms provided for in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, before any payment is made on account of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (except payments made pursuant to Article VI from monies deposited with the Trustee pursuant thereto prior to commencement of proceedings for such dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization); and upon any such dissolution or winding-up or liquidation or reorganization of the Company or bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other proceeding, any payment by the Company, or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities, to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled, except for the provision of this Article XII, shall (except as aforesaid) be paid by the Company or by any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, or by the Holders of the Securities or by the Trustee under this Indenture if received by them or it, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness (pro rata to such holders on the basis of the respective amounts of Senior Indebtedness held by such holders, or as otherwise required by law or a court order) or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full, in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness, before any payment or distribution or provision therefor is made to the Holders of the Securities or to the Trustee.

 

For purposes of this Article XII, the words, “cash, property or securities” shall not be deemed to include shares of stock of the Company as reorganized or readjusted, or securities of the Company or any other corporation provided for by a plan of reorganization or readjustment, the payment of which is subordinated at least to the extent provided in this Article XII with respect to the Securities to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness which may at the time be outstanding; provided that (i) the Senior Indebtedness is assumed by the new corporation, if any, resulting from any reorganization or readjustment, and (ii) the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness (other than leases which are not assumed by the Company or the new corporation, as the case may be) are not, without the consent of such holders, altered by such reorganization or readjustment. The consolidation of the Company with, or the merger of the Company into, another corporation or the liquidation or dissolution of the Company following the conveyance or transfer of its property as an entirety, or substantially as an entirety, to another corporation upon the terms and conditions provided for in Article V shall not be deemed a dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization for the purposes of this Section 12.2 if such other corporation shall, as a part of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer, comply with the conditions stated in Article V.

 

In the event of the acceleration of the Securities because of an Event of Default, no payment or distribution shall be made to the Trustee or any Holder of Securities in respect of the principal of, premium, if any, or interest on the Securities (including, but not limited to, the redemption price with respect to the Securities called for redemption in accordance with Article III as provided in the Indenture), except payments and distributions made by the Trustee as permitted by the first or second paragraph of Section 12.5, until all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or such acceleration is rescinded in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. If payment of the Securities is accelerated because of an Event of Default, the Company shall promptly notify holders of Senior Indebtedness of the acceleration at the address set forth in the notice from the Agent (or successor agent) to the Trustee as being the address to which the Trustee should send its notice pursuant to this Section 12.2, unless there are no payment obligations of the Company thereunder and all obligations thereunder to extend credit have been terminated or expired.

 

In the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, any payment or distribution of assets of the Company of any kind or character, whether in cash, property or securities (including, without limitation, by way of setoff or otherwise), prohibited by the foregoing, shall be received by the Trustee or the Holders of the Securities before all Senior

 

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Indebtedness is paid in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, or provision is made for such payment thereof in accordance with its terms in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, such payment or distribution shall be held in trust for the benefit of and shall be paid over or delivered to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their respective interests may appear, as calculated by the Company, for application to the payment of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full in cash or other payment satisfactory to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.

 

Nothing in this Article XII shall apply to claims of, or payments to, the Trustee under or pursuant to Section 6.6 or Section 7.7. This Section 12.2 shall be subject to the further provisions of Section 12.5.

 

Section 12.3. Subrogation of Securities.

 

Subject to the payment in full of all Senior Indebtedness, the rights of the Holders of the Securities shall be subrogated to the extent of the payments or distributions made to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII (equally and ratably with the holders of all indebtedness of the Company which by its express terms is subordinated to other indebtedness of the Company to substantially the same extent as the Securities are subordinated and is entitled to like rights of subrogation) to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions of cash, property or securities of the Company applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until the principal, premium, if any, and interest on the Securities shall be paid in full; and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no payments or distributions to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness of any cash, property or securities to which the Holders of the Securities or the Trustee would be entitled except for the provisions of this Article XII, and no payment pursuant to the provisions of this Article XII, to or for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness by Holders of the Securities or the Trustee, shall, as between the Company, its creditors other than holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness; and no payments or distributions of cash, property or securities to or for the benefit of the Holders of the Securities pursuant to the subrogation provisions of this Article XII, which would otherwise have been paid to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be deemed to be a payment by the Company to or for the account of the Securities. It is understood that the provisions of this Article XII are and are intended solely for the purposes of defining the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.

 

Nothing contained in this Article XII or elsewhere in this Indenture or in the Securities is intended to or shall impair, as among the Company, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Holders of the Securities, the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Holders of the Securities the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the Holders of the Securities and creditors of the Company other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein prevent the Trustee or the Holder of any Security from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon default under this Indenture, subject to the rights, if any, under this Article XII of the holders of Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property or securities of the Company received upon the exercise of any such remedy.

 

Upon any payment or distribution of assets of the Company referred to in this Article XII, the Trustee and the Holders of the Securities shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction in which such bankruptcy, dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a certificate of the receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other person making such payment or distribution, delivered to the Trustee or to the Holders of the Securities, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Company, the amount thereof or payable thereon and all other facts pertinent thereto or to this Article XII.

 

Section 12.4. Authorization to Effect Subordination.

 

Each Holder of a Security by the holder’s acceptance thereof authorizes and directs the Trustee on the holder’s behalf to take such action as may be necessary or appropriate to effectuate the subordination as provided in this Article XII and appoints the Trustee to act as the holder’s attorney-in-fact for any and all such purposes. If the Trustee does

 

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not file a proper proof of claim or proof of debt in the form required in any proceeding referred to in Section 6.3 hereof at least 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim, the holders of any Senior Indebtedness or their representatives are hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim for and on behalf of the Holders of the Securities.

 

Section 12.5. Notice to Trustee.

 

The Company shall give prompt written notice in the form of an Officers’ Certificate to a Responsible Officer of the Trustee at the Corporate Office of the Trustee and to any paying agent of any fact known to the Company which would prohibit the making of any payment or distribution of monies or other assets to or by the Trustee or any paying agent in respect of the Securities. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Article XII or any other provision of this Indenture, the Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of the existence of any facts which would prohibit the making of any payment or distribution of monies or other assets to or by the Trustee in respect of the Securities, unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee shall have received written notice thereof at the Corporate Trust Office from the Company (in the form of an Officers’ Certificate) or a Representative or a holder or holders of Senior Indebtedness or from any trustee thereof; and, prior to the receipt of any such written notice, the Trustee shall be entitled in all respects to assume that no such facts exist; provided, however, that if on a date not fewer than three Business Days prior to the date upon which by the terms hereof any such monies or other assets may become payable or distributable for any purpose (including, without limitation, the payment of the principal of, or premium, if any, or interest on any Security) the Trustee shall not have received, with respect to such monies, the notice provided for in this Section 12.5, then, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall have full power and authority to receive such monies and other assets and to apply the same to the purpose for which they were received, and shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary which may be received by it on or after such prior date.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Article XII to the contrary, nothing shall prevent any payment by the Trustee to the Holders of monies deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.1, and any such payment shall not be subject to the provisions of Section 12.1 or 12.2.

 

The Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely on the delivery to it of a written notice by a Representative or a person representing himself to be a holder of Senior Indebtedness (or a trustee on behalf of such holder) to establish that such notice has been given by a Representative or a holder of Senior Indebtedness or a trustee on behalf of any such holder or holders. In the event that the Trustee determines in good faith that further evidence is required with respect to the right of any person as a holder of Senior Indebtedness to participate in any payment or distribution pursuant to this Article XII, the Trustee may request such person to furnish evidence to the reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee as to the amount of Senior Indebtedness held by such person, the extent to which such person is entitled to participate in such payment or distribution and any other facts pertinent to the rights of such person under this Article XII, and if such evidence is not furnished the Trustee may defer any payment to such person pending judicial determination as to the right of such person to receive such payment.

 

Section 12.6. Trustee’s Relation to Senior Indebtedness.

 

The Trustee in its individual capacity shall be entitled to all the rights set forth in this Article XII in respect of any Senior Indebtedness at any time held by it, to the same extent as any other holder of Senior Indebtedness, and nothing in Section 7.11 or elsewhere in this Indenture shall deprive the Trustee of any of its rights as such holder.

 

With respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness, the Trustee undertakes to perform or to observe only such of its covenants and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Article XII, and no implied covenants or obligations with respect to the holders of Senior Indebtedness shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee. The Trustee shall not be deemed to owe any fiduciary duty to the holders of Senior Indebtedness and the Trustee shall not be liable to any holder of Senior Indebtedness if it shall pay over or deliver to Holders of Securities, the Company or any other person money or assets to which any holder of Senior Indebtedness shall be entitled by virtue of this Article XII or otherwise.

 

Section 12.7. No Impairment of Subordination.

 

No right of any present or future holder of any Senior Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or by any act or failure to act, in good faith, by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by the Company with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Indenture, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or otherwise be charged with.

 

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Section 12.8.  Article Applicable to Paying Agents.

 

If at any time any Paying Agent other than the Trustee shall have been appointed by the Company and be then acting hereunder, the term “Trustee” as used in this Article shall (unless the context otherwise requires) be construed as extending to and including such Paying Agent within its meaning as fully for all intents and purposes as if such Paying Agent were named in this Article in addition to or in place of the Trustee; provided, however, that the first paragraph of Section 12.5 shall not apply to the Company or any Affiliate of the Company if it or such Affiliate acts as Paying Agent.

 

Section 12.9. Senior Indebtedness Entitled to Rely.

 

The holders of Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Designated Senior Indebtedness) shall have the right to rely upon this Article XII, and no amendment or modification of the provisions contained herein shall diminish the rights of such holders unless such holders shall have agreed in writing thereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

LIN TELEVISION CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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EX-5.1 4 a2216118zex-5_1.htm EX-5.1

Exhibit 5.1

 

 

 

767 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10153-0119
+1 212 310 8000 tel
+1 212 310 8007 fax

 

July 30, 2013

 

LIN TV Corp.

LIN Television Corporation

One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A

Providence, Rhode Island 02903

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

We have acted as counsel to LIN TV Corp., a Delaware corporation (“LIN TV”), and LIN Television Corporation, a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of LIN TV (“LIN Television” and together with LIN TV, the “Companies”), in connection with the preparation and filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) of the Companies’ Registration Statement on Form S-3, dated as of the date hereof (the “Registration Statement”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), relating to the issuance and/or sale from time to time of an aggregate initial offering price of up to $250,000,000 of (i) shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, of LIN TV (the “Shares”), (ii) shares of preferred stock of LIN TV (“Preferred Shares”), (iii) senior and/or subordinated debt securities of LIN Television (the “Debt Securities”), (iv) guarantees by LIN TV and certain subsidiaries of LIN TV (the “Guarantors”) to be issued in connection with the Debt Securities (the “Guarantees”), (v) warrants (the “Warrants”) and (vi) units comprised of any of the foregoing (the “Units” and, together with the Shares, the Debt Securities, the Preferred Shares and the Warrants, as well as any Shares to be offered and sold by the Selling Securityholders (as defined below) the “Securities”) and relating to the sale by the selling securityholders to be identified in one of more prospectus supplements (the “Selling Securityholders”) from time to time of an aggregate initial offering price of up to $150,000,000 of the Shares.

 

In so acting, we have examined originals or copies (certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of (i) Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of LIN TV; (ii) Third Amended and Restated Bylaws of LIN TV; (iii) the Registration Statement; (iv) the prospectus contained within the Registration Statement; (v) the form of senior note indenture (the “Senior Indenture”) between LIN Television and the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”); (vi) the form of subordinated note indenture between LIN Television and the Trustee (the “Subordinated Indenture,” and together with the Senior Indenture, the “Indentures”) and (vii) such corporate, limited liability company and partnership records, agreements, documents and other instruments, and such certificates or comparable documents of

 



 

public officials and of officers and representatives of the Companies and the Guarantors, and have made such inquiries of such officers and representatives, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the opinions hereinafter set forth.

 

In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified, conformed or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such latter documents.  As to all questions of fact material to this opinion that have not been independently established, we have relied upon certificates or comparable documents of officers and representatives of the Companies.

 

We have also assumed that (i) the underwriters, Trustee, warrant agent and unit agent, as applicable, when appointed, will be duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of their respective jurisdictions of incorporation, and will have the requisite corporate power to enter into and perform their respective obligations related to the offering of Securities and under the underwriting or similar agreement, the applicable Indenture and any supplemental indenture relating to the Debt Securities, the warrant agreement relating to the Warrants and the unit agreement relating to the Units, as applicable; (ii) all corporate action required to be taken by the Companies, the applicable Guarantors, underwriters, Trustee, warrant agent and unit agent to duly authorize each proposed issuance of Securities and to execute, deliver and perform each of the operative documents related to the offering of the Securities contemplated herein will have been completed; (iii) the Registration Statement and any amendments or supplements thereto (including any post-effective amendments) will have become effective and comply with all applicable laws and no stop order suspending the Registration Statement’s effectiveness will have been issued and remain in effect, in each case, at the time the Securities are offered or issued as contemplated by the Registration Statement, (iv) a prospectus supplement will have been prepared and filed with the Commission describing the Securities offered thereby and will at all relevant times comply with all applicable laws, (v) the Indentures and any supplemental indentures thereto will have been qualified under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended; (vi) all Securities will be issued and sold in compliance with applicable federal and state securities laws and in the manner stated in the Registration Statement and the appropriate prospectus supplement, (vii) a definitive purchase, underwriting or similar agreement and any other necessary agreement with respect to any Securities will have been duly authorized and validly executed and delivered by the applicable Company and the other party or parties thereto and (viii) any Securities issuable upon conversion, exercise or exchange of any Securities being offered or issued will be duly authorized, created and, if appropriate, reserved for issuance upon such conversion, exercise or exchange.

 

Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications stated herein, we are of the opinion that:

 

1.     Shares.  Assuming that the issuance and terms of any Shares and the terms of the offering thereof have been duly authorized, when (i) the LIN TV has received the consideration therefore specified in any applicable underwriting agreement

 

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or purchase agreement approved by the LIN TV’s board of directors or any authorized committee thereof, (ii) the consideration for such Shares is at least equal to the aggregate par value of such Shares, (iii) in the case of any Shares to be issued under any Warrants, upon due exercise and delivery of any payment of the exercise price specified in such Warrants, and (iv) in the case of any Shares to be issued upon the exchange or conversion of Debt Securities, Preferred Shares, Warrants and other rights that are exchangeable for or convertible into Shares, due exercise of such exchange or conversion rights in accordance with the terms of the applicable instruments, such Shares (including any Shares that may be issued as part of Units or upon exercise, conversion, exchange or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities) will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

2.     Preferred Shares.  Assuming that the issuance and terms of any series of Preferred Shares and the terms of the offering thereof have been duly authorized, when (i) a certificate of designation fixing and determining the terms of the Preferred Shares has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and accepted for record, (ii) LIN TV has received the consideration therefore specified in any applicable underwriting agreement or purchase agreement approved by LIN TV’s board of directors or any authorized committee thereof, (iii) the consideration for such Preferred Shares is at least equal to the aggregate par value of such Preferred Shares and (iv) in the case of any Preferred Shares to be issued under any Warrants, upon due exercise and delivery of any payment of the exercise price specified in such Warrants, such Preferred Shares (including any Preferred Shares that may be issued as part of Units or upon exercise, conversion, exchange or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities) will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

3.     Debt Securities.  Assuming that the issuance and terms of any Debt Securities and the terms of the offering thereof have been duly authorized, when (i) an Indenture has been duly executed, authorized and delivered by all parties thereto substantially in the form so filed, and any applicable supplemental indenture relating to such Debt Securities has been duly executed, authorized and delivered by all parties thereto, (ii) the terms of the Debt Securities to be issued under the applicable Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with such Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture and (iii) the Debt Securities have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with such applicable Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement approved by the LIN Television’s board of directors or any authorized committee thereof, such Debt Securities (including any Debt Securities that may be issued as part of Units or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities) will constitute valid and binding obligations of LIN Television, enforceable against LIN Television in accordance with their terms.

 

4.     Guarantees.  Assuming that the issuance and terms of any Guarantees and the terms of any offering thereof by the LIN Television have been duly authorized, when (i) an Indenture has been duly executed, authorized and delivered by all parties

 

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thereto substantially in the form so filed, and any applicable supplemental indenture relating to such Debt Securities and Guarantees has been duly executed, authorized and delivered by all parties thereto, (ii) the terms of the Guarantees to be issued under the applicable Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture and of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with such Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture and (iii) the Guarantees have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with such applicable Indenture and any applicable supplemental indenture and issued and sold as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement approved by the LIN Television and the applicable Guarantors’ board of directors or board of managers, as applicable, or any authorized committee thereof, such Guarantees (including any Guarantees that may be issued as part of Units or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities) will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Guarantors, enforceable against each Guarantor in accordance with their terms.

 

5.     Warrants.  Assuming that the issuance and terms of such Warrants and the terms of the offering thereof have been duly authorized when, (i) the terms of such Warrants to be issued under a warrant agreement or other rights agreement and the terms of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with such warrant agreement or other rights agreement; (ii) the warrant agreement or other rights agreement relating to such Warrants has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; (iii) the warrant agreement or other rights agreement relating to such Warrants constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the warrant agent, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms and (iv) such Warrants and any certificates representing such Warrants have been duly executed, authenticated, issued, paid for and delivered as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and in accordance with any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement approved by the LIN TV’s board of directors or any authorized committee thereof, such Warrants (including any Warrants that may be issued as part of Units or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities) will constitute valid and binding obligations of LIN TV, enforceable against LIN TV in accordance with their terms.

 

6.     Units.  Assuming that the issuance and terms of such Units and the terms of the offering thereof have been duly authorized and the securities of any other entities to be included in the Units, if any, have been duly authorized and issued by such entity, when (i) the terms of such Units to be issued under a unit agreement and the terms of their issuance and sale have been duly established in conformity with such unit agreement; (ii) the unit agreement relating to such Units has been duly authorized, executed and delivered; (iii) the unit agreement relating to such Units constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the unit agent, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms; and (iv) such Units have been duly executed and authenticated in accordance with the applicable unit agreement and issued, paid for and delivered as contemplated in the Registration Statement and any prospectus supplement relating thereto, and any underwriting agreement or purchase agreement approved by the Companies’ board of directors or any authorized committee thereof, such Units (including any Units that may

 

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be issued upon exercise, conversion, exchange or otherwise pursuant to the terms of any other Securities) will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Companies, enforceable against the Companies in accordance with their terms.

 

The opinions expressed above with respect to validity, binding effect and enforceability are subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and remedies generally, and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, including principles of commercial reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity) and except that rights to indemnification and contribution thereunder may be limited by federal or state securities laws or public policy relating thereto.  The opinions are also subject to (i) the Registration Statement becoming effective pursuant to applicable law and (ii) the issuance of any legally required consents, approvals, authorizations or orders of the Commission and any other regulatory authority.

 

The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York and the corporate laws of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion as to the effect on the matters covered by this letter of the laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

We hereby consent to the use of this letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to any and all references to our firm in the Prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent we do not hereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission.

 

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

/s/ Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

 

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EX-12.1 5 a2216118zex-12_1.htm EX-12.1

Exhibit 12.1

 

Computation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

Fiscal Year Ended December 31,

 

 

 

2013

 

2012

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

2009

 

2008

 

Fixed charges:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, including amortization of debt issue costs and discounts

 

$

13,871

 

$

10,370

 

$

46,683

 

$

50,706

 

$

51,525

 

$

44,405

 

$

55,872

 

Fixed charges pursuant to the JV Sale Transaction and shortfall funding agreements with GE and NBCUniversal (the “shortfall agreements”) (1)

 

 

 

98,156

 

4,697

 

 

6,000

 

 

Estimate of interest within rental expense (2)

 

379

 

151

 

838

 

500

 

367

 

700

 

733

 

 

 

$

14,250

 

$

10,521

 

$

145,677

 

$

55,903

 

$

51,892

 

$

51,105

 

$

56,605

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pre-tax income (loss) from continuing operations before adjustment for income or loss before equity investees

 

$

(2,071

)

$

7,822

 

$

(75,818

)

$

28,699

 

$

56,057

 

$

17,272

 

$

(1,105,255

)

Fixed charges (calculated above)

 

14,250

 

10,521

 

145,677

 

55,903

 

51,892

 

51,105

 

56,605

 

Impairment of equity investment (3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(53,549

)

Share of pre-tax losses of equity investees for which charges arising from guarantees are included in fixed charges (1)

 

 

 

(98,156

)

(4,697

)

 

(6,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

12,179

 

$

18,343

 

$

(28,297

)

$

79,905

 

$

107,949

 

$

62,377

 

$

(1,102,199

)

 

 

NM

(4)

1.74

 

NM

(4)

1.43

 

2.08

 

1.22

 

NM

(4)

 


(1)                       For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2009, fixed charges include $98.2 million, $4.7 million and $6.0 million, respectively, pursuant to probable obligations under the shortfall agreements. Additionally, because of probable obligations under the shortfall agreements, the Company’s share of losses in Station Venture Holdings, LLC has been included in the earnings calculation.

 

(2)                       Management believes one third of the Company’s rent expense is a reasonable approximation of the interest factor.

 

(3)                       The impairment of the Company’s investment in Station Venture Holdings, LLC is deducted from earnings as it does not represent the Company’s share of losses in the joint venture.

 

(4)                       Due to the Company’s loss during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and the years ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2008, the ratio coverage was less than 1:1. The Company would have needed to generate additional earnings of $2.1 million, $174 million and $1,158.8 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and the twelve months ended December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2008 to achieve a  coverage of 1:1.

 



EX-23.1 6 a2216118zex-23_1.htm EX-23.1

Exhibit 23.1

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 15, 2013 relating to the financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in LIN Television Corporation’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

 

Hartford, CT

July 30, 2013

 



EX-23.2 7 a2216118zex-23_2.htm EX-23.2

Exhibit 23.2

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 15, 2013 relating to the financial statements, financial statement schedule and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, which appears in LIN TV Corp’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.  We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

 

Hartford, CT

July 30, 2013

 



EX-23.3 8 a2216118zex-23_3.htm EX-23.3

Exhibit 23.3

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation of our report dated April 23, 2012 relating to the financial statements of New Vision Television, LLC, which appears in LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated October 17, 2012. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

 

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

 

Atlanta, GA
July 30, 2013

 



EX-23.4 9 a2216118zex-23_4.htm EX-23.4

Exhibit 23.4

 

Consent of Independent Auditors

 

The Members:

Station Venture Holdings, LLC:

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference on this Form S-3 of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation of our report dated March 15, 2011 relating to the statements of operations, members’ equity and deficit, and cash flows of Station Venture Holdings, LLC for the year ended December 31, 2010, which report appears in the December 31, 2012 annual report on Form 10-K of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation.

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference on this Form S-3 of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation of our report dated March 15, 2011 relating to the statements of operations, partners’ capital, and cash flows of Station Venture Operations, LP for the year ended December 31, 2010, which report appears in the December 31, 2012 annual report on Form 10-K of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation.

 

/s/ KPMG, LLP

New York, New York
July 30, 2013

 



EX-23.5 10 a2216118zex-23_5.htm EX-23.5

Exhibit 23.5

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 14, 2013 relating to the financial statements of Station Venture Holdings, LLC as of and for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2012, and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

 

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-3 of our report dated March 14, 2013 relating to the financial statements of Station Venture Operations, LP as of and for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, included in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of LIN TV Corp. and LIN Television Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2012, and to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in the Prospectus, which is part of this Registration Statement.

 

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

 

New York, New York

 

July 30, 2013

 



EX-25.1 11 a2216118zex-25_1.htm EX-25.1

Exhibit 25.1

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM T-1

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)  
o

 


 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

(Jurisdiction of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)

 

95-3571558
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

 

 

400 South Hope Street
Suite 400

Los Angeles, California

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

90071
(Zip code)

 


 

LIN Television Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

13-3581627

(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 



 

LIN TV Corp.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0501252
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

Indiana Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0496718
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

KXAN LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

13-2670260
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

KXTX Holdings LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0481599
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN Digital LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

32-0416169
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

2



 

LIN Digital Media LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

80-0943183
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN License Company, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0615511
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN Mobile, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

46-1360248
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN of Alabama, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

20-3347776
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN of Colorado, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

20-3347854
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

3



 

LIN of New Mexico, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

20-3347886
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN of Wisconsin, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

20-3347936
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN Television of Texas, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0481602
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN Television of Texas, L.P.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0481606
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

North Texas Broadcasting LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

13-2740621
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

4



 

Primeland LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

37-1023233
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

TVL Broadcasting LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

75-2676358
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

TVL Broadcasting of Rhode Island, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

52-2368799
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

WAVY Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0496719
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

WDTN Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

52-2368795
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

5



 

WIVB Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

05-0496720

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

WOOD License Co., LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

05-0496721

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

WOOD Television LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

06-1506282

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

WTNH Broadcasting LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

05-0481600

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

WUPW Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

52-2368784

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

6



 

WWLP Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

52-7115298

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A

Providence, Rhode Island

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

02903

(Zip code)

 


 

Senior Debt Securities

and Guarantees of Senior Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

7

 

 

 



 

1.             General information.  Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

(a)                                 Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

 

Address

Comptroller of the Currency
United States Department of the Treasury

 

Washington, DC 20219

 

 

 

Federal Reserve Bank

 

San Francisco, CA 94105

 

 

 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

Washington, DC 20429

 

(b)                             Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

 

Yes.

 

2.                                      Affiliations with Obligor.

 

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

 

None.

 

16.                               List of Exhibits.

 

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

1.                                      A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

2.                                      A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

 

3.                                      A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

8



 

4.                                      A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

 

6.                                      The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

7.                                      A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

9



 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 29th day of July, 2013.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/

Teresa Petta

 

Name:

Teresa Petta

 

Title:

Vice President

 

10


 

 

EXHIBIT 7

 

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

 

At the close of business March 31, 2013, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

 

 

 

Dollar amounts

 

 

 

in thousands

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

 

660

 

Interest-bearing balances

 

354

 

Securities:

 

 

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

0

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

689,326

 

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

 

76,200

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

0

 

Loans and lease financing receivables:

 

 

 

Loans and leases held for sale

 

0

 

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

 

0

 

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

 

0

 

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

 

0

 

Trading assets

 

0

 

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

 

5,449

 

Other real estate owned

 

0

 

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

 

0

 

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

 

0

 

Intangible assets:

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

856,313

 

Other intangible assets

 

152,015

 

Other assets

 

141,868

 

Total assets

 

$

1,922,185

 

 

1



 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits:

 

 

 

In domestic offices

 

536

 

Noninterest-bearing

 

536

 

Interest-bearing

 

0

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased

 

0

 

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

 

0

 

Trading liabilities

 

0

 

Other borrowed money:

 

 

 

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

 

0

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

Subordinated notes and debentures

 

0

 

Other liabilities

 

242,248

 

Total liabilities

 

242,784

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

 

0

 

Common stock

 

1,000

 

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

 

1,121,615

 

Not available

 

 

 

Retained earnings

 

552,729

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

4,057

 

Other equity capital components

 

0

 

Not available

 

 

 

Total bank equity capital

 

1,679,401

 

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

 

0

 

Total equity capital

 

1,679,401

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

 

1,922,185

 

 

I, Cherisse Waligura, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Cherisse Waligura

)

CFO

 

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

 

Troy Kilpatrick, President

)

 

Frank P. Sulzberger, Director

)

Directors (Trustees)

William D. Lindelof, Director

)

 

 

2


 


EX-25.2 12 a2216118zex-25_2.htm EX-25.2

Exhibit 25.2

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C.  20549

 

FORM T-1

 

STATEMENT OF ELIGIBILITY
UNDER THE TRUST INDENTURE ACT OF 1939 OF A
CORPORATION DESIGNATED TO ACT AS TRUSTEE

 

CHECK IF AN APPLICATION TO DETERMINE
ELIGIBILITY OF A TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO
SECTION 305(b)(2)  
o

 


 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

(Exact name of trustee as specified in its charter)

 

(Jurisdiction of incorporation
if not a U.S. national bank)

 

95-3571558
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

 

 

400 South Hope Street
Suite 400

Los Angeles, California

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

90071
(Zip code)

 


 

LIN Television Corporation

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

13-3581627

(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 



 

LIN TV Corp.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0501252
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

Indiana Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0496718
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

KXAN LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

13-2670260
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

KXTX Holdings LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0481599
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN Digital LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

32-0416169
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

2



 

LIN Digital Media LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

80-0943183
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN License Company, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0615511
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN Mobile, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

46-1360248
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN of Alabama, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

20-3347776
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN of Colorado, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

20-3347854
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

3



 

LIN of New Mexico, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

20-3347886
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN of Wisconsin, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

20-3347936
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN Television of Texas, Inc.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0481602
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

LIN Television of Texas, L.P.

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0481606
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

North Texas Broadcasting LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

13-2740621
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

4



 

Primeland LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

37-1023233
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

TVL Broadcasting LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

75-2676358
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

TVL Broadcasting of Rhode Island, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

52-2368799
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

WAVY Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

05-0496719
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

WDTN Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

52-2368795
(I.R.S. employer
identification no.)

 

5



 

WIVB Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

05-0496720

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

WOOD License Co., LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

05-0496721

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

WOOD Television LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

06-1506282

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

WTNH Broadcasting LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

05-0481600

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

WUPW Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

52-2368784

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

6



 

WWLP Broadcasting, LLC

(Exact name of obligor as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

52-7115298

(I.R.S. employer

identification no.)

 

One West Exchange Street, Suite 5A

Providence, Rhode Island

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

02903

(Zip code)

 


 

Subordinated Debt Securities

and Guarantees of Subordinated Debt Securities

(Title of the indenture securities)

 

7

 

 

 



 

1.             General information.  Furnish the following information as to the trustee:

 

(a)                                 Name and address of each examining or supervising authority to which it is subject.

 

Name

 

Address

Comptroller of the Currency
United States Department of the Treasury

 

Washington, DC 20219

 

 

 

Federal Reserve Bank

 

San Francisco, CA 94105

 

 

 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

 

Washington, DC 20429

 

(b)                             Whether it is authorized to exercise corporate trust powers.

 

Yes.

 

2.                                      Affiliations with Obligor.

 

If the obligor is an affiliate of the trustee, describe each such affiliation.

 

None.

 

16.                               List of Exhibits.

 

Exhibits identified in parentheses below, on file with the Commission, are incorporated herein by reference as an exhibit hereto, pursuant to Rule 7a-29 under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (the “Act”) and 17 C.F.R. 229.10(d).

 

1.                                      A copy of the articles of association of The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A. (Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948 and Exhibit 1 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

2.                                      A copy of certificate of authority of the trustee to commence business. (Exhibit 2 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-121948).

 

3.                                      A copy of the authorization of the trustee to exercise corporate trust powers (Exhibit 3 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

8



 

4.                                      A copy of the existing by-laws of the trustee (Exhibit 4 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-162713).

 

6.                                      The consent of the trustee required by Section 321(b) of the Act (Exhibit 6 to Form T-1 filed with Registration Statement No. 333-152875).

 

7.                                      A copy of the latest report of condition of the Trustee published pursuant to law or to the requirements of its supervising or examining authority.

 

9



 

SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Act, the Trustee, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, has duly caused this statement of eligibility to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, all in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 29th day of July, 2013.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/

Teresa Petta

 

Name:

Teresa Petta

 

Title:

Vice President

 

10


 

 

EXHIBIT 7

 

Consolidated Report of Condition of

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

of 400 South Hope Street, Suite 400, Los Angeles, CA 90071

 

At the close of business March 31, 2013, published in accordance with Federal regulatory authority instructions.

 

 

 

Dollar amounts

 

 

 

in thousands

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and balances due from depository institutions:

 

 

 

Noninterest-bearing balances and currency and coin

 

660

 

Interest-bearing balances

 

354

 

Securities:

 

 

 

Held-to-maturity securities

 

0

 

Available-for-sale securities

 

689,326

 

Federal funds sold and securities purchased under agreements to resell:

 

 

 

Federal funds sold

 

76,200

 

Securities purchased under agreements to resell

 

0

 

Loans and lease financing receivables:

 

 

 

Loans and leases held for sale

 

0

 

Loans and leases, net of unearned income

 

0

 

LESS: Allowance for loan and lease losses

 

0

 

Loans and leases, net of unearned income and allowance

 

0

 

Trading assets

 

0

 

Premises and fixed assets (including capitalized leases)

 

5,449

 

Other real estate owned

 

0

 

Investments in unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies

 

0

 

Direct and indirect investments in real estate ventures

 

0

 

Intangible assets:

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

856,313

 

Other intangible assets

 

152,015

 

Other assets

 

141,868

 

Total assets

 

$

1,922,185

 

 

1



 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deposits:

 

 

 

In domestic offices

 

536

 

Noninterest-bearing

 

536

 

Interest-bearing

 

0

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased and securities sold under agreements to repurchase:

 

 

 

Federal funds purchased

 

0

 

Securities sold under agreements to repurchase

 

0

 

Trading liabilities

 

0

 

Other borrowed money:

 

 

 

(includes mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases)

 

0

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

Subordinated notes and debentures

 

0

 

Other liabilities

 

242,248

 

Total liabilities

 

242,784

 

Not applicable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Perpetual preferred stock and related surplus

 

0

 

Common stock

 

1,000

 

Surplus (exclude all surplus related to preferred stock)

 

1,121,615

 

Not available

 

 

 

Retained earnings

 

552,729

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

4,057

 

Other equity capital components

 

0

 

Not available

 

 

 

Total bank equity capital

 

1,679,401

 

Noncontrolling (minority) interests in consolidated subsidiaries

 

0

 

Total equity capital

 

1,679,401

 

Total liabilities and equity capital

 

1,922,185

 

 

I, Cherisse Waligura, CFO of the above-named bank do hereby declare that the Reports of Condition and Income (including the supporting schedules) for this report date have been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.

 

Cherisse Waligura

)

CFO

 

We, the undersigned directors (trustees), attest to the correctness of the Report of Condition (including the supporting schedules) for this report date and declare that it has been examined by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the appropriate Federal regulatory authority and is true and correct.

 

Troy Kilpatrick, President

)

 

Frank P. Sulzberger, Director

)

Directors (Trustees)

William D. Lindelof, Director

)

 

 

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